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MU distances from a ‘topsy turvy’ history with women HISTORY

EMILY WILLIAMS ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

In an issue of The Miami Student published December 1902, the editors published a poem entitled “Topsy Turvy:” “A new Miami’s risen, the Coed’s right on hand/To the old Miami fellows, it’s all topsy turvy land/ There’s women on the faculty…

The men are perfect ladies/The girls are athletes strong,/Can all these topsy turvy things continue very long?”

At the time, the university was experiencing its first substantial influx of female students since the university had started accepting women in 1887 — 78 years after the school was chartered in 1809.

Although women have not always been a part of Miami’s history, the university’s female students and faculty members have and continue to assert their places as scholars and leaders in the community.

Before women could attend Miami, Oxford was home to three women’s colleges, run by three separate Presbyterian churches. When Miami was forced to close its doors temporarily from 1883 to 1885, the women’s colleges remained open.

Among them was the Western College, a school which was intended to emulate the prestigious New England women’s college Mount Holyoke. Just as Miami was meant to mirror schools like Yale University, this college was hailed by its founders as the Mount Holyoke of the West, hence its name.

The reopening of Miami in 1885, now as a state-funded institution, ushered in the New Miami.

Through the 1890s, the university

had no more than 16 women enrolled at a time, but after the turn of the century, women from Oxford and beyond enrolled, challenging the university’s status quo. Females now make up 52 percent of Miami’s student population.

In an address former university president Phillip Shriver gave in 1996 about the history of women at Miami, Shriver explained that, shortly after women were first admitted to Miami, Oxford voted to become a dry town in 1905.

“They honestly believed that only through prohibition could there be protection of a university community that was meaningfully and significantly coeducational,” Shriver said.

The local prohibition was not lifted until 1980.

One of the first women’s advocacy groups formed at Miami was a Suffrage Club. Its first meeting, a large gathering of eager young women in the living room of Bishop Hall, was described in the March 19, 1914 issue of The Student.

According to the article, the club was established not in direct support of women’s suffrage but “to study the question of suffrage for women.”

“The aim of the organization still proves that the Miami woman is never radical,” the reporter wrote.

That same year, six female students met with Guy Potter Benton, the university’s president at the time, to discuss their idea of forming a social sorority. The Delta Zeta sorority was then founded that year and has since drawn in over 247,000 members nationwide.

Miami’s Greek life has since grown to now include 21 sororities.

According to an article in the March 21, 1969 edition of The

Student, Miami hosted a panel discussion entitled “Liberation: Can Women Swing It? Can Men Take It?” The article included a few statements from one of the panelists, a professor of English at the time at Miami, John Reardon.

“I think women are wonderful,” he said. “I just can’t imagine why anyone would want to be one.”

Only four years later, an article with a full-page spread bore a very different title and tone. “A woman’s place — wherever she chooses,” the May 27 headline read.

The Oxford Women’s Liberation had just sponsored its first women’s conference, “Woman’s Free Space — Not Place.”

Now, decades later, Miami is hosting its second annual Miami Initiative for Advancing, Mentoring and Investing in Women (M.I.A.M.I Women) Leadership Symposium as part of the M.I.A.M.I. initiative that works with alumni, campus offices and student groups to encourage and empower women who are taking on leadership roles.

The event kicked off with a keynote address Thursday evening in the Armstrong Pavilion from Sheryl Wu Dunn and Nicholas Kristof.

WuDunn, the first Asian American journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize and Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer winner, are both spouses and co-authors.

They have written two books together, “A Path Appears” and “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.”

The remainder of the program, which will conclude Friday afternoon, will feature panel discussions and workshops with Miami faculty MU WOMEN »PAGE 9

A retraction and an apology In the April 21 issue, The Miami Student published a story titled “The Baron of Brick Street,” a profile of Will Weisman, co-owner of Brick Street bar. We have learned that we cannot vouch for the veracity of the story. Therefore, we retract it.

The story was originally written for a journalism class. The Student has occasionally published articles written for classes, but only if the writer has informed his or her

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writer of the article has now told us that Williams did not say the words attributed to him.

We have removed the story from our website. We apologize to those quoted in the story, including Will Weisman and Jay Williams, and we apologize to our readers for publishing a story that fails to meet our standards.

Reis Thebault Editor-in-Chief

’TIS BUT A FLESH WOUND Two LARPers do battle on Central Quad Saturday during the Renaissance Festival.

New Miami IDs to be printed with students’ birthdates UNIVERSITY

MARY SCHROTT THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami student IDs will now have students’ birthdates printed on them, effective immediately.

Any current or future students requiring a new Miami ID will receive one with a birthdate.

According to Jeanne Via, manager of Campus Card Services at Miami University, the change began officially on April 6.

“It took me about five minutes to add it,” Via said on changing

the printing of ID cards.

Dean of Students Mike Curme said the decision arose in part from the work of the alcohol task force and their conversations with local permit holders Uptown.

“There was a sense from these discussions that having the birthdate included on the Miami ID could be helpful to their operations,” Curme said.

The technology to print birthdates has always been available.

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Geography department plans memorial garden for Eldemire MEMORIAL

VICTORIA SLATER MANAGING EDITOR

It didn’t matter what it was to Rebecca Eldemire — if it was living, she loved it. Since her death on Feb. 1, the 21-year-old has left behind a passion for anything green, and a determined drive to protect it.

Now, Miami University’s geography department plans to memorialize Becca’s ecological mission and commitment to nature, and sustain it for years to come.

If everything goes according to plan, and enough fundraising is secured, the Native Landscape Garden in Memory of Rebecca Eldemire will be unveiled next spring along with the renovations to Shideler Hall.

“Becca’s life and work enriched this university,” said geography professor and Becca’s former

adviser David Prytherch. “We hope the Miami community can join us in honoring her commitment to learning and the environment on this campus she loved so much.”

Plans for the memorial call for a small garden to be planted in the west courtyard of Shideler Hall, a place where Becca devoted much of her time and work as a geography and geographic information systems (GSI) double major at Miami. Initial designs for the garden include many of Becca’s favorite plants, such as milkweed, to support a population of monarch butterflies and flowers fit for bees and hummingbirds. The garden may also utilize a storm water feature to collect rain, to commemorate Becca’s dedication to sustainability and ecology.

“We want to build a place that everybody can enjoy,” Prytherch GARDEN »PAGE 4

On April 24, 2007, The Miami Student reported that Miami’s university senate voted to adopt a smoke-free policy on the Oxford and branch campuses. An ASG member reacted to the ruling, saying, “Students pay a lot of money to stay in a dorm that we now have to stay and live in for two years — how can they not smoke?”

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sources that the story was to be published, and if the sources have agreed to be quoted for publication.

The editors were led to believe the writer of “The Baron of Brick Street” had followed these steps with her sources. After the story was published, we learned the writer did not do so.

Therefore, we cannot stand by any part of the story.

In addition, the article attributed a quotation to Jay Williams of the Miami hockey team; the

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Sorority retention could reveal member satisfaction Miami’s Panhellenic Association does not record, reveal retention rates among its chapters GREEK

BONNIE MEIBERS

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Since 30 percent of Miami University’s student body is involved in Greek life, Miami’s Panhellenic Association proclaims high numbers when it comes to women registering for recruitment and chapter totals. But not every woman who goes through the recruitment process or joins a sorority stays there her entire Miami career.

During the recruitment process, some women decide to “drop” or withdraw for a number of reasons.

Once a woman receives a bid from a sorority, she can either accept that bid or “drop” again.

A sorority’s retention rate is based on how many members decide to stay active in the sorority from year to year after accepting that bid.

However, Miami’s Panhellenic said that they only receive numbers for chapter totals — not how many women decided to resign from a given sorority.

This raises the question of whether sorority retention rates should be

made public during recruitment, just as university retention rates are made public. Because university retention rates help prospective students make their college decisions and find the best fit for them, perhaps sororitty recruitment rates could help women rushing find their best fit, too.

sorority accurately.

“I don’t think those rates are necessary to share because it is a private decision between a woman and her chapter,” Gilardi said. “Sometimes there are family issues, financial issues or other personal reasons that women leave their chapters.”

While it may not be essential to publicize, retention rates are essential to a chapter’s survival.

Alpha Gamma Delta sorority was removed from Miami’s campus in January because of poor retention rates.

According to junior AGD member Bethany Brown, the sorority had had a retention issue since 2006 and was having trouble getting girls to rush their sorority during formal recruitment.

During the recruitment process, active members try to market their chapters to women going through.

Some question whether the version a sorority presents during rush is the true version of itself.

First-year and member of Alpha Phi sorority Ellen Coghlan said if retention rates were made public during rush, it might have affected the sororities she asked back each

We don’t always know why women leave their chapters. Sometimes it’s a personal decision, and other times it’s the choice of the organization.

CORINNE GILARDI

VP OF RECRUITMENT

Vice President of Recruitment for the Panhellenic Association, Corinne Gilardi, said she does not believe these numbers should be published because they do not always reflect the value of a

round. She also said she would have looked at sororities with significantly lower retention rates differently than sororities with high retention rates “It would make me think that the impression I was getting from them during rush was not how they really were,” Coghlan said.

Caity Corbissero, a first-year who dropped her sorority this semester, agreed.

“I was in between two [sororities,] and if I had known that the one I ended up putting second had a higher retention rate than the other, I would have picked the that one — and possibly stuck with it,” Corbissero said. “I just felt like I was going to have to change myself to fit in.”

Not every woman who “drops” her sorority does so for the same reasons Corbissero did. Women “drop” for many reasons, from financial issues, family and personal matters or dissatisfaction.

“We don’t always know why women leave their chapters. Sometimes it’s a personal decision, and other times it’s the choice of the organization,” Gilardi said.

Some published reports about so-

rorities show the positive effects of being Greek, like being more likely to graduate in four years and making students want to stay in school.

A report published in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics by P. Wesley Routon of Middle Tennessee State University and Jay Walker of Niagara University, however, uncovered that belonging to a sorority does not affect a young woman’s grade point average. This study contradicts the higher grade point averages that national universities boast of Greek life.

The study also found that fouryear graduation rates for young women involved in Greek life are 4.7 percentage points higher compared to non-members.

Another study, conducted by J. Patrick Biddix for the National Panhellenic Conference, showed that members of sororities typically return to their universities from their freshman to sophomore year at a higher rate than nonmembers.

The average number of women in Miami sorority chapters this spring is 195. For now, the number of women who leave those chapters will remain private.

New FSB requirements enhance competition ADMISSION

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THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University’s Farmers School of Business (FSB) recently raised its GPA requirement from a 3.3 to a 3.5. Current Miami students aspiring to FSB may be accepted into the program if they have completed 30 hours of classes (including MTH 151 and ECO 201), and have maintained a 3.5 GPA. “The GPA boost will really attract employers and make Farmer just that much more elite,” said Drew Hohlt, junior and finance major in the business school.

“Even though it’ll make it hard-

er to get into FSB, over time it’ll change it to where Miami wants it.”

Finance professor Saul Adelman said the increased GPA requirement is due to the number of students utilizing the directadmit and transfer programs, which was allowing more students into the program than could be maintained.

In addition to being a necessary adjustment, the new GPA standard will make the business school more competitive as higher achieving students are admitted.

The Assistant Dean of FSB Martha Kyger said the change will take effect in fall 2015. She said the change is an attempt at

better enrollment management in the school faculty, and resources are available to support an enrollment of only about 3,900 to 4,000 students.

“Many more students than we expected have met the admission requirements at the 3.3 level,” Kyger said.

Goals of the new admission requirements include increasing the stature of FSB so it stands out among business schools of peer institutions, and better preparing students for the job market.

“It really raises the exclusivity, and … it makes the business school more desirable for employers,” said Nick Stallings, a sophomore in the business program. “I am sure glad I got in when I did.”

Miami dining services launches student feedback surveys for fall DINING

KRISTA SAVAGE NEWS EDITOR

Throughout the past week, Miami University Dining Services has been collecting customer feedback through an online survey to evaluate the process of their current operations and investigate improvement options for the 2015-16 school year.

Feedback cards are placed at almost every dining location on campus, and each one includes a URL of an online survey that students, faculty and staff can complete. The survey can also be accessed through MyMiami. Upon completion, students receive a $5 coupon to MapleStreet. The survey is accessible on MyMiami through today.

During the survey, customers answer questions about their favorite and least favorite dining locations, their favorite food options and even what brand of coffee they would most like to see on campus. When choosing their favorite foods, customers are presented with a wide variety, ranging from Asian cuisine to home-style cooking.

Customers can also rank their preferences from “very important” to “not at all important” on topics like the importance of nationally-recognized brand name foods, value-to-price ra-

tio and the availability of healthy options on campus.

At the end of the survey, students are asked to define how they value a dining experience.

According to Miami Dining Manager of Computer Systems and Marketing Mark Andrea, customers’ values are of high regard when collaborating for renovations and upgrades to dining facilities.

production center and distribution hub for all food served at Miami.

When results from surveys are gathered, DCSC staff organize and evaluate the results and designs strategies to incorporate the feedback for fall renovations.

For the last several years, Miami has completed similar surveys and enforced the same set of procedures.

“In the fall survey, we heard many

Clearly our customers hold a very important role. We are here to listen to them and respond in the best way possible.

MARK ANDREA

MANAGER OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND MARKETING, MU DINING

“Clearly our customers hold a very important role,” Andrea said.

“We are here to listen to them and respond in the best way possible.”

So far, over 2,000 individuals have responded to the surveys, but the goal is 2,500. This includes the students, faculty and staff Miami Dining Services serves — approximately 20,000 each day, both in Oxford and regional campuses.

Since 2001, the Demske Culinary Support Center (DCSC) has stood as the backbone of Miami Dining Services. It serves as a warehouse,

concerns regarding buffet or all you can locations declining on campus,” said Kim Kinsel, associate vice president for Auxiliaries. “After the fall survey, we converted Western to Buffet service for the start of the spring semester.”

According to the Miami Dining Service’s website, if at any time during the school year a student has a suggestion or complaint regarding dining services, he/she should talk to a manager at the dining location or fill out our feedback form through the dining website.

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SWING TIME! The Miami University Jazz Quintet performed with trumpet player Nick Greene and saxaphonist Alex Karoly. Joining them Tuesday night in Hall Auditorium is guest trumpet player John Zappa.

Despite surplus, new housing complex in development HOUSING

MADDIE WOOD

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Although Miami University’s population is increasing, many off-campus residences remain vacant, leaving a housing surplus within Oxford.

According to a spreadsheet from the city of Oxford, 7,200 rental properties are available in the Oxford area, and as of April 1, 2015, only 61.8 percent of those properties are being rented.

Despite the empty residences, Trinitas Ventures, a housing development group, has proposed the construction of a student housing community called The Fields at Southpointe, at the intersection of Southpointe Parkway and 27 South, across from Level 27 Apartments.

This community would turn roughly 37 acres of land into 85 residential lots, most likely duplexes, to be used for student housing.

Some residents aren’t happy about these plans.

“If [Trinitas] ignores student housing surplus, they disregard true community needs,” said Oxford resident Kathleen Zien at a city council meeting April 21.

“Oxford isn’t desperate to develop 37 acres. Trinitas is.”

Trinitas is based out of Lafayette, Indiana, and has built studenthousing communities in nine other states. This would be Trinitas’ first development in Ohio; however, they have proposed plans in Oxford before.

Bayer Becker, an engineering firm in Oxford, is assisting Trinitas with the plans.

The plans were initially presented to the planning commission at a community meeting March 10,

7,200 rental properties are availabe in the Oxford area ... as of April 1, only 61.8 percent of those properties are being rented. where members expressed their concerns with the plans.

These concerns included poor traffic during construction, environmental effects and the lack of need for more student housing.

After debating, the commission denied the plans 2-5-0.

The plans have been adjusted to ease traffic and eliminate parking, but they still haven’t addressed many other concerns. Trinitas insists that since their plans are up to code, there is not much to change.

After being denied, Trinitas took the issue to city council, where they were met with mixed reviews.

“There is nothing [in the plans] any citizen I have talked to or listened to in this chamber wants or likes,” said Vice Mayor Kate Rousmaniere.

Mayor Kevin McKeehan disagrees.

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Patterson Place Museum slated for destruction

Petition works toward compromise for Bishop Woods restoration

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After more than 40 years standing, the Patterson Place Museum will be demolished and a new residence hall built in its place. The former home of the presidents of the Western College for Women became the offices of the Western College Alumnae Association, Inc. and the Patterson Place Museum in 1974.

The future demolition of Patterson Place has sparked retaliation among those who are protective over Miami University’s history.

The museum holds historic artifacts such as paintings and furniture from Western College, the women’s college that existed on Western campus from 1855 to 1974. The site was once the home of James Fisher, a farmer who provided the 30 acres on which Western College was built, before the original home burned down in 1870.

Two Miami University students, senior Stephen Kiss and sophomore Taft Marsh, personally handed President David Hodge and Vice President for Finance and Business Services and Treasurer David Creamer a petition with 581 signatures in favor of compromising Bishop Woods Thursday morning.

The Bishop Woods Landscape Restoration plan will add a center lawn with seating, remove diseased trees and introduce

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Beecher Stowe wrote the majority of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”

Jacqueline Wallace, the former director of the Western College Alumnae Association, said she feels like the university is destroying a piece of history with this project. She is shocked and upset over

The future demolition of Patterson Place has sparked retaliation among those who are protective over Miami University’s history.

On a tour of the museum, one can view artifacts, such as paintings, literature and furniture, that were once in Helen Peabody Hall and in other residence halls on campus. In addition, the museum features the desk on which Harriet

Miami’s decision to tear down Patterson Place.

“Razing a building that has historical significance seems to be a very aggressive solution for Miami, who has nurtured the Western College Alumnae Association for over

40 years since the college’s closing in 1974,” Wallace said. “What was once Western College doesn’t seem to mean anything anymore, which doesn’t make me feel positive about Miami.”

Over the years, minor renovations have been made to Patterson Place. Some painting and asbestos removal have been done, and the bathroom on the second floor has been repaired. However, Miami estimates the remaining museum renovations would cost the university around $500,000.

David Creamer, vice president for Finance and Business Services, stated that this cost is one that would ultimately be deferred to students.

“Patterson Place is in a very aging condition, so we are facing subMUSEUM »PAGE 4

‘The Bachelor’ Sean Lowe to speak Sunday EVENT

KELLY HIGGINSON THE MIAMI STUDENT

Former Bachelor star Sean Lowe will be speaking to a sold out crowd at 6 p.m. Sunday in Wilks Theater of Armstrong Student Center.

Lowe’s visit is sponsored by The Wells Project, as well as donations from the Christian-affiliated sorority, Kappa Phi, and the women’s a cappella group, Treble Makers.

The last few seats were filled less than eight hours after tickets went live.

“That has never happened before, so that was really cool for us to see the growth with the past year,” said Jordan Griebner, president of the Wells Project.

It’s no surprise: Lowe has been a fan favorite since he came in third place on The Bachelorette in 2012.

He was cast as the star of The Bachelor in 2013, and married Catherine Giudici from the show a year later.

Lowe has also been a contestant on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, where he came in sixth place with his partner Peta Murgatroyd.

Proceeds from the event, which will come from the recommended $10 admittance donation, go toward the Wells Project’s charity.

The Wells Project is a national nonprofit organization that partners with Living Water International.

When the money is collected from each fundraiser, Living Water will use trained and educated people within the host communities to build water wells.

In the past, the Wells Project has invited Christian artists to campus to perform, but Griebner wanted to draw a wider audience with Lowe.

“We know that many people know who Sean Lowe is from the

Bachelor, so we thought we would try to reach a different audience to share the message about the water crisis,” Griebner said.

Sean Lowe, a Christian himself, will be sharing stories about his faith at the event.

The Wells Project has done multiple campaigns to raise awareness about their cause, including the 10 Days campaign that encourages participants to drink water rather than buying other drinks, and donating the money saved to the Wells Project.

“The whole point is that you are reallocating your money to something that is a better cause,” Griebner said. “It could be Starbucks, pop, juice, and the money you spend on those drinks will be donated to help build the water wells.”

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The main proposal in the petition is a compromise with the Bishop Woods Restoration Project. more than 40 native plant species, according to the Physical Facility’s plan.

The petition asks for no grass to be planted on the outside of the paths encompassing the proposed central lawn in Bishop Woods, the outer periphery or along the perimeter of the woodland area.

Also present at yesterday’s meeting were biology professor Daniel K. Gladish and botany graduate student and instructor Garrett Dienno.

Kiss, an Integrated English Language Arts major, organized the petition weeks ago when he heard about the university’s plan for Bishop Woods. He said he could not have done it without the collaboration of three others: Marsh, junior Jocelynne Samu and senior Samantha McCauley.

“Many individuals dedicated their time, hardwork and ideas pertaining to the Modification of Bishop Woods petition,” Kiss said.

“This helped the petition reach a wide audience and increase the number of people who signed [it].”

The students working on the petition had physical copies going around campus and local businesses. Digital copies on Google Docs were also sent around the Miami community.

The main proposal in the petition is a compromise with the Bishop Woods Restoration Project.

It was addressed not only to Hodge and Creamer, but also to Vincent Cirrito, the university landscape architect and Cody Powell, associate vice president of facility planning and operations. The Modification of Bishop Woods petition received a total of

581 signatures in seven days.

Kiss and Marsh said they were grateful for the opportunity to talk with administrators about it, emphasizing the importance of students’ voices within the Miami community.

“I think we all deserve to have an equal say,” Kiss said. “We can make a realistic compromise and have both parties be happy at the end.”

Hodge agreed with this and was pleased that Kiss and Marsh were willing and confident to voice their concerns with the university.

“Everybody should have a voice,” Hodge said. “We’re a community; we do things together. We have a great respect for the perspectives that students bring.”

Most prominently debated in this petition and among the administration is the topic of changing one of the only natural areas on campus. Kiss wants to preserve as much of this natural site as possible.

“I understand that things change and this is the way the world works,” Kiss said. “But the beauty of nature is that it doesn’t need to be touched. The natural Bishop Woods helps give Miami its unique charm. It has served as an oasis for me and many other people.”

Hodge agreed there is a charm to Bishop Woods, as he discussed his enjoyment of walking through the area. He said the peacefulness makes it feel like it’s a different area than the rest of campus.

“This is a very neat space to be able to walk through,” Hodge said.

“And to feel like you’re in a new space is really cool.”

Another concern of the proposal that Marsh discussed is the harm of planting grass in the area. He explained that because of grass’s high uptake of nitrogen, reproducing gives stems the ability to shoot off other stems outward.

“At each node, it will form a new plant from the parent plant,” he said.

Marsh also spoke to how the restoration of Bishop Woods would affect the students who study in it.

Marsh is a botany major who has spent much time in Bishop Woods for class projects. He described Bishop Woods as, “an outdoor classroom” and said many biology, botany and geology students use the woods for learning purposes.

“This wooded area showed that Miami cares about nature preservation,” Kiss said. “If compromise is made and officials do not plant grass in the wooded area besides the center of the woods, this natural area will be partly preserved.”

TEDx Genesis event to premiere at Miami, provide insight to faculty work EVENT

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Miami University will premier its first TEDx event, Genesis, this weekend. The event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in Leonard Theatre of Peabody Hall and will feature several acclaimed faculty members and students.

The goals of Genesis are to unite the community and promote the expression of ideas, new thoughts and strategies for approaching dif-

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ficulties.

Students involved with the event planning have gone to great lengths to bring TEDx to campus. Junior Matt Dunn is the current TEDx president. He said he is very satisfied with the progress that has been made thus far.

“We started thinking of theme ideas for events and naturally gravitated toward the energy that Miami brings as a university,” Dunn said.

“This embodies both the spirit of Miami as well as the TEDx slogan, ‘ideas worth spreading.’​” Another goal of the TEDx initiative is putting forth a platform for its

students to approach unconventional, sometimes uncomfortable conversations. The discussions at the event will represent a wide range of disciplines and concepts.

Ann Feuhrer is one of the speakers at the event. She is the associate professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and affiliate in Psychology at Miami. Her talk will cover career goals. She will be sharing a dream she has been developing for two years of creating a community cafe in Oxford.

“The title of my talk is ‘Creating a Community Cafe,’” she said.

“Genesis, for me, is sharing a vivid

dream that can inspire action, based on a moral imperative of justice for all.”

Other speakers include Bob De Schutter, a professor of Applied Game Design at the College of Education, Health and Society, Rod Northcutt, an associate professor of sculpture and Wilson Okello, a resident director and first-year adviser who strongly believes in the power of storytelling.

Assistant Director of Residence Life Colleen E. Bunn will be speaking about feminism and how it relates to her roots. She is currently adviser for F-Word, a feminist orga-

nization on campus.

“I am excited to see Miss Bunn speak,” said Junior Miranada Couch. “I always try to attend the F-Word events and I have worked under Miss Bunn … and find her to be wonderful.”

Many other speakers will be presenting their topics at TEDx. Accompanying this array of faculty will be students Robert Enzmann and Tanner McClellan.

Enzmann will discuss his passion of combining math and music, and McClellan will discuss the Best TEDX »PAGE 4

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P&G will be cutting 3,000 to 6,000 jobs in the next two years. The company’s HQ is located in Cincinnati, where most jobs will be cut.

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American Indian actors left the set of a film this week amid complaints of offensive names and scenes.

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— The New York Times

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said. “Classes will be able to use this space to learn about native landscapes and native geology. But it can also be a place where one can just go to relax and reflect.”

Among those involved in the planning of the memorial garden is Dean of Students Mike Curme.

After Becca’s death, he reached out to the Eldemire family with the idea of planting a tree to honor Becca’s memory.

“Knowing Becca’s interest in nature, we explored the option of having a tree planted, and her parents loved the idea, and suggested we do something like a sycamore or a ginkgo,” he said.

The initial plans were to have the tree planted on Western Campus, whose hiking trials Becca frequently enjoyed and where she lived her freshman year. However, conversations with Becca’s families and friends brought the idea to Shideler Hall, Becca’s “home away from home.”

“Shideler was Becca’s home,” said Marlene Eldemire, Becca’s mother. “That’s where she spent all her time, and she could never stop talking about it. It just seemed perfect.”

When Curme suggested the tree planting to the geography department, which will be housed in Shideler once the renovations are complete in January, Prytherch immediately proposed the idea of a full garden that could be easily integrated into the current construction efforts.

Within the garden, the tree will serve as the main memorial, while the garden itself will serve a much greater purpose to the Miami community.

“Depending on size and spacing, the tree will represent the

entry way, the more direct tribute to Becca, whereas the garden itself is a nod toward sustainability,” Curme said.

While the geography department has consulted the Physical Facilities Department about the garden, plans for its development are yet to be finalized. Miami University will cover much of the cost as part of the Shideler renovations, but Prytherch said he hopes to raise at least $10,000 in donations through the Shideler Hall Renovation and Love and Honor funds.

“A lot of this depends on donor support, but people can also donate as simply as contributing a flower or something in that nature to the garden,” Prytherch said.

While the plans for the garden are not set in stone, Marlene Eldemire said she is blown away by the university’s outpouring of support since Becca’s death. In addition to the planned memorial, Becca will receive an honorary degree at Commencement May 16, which her brother Josh (Miami ’14) will accept on her behalf.

“Miami has truly gone above and beyond and we are so grateful for everything they have done for us,” Eldemire said.

Prytherch said the memorial is just a small acknowledgement of all Becca accomplished in her short life, but it will be able to carry on the work she never got to finish.

“Becca inspired this garden like she inspired us,” Prytherch said.

“It’s more than a memorial, but a living space to inspires others. We, like her family, think that’s exactly how she would have wanted it.”

To donate to the Natural Landscape Garden in Memory of Rebecca Eldemire, visit the Shideler Hall Renovation fund website at www.forloveandhonor.org.

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velopment in Oxford. However, I have had quite a few people wonder why this is happening. People are mostly bewildered — I haven’t seen a ton of opposition,” he said.

Although there is doubt as to whether more student housing is necessary, McKeehan said The Fields at Southpointe has potential to be successful.

“There are surpluses in Oxford [other than student housing] that are doing fine,” McKeehan said. “We have various Chinese and Mexican restaurants and those are all successful. I don’t think it’s government’s role to dictate what people can find as a business.”

After two hearings, a decision has not yet been reached, but the council is set to vote on the development again at a city council meeting May 5.

pated in the 10 Days campaign for the past two years. She hopes that Lowe will help spread their mission further.

“I’m really excited that Sean Lowe is coming because I think a lot of girls will want to go see him and hopefully they will hear all about the water crisis and how they can help,” Durot said.

According to Griebner, raising awareness is not the only mission for the Wells Project.

“Our second mission is to share our faith with the campus and the world,” Griebner said. “We believe that giving clean water to other people is a way of doing that.”

First-year Jeffrey Gord joined the Wells Project after hearing about it at Mega Fair. Gord plans the social events and hangouts

for the members every week.

Throughout the year, members like Gord in the Wells organization will carry 50-pound jerry cans around campus full of water.

“It’s a great way to raise awareness because so many people will ask you why you are carrying it and then they learn all about the water crisis,” Gord said.

The Miami chapter of The Wells Project has built two wells from the campaign that began just two years ago.

“We’ve had Miami students physically go and build them,” Griebner said. “Two years ago was Guatemala and last year was El Salvador.”

At the end of May, four students will head to El Salvador to drill a well for a community, using money donated from Lowe’s visit to campus.

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Buddies Friends Choir, a choir open for students with and without intellectual developmental disabilities.

Both students and faculty are highly anticipating Miami’s first TEDx presentation.

“I’ve always enjoyed watching TEDx on YouTube and have been fascinated by the notion of such an empowering platform for normal people,” said firstyear Jessica Silver. “This is going to be very interesting.”

There will also be a live stream of the event at Taylor Auditorium to help expand the accessibility of the event.

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stantial investments to even use it how it is used today,” said Creamer. “Its preservation is a cost students end up bearing and we need to measure what students can afford now and in the future.”

Miami has decided to put a residence hall in the spot of Patterson Place to meet the demands of growing enrollment. By fall 2017, the university expects to need at least 300 additional beds.

According to Creamer, Miami faculty believe the on-campus residential experience is essential and would like to offer additional opportunities for juniors and seniors to live on campus. Creamer said Patterson Place provides an ideal location for this.

“We needed a location that was accessible to an existing dining facility and the most able facility for that is the Western dining facility,” Creamer said. “We had to

ask ourselves how to connect this to our utility infrastructure in a way that meets our environmental goals going forward.”

Patterson Place is not a site often visited by students. In fact, many students do not know what the museum is. Sophomore Reagan Bennett said he realizes the opportunities this project can provide for Miami.

“My initial reaction to hearing Patterson Place was being torn down was that it was really sad and almost insensitive of Miami to be destroying this piece of history,” said Bennett. “However, when I thought about it more, I realized the museum has not been very relevant to students, so putting something more useful in its place might be the right move.”

The project is expected to begin within the next eight to 10 months. The preliminary estimated cost of the project is $27 million.

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used to appear on student IDs up until the fall of 2011.

“It struck us that there was an upside and no obvious downside to bringing this information back on to the IDs,” Curme said. “It is not at all clear why the birthdate was discontinued in fall 2011.

We cannot identify a compelling reason for the change.”

Via agrees with Curme in that there appears to be no real reason for the initial removal of the birthdate.

“I’m not really sure if it’s when they were creating the ID it was overlooked,” Via said.

Curme believes the updated IDs will aid Uptown businesses in clearly identifying students’ real ages.

“Permit holders are always looking for ways to enhance and improve their operations, and making it easier to validate a patron’s birthdate is a change, I believe, that they will very much welcome and appreciate,” Curme said.

Sophomore Grant Bruce works at The Wood’s bar Uptown and said student IDs are sometimes used for access.

“Students can only get in with their student ID if they already have X’s on their hands because we know they are probably under and people forget IDs. It happens,” Bruce said.

While student IDs can sometimes be used for access to The Wood’s, they cannot be used exclusively to enter Side Bar — the exclusive 21-and-over extension of The Wood’s. To gain access, students must present a valid state ID and second form to confirm identification.

Often students use their Miami IDs as a second form, Bruce said. However, with the new printing of birthdates, he suggested students will have to use other second forms, like credit cards.

“If they use the new student ID as a second form, then it will be easy to see if they are using a fake and not let them in,” Bruce said.

Aside from affecting Uptown businesses, Via has observed only positive reactions to the addition on the student ID. “Sitting here close to where the IDs are printed, I overhear some of the students thoughts on it,” Via said, “and a lot of international students who need to carry passports to prove their age appreciate having it, but besides that I haven’t heard any real negative thing.”

Students who are currently using IDs without birthdates printed on them are not required to get a new one. But if an ID is lost, stolen or broken, students are required to get a replacement with a birthdate.

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We should not sacrifice Miami’s rich history for the sake of growth EDITORIAL

In the corner of a second-floor guest room in Patterson Place, home to the Western College Alumnae Association and its corresponding museum, endures the desk on which Harriet Beecher Stow penned a majority of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”

The fate of this desk, along with other historic pieces of furniture and paintings from the Western College for Women, is now unknown, as Miami University plans to demolish the museum and replace it with a new residence hall.

The cost of renovating the museum — which is in aging condition — was estimated to be around $500,000. A considerable cost that, according to Vice President for Finance and Business Services David Creamer, would be put on Miami students. Instead, the university, which is already $656

The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board. million in debt, is planning a new resident hall project with an estimated cost of $27 million.

Miami seems eager to partake in a collegiate campus arms race to erect new, modern buildings in

moves is more than just a lump sum of money, but the university’s cherished history.

This has been recognized throughout the last few weeks, as students and faculty have

However, the cost of modernizing a college campus with unnecessary ham-fisted architectural moves is more than just a lump sum of money, but the university’s cherished history.

order to create growth. Some of these, such as Western Campus’ three new residence halls that run on clean, geothermal energy, have been for the better.

However, the cost of modernizing a college campus with unnecessary ham-fisted architectural

voiced their anger at the ruin of Bishop Woods.

It is important to note that students do not often visit Patterson Place. To most, the building is nothing more than a picturesque scene — a beautiful old house tucked into a wooded area behind

charming stone bridges.

But then again, students do not visit other historic sites such as the Lorenzo Langstroth Cottage on Patterson Avenue, just a few yards from Patterson Place, or the McGuffy Museum on Spring Street — both valuable and representative of Miami’s rich history.

It would appear that the only thing preventing the university from tearing down these buildings and replacing them with a more “useful” hall is their protection by the Ohio Historical Society.

One of Miami’s largest appeals to incoming first-years is its history. The historic places and spaces on campus are regularly used as talking points during Make It Miami tours and were boasted during the recent 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer — the 1964 collection of more than 800 volunteers at the Western Col-

lege to train and prepare African American voters for registration in Mississippi.

Miami has long capitalized on the history of Freedom Summer — an event that, at the time, was single-mindedly opposed by the university. The idea that Miami would conveniently opt to demolish a significant piece of Western College history, just months after the anniversary, is asinine.

It is Miami’s job as caretakers of Western Campus to preserve its history. This is at least a start to making up for Miami’s enmities toward the Western College in the past.

Miami should make it a habit of working with what they already have. Build around the history, like urban campuses such as the University of Cincinnati have done. Don’t just pick one spot and destroy it.

Switching sides on sexual assault: if prevention fails, reaction prevails SEXUAL ASSAULT

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Society should value hard-hitting news over tabloids MEDIA

MADEELINE’S MATTERS Every time I look at the news, I find myself increasingly disappointed.

Real Life Example: while reading a heartbreaking article on the drowning of 950 Libyan and Egyptian immigrants in the Mediterranean Sea last night (April 19th), I am distracted by three separate articles on Christina Aguilera’s cleavage, Lady Gaga’s cleavage and Jaqueline Bisset’s cleavage (But she’s Sexy at 70!, so it’s okay, right?).

Near a video of ISIS’ latest horrific propaganda murder, this time on the shooting and beheading of a group of Ethiopian Christians in Libya, articles detailing Coachella outfits, including Paris Hilton’s floral cat ears and Jaden Smith’s mini dress, wait to be read.

Dailymail.co.uk’s top story today is about a couple buying an extremely rare Beanie Baby unknowingly, and under its DON’T MISS column, a picture of Kourtney Kardashian pumping breastmilk sits with a headline that reads, “She’s got some bottle!”

And the rest is competition.

Clicking on the general link for Google News, a Daily Mail article on the Mediterranean capsize is replaced by a New York Times article on the same event, written slightly differently and posted more recently.

Then there’s the fact that there’s rarely any good news to read. Is there any news that reflects positively about our society that has

nothing to do with cat videos and Coachella? Do those things even reflect positively about our society? What does it say that a top story on a news website has to do with a Beanie Baby?

The Guardian recently interviewed Jon Stewart, the retiring host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, on why he ultimately decided to leave. His words resonated with me, as they have over the past 17 years with so many other young adults. He described going over 24-hour news looking for material (and especially looking through material coming from FOX) as “depressing.”

“It’s generally heartbreaking,” he said of his job. “That’s what the gig is.”

And to me, this description makes perfect sense. We have come to a time when news has to include the flash of celebrities

Even as a journalism student, I am fuzzy on how the news plans to win back its audience’s trust and attention without using the cheapness of celebrity culture or duality politics.

I also worry for people in towns like Oxford, and for uninformed college students on their way into the real world. Does anyone here know about the fact that human trafficking across the Mediterranean has been a problem for a long time now, especially in the wake of terrorism in North Africa and the Middle East? Or is The Miami Student’s “Police Beat” the right amount of scandal for them?

Maybe it sounds too idealistic, but people our age have the civic responsibility as well as the unique opportunity to stay informed and make a difference during a time in which a differ-

We are the most informed generation so far, but it is what we do with this information that matters, not just the fact that we have it.

in a sidebar just to generate more clicks. Even on The Guardian’s website, the most popular story in the U.S. this week is this interview with Jon Stewart (a popularity that, admittedly, makes sense, seeing as a 2009 TIME poll named him the most trusted newscaster in America. And his show is fake news).

Heartbreaking is a perfect word for the way that some news organizations have begun to fail us, and for the fact that the general public has no idea about the ways in which these organizations are addressing this issue.

ence must be made. We are the most informed generation so far, but it is what we do with this information that matters, not just the fact that we have it. I simply hope that as students and citizens, we can say that we are not only informed, but that we are also active with that information.

And by information, I don’t mean anything about whether Kate and William’s next baby will be a girl.

MADDIE LAPLANTE-DUBE LAPLANMM@MIAMIOH.EDU

Throughout my life, I have always struggled with being a realist and an idealist. Naturally, there is some gray area that exists in the realms of idealism and realism — things are rarely black or white, this way or that way (unless you’re pregnant or dead, there’s not a whole lot of wiggle room there).

There’s definitely a time and a place for realism and a time and a place for idealism, and unfortunately the appeal of idealism tends to disguise itself as usefulness in aspects of life and issues within society.

Sexual assault is no place for idealism.

I’ve seen countless articles, posters and any other form of propaganda imaginable about how we should “teach people not to rape,” as opposed to teaching people how to defend themselves in case of an attack.

Until recently, I, too, was a huge promoter of teaching people not to rape and teaching people what exactly sexual assault means as opposed to teaching people how to prevent it or defend themselves from it.

The problem is, rape isn’t like calculus. There’s not a formula or a book out there explaining the steps and reasoning, and it’s also something that is inherently wrong; not everyone knows how to derive a polynomial, but figuring out that raping someone is wrong isn’t something you need to figure out — it’s just wrong.

The whole “teaching people not to sexually assault another person” movement implies there is some ambiguity in the morality and ethics behind sexual assault, as if it’s something that needs to or can be taught.

There is no ambiguity in rape.

It’s wrong, end of discussion. This is knowledge that every person of sound mind and body is aware of. Unfortunately, even with that knowledge, rape is still a crime

that is disgustingly and abundantly present in our society.

Teaching people not to rape one another, while a noble idea, is also an illogical idea. Whether or not it’s just or how things “should be,” the reality is that we need to teach people how to defend themselves from perpetrators and how to effectively deal with the aftermath of sexual assault if or when it happens.

This idealistic approach to combating sexual assault is quite possibly working against the fight to end sexual assault. It feeds into this idea that people either don’t know what sexual assault is or don’t know that it’s inexcusable.

The reality is, people know what sexual assault is and know that it’s inexcusable, and people will continue to sexually assault others regardless. It’s not a pretty reality, but it is reality.

Rape and sexual assault in and of themselves are inherently evil and will always be inherently evil. It’s also common and not something that will simply go away — realistically speaking, it will probably never be totally eradicated.

And if we do get to a place where these evils are eradicated, it’s not going to be achieved by handing out pamphlets and writing books and articles and speeches about how “You really shouldn’t force yourself upon people.”

Someone being able to effectively defend themselves from an attacker and someone having faith in both the civilian and military justice systems is and will continue to be infinitely more effective in combating sexual assault as opposed to teaching people not to do it.

People know not to do it. It is evil and it is wrong and it is also still going to happen. It is an awful reality, but we’re better off preparing for and defending against what will happen than creating an illusion of control through idealistic methods of “teaching.”

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TATE’S TASTES If hundreds of Africans are killed in a terrorist attack, but Western news media fails to cover it, did it ever really happen?

Earlier this month, al-Shabab militants gunned down a university in northeastern Kenya, killing 148 college-aged students. It was the deadliest terror attack in the country in nearly two decades.

For news media, this story should’ve been a hay day. It should’ve dominated the front page of major news organizations across the globe. It should’ve wreaked havoc and prompted public outcry. It should’ve

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10 times the casualties, the conversation fades fast. What about this attack is less important, less newsworthy or less tragic?

This is the problem with not only Western media, but Westerners themselves. If someone or something doesn’t directly involve the United States, we pay little attention. The U.S. media’s international news coverage is waning as is, but American interest — or, more appropriately, lack thereof — in foreign affairs only exacerbates the issue.

So, when 12 French journalists are killed, the U.S. cares because it feels threatened. If France isn’t untouchable, maybe we aren’t, either. If their freedom of speech is being jeopardized, maybe ours

So, when 12 French journalists are killed, the U.S. care because it feels threatened. But when 148 Kenyan students are killed, the U.S. feels ... nothing?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Miami should respect its valuable history If you plan to leave Oxford for the summer, first take a stroll across Patterson Avenue from the Center for Performing Arts and pay a visit to the Patterson Place Museum. Walk through the old stone columns leading up to the building and admire the ambience of the place. Notice the plaque on one column designating the space as a site on the old campus of the Western College for Women, an independent college from 18531974. If you return to Miami in the fall, this historic place may no longer be there. Rumor has it that there is interest in demolishing the building to make way for dormitory construction.

Just south of Patterson Place is a building known as the Edgar Stillman Kelley cottage.

The Western College class of 1916 gave funds for the building of that structure as the home and studio for America’s first artist-in-residence on a college campus. There was another rumor this spring that the Kelley cottage might also be demolished in order to make way for dormitory construction. However, for the present time the cottage seems to have been spared that fate.

One would wish for a more sensitive handling of valuable landmarks that educate us about our past. We should be proud to have such landmarks in our midst, instead of showing disrespect by erasing them, as if they never existed. The Western College for Women was one of the oldest of its kind in

the United States, representing a high regard for women’s education prior to the advent of co-educational institutions.

Many women who had to fight for equal rights in this country gained inspiration from leaders at institutions like our own Western College. Women of today would do well to stand up for the right to have their past held in respect.

Farewell, then, to a venerable place that might have lived on as an icon illustrating the journey of higher education in America. It will be a loss of heritage, like losing a library of memories.

JOSETTE STANLEY

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College offers more mediums for coming out been written, talked and read about exhaustively.

But it wasn’t. The scant news stories of the Garissa University attack came and went, and the Western world was altogether unfazed.

Not because other stories that day were of greater significance, or because the media shies away from reporting terrorist attacks (You may have heard of ISIS).

And not because so few people were impacted.

So, then, why is the world not outraged that 148 university students were brutally shot down in broad daylight by an Al-Qaeda allied terrorist organization?

In January, when the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, a weekly satirical magazine in Paris, left 12 dead, the whole world was shaken. Millions protested in Paris, and more than 40 world leaders congregated in France to lend their support and honor those killed.

In covering the attack, The New York Times published at least one — and sometimes two — frontpage stories about Charlie Hebdo for 10 days in a row.

Three months after that attack, it’s still generating news. In the last 24 hours alone, over a dozen new stories have been published about it.

But when another attack — of greater magnitude, no less — by an affiliated terrorist group occurs in Africa, taking with it more than

is, too.

But when 148 Kenyan students are killed, the U.S. feels … nothing?

Several stereotypes play into this apathy.

First is the idea that “It’s Africa, things like this happen every day,” as one enlightened online commenter put it. There’s this notion that in the developing or “thirdworld” regions, the presence of poverty, disease and violence are no longer newsworthy.

While that’s not only ignorant, it’s also wrong. The murder of 150 university students is abnormal in any society, and certainly newsworthy. And, even if some tragedies are more commonplace in Africa than in other areas, it doesn’t diminish the devastation of them.

There’s also the idea that if it’s happening way over there in Africa, it doesn’t really affect the U.S. — out of sight, out of mind, right? Aside from being inhumane, that’s also ethnocentric and, again, wrong. In an increasingly interdependent world, the issues of one country impact the others in a ripple effect.

Those were 148 bright, talented young people whose lives ended abruptly — if absolutely nothing else, can’t we find something in that message to empathize with?

College. It’s basically a synonym for freedom, which is a synonym for autonomy, choice, nonconformity. Yes, this mostly comes from the removal of parents, from family rules that dictate how many hours you spend at church on Sunday, and even from the responsibility to take care of your dog, but what else is it about the college atmosphere that really allows young adults to explore a realm of openness that allows each person to become more in touch with their individual self?

More specifically, I’m asking, what is it that made an old friend of mine from middle school come out of the closet, not even five months into his freshman year at The Ohio State University, when he had spent his whole life at home strategically placed on the furry bean bags in front of his living room TV, denying this part of himself that he longed to explore for so long?

I think the key word here is exploration, something that is encouraged in the college atmosphere

but suppressed in the typical high school hallway. In a typical university setting, there are at least five times more students enrolled than in your average high school. Just to get the picture, in fall 2013, 15,460 undergraduates were enrolled at Miami University. Currently, there are about 3,800 students attending the high school from which I graduated.

With so many people to meet come so many opportunities for the exploration of oneself, so many opportunities for acceptance, and so many opportunities to flip the bird to those who don’t accept you.

Graham Arledge is a junior Miami student who came out February of his freshman year. Graham acknowledged a certain comfort in the college setting that allowed him to come out more easily than in high school. He says, “I think college works as a discourse community filled with various sub communities in which individuals who identify out of the typical sexual binary can become

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RULE OF THUMB JENI’S NOT SO SPLENDID SURPRISE Jeni’s Splendid ice cream tested positive for Listeria, causing the company to recall all of their products. Where will we get our salty caramel now?

MIAMI STUDENT WINS AWARD The Miami Student won the 2014-2015 Outstanding Publication Award at the Student Engagement and Leadership Celebration Monday, based on its widespread readership.

KYLIE JENNER LIP CHALLENGE Using a shot glass to plump your lips may not be the wisest choice.Those who have completed the Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge now have bruised lips and broken blood vessels.

Better luck next time, I guess?

BARON OF BRICK STREET RETRACTED The Miami Student retracted The Baron of Brick Street story due to a miscommunication in granting the right to publish.The Student’s Editor-in-Chief, Reis Thebault, issued an apology.

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more comfortable and confident in his or herself.”

Extracurricular clubs that your high school just didn’t have the budget for flourish on college campuses through people who actually care enough to create and upkeep them. Miami has clubs in support of those who sexually identify with the minority, such as GLBTQ Services, The Center for American and World Cultures and Spectrum.

My high school contained nothing close to these resources, which is probably why my friend spent so long in front of the TV, as if an answer was just going to appear to him through a Fruit Loops commercial or the latest episode of “How I Met Your Mother,” as if there is even an answer to the many questions that circle one’s mind when considering to be open about his or her “unconventional” sexuality.

I wrote a piece for my journalism class last semester about fraternities and their lack of environmental friendliness. My unscientific poll involved texting guy friends and ex-hookups to find out if their fraternity house had a recycling system. I asked about their post-party cleanup at annex houses and whether or not the hundreds of Natty cans ended up in a landfill or recycled to be made into more Natty cans.

What I found is probably unsurprising to anyone who has ever attended a frat party: all of the waste produced in a night of drinking ends up in a garbage can, if it’s even picked up at all. (I could go into the littering problem in Oxford but that’s a whole other column — broken glass is everywhere.)

These beer cans and bottles, the handles of cheap vodka, red solo cups and two-liter soda bottles — all of the party essentials — are recyclable. I don’t buy the argument that throwing things away is easier. In Oxford, we even have single-stream recycling. It is literally no different to put your waste in a red recycling bin or the brown Rumpke trashcans.

Part of the problem is that college parties are inherently messy.

Sweaty bodies are packed together like sardines, thrown with too much liquor and thumping beats.

It isn’t top of mind for drunk people to keep a house clean, let alone properly dispose of their waste. And honestly, most of the time, frats don’t make it clear where to toss your empty cup after you chug a mixed drink.

Don’t think this is an article simply blaming Greeks for not recycling. I’m sure there are plenty of independent house parties that throw away recyclable waste, too.

Greek or not, too much of the waste we produce in a night of drinking in Oxford isn’t disposed of properly. In honor of Earth Day on Wednesday, I have a pro-

posal for anyone throwing a party this weekend.

Set up plastic bins for waste at your party. Anything that people drink — cases of beer, bottles of liquor, soda — comes in a recyclable container. Make these receptacles easily accessible. If it’s clear where to put your used cups or cans, hopefully people will pay attention.

If not, and it’s likely that they won’t, party hosts will still benefit. The cleanup will be the same, if not easier, if you’re throwing bottles and cans into the same recycling bin. A bonus, especially since I know you don’t have pledges anymore.

Besides the ease to you, it’s better for your planet. I learned the other day that the Rumpke landfill is the highest point in Southwest Ohio. A man-made pile of trash is taller than any natural peak.

So please, give your Earth a hug and recycle your cans of Keystone this weekend — or whichever cheap beer you decide to drink.

AMANDA HANCOCK

HANCOCAE@MIAMIOH.EDU

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“We’re working on being more consistent,” junior Ana Rajkovic said. “We’ll have to adjust whether we’re playing inside or outside, but we’re looking to pick up where we left off. We’re expecting fight from the other teams; they’ve made improvement as the MAC season wore on. We’re focused on us. If we do a good job of staying together and fighting, we can do it.”

Eastern Michigan (8-13, 4-4 MAC) can be dangerous in the tournament than their record shows, as it has won three of its last four matches. However, no player has more than four wins in league singles this season, and its doubles teams have a win percentage of .389 in conference play.

Meanwhile, Toledo (13-9,

4-4 MAC) skids into Oxford on a three-match losing streak. In doubles, junior Mackenzie Bowman and freshman Sidnay Huck are 5-1 in MAC play. The team is 22-26 in conference singles.

“I’m expecting us to be invested, to bring positive energy, and to fight this weekend,” head coach Yana Carrolo said. “We’ve done a good job of being together as a team. We might have to go indoors Saturday, but we played these teams before and we have to execute our individual game plans. Our game plans don’t change much from team to team; we just have to execute.”

Miami plays in the semifinal match at 10 a.m. Saturday. The matches are scheduled for the Hepburn Courts on campus but may be moved to the Riverside Athletic Club in Hamilton if there is threat of inclement weather.

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and alumni from Rachel Rudwall, a host and camera operator for the Discovery Channel to Jennifer Connelly, the CEO of Triple W Forum.

Since the “topsy turvy” days when women were first allowed to attend Miami, the opportunities given to female students have drastically changed. Female students themselves, too, have and continue to step into more leadership positions.

After opening in 1991, Miami’s Women’s Center has worked to support and empower female students by hosting programs, advocating for female issues and providing students of all genders with a welcoming space.

The center’s director, Jane Goettsch, has seen improvement in the almost 30 years she has been an employee at Miami.

“In that time I have seen progress in opportunities for women to exercise leadership in both formal and informal ways,” said Goettsch. “As one example of progress, we certainly have more faculty and staff women in top leadership positions at Miami now than we had when I came to Miami.”

Miami’s current female advocacy groups like Feminists Working on Real Democracy (F-Word) and Women Against Violence and Sexual Assault (WAVES) have committed themselves to calling attention to issues of safety and equality that women still face with events like Take Back the Night, a march hosted earlier this

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month as a way to speak out about sexual assault.

Colleen Bunn, the faculty adviser for F-Word, said she has recognized a need for students to understand the true meaning of feminism.

“I see that people think that feminism is about anger, that it’s about putting women above men or when it is really about equality and equity and making sure everyone who occupies space in our world has an equal opportunity to be successful,” Bunn said.

However, both Bunn and Goettsch said they still see room for improvement in the leadership at Miami.

Of the 28 people who have served as president of the university, only one has been a woman.

However, Anne Hopkins was the acting president for only seven months — from December 1995 to July 1996.

“Some of the most visible, high profile, most powerful campus leadership positions at Miami, and at many campuses, have virtually never been held by women,” Goettsch said. “There are lots of reasons for this — some structural, some perceptual.”

Five of the 13 faculty members on the university president’s cabinet are women, including the current provost, Phyllis Callahan.

Gina Warmouth, a senior and president of Women in Business, an all-female organization designed to help young women gain more confidence and preparedness when entering the business world.

She, too, said she notices still more opportunities for women on

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level of selflessness and tactical brilliance that’s worth emulating in life.

Say what you like about other ethical practices by the Patriots, but selfish players won’t last long in New England. And selfishness is a toxic characteristic embraced by far too many in modern life.

It may be hard to follow, and it may require real work to understand, but the intricacies in strategies – the 3-D chess that goes on between great coaches who have figured out how to maximize the effort of a bunch of inherently selfish individuals – this is what’s worth celebrating about sports.

Sports fans can choose to be cynical. They can choose to focus their attention on the toxicFROM TRACK »PAGE 10

nia in the Penn Relays, one of the oldest meets in the country. Senior javelin thrower Tyler Yee will compete in the javelin throw after taking last weekend’s meet at UI off to rest his shoulder. Junior Joe Stewart is competing in the 5k run, and senior Dave Wing will run the 10k.

The women’s team returns to the campus to strive.

“Even though there’s a lot in recent years of empowerment of women and women gaining higher positions in companies and organizations, I think there’s still a lot of room to grow and you can see that nationally and you can see that also, specifically, here,” Warmouth said.

Of the 13 officers of Miami’s Associated Student Government (ASG), seven are female. Having served as senator from Western Campus her freshman year and ASG’s chief of staff this year, sophomore Amy Berg noted that having females in the majority was unusual and she was honored to work alongside them.

“Having women in executive roles serves as a precedent for other women to step up and be leaders,” said Berg. “Learning how to be a leader young, especially as a female, is something that can shape your leadership mentality in the future.”

ASG has not had a female student body president since Erin O’Donnell earned the position in 1996. Both Berg and senior Jess Robinson were the only women on the ballot and both in the vice presidential slot.

Berg said she thinks it is time for another female president or, even better, an all-female ticket.

“This isn’t to say a great leader can’t be a male; I just think it’s time for the right candidate to step into the presidential role and lead Miami university,” said Berg.

“Women can be phenomenal leaders, but we have to want to be leaders first.”

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ity, but my brand of sports fandom will always be marked by a sense of wonder at the difficulty inherent in creating a real team and the hours of hard work required to out-scheme any kind of opponent.

Steroids, cheating scandals, bad refereeing: these will always be a part of the sports world, and they cannot be fully ignored if they ruin the games we love. But the focus must be elsewhere for us to truly enjoy the majesty of sports. And sports are a majestic thing. The players we see are the best in the world at the some of the hardest physical actions.

These aren’t just in-born skills.

In order to grow, athletes must put in real work. Just like how difficult it is to coach a team – to convince a bunch of headstrong

individuals to subordinate their individual wills for the good of a team – it is insanely difficult to become a professional athlete.

These are the types of things we forget when we obsess over a deeply negative 24-hour sports news cycle.

But these are the reasons we truly love sports. Sports can be the best escape from the inanities of everyday life. It is one of the most fun ways to see the best of what humanity has to offer both physically and mentally.

If you love sports, try to truly appreciate sports without the negative filter. It’s much more fun that way. Believe me.

track after a bye week. Women’s head coach Kelley Phillips thinks the break will have a positive impact on her team’s performance this weekend.

“I think the team really enjoyed having the week off,” said Phillips. “It gave us an opportunity to train harder this week. It gives the athletes an extra week to mentally prepare.”

After suffering a hamstring injury earlier this year, senior Jasmine Watts will return to competition for the first time this season in the long jump. Junior Megan Beaver will compete in the 800-meter dash after finishing second in the event at the All-Ohio Championship.

The field events begin at 10 a.m.

Saturday at the Ryder Track. Track events start at noon.

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MU takes MAC tournament TENNIS

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After clinching the top seed for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament with a 4-3 win over Ball State University Sunday, the Miami University women’s tennis team is ready to host the tournament for chance to return to the NCAA Tournament.

Two RedHawks received MAC honors following the win last weekend. Senior Alix Thurman was named to the first team AllMAC for her 22-13 (5-3 MAC) record this season. Sophomore Andreea Badileanu was named to the second team All-MAC for

the second consecutive season for her 24-13 (5-2 MAC) regular season mark.

The RedHawks (14-6, 8-0 MAC) will take on the winner of the first round match between No. 4 Eastern Michigan University and the No. 5 University of Toledo.

Freshman Hannah Shteyn is undefeated in both MAC singles (8-0) and doubles (8-0) in her short career for Miami. Her doubles partner, Thurman, holds a 5-3 record in conference singles and is on a three-match winning streak.

Senior Christine Guerrazzi and freshman Nelli Ponomareva as are a combined 13-2 in MAC

singles play, but have struggled as a doubles team. The pair is 3-2 in league play.

The tandem of senior Ramona Costea and Badileanu own a 6-1 doubles record. Badileanu in another asset in singles, putting up a 5-2 conference record.

The RedHawks won over 80 percent of their matches in singles (.833) and doubles (.810) this season in MAC play.

For the second time this season, Miami swept MAC Player of the Week honors this week.

Thurman took the singles award, while Guerrazzi and Ponomareva took doubles award.

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The number of players who signed with Miami University hockey Saturday. Defenseman Grant Hutton and forward Zach LaValle played with the Janesville Jets (NAHL), while forwards Ryan Lomberg and and Josh Melnick played with the Youngstown Phantoms (USHL).

’Hawks fall in extra innings BASEBALL

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Senior outfielder Bree Lipscomb leaps for a catch in center-left field in Tuesday’s game against Butler University.

Miami hosts RedHawk Invitational TRACK & FIELD

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The Miami University track and field team hosts their third home meet in four weeks at the RedHawk Invitational Saturday.

The ‘Hawks compete against Ohio University, University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton, Ball State University, Central Michigan University and Xavier University, among others.

The men’s team enters the meet after a fifth place finish at the Illinois Twilight last weekend.

Men’s head coach Warren Mandrell is looking forward to seeing his athletes continue to improve at the Invitational.

“We try to get a little better at every meet,” said Mandrell. “We strive to get better times, better jumps. Being at home might help the team relax a little bit and get some better marks. We want to

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Junior hurdler Kathie Wollney competes in the 100-meter hurdle in the Miami Invitational April 4. prepare the athletes to get Division I qualifying times.”

Junior high jumper Peter Stefanski, who finished second in the high jump at the All-Ohio Championship Apr. 11, will compete in his natural event. Senior Skyler

Coburn will run in the 400-meter hurdles.

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Redirecting our focus in sports COLUMN

GOING LONG WITH GEISLER Scanning the daily sports headlines can be a depressing affair.

This isn’t a new phenomenon either, though some may try to tell you otherwise. There’s always been a lot worth condemning about sports.

Cheating of any sort, from steroids to the Tim Donaghy gambling controversy, can make it feel like the games in which we invest so much time and energy are not worth watching.

All too often, this is the posi-

tion taken by sports fans and sports media. It’s an intense focus on the negativity without the understanding that naturally, anything human beings engage in will come with some negative elements.

That’s why we should view the lives of the sports world’s rich and famous with a different perspective. There have been, are and always will be real aspects of our games worth celebrating.

When I was a young boy, my parents advised me to look into the background stories of the players I admired. They told me to make sure their characters were worth emulating before becoming a real fan — the best advice a budding fan could receive.

It made me the type of fan who always seeks to break down this

negative posture. It made me interested in finding what’s worth celebrating in sports.

What do we love when we love sports? We love it for the escape it provides. Sports isn’t like the rest of life – it’s better. It’s the thing we look forward to at the end of a long day of real work.

But for me, beyond this obvious draw, I’ve always loved the tactical brilliance required to achieve greatness on the field, court or diamond. Above all, I’ve admired the selflessness required to achieve this greatness.

Look at the major teams with continued success over the last 15 years. Teams like the San Antonio Spurs and New England Patriots all have achieved a certain COLUMN »PAGE 9

The Miami University baseball team went to extra innings for the second straight game, this time losing to Wright State University, 8-7.

After WSU took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, the RedHawks (8-29, 6-9 Mid-American Conference) battled back and forth with the Raiders.

The ’Hawks countered with three scores in the second inning after a walk and single. Junior Gary Russo unloaded on a ball for his second homer of the season.

MU surrendered two runs in the bottom half of the second on a double by sophomore Mitch Roman but tied it at 4-4 in the third. However, the Raiders led 6-4 at the bottom of that inning.

Wright State (29-10, 13-4 Horizon League) tacked on one more run to take a 7-4 lead heading into the seventh.

Three straight singles loaded the bases up before senior Kendall Johnson grounded into a fielder’s choice double-play, scoring senior Ryan Elble. Redshirt freshman Spencer Dull singled home another run, and Russo added another two batters later. The game was tied at 7-7 after MU’s three-run inning.

The game remained tied until the home half of the tenth, when Wright State led off the inning with a single from senior Andrew McCafferty.

McCafferty reached second base on a sacrifice bunt and scored the winning run two batters later on a double from redshirt senior Mark Fowler.

In his third start of the year, junior Brian Thene allowed six runs (four earned) on six hits in five innings.

Backup catcher junior Tommy

Miami baseball ranks fifth out of the six teams in the MAC East.

Ricciardi made his second appearance out of the bullpen. He went 4.2 innings and allowed two earned on seven hits. Ricciardi leads the team with a 2.70 ERA in his 6.2 innings this season.

Miami faces Kent State University in a three-game conference series this weekend.

The Golden Flashes (21-16, 9-6 MAC) are tied with University of Akron for first in the East.

Kent State lost 15-5 to Penn State University Tuesday night after the Lions’ nine-run first inning. KSU is 4-5 over the last nine games.

First pitch of the series is 6 p.m. Friday.

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