March 17, 2015 | The Miami Student

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HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015

VOLUME 142 NO. 43

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ANDREW KATKO THE MIAMI STUDENT

HOLI FESTIVAL Miami students celebrated the beginning of spring at the Holi Color Festival Saturday afternoon. Central Quad was covered with color and mud as Miami students and professors celebrated the Hindu festival of love and color. Lately, controversy has swirled around synthetic dyes. Some say they are harsh and polluting. The dye at Miami’s rendition of Holi, though, was billed as “eco-friendly.”

Rec Center to expand to satellite locations Locations in Martin Hall and old high school facilities to address overcrowding CONSTRUCTION

DANIELLE GOLDBERG THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami’s Recreation Center plans to expand from its main location on South Quad to two satellite locations in the basement of Martin Hall and Talawanda High School’s old sports facilities. Building satellite recreation centers, beginning

next year, will address the No. 1 student concern regarding the Rec: overcrowding. Mike Arnos, interim senior director of Programs and Academic Partnerships, said Miami wants Martin Hall’s basement to include similar equipment as the Rec, including treadmills, free weights and space for aerobics. “We’ve always had eyes on trying to get some recreation and fitness

Green Beer Day forum dispels rumors, promotes student-safety

space on the north side of campus,” he said. With the demolition of Withrow Court, Arnos said there should be some sort of exercise available to students who live in different areas. The renovated Talawanda sports facilities will be called Chestnut Fields. The main purpose of this area will be to serve Miami Club Sports teams for practices and conditioning. Attached to the Talawanda sports

MARIAH SCHLOSSMAN THE MIAMI STUDENT

On Thursday, March 12, Miami’s Associated Student Government (ASG) paired up with the Miami University Police Department (MUPD) and Oxford Police Department (OPD) to hold this year’s Green Beer Day Forum. The annual event aims to help students be safe, smart and informed on Green Beer Day. “There are a lot of rumors that go around about Green Beer Day, what could get you in trouble and what could not, and this is a way for students to hear the real word,” said Kevin Krumpak, secretary for Off-Campus Affairs of ASG. The importance of this event goes far beyond the relaying of facts to students and provides them with the necessary contextual information to be safe and stay out of trouble, Krumpak said. This year’s event went a step

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further by adding an additional aspect to the discussion. Representatives from the Office of Student Wellness, HAWKS Peer Health Educators and Bacchus, a collegiate peer education group that addresses campus health and safety issues, spoke about how students can stay healthy and safe this Thursday. HAWKS and the Office of Student Wellness provided “Safe and Smart Bags” to the first 50 students that arrived to the event. These bags contained garbage bags for trash to avoid littering, a water bottle for hydration, condoms and pretzels and trail mix for nutrition throughout the day. These bags reiterated the sentiments of HAWKS and the Office of Student Wellness, making the point that everyone on Green Beer Day should avoid engaging in increased risk behavior. “The choice to drink is yours, but practicing moderation is BEER »PAGE 5

would need a multi-purpose space. Additionally, there will be group fitness opportunities in this new center. Rec Center staff hopes to see hours of operation ranging roughly from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The point of renovating this facility is to upgrade its with parking and restrooms, Arnos said. Executive Director for Recreation REC »PAGE 9

BISHOP WOODS CONFLICT CONCLUDES OVER SPRING BREAK CONSTRUCTION

JAMES STEINBAUER UNIVERSITY EDITOR

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facilities is a field house that will be renovated to accommodate teams as well as individual students. This section of Chestnut Fields will closely resemble the purpose of Room X at the Rec Center as a place designated for aerobic, weight and cross-fit oriented workouts. This workout room is about half the size of the aerobics spaces at the Rec Center. Arnos predicted the primary users of this room could be anyone that

Red barriers will be erected around Bishop Woods this Friday, March 20 as the controversial restoration of the historic Miami landmark begins with the removal of dead trees. After several members of Mi-

ami’s Natural Areas Committee raised concerns over university landscape architect David Cirrito’s plan for the woods, Cirrito made modifications to the plan that include decreasing the amount of planted grass in the center of the woods, as well as along the pathways, by 50 percent; reducing the concrete paths through the woods from eight

feet wide to seven feet wide and the relocation of rare wildflowers that may be harmed by construction. “The plan is significantly better, but there is still some concern,” biology professor David Gorchov said. “The reduction of grass is positive, but I think it’s still a concern that grass will be placed along the pathways at all.”

LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

MINNESOTA BOUND RedHawks celebrate after a goal in the opening round of their conference tournament against Western Michigan this weekend. MU won the series 2-1 and earned a spot in the Frozen Faceoff next weekend in Minneapolis. They battle Denver for a place in the NCHC conference finals.

In 1998,The Miami Student reported the Oxford Police Department (OPD) arrested a male they found in a closet of a student-residence on Poplar Street — the residence was not his own. According to OPD, the male broke into the house to steal valuables. It was one of the first of many break-ins expected by OPD over spring break. COMMUNITY

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Students may register for an audition time via our website

Auditions will be held April 1st 5–8PM at Harris and April 2nd 5–8PM at Martin

MiamiOH.edu/MiamiIdol Registration will end March 31st /MIAMIDINING

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