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At Miami, Clinton to win despite narrowing gap New Miami Student survey shows students suspect a Trump win POLITICS

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Cubs and Indians fans packed Brick Street bar on Wednesday night to watch game 7 of the World Series. See story on Page 8.

Miami sees 5 sexual assaults in two months SEXUAL ASSAULT

CARLEIGH TURNER THE MIAMI STUDENT

Just over two months into the school year, Miami University students have received five alerts stating a student has reported a sexual assault. The most recent two occured this week.

Oct. 31 — 2 assaults reported The Miami Institutional Response team alerted the Miami community, online, that the Oxford Police Department on Monday told the Miami Police Department about two reports it received about sexual assaults the prior 10 days.

In the first incident, a female student told police she was sexually assaulted by a male she knows on Oct. 21 at about 6 a.m. The attack happened in a house on College Avenue, according to the report. The male is reportedly not a Miami student.

In the second incident, a female student told Oxford police she was assaulted by an unknown male Oct. 23 in an apartment complex on Reagan Place. It is not known if the suspect is a Miami student.

Miami said there is no description of either suspect.

Early October report A female Miami student reported being sexually assaulted sometime between Oct. 1 and Oct. 10, according to a report from OPD. According to an alert on the myMiami website, the victim reported knowing the male who assaulted her at the 0 block of North Main Street.

Sept. 13 report Miami students received an email at 8:32 a.m alerting them that a male student reported being sexually assaulted by a female that he knew. The assault occurred at an unknown

Chinese students’ take on unusual race POLITICS

BONNIE MEIBERS

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

By most standards, the 2016 presidential election has been unusual. Americans and international citizens alike share this sentiment.

Perhaps the most unusual of all factors to international students at Miami are the two candidates that America has chosen.

“Why would people choose two bad final candidates at the end?” said sophomore Olsen Cheung.

Cheung is from Hong Kong, China. And while he is not able to vote in this presidential elections and hasn’t paid attention to America’s presidential elections in the

Four interviews show confusion with U.S. candidates past, he has been paying attention to the upcoming election because it is “a national joke.”

“I thought House of Cards was exaggerated,” he said. “But now I don’t really know.”

Like Cheung, sophomore Karl Song from Shanghai, China has also not followed previous presidential elections. This is only his second year in America. However, he has paid close attention to the current election and is not a fan of either candidate.

“If you say you’re going to make America great again,

be a man or a woman of your word,” Song said. “If you want to be president, keep your word.”

Junior Wenjia Qin is from Shenzhen, China. She admits that since she is not a big fan of either candidate she did not tune into the debates and does not keep up closely with what the candidates are doing. She does see defects in both candidates, however.

Clinton’s email scandal, Qin said, makes Clinton a risky choice for president.

She thinks that it shows dishonesty in the political system and said that from what she has heard, Clinton is not considering to improve conditions for the working class.

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making friends.

It’s what keeps her from making friends in the first place.

Left behind are the people that understand her, the ones who know her well enough to sense what’s wrong. In their place are strangers.

She’s three-quarters an extrovert. Spending time with other people gives her energy. But the depression stops her.

Race. Religion. Gender.

Orientation.

Disability.

Nationality. All of these attributes are only a tiny portion of what comprises the tenets of diversity, and they act as a set of characteristics between what sets apart one student from another on Miami University’s campus.

As part of a process to further the educational development of Miami, the university commissioned EducationCounsel last April to “cultivate a more welcoming and inclusive learning, working and living environment to advance student, staff and faculty success,” according to an email from President Gregory Crawford on Sept. 21.

The EducationCounsel’s response compiled a hefty list of challenges Miami faces in its attempts to include others within part three of its Report on Diversity and Inclusion at Miami University.

Specifically the report mentions that “anger, disappointment, and distrust from various students, faculty and staff” were consistently displayed throughout the meetings conducted by the EducationCounsel regarding Miami’s commitment to diversity and inclusion on campus.

Many interviewees felt “othered” — in other words, they are seen as a part of a group that does not fit in the ‘traditional’ (ie. upper in-

Miami University has consented to a decree handed down by the United States’ Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Dudley v.

Miami University case.

According to the decree, the initial lawsuit was brought about on January 10, 2014. Former Miami student Aleeha Dudley, who is blind, brought action against Miami and former president David C. Hodge alleging, among other things, that Miami and Hodge excluded her from participation in and the benefit of Miami’s services, programs and activities.

She said the unviersity discriminated against her on the basis of disability and failed to take appropriate steps to ensure equally effective communication with her, thereby violating her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

However, since the initial filing, Hodge has been dismissed from the suit and the United States’ DOJ stepped in to remediate the situation.

In the end, Miami admitted no wrongdoing in agreeing to the terms of the decree, as well as agreeing to pay up to $25,000.

Mitchell McCrate, Deputy General Counsel for Miami University, said the technologies that were alleged to be inaccessible are mostly, not exclusively, web based, especially those in-

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Viengasamai Fetters: Sleeping Beauty

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Viengsamai Fetters spent 18 of her 24 hours asleep.

During the few hours she did spend awake, she would eat.

The beginning of her college career marked the beginning of this vicious cycle.

During the first few days after moving in, she tried to get to know people. She wanted to get to know people.

Then the depression stopped her.

Then the sleep consumed her.

The diagnosis had come in sixth grade: clinical depression. But in the seven years she’s been aware of her mental illness, she doesn’t remember ever sleeping this much in one day.

Sleeping is her coping mechanism. It’s how she deals with the stress of talking to people. It’s how she deals with the difficulty of

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Miami students will favor Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on election day, according to a survey from The Miami Student. Forty-one percent of respondents said they will be voting for Clinton versus 32.8 percent who will be casting a ballot for the GOP candidate Donald Trump.

Among the remaining students, 5.6 percent will be voting for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and 2.2 percent for Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Ten percent of respondents have not decided how they will vote and 7.8 percent do not plan to vote.

Although the responses indicate a majority for Clinton, when asked for which

major party candidate students believe Miami students will vote for, 52.8 percent indicated Trump over the 46 percent who said Clinton.

The survey was sent to a random sampling of students gathered by the university’s Office of Institutional Research. The 182 respondents included students of all genders from every undergraduate grade level and college. Responses were gathered during the last two weeks of October.

Although last month’s polls indicated a wider gap, this week’s polls have shown a tightening in the race. The most recent poll from ABC News and the Washington Post shows Clinton with just a two percent lead, at 47 percent versus Trump’s 45. Lib-

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Six students awarded Hispanic Scholarhips COMMUNITY

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Six students were recognized on Oct. 27 as winners of the Hispanic Scholarship Award at the Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA’s annual gala, which celebrated its 20th anniversary. More winners from Miami University were awarded the scholarship this year than any previous years.

Seniors Ricardo Calles and Anna Capre, junior Kenia Viezcas, sophomore Angela Evans and first-year Giovanna Farinazo were recognized and each awarded a $1,000 scholarship. Junior Ricardo Ugas was awarded a $5,000 scholarship.

Qualifications for the scholarship include involvement in Cincinnati’s Hispanic community, volunteer experience and high academic performance. Applicants needed to be of Hispanic descent or from a Hispanic country.

Ricardo Calles was born in El

Salvador and moved to the United States in 2006 when he was 12. He didn’t know any English. After coming to Miami, Calles got involved working for an international school in Hamilton, where he teaches English to native Spanish speakers. Most of the students he works with, Calles said, are adults who have only received up to a fifth grade education.

The people he works with are working to earn their high school diploma. Funding an education can be difficult for many Hispanic families, Calles said.

“My parents weren’t able to support me financially for college as much as they would have liked,” Calles said. “I think many times Hispanics want to get an education but can’t -- not necessarily because they don’t have access to it, but because they can’t afford it.”

When he graduates from Miami in May, Calles hopes to be a high school Spanish teacher. He is also interested in working for Dr. Luimen Formulas, a company that aims to help those in

the Hispanic community without access to healthcare.

During Thursday’s celebration, Calles said he enjoyed listening to the keynote speaker at the banquet, former President of Mexico Vincente Fox Quesada.

Fox’s speech, “Relationships between the U.S. and Mexico,” brought up the notion that students should work not to build walls, but bridges, in order to continue the partnership between the United States and Mexico.

“He swung it around to the idea that we all have a purpose, and if we want to see any changes then it has to start with us because we are the ones building the future,” Calles said.

Junior Kenia Viezcas said it was surreal to meet and shake hands with Fox. She lived in Mexico for five years when she was young, during Fox’s presidency.

“I think it’s important for people to know that making connections, not borders, is so important,” Viezcas said.

Viezcas is interested in working with immigration rights when she graduates. She said she hopes to work for an organization that helps immigrant families, especially students, become immersed in Ameri-

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Junior Ricardo Ugas, another winner of the scholarship, said he enjoyed the banquet and hearing Fox’s talk.

“It was a very great meeting to see and understand the relationship that we, as Latinos, have and the influence that we can have in the community,” Ugas said.

Ugas came to the United States in 2009 from Venezuela. Like Calles, he didn’t speak any English. Since he began his time in the United States, Ugas has volunteered with food pantries and church events.

Ugas said he has worked to become very involved on campus.

He is the student body president of Miami’s Hamilton campus and started the Association of American Latino Students.

His experiences in the United States and at Miami, Ugas said, have connected him with the Hispanic community.

“It’s been a wonderful experience, showing that despite financial struggle and despite lack of representation that we can make a difference and make our community a better place,” Ugas said.

Jacqueline Rioja Velarde, the associate director of Miami’s Center

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On Wednesday, Nov. 3, the Center for American and World Cultures hosted an event in MacMillan Hall to celebrate

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volving interactivity.

“The DOJ did not provide us with an exhaustive list of inaccessible technologies, only examples,” said McCrate.

Due to these allegedly inaccessible technologies, Miami has consented to a number of provisions within the decree to ensure accessibility, open communication and comply with Title II of the ADA. McCrate said two examples of alternative technologies that have been instituted by Miami since the decree are the content management system, Cascade, and the learning management system, Canvas.

Sean Polley, director of the Committee for Accessible Technologies, said progress made in the 2016-2017 academic year includes: the creation of the Accessible Technology Committee, hiring of staff to form the Accessible Technology team, creation of an accessibility portal, AccessMU, and the introduction of alternative formats training for an Accessible Text Production Services staff.

“Student Disability Services also works closely with students who use adaptive technology to discuss course requirements and how their technology can be best utilized in the classroom,” Polley said.

Despite these changes, Miami still has ground to cover between the current state of accessibility and its goal of making every site and portal accessible to all students.

“I know progress that has been made while [Dudley’s] case has been in litigation is Canvas as opposed to Niihka,” first-year Sarah Camino said. “Having the administration, the technology department, make affirmative

choices to have technology that is successful rather than trying to come at it backwards and modify something that’s really been structurally inaccessible is a huge step forward and that’s really what is going to open up inclusion at Miami for students with disabilities.”

McCrate said making applications accessible to all depends on whether the application in question is something Miami developed or if it is provided by contract with a third party vendor.

“We are working with the vendors of third party products to get them compliant,” McCrate said. “One of the bigger problems is the availability — or the lack thereof — of accessible alternatives in the marketplace. Developers are not required by law to make their products accessible.”

An additional provision that must be met, according to the decree, includes making all web content published after January of 2012 accessible as well.

In order to meet this, and other provisions in the decree, an accessibility technology committee was formed.

The committee’s staff received training on topics such as the best practices regarding file conversion, alternate format workflows and tools and techniques for creating accessible math content.

“Inaccessible file conversion depends on the file,” McCrate said. “For example, creating an accessible Word file would include using built-in headings or styles, alternative text, proper column headings for tables, descriptive links and sufficient color contrast.”

The mandatory accessibility training required by the decree for all faculty and staff at Miami has not yet occurred, McCrate said. However, the university still

has time to provide that within the timeframe of the decree.

Additionally, Miami has not yet procured an automated accessibility testing tool to evaluate whether Miami’s web pages conform to the decree. This will be in place by spring semester, McCrate said.

According to the decree, Miami must meet the needs of qualified individuals with disabilities up until the extent that providing accessibility does not cause a financial burden to the university.

“There is no specific dollar threshold in the decree or in the law.” McCrate said. “This will be determined based on the facts and circumstances in each situation.”

“We will be conducting an AT audit, acquiring an automated web accessibility testing tool, providing accessibility training to faculty and staff and moving into a centrally located office in the Shriver Center where we will be located on the same floor with Student Disability Services and the Rinella Learning Center,” Polley said.

So far, Miami is on track with the timeframe provided by the decree. Nonetheless, there are many provisions yet to be met in the coming semesters.

Aside from the decree, Camino, who is the secretary for the Students with Disabilities Advisory Council, added that there is a lot of work that needs to be done to increase general inclusivity on campus. Culturally, Camino said, disability should be included as an aspect of diversity.

“But working that into the culture and how students perceive diversity, not only as race, gender, sexual orientation, but also as ability levels,” Camino said. “I think it’s really going to promote a positive view of disability and a view of disability as an identity.”

come, white) Miami mold, according to part three, number two of the “Challenges and Foundations for Improvement at Miami: Key Takeaways from Our Stakeholder Meetings” section of the report.

As a result to the challenges aforementioned in addition to the rest of the EducationCounsel’s report, Crawford has responded by establishing the President’s Task Force to develop a university-wide policy statement on the educational value of diversity and inclusion.

“Diversity and inclusion to me are about recognizing the full humanity, equality and diginity of every person regardless of difference in background, race, culture, identity, nationality, perspective or any other distinctive feature,” Crawford said.

The members of the President’s Task Force include Bennyce Hamilton, Kelley Kimple, Ron Scott and Liz Wardle. Hamilton and Kimple are also members of the Council on Diversity and Inclusion (CODI), and Scott is both the Associate Vice President for Institutional Diversity and co-chair of CODI. “EducationCounsel charged us to come up with a clear statement that articulates why or what Miami sees as the educational value, societal value of diversity,” Scott said. “That essentially is the only focus of the task force — to come up with a single statement for the institution that [acts] as a pream-

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residence hall in Oxford.

The assault was reported to have occurred early on the morning of Sept. 11.

Aug. 27 report During the first week of school, Miami students received their first Campus Crime Alert of the 201617 school year. The email alerted students that a female student was sexually assaulted by a male student that she knew.

The event was reported to have occurred at an unidentified fraternity house, early in the morning of Aug. 25.

On Monday, as the university released the latest news about reports of sexual assaults, the Institu-

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“I want to be around people all the time,” she says. “But sometimes I can’t because I get sad.”

There’s no logical explanation for her sadness. It creeps in even on good days.

There are events she wants to participate in, but when the time comes, she can’t make herself go.

The depression stops her.

Disheartened and isolated,

for American and World Cultures (CAWC), is from Lima, Peru and said she has a big heart for Miami’s Latino/Hispanic students because she shares their heritage.

“There was a lot of energy in the investment our students do to be the best they can be to represent our community,” Rioja Velarde said.

“This is a collective effort that gives students opportunities to be more engaged with not only the Latino/ Hispanic community, but the community at large.”

Rioja Velarde works to advocate for diverse students and help students find opportunities to volunteer within the community. She received a Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award from the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission in October.

Rioja Velarde said the accomplishments of these students are meaningful to the goals of both CAWC and Miami.

“This is a big achievement for Miami because one of my goals has always been to make sure that we gain visibility in the Latino/ Hispanic community of Ohio,” Rioja Velarde said. “I think over time this has proven that we not only have visibility, but we now have a presence.”

ble to a diversity plan.”

The EducationalCounsel laid out four specific goals that should be addressed through the development of this policy statement on diversity and inclusion at Miami: 1. Clear articulation of the educational and societal benefits of student diversity as an institutional value and priority.

2. Recognition that Miami seeks broad student diversity.

3. Identification of any Miamispecific context or history that may bear on diversity.

4. An inclusive process of development and approval.

In addition to drafting a mission statement, CODI will work in conjunction with the President’s Task Force to “develop a comprehensive and sustainable plan for diversity and inclusive excellence,” according to the “Charge to the President’s Task Force To Develop a Policy Statement on Diversity and Inclusion” issued by Crawford and emailed to students, staff and faculty on Oct. 21.

Student reaction to the EducationCounsel’s report has been mixed. There is a sense that the university can do more toward including all walks of life on campus, but no direction or significant plan has been provided to or established by the student body thus far.

“I do think that the student body as a whole can do better to include others, but the how is a little harder,” sophomore Kate McTigue said. “I think that there needs to be a fundamental change of attitude

tional Response Team also advised students to be aware of their surroundings and to stay with friends.

The Monday posting reminded students: to say something if they see something, noting that part of “I am Miami” includes watching out for other students. that sexual activity requires consent and that persons who are intoxicated may not be capable of consent. that students who feel uncomfortable with friends or strangers should remove themselves from the situation.

Miaami’s Health Services Center can assist persons who are victims of sexual and interpersonal violence offenses.

she tries to break the cycle. She tries going to dinner with the people on her corridor. She tries to socialize with people whose open doors invite her in. She tries to schedule appointments at the health center, and then tries to stick to them.

She tries to pave her way to a happier life.

“I’m definitely happier now than I was a week ago,” she says.

“It’s a good start.”

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‘South Park’s’ key to effective satire Humans of Oxford TELEVISION

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It’s featured superstar rapper Kanye West having intercourse with a fish. It’s shown an obese, acne-riddled fourth-grader defecating violently on his mother while playing “World of Warcraft.” It’s presented three Apple customers being sewn together à la “The Human Centipede” after unknowingly agreeing to it by accepting the company’s lengthy Terms and Conditions.

It’s also one of the most intelligent, up-to-date pieces of social commentary on the air.

“South Park,” the animated program about a group of pottymouthed fourth-graders in the titular Colorado small town, has time and again proven to be a conservative parent’s worst nightmare. Its visual gags regularly make viewers’ stomachs churn, and its filthy dialogue could cause a drunken sailor to turn his head in alarm. The overthe-top vulgarity and crude, inyour-face offensiveness often seem to be the show’s defining factors. But beneath all of it lies a keen, observant eye, a clever ability to ridicule everything wrong within our messed-up society.

Over the years, co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been ruthless in their social satire, taking on such subjects as the BP oil spill, Scientology and even the Prophet Muhammad (the one time the show was visually censored). Their rapid production schedule (they don’t start working on an episode until a week before it airs) allows them to skewer current events before other programs even get the chance. Now in its twentieth season, the show is tackling topics such as po-

litical correctness, our obsession with pop culture reboots and, of course, the presidential election.

But what truly sets “South Park” apart from other satirical programs such as “SNL” or “The Daily Show?” What has kept this obscene cartoon so consistently smart and relevant over the past 20 years?

Part of it is the show’s stubborn refusal to pick a side. Other shows tend to plant their feet on the left or the right and unleash their attacks toward the opponent. This is still funny, but it’s inherently alienating. How many far-right Republicans have you seen sharing those Jordan Klepper “Daily Show” clips on Facebook?

“South Park,” on the other hand, will choose a topic or an issue and lampoon everyone involved. Take the season 19 finale, “PC Principal Final Justice,” which addressed, among other topics, gun rights.

From the perspective of someone who supports stricter gun control, the episode appears to poke fun at pro-second amendment arguments. Believing that the only way to be safe is by arming themselves, the boys decide to buy guns.

“How are we all gonna get our hands on guns?” they ask, only to be seen in the very next shot all armed with firearms.

Throughout the episode, almost every character gets a gun and points it at one another to get what they want. Parker and Stone seem to be pointing out the ridiculousness of a society that believes all their problems can be solved by the second amendment.

But the careful viewer will note that in the episode’s 22-minute runtime, not a single shot is fired, and all the problems are, in

fact, solved. Suddenly, the liberal viewpoint that guns can’t be used safely and responsibly seems to be the perspective under attack.

But “South Park’s” genius goes beyond simply making fun of everyone in its sights. If a show makes fun of every point on either side of a debate, it fails to make a point at all.

“South Park” succeeds because it avoids this paradox. It doesn’t attempt to say which side of an issue outweighs the other; it ridicules the issue itself.

In the opening scene of this season, the town crowds in the school gym for the girls’ volleyball game, eager to see if the one black player will sit or stand for the national anthem. I was curious to find out which side Parker and Stone were about to take on the Colin Kaepernick controversy.

But they didn’t.

After four of the seven girls sit, and the anthem draws to a close, the town files out, leaving only a handful of fans in attendance to actually watch the game. The joke isn’t that Kaepernick’s in the right or the wrong; it’s that we’re being ridiculous for caring so much in the first place.

In an election season that has been so divisive, so enabling of a “left or right” mentality, “South Park’s” commentary is as relevant as ever. As the nation aligns itself on either side, Parker and Stone find the middle ground, forcing citizens from all walks of life to step back and admit that maybe, just maybe, they’re being a bit absurd.

And with the next episode airing Wednesday night, just hours after we hear whom our next President will be, this message couldn’t be coming at a better time.

Torie Wiggins to star in ‘Twilight: LA, 1992’ THEATRE

MEGAN BOWERS

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While most performers are used to portraying one role per show, Torie Wiggins was given the daunting task of depicting 36 different characters in the onewoman show “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.”

The play was written and originally performed by Anna Deavere Smith in response to the Rodney King beating and the riots that followed in 1991.

Smith wrote a total of 59 monologues, all of which are verbatim speeches and responses to interviews she conducted with individuals connected to the incident. All the monologues are then performed by the same person.

“Somehow having one person play all of those people gives it a central humanity, while at the same time representing 36 different viewpoints,” said Julia Guichard, chair of the Theatre Department.

The script attempts something powerful by placing voices of a victim next to the voice of an assailant. It gives the chance for everyone’s message to be heard.

“I think the message here is that there needs to be developed a certain sense of entity before we can even have these conversations, so we are able to acknowledge all the voices, even those who we think are wrong or right,” actress and adjunct professor Torie Wiggins said. “From there, we will be able to come up with some sort of resolve or solution.”

Wiggins has performed this twice before, once at the Aronoff Center for the Arts and once with the Know Theatre of Cincinnati.

Her experience has made this show much easier to prepare for since she had already narrowed down the characters’ roles and intentions. However, when she first came onto the project, it was an intense process.

“It’s a really fine line between imitation and character building,” said Wiggins. “Some of the characters are well-known figures of popular culture, some of them have live video of them speaking in interviews and for some of them, there was nothing.

So I had to build on what I got in the script.”

The project, which is being cosponsored by the Department of Theatre, the College of Creative Arts, the Dean’s office and the President’s office, has been brought to Miami in an effort to address issues of social justice.

“We’re out here in this little bubble, so I think its really important to have these kind of conversations,” said Guichard.

“I believe that art is a great way to spark those conversations because it makes you feel something, and then we can have a conversation about that.”

The project also coincides with a greater push for inclusion and diversity all across Miami.

This show follows the “Every 28 Hours” project, which also hoped to start a conversation about issues of social justice.

“We’re trying to do a series of programs where folks can interact and talk about all the various issues around social justice, inclusion, equality and freedom, from dialogues to plays, and all of them are to encourage conversation and deeper thinking about issues,” said Dr. Ronald Scott, Associate Vice President for Institutional Diversity.

Scott emphasized that al-

though the events in “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” happened years ago, they are still relevant today. The department believes that one of the ways out of this is to discuss, learn and move ahead.

“The fact that we’re twenty some odd years afterward and we can still find parallels is so disheartening,” said Wiggins “But if this is something that can help people process and start conversations about what is happening now, from an art perspective or a theatrical perspective, then it’s worth it.”

Wiggins hopes that over the course of two hours, she will be able to capture the attention of the audience and keep them thinking about the important issue of social justice long after they leave the theater.

“Everybody’s got a contribution,” said Wiggins. “Even in a protest there are some people who are really good at standing in the front and shouting and chanting, and then some people are really good at making signs.

It is a privilege and an honor to find what I love and to be able to use what I do best, for social justice and change.”

Wiggins believes a college campus is the perfect place to start these conversations because college students are still transitioning into what they believe and are willing to think critically about all different issues.

“I hope they have questions,” said Wiggins. “I hope they have continuing conversation. I hope that this show stays with them at least on the car ride home.”

“Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” will be performed at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 3-5, in Studio 88. Tickets are free, but required.

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Frannie Comstock: Quirky and confident

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Upon meeting Frannie Comstock I was immediately struck by her sense of style. She was wearing a pair of green shorts, a white t-shirt, a backwards baseball cap and red Keds with white socks.

What will amaze you, is that she pulls it off. Her “recycled grunge” style and refusal to wear a bra sets her apart physically from most Miami students, and her personality does as well.

Her easy-going and approachable manner were welcome and her excitement was refreshing, as is her refusal to be anything but herself.

A second year from Cincinnati, she is an executive for Not Very Funny, the stand-up comedy club on campus. Becoming an exec member is what pushed her to really hone her stand-up skills, but Frannie is more interested in sketch comedy, specifically in writing it. She is currently putting together a sketch

comedy show.

“I definitely have doubts, but the only way I’ll know if I’m going to succeed [in comedy] is to try, and I feel confident enough in myself to try,” Frannie said.

Her quirky humor, approachable manner and contagious passion make her a go-to for consultation on comedy.

Though her plate is full with activities — writing for Sherman Ave, an internship in communications and her double major in creative writing and media & culture — she is still pushing herself to do more, especially politically. She recently participated in registering voters and running tables through F-Word, the feminist group on campus.

“I’m a flaming feminist,” Frannie said, proudly.

She regrets not being more involved with F-Word and would if her schedule allowed it.

But in the meantime she is dedicated to educating herself on political and social issues.

“That’s the beauty of the time we live in, you can be as educated as you want to be,” Frannie said.

Sketched Out performs first shows

BETH PFOHL THE MIAMI STUDENT

Sketched Out, Miami’s improv comedy group, performed its first shows of the semester last weekend in Benton Hall.

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If you’ve ever wanted to witness college students act out unconventional scenarios, such as how one shaves in the underworld with Sriracha for shaving cream using only gibberish and hand motions, the show for you already happened this past weekend.

That’s the nature of improv comedy — every aspect of every show is made up on the spot, so even if you’ve missed one performance, you can still witness jokes being made for the first (and last) time during another performance.

Sketched Out, Miami’s improv group, recently held their first shows of the semester on Oct. 28 and 29 in Benton Hall.

During the Saturday night show, each member of the group dressed in their Halloween costumes, which ranged from a lifeguard to Edna Mode from “The Incredibles.”

Titled “American Horror Story: White House,” the show featured improv sketches and games being played on stage.

When coming up with a title

for the show, the Sketched Out members “have title brainstorming emails,” said freshman member Kate Rigazio. “If any of us have a name and an idea for a poster, we just send it to the group.”

While a fake debate was among these different activities, politics wasn’t the only topic skewered by the group.

One activity was titled “The Dating Game” and featured a female member of the team leaving the room while different roles were assigned to the “bachelors” — male members of the group who were to imitate Abraham Lincoln, a lamp and Shrek.

When the lady looking for love asked what the three single gentlemen’s ideal dates were, Lincoln replied “nowhere near a theater.” The lamp said that anything worked, as long as she could “come on over and turn [him] on.” Shrek announced he would come up with something, although he “ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed.”

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Qin also mentioned Trump’s incendiary comments on women and other races. She takes issue with Trump’s plan to build a wall between Mexico and the United States.

“I think his plan seems impractical and it is fatal to world peace,” Qin said.

But she does not think one candidate is more trustworthy than the other. She had few nice things to say about both.

“Overall, I just think they are both trying to fake it up in order to get more votes,” said Qin. If he had to pick between Trump or Clinton, Cheung said he would have to choose Trump.

“I’d say most of us college students support Donald [Trump],” he said.

He cannot trust Clinton because of her leaked emails and the scandals that continue to come up surrounding her. However, that decision is not an easy one for him.

“I feel guilty,” he said. “I feel guilty supporting either side.”

Song feels the same way. If he had to vote, he would turn in a ballot for Trump. He thinks that Clinton is a liar and some things she

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ertarian candidate Johnson sits at three percent and Stein at two.

When asked about affiliation with a political party, 33 percent identified themselves as registered Republicans while only 18.3 percent identified as registered Democrats. The largest group, 40 percent, are not registered with a political party, and 7.8 percent as Independent.

When asked to rank issues based on the influence it would have on his or her vote, respondents indicated the economy as the most influential followed by a tie between education and national security.

These issues were followed, in order, by social issues, immigration, health care, criminal justice, the environment and religion.

Among the spread of first-years, sophomores, juniors and seniors, about 64 percent have never voted in any election before, 28 percent have voted once before and about eight percent have voted two or more times.

The majority of students who responded to the survey, about 60 percent did not vote in the presidential primary, and the vast majority, 94 percent are registered to vote.

Voting will be hosted in Oxford on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at three different polling locations — the Shriver Center, Talawanda High School and Talawanda Middle School.

Students can find their polling location by visiting butlercountyelections.org.

does make him feel shame about America.

However, first-year Angel Thwe from Yangon, Burma, feels that the only reason to vote for Donald Trump is if someone hates Hillary more.

“I feel like if you’re comparing the two candidates, Hillary [Clinton] is a much better choice,” she said.

Back in Burma, Thwe said that most of her friends and family are also supporters of Clinton. This is different from Song’s experience.

He says that not many of his peers in China care about the presidential election.

Here at school, Thwe personally sees a bleak outcome if Trump is elected.

“I feel like Hillary [Clinton] would be more open-minded about immigrants and foreign policy in general,” Thwe said. “If Donald Trump wins, I think all of the other countries will be laughing at America.”

Song said that he personally doesn’t believe the election will change much.

“I will still recognize this country as the first power on the planet,” he said. “I don’t think the election will change that.”

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pected from the Lancers.

“I think we go in with the same mentality, but we know that a lot is on the line. If you lose, you go home,” Colby said. “I know at practice, it’s going to be intense just like any other practice and we’re going to be ready to play 70 minutes on Friday.”

The last time these two teams faced off was in early October when Miami held off a late offensive push from Longwood to win 3-2. Head coach Inako Puzo stressed playing the entire 70 minutes after the game, as well as not allowing Longwood to dominate even five minutes of play at the beginning or end.

“We know how dangerous they are, we know now that you cannot give them any time during the game to get momentum and to start things going their way,” Puzo said. “So, looking back, finishing 3-2 that game is probably better than finishing 3-0. It’s going to keep us focused, it’s going to keep us knowing that we have to play for the entire game in our intensity.”

Last year, the RedHawks defeated Missouri State 3-0 in the semifinals to advance and play Kent State in the finals, only to lose 3-2 in double overtime.

If the RedHawks defeat the Lancers, they’ll move on to play the winner of the first-seeded Kent State and fourth-seeded Ball State semifinal game in the finals 2 p.m.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 Saturday. Puzo emphasized taking one game at a time when going into this weekend.

“The only thing I’d really add to that, is it’s going to take a lot of heart and a lot of passion to keep playing and to really play for each other,” senior forward Geagy Pritchard said.

Seniors Carla Romagosa, a forward, and Alysa Xavier, starting goalkeeper, were both selected to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Senior Game that takes place on Nov. 19th at 2:30 pm at Old Dominion University. They’re two of 38 players selected.

Romagosa ended the regular season with seven goals and 11 assists, while Xavier has played every minute for the RedHawks and will likely start in the team’s tournament game this weekend.

Thursday, Romagosa was named MAC Player of the Year— the league’s highest honor.

Xavier, junior back Mariona Heras, and sophomore forward Paula Portugal were honored with Romagosa on the All-MAC First Team. Pritchard was named Second-Team All-MAC. Portugla was named co-MAC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after having two goals and two assists in Miami’s game against OU. Miami looks to draw confidence from these honors as the RedHawks head into the tournament this weekend.

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they’re bigger, faster and stronger. We’re a fast team, so we have to use our speed to get around them and create chances.”

This series is critical for both unranked programs, as each received votes in the most recent NCAA rankings but remained off the top20 following losses last weekend.

Wins will rarely come easy throughout this NCHC season, as the conference boasts the current top three teams in the nation. No.1 Minnesota-Duluth, No. 2 Denver and the defending NCAA champion, current No. 3 North Dakota have dominated their early nonconference schedules.

The puck drops in Lawson Ice Arena 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Friday’s game will air live on the American Sports Network, while Saturday’s game can be streamed at NCHC.tv.

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With back-to-back away wins, the ’Hawks win streak would reach 21 games. The squad currently has the longest active win streak in NCAA Division I. “While the win over NIU was great, it was still just another step towards our ultimate goal of becoming MAC champions,” sophomore outside hitter Stela Kukoc said. “It is by no means the end of our season. We still have four more big games coming up and then the conference tournament. We haven’t won anything yet.”

The Red and White are looking to keep this mentality as they wrap up the regular season with a MAC regular season title in sight.

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around, as Coach Martin says, it’s been a blast.”

Fellow fifth-year senior wide receiver Sam Shisso shared similar sentiments.

“It definitely feels like a long time coming. It’s about time. I feel like it’s been a great long, hard journey and it’s all been worth it.”

Along with redshirt junior cornerback Heath Harding, who is coming off a six-tackle, one-interception performance against EMU, expect Gearing to make an impact on the defensive-line against Central Michigan.

The ‘Hawks’ calling card defense has paced the league in total defense, allowing their opponents an average of only 350 yards-per-game.

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Gus Ragland and sophomore wide receiver James Gardner have shined for Miami during its recent win streak. Ragland has gone 3-0 since being named starter while throwing for 571 yards and six touchdowns. Gardner, while out against Eastern Michigan, is the ‘Hawks leading receiver with 581 yards and five touchdowns, and is expected to return Friday.

“Gardner’s much better. He was close last week, obviously he didn’t dress so he wasn’t ready to go. We’re very optimistic he’ll be at, or near, 100 percent by Friday night,” Martin said.

Senior quarterback and captain Cooper Rush has led CMU’s pass-heavy offensive this season,

throwing for 2,533 yards and 21 touchdowns. Junior runnings back Devon Spalding could also loom large, as he has 652 yards and three touchdowns on the ground this campaign.

“Offensively, obviously led by their senior quarterback [Cooper Rush] who’s been one of the top players in this league for the last — at least the last two years, if not three — just a really, really good player and playmaker,” Martin said. “Good receiving corps, good running attack, good play action game.”

Linebackers sophomore Malik Fountain and senior Nathan Ricketts look to lead the way for the Chippewas’ defense. Fountain has 69 tackles, nine for a loss and one forced fumble. Rickett’s chipped in with 56 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble of his own.

With bowl eligibility still in play and the RedHawks riding a winning streak, the Red and White are peaking at the right time.

“I think so. Like Coach Martin tells us every week before every game, make sure you’re about to play the best game of your life, every game. So we kind of take that approach,” Shisso said.

“Like I said, we’re not happy yet. We’ve won three in a row but we still have three more left. So, our goal is to get to a bowl game.

We’re not done,” Gearing said.

Kickoff between Miami and Central Michigan is set for 6:00 p.m. Friday and will air live on CBS Sports Network and ESPN3.

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organic, spontaneous comedic situations. Nearly every element of the stories told, jokes made and games played by the team was a result of a noun or verb shouted out by an audience member.

It’s not always smooth sailing for these comedians when presented with absurd scenarios at random.

“That’s something I was really nervous about,” Rigazio said about on-the-spot comedy, having come into the group with no prior improv experience. “There are days where I completely flub.”

But at its core, she said it’s “just reaction … [and] it’s never hard to play off of” the other members.

Audience interaction was enthusiastic throughout the show. At one point, a tonguein-cheek dispute broke out over whether the group was to tell on-the-spot jokes about 185 blenders walking into a bar or 185 whisks.

Eventually, the group invited an audience member on stage. The intention was to gather enough details about the guest’s day-to-day life to be able to act out their worst nightmare.

“I love seeing people, fans, come to every show, or even every performance,” Sketched Out sophomore Olivia Prosser said. “I love seeing familiar faces.”

According to member Scott Lentz, Prosser “really drove the team creatively this semester.” Prosser also acted as the emcee for the show.

The team practices twice a week, and it began the semester focusing more on longform improv games, which feature all of Sketched Out’s members acting out an entire narrative together. These provide an opportunity to build an ability to work off of each other.

The second half of the show featured one of these games. Via audience suggestion, this wound up being the

unpredictable tale of a peasant leading a revolt against his country’s king, a former grade-school classmate, in order to be given back the country’s recently repossessed cows.

The long-form sketches are some of the most popular among the group. Freshman member Noah Bertrand, who played one of the main characters in the narrative sketch that night, voiced his affinity for these collaborative efforts.

“The whole team comes together,” Bertrand said. “Anyone can add what they want to it. Everyone gets to participate.”

Luckily, the group gets along well enough to mesh effectively when it comes to group comedy.

“They’re a great group of kids,” Rigazio said. “They were so warm and welcoming [to me]. It’s been so much fun.”

Sketched Out is hosting their next shows Nov. 11 and 12, with the title and location yet to be determined.

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n Dec. 5, in almost one month exactly, Harry T. Wilks Theater will host the senior editor of alt-right outlet Breitbart News, a public speaker and open critic of the Black Lives Matter movement, Milo Yiannopoulos, as part of “The Dangerous Faggot Tour.”

Yiannopoulos has already attempted other college visits, many of which were cancelled due to “security concerns.”

Miami’s (younger) southern counterpart, the University of Miami (FL), cancelled a visit about a month ago, on Oct. 3, due to “security concerns,” as reported by foxnews.com. This was in response to his speech at Texas Tech, where the British media personality told the conservative crowd that “the people I really loathe” are college professors.

Such remarks seem to be par for the course in Yiannopoulos’ speeches. When discussing the merits of Black Lives Matter, he denounced the group’s credibility and claimed that it existed in order to make money.

Aside from his criticisms of liberalism, he has used Twitter as an instrument to criticize Islam fol-

lowing the Orlando Shooting and attack actress Leslie Jones, featured in the Ghostbusters remake, culminating in a permanent ban of his Twitter account.

In a speech called “In Defense of Hazing” given at Dartmouth on Nov. 1, Yiannopoulos also had plenty to say about the fundamental differences between men and women.

“This election can be viewed as a pitched battle between men and women,” Yiannopoulos said.

“I think you have all, for better or worse, the classical male virtues embodied in Donald Trump, and, for mostly worse, all of the classical female virtues embodied in Hillary Clinton. Good lord, right down to the scissoring.”

He also managed to mention “just how insane the Black Lives Matter movement is” before moving on to why he believes women don’t have the right biological tools to create a good society on their own.

“There’s never been a society that wasn’t constructed on the backs of men. It’s a simple biological fact apparent to anyone who bothers to look around ... It’s very simple:

History repeats itself in America’s refugee crisis POLITICS

DARCY KEENAN

THE MIAMI STUDENT

I’m going to take you back in time for a bit here. Imagine this: we’re somewhere in America in the 1930’s. Hitler is on the rise and demanding that all the Jewish people get out of Germany. The Jewish community reaches out to various countries, including our own beloved America. However, we graciously tell them that we don’t want to deal with them. We turn around ships filled to the brim with innocent lives because we are afraid that they will take our jobs, nevermind that they are scared their belongings, lives and family will be taken from them.

Some of them find shelter in other countries, but some of them aren’t as lucky. Even the lucky ones aren’t always particularly lucky, as some of the countries who house them eventually get taken over by his majesty (yes, I’m talking about Hitler), and they end up being tortured, forced to do hard labor and killed.

‘If only there was something we could have done to save them,’ the American people all think after the war ends, ‘something we could have done to prevent all those deaths.’

But there was.

Today, we think about that and we are ashamed of our country.

Did we really let all those innocent people die? Just because we didn’t want to risk competition in the job market? Yes. We did. And we’re doing a similar thing today.

In the Middle East, there are Syrian men, women and children who are being tortured and killed. And for some reason America is debating letting them in, and how many of them we should oh-so-graciously let into our country (the huge number we decided on? 10,000).

This time, our excuse for being selfish is that we are afraid of terrorism. However, since 9/11 we have taken in around 800,000 refugees.

You know how many of them have been arrested for acts of terrorism?

Three. This being said, statistically less than one percent of the 10,000 refugees we are now letting in will be a terrorist. In fact, we could let

We don’t need him here. We don’t want him here. He will add nothing. Nothing, that is, except for more hate, racism and sexism while trying to pass it off as fact.

the roofs over your head, the floor under your feet, pretty much everything you use was designed and built by men,” said Yiannopoulos.

He cited the moon landing as one of his points to prove why only males are more capable of constructing a legitimate society. He conveniently left out the fact that the “Human Computer” Katherine Johnson, the black woman who calculated the trajectory of the first trip to the moon, was instrumental in getting the first humans on the moon. Her math was so accurate that she was asked to double check the accuracy of the computers that NASA was using at the time.

A video appearance in FSB’s Talor Auditorium by Yiannopoulos was initially scheduled for Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. by Turning Point USA, a

student-run, reactionary, regressive, political propaganda group that partners with such prestigious organizations as the Ayn Rand Institute and Prager University, among others. His December visit remains on schedule.

And while many universities on Yiannopoulos’ tour have cancelled his appearance, Michelle Thomas, the Director of Business School Organizations and Diversity, makes it clear that this is a matter of free speech and therefore the university and the Farmer School of Business have no right to shut it down.

“Taylor Auditorium [the original location] is a public university space and any organization affiliated with the university is allowed to use it providing that it is available,” said Thomas. “The Farmer School

of Business is not sponsoring this event. As a public institution of higher learning, we fully support freedom of speech and expression.

We do not take any political stance nor do we side with any specific political party.”

But there is a line between free speech and hate speech. Without Miami as a stopping point in December, Yiannopoulos will still continue to be able to spout his truly backwards rhetoric elsewhere.

We don’t need him here. We don’t want him here. He will add nothing. Nothing, that is, except for more hate, racism and sexism while trying to pass it off as fact.

And with new initiatives from President Crawford to make the campus more inclusive, hosting Yiannopoulos, even letting him put us in as a stop on his roster, is a step away from everything the new Miami is claiming it wants to do.

It should be obvious that Milo Yiannopoulos is not fit to listen to.

But if Miami won’t step in here, the students need to.

What this campus needs is more Love and Honor, not a man who hates professors, women and minorities, just to name a few.

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in more than 260,000 refugees and according to these statistics not one of them would be a terrorist.

In another 50 years, people are going to look back on how we were so against letting in these innocent lives and how it took us so long to come to a decision. And they’ll think that we are just as dumb and selfish as we were before World War II, when we refused to give the Jewish people a safe home.

Islamophobia has gotten way out of hand. In fact, it makes no sense.

These terrorists are not actually in the Islamic faith, they are not true Muslims. It is like assuming that all Christians were a part of the Crusaders, or that all white people are in the KKK.

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Islamaphobia has gotten way out of hand. In fact, it makes no sense. These terrorists are not actually in the Islamic faith, they are not true Muslims.

The Prophet Muhammad used to forbid the killing of women and children, as well as all punishment with fire. He listed murder as the second major sin (beaten only by comparing Allah to any Earthly thing, as Allah is of the most high and His followers should never associate anything with Him). He even insisted that they treat animals with the utmost respect. To this day, many Muslims eat food only if it has been deemed Halal. For meat to be considered Halal, it must be cruelty-free, completely. Treated nicely when alive and killed in the least frightening and painful way possible.

There is no reason for everyone who follows Allah to be feared. The Islamic faith is one of peace, love and kindness. I encourage all of you to do anything and everything you can to increase the number of refugees we let into our country.

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KYLE HAYDEN COLUMNIST

The editorial staff and some of my readers (including my parents) have noted a tendency among my pieces to dwell on negative aspects of the goings-on in the country and in the world.

Often the scope of my writing takes on a scale too big for the limited space of a newspaper. I knew something was wrong with my writing when my mother cornered me in our kitchen a few months ago and asked with concern: “Are you happy?”

I tried to describe myself as “happily melancholic,” or possessing a “different kind of happiness,” but this didn’t go over so well.

Because of their prodding, I’ve written an essay listing a few things I do like, with explanations that follow.

I like …

When (and if I have to) I go into a restaurant and there are no televisions.

This pleases me because then people are forced to look at each other and talk, something I think has been lost in the screen-addicted culture today. No one can refute that conversation is a bad thing.

When a heavy snow falls.

No one is driving and there are hardly any sounds outside — particularly during a snow emergency.

All the cars are moved off the road, which is an “emergency route,” so when walking, I can imagine what the street might have been like before cars were everywhere in every possible space like they are today. This imagining makes me happy.

On this topic, when it is snowing, the moisture and flakes in the air block out most of the sound, creating an acoustic-isolating effect in the immediate region and some of the only

sounds are (of my walking feet and) the whispering of snow.

When it’s possible to hear the snowflakes in mid-air, this makes winter my favorite season.

I grew up feeling vulnerable (I was bullied) and thin, so wearing lots of layers and thick fabrics makes me feel present and whole. Heavy snow blocks out the white noise of our industrialized landscape: the indiscriminate din of fans, electric transformers, motors, heaters, engines and ventilation systems that permeate our cities and towns today; most of it melts away when it snows heavily. My favorite is when it snows heavily without wind, which is rare but cherished.

When the power goes out.

Electricity as we know it has only been in use for about 100 years (since the 1920s). One of my last questions to my great-grandmother Norma Staley was about what it was like when they first got electric light in their home (she was born in 1908 and lived in rural Auglaize county, Ohio). People often accept or don’t think about how pervasive electricity or lights are in our day-to-day. I think about this almost constantly, so when I get to observe what the world may have been like pre-electricity, it tickles me a little, and I think of Norma.

I know most people don’t like power outages and some of my more perceptive readers minds’ might wander to hospital patients that might be in danger when the power goes out, but set aside this concern for a moment. When the power goes out — again, with sound — the perpetual screeching emitted from most electronic devices that I’ve noticed throughout my adult life additionally disappears. I have tinnitus so when things go dark, I’m left with my default ringing, which sometimes sounds like someone has fired a gun

next to my head.

You might run an Internet search on tinnitus after you’ve finished reading and find that there is no definite cause and no viable treatments or cures for tinnitus.

When it rains and little streams form in mud or loose dirt. These little streams create almost infinitesimally small but perhaps accurate recreations of what the formation of the Nile or the Amazon rivers must have been like hundreds of thousands of years ago, and if these tiny streams were allowed to continue to carve into the geology, they might someday form a new stream or creek (this might not be an accurate statement, but I can imagine). Looking into these tiny rivers in areas of loose dirt, I can see how rivers meander, how oxbows of some of the worlds’ oldest rivers are shaped and reshaped.

I lean in close and try to imagine I’m looking down from space on the fast-forward highlights of the formation of a massive river.

I like acknowledging that all things are impermanent and temporary. This opens up new possibilities for enjoyment of the visual and spiritual qualities of our environment. Further, it makes arrogant attempts at permanence like concrete sports stadia, skyscrapers and the International Space Station look like cartoons.

Notice that moss doesn’t fret about growing on felled trees. Neither do the millions of micro biota converting the death of a tree into millions of smaller lives in the form of fungi or those little roly-poly bugs, who will eventually also die and feed the soil, where new trees will grow.

When people tell me tattoos are permanent I sort of do a half-smile and say, “No, not really.”

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Even if good deeds go unnoticed, keep doing them LIFE

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Of course, I would be the one to get strep throat over my first Halloweekend, which kept me restrained to my room as the usual Oxford activities carried on. However, there was no way my sickness would suppress my spooky spirit, and after an hour-long Chipotle “Boo-rito” run, I suited up and took on my hall for some classic Trickor-Treating.

Sadly, many of my fellow residents did not understand the mere idea of Trick-or-Treating and as they reached for my pumpkin basket to snag some of my loot, I had to explain to them the sacred tradition of Halloween. But that is another story for another time.

Now, when I would knock on a random door and people would open up, for some reason almost

all of the answers I received were some form of immediate denial.

Their responses followed a similar format: “I’m sorry, we don’t have anything, I swear,” or even the classic, “I literally ate it all, I’m sorry.”

Yet when they saw I wouldn’t leave after their first denial, they would eventually disappear into their rooms and appear with candy.

Coincidence? I think not. It seems as if every single student had something to give, but their instinctive answer was no.

Does this mean we automatically default to rejection when something is asked of us from a stranger? I obviously was not a threat in my hospital clothes and camo crocs — yes, I have camo crocs — but I believe the situational aspect that made them say no was the simple fact that I asked that they do something for me.

I could make a broad statement about society as a bunch of nar-

But if we just took the time to give something of ours to others, the amount of happiness we could spread in a day would dramatically increase.

cissistic, self-minded people, but when others ask for help, most people are willing to give what they can. In my case, it was not that my request was too much for people, it was the fact that I was putting them at an inconvenience.

For most, they were in a lose-lose situation. First, they lost a physical piece of candy, and second, they did not gain any enjoyment in giving up one of their pieces of candy.

Post-truth politics have become the reality of this election POLITICS

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On a recent episode of “This American Life,” a podcast from NPR member station WBEZ, host Ira Glass discussed his concern for this election’s effect on the future of journalism. Now, he explained, the expression of fact can be perceived conveyed as partisan while blatant lies can be accepted as truth.

“That’s our country right now,” Glass said. “And this is going to continue after this election, no matter who wins. This is the rest of our lives, I think, this post-truth politics.”

Aspiring journalists like me are left to wonder — once this election is over and the dust has cleared, what will be left?

The idea that people have become skeptical of authoritative news sources is alarming enough, but even more concerning is the fact that some people choose to believe articles with sensational listicle headlines like, “Five reasons Hillary Clinton should be in prison,” which pop up on their social media feeds over articles printed in highly regarded, historically reputable newspapers.

Last Friday, FBI director James Comey announced that the bureau had uncovered additional emails which may be connected to their investigation of Clinton. Since the news broke, the polls have started to narrow significantly. At the time of publication, the political blog FiveThirtyEight’s forecast shows Clinton has dropped to about a 65 percent chance of winning.

Trump has a feasible shot at the presidency. So what would a Trump presidency mean for the free press? Or, as Trump sees, it, the “biased liberal media” who tried to keep him out of the White House?

Much of Trump’s campaign has been propelled by misinformation. His calls to “build the wall” and his hyperbolic language about the immigrants “pouring over” our Mexican border paint a very different image of immigration than the facts. According to information from the Department of Homeland Security, no such influx is occurring. A report recently released from the National Academy of Sciences provides 509 pages of research which argue that, overall, immigration is a positive source of growth for our country.

The GOP candidate has also threatened to sue The New York Times, the second-most circulated newspaper in the country and a highly regarded journalistic source, over an article in which two women described how Trump inappropriately touched them without consent.

As a public figure who’s bragging words about groping women have already gone public, it’s impossible that this story significantly changed his public reputation,

which leaves no substance for a libel claim.

In a letter responding to a request from Trump’s lawyer to retract the article, David McCraw, vice president and assistant general counsel for the Times, wrote, “It would have been a disservice not just to our readers but to democracy itself to silence their voices.

We did what the law allows: We published newsworthy information about a subject of deep public concern.”

Even though the alleged libel

lyzed news coverage of the 2016 presidential primary. The study shows that the coverage focused on the “horse race” of the contest over the issues. This approach, the study concluded, elevated Trump while helping to take down his opponents and comparatively ignoring the Democratic race.

The press doesn’t favor candidates because they are part of some larger conspiracy, as Trump and many of his constituents have claimed. Their bias is based on a bottom line. These news outlets

The press doesn’t favor candidates because they are part of some larger conspiracy as Trump and many of his constituents have claimed. Their bias is based on a bottom line.

lawsuit wouldn’t hold up in any court, it’s still alarming that a major party presidential candidate would make such a claim.

But that doesn’t seem to matter anymore. Yes, the trope of lying politicians is older than the Constitution, but the blatant dismissals of fact we’ve seen in this election — those aren’t normal. (See: Trump’s claims that Hillary started the Birther controversy, Hillary’s claim that nothing marked classified was either sent or received on her private email server.)

We have more facts available to us than ever before, and those facts have never been so easy to obtain. But facts mean less than they ever have before.

The Information Age has become the age of factual inflation.

The more there are, the less they are valued. Perceptions now reign over data. Opinions are reactionary, not based on reality.

As information continues to expand exponentially, it’s become extremely difficult to sift through the news quagmire for a clear answer: what is truth and what is fiction?

Despite how simple it is to pull out a mobile device and Google, “Is Obama a Muslim?” almost 30 percent of the population still thinks so. (He’s a Christian, by the way.)

All politics aside, this is a concern for everyone. In a time when it’s incredibly easy to tuck ourselves into information silos where everything we consume confirms our preexisting biases, it’s more important than ever to defy that urge to resist dissonance in our news consumption.

A large part of my concern is also in the way that the election has been covered in the media. A study from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media ana-

the amount of happiness we could spread in a day would dramatically increase.

It is often said, “No good deed goes unnoticed,” but truthfully, most good deeds go unnoticed.

This sad fact is the reason most people do not take the time out of their day to do the little things for others. If we received a reward for every nice thing we did for others, we would be running around trying to rack up as many deeds as possible, but those who still run around to make other peoples’ days are the true winners.

So, I want to give a quick thank you to every person that greeted me with a laugh and a smile as they forked over some candy on my Halloween excursion. When it comes to the game of life, you all are racking up the points to win.

are businesses, and election coverage which favors drama over policy gains more views.

This larger problem of the media covering news with a click-bait mindset isn’t new, but we’re starting to see its serious implications.

Now, more than ever, we need the free press. But we need the free press to continue to act in its intended role — as a watchdog on the government, a gatekeeper for information, a trusted and nonpartisan informant.

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In order to avoid that situation, my fellow residents defaulted to denial.

However, this still does say something about us. Often, when we have the simple ability to give something of ours to make someone else’s day, we immediately try to pass it up and carry on with our lives like nothing happened because it puts us at an inconvenience. But if we just took the time to give something of ours to others,

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CALM DOWN, CLEVELAND, WE’RE STILL ALIVE SPORTS

GRAHAM VON CARLOWITZ EDITORIAL EDITOR

Watching the culmination of the World Series the other day, I couldn’t help but think of one of the funnier humans in my memory, Chris Farley. Once upon a time, the overweight comedian played in an SNL skit, portraying a Chicago Super Fan Todd O’Connor. At a roundtable discussion and/or feast featuring bottomless Polish sausage and beer, he and his Super Fan counterparts would discuss how great the city of Chicago was, specifically talking up the Bears and Bulls (or “Da Bears” and “Da Bulls”), the city’s two unbeatable franchises.

The episode I remember best featured “Da Air Man,” Michael Jordan, who joined the table to discuss how many championships his Bulls would win, although his presence was diminished by the hilarity of Big Man Farley. After the character Bob Swerski posed a seemingly unanswerable question of who would win in a fight, Bears coach Mike Ditka or a hurricane named Ditka, Farley stole the scene, enduring a routine heart attack.

“Now how many heart attacks is that for you, Tom?” Bob asked after Farley quit pounding his chest.

“That makes a baker’s dozen for me,” Farley retorted, fully recovered and ready for more Bears and Bulls talk.

If you haven’t seen the skit, then I just don’t know what the Internet is for anymore. It’s great.

Anyhow, the reason this scene was singed into my memory and playing back during Game 7 should be quite clear to anyone who watched the game. As a Cleveland fan, it was my duty to watch the game to the last out. That meant enduring a half-dozen micro-heart attacks throughout the game, which

coincided with, for baseball’s standards, rapid shifts of momentum and fates. And, as a Cleveland fan, I couldn’t have asked for more.

Growing up in northeast Ohio, Cleveland fans are given leeway to select alternative teams to root for in the postseason. It’s fun for a while, but even if those alternative teams raise a trophy in the end, a fan like me is left shrugging, saying, “Whelp, that must be fun for those fans in that city. Good for them.”

But all the self-pity and “maybe next year” talk fizzled out in June, when the Cavs won the NBA Finals (that gives me shivers). Sure, the title of “defending champs” might well dissolve next June and never again apply to the city of Cleveland, but the way I look at it, the satisfaction of one year can last a lifetime.

Literally. How else could my fellow Cleveland fans have survived the 52-year championship drought?

I don’t hold anything against the Cubs for stealing a second championship parade from Cleveland, and I certainly don’t mind the hope they provided us in giving Cleveland a chance to win it all — ‘twas a cruel joke, but one I can now laugh at.

One championship is enough for me, at least for the next 52 years.

That doesn’t mean I will give up hope or stop cheering and bragging that LeBron James was born an hour or so from where I was. It just means I won’t break any windows or karate chop tables in uncontrolled rage when something like Game 7 happens again, because it will.

But if Chris Farley’s fictional character can survive 13 heart attacks, I can survive a few more, too.

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CUBS-INDIANS GAME 7: ECSTASY, AGONY FOR FANS WORLD SERIES

BEN BLANCHARD

Field hockey faces Longwood in MAC tourney

SPORTS EDITOR

Wednesday night at Brick Street, students packed the bar shoulderto-shoulder. Although typically the bar’s “Country Night,” there was no denim, flannel or country music to be found, as Major League Baseball’s epic Game 7 played out on the big screen in front of hundreds of transfixed fans.

Boxes of popcorn and pitchers of beer fueled anxious Cubs and Indians fans alike, as both sides agonized throughout the extended final game of arguably the most climactic baseball series in decades.

Despite the lockdown pitching anticipated from both sides, things got off to a bang Wednesday night, as Chicago’s Dexter Fowler hit a leadoff home run on the fourth pitch of the game.

From there, the Cubs led until their All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman blew a three-run lead with two outs in the eighth when the Indians’ Rajai Davis hit a gametying, two-run homer.

In the end, after 10 innings of nonstop action and suspense, the Chicago Cubs emerged as World Champions, ending their 108-year pennant drought and the “Curse of the Billy Goat” with an 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

Pandemonium ensued, with numerous Cleveland and Chicago supporters in tears. The jubilation felt by Chicago fans, displayed through repeated renditions of

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On right: Sydney Wolk, first year studying Straregic Communications, has turned her cap inside out, creating what is known as a “rally cap.” as Cleveland ties the Cubs in the bottom of the 8th inning.

“Go, Cubs, Go,” was only matched by the despair experienced by the Tribe faithful.

“I really just can’t even describe it,” sophomore and Chicagoland resident Tommy Martin said. “Seeing the Cubs finally win it after being told all my life that they never would and seeing people who had also gone their entire lives without seeing them win just is an indescribable, amazing feeling.”

For Cleveland fans, the loss is especially crushing considering the Indians’ 3-1 lead after Game 4 and home field advantage in Games 6 and 7. Ironically, the

blown 3-1 lead is the second in a championship this year, as the record-breaking Golden State Warriors surrendered a 3-1 NBA Finals lead to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in June.

For months, 3-1 jokes, including a gravestone reading “3-1 Lead” at James’ Halloween party less than a week ago, have been frequently used by Clevelanders.

Suddenly, they seem to have lost their humor.

“This is the world showing me to be humble,” sophomore and Cleveland resident Colin McGreal said. “All of the 3-1 jokes, the karma… I can’t even talk about it

Hockey opens NCHC play at WMU ICE HOCKEY

BEN BLANCHARD SPORTS EDITOR

After a tough 4-1 loss to in-state rival Bowling Green last weekend, the Miami University hockey team looks to bounce back on the road against another rival, Western Michigan University, in its first National Collegiate Hockey Conference series of the season.

Miami enters the weekend 3-22 overall and has yet to play an NCHC game. WMU is 3-2-1 overall, with both losses coming at NCHC opponent and No. 2 Denver last weekend.

Last Saturday’s loss to BGSU broke the fledgling RedHawks’ fivegame unbeaten streak. That stretch included wins over nationally ranked Providence and Maine, as well as a 2-1 overtime victory over the Falcons the night before.

Miami is one of the youngest teams in the nation this season, having played 11 freshmen and five sophomores so far. One of these first-years, goaltender Ryan Larkin, has been a big reason that MU holds a winning record despite its inexperience.

Larkin’s .927 save percentage ranks 15th in the nation, while Miami’s 2.0 goals against average is tied for seventh.

“Everyone comes in early in the

summer, so our defense has been working together for a while now,” junior defenseman Scott Dornbrock said. “A lot of practice goes into it, and we set a high standard for ourselves.”

Lofty goals extend from Miami’s defensive core to its’ special teams unit, as MU’s penalty kill has killed off 38-of-40 penalties this season.

That success rate, 95 percent, ranks the RedHawks third in the nation.

“Coach Brekke has been on us hard this, we need to stick to our system and our success rate will take care of itself,” Dornbrock said.

right now.”

The game, which stretched to almost 1 a.m. EST due to a ninthinning rain delay and an extra inning, was the most-watched baseball game since Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, a decisive game that featured the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks.

World Series favorites since spring training, the 103-win Cubs will be strong favorites to repeat considering their young roster and postseason experience. For the Indians, their drought, which began in 1948, will have to wait until next year to be broken.

The Miami University field hockey team begins post season play 2 p.m. Friday in Kent, Ohio. After earning the second seed in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, Miami will play third-seeded Longwood University in the conference semifinals.

MU closed the season at 11-7 overall and 5-1 in conference, and comes to the tournament riding the momentum from a 6-0 senior day win over Ohio University.

“I think that game meant a lot for us and for our seniors. We wanted to go out with a win for them, especially,” junior back Makenna Colby said. “I think it gave a lot of confidence. We had a shutout and for our forwards and mids, six goals is impressive against OU. So it was a lot of confidence on both sides of the ball.”

Longwood closes the regular season at 9-8 overall and 3-3 in the MAC. The Lancers enter the tournament following a 3-0 win against Missouri State.

This is Longwood’s first time in the MAC tournament since joining the conference three years ago, so added emotional intensity is exFIELD HOCKEY »PAGE 5

MU looks for 20th straight win

Last weekend, Bowling Green’s physical presence bogged down the flow of play and the RedHawks’ offense, limiting MU to only 16 shots in Friday’s victory and 15 shots in Saturday’s loss.

According to the scouting report, Miami expects a similar series from the Broncos.

“The coaches have been saying that [Western Michigan] plays similar to BG,” sophomore forward Zach LaValle said. “They’re physical and they get in your face, except HOCKEY »PAGE 5

ANGELO GELFUSO THE MIAMI STUDENT

Freshman defenseman Jared Brandt challenges a Bowling Green attacker during Saturday’s game.The St. Peters, Mo. native has an assist so far this season.

VOLLEYBALL

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Fresh off setting a new school record for consecutive games won, the Miami University volleyball team (20-4, 12-0) heads on the road this weekend, as the RedHawks square off against in-state Mid-American Conference foes Ohio University and Kent State University.

“It felt amazing to break the record,” senior outside hitter Maris Below said. “Our goal has always been to win the conference, but setting the win streak mark was something to add to the legacy this team can leave here at Miami. It is very cool to see us get a record like this that shows the years of hard work this group has put in.”

The final stretch of the regular season begins 7 p.m. Friday night in Athens against the archrival Bobcats. MU previously beat OU in straight sets in late September.

Ohio (13-11, 9-3) enters the game on a three-game winning streak. The Bobcats currently sit three games behind the first-place ’Hawks in the MAC East Division.

Redshirt junior middle hitter Ali Lake has lead OU’s offense this season, hitting an efficient .316 attacking percentage. Ohio also boosts one of the best setters in the conference, as sophomore setter

Stephanie Olman leads the league with 10.96 assists per set.

Miami then travels north to face the Golden Flashes on Saturday night at 5 p.m. MU has defeated KSU in four of their previous five meetings.

Kent State enters the weekend 13-12 overall with a 6-6 conference mark. The team is hungry to defeat the first-place RedHawks in front of their home crowd.

Junior outside hitter Kelsey Bittinger leads the Kent attack, as she is second in the league with 330 kills on the year. The Red and White will also have to face off against one of the MAC’s premier defensive specialists, as junior libero Challen Geraghty is putting up 5.35 digs per set, also putting her at second in the league.

The RedHawks enter the weekend at full strength, with senior leaders Below and middle hitter Paige Hill playing at the top of their games. Below recorded a doubledouble against Northern Illinois University and finished with 21 kills and 17 digs on the weekend. Her performance earned her Miami Athlete of the Week honors.

Hill made only one attack error on 34 attempts on the weekend, giving her an impressive .500 attack percentage for the two games.

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Football looks to win fourth straight, maintain bowl eligibility against C. Michigan FOOTBALL

COBURN GILLIES

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Last weekend, a 28-15 victory over Eastern Michigan University gave Miami University’s football team its third straight win heading into Friday night’s home tilt against Central Michigan.

CMU arrives at Yager Stadium on a two-game losing streak. Last week, the Chippewas fell just short, 27-24, at home to Kent State.

Despite the losing streak, ‘Hawks head coach Chuck Martin still looks at CMU as a dangerous opponent.

“They’ve been, the last few years, one of the elite teams in our league.

Very experienced. Strong, athletic on defense. [They] have a couple seniors inside, up-front that are really good players,” Martin said.

The RedHawks are seeking their fourth consecutive victory, a feat that has not been accomplished at Miami since 2010. 2010 was also the last time the ‘Hawks won the

Mid-American Conference.

MU enters this duel 3-6 overall and 3-2 in MAC play, earning third place in the East Division due to a tiebreaker with Akron. CMU checks in with a 5-4 record on the year and a 2-3 record in conference competition, putting them in a tie for third place with Eastern Michigan.

Heading into this matchup, the Chippewas are carrying a threegame winning streak against the Red and White dating back to 2012.

The last meeting between these two

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programs saw the ‘Hawks fall short 34-27 on the road.

This is the first game of the season for Miami that will not be played on a Saturday. Coach Martin believes that the preparation will not be affected much by the lost day.

“This is about a mental preparation of getting ready for a game on Friday. Yesterday, we had our same Sunday routine. We’re only tweaking today [Monday] a little bit and we’re adding a little bit more tomorrow [Tuesday].”

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Regardless of the lost day’s affect on the amount of time the team has to prepare for CMU, the team is having fun playing football at this point of the season.

“Man, it’s been a blast,” fifth-year senior defensive end Austin Gearing said. “Obviously the first half of the season didn’t go as we planned. We were in every single game, battling just like how we’ve been these past few weeks. To finally get it turned FOOTBALL »PAGE 5

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