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Police spend $16,000 on body cameras, begin use in March POLICE

JEFFREY SADOWNICK THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University Police Department (MUPD) purchased 23 body cameras in late January and expects officers to begin wearing them near the end of March.

Body cameras are small video cameras that pin to an officer’s chest like a badge. Body cameras have become more popular nationwide as communities demand more accountability from law enforcement following the police shooting of unarmed Missouri teen Michael Brown and the choking of Eric Garner in New York.

According to Detective Sergeant Jim Bechtolt, MUPD believes the cameras will be an asset in providing unbiased accounts of police interactions and will improve public trust.

“I think that, in general, any time you have an unbiased documentation it does nothing but enhance the trust between the two,” Bechtolt said.

“It gives the department a tool to increase its own transparency.”

MUPD considered the use of body cameras as a tool for unbiased documentation for over a year. The department decided to get them now because today’s cameras can be contained in a single, small unit that does not obstruct an officer’s movement.

“I think it would benefit all parties in the sense that it could lead to greater accountability,” Glenn Muschert, professor of sociology, criminology and social justice studies said.

Unlike Ferguson or New York, no specific inci-

dent prompted the use of body cameras.

MUPD purchased the cameras for about $16,000, roughly $700 per camera. The federal government plans to give $263 million in funding over three years to police departments across the nation for the purchase of body cameras.

However, MUPD will likely not receive any federal funding due to its small size.

Some have questioned whether the body cameras are necessary at Miami, given the relatively low rate of serious crime.

“In the general use, it’s a good idea, but for Miami it’s a little over the top,” said first-year Will Priest.

Others see the cameras as a proactive measure.

“I think it’s better to bring in protective measures before they’re needed,” Muschert said.

The cameras will not always be on because they do not have the battery or memory capacities to record an officer’s entire day. A new university policy regarding the body cameras will determine when an officer must turn the camera on and off. The policy is expected to be in place within the next two months.

The video evidence recorded by the cameras would be protected by Ohio’s “Sunshine Laws,” which govern how the public accesses government records.

The officers of MUPD were glad to use the body cameras.

“It’s a great tool to provide unbiased documentation of the events that we’re recording,” Bechtolt said. “There’s no question about what’s specifically going on. The officers are supportive of the technology.”

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Miami captures conference title WOMEN’S HOCKEY

JORDAN RINARD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Miami University women’s hockey claimed the CCWHA Tournament title this season after downing Grand Valley State University 6-2, and beat the University of Michigan 2-0 and 4-2.

The RedHawks (27-2-1) have won the tournament for the second consecutive year, despite being a league member for only three seasons.

“Winning the tournament was what we were hoping for,” head coach Scott Hicks said. “We got better as the weekend wore on and our players were able to adapt despite not being together for a couple of weeks. We need to carry this momentum into nationals. We’ve made a big statement to our league and the country and told that that we mean business.

We just need to stay unified and keep on grinding.”

In the matchup against Grand Valley State, junior center Hayley Williams made her presence felt as she racked up two goals in the first period and two assists overall. Sophomore right wing Rachael Booth collected two goals in the second and third, and an assist. Freshman defender Nicole Matthews opened up the scoring with an unassisted goal 4:33 into the game and junior defender Morgan McGrath rounded out the scoring off a feed by Williams with 6:01 left in the contest.

Miami was outshot 30-24, but leaned on sophomore goaltender Emalee Wills to get stops and she did, making 28 saves.

The penalty kill unit helped

out as well, fending off seven power play opportunities for the Lakers.

Miami kept on rolling in the next game against Michigan as sophomore right wing Kayley Mooney capitalized off a Williams pass on the power play at 19:10 in the first period. Matthews rounded out the scoring for the day in the second with goal at the 3:32 mark with the help of sophomore forward Jordan Hanson and freshman center Katie Baldwin.

The ’Hawks outshot the Wolverines 36-22 as freshman goaltender Carly Van Orden recorded her fifth shutout of the season.

The Red and White hooked up again with the Maize and Blue, winners of the consolation bracket, in the finals. Again the ’Hawks struck early as two goals by Booth in the first and another

by Williams in the second gave the team a 3-0 lead. Michigan responded with two goals of its own in the period, but Jessie Gould scored with 2:24 left in the second as neither side scored the rest of the game.

Again the Wolverines were outshot,

this time 45-34, as Wills made 32 saves on the day. Booth was named Tournament MVP, with six points over the course of the weekend.

“This weekend was amazing,” Wills said. “We had it easy only playing three games but we really worked hard in those games and there’s not much else you could ask for. We need to keep grinding it out in practice and work on our systems a little bit, working on the little things. This weekend, teams couldn’t keep up with us, and if we put it all together a championship will come to us.”

The RedHawks compete in the ACHA National Tournament in York, Pennsylvania March 4-8 as they pursue a second straight national championship.

Miami offers four new living learning communities 2015-16 school year STUDENT LIFE

KRISTA SAVAGE THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Office of Resident Life (ORL) is making several changes to the Living Learning Communities (LLCs) in Miami University residence halls for the 2015-16 school year. The changes are being made in an effort to improve student interest in on-campus activities and increase involvement among students.

The original LLCs were designed with a focus on first-year students. They served as a way to extend student-involvement beyond the walls of the classroom, improve academic performance and establish a network of friends with similar interests.

However, academic advisers began to collect student feedback and notice a lack of interest. The solution: minimize broad communities to achieve a more intimate connection among students.

Tresa Barlage, associate director for Academic Advising and

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LLCs, saw the need for change within the LLCs and outlined a set of initiatives to be implemented in fall 2015.

“We are eliminating [the LLC] Explore Miami. It’s one of our larger ones that is very broad and general. We have found that students feel the most disconnected in this community,” Barlage said. “It’s unnecessary because every student is exploring Miami, whether in this community or not.”

In the 2014-15 school year, students had 32 different LLC themes from which to choose.

Seventeen of these communities are involved with special interests, like Celebrate the Arts and Outdoor Leadership. The other 15 communities are associated with career exploration and the student’s academic goals, like Health Related Professions and Pre-Law and Public Policy.

In 2015-16, four new communities will be available to Miami students: Early Career Exploration, Engineering and Computing Service Scholars,

Entrepreneurship and Pop Culture. In these communities, students will partake in relevant activities throughout the year in their residence halls. For example, in Pop Culture, students will explore social media as well as familiarize themselves with consumerism.

Also in the works for next school year, several new tracks will be established within Redhawk Traditions: Redhawk Fan Zone, Redhawk Love and Honor, Redhawk Health and Well-Being and Redhawk Gaming. Each track is designed to target a more specific topic, as an attempt to focus this broad community.

“We will give students a chance to explore each of these options when they declare Redhawk Traditions,” Barlage said. “It gives us the chance to really individualize and customize different parts of this community, still keeping it directed at the traditions of Miami.”

Jayne Brownell, vice president for Student Affairs, designed a task force to isolate the problems within communities and generate

fresh ideas. She formed a committee, made up of students and administrators. As a team, they explored ways to encourage students to seek out specific learning communities, rather than default in a broad community.

“I encourage students to pursue an interesting LLC because it doesn’t lock you in to a major,” Brownell said. “If you have a passion for something, why not find other people who share that common interest? Being brave and putting yourself out there is a very enriching experience.”

One of the new ideas from the task force was the implementation of the UNV101 course for first-year students. This course was piloted through Redhawk Traditions as a course designed to provide small connections in a large community between students and faculty.

In the 2014-2015 school year, 414 students in Redhawk Traditions took the UNV101 course.

Next year, this course will expand to include more students across academic divisions; eventually

every first-year student will be required to take the course.

“I give the advice to new students to choose their LLC first, rather than dorm location or roommate,” Brownell said. “You’re going to be living all year with these other students and it’s important to develop a friendship based on similar interests.”

Students also have opinions about LLC involvement. Firstyear Lucy Thomas lives in Clawson Hall and is currently in the LLC Global Connections.

“I definitely thought that my LLC was beneficial, but my hall is smaller and more involved than most other learning communities on campus,” Thomas said. “We get global buddies, host activities for international students and celebrate holidays together.”

Despite these changes, the goals of the ORL remain the same: to connect students with similar interests, help them seek out new opportunities and create ways for new students to feel like they are involved and knowledgeable about campus events.

In 1983, The Miami Student reported the Oxford Mayor Rose Lucas resigned to fly south. Lucas went on to join the administration of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. She was one of three administrators to leave Oxford for positions at the university.

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CULTURE

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OPINION

SPORTS

POLICE BODY CAMS ENSURE JUSTICE

MEN’S HOCKEY

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It’s On Us: Miami launches national campaign SAFETY

SARAH KNEPP

THE MIAMI STUDENT

“I promise to demonstrate love and honor by supporting and caring for my fellow Miamians.”

This concludes the pledge for the “It’s On Us” campaign, a national program launched by President Barack Obama last September to help combat sexual assault.

The program is coming to Miami March 2.

“The Office of Student Wellness is a supporter of the campaign,” said Rebecca Baudry, director of Student Wellness.

“We offer programming to students about interpersonal violence, Step Up! Bystander intervention program and healthy sexual relationships that reflect the goals of the broader It’s On Us campaign.”

According to the Sexual Assault Prevention Team, the It’s On Us campaign is geared toward “preventing sexual and interpersonal violence at Miami.”

“The campaign is to raise awareness about sexual assault and connect other

programing and events on campus with a common goal,” Baudry said.

The program has been introduced to nearly 200 colleges across the nation, and has partnered up with big-name organizations, such as the NCAA, Elec-

The campaign is to raise awareness about sexual assault and connect campus with a common goal.”

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tronic Arts and Viacom to spread the word.

According to the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, one in four women will be the victim of sexual assault during her college career, and a rape is committed on a college campus every 21 hours.

Studies also indicate only 12 percent of sexual assaults are reported.

The purpose of It’s On Us is to make sexual assault something that is not only a crime, but also

something that everyone views as unacceptable. More than that, It’s On Us encourages people to support victims of sexual assault and have more people actively try to prevent it.

In a speech discussing the campaign, President Obama said that it is everyone’s responsibility to change the way we talk about sexual assault and make sure that we stop it from happening if we suspect something going on that could be or turn into sexual assault.

It’s On Us targets college men in particular to get involved with the campaign and be more open to recognizing what sexual assault is and how it can be prevented.

Since the national launch of the program, many people have accepted the pledge, available on itsonus.org.

With the It’s On Us campaign coming to Miami next week, students are encouraged to get involved and take the pledge in hopes to stop sexual assault here and across thae country. “Look for opportunities to get involved on the university calendar,” Baudry said.

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Miami to add more blue alert boxes, despite lack of use SAFETY

MU alumni relive the glory days, every day GOVERNMENT

SARA GUGLIELMO THE MIAMI STUDENT

Many of the Miami alumni, who are now Miami employees, made a go at it in the “real world,” but their former university lured them back.

“I’ve always had an affection for Miami University,” Jerrad Harrison, Miami graduate and Coordinator of One Stop Services, said. “Some of the best years of my life came as a student here from 1996-2000. And like many students, when I graduated and stepped out into the ‘real world,’ I often missed Miami. Returning to the university was one of the best career decisions I’ve made.”

There are many different reasons that Miami Alumni enjoy being back on campus.

“I guess my favorite thing about being back here is that I feel like a kid again,” Emily Stewart, graduate and Assistant Director of Advancement Communications, said. “I also get to enjoy things I miss about Oxford, such as the boutiques Uptown, being able to take a long walk on a nice day and, of course, stir fry from Bell Tower.”

Ray Mock, Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations and a member of Miami’s class of 1982, said he agrees with Stewart.

“I love the small-town atmosphere of Oxford, and the opportunity to work at a nationally recognized university,” Mock said.

As much as alumni rave about MU, they do realize that a lot has changed since they were students.

“Culture-wise, I notice that students here now — no offense — are plugged in all the time,” Stewart said. “Like, kids my age were

tradition, however, has remained the same, which is why many alumni return to Miami.

According to both Harrison and Stewart, a large amount of Miami Employees were at one point Miami students, which Harrison thinks points out how great the Miami experience is. Stewart has seen a lot of alumni, specifically in her department.

Returning to the university was one of the best career decisions I’ve made.”

JERRAD HARRISON

COORDINATOR OF ONE STOP SERVICES, ALUMNUS ‘00

on the verge of the social media/ smartphone explosion, so we actually talked to each other or called each other on the phone versus texting, Facebooking and even tweeting to each other as a main means of communication.”

Not only has the culture changed, the university itself has changed, Harrison said.

According to Harrison, some of the major changes are the now seemingly unlimited dining options, newer dorms, more stoplights and more bike lanes. He claims that the

Four out of eight people in the Advancement Communications, Marketing and Events department are alumni with two more joining in the next few years. However, alumni use many fields to bring themselves back to the small town university life they cherish.

“Living five minutes from my office, attending lectures, concerts and athletic events and having the opportunity to work with students and alumni who love Miami as much as I do make this an ideal place to be,” Mock said.

ANDREW KATKO THE MIAMI STUDENT

HAVING A BALL After more than a year of planning, students, faculty, alumni and Oxford community members filled Millett Hall Saturday night for the 2015 Charter Day Ball, dubbed the year of “fire and ice.” The event was complete with ice sculptures, flame throwers and several musical performances.

LAUREN OLIVER THE MIAMI STUDENT

In case of a dangerous situation on campus, blue alert boxes at many locations are primed for action to notify the Miami University Police Department (MUPD). Each of those units costs around $30,000, however, according to MUPD Lt. Ben Spilman, the blue boxes are rarely used.

Spilman said students shy away from the alert button due to the availability of cellphones.

Dave Mooring, a graduate student in Student Affairs and Higher Education, agreed cell phones are more immediate.

“I don’t think it’s useful because the response time is too long,” Mooring said. “If someone is chasing me, I would have more success running while calling the police than hitting a button and waiting.”

However, according to Spilman, these situations are unlikely. In fact, when it came time to discuss the replacement of the old boxes, Spilman said the police department, along with IT Services, were asked to provide numbers on how often they were used, and after looking back several years, could count less than five times they had been pressed for an emergency.

Spilman said there is no correlation between the lack of usage for alerts and the amount of incidents on campus, but rather represents a change in how people report to the police.

“People are just contacting the police differently than necessarily having to have a box physically installed in so many locations around campus,” he said. “Now, we’re able to put them in more strategic locations that will allow us to get more audio coverage over the outdoor areas on campus, and still provide a level of safety for people who might not have a cellphone with them.”

Miami Director of Network Engineering and Technology Chris Bernard said there was discussion about whether the alert boxes would be a worthy expenditure. After some deliberation, it was decided despite the low operation, the boxes are still of necessity.

“While they have [rarely] been used, there is a certain expectation that parents and students have when it comes to campus safety,” he said. “The emergency phones are a visual indicator that we take [students’] safety seriously.”

Now, the university has plans to replace the seven yellow box-

es with a total of 17 new blue boxes on campus, which have been modified and installed with additional features, other than just for distress alerts. “[There’s the] ability to make an announcement and use them as a loudspeaker, which provides some outdoor warning capability for the University that we’ve not had before,” Spilman said. “[Also], the University IT is able to use them to create Wi-Fi hotspots outdoor … to allow greater access to the university’s network.”

Bernard offers the same sentiment and says the new adaptations are valuable.

“While the Wi-Fi is certainly a great benefit, I believe the ability to broadcast information outdoors on a wide scale, however, is probably the greatest benefit to those devices,” he said. “With the ever-changing weather in Ohio, the ability to keep people advised of impending bad weather is a crucial safety concern.”

Although the boxes appear idle, they receive service checks by the MUPD every month, and there is also an annual campus-wide emergency text sent to everyone who is registered to receive the emergency notifications to ensure they are functioning properly.

Bernard said those close to the project are excited for the future of the blue boxes.

“We’re trying to take an overall constructive look and identify the best places for them, as well as physical facilities, and I think we’ve got a much better coverage than we had with the yellow ones.”

The ability to broadcast information outdoors ... is probably the greatest benefit to those devices.”

CHRIS BERNARD

NETWORK ENGINEERING, TECH

Spilman and Bernard are estimating the final installations to be complete by the end of the year; however, each unit takes six to eight weeks to be finished due to the wiring and permit process.

“We’ve been working on the ones we’re installing now for about six months … and it just takes a while to get the pathways in place, as you have to pour concrete, put it in place, program, test and then adjust,” Bernard said.

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POLICE BEAT Through the ‘licking’ glass

KIM PARENT THE MIAMI STUDENT

HOP ON THE BUS Butler County’s Regional Transit Authority’s (BCRTA) buses are one of Oxford’s main sources of public transportation. An Amtrak stop, which will potentially be funded by a federal grant, will join the bus route as a means for Oxford residents to get from one place to the next.

State liquor sales reach record high in 2014 ALCOHOL

GRACE MOODY THE MIAMI STUDENT

Ohio spent $949 million on spirituous liquor in 2014, reaching a record high, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce’s News Release from Feb. 11. This is a 5.6 percent increase from 2013.

The reason for this significant increase in sales, according to the Division of Liquor Control, is Ohioans’ trend of drinking higher-quality alcohol. This increase, however, was not necessarily due to a higher consumption, but a higher dollar sale.

There was a 3.1 percent increase in liquor sales of retail permit holders including restaurants, clubs and bars.

“Ohio customers are trading up and buying more premium items, increasing dollar sales without significantly increasing consumption,” the news release reported.

The highest selling brand of spirituous liquor in Ohio last year was Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey. This reached a record high of selling 364,060 gallons.

Crown Royal Canadian Whiskey came in second, with a total sale of 292,772 gallons.

Following these top two sellers is a list of eight other liquors ranked accordingly based on sales in the Buckeye State in 2014. Included are Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey, Absolut Vodka, Bacardi Superior Light Rum, Smirnoff Vodka, Kamchatka Vodka, Jagermeister and Black

Velvet Canadian Whiskey.

The Division of Liquor Control within the Department of Commerce selects and prices spirituous liquors such as those listed above. The Division will then supply given liquor to an “authorized agent.” According to the Liquor Control Products summary, authorized agents are, “private businesses which own and operate retail outlets selling other goods and services to the public, such as beer, wine and low proof spirituous liquor, bread, milk and other grocery items.”

There are around 450 liquor agencies throughout Ohio, as of 2015. A nearby liquor store to Oxford is located at the Fairfield Kroger. Unlike the Hamilton and Oxford Kroger, Fairfield has a liquor store, selling a wide variety of hard liquor. The Krogers in Hamilton and Oxford, however, do not sell hard liquor. The limitation on alcohol content restricts beer to 12 percent and 21 percent for all wine.

Walmart, located just minutes from Miami’s campus, is another option for liquor sales. Walmart does not have a liquor store, but they do sell a variety of spirits, beer and wine.

As of Feb. 1, 2015, the Ohio Division of Liquor Control started a new project for improvement of the business. Known as the Liquor Modernization project, the focus will be on making the business more modern, innovative and customer-oriented, according to Department Superintendent Bruce Stevenson.

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Grant on track to fund train stop TRANSPORTATION

SAMMIE MILLER

COMMUNITY EDITOR

A federal grant could help bring a new Amtrak railroad station to Oxford, city and Miami University officials said Wednesday.

This month, Oxford and the university have teamed up to ask for a U.S. Department of Transportation grant.

The money may become a factor in their joint efforts to persuade Amtrak to create the first passenger train stop in the city in five decades.

Oxford officials met with university and Butler County transportation officials this month to discuss whether to apply for the grant through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program of the federal transportation department.

Among others, the program has granted hundreds of thousands of dollars for transit projects in Indianapolis and Cleveland.

“We are discussing the possibility of submitting a TIGER grant application,” said Oxford City Manager Doug Elliott Derek Bauman, southwest regional director for All Aboard Ohio, is working with Oxford and Miami officials in their efforts. He is in support of using federal money to bring a passenger rail to Oxford.

“It is exciting to see the Oxford Amtrak station project quickly gaining traction,” Bauman,

whose pro-rail group also backed Cincinnati’s recent streetcar development, said.

Back in the fall, the possibility for an Amtrak stop in Oxford was only a hopeful idea for Bauman and All Aboard Ohio, an advocacy group for intercity transportation in Ohio. Bauman said it is now not a matter of if Oxford gets the stop, but when.

Earlier this year, Oxford and Miami submitted a joint request to Amtrak, which operates the passenger Cardinal Line that now travels through Oxford, to do a feasibility study to provide a passenger pick-up.

That would be the first of a number of steps required by Amtrak for municipalities to apply for railroad service. Amtrak has not yet responded to the feasibility study request, but that is not out of the ordinary, according to Bauman.

The federal grant effort may later become part of the overall effort to land an Amtrak stop should the rail service grant a feasibility study and then advance Oxford to the application stage.

Elliott said the federal grant is submitted through the city’s county partner, the Butler County Regional Transit Authority.

According to Elliot, no timetable for deciding whether to pursue the federal money has been determined.

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Child abuse lawsuit hits close to home for Butler County EVENT

SAMMIE MILLER

COMMUNITY EDITOR

Last week, Butler County was sued in federal court by a former teacher who claims Butler County Children Services Director Bill Morrison falsely declared her a child abuser when he was the agency ombudsman.

Chavonne Printup was teaching students at St. Aloysius Cambridge School in December 2012, when an 11-year-old boy became combative after he was told he couldn’t go to the gym during lunch because

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of a problem the previous day.

Court documents indicate the student ran out of the school and was nearly hit by a car. Staffers were able to get him back into the school, but he became upset again and knocked over some desks and chairs. Printup then allegedly applied what is known as a “small child restraint,” bear-hugging him from behind on the floor while another staffer restrained the student’s legs.

After the student allegedly bit Printup on the arm, they called in more staff to employ a “supine restraint,” where both arms and legs were pinned to the floor by staff,

until he stopped struggling and referring to staff using racial slurs.

After he calmed down and they released him, court documents said he replied he was “fine,” but after he got home his grandmother discovered scratches and bruises and called Hamilton police and children services.

After an investigation, Morrison found physical abuse was indicated.

The police never officially charged Printup with child abuse, but after Morrison made his finding she was fired from St. Aloysius and her name was added to the state registry of child abus-

ers. She appealed to the common pleas court, who found Morrison was wrong.

Attorney Chris Pagan filed Printup’s federal lawsuit against the county. He added the state director of the Department of Job and Family Services to the suit, because Printup has not been provided a process to expunge the erroneous child abuse designation in the state’s central child abuse registry.

According to legal documents, Printup ultimately wants the federal court to award compensatory damages, legal fees and a declaration that the county’s custom and policies are unconstitutional.

IN OTHER NEWS OXFORD

CINCINNATI

Hamilton call center will supply area with 682 jobs

Council action may lead to more downtown bars

Not only will the new center add hundreds of jobs, it will also fill space and boost the area’s revitalization effor ts.

–Journal-News

A downtown developer pitched a plan to build more bars downtown despite the cap on area liquor licenses.

–The Enquirer

NATIONAL

Georgia to execute first female prisoner in 70 years Kelly Gissendaner, now on death row, was convicted in 1997 for plotting to kill her husband.

–CNN

INTERNATIONAL

Armed groups raid Sudan school, abduct 89 children The abduction occurred near Malakal, where thoudands of people have taken refuge after months of violence in the nation.

–CNN

At 11:05 p.m. Feb. 21, an officer was approaching the intersection of Main and High Street.

He observed the light turn green for east and westbound traffic at that intersection. At that time, he watched a male cross the street in the middle of open traffic.

The officer stopped the male and asked him why he had crossed into oncoming traffic to which the male replied that he was “trying to stop the Asians from crossing the street and being hit by a car.” There were no Asian individuals present at the scene.

The officer noticed the male had the odor of an alcoholic beverage and his eyes were bloodshot and glassy. While the officer filled out a citation for the male, he noticed the subject’s behavior became more erratic. He appeared to be talking to someone next to him that was not present and kept referring to the Chinese New Year. The subject could not tell the officer where he lived and was transported to the police department. While in the booking room of OPD, he began yelling derogatory terms at the officers and started to lick the glass on the booking room door. The male was charged with Disorderly Conduct and Public Intoxication.

Nana said no At 2:45 a.m. Feb. 21, an officer was on foot patrol Uptown assisting the fire department when he observed a male standing in the alley adjacent to CJ’s bar with an open container of alcohol. The male noticed the officer’s presence and attempted to conceal the drink inside his jacket. He then began to walk away from the officer. The officer stopped the male and removed the drink from his jacket.

He asked the male how old he was to which the subject stated 15 years old. He walked the juvenile back to the police department and searched his pockets.

The officers discovered a Ziploc bag containing 22 grams of marijuana as well as a pack of Marlboro Red cigarettes.

He also found the juvenile’s brother’s ID on his person. The juvenile was cited for Underage Persons and Possession of an Illegal Substance. After calling his grandmother, the juvenile informed the officer his grandmother was unwilling to come pick him up. He was transported to the juvenile detention center in Hamilton, Ohio.

Brick Street bash At 12:48 a.m. Feb. 21, an officer responded to a call reporting a fight at Brick Street Bar. The caller said a male became violent as the bar employees escorted him out of the bar. The caller then stated the male shattered the front door window of the establishment. When the officer arrived on the scene, the bar employees directed him to an alley near the bar where the male had run. The officer chased down the subject and placed him in handcuffs. An Apple iPhone was found on the male, which was linked to a theft that occurred earlier that night. The officers noticed the male was bleeding from where he had punched out the window and he was transported to McCullough-Hyde hospital.

After he received six stitches, the male was taken to the police department where the theft was further investigated. He was cited with Obstructing Official Business. He was transported to Butler County Jail.

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A Concert Supreme: Jazz ensemble, guests to perform at Hall MUSIC ELIAS DEMEROPOLIS THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University Jazz Ensemble and Miami University Jazz Quintet will fill the air with music by Miles Davis, Tom Harrell, Sam Johns and Kenny Dorham on Feb. 24 in Hall Auditorium.

The compositions will incorporate a wide variety of jazz styles, channeling the blues, swing and Latin styles most predominately.

Miami’s ensemble and fivemember group will not be alone in performing the melodic grooves, and soulful ballads of Miles and company — four guest artists from around the region will accompany them.

Namely, Michael Sharfe on bass, Erwin Stuckey on piano, Matthew Anklan on trumpet and Tony Franklin on drum set.

Each boast long running careers as musicians hailing from around the Midwest.

Jeremy Long, the director of the Miami University Jazz Ensemble and assistant professor of Saxophone, noted the wealth of musicians in the Midwest.

“This region is recognized for having many world-class musicians,” Long said. “[I’m] excited that they are going to share their talents and

expertise with our students and the Oxford community.”

Senior Russian and philosophy major, and longtime jazz aficionado, Nick Higgins is looking forward to this upcoming concert.

“I personally love going to see live jazz music,” Higgins said. “There’s an element of rawness that recordings don’t quite capture. In my opinion, it [jazz] really carries an aura of authenticity that separates it from other music, but it’s difficult to do see live jazz without traveling to Clifton [Ohio] or downtown Cincinnati.”

Many consider that contemporary hip-hop beats’ samples are indebted to jazz artists such as Quincy Jones, Nina Simone, Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis. The lattermost artists have provided pieces that have laid the foundation for songs by Proof, Mobb Deep and Lord Finesse, according to popular music blog WhoSampled.com.

“I definitely think that it’s good to see jazz musicians from outside of Oxford come visit campus,” Higgins said. “Usually it’s a bit of a rarity to see prominent musicians come to Miami without it having to be [at] Brick Street.”

The Miami University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Quintet will perform with guest artists from around the region at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 24 at Hall Auditorium.

ANDREW KATKO THE MIAMI STUDENT

VALENTUNES VOCALS The Miami a cappella group, Euphonik, performs at Harry T. Wilks Theater Friday for Valentunes, a concert hosted by Tau Beta Sigma to raise money for Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation.

A Spanish sunrise worth the world TRAVEL GREAT BRITTON We bought our tickets, 120 Euro round trip, late Monday night, only four days in advance. The plan had originally been Munich, but that was nixed when we discovered how expensive the train tickets were. So we looked into Spain — Barcelona, Madrid — and even places in Portugal, drawn by the prospect of slightly better weather than snowy Luxembourg and a city that seemed more exciting than Amsterdam or Cologne.

Our plane was scheduled to land at quarter after midnight on Saturday and took off again around noon on Sunday.

We had 36 hours in Barcelona and Katie, Hannah, Leah and I were determined to see everything the colorful city had to offer.

Itineraries don’t exist for our group. We make a vague list in our heads of what we want to do or see in each city and figure it out as we go once we’re there. There was one thing we all agreed on: sunrise at the beach.

So, after a pitiful amount of sleep, we set off.

We explored La Boqueria, the market just off Les Rambles, disgusted by the chickens and hares hanging in some stalls, yet delighted by the rows upon rows of smoothies and fresh fruit and vegetables in every color imaginable. We collected minuscule fragments of sea glass at the beach, faking warmth and ditching our coats for a few brief

‘50 Shades of Grey’ proves dull Film’s lack of passionate acting, storyline seals fate FILM JACK RYAN

THE MIAMI STUDENT

There is so much wrong with “50 Shades of Grey,” and these issues don’t lie in the film’s BDSM subject matter. Instead, these problems rest in almost every other facet of the movie, from its (mostly) poor acting, dumbeddown symbolism and imagery, massive cliches and atrociously bad script.

“50 Shades of Grey” begins like many romance films, with boy meeting girl. Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) is a stoic and intimidating billionaire, and Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) is an absurdly nervous literature student who must interview him on behalf of her ill friend. They are polar opposites, but there’s annoyingly obvious sexual tension here. Soon after their brief encounter, they begin seeing each other. She discovers that he is into BDSM, he discovers that she is a virgin. Pretty

soon, the movie boils down to a weird, “how kinky will the next scene be,” question, as there is no real plot.

If you’re seeing this movie, there’s a pretty high chance it’s because you want to see what all

If there’s one small beacon of light in this otherwise dreadful film, it’s Dakota Johnson. She’s convincing, in control and sticks to her horribly-written character pretty well.” the fuss is about, sex-wise. And honestly, the intimate scenes are one of the worst parts of this film, playing out like something you’d stumble across on Cinemax in the early hours of the morning.

Dornan essentially ends up playing the role of a sadistic Abercrombie jeans model, the scenes are drenched in sappy music that detaches the audience even further, and Dornan

and Johnson have horrible chemistry. There is no passion here, only stereotypes.

The contrast between Grey’s vampire-esque demeanor and Anastasia’s over-innocence becomes aggravatingly obvious, as if this is some sort of erotic Twilight fan-fiction brought to life.

Though, that’s because it is.

The novel of the same name, written by E.L. James, started out as an online series based off of Stephenie Meyer’s YA fiction books, and the screenwriting here may honestly be worse than that of any of the Twilight films.

The dialogue is horrible (see: “Laters, baby”), Grey randomly decides to end his secrecy act and explain huge parts of his backstory not once, but twice, and Anastasia really cannot make up her mind on whether she’s an innocent little girl, a sassy teenager or an actual, serious adult. It’s like the screenwriters are creating their character arcs with short term memory loss.

SHADES »PAGE 9

minutes to snap some pictures. At the Picasso Museum, we saw every single piece — the normal looking portraits, landscapes painted on wood, sketches, all of the “Pigeons” paintings, and each abstract work hanging on the walls. We went through every single room even after we got antsy and wanted to speed through to the end, to get back out into the sun.

We walked two miles, uphill, searching for Parc Güell. Our trek was mostly silent, trudging, single file, up the skinny sidewalk of the city. We had to stop for snacks, then still couldn’t figure out where to go since the signs pointed two different ways. When we hit what seemed like a dead end, a woman hung out of her apartment window and called down to us to see if we were lost.

After finally locating the entrance, despite the horrible crowds of selfie taking tourists, we attempted to get decent pictures of Gaudí’s mosaics before heading back downhill to find the 133 year old work in progress that is the Sagrada Familia.

We were on the other end of the city and had to walk all the way back to our hostel, more blocks than we wanted to count. We’d circled the entire city and collapsed, exhausted, in our bunks before forcing ourselves to go downstairs for the offer of free tapas and sangria at the adjoining bar. Dinner consisted of more tapas, including two plates of our favorite, “Angry Potatoes,” and we tried, unsuccessfully, to find churros before heading back to our hostel for the night.

The next morning, we left our hostel room as quietly as we could and headed for the beach.

My feet ached and stung with every step that I took as we trudged down Les Rambles. It was seven in the morning on Sunday. A few souvenir stand owners were opening shop and we passed several

small groups stumbling back from an all-nighter at the bars, but otherwise the usually bustling street was empty. The early morning air wasn’t cold, about 45 degrees, but definitely wasn’t as warm as we’d been expecting Spain to be, given its location on the water.

When we reached the sandy shore, we spread out in a line, all facing the Mediterranean. Katie, me, Leah and then Hannah. The sky glowed as the sun, a fiery orb, made its appearance over the horizon and bathed everything in bright reds and oranges. A local photographer snapped a few pictures of us at the end of the dock, our figures reduced to black silhouettes against the burning backdrop of the sunrise.

As we headed out, content with our one and only Spanish sunrise, Leah and Hannah noticed a word spray painted upside down on one of the rocks lining the side of the dock. “Stay!” The exclamation point seemed like a plea, begging us not to leave.

But we did. And when we landed at the Brussels airport seven hours later and began the rest of the journey back to Luxembourg by train, I kept coming back to that sunrise.

The moment when we’d all stood, silent in awe, witnessing the beginning of a new day.

We hadn’t seen everything Barcelona had to offer, hadn’t spent as much time soaking up the culture as we should have. Katie and I had throbbing tendonitis in our feet from walking almost 23 miles and all four of us were exhausted and cranky from lack of sleep. Thirty-six hours hadn’t been, and never would be, enough. But it didn’t matter. It had been worth it to experience that one, perfect sunrise together.

BRITTON PERELMAN

PERELMBK@MIAMIOH.EDU

2015 Oscars fails to award the true art of filmmaking FILM JACK RYAN

THE MIAMI STUDENT

At the beginning of the Oscars, an important question was in my mind. Is the biggest night in the film industry becoming one of the least meaningful? This year’s prestigious ceremony featured the conclusion of award sweeps for J.K. Simmons in his role as an abusive instructor in “Whiplash,” Patricia Arquette as a troubled mother in “Boyhood,” and Julianne Moore as a professor diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in “Still Alice.” Anyone with even minor knowledge of this past awards season could have told you how tonight was going to end in many respects, leaving only a few questionable categories, such as Best Picture and Best Actor.

While these categories were up in the air, they were a contest between two frontrunners: Michael Keaton and Eddie Redmayne for Actor, “Birdman” and “Boyhood” for Picture. There were dark horses in each, Cooper and “The

Imitation Game,” but in the end, a five-person nomination class gets boiled down to a one-on-one fight, or a blowout. What does this mean of the other spots? It seems they become either respectful hat tips (see: Meryl Streep) or attempted make-ups for previous snubs (see: Robert Duvall).

Does this mean that we should increase nomination classes? No, that would just expand this gray area between true appreciation and simple courtesy and potentially decrease the meaning behind these already ambiguous awards. Do we create more specificity amongst these awards, like the Golden Globes’ split between Comedy/ Musical and Drama? No, that’ll create more argument for movies that transcend genre, like “Birdman” Perhaps, we need to create a separate prize for dedication, as Richard Linklater’s apparent lock for “Boyhood” was mainly inherent of the film’s 12-year time frame.

Then, as I was pondering possible changes, Linklater lost the OSCARS »PAGE 9

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015

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Why we care about MUPD purchasing body cameras EDITORIAL

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

Sometimes when we talk about certain stories in the newsroom, there’s a crippling “so what” question in the back of our minds. We know what we’re reporting is important and has value; but on some level, we’re thinking: Why does this really matter?

This question lingered around the table, for some of us, this week as we talked about Miami University Police purchasing body cameras. Soon, Miami police will wear body cameras and, although this is front-page news, we couldn’t figure out why we should all care.

The national conversation about body cameras highlights a few talking points and a few reasons to care. If police officers

had been wearing body cameras in Ferguson on an August night, some say, it would’ve shed light on Michael Brown’s death. Others look to the case of Eric Garner who died after an officer put him in a chokehold; a camera recorded the whole interaction, but the officer was not indicted. There’s a call for more police departments to embrace body cameras, and a response that, maybe they don’t make a difference.

So, we narrow in on Oxford and we ask, why would Miami police need body cams? Our campus isn’t exactly known for rampant crime sprees. Nothing really happens here. We’re not Ferguson.

We’re not Staten Island.

Let’s consider this, though.

Back in 2008, a Miami student was shot with a Taser outside Brick Street while police were trying to break up a late-night fight.

Kevin Piskura, who was 24, went into cardiac arrest at the scene and he died five days later. The officer apparently ordered Piskura to “back up or back away” from the fight, but we don’t know if he did or not. Based on first-hand accounts and testimonies, Piskura’s parents reached a settlement with the City of Oxford and the Oxford Police Department for $750,000 two years ago. We don’t know how real footage of that moment would’ve factored into the court’s proceedings; we can only wonder.

There’s no clear image of what happened in front of Brick Street

that night; we don’t know if any slight movement could’ve saved Piskura’s life.

This happened here, though.

And that’s enough. The one time where a family or a judge or this newspaper has to wonder about what really happened — and a camera could’ve helped — is enough. In this space, The Editorial Board could draw up a lot of answers to the “so what” question. We could knit-pick MUPD’s decision, we could point out that $16,000 is a lot of money to spend.

We could list what-ifs about turning the camera off and on and we could imagine potential situations where body cams wouldn’t really help on campus. We could call for all footage to be public record, so

we can upload daily videos on our website and increase our traffic.

We could take a vote and take a stand on the use of body cameras in each city around our nation. We could keep going and keep searching for big takeaways.

Instead, we say this: body cams will serve our campus and our students in ways we can’t predict or fully understand yet. They might make an otherwise gray altercation more black-and-white. They might hold our officers more accountable. They might keep us from wondering what really happened. They might hold answers.

We sit around this table and collectively say, this is good. This will help. We think about Kevin Piskura and we know this matters.

student body is, at least, somewhat select and somewhat privileged.

Class sizes in Oxford are not the same as Hamilton. Of course, the setting is somewhat less intimate.

There is a big difference between six students in a classroom and 25. I, for one, have a couple classes where the professor is still unsure of my name.

In addition to this, I find it rare that a student would strike up a conversation with another random student, which is an arguably common occurrence at Hamilton.

I recently had an insightful interview with a fellow student of both campuses, Rebecca Huff. She helped me see how Hamilton students view Oxford students, and vice versa. This is particularly important if we are to get a glimpse at the perceptions which may cause the

behavioral and atmosphere-related differences of the campuses.

“We were kind of bashing Oxford, because we didn’t know there was an Oxford student here,” Huff said. “She raised her hand and said, ‘Oh yeah, I go to Oxford.’ She poked fun too, it was all good-natured.”

This is a single example of the Hamilton feeling toward Oxford, mostly one of good-natured fun at what is perceived by many to be too uptight a campus. Yet, I also believe there is a grain of sincerity present.

I then asked Huff if there was a difference in the atmospheres of the two campuses: “Hamilton, I feel, is more accepting. Like, I fit in...I don’t have to worry about getting judged.”

Huff inevitably later referred to the unspoken dress code of Oxford.

Apart from clothes, what about the academics?

Isn’t this what really defines the two campuses? I would say not.

Let’s not forget that, at least for the moment, all satellite campuses give the same diploma as the Oxford campus. They do not say: “Graduate of Miami Hamilton,” they say “Graduate of Miami University.”

The real difference, then, does not lie in the academics. It lies in the “atmospheres” and the behaviors present on these two campuses. Is this bad? No. Is this good? No. Are these the merely different shades of Miami? Yes.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Different Shades of Miami: Oxford and Hamilton campuses reveal opposing atmospheres It’s 7:30 a.m. We get in the car, and I turn the key. My car chokes a little on the freezing air, but doesn’t disappoint me. I blast the heat which, at this point, is like some arctic squall.

I’m just another commuter student, although perhaps with a slightly longer drive than most at about 40 minutes on a good day and an hour when there’s any traffic. I live in my car a great deal; I know whenever someone adjusts my seat even a millimeter. What may be somewhat different about me is that I’m not a pure-blood Oxford student. My first two years were spent exclusively at the Hamilton campus.

Anyone from Miami might ask, why does that matter? The schools can’t possibly be that different. The short answer is they aren’t so different, but the long answer is not as clearly defined. Miami’s satellite campus in Hamilton has no minimum GPA for entrance. Hamilton also has very small classes (in some of mine, there were only six students) and has the relatively small tuition of roughly $5,000 a semester.

Also, everyone knows everyone.

This intimate atmosphere owes quite a bit to its relatively small student body of 3,682.

These two campuses are clearly unique, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Yet, there is a great controversy amongst the student bodies of the campuses focusing on which campus is better.

This situation becomes

painfully clear when one views the responses on The Miami Student website to the article “Task Force Fuels Campus Controversy.”

One such response read as follows: “You don’t get a Mercedes when you buy a Camry. You shouldn’t get a Miami degree if you didn’t go to Miami. As the pressure builds on this situation, you will have more resentment of regional students by Oxford students, you will have more Oxford students taking “easier” regional course as above, and the confusion will further.”

So, why do some student say this is the “Mercedes” of Miami University? Oxford is the redbrick, Georgian-architecture abode for some of the arguably brightest minds out there. As a full-time Oxford student, I’ve come to recognize the socially-agreed upon dress code.

This particular way of dressing, of course, has numerous implications as far as outside perceptions.

Before I continue with what makes up the atmosphere of this campus, let me give you a few statistics about this main branch of the college. The student body is large, but not huge, at 17,472. It comes at a price tag of around $14,000 per year for tuition and fees for the instate student, and about $30,000 for the complete package. The school offers an air of exclusivity, as the university admits around 67 percent of applicants. So, it is clear that this

ALEX RANDALL

RANDALA2@MIAMIOH.EDU

As Ohio puts a pause on dealth penalty, let’s press play on questioning our morals DEATH PENALTY

MILAM’S MUSINGS If I was slated to be systematically killed by the government, I am not sure what my last meal would be. I imagine I wouldn’t have much of an appetite visualizing the gurney, the site of “humane” lethal injection.

Worse yet, I am in Ohio. Sure, the upside is they’ve delayed all 2015 executions until 2016, according to NBC News. The downside: it’s only because they’re trying to find drug supplies willing to give them their killing agents.

Dennis McGuire last January was put to death by the state of Ohio and he struggled for breath for the 26 minutes it took the “humane” execution to kill him. The state reportedly used the untested new concoction of midazolam and hydromorphone, according to The Guardian.

Despite that drug combination no longer being used, House Bill

663 signed by Gov. Kasich, according to The Columbus Dispatch, will “shield from public disclosure the supplier of drugs used in future lethal injections effective on March 20.”

That is to say, the pharmacy companies supplying the drugs will not be identified for 20 years and those involved in the execution will forever be shielded from public record.

After all, when you kill someone with an untested concoction of drugs, the next best move is to shroud the future process in secrecy, so nobody knows if the drugs will work and be effective.

I especially imagine such a visualization of that gurney would be crushing if I were innocent.

According to the Innocence Project, 20 people have been proven innocent and exonerated in the U.S. after serving time on death row.

Combined, they spent 289 years in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. That’s only just in the last 15 years.

Such a fact of the system should be unconscionable.

Kelly Renee Gissendaner, slated to be killed by the state of Georgia as their only female death row inmate Feb. 25, requested as her last

meal two cheeseburgers, two large orders of fries, cornbread with a side of buttermilk, popcorn, lemonade and a salad with boiled eggs, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, carrots, cheese and buttermilk dressing; then a cherry vanilla ice cream for dessert, according to the New York Daily News.

Go big or go home when you’re going dead.

This ritual is another facet of euphemistically covering up what the death penalty is: the systematic killing of another human being.

Medical drugs, swabs, making sure the inmate is comfortable, shrouding it in secrecy, performing it at midnight; all of this adds to the euphemistic sheen behind killing.

While it’s true that American support for the death penalty is at a 40-year low, according to Gallup, of just 60 percent support, down from a high of 80 percent in 1994; that’s still a majority of Americans supporting an indisputably flawed system that’s ineffective, inefficient, we know has killed innocents (or would have, save them being exonerated) and is above all, immoral.

Most troubling, it’s not at all clear that the botched executions, like here in Ohio, or in Oklahoma with

Clayton Lockett and Arizona’s Joseph Wood would compel people to oppose the death penalty.

Lockett took 43 minutes to die; Wood an hour with 15 lethal injections needed to ensure his death.

No matter.

Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport, according to the Washington Post, doesn’t think these cases will alter that majority opinion on the death penalty. Proponents, after all, want the inmate to suffer for their crime.

“The fact that the killer suffered for one or two hours more at the end may not affect those underlying attitudes,” Newport said Some, like Robert Blecker writing for CNN, have argued that, if we’re going to use the death penalty, then let’s use the firing squad. At least, then, we’re removing the euphemistic sheen and exposing statekilling for what it is.

Utah’s state house recently brought forth legislation to do just that, in fact. Oklahoma is the other state that still uses the practice.

I agree with Blecker. While my ultimate goal is abolition of the death penalty, if we’re going to do it, let’s at least own up to our deed.

Enough with the medicinal pro-

cedures, the macabre good-will of “last meals” and using anesthesia on a dying person.

A bullet to the brain stem erases the concern over mixing lethal cocktails. Once the firing squad is back, let’s return to Gallup and we’ll see the true makeup of America’s moral character.

Yeah, yeah, I know the death penalty is one of those issues, like abortion, where battle lines are drawn and the arguments seem exhausted at this point, but it’s important that in the year 2015, we address this inane system.

Not only for the innocent people surely awaiting their systematic death, but for our own moral framework, as a country and a people.

By the way, the answer to my last meal, I’ve decided, is a Chipotle burrito (white rice, black beans, steak, sour cream, cheese and guacamole) with a tall Blue Moon with an orange slice.

The answer to most things is Chipotle. And don’t even talk to me about preferring Hot Head Burritos.

Now, that would be absurd.

BRETT MILAM

BEYNONSM@MIAMIOH.EDU

EDITORIAL@MIAMISTUDENT.NET

OPINION 7

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A lesson about beauty and value young women need to unlearn APPEARANCES

Here is a lesson I learned around the time I was exiting sixth grade and entering seventh: To be valued as a woman, you must be beautiful.

I do actually remember becoming conscious of that fact. Up until that point, I was blissfully unaware: unaware of magazines, TV shows, celebrities, social cues, societal commentary, cultural norms, diet books, waxing protocol and unspoken standards. I had no time for that. I was too busy crouching in the woods with a makeshift bow and arrow made of twigs and yarn, a spy-warrior-princess catching her prey for that night’s dinner. Or I was out on the pavement playing street hockey and pretending to be my favorite hockey players.

I occupied myself writing long stories on the adventures my stuffed animals had in the grand kingdom of my bedroom. And I loved drawing out maps of the neighborhood,

building fortresses out of chairs and blankets and writing plays for my sister and her friends.

I also loved to read, but nothing I read ever indicated to me the aforementioned life truth. My heroines were characters like Hermione from “Harry Potter,” Liesel from “The Book Thief,” Molly from “Molly Moon” and Holly from “Artemis Fowl.”

They were strong, outspoken, independent girls whose appearances the authors didn’t bother to linger much on because, well, they were bad-ass.

So, it came as a shock to me when I found out that in fact, society was less concerned about my street hockey ability and more concerned with the shape of my body (also my hair, which, let me tell you, poofily and frizzily defied any and all beauty standards).

And from then on, especially as a college student at a university well known for the good looks of

RULE OF THUMB LATE WINTER We made it almost all the way through February without any bad snowstorms or below zero temperatures, but our luck ran out last week. We’re ready for spring, please.

CHIPOTLE LINE We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: the world would be a better and happier place if Chipotle offered delivery. The long wait for burritos combined with the bad weather makes us want delivery more than ever.

PRINCE HARRY AND EMMA WATSON? Harry Potter star Emma Watson tweeted about her supposed relationship with Prince Harry, denying any sort of romance brewing.

But, we will continue to hold out hope that two of our favorite Brits will fall in love.

SNOW COVERED SIDEWALKS No, don’t mind all of us walking in the street and avoiding cars because the sidewalks are covered in piles of snow. Not cool.

HOCKEY WINS IN OVERTIME Hey, it’s that one sport we like watching! Fans were treated to a thrilling game on Saturday as the RedHawks beat the UMD Bulldogs 4-3 in overtime after a heated back and forth.

Plus, the hot cocoa in Goggin is yummy.

WEARING COATS We don’t care if you have a date with your longtime crush or you’re heading to the bars with all your friends — it’s still freaking cold outside and you should still be wearing a coat. Smart is sexy, that’s our motto.

its student body, I’ve observed the ways in which cultural mediums kill us softly, as author Jean Kilbourne put it.

Beauty is, no doubt, a gift. One of my pet peeves is when people (women, especially) try to put down someone else’s looks in an attempt to deface the gift of beauty.

If you are a woman, how many times have you heard one woman comment on another (beautiful) woman, “Yeah, but she has manshoulders,” “She’s not that pretty if you actually look at her face,” “Well, she’s not very fit,” “Her nose/mouth/jaw/eyebrows is/are kind of weird,” “She’s a little bigboned, don’t you think?,” “That’s not her natural hair color,” “She’s got a little extra around the hips/ butt/thighs,” etc.

I just want to laugh. It would be so much easier to just say, “Wow, she’s beautiful” and leave it at that. But here’s the problem: Society has elevated beauty to be

practically the one and only acceptable gift for a woman to have.

It’s not simply one of many gifts a woman can possess; it is the gift a woman should possess if she wants to get noticed or even validate some other gift or talent. And this is what bothers me.

Beauty is a gift. But it is not the only gift. There’s also intelligence and creativity and entrepreneurship and leadership and science skills and musical talent and acting ability and teaching skills and strength and faithfulness and maternal instinct and athleticism and boldness and comedy and good judgment and compassion and technical skills and curiosity and political savvy.

If I could change one thing about the world, it would be this: All gifts would be equally valued and equally celebrated. There would be no need to perpetuate the myth that only beauty is valuable because it would be understood that

many traits and abilities are valuable. There would be no need to be complicit in the formulation of beauty standards because it would be acknowledged that not everyone is going to fit those standards and time and money are better spent developing one’s own gifts and talents.

I miss the days before my middle school revelation, when I could sharpen my youthful gift of imagination unimpeded by the notion that my value rested in my appearance. But I want to reclaim that mindset. I want to see every day as a new possibility, a chance to rediscover myself and celebrate everything that life has to offer uninhibited by what I’m told is demanded or expected of me.

I want freedom for me and all the young women around me.

LIBBY MUELLER

MUELLEEA@MIAMIOH.EDU

What we can’t measure: a reminder about being authentic LIFE

AMANDA’S APPROACH We don’t have a measuring stick for being human, but sometimes we still try to size it all up. We unfold our yellow rulers to compare Friday night plans with Sunday brunches like inches with yards.

We try to make our lives look the best, cutest, most successful or filled with the wittiest conversations. We keep score and calculate the results. We search for more ways to measure ourselves and be better than the next girl or guy.

But, what we’re really searching for — why keep checking our inbox, why we post that photo, why we click and tweet and scroll — isn’t something we can tally. Unlike the profiles and photos and snippets of ideas at our fingertips, real life isn’t based on approval from an unnamed group of onlookers. Real life is three-dimensional. Real people are flawed and messy. Real friendships are developed over time, on a one-to-one basis, made with a dash of vulnerability.

This all hit me hard when I was out to dinner with a friend last week.

We were waiting idly for our table, which is opportune time for phonechecking. Then, suddenly, both of our screens went blank. “Eeek” covered our faces. But once we let it go, this no-phone dinner turned into the best meal I’ve had in awhile. Mostly because no one knew about it. Our side of sweet potato fries was made that much sweeter when we didn’t

depend on Snapchat to show it off.

Our chatter was beautifully and accidentally off-limits. And we loved it.

It worries me that this is a rare thing in our generation. I worry we will tell our grandchildren about the pivotal moment authenticity was fading fast and we didn’t fight for it.

We didn’t even think twice, we just kept scrolling.

We are known for being connected, but we sometimes forget to look people in the eyes. We’re known for our fast fingers, but have no sense of urgency when it comes to meaningful conversation. We’re known for being attached to our screens, but we often close out of apps feeling detached and alone. That’s not something I needed to research; I see it everyday. We give up authenticity for fake connectivity every single day. It happens when we keep looking down instead of looking up.

This can’t be our generation’s rallying cry. We can’t be the ones who know all of the trending hashtags, but don’t know their neighbor. We can’t be the ones who judge eachother by likes, favorites and mentions.

The danger of using social media as our measuring stick is that we don’t see it all. We see the greatest possible, unrealistic, half-truth version of other peoples’ lives; we see their ski trips and their favorite outfit and their fancy dinners. We don’t see the fight over dishes, the pile of clothes on the floor. I like what Shauna Niequist, one of my favorite writers, says about this.

“Our envy buttons also get pushed because we rarely check Facebook when we’re having our own peak experiences. We check it when we’re bored and when we’re lonely, and it intensifies that boredom and loneliness,” she says.

Sound familiar? When we track

our worth by what we see on our phones, we don’t seem to measure up. But ah, when we go offline, we can be our ourselves. We can be human, not just images and we can embrace our flaws without filtering.

And we don’t have to submit daily anecdotes to the numeric approval of our followers.

We don’t have a measuring stick for being human, but if we did, we would all need conversion calculators. Because there’s no universal metric, no combination of notifications to solve for x to find what makes real human interaction so great. And that’s the beauty of it.

The beauty of our most authentic moments, the thing that keeps them sacred, is we can’t tangibly compare one to another. Sure, we can swap shoe sizes, salaries, GPAs, exercise habits and relationship statuses. We can compare how many likes our Throwback Thursday photos get.

But we can’t compare or rank the wholeness of one human’s story as easily. And why would you want to?

I’d like to hide some things from the measuring stick. Like the look of full attention on another person’s face at the end of a long day. The check is paid, but no one’s leaving.

That night with the belly laughs and made-up board games and too many shots of bourbon. When we said the same word at the same time. There’s eye contact and just-because smiles that we don’t have to label using punctuation marks or tiny yellow emojis. This is what we crave, isn’t it? This is being human without serving it up to highest amount of likes. There’s no finite rubric for these moments, which means no one gets a perfect score and, for at least a AMANDA HANCOCK

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Living with depression in college: Much more than having a bad day HEALTH

Depression, as I assume most people know, is a mental illness that affects millions of people nation and worldwide. So common in fact, that “having depression,” or, “being depressed,” has almost become a taboo expression that is becoming less associated with the mental illness and more so used to overstate someone’s mood.

As someone living with and suffering through depression, there is one thing I want to make clear throughout the next couple paragraphs: depression, no matter how common, is a mental illness, and it should be treated as one.

I’ve been dealing with depression since I was 12 years old. I went on and off four or five different medications and visited more than one therapist before my family and I found a regimen that worked for me. I dealt with (and sometimes still deal with) the thoughts and actions of self-harm a lot of people dealing with depression end up dealing with. I’ve been through

weeks where I couldn’t have loved myself more only to one day fall apart over what seems like nothing.

The disease is ugly and all consuming. It is not invincible, but it is hard. For some people, going off to college and being able to start over and reinvent yourself eases the pain. For others, myself included, the battle is just as hard here.

I say “living with and suffering through” depression because these are two different states of being.

Back in high school and middle school, still sheltered by the innocence of childhood and adolescence, it was different. When I had a bad day or a bad week or a bad month, it was easy to sort of hit the “pause” button on life. I come from a small suburb of Columbus, Ohio, where if I fell apart I had a whole community of people, whether it be at school or at home, ready to build me back up. I could take my time to get myself together, and pick up where I left off.

In college, the only thing falling apart really means is it’s going to be a lot harder to get through your nor-

mal day-to-day activities. You’re technically an adult, and you’re expected to act like one. There is no “pause” button. The weekend is your pause button, and if you can’t get it together in three days, you have to learn to manage.

You don’t get to “suffer” through depression as an adult, or even as a pseudo-adult. You don’t have the option to just give up for a little bit. You have to live through it.

You have to get up every day and be a functioning student. You have to live through it, and you have to manage it.

The thing is, learning to manage isn’t something that can really be taught. It’s a part of life you’re just kind of expected to know how to do. If you’ve ever taken an intro level class (who hasn’t?), it’s kind of like walking in the first day and your professor expecting you to know a sizable amount of the material already. “Why do they expect me to know this already,” you would think to yourself.

The only thing worse than being in an intro-level class and

being expected to know some of the material is being in an intro level class, being expected to know some of the material and being the only person in the room who doesn’t.

The only thing worse than that is people downplaying the struggle of catching up.

Though I am broadcasting my story via the school paper, I have a feeling that our readership numbers are not necessarily on par with that of the The New York Times.

I’m not one of those people that go around talking about her problems to anyone who will listen, but the people I have talked to about my struggle with depression have reacted in one of two ways: they’re either supportive of what I need and try to help, or they brush it off because “everyone gets depressed sometimes.” There is some truth to that. Everyone does “get depressed” time and time again, that’s just how life works. But there is a huge difference between feeling depressed and sad sometimes and actually dealing with depression, a difference that I’ve seen become

more and more obscured. People write it off because it’s so common, and because sometimes other people’s issues don’t seem like they’re a big deal or like they’re really “that bad.”

Writing off depression is essentially saying “I don’t care about your pain,” or “your struggles aren’t real.” As someone who has experienced people sweeping my struggles aside as well as unconditional support, I can say depression needs to be treated as what it is: a mental ilness. It’s not a bad day or a rough weekend with too many drunken mistakes; it’s a state of being. It’s feeling alone, replaceable, insignificant, worthless and vulnerable. Depression is not just a runof-the-mill experience. Seeing it that way does nothing but alienate and hurt those suffering, while also developing false understandings and stereotypes about the disease.

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Best Director trophy in an upset to “Birdman” director Alejandro González Iñárritu. Initially, I was shocked, but as I slowly calmed down, speculation for this apparent snub began. By not recognizing the enormous commitment Linklater made to his film, the Academy seemed to be saying that gimmicks or offscreen dedication don’t produce golden statues.

This was exciting. It could mean the end of awards for notorious method actors, for decidedly okay films with one or two strong attributes, for “Oscar bait” films as we know them.

And then, Redmayne won Best Actor for his role as Stephen Hawking in the dull romance “The Theory of Everything,” trumping, in my opinion, a superior Keaton. This victory marked

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RedHawks can be confident in either one of their goaltenders.

Junior Jay Williams has been stellar all year, posting a 1.73 goals against average and a .926 save percentage on the season. Fellow junior netminder Ryan McKay has not seen as much action as Williams due to an early injury and Williams’ great play, but McKay is returning to the great goalie he was during his freshman campaign. McKay is allowing 2.81 goals per game and is stopping 90.4 percent of the shots he sees.

In McKay’s victory Saturday, his positioning was consistent: two of the three goals he allowed were scored while the ’Hawks were a man down.

yet another win for physical acting in recent years, following Matthew McConaughey’s ridiculous weight drop for “Dallas Buyers Club.” But, why does it matter? The realization of the strange, paradoxical nature of the Oscars began to set in.

Films like “The Grand Budapest Hotel” can win multiple Oscars concerning their production or design, but because of nomination-to-win ratios or the specific prizes they win, appear to be failures. “Selma” can be shunned from all but two nominations and one win, but have a song performance that moves an entire audience to tears. “Boyhood” can redefine what cinema can do, but be looked down on for losing competitions to a satire. Moore’s, Simmons’, and Arquette’s trophies seem to have much less meaning because they were favored to

win. In our current world of film “awards,” you win when you lose, and lose when you win. What’s the point of decorations if their significance is compromised?

At the conclusion of the night, as the “Birdman” cast and crew flooded onto the stage following their Best Picture win, I was reminded of a quote from the film.

A quote that sits against it’s main character’s mirror, always in his view in moments of self-observation: “A thing is a thing, not what is said of a thing.” For passionate movie lovers and casual onlookers alike, this is imperative to remember. The impending Oscar symbol on a “Birdman” case means no more than the figurative Weinstein seal of approval on “The Imitation Game” or the box office records broken by “American Sniper.” Film is a subjective medium; you simply can’t win art.

The only thing missing from this team (before Saturday) was resiliency. Heading in to Saturday’s game, the ’Hawks were 0-61 when trailing after two periods, and also winless when trailing by two or more goals. The ’Hawks were able to complete the comeback and earn three important points in the NCHC standings.

Saturday will not be the last time the ’Hawks have to dig deep and find a way to win this season — it’s a tough road ahead. The ’Hawks are solid from top to bottom, and have all of the tools necessary to make a run in the NCHC tournament and in the NCAA tournament. It’ll be fun to watch.

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In his newsletter, “Ohio Spirits Insider,” Stevenson included a major benefit of the project to be improved customer service. He wrote that this would be achieved by, “providing the popular, high quality products for our customers while promoting moderation.”

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The film also has some sort of inferiority complex towards the viewer, overemphasizing all traits of the characters, in a way that is redundant instead of convincing. The ending of “50 Shades” is no better, concluding with a whimper and leaving almost every open question unresolved.

If there’s one small beacon of light in this otherwise dreadful film, it’s Dakota Johnson. She’s convincing, in control and sticks to her horribly-written character pretty well. Had she been given a better partner, dialogue and direction, she could have had a breakout role here. However, Dornan is just miserable to watch, and it tolls on Johnson’s acting. Even for his secretive character, he is overreserved in every aspect, seeming bored when he should be tortured inside.

“50 Shades of Grey” continues a long tradition of bad Valentine’s Day romance releases, and with two expected sequels on the way, it’s becoming increasingly evident that we’re going nowhere anytime soon. If you’re looking for something that truly explores and exposes human sexuality, watch Lars von Trier’s epic “Nymphomaniac.” If you’re looking for a fun romantic flick with your significant other, watch Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Punch Drunk Love.” If you’re looking to waste 10 bucks and two hours, feel free to grab a ticket to “50 Shades of Grey.”

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Brotherhood splits series with Minnesota Duluth MEN’S HOCKEY

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A Blake Coleman goal in overtime capped a two-goal deficit Saturday to give the No. 5/5 Miami University hockey team a 4-3 win over No. 6/6 University of Minnesota Duluth after Friday’s 3-2 loss.

“My eyes lit up when I saw Louis had the puck,” the senior forward Coleman said. “I just tried to give him a target. I didn’t see it until it hit my stick. It was a pretty exciting one.”

The weekend split moves Miami (19-10-1, 12-7-1-1 National Collegiate Hockey Conference) into sole possession of second place in the league with 38 points.

Junior defenseman Matthew Caito started the Red and White revival Saturday with a goal at the 1:26 mark in the second frame. The RedHawks tied the game on power played goal by junior forward Sean Kuraly 2:18 into the third period with a score on the power play. Freshman defenseman Louie Belpedio set up a 2-on1 for sophomore forward Anthony

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Louis and Coleman to complete the comeback victory.

“We actually called that play on the bench,” Louis said. “Louie told me he was going to throw it hard off the glass. I said ‘alright I’ll get the puck, no matter if I have to beat the icing or go through the guy.’”

The RedHawks outshot the Bulldogs (19-12-1, 11-8-1 NCHC) 4922 Saturday. Junior goaltender Ryan McKay had 19 saves for his third win of the season. MU went 1 for 5 on the power play, while UMD connected on 2-of-4 man advantages.

“We were playing with a lot

RedHawk hockey is built to win COLUMN

LINSKI’S LIST It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone if Miami comes out on top of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference in a few weeks. The RedHawks sit alone in second place after splitting a weekend series with No. 6 MinnesotaDuluth.

Flashback to last season and you see a Miami team that had enough speed, but not nearly enough strength and physical play to compete with the members of its new conference.

After the ’Hawks got hot in the conference tournament, they fell one game short of an NCAA Tournament berth in their own backyard. The offseason was huge for The Brotherhood.

Head coach Enrico Blasi addressed the issue of size, and brought in some big boys. The additions of Scott Dornbrock (6-foot-3, 224-pounds), Conor Lemirande (6foot-6, 237-pounds), and Andrew Schmit (6-foot-5, 224-pounds) made Miami a well-rounded team.

That being said, one guy who is more than willing to throw his body around, and must have had at least eight hits last weekend, is junior forward Alex Gacek (5-foot-8, 179-pounds).

The RedHawks still have plenty of speed and are able to use it to out-skate the tough teams of the NCHC. In the Saturday game of last weekend’s series, the ’Hawks found a way to get around the Duluth defense and gain the zone during even strength play.

Sophomore forward Anthony Louis is catching fire as the ’Hawks head down the stretch. He had an assist Friday and a goal and the game-winning assist Saturday.

Louis now has 24 points on the

season and has 42 points in his last 48 games dating back to last season.

The defensemen are proving to be very helpful on the offensive side of the ice this year, as the blue-liners have combined for 52 points this season (10 goals, 42 assists). That’s seven more points than Miami defensemen had all of last season.

Freshman defenseman Louie Belpedio will be a big part of the RedHawks’ success moving forward. As an offensive-defenseman, he is able to deke and dangle his way past the opponent’s blue line and help the ’Hawks develop an offensive presence. Senior forward and captain Austin Czarnik is Miami’s best defensive forward and he is consistently filling in for the defensemen. It is key for forwards to replace the charging defenseman so the ’Hawks can avoid 2-on-1 breakouts the other way.

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’Hawks hold off Bulls for second MAC win WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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Miami University women’s basketball pulled off a big upset over the University at Buffalo Saturday.

The RedHawks (5-20, 2-12 MidAmerican Conference) defeated the Bulls (15-10, 8-6 MAC) 78-68 on the road.

Miami lost to the Bulls earlier in the season by 20 points and came into the game as a heavy underdog.

However, four RedHawks turned in solid nights.

The ’Hawks were led once again by freshman guard Baleigh Reid, who finished with a career high 18 points.

Reid wasn’t alone at the top of the box score. Freshman guard Kayla Brown joined with 18 of her own. The pair combined to shoot 12 of 19 from the field, adding 10 free throws on 11 attempts.

Reid drained all eight free throw attempts, an area she has been working hard at all season.

“Buffalo’s crowd was pretty crazy,” Reid said. “I’m glad I was able

to knock them down, especially towards the end.”

Reid silenced a charging Bulls team near the end.

Buffalo had cut the lead from 15 to four with under a minute remaining, when junior guard Mackenzie Loesing sent Reid to the line.

Reid knocked both free throws down and would do that two more times. Reid finished with 6 points in the final minutes and put the game on ice for the RedHawks.

“She stepped up with confidence and knocked them down,” Wright said. “Not just Baleigh, all the kids had a really strong mentality.”

Freshman guard Ana Richter came off the bench for the ’Hawks and tied a career-best with 17 points in 27 minutes of action.

Senior guard Courtney Larson was fourth player who came up big for the ’Hawks. She drained all three 3-point attempts and finished with 16 points.

The RedHawks shot 52 percent from the field and had an electric night from beyond the arc, going 8 for 10.

The young team has gone through bumps and bruises

throughout the season, but Wright said this is what he wants to see in the future.

“How we respond to the victory will be important,” Wright said.

“One game does not define you.”

The RedHawks return home Wednesday to face Bowling Green State University.

The Falcons (9-16, 2-12 MAC) are tied with Miami in the basement of the MAC East.

BGSU is on a seven-game losing streak after falling 62-58 at home to Kent State University Saturday.

The last win for the Falcons was a 66-53 victory over Miami Jan. 24.

The RedHawks came out cold in the first half and fell behind 31-9 going into the locker room.

The Red and White responded in the second half, outscoring the Falcons 44-35.

Miami junior forward Hannah McCue led the way with 18 points on 6-of-16 shooting.

The Falcons were led by redshirt freshman guard Kennedy Kirkpatrick who had 18 points and three assists.

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more intensity and determination tonight,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “I’m really proud of the way our team hung in there. The guys could’ve quit after 3-1, but they kept coming.”

The ’Hawks completed the comeback without junior forward Riley

Barber, the team’s second-leading scorer. Barber was a healthy scratch, but Blasi said he wasn’t trying to send a message.

“I’m not sure I was trying to send any type of message,” Blasi said.

“We know what we have in our locker room. We know how we do things and the standard that we set.

We just have to hold each other accountable to that standard.”

Friday’s loss came after UMD struck twice in the third period.

Duluth outshot Miami 32-31 overall and 16-8 in the third frame. The ’Hawks were 0 for 4 on the power play and 2 for 4 on their penalty kill.

Junior goaltender Jay Williams had 29 saves in his fifth loss.

The RedHawks hit the road this weekend for a series with the University of Denver.

With two weekends left in the regular season, the race for the NCHC title is getting tighter, but Blasi is focusing on one game at a time.

“We don’t worry about what other teams are doing and what the standings are,” Blasi said. “That’s a recipe for disaster. Right now we are going to focus on Denver for Friday, and then we’ll go from there.”

Miami knocks off Akron in overtime victory MEN’S BASKETBALL

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Miami University men’s basketball (11-16, 6-8) won on the road at the University of Akron for the first time in 12 years with a 57-52 overtime victory. It was the third straight win for the RedHawks (11-16, 6-8 Mid-American Conference).

Junior guard Eric Washington paced the RedHawks offensively and led all scorers with 21 points. Also scoring double figures for the RedHawks were senior guard Will Sullivan and junior guard Geovonie McKnight, who scored 11 points and 10 points, respectively.

“We’ve settled into a groove,” head coach John Cooper said.

“I think guys know where their minutes are going to come on most nights, and more than anything, the group has come together. They realize that we can be a good basketball team if we do it together.”

The RedHawks held the Zips (17-10, 8-6 MAC) to just 32 percent from the field, forcing them to take the majority of their shots from outside of the paint, notably from the 3-point line. The Zips took 32 3-pointers and made just seven of them.

The RedHawks had their

struggles offensively as well, but it was the defense that carried the load, forcing 20 turnovers.

“It starts with team defense,” Cooper said. “Guys are starting to understand that there are going to be breakdowns, but if your teammate’s there and has your back, and the rotations are correct, then we have an opportunity to overcome some situations where we might not be locked in or we’re not getting done the things that we want to do.”

The Zips had just two scorers in double figures — sophomore forward Kwan Cheatham Jr. and freshman guard Noah Robotham, who both came off the bench.

Cheatham Jr. led the Zips with 14 points and Robotham contributed 10 points including three 3-pointers.

Junior RedHawk guard Willie Moore tied a career-high with five steals and also scored six key points off the bench.

The RedHawks are at home for their next three games, starting with a 7 p.m Tuesday night matchup with Kent State University.

The RedHawks lost 61-60 at Kent State the last time the two teams played Feb. 7. Senior guard Devareaux Manley led all scorers with 20 points.

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