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MU’s alcohol policy: A tale of two sides Misunderstanding of university policy at tailgates leaves students searching for answers

ALCOHOL REIS THEBAULT NEWS EDITOR

When students tailgate before this Saturday’s football game, no matter what their fraternity, sorority or friend may have told them, they will not be legally permitted to drink alcohol.

This may come as a surprise for students, but the university stated that student tailgates with alcohol have never been part of the plan.

“With the alcohol policy, nothing has changed,” Carole Johnson, assistant director of news and communications, said. “Alcohol is not permitted in the ‘End Zone’ for student tailgating.”

The End Zone, the student area, is one of three tailgating sections.

The others include the Red Zone and the Red and White Club tent.

The Red Zone is a general tailgating area where the public can buy passes to set up tents. The Red and White Club is filled with fans, faculty and alumni who have donated.

Johnson said alcohol is only permitted in the Red and White Club tent.

The university took issue with The Miami Student’s Sept. 2 article titled, “MU hopes tailgating increases attendance,” which reported word of a policy change allowing students to drink alcohol at tailgates.

Despite the university’s claim

that alcohol was never permitted, a number of attendees reported otherwise after last Saturday’s home game against Marshall.

Senior Lance Greenberg won a free tailgating spot in the Red Zone for Miami’s opening game. He decided to bring his fraternity. He also decided to bring beer. Something neither he, nor President David Hodge, had an issue with, according to Greenberg.

“We were never specifically told, ‘You can’t drink,’” Greenberg said. “Everyone else in the Red Zone was drinking. Even President Hodge came by and he seemed like he was open to the idea of us having a beer.”

At the time of publishing, Hodge was unavailable for comment.

Greenberg’s fraternity got into trouble with the university last year, so he said they were extra careful.

“We were not going to risk anything if we didn’t know for sure that we could drink,” he said. “It makes no sense that they’re now telling us we can’t drink.”

Greenberg is not the only one confused by the policy flip-flop.

Junior Jillian White, Kappa Kappa Gamma’s social chair, was responsible for coordinating the tailgate for this coming Saturday’s game.

She was told in an email from the Interfraternity Council (IFC),“this is the first time Miami will allow tailgating with an open

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According to the IFC email, an “open cooler policy allows those who are 21 and older to drink in the area assigned to us in the parking lot.”

White received that email Aug. 25.

“We were told that if we were 21 we could drink beer out of red cups,” White said.

White was planning a tailgate, one that would involve an “open cooler,” for this Saturday’s game against Eastern Kentucky. Tuesday’s Tri-Council meeting — where the executive officers of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, the Panhellenic Association and IFC, as well as the presidents of each chapter from those organizations were in attendance — changed those plans, catching many people off guard.

“We were completely shocked,” Ryan Koerner, VP of programming for IFC, said. “For the longest time, we were told one thing and it never wavered, and then this Tuesday, we found out that everything we had been planning and everything we had been working on had just gotten completely shut down, in the sense of an open cooler policy.”

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GRILL MASTER (Right) Senior Mike Maude with Red Alert grills and serves cheeseburgers in the Red Zone at last Saturday’s tailgate.

Hodge hopes students will seize success at MU Pres. praises university at annual address SPEECH JAMES STEINBAUER UNIVERSITY EDITOR

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LIFE’S A BREEZE (Left to right) Sophomore Audrey Hall and juniors Tanya Busby and Cameron Centers enjoy a sunny day outside on Miami’s campus.

TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY

“Just one second, we need to take a selfie here,” Miami University President David Hodge said as he whipped out his phone mid-speech to the applause and laughter of the crowd. “Good.

The day is complete!”

Hodge’s sample of modern humor served as a paradigm to his annual address Wednesday evening in which he explained the importance of moving Miami forward.

“Change is literally everywhere,” Hodge said. “To navigate this change we need to ground our anticipation, our assessment and our actions in a clear sense of purpose that is guided by our mission.”

Examples of Miami’s mission statement have been in abundance this fall semester and students are proving that it is still as important as it was in 1809.

In his address, Hodge emphasized learning to write well as one of the most important opportunities that a liberal education can provide.

A strong community does not merely tolerate differences, it seeks them out.”

DAVID HODGE

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Hodge also described the new Office of Research for Undergraduates in King Library, which serves to facilitate creative work and foster a vibrant learning and discovery environment.

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In 1940, The Miami Student reported 30 students were to be selected for air training under the Civil Aeronautics Authority.

The course combined ground training with real-life flight experience.

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“Good writing and good thinking go hand-in-hand,” Hodge said.

This fall a booklet on Writing at Miami, which features students, alumni and faculty reflecting on why writing matters, was distributed to all students and faculty to stress the importance of writing and a liberal education in graduating thoughtful citizens who will be greater valued by employers.

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Cold case: Miami alumna resurrects mystery man FEATURE VICTORIA SLATER ASSOCIATE EDITOR

When Miami University alumna Amelia Carpenter (‘12) was assigned a story for the Recensio yearbook, she had no idea she would be transformed into Nancy Drew.

Her byline in Miami’s yearbook spearheaded the founding of her blog, “Trail to the Truth,” a site committed to solving the case of Ronald Henry Tammen, Jr., a former Miami student who went missing in 1953.

In 2009, Carpenter, who was then a sophomore, was appointed to write a feature spread on notorious Miami mysteries and ghost stories. However, as a budding journalist with a hunger to cover controversy, Carpenter felt the assignment was a bit of a buzzkill.

“I was a little underwhelmed with the topic,” Carpenter said.

“Ghost stories? But I decided to write it anyway.”

With slight trepidation, she delved into a realm of spooky hauntings on Miami grounds, investigating the so-called ghosts that creep through Peabody Hall, a murder that left bloody handprints splayed across a door in former Reid Hall and the cryptic poisoning of a popular chemistry teacher in 1898. But Carpenter became transfixed with one story in particular — the mysterious disappearance of Ron Tammen.

I became fascinated with this guy. I became obsessed. I wanted to find him.”

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“I became fascinated with this guy,” Carpenter said. “I became obsessed. I wanted to find him.”

According to Miami University archives, Tammen was a

sophomore student residing as a resident assistant in Fisher Hall (formerly the site of a mental asylum, and now the Marcum Conference Center) when he disappeared from his dorm room on April 19, 1953, never to be seen again. He left a psychology book open on his desk on that snowy evening, but no other clues as to where he may have departed.

The F.B.I. conducted a thorough search of the Oxford area after Tammen’s disappearance, sweeping the river and surrounding woods. When old Fisher Hall was reconstructed into the Marcum Conference Center in the 1980s, its foundation was scoured for Tammen’s remains. Nothing was ever found, even to this day.

“He disappeared without a trace,” Carpenter said. “It is the weirdest thing. How could he still be missing 60 years later?”

When Carpenter finished her feature on the ghost stories, she felt she could not abandon the MYSTERY »PAGE 4

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CUT A RUG Best Buddies Friends Choir breaks it down on the dance floor during their kickoff event Friday night on the Shriver patio.

Inside scoop: Student government unveils plans for upcoming year ASG KAELYNN KNESTRICK FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

After tiresome complaints by students over high parking ticket prices and waiting in line at the Rec center Associated Student Government (ASG) has listened, and is formulating plans to make this university the best it can be.

A new peer advising program is one way ASG plans to improve Miami. In this program, upperclassmen will be able to help first- and second- year students with major and course selections as well as career planning.

“Underclassmen already go to upperclassmen asking for help in courses or advice on what classes to take for specific majors,” Student Body President Cole Tyman said. “We just want to train the up-

perclassmen so they can better help the underclass.”

One goal for the peer advising program is for students to have an adviser with whom they can better communicate. If a student decides to change a major or is looking for job opportunities, the idea is that it will be easier to relate to another student than a professor who has not been in the same situation for a while.

“We have researched other Ivy League and Public Ivy League schools to see how their peer advising programs work,” Tyman said.

“For Miami to be a high-caliber school, we need to have programs like other high-caliber schools, and this peer advising program is one of those programs.”

Another proposal for this upcoming year is new recreational facilities on each quad. One building on each quad will have a room transformed into a small recreational center. This

facility will be available to all students who live on that quad. ASG hopes that having a small recreational center in each quad will help reduce lines at the primary exercise center, the Rec, as well as allow more off-campus students to have

after paying a small enrollment fee, allows them to use the discounts of a Diplomat plan. They also want to make it possible for off-campus students to use the same account for MUlaa and meal plan.

For students without a MUlaa

For Miami to be a high-caliber school we need to have programs like other high-caliber schools.”

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access to the Rec. ASG is also hoping to reduce the price of parking tickets. Their goal is to have first offenses marked only as warnings and then each subsequent ticket will increase in price until it reaches the maximum price of $75.

One objective is to let off-campus students purchase a meal plan that,

account, they want to allow them to use their Bursar accounts for services like laundry, printing and vending machines.

“We want off campus students to be able to use the student discount,” Tyman said. “We want them to be able to use the same account for their food as well as other services they

will need.”

One of their final plans is to extend the hours of King Café. With students staying up late or waking up early to head to King Library to study, ASG wants them to have the option to eat at all hours of the day, which is currently not possible with King Café closing at 11 p.m.

“The goal is to have King Cafeopen 24 hours a day, but we know there will be compromises, and even if it opens later by just a few hours we believe that will be successful,” Tyman said.

These are a just a few of the plans ASG has in store for the upcoming school year.

“This week’s cabinet meeting will be used to revisit and finalize goals for this upcoming academic year,” Secretary for Public Relations Allison Gnaegy said..

“We will also be bringing forward positions-specific initiatives.”

MBI course cultivates phage fanatics SCIENCE VICTORIA SLATER ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Discovering new species of life on Earth seems like something done only in the deepest trenches of the oceans or the highest canopies of untouched jungles. But for Miami students in the Microbiology (MBI) 223 and 224 classes, an undiscovered creature can be found in a place as normal as the soil on which we walk everyday.

MBI 223: Bacteriophage Biology and 224: Bacteriophage Genomics, are a series of classes for undergraduate science majors who

wish to delve into the research and classification of a newly-identified biological entity called a bacteriophage, or ‘phage’ for short. According to microbiology professor Mitchell Balish, bacteriophages are a kind of virus that infect bacteria, and may provide scientists with an evolutionary way to manipulate and fight other bacteria.

“It probably comes as a surprise to people that bacteria can be infected by viruses. The viruses that infect bacteria are called bacteriophages,” Balish said. “Bacteriophages are really important in the world, because they affect processes of the bacteria, how they grow, how they interact with

the environment, how they infect humans. There is a lot to learn from phages.”

Just like bacteria, phages exist everywhere, in the air we breathe to the ground we walk on. And because scientists have just recently begun analyzing phages, Balish said, thousands of species are yet to be classified. The goal of MBI 223 and 224 is to give students the opportunity to find, name and classify their own species of phage, and possibly publish their findings in a scientific journal.

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Nutrition suspicion: Get your Omega-3 HEALTH TESS SOHNGEN

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REDHAWK WALK Miami fans of all ages make the walk down to Yager Stadium for the football game Saturday.

Recent research indicates a correlation between deficiencies of important nutrients in college students’ diets with feelings of depression, a growing issue on college campuses across the nation.

According to PsychCentral, a professional mental health website, 44 percent of college students reported feeling symptoms of depression and 30 percent reported difficultly functioning because they felt too depressed. A lack of

certain nutrients in students is believed to be contributing to those feelings of anxiety and sadness.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics discovered a link between depression and low levels of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids in the blood. Omega-3 fatty acids are classified as essential, and can only be obtained by consumption, according to Janice Thompson and Melinda Manore’s book “Nutrition, An Applied Approach.”

Although research has supported the notion that omega-3s are healthy, the link to the nutrient’s psychological benefits is still unclear.

“It’s an association, it’s not a

cause,” Mary Elizabeth Miller, Miami University visiting assistant professor of the College of Education, Health and Society, said of the relationship between depression and omega-3 fatty acids.

Miller emphasized that omega-3 deficiencies will not necessarily cause depression, but researchers have found that people with depression often have an omega-3 deficiency.

Oily fish, such as salmon, tuna, sardines and mackerel, as well as flax seed, walnuts and soybeans are the best sources of these essential nutrients.

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Homelessness in Butler County

Students surprised to discover how poverty has imapacted members of local community POVERTY YING LIANG

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Although Oxford is a town dominated by college life, many students fail to notice one prominent faction of the community currently in need: the homeless.

According to Sandra Snyder, the Community Relations Director at the Hope House Mission (HHM), metropolitan areas nationwide have around a one percent homeless population.

Hope house is a shelter located in Middletown, serving homeless men, women and children in Butler county and regions surrounding Southwest Ohio. According to Snyder, the process involved gathering information on the first day of January every year.

“There are easily 500 homeless people around Butler county at a given point in time,” she said.

“About 30 percent of the time, we see people who have economic problems … more and

more [cases] arise from [these] types of reasons.”

Snyder also noted the increase in domestic violence cases, which make up a significant portion of individuals seeking HHM’s women’s center.

“Some women arrive from other parts of the country, and we help hide them ... everyone has their own story to tell [about homelessness],” Snyder said.

“We offer help … not just physically ... but spiritually, emotionally, and behaviorally.”

Some students at Miami are actively trying to help those who are less fortunate in the area.

“It seems like the stereotype is [that] someone got themselves into the situation … with drugs ... alcohol,” junior Eric Millward said.

As someone who occasionally works in Serve City, a temporary shelter in Hamilton, Millward helps with the soup kitchen. “[I’ve met] people with engineering and business degrees …

It’s not that they’re incompetent.

A lot of times it’s a combination of different things ... learning disability, no support system, no proper education,” he said.

society,” he said. “If someone doesn’t succeed … that’s their own fault. It’s your responsibility to make up your own life, and some people don’t

There are easily 500 homeless people around Butler County at a given point in time.”

SANDRA SNYDER

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Millward said education about the homeless would be helpful for the general public.

“Homelessness can’t really be generalized,” he said. “There are homeless types like [people] living on the streets … bumming off other people. [A] rising type of homelessness is sleeping in your car.”

Sophomore Philippe Oñate, noted social expectations may play a large part in the stigmatized attitude against the homeless.

“The U.S. is a very independent

have opportunities or resources to actually succeed.”

Oñate has talked to homeless people on the streets, and said he feels overwhelmed. “[It’s] kind of disempowering being a single person … [we need] more programs for housing and job opportunities,” he said.

“The problem is ... some people abuse the situation, so this creates a lot of distrust and hurts people who are trying to [find jobs].”

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Butler County workers participate in strike Social workers demand more support from community in ongoing strike LABOR GRACE MOODY

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ROAD BLOCK The ongoing Route 27 construction project continues to cause slow downs. The project has been underway since Spring 2014.

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not go away, but how we address it as a county will be what changes and improves our community,” Palmer said in a Sept.

1 statement sent out by the Union detailing the fiscal negotiations between the Union and the commissioners.

Miami University sophomore Jonathan Sander, is a resident of Fairfield Township in Butler County. Sander, a commuter student, has noticed talk about the strike spreading around the community. He said he supports the social workers in their strike, as he said he believes they deserve more pay.

“It’s an issue of interests,” Sander said. “Everybody wants to get paid more and in this case they’re not getting paid enough.”

William J. Gracie, Jr., a resident of Oxford, is aware of the demanding and difficult nature of social worker’s duties and thinks without social workers, families in Butler County would have a significantly worse quality of life.

“I ask the county commissioners to consider that the work action taken by BCCSIU is not about the union; it is about families and children in Butler County,” Gracie said. “When we mistreat those whose work many of us would not like to do ourselves, we diminish the quality of life for all of us.”

The Butler County Commissioner could not be reached for comment.

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The Luna Cares Foundation has gained more momentum in the fight against cancer for area women.

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Terrorists could get Syria chemical weapons The U.S. is concerned that the Islamic State group could get ahold of chemical weapons.

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Militants affiliated with Islamic State group abducted dozens of men from a Sunni village on Thursday.

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At 12:54 a.m. on Monday, an officer was called to Brick Street Bar and Grill, 36 E High St, to a report of an unwanted male who would not leave. When the officer arrived, he was informed by an employee that a male had tried to enter the bar four times after being repeatedly told to leave. The male had tried to disguise himself by turning his shirt inside out and attempted to enter a fifth time. When the officer asked the male if he had attempted re-entry, he said that he was trying to get his real ID from the bar. The male then presented the officer with an under 21 Ohio driver’s license which came back as valid. The male had an odor of alcoholic beverage coming from his breath and was transported back to OPD. The male continued to say he had been trying to get back into the bar to retrieve his real ID, despite being informed that he was in possession of his ID. The male was charged with Trespassing and Underage Intoxication.

Fight Club broken up by OPD At 1:50 a.m. on Monday, OPD received a report of a male trying to fight people in the alleyway behind Brick Street. When an officer arrived at the scene, he located the male in the alley at 12 Park Place in an altercation with three other males. When the initial male matching the report description saw the officer, he began running toward Poplar St., crossing and eventually the officer was able to pin the male on the 100 block of East High St. When backup officers arrived, they placed the male into custody and located his ID, which made him to be under the age of 21. The male was injured from the pursuit and was transported by ambulance to McCullough Hyde Hospital, he was charged with Underage Intoxication, Obstructing Official Business, Disorderly Conduct and Public Intoxication.

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Miami University is adding more parking following the sale of the previous Talawanda High School property to the university this past April.

“It is probably the single largest tract of non-residential property in Oxford that is within walking distance to our main campus,” said Cody Powell, assistant vice pesident of Facilities, Planning and Operations.

According the Miami University Board of Trustees, this added space will provide Miami with approximately 400 additional off-campus parking spots, located off Collin Run Road. Powell said the sale of the high school property came at the perfect time to address the parking issues and loss of student activity and programming space.

“Recent construction activity on the Oxford campus has permanently reduced available parking by nearly 400 spaces

and resulted in the loss of three recreation fields previously used for multiple student activities and intra-mural programming,” Powell said. “Parking was removed from Spring Street to enhance the safety and ease of using bicycles to get around campus.”

The new parking lot will give those 400 parking spaces back to students.

According to Powell, the board approved a $2.4 million dollar budget for this project. Demolition was also approved as of June this year, and the high school was razed in August.

“The materials are being sorted for the purpose of recycling metals and removed from the site,” Powell said. “The Field House is being retained and will temporarily serve as an office for the BCRTA. The plan is to transition this field house into an intra-mural athletic and club sports space.

We look for this to happen when the students return next Fall.”

Kelly Spivey, Superintendent of Talawanda School District,

48 social workers in Butler County have been participating in a strike outside the Government Services Center in downtown Hamilton. Workers are angry about the lack of support they receive from the community.

While negotiation about the issue has been going on for more than a year, the strike began Aug. 18.

Retired Miami University English professor Don Daiker supports the workers and has participated in rallying. Daiker said he believes social workers perform important, dangerous work and does not think the commissioners recognize the difficulty of their work and treat them with enough respect.

“The commissioners are making twice as much money for a half-time job as the workers do for a full-time job,” Daiker said.

“So there’s a basic question of fairness and justice here.”

President of the Butler County Children Services Independent Union (BCCSIU) and Chief Spokesperson for the striking workers Rebecca Palmer is organizing the rallying and said she believes a contract needs to be negotiated.

Palmer is concerned for the safety of the children and families in Butler County. Due to the loss of over half of the agency’s social workers since 2011, fewer social workers remain in Butler County. The remaining workers now have high caseloads with no significant increase in pay.

She said she believes this will negatively affect the community due to the quality of services provided to families.

“Child abuse and neglect will

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left plenty of people in disarray.

“Everyone is confused,” White said. “No one knows what [the policy] is.”

Associate Vice President for University Communications and Marketing Deedie Dowdle insisted there is no reason for confusion.

“First and foremost, Miami’s policy on alcohol consumption did not ‘change,’” she said. “Our policy has always been consistent with Ohio law, which does not allow open alcohol except in an area that has applied for and received a liquor permit. The only area that currently holds a liquor permit in or around the stadium is the Red & White Club tent.”

According to Dowdle, the Red Zone, does not have a liquor permit. Yet, the “Tailgating Information” section of the Miami Athletics website implies something entirely different as it addresses all “fans” and makes no mention of specific sections.

It states: “Fans consuming alcohol must present identification to appropriate law enforcement or university personnel when requested to do so.”

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unsolved case of Tammen. So, she founded a WordPress site titled “Trail to the Truth,” which is dedicated to the “theories and advances in Miami University’s missing student from 1935, Ronald Henry Tammen, Jr.” This site was a place for Carpenter to put her investigative journalism skills to the test, to string together clues and developments and finally uncover the truth of Tammen.

“Since founding this blog, I have been hot on the trail,” Carpenter said, adding that she has conducted research with the Oxford county coroner, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the CIA. Her favorite and most notable interview, she said, was with former Miami president, Phillip Shriver.

“The old archivist at Miami told me to call up Dr. Shriver for an interview because he had always had a lot of interest in Tammen,” Carpenter said. “Shriver passed away in 2011, and I think his interview with me was one of the last he ever did.”

Miami journalism professor Patti Newberry, who had Carpenter in her classes while she was a student, said it is just as well Carpenter would choose to devote herself to investigating such an

That information was published Aug. 26.

The Athletic Department and the university, Koerner said, seem to be on different pages.

“I think between the Athletic Department and the university, I believe there was some lack of communication,” he said.

Athletic Director David Sayler suggested that alcohol would be allowed at tailgates in an April 14 interview with The Miami Student.

“I think there is an understanding that kind of stuff is what happens on a college Saturday,” Sayler said in the April interview. “It’s just managing it and monitoring it … We want everyone to have a good time and do it responsibly.”

This announcement, Dowdle said, was premature.

“My understanding is that [Sayler] was enthusiastic about creating a student Red Zone, and mentioned several possibilities that were being discussed at that time,” she said. “One of those was a proposal to allow alcohol for those of age.

Ultimately, it was decided not to change policy.”

Where the university stands now is clear — alcohol is not allowed in the student tailgating

zone, nor is it permitted in the general public’s zone. However, many students have questions and many more are angry about the miscommunication.

Charlotte Hult, president of Chi Omega, is one of those people. In an email to her sorority, she said: “Miami’s sorority Presidents unanimously decided that we will be BOYCOTTING the tailgate on Saturday before the game, in order to make a statement to Miami University and Athletics that tailgating — aka allowing students of legal age to consume alcohol in the “Greek Village” zone — should be permitted in student tailgating zones.”

The “Greek Village” zone refers to spaces in the End Zone reserved by various Greek organizations.

The Athletic Department would not discuss the alcohol policy and instead referred The Miami Student back to the university communications team. The only information the university provided was that the alcohol policy has never wavered.

Meanwhile, students are upset, some are turning their backs on any form of tailgating, but most of all, as Koerner said, they are confused.

“We’re still kind of left in the dark.”

elusive idea.

“She’s the kind of student who always found her own breaks, she always took her own paths,” Newberry said. “She was always working for the road-less-traveled publications. She had absolutely no fear to go up to people she didn’t know and ask hard questions. It makes perfect sense she would become so intrigued with this idea.”

Theories abound as to why and how Tammen disappeared. According to the Miami archives, Tammen was last seen by his hall manager the same evening as his disappearance, requesting new sheets because someone had placed a fish in his bed. Several analysts believe this is evidence that his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, had come into play.

Others believe Tammen was an accidental witness to a rape or another disturbing event, and was so distressed afterwards that he suffered a severe bout of amnesia.

“It is possible that it was a health issue,” Carpenter said.

“For people in his age group, amnesia or schizophrenia are not as uncommon as you think.”

A Seven Mile resident had reported that a young man fitting Tammen’s description had arrived on her doorstep on the night of Tammen’s disappearance,

dazed and disoriented. He had asked directions for the nearest bus station, and then wandered into the frigid night without a coat.

“I don’t think this is true though,” Carpenter added. “I think whoever claimed that happened was just trying to get publicity.”

Carpenter has her own ideas as to what happened to Tammen, conclusions she drew through her meticulous detective work.

“I think it was something to do with the government,” Carpenter said. “The head of the F.B.I. at the time was out looking for him. That’s strange. And [Tammen] had visited the coroner’s office requesting a blood test a few months before he disappeared. Maybe it was a witness protection thing.”

Since creating the blog in 2010, Carpenter has received a small following, especially by those who went to Miami with Tammen. While she continues to renew the domain name, Carpenter has not uncovered any new developments as of late. However, until the case is closed, the blog will remain, and so will Carpenter’s fervor for solving it.

“I think Tammen is still alive,” she said. “I feel like he is still alive. We will have closure at some point.”

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To Hodge, one of the most important ways that Miami is living up to its mission is its commitment to a strong and diverse community that enriches everyone with vibrant ideas and better prepares students for the world they will be living in.

“A strong community does not merely tolerate or even accommodate differences, it seeks them out,” Hodge said.

It was the relationships within the Miami community that made “Move-in Miami” a success.

During the event, students, faculty and Hodge himself helped students move into their dorms at the beginning of the year.

Hodge finished praising Miami’s community by honoring Director of Student Counseling Services Kip Alishio and Director of Staff Development Becky Dysart with the Distinguished Service Award, the most significant recognition Miami has to offer for employees who have made a significant impact on the life and mission of Miami.

Miami’s strong sense of community and service would be MICROBIOLOGY »PAGE 2

country to receive sponsorship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for this program.

“In 223, each student actually gets to grow the phages, isolate them,” Balish said. “They are looking for a specific phage that infects a bacterium called mycobacterium, of which some species can cause tuberculosis.”

Throughout the semester, the students utilize Miami University’s Microscopy Center for Advanced Microscopy and Imaging, to develop images of their bacteriophages and analyze genetic material. The class then votes on whose phage will be taken to the next step in MBI 224, where the phage’s entire genome is sequenced and examined by the class with computer software.

Once the analytics are finalized, the findings are sent to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute based at the University of Pittsburg, and are then accumulated in a public database.

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Typical American college student diets do not include foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids.

“I only eat one of those—salmon,” first-year business-economics major Alex Stevenson said when shown a list of the 10 foods highest in omega-3s. Stevenson said although he eats very few food items rich in omega-3s, he still thinks he gets enough.

Despite Stevenson’s optimism, most students do not consume enough omega-3s according to Miller, who said the recommended intake is six ounces per week ― the equivalent of about two servings of a food high in omega-3s.

Other food items high in omega-3s include broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and kale.

For those who don’t take in omega-3s regularly, dietary supplements are viable option. However, Miller warned that multi-vitamins are a safer choice than dietary supplements because they contain a variety of nutrients, whereas a singlenutrient supplement could result in overconsumption.

Along with the omega-3 fatty acid, the Dietetic Association also links B6 and B12 vitamin deficiencies with depression.

“We see people who are defi-

nothing if not for its campus in Oxford, Ohio, according to Hodge. He said he believes the key to Miami’s future success is the opportunities created through the residential experience to which students at Miami’s Oxford campus are exposed.

However, the close residential experience that students are exposed to raises challenges along with opportunities. Highrisk alcohol and drug use, sexual assault and violence are all problems that plague college campuses nationwide.

“How can a residential experience lead to superior academic and student life outcomes?”

Hodge asked.

One of the many advances that allow students to seize this opportunity is Miami’s Armstrong Student Center. The new student center lets students work together through closer cooperation among student groups and organizations and by offering a wide variety of areas for students to interact with each other.

“Students must seize the opportunity of being together in the same place at the same time!”

Hodge said. phages have already been part of such a publication.”

Miami is in its fourth year of the program, and has seen it give rise to many successes. Balish said much of this lies in the talent of the students, who must be driven, hard-working and have a knack for science to truly benefit from this program.

“I really enjoy interacting with the students,” Balish said. “The class is limited enrollment, mostly freshmen, from all kinds of science majors. Students are very dedicated, and a lot of the work is self-selected, so we expect them to motivate themselves. They do really well in these classes.”

The most beneficial aspect of this class, Balish thinks, is that students receive hands on experience in an environment many scientists may not experience until they are far into a career. And such experience inspires students to continue exploring science into the future.

“The goal is to give these students a real discovery-based experience and to see how it affects their career trajectory,” Balish said. “We follow up with these students for 10 years. From research and statistics, we have found this program really helps student retention in science.” cient in particularly B6 and B12 having some issues with depression,” Miller said, although research has yet to determine if a cause-effect relationship exists.

Among the several metabolic processes vitamin B6 aids in the body, Mayo Clinic says that taking vitamin B6 supplements may also improve premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms, such as depression, in women.

“I honestly don’t know how many calories I consume in one meal, nor about how many B6 and B12 milligrams I consume,” first-year Creative Writing major Mayu Nakano said, pointing out her doubt that many students pay attention to the nutritional content of their food.

According to Thompson and Manore’s book, some of the highest B6-containing food sources that students can include in their diets consist of sunflower seeds, pistachio nuts, tuna fish, poultry, lean pork or lean beef, dried prunes and bananas.

“Good nutrition helps to prevent chronic disease ― depression being something that can be chronic in so many different ways,” Miller said. “So by just having a variety of food in our diet and healthful-type foods, it can really go a long way to helping us feel better and preventing diseases.”

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Put the pressure of making money on hold and focus on your passion EDITORIAL

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

At this point in our young lives, most of us have never felt the urgency and realness of making money. We may put a dent in our summer earnings with spontaneous shopping trips and sushi lunches, but we don’t yet live in the world of financial reality.

Yes, that means all of us that may have called mom and dad yesterday about our rent being due.

So before we enter that phase filled with bills and true responsibility, it might be time to consider our thoughts on money.

Don’t worry, this isn’t a lecture on 401Ks or smart investments; it’s simply the posing of a question: should making money be our number one priority?

At Miami, and perhaps many similar universities, there are

certain messages telling us that it should be.

With not-so-subtle reminders about “return on investment” and stacks of loans, waiting for graduation day, there’s a rising pressure to find a career that pays well. Whether from the red banners on High Street or in the voices of worried parents, some students start running the numbers.

When first-years step onto campus, some instantly let money dictate their majors and ultimately, their career paths.

The thought process might be that if you don’t feel drawn to a particular field, why not let money make the decision for you.

Especially if you come from a wealthy background, why would you want to continue a lifestyle that deviates from that? Why not

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pursue a field that sets you up for a comfortable life?

There is nothing wrong with desiring wealth and stability. Pursuing a well-paying job is practical and responsible and follows the wisdom of virtually every professor and parent around us.

But before you follow that path, the Editorial Board invites you to think about why you chose that major or that career path.

If money is the main factor that comes to mind, maybe it’s time for a change.

There’s plenty of money-related clichés out in the world, and we tend to agree with their basic sentiment. The number in your bank account isn’t everything, especially at our age. In your twenties, you can make stupid choices, find out what you hate

and stumble on something you absolutely love. You don’t need a fancy house on a family-friendly neighborhood just yet. This is the time to not let money drive every decision you make.

Take it from a bunch of journalism and communication majors who accept that our futures are not exactly destined for fortune. When you get into journalism, there’s a rush of grown-ups getting in line to convince you to take up a different career.

Even in our limited experience with unpaid internships, we’ve learned the financial struggles that lie ahead because of our chosen industry.

But here’s the thing: we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Like any Humanities or Arts major, many of us won’t have six-

figure salaries after college, and that doesn’t bother us.

We would rather follow our passions than follow the dollar signs. And we know we can make do, probably with the help our accounting-savvy friends.

It’s easy to get pulled into a money making mindset and leave behind that long lost love of ceramics or History.

But take a moment and reconsider. Don’t choose finance over teaching and engineering over English literature just because of a few extra zeros glowing in your eyes.

Choose something because at the core of it all, it lights you up. Finding that should be your number one priority, not necessarily the check that comes in the mail later.

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Patience is not a virtue: Why being in a hurry can set you up for success DEAR ABBEY OBSERVATION Among a list of personality traits, patient is not a word that describes me best. Sure, I’m understanding, I’m thoughtful and I’m hard working. But I am not patient, and guess what?

I don’t think it’s a bad thing.

My parents were both in the Air Force, and they grew up in families where money was tight and foolishness was not tolerated.

My mom would leave her house if her date was more than five minutes late picking her up and my dad got fired from being a teaching assistant because he graded too harshly.

They met and fell in love, and then had four children who became as impatient and restless as they are.

My parents made me who I am today; and for that, especially when it comes to the impatient gene, I thank them.

As a camp counselor, I have learned to be fairly patient when dealing with kids and teenagers.

As a grocery store stocker in high

school, I had to keep my composure when a disgruntled customer would yell in my face on Thanksgiving morning about how we could possibly be out of cranberry sauce.

I know there is a place for patience; however, I am overall an impatient person -- and I urge everyone to be the same way.

Here’s an example. While some people are content waiting in long lines for food in the dining hall, I’ll be the one to hop out of line or come up with a new plan.

I hate wasting the time of others, and I certainly don’t like wasting my own time.

Why would I wait in line for an hour, when I could simply leave and get food elsewhere? By leaving, I save others time by making the line shorter and I save my own time by giving myself an extra hour to do whatever I want.

And what if the dining hall employees were more impatient? They wouldn’t be content with the long lines and slow service, but instead they might work faster and move the line along quicker.

If more people were impatient with mistakes, I think mistakes would happen less often. If I knew that I would be fired for a typo, wouldn’t I go over all my writing with a magnifying glass to ensure

my job was safe?

Take kids for instance. When a child doesn’t like broccoli and the parents are patient and give them corn instead, is that doing any good? If the parents were more impatient, perhaps if they simply offered the motto my dad would say to me as a fussy eater, “Tough shit, eat it or starve,” then maybe more kids would like broccoli.

gives us greater access than ever before to people and events around the world.

So why is it, then, that so many would have a hard time finding Iraq on a world map?

Shouldn’t everyone know instantly what ISIS stands for, considering the terrorist organization has been in national headlines for weeks?

Growing up with technology and having so many useful tools and devices fit inside my pocket had to make me a little bit intolerant to the idea of waiting and wasting time.”

As a millennial, impatience might just be a part of my mentality.

Growing up with technology and having so many useful tools and devices fit inside my pocket had to make me a little bit intolerant to the idea of waiting and wasting time.

But when I think about how useful and powerful our technology can be, I start recognizing how much of it is wasted.

College students are on things like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Yik Yak and Vine constantly, which

I’m impatient with the world because in today’s society, there is no reason to not have an answer. If I have a flat tire, I can call Triple A or I could look up how to change a tire on the Internet and fix it myself.

There are answers to all of my problems and more if I simply seek them out.

When I think back to my 10-yearold self, running through the airport with a duffel bag larger than myself because checking luggage was an unneeded expense, I can’t help but be thankful. My dad wasn’t going

to wait for me; I had to learn to keep up. And that’s what I did.

Ten years later, when my friends question why I always walk so fast and grumble about my organization of everything, the answer is always the same: I’m just impatient.

I don’t tolerate laziness, sloppiness, slowness or ignorance. We all have limitless possibilities at our fingertips, and how we spend our time defines which of those possibilities will become realities.

If you don’t believe me, take these words from Meryl Streep about the power of being impatient: “I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I have become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me.”

So while you wait for 90’s night, a burger from Pulley, an email from a professor or an open note quiz, don’t wait for me.

I’ll be studying, meeting with professors in person and eating snacks between classes. At the end of the day, I may be a bit more exhausted, but I feel far more accomplished.

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PATRICK GEYSER, THE MIAMI STUDENT

Police starting to protect and serve themselves POLICE Police used to look like Andy Griffith, now they look like SEAL Team Six. On combat patrols in Afghanistan, I would carry a rifle with optics, at least 210 rounds of ammunition, zip ties, eye protection, body armor, a grenade and a helmet. Police in Ferguson Missouri looked shockingly similar as they attacked civilians and journalists alike in protests that followed the incident in which a white cop in that town killed an unarmed black man while he was allegedly surrendering.

We don’t have the full story as to why Darren Wilson shot unarmed Michael Brown as many times as Dr. Loomis shot Michael Myers. Regardless of what happened, a cop with nonlethal weapons available decided to only use lethal force.

Before the Ferguson incident, there were news reports virtually every week of police brutality or murder.

This reminds me of another incident earlier this year when Albuquerque police shot and killed James Boyd. Boyd was equipped with two camping knives, but he surrendered. He was incapacitated by their stun grenade, then shot by five cops. His crime? Illegally camping in a park.

Video of the incident showed the man on his stomach struggling to breathe as police officers unleashed a dog after him and fired bean bag rounds at him.

CNN reported 26 people have been killed by police in Albuquerque since 2010.

What if Brown looked like a white Miami Oxford guy with the short salmon shorts, the silly backwards cap and Sperrys. I suspect he would still be alive, even if he walked into that store with a duffle bag and stole the whole cash register.

Over the years there has been an excess in war supplies including weapons, body armor and mine resistant vehicles. Police departments can fill out a one-page document to request these items from the government. Heck, it’s so easy to get an armored vehicle the Ohio State University campus has one. No 20-year-olds are drinking Budlight on those Campus Police’s watch.

When did being a cop become a job with no risk attached? Being a cop or a soldier doesn’t mean being completely safe. It can’t be that way. Your job is to protect and serve us, not yourself.

Most states don’t require police departments to report details on SWAT deployments. According to The Washington Post, the only state that has comprehensive statistics on the use of police is Maryland. Those numbers reveal that there has been an average of 4.5 SWAT raids a day in Maryland since 2009. Ninety percent of SWAT raids were to

serve warrants and half of the raids were in response to nonviolent suspects. About 15 percent of the raids ended with no confiscated contraband.

Radley Balko, writer for the Washington Post and Huffington Post just released his book, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Force and cites that there are 50,000 SWAT Team deployments per year as opposed to only a few hundred in the 1970’s. Most of these raids are to serve warrants and to catch the guy selling weed.

You don’t need a trained kill team with long range rifles to get that guy, just snatch him when he goes to Taco Bell.

Right now, violent crime in the United States is at a 40-year low.

The FBI classifies violent crime as, murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.The New York Times reported that your chances of being murdered is less than half of what it was in the 1990’s.

Maybe giving the Police too much power is to thank for that?

Yet the whole “Liberty vs. Security debate” is old.

I want the police officers around me to be able to protect me and I want to support them, but when you give someone a new toy, they want to use it. I remember when our Sniper in Afghanistan got a new rifle, he was begging the Taliban to engage us. That’s a situation where it’s probably ok, but don’t you think any cop who wants his chance to be the hero and use his or her cool gear?

Maybe we shouldn’t be as quick to give police tanks, grenade launchers, and snipers. In 2011, the FBI reported 404 civilians were killed by police. Australia sat in second place with six people killed by police. During the same time period, 412 Americans were killed in Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan, it’s illegal to shoot someone once they are unable to fight. We have Rules of Engagement, non lethal training and we don’t point rifles at peaceful civilians. We also have plans to treat wounded enemies. It took almost six hours for Michael Brown’s corpse to get an EMS unit. I’ve seen injured Taliban get care in less than an hour.

Perhaps I’m making too many parallels to the Army. But when I see Police dress, equip and act like they’re doing a military job, comparisons need to be made.

The Conservatives have been screaming for years about the expansion of an overruling government. So, where are they now?

The oppressive government they fear isn’t going to come with health care and a background check, it’s busting down your door with no warrant, a German Shepherd and a stun grenade.

STEVEN BEYNON

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After Cantor’s loss, he follows the problematic path of other former-politicans ACCORDING TO ANDREW POLITICS Much of the world has been in crisis this summer, but the event most compelling for the less high-minded political class happened back in early June.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost the primary election by double digits to an unknown economics professor despite raising ten times more money than him.

This unprecedented loss shocked close political watchers.

The race to decide why Cantor lost, as well as over analyze the implications for the Republican Party, happened quickly.

Some blamed the loss on Cantor’s tepid support for some type of immigration reform. Others blamed his obstructionist ways as Majority Leader (these were certainly the least credible critics).

The third group blamed Cantor’s deep connections to Wall Street and focus on raising money, which indicated some mixed up political priorities.

The story came and went.

Despite sending shockwaves through Capitol Hill, it was quickly replaced by more pressing world events.

After his loss, everyone assumed Cantor would either continue his illustrious career in the realm of public service as a lobbyist, an investment banker or some combination of the two.

Ramesh Ponnuru, a conservative columnist writing for Bloomberg, spelled out the beltway conventional wisdom, calling Cantor’s impending lobbying career his obvious next act, and the best way for him to retain his “influence.”

On Tuesday, the news broke that Cantor chose investment banker; although, he won’t be moving to Wall Street. Instead he’ll open a Washington D.C. office for Moelis, a “boutique investment bank.”

In their typically high-minded tone, the headline writers at POLITICO posited the next most important question in Cantor’s life: “Eric Cantor: Beltway big shot to Wall Street titan?”

The piece went on to make it clear Cantor may return to

politics in the future—Virginia’s governor can only serve a single four-year term and in 2017, the seat will be open again.

In their write-up of the news, the Wall Street Journal said Cantor’s plans to join Moelis originated back in July during a brunch with Ken Moelis, Cantor and their wives in Los Angeles.

Moelis, the Journal reports, “was giving Mr. Cantor career advice when it occurred to him that the two should work together.”

Many members of Congress go to D.C. because they care about representing their communities, but then are all too easily changed by the culture of compromising principles in the name of political influence. They end up thoughtlessly voting through omnibus spending bills that help out people who are already rich, leaving the average American to foot the bill.

quite rich? Will making millions more really lead to a life lived well?

The fact that the political class takes Cantor’s choice for granted, assuming it as his obvious next step, is unfortunate. Washington is a town of largely powerhungry individuals who often take for granted that another person’s choices will be about the accumulation of more power and money. It’s a laughable notion that a man like Cantor would use his past position to actually try and do good. He tried that in the House, some would say, and now it’s time for him to make his money.

When those covering and working in such institutions buy into this corrosive thinking, you get the deeply disconnected political class we have now. Many people across the country do not think in this warped, all about

Washington is a town of largely power-hungry individuals who often take for granted that another person’s choices will be about the accumulation of more power and money.

Washington types obsess over immigration reform when they should really be talking about middle class wages, lifting the nearly 50 million Americans in poverty out of it, and grappling with serious strategies to deal with the new economy.

Cantor often gave lip service to caring about such issues. He got his political action committee behind a policy push called “Room to Grow,” which attempts to address economic issues in a way that might actually make life easier for the broad cross section of Americans.

He also used his perch as Majority Leader to push a legislative strategy known as “Making Life Work,” which sought to make some basic fixes to the Affordable Care Act (this did not go over well with the Republican conference).

Sadly, Cantor showed his misguided priorities by choosing to peddle influence for the well-off instead of using his influence to address pocketbook issues in his post-Congressional life. Obviously choosing the latter would pay less, but isn’t Cantor already

number one, way.

Politics, even with the dayto-day horse-trading that goes on, should be looked at as noble work. Our elected officials have an unmatched ability to make a difference for the average citizen. This is a fact that’s all too easily ignored because most of them choose not to make this difference. Instead they care only about what they’ll do after, having columnists for The New York Times like them or retaining a fleeting “influence” among their colleagues.

The American people do not think well of politics or politicians. It’s for good reason. Washington’s culture is money obsessed, power obsessed, insular and disconnected.

Yet we continue to elect individuals who perpetuate this problem. Until we send those among us without the bent toward this love of fame and fortune to represent us, the basic disconnect will persist.

ANDREW GEISLER

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dropping its last three matches.

Senior outside hitter Andrea Baylin has been a force on both offense and defense as she is the team leader in kills with 53 and digs with 61. Junior middle blocker Taylor Masterson has come up big as well with her 13 total blocks. The 32 return errors made by the team dwarfs the 19 committed by its opponents and looks to be an area of concern.

Miami had some key performances over the weekend that it would like to see continue into Friday. Senior setter/outside hitter Meg Riley has tallied three double-doubles this season.

Sophomore middle blocker Paige Hill is tops on the team with 34 kills and a .435 hitting percentage and earned MAC East Player of the Week honors for her efforts.

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the red zone, racking up over 100 yards in penalties and forcing their quarterback to look like a whirling dervish far too often due to poor pass protection.

If you were around Oxford to witness any of the debacles that were football games last year, you probably cared more about the highs Saturday. If, like Martin, you have the high-level football coach, never satisfied personality, you noticed the bad. That Martin and his coaching staff are likely the only ones who had the second response bodes well for Miami’s future under the new head coach, but also indicates the team has yet to fully take on its new coach’s personality.

Talking about his teams and the fan reaction to the loss, Martin was incredulous.

“They are excited about losing by [15],” Martin said. “That scares the hell out of me. Our guys are excited. That’s mindboggling to me. Why be excited?

You lost by [15] at home. Our fans are excited. We’re getting cheered off the field. Like, I’ve been throwing things.”

That quote might make you think Martin is irrational. Doesn’t he realize we didn’t win a single game last year? The obvious answer is yes, but Martin has spent months with this group, molding them into a football team from the rubble that was left after last year’s winless campaign.

He clearly sees something better than his players or the fans have in this group.

“They are capable of more than what they believe they are capable of. At some point they gotta see it,” Martin said of his team Saturday.

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said the school district would keep current maintenance and transportation services on the site.

“We are leasing this area for our continued maintenance and transportation needs,” Spivey said. “The fuel tanks are utilized through a shared service plan. This arrangement can lead to a reduction in fuel costs which is a win-win for all parties.”

Sophomore Kelsey Groll said she believes the additional parking will be a great benefit to the university.

“My hope would be that if [the university] took 400 spots away that they would replace them,” Groll

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digs per set this season and freshman outside hitter Olivia Rusek has been a crucial contributor with 24 kills, good enough for third on the team.

“We’re adjusting to the hitting tempo,” freshman outside hitter Katie Tomasic. “We’re learning to put balls away and split the block. Getting confidence is also big for the team going forward as we look to upset Indiana.”

Freshman middle blocker Meredith Stutz discussed the defense.

“We’re learning new defenses and getting to be more well oiled as we go on,” Stutz said. “The communication has been good for us. Personally, I’ve been learning to play both in the middle and the right side so it’s all about getting ready to go for this weekend.”

The RedHawks take on Indiana 7 p.m. Friday in Bloomington, Indiana and square off against Mississippi State and Southeast Missouri State at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Saturday, respectively.

Pair the last two quotes together and you get a window into the psyche that makes successful football programs successful.

Losing isn’t tolerated. Winning is expected. Mistake free football is expected. There is no good reason the team should lose a game.

Any coach will give lip service to this concept. Every coach says they expect to win, but few actually see no reason their team should lose. If coaches expect excellence in everything their players do, this mindset, slowly for some and quickly for others, seeps into the player’s expectations as well. This is a true winning culture.

The “there’s no reason we should lose” mindset is there in every top tier program, and if the culture maker at the top has it, this mindset can be exported to pretty much any football program in America. Fortunately, it looks like Miami’s got one of those in Martin.

In a Yahoo article over the summer, Martin talked about what players can expect if they choose his program.

“Here’s what’s in it for you if you come to Miami: I’m going to kick your ass every day,” Martin said. “If you don’t want that, then that’s fine. I’m good.

Not many people are selling you a good ass-kicking these days.””

If players come to Oxford that respond to this tough-minded thinking, before too long there’s no way the Redhawks won’t be back at the top of the MAC— sadly, it will probably be just in time for Martin to depart and coach a Big Ten school.

But enjoy the here and now: Chuck Martin expects to win and before too long, his team won’t be able to help but catch on.

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Sophomore midfielder Jenna Weiner dribbles past a Northern Kentucky defender during a 1-1 tie in an exhibition match on Aug. 17.

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plex in the country. With a construction cost of $18.5 million, the soccer-specific facility can hold 5,300 spectators.

But the Red and White aren’t necessarily overmatched. When the teams met in 2013, Miami took a 2-0 lead before allowing three consecutive Cardinal goals to drop the contest in overtime.

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picking up 142 yards on 25 carries. Mobley might be slightly familiar to Miami fans, as he had two carries for 12 yards in UK’s 41-7 blowout of the RedHawks.

Redshirt sophomore University of Cincinnati transfer Bennie Coney started at QB against RMU for the Colonels, but he split time with senior Jared McClain.

Coney struggled throwing the ball, completing six of 13 passes for 83 yards and three interceptions. However, he did have EKU’s only TD pass of the game and chipped in 28 yards on the ground.

McClain was more effective; completing 11 of 17 passes for 134 yards. He also added 90 yards and a score on eight carries.

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some students have taken initiative through house building projects. Senior Jake McCullough is the president of Miami’s Habitat for Humanity (HFH) chapter.

The student group works to raise awareness of homelessness and poverty, and goes on weekend projects to build homes for those in need.

“We look at [the problem in]

said. “Parking is such a premium in Oxford, so adding a place with that many spots will be incredibly helpful, especially since each new class that enters Miami grows.”

Powell said he believes this is the most cost-effective solution to the decline of available parking.

“One way to deal with this loss of parking spaces is to construct parking garages,” Powell said. “This is a very expensive option, which typically results in higher cost fees to park in such facilities. We understand this is not a favorable situation.

Powell said he has hope of a positive outcome.

“I think the end-product will be well-received by the students.”

Around this time last season, the ’Hawks experienced an offensive outburst that led to 16 goals in a stretch of five nonconference games. A similar attacking surge would be more than welcome considering Miami has tallied only three goals in its first three matches.

Kramig welcomes the challenges of these non-conference matchups, but he doesn’t

want his players to lose focus of the number one priority, the Mid-American Conference.

“We’re gonna go out and play very hard,” Kramig said. “The whole idea of these non-conference games is to get better and get ready for MAC play. Winning the MAC is the priority, and [these games] will help us to do that.”

The match starts at 1 p.m. Sunday in Louisville.

“[It’s] definitely a tricky offense,” senior cornerback Quinten Rollins said. “I think they had 400 rushing yards last week, so we’ll definitely need to be on top of that.

But also not being asleep in the secondary [is important].”

Rollins played in his first career college football game, after spending the previous four years playing basketball at Miami. He was credited with a game-high two pass breakups against Marshall, but isn’t satisfied.

“I felt pretty good,” Rollins said. “Obviously I could have made some plays out there that I wish I could have made to help the team. Overall I felt good but definitely not satisfied. There were some things I could have done better, little things I can improve, whether it was my technique,

breaking on the ball better. Just little things that add up to being a great player.”

Martin hates losing, but he’s also focused on building, and building the right way, at Miami.

“We’re not going to get out of this hole by somebody throwing us down a rope, climbing down there, strapping us by our waist and pulling us out of this hole,” Martin said. “If we’re gonna wait for that to happen it’s not going to change. That’s the tough thing with where we’re at. Yeah, we’re trying to win every football game, but we’re also trying to make some drastic changes with who we are and how we approach things.”

Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Yager Stadium. Fans unable to attend the game can listen live at redhawkradio.com.

more of a large scale … [to] eliminate poverty and homelessness,” he said.

According to McCullough, HFH buys pieces of land in the Tri-state and links the chapter to new projects. Because of the program’s requirements, families receiving housing must work alongside volunteers for 500 hours.

“We get a chance … to [build] relationship with families, which is really cool … It’s rewarding to

see them thrive.”

In the past few years, HFH’s chapter at Miami has built three habitat houses in Oxford, a few in Cincinnati and Hamilton. For students who are interested in the program, McCullough recommends coming to weekly Tuesday meetings and asking around.

“We want people from diverse backgrounds,” he said. “We just want people to be involved.”

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Redshirt sophomore Fred McRae pulls back on the right stick to intitate a back juke during a punt return in Miami’s 42-27 loss to Marshall University. McRae was tackled inside the 10-yard line.

’Hawks look to snap losing streak against EKU FOOTBALL TOM DOWNEY SPORTS EDITOR

The Miami University football team holds the nation’s longest active FBS losing streak with 17 straight losses. It’s a fact not lost among players or coaches, but Miami might have its best chance at ending this streak this Saturday against Eastern Kentucky University.

EKU is an FCS school that hasn’t beaten an FBS team since 1985, when it knocked off the University of Louisville 45-21.

“It’s weird. Where we’re at as a program, I’m not even really concerned about EKU and our chances,” head coach Chuck Martin said. “Someone on the conference call asked me ‘anything less than a win?’ I mean I guess that’s a really good question, but I guess I’m not

really at that point with my brain for wins and losses … I’d love to beat Eastern Kentucky, I’d love to break the losing [streak], I got that. But that’s not … My focus is on where this team is going to be here in the next one to two to three years and how we can keep developing kids and you still wanna make the best decisions for winning games.”

Senior wide receiver Dawan Scott thinks the streak will be broken soon.

“It’s gonna be broken real soon,” Scott said. “It’s going to be broken soon. Real soon.”

If last Saturday’s 42-27 loss to Marshall was any indication, Miami will lean heavily on fifth year senior quarterback Andrew Hendrix.

In his first career start, Hendrix threw for 318 yards, three touchdowns and picked up 46 yards on the ground on 20 carries. He

completed only 24 of 49 passes, but the majority of his incompletions cam from him being forced to throw the ball away.

Miami’s offense looked vastly improved over anything the team trotted out last season and Scott is a big fan of the new spread look.

“It’s like a receivers dream,” Scott said. “It’s everybody’s dream actually. We throw the ball a lot … It’s just perfect basically.”

EKU is a run-first, run-second and run-third type of team, if the Colonels’ stat line from their Robert Morris University is to be trusted.

EKU ran all over RMU, racking up over 400 yards on the ground against a team that hasn’t posted a winning record since 2010.

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The number of days between Miami’s last football victroy and Saturday’s game against Eastern Kentucky. The RedHawks’ last win came against rival Ohio University, who was undefeaeted and gunning for a possible BCS Berth at the time.

Culture change a work in progress for RedHawk football GOING LONG WITH GEISLER COLUMN As the clock wound down in Miami’s 42-27 football loss to Marshall Saturday, one thing became perfectly clear—a sore loser is exactly what Miami’s football program needed.

After a controversial touchdown call put Marshall up two touchdowns with two minutes to play, new Redhawk head coach Chuck Martin was redfaced, berating the officials with an intensity never displayed by the Redhawks last coaching regime, over the call that ended his team’s quest to end the nation’s longest losing streak. Martin’s antics earned him two 15-yard penalties, leading to the rarely

seen kick off from the opponent’s 35-yard line.

The team’s performance was so much better than anything RedHawk fans saw the last two years, when the team played embarrassingly uninspired football, feeling happy with a non-blowout loss is an understandable response.

But not for Chuck Martin—the man appears to be a bona fide sore loser. And no matter what they try to teach you in today’s everybody gets a trophy culture, that’s the best kind of head football coach.

Sure the RedHawks gained more yards, scored more points and generally looked like they deserved to be on the field with a quality opponent for the first time in a couple of years, but they still lost. On top of that, they made unforgiveable football mistakes like failing to cash-in twice in COLUMN »PAGE 9

Red and White fall to Northwestern, prepare for Ohio State FIELD HOCKEY SADIE MARTINEZ

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The Miami University women’s field hockey team lost its second game of the season 5-1 to No. 5 Northwestern University.

The RedHawk’s lone goal was scored by senior back Ali Froede and was assisted by senior back Shannon Regan and junior midfielder Bea Dechant.

Despite the numbers on the scoreboard, the team was in high spirits after the game as they stretched and listened to head coach Inako Puzo.

“I think we did a better job of listening to the game plan today and believing in it,” Froede said.

“I know we didn’t get the score and outcome we wanted, but I think we did a lot better job trusting ourselves, the coaching staff, and everything on the field. We played a lot better than we did on Saturday even though it wasn’t the

result that we wanted.”

Despite the first two games resulting in a loss for the RedHawks, the team remains positive.

“Aside from the scoreboard our hard work is slowly starting to pay off,” senior back Gabby Golach said. “The basis of our game is passing, believing in our game plan and our structure. As long as we maintain our structure and we continue to pass the ball I don’t think we’ll have to change too much aside from that.”

Goldach said that in order for the team to succeed its main focus needs to be on trusting their ability to pass the ball.

“The crucial thing for us is passing,” Goldach said. “Our coach always says we play a passing game. We really started to put faith in that and trust each other on the field and trust that the pass is going to go through and make the right cut. I think its really developing nicely.”

The team centers its game plan according to the other team’s

strengths and weaknesses.

“We try to attack each game based on what the strengths and weaknesses are of the other team,” Froede said. “Every game we go into we focus on their press, their ball, their back, so we kind of adjust our game structure to who ever we are playing in our next game.

So that will be our focus from here on out until we play Ohio State.”

The RedHawks’ next three games are against highly ranked competitors. They face Ohio State University, No. 1 University of Maryland and No. 6 University of Virginia.

“Ohio State is always a tough game,” Froede said. “No. 1 Maryland and No.6 UVA for our next couple games … it definitely doesn’t get easier but its awesome to see how even with our high ranking schedule and high level of play we are still able to get better every time.”

The next game for the RedHawks is 5 p.m. Friday at Ohio State.

Indiana Invitational a test for MU VOLLEYBALL JORDAN RINARD

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Coming off a strong showing in the Panther Invitational last weekend, the Miami University volleyball team (2-1) is looking to improve as it faces Indiana University, Mississippi State University and Southeast Missouri State University this weekend in the Indiana Invitational.

“This week, we’ve been working on defending our court and getting our backcourt working in unison with the block setup,” head coach Carolyn Condit said.

“We’re also working with our seven freshman and getting our terminology down. We’re working on our serving velocity as well. We were outserved and outpassed in the fourth and fifth sets

against Milwaukee and we need to learn how to not get tight in pressure situations. We’re working on defending the slide attack, especially one-legged attacks as Indiana does them.”

Getting confidence is big for the team going forward as we look to upset Indiana.

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The Hoosiers (3-0) started off their season on a roll as they claimed the UConn Classic title with wins over Central Connecticut State University, the University of New Hampshire and the University of Connecticut. Senior

outside hitter Morgan Leach was named tournament MVP for recording 39 kills over the weekend while sophomore setter Megan Tallman registered three doubledoubles to start the season. Junior middle blocker Awele Nwaeze also accounted for 21 blocks in the tournament.

Mississippi State (1-3) is struggling so far this season as it has been swept in two of its three losses. Freshman libero Payton Harris and junior setter Katlyn Mataya have been bright spots for the Bulldogs as Harris has amassed 100 digs so far this season and Mataya leads the team with 4.50 assists per set. The offense has not been a bright spot as it has a .114 hitting percentage.

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Miami sophomore midfielder/forward Geagy Pritchard attempts to get past a Northwestern defender during Miami’s 5-1 loss.

Miami faces Louisville SOCCER JUSTIN WOODS

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The Miami University women’s soccer team looks to get back to winning Sunday as it travels to University of Louisville. The matchup against the Cardinals (21) will round out Miami’s difficult early season road trip.

“This is a tough stretch for us with four road games in a row,” head coach Bobby Kramig said.

“And it’s not just road games, it’s Purdue, it’s Butler, it’s Northwestern, it’s Louisville.”

The RedHawks (2-1) opened the season with two wins before losing at Northwestern University (3-1) last weekend. Miami spent this week of practice focusing on physical conditioning, but the ’Hawks also watched

plenty of film to learn from the Northwestern game.

“We’ll correct the problems that we saw [at Northwestern],” Kramig said. “But certainly Louisville is a good enough team to expose other issues that we might have, and we’ll learn from those too.”

The Cardinals posted a 12-5-2 record in 2013 with a 7-1 mark in American Athletic Conference play. Louisville made the transition to the Atlantic Coastal Conference this season. The ACC is the cream of the NCAA women’s soccer crop – eight ACC schools were ranked in the preseason Top 25 and four cracked the Top 5.

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