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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.

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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.

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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.

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BISHOP WOODS CONFLICT CONCLUDES OVER SPRING BREAK CONSTRUCTION

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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.”

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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.

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Miami Western Program to host ‘Genesis’ TED Talk event in April EVENT

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For three hours on a Saturday in April, a diverse group of Miami University students, faculty, staff, alumni and Oxford residents will gather to participate in a TED-inspired event around the theme of “Genesis.”

This collaboration, called TEDx, has been popular at universities across the country.

“I proposed the idea of a TEDx event because I think it’s a great opportunity for students to create a university-wide conversation, and for students to speak big picture, which we didn’t have here,” University Honors Program Assistant Director David Rogers said.

At Miami, the event is being organized by a group of honors and Western Program students, who Rogers advises.

“I’m very impressed with the level of professionalism and commitment from the students on our team,” he said.

First-year Brandon Fogel

is the Director of Public Relations for TEDxMiamiUniversity. Fogel’s job includes creating advertisements for the event, running the group’s social media and reaching out to other organizations for collaboration.

Fogel helped organize a March 31 event, at which TEDx will join Project U to host “TEDTalk Tuesdays.” Students from TEDxMiami

between five and 18 minutes, and focus on the concept of “ideas worth spreading.”

In the call for nominations, the group expressed a desire for presenters “to speak about new ideas and fresh perspectives.” Rogers said the event would focus on “the origin of thought and innovation.”

The group chose the Genesis theme because it will be

I proposed the idea of a TEDx event because I think it’s a great opportunity for students to create a university-wide conversation, and for students to speak big picture, which we didn’t have here.”

DAVID ROGERS

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will share their favorite TEDTalks, and facilitate a brief discussion afterword.

“We all watch TEDTalks. It’s something our generation has sort of grown up with,” Fogel said.

At TEDxMiami’s main event, each presenter’s talk will follow the TED tradition: they will range

the first TEDx presentation at Miami, but not the last: Rogers expects the students to make it an annual event.

The presentations will be hosted in Leonard Theater, partially to bridge the gap between Western and the rest of Miami, according to Rogers.

“The Western Program is very interdisciplinary, and we’ve had so much support from their students and faculty,” he said.

The talks will also be broken up with performances by campus music groups.

“I’m most excited to showcase Miami’s talents across the entire university, all departments and subjects,” Rogers said.

Out of the almost 70 nominees that poured in to TEDxMiamiUniversity.com, 20 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members will be chosen to speak in the Leonard Theater on the 25th.

In accordance with TEDx regulations, only 100 live audience members will be present at the event. The student committee has yet to decide how these 100 tickets will be distributed or sold, but 500 seats will also be available at the Taylor Auditorium in Farmer School of Business for a live stream of the presentations.

Admission will be free.

Updates on presenters and ticket information can be found at TEDxMiamiUniversity.com.

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KICKING OFF THE SEASON During Sunday’s Kickoff to Spring Football event, students were invited to watch the football team scrimmage and participate in interactive modules. (Left) Coach Chuck Martin answers students’ questions and (right) students execute football drills.

Miami’s beekeeping history looks toward green future SUSTAINABILITY

LANA POCHIRO STAFF WRITER

Walking along Patterson Street, the newly constructed Western Campus dorms dominate the landscape, but another crucial element of Miami’s history and future often goes unnoticed — the Langstroth Cottage.

This historical site marks the birthplace of modern beekeeping, “Bee Mecca” as experts in the field call it, where Lorenzo Langstroth invented the Langstroth beehive in 1846. His invention allowed farmers to utilize the symbiotic relationship between bees as pollinators and crops that require pollination in order to begin mass-producing food for the first time in history. Modern beekeeping worldwide still uses the Langstroth model.

Beekeeping remains a lucrative element to modern agriculture. In an article for Yale’s Environment 360, author and environmental journalist Elizabeth Grossman states that of all food consumed globally, one in every three bites owes its production to pollinators. The White House reported in June 2014 that 90 percent of commercially grown crops in the United States depend upon pollination by honeybees.

The mutually beneficial relationship between bees and mass agriculture now faces a dire challenge. According to a White House statement, beekeepers

have reported winter loss rates of 30 percent over the past few years. President of the Butler County Beekeepers Association, Alex Zomchek, estimates that this winter’s losses totaled closer to 40 and 50 percent.

Zomchek credited this steep population decline to the destructive Varroa mite and the overuse of pesticides by large, agricultural corporations. This crisis occurs in a climate where universities are cutting research funding for studies on bees and large multinational agricultural corporations trust in their ability to buy their way out of this problem.

Associate Professor in the Biology Department, Alfredo Huerta, agrees this is not a temporary problem.

“All of this is contributing to the loss of biodiversity in seeds and biodiversity in natural populations on which we rely and will continue to rely on in the future in order to develop crops.”

Huerta stressed the importance of educating the public on this issue as a way to combat the economic interests of large, multinational agriculture corporations.

“We could establish something really big here at Miami,” he said.

“With Miami as the beginning of

We could establish something really big here at Miami.

With Miami as the beginning of modern beekeeping, we can build on that.”

ALFREDO HUERTA

MIAMI BIOLOGY PROFESSOR

“We are now in competition with so many other economic and agricultural interests that are willing to say ‘Not my problem,’” said Zomchek.

Zomchek believes that these corporations will soon be forced to realize the flaws in their current model.

“This is the second year in a row that regardless of what [corporations] are willing to pay, we haven’t been able to supply them with enough bees,” he said.

modern beekeeping, we can build on that.”

Both Zomchek and Huerta believe that Miami should help solve this problem through research and education.

Zomchek explained that efforts at education have already started at Oxford’s Ecology Research Center. Students of Huerta and his wife Nancy Smith-Huerta’s biology and botany classes visit the center’s public observation apiary and learn about the causes

and consequences of the declining bee population.

Huerta and Zomchek hope to receive funding to begin a student research project focusing on sustainable beekeeping and solutions to the decline in the bee population. Huerta explained this as step in what he called the “Langstroth Initiative.”

Huerta sees the possibilities of this program extending far beyond a singular research program.

“This Langstroth initiative could work in collaboration with other things here at Miami like the possible Food Studies Institute,” he said.

The proposed Food Studies Institute could receive a $250,000 seed grant to begin its interdisciplinary approach to studying food production, security and sustainability. Huerta and American Studies professor Marguerite Schaffer lead this initiative, and Huerta sees the possibility of a joint effort between the institute and a possible Langstroth initiative. These programs could offer unique experiential learning and hands-on fieldwork to students.

Zomchek views the Langstroth history at Miami as a critical opportunity.

“We really want to take advantage of this locality. There’s nowhere else in the world that can lay claim to this heritage and legacy,” he said. “A lot of us are looking at that cottage and using it as a physical metaphor for the next step,” Zomchek said. “If it started here, let’s pick it up here.”

Alumni recount GBD memories ALUMNI

EMILY TATE

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Green everywhere. Green beer spilled across the floor of Mac and Joe’s, sticking to the soles of shoes. Green Mardi Gras beads hanging from students’ necks.

Green cut-off tees and headbands. Green temporary tattoos.

Green tongues.

This is how several Miami alumni described the now-hazy memories of their youth, celebrating Green Beer Day (GBD) each year on the Thursday before Spring Break.

“I just remember it was everywhere — green beer everywhere, on the floor,” said Marti Goodwin-Jacobson (’91). “I remember cups all over [the floor] and just absolute craziness.”

Much like today, the party started before sunrise even decades ago. Sue Stephens (’86) recalled being at the bars on GBD around 5 a.m., eager to get her hands on that 10-cent beer, which increased by a dime each hour.

“There would be bands and DJs, and everybody was dancing like crazy,” Stephens said.

“Somehow I made it to [both] GBD and my 10 a.m. class. It wasn’t unusual that people would participate in Green Beer Day and then go to class very happy.”

Years ago, the bar scene was central to GBD festivities, featuring venues that have long been replaced in Uptown Oxford: Attractions, Bash Riprocks, Ozzie’s. Stephens remembers dancing at all those “really little dive bars” on GBD. “I lost my voice from dancing and screaming so much over the loud music,” she said.

Still, other Uptown bars have survived several generations of Miami students, like Mac and Joe’s and CJ’s.

“When we were younger, we went to CJ’s,” Goodwin-Jacobson said. “They let everybody in.”

And, in true college form, the beer was very cheap.

“It was a big blur of sticky green beer over everything — just really bad beer,” Goodwin-Jacobson said. “Oh, it was awful beer. It tasted awful.”

Dan DeSantis (’91) was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity, but he said he still couldn’t believe his mother let him enroll at Miami after what happened during their campus visit.

DeSantis was visiting Miami as a senior in high school. He came in the middle of spring, on a Thursday — neither he nor his mother aware of the significance of that day. DeSantis had a meeting with the dean of the business school, so his mom went to grab a coffee at the Burger King Uptown.

“Then, some kid dressed in green [walked in and] threw up all over the place,” he said. “My mom was like, ‘Oh, my god, my son is going to this school?’ It was a riot. A really fun memory.”

As a student, DeSantis said he participated every year. He’d wake up at 5 or 6 a.m. and go straight to the bars.

“But, by 9 or 10 a.m., you were pretty spent,” he said.

Today, Miami students may wake up a little earlier for a “Kegs and Eggs” breakfast at a house party, pay a little more for that 5 a.m. beer and wear green T-shirts bought from a student-run business. But, for the most part, GBD is carried out in much the same way.

Miami Journalism professor and ’94 alumnus, Joe Sampson, agreed.

“Then: students drank cheap beer, some to excess. Bar owners made lots of money,” he said.

“Today: students drink cheap beer, some to excess. Bar owners make lots of money.”

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Go nuts for doughnuts at Oxford shop FOOD

KELLY HIGGINSON SENIOR STAFF WRITER

An average day for Joshua Francis includes sleeping from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. before heading to his doughnut shop on 102 S. Locust Street in Oxford. Once there, he’ll make doughnuts until 3 or 4 a.m, then deliver the baked treats across Ohio until 7 a.m. Afterward, he returns to his shop to sell the doughnuts until the last one is gone — rarely making it to mid-morning.

This has been his routine since purchasing the Oxford Doughnut Shoppe in 2003 and opening the S. Locust Street location in April.

Francis graduated from Miami with a finance degree and in spring of that same year, he made the impulse decision to buy the Oxford

Doughnut Shoppe, which had been in town for 60 years.

“My fraternity brother was going to be a real estate agent, and when he told me that the Oxford Doughnut Shoppe was for sale, I was hooked,” Francis said.

I’ll give them a box of doughnuts,” Francis said. “They’re some of my most loyal customers.”

Andrew Amarantos, the coowner of Skipper’s Pub in Uptown Oxford, closes his store around 3 a.m. — right when Joshua is

I look down at my waistline every day and think those doughnuts have something to do with it.”

ANDREW AMARANTOS

SKIPPER’S PUB CO-OWNER

From that moment on, Francis has not only been whipping up the best doughnuts in town, but has also been building relationships with students, citizens and other business owners in Oxford.

“Sometimes Terri and Andrew [Amarantos] from Skippers will come in with some extra food, and

pulling fresh cake doughnuts out of the fryer.

“I look down at my waistline every day and think those doughnuts have something to do with it,” Amarantos said. “God bless Joshua for always giving me a box to take home every night.”

And they are not the only loyal

doughnut lovers. On a regular business day at Oxford Doughnut Shoppe, Francis can barely keep the shop open until 10 a.m. before selling out of his daily stock.

Cake, glazed, powdered, sugared, cinnamon, jelly-filled, creamfilled — the Oxford Doughnut Shoppe has them all. Using over 240 pounds of yeast for “big production” weekend nights, Francis adds many secret ingredients that add to the distinct flavor of these delicious doughnuts.

Francis said it is not uncommon to find out that people from around the state have come to the store, tried the doughnuts and then spent hours trying to analyze the ingredients to steal the unique recipe that had been used prior to Francis purchasing the new location.

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OPD received a report on Sunday, March 15 concerning a shooting at 5032 College Corner Pike. A female reported that she was standing on the breezeway of her apartment on Thursday, March 12, when she witnessed a male fire a handgun at her boyfriend from the bushes surrounding the apartment complex parking lot. The female and her boyfriend told responding officers that the sound had come from fireworks thrown out of a neighboring apartment and did not report the shooting until finding a bullet hole in the front fender of her car. The investigation is ongoing.

Road rage At 1:47 a.m. Saturday, March 14, an OPD officer responded to the parking lot of Rachel Apartments at 2 W. Spring St. after hearing what sounded like a vehicle crashing and a male yelling violently.

The officer witnessed the male leaning into the passenger side door of a light blue Chrysler, yelling at a female in the drivers seat. The female moved out of the car and proceeded to punch the male in the face. The male fought back and threw the female into the back seat, where the two continued to fight until the officer separated the couple and pinned the male to the back of the car.

The officer detected the scent of alcohol on both male and female, and they identified eachother as brother and sister. The sister, whom the officer identified as a Miami University student, continued to tell the officer that nothing was wrong, but that she could not say any more without her father or lawyer. Both were taken into custody, charged with domestic violence and transported to the Butler county jail.

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Breaking open La Piñata: Mexican restaurant a hit in Oxford FOOD

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Many describe him as the life of the party, the guy who carries out the birthday beer bong or “the friendliest Mexican in town.” His name is Giovani “Gio” Febus Rodriguez and he has been working at La Piñata for three years.

“I go to La Piñata for the drinks, the food and GIOOOOO,” Miami University senior Britney Hashemi said of Rodriguez.

La Piñata’s Oxford location opened its doors in May of 2012.

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flavors, drink specials and, most notably, the Arroz con Pollo.

Jose Luis Villanueva, one of La Piñata’s head cooks, described the famous dish’s preparation process.

The rice, he said, is first brought to a golden state and mixed in with chicken broth, veggies and then spiced. The chicken is next and he expertly tosses it around the grill, slicing and dicing it.

He later tops it with La Piñata’s homemade cheese dip Villanueva said customers typically enjoy it with a frozen margarita.

But, the food isn’t the most exciting part. It’s the different personalities, the atmosphere and La Piñata’s color design that makes

it stand out from the pack.

No matter the night, friendly employees welcome customers and take them to their seats. A walk to the table will take one past various groups of friends, families and even some lone, onthe-go customers.

“There’s no place I’d rather be after Beat the Clock,” senior Connor McCoy said.

Junior Wesleigh Jones, La Piñata former employee, described the atmosphere of the restaurant as light, and her former employer as “a very approachable boss.”

Villanueva, or Pepe, who originally comes from La Piedad Michoacan, Mexico, has worked for the La Piñata food chain for 10 years. His biggest day-to-day

goal is to make the food he cooks taste like home.

And, though he is hidden behind the walls of the kitchen, Villanueva brings life to the restaurant through his food.

“I love to cook anything Mexican,” he said.

While he said he believes the food is as authentic as it can be, he described missing a few key Mexican ingredients (i.e. spices and vegetables) as well as basic cooking techniques (i.e. cooking meat by wrapping it in foil and burying it).

In Oxford, La Piñata is located on 35 E. Church St. There are also chains in Colerain, Fairfield, Centerville and Fort Wright, Kentucky.

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At 4:22 p.m. on Friday, March 13, OPD received a report from a female Miami University student who said a caller, who identified himself as a representative of the Internal Revenue Service and the Oxford Police Department, contacted her. The caller threatened to put a warrant out for her arrest if she did not immediately money-wire hundreds of dollars to him. The victim had already sent $950 before a Wal Mart employee informed her that it was a scam. The investigation is ongoing.

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Country band Old Dominion kicks off tour at Brick Street

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Old Dominion charmed the audience of Brick Street Bar with their classic country charisma and rock n’ roll sexiness last Wednesday.

The performances of their country hits captured the audience’s attention, their energy reminiscent to a wild whiskeyfilled, summer bonfire party. The boys had no trouble connecting with the audience, taking selfies on their phones and accepting drinks given to them by attendees, creating a palpable connection and carefree environment, perfect for a country band show.

The band, which has been compared to the iconic country band Alabama in a recent Rolling Stone article, has become one of the hottest “breaking bands” in country music.

Matthew Ramsey (lead vocalist, electric guitarist), Brad Tursi (lead guitarist, background vocals), Trevor Rosen (acoustic guitarist, keys, background vocals), Geoff Sprung (bass, background vocals) and Whit Sellers (drums) organically formed their band Nashville over several years.

Ramsey and Sellers grew up together in Virginia and some years later a mutual friend reintroduced them when Sellers and Sprung played a show together. Tursi, who went to college with both Sellers and Sprung, then joined the band with Ramsey, Sellers and Sprung. Later Rosen joined, who worked with Ramsey as cowriters joined after, now comprising the five-piece band.

“It just kind of happened,” Ramsey said. “When we first started it was kind of like ‘me’ and my buddies playing and it just became a band.”

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the state of Virginia.

In terms of their sound, Rosen said the band keeps their minds open.

“Naturally when we are writing we are not setting out for something like this,” Rosen said. “If somebody does something cool or starts a cool beat then we are like ‘hey that sounds cool.’ We aren’t trying to figure out a sound that should be on the radio we are just trying to chase down whatever sounds good to us.”

Their self-titled EP, released in 2014, combines both the classic country sound, with gritty rock and even a little bit of

We aren’t just country fans or rock fans. There is just a national progression to this band and our influences seep into what we write.”

selves on this very fact: they are a band with no front man and a background band, reviving the vintage and traditional phenomenon that is the band.

They chose the name Old Dominion as a testament to their southern heritage where four of the members are from, “Old Dominion” being the nickname for

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Hip-Hop. The five subsequent tracks speak to classic country audiences addressing boozy parties, passionate love and regrettable decision-making, all while combining different musical sounds and influences.

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‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ thrives on its absurdity and actors TELEVISION DEVON SCHUMAN STAFF WRITER

I have to admit, I was skeptical when I first sat down to watch Netflix’s new original series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Based on the previews, the comedy starring Ellie Kemper (“The Office,” “Bridesmaids”) and produced by Tina Fey (“30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live”) appeared to just be jumping on the Zooey Deschanel “quirky” train, gathering all of its laughs from the silly escapades of a girl with a big smile and a cute giggle.

However, after watching the first few episodes, it became clear that this show is jumping on no trains; it is forging its own path.

The show is unique from the start, jumping right into its one-ofa-kind storyline. It follows the story of Kimmy Schmidt, a girl from Indiana. At a young age, Kimmy and three other girls are persuaded by a cult reverend that the world is going to end, so he has them live underground in an apocalyptic bunker.

Fifteen years later, they are rescued by a SWAT team and brought up to the real world again to find that life

had gone on without them. With a fresh start, Kimmy sets out to begin a new life in New York City, determined to not be “broken” by the obstacles in her path.

Kemper is delightful as the naive Kimmy Schmidt. Similar to her role as the innocent Erin on “The Office,” the character of Kimmy allows Kemper to showcase her enthusiastic joy and optimism in the face of the cruel world around her. Despite her childish exterior, Kimmy is stubborn and persistent and refuses to be knocked down by the misfortunes that continue to befall her.

Furthermore, it is intriguing to view the world through the fresh eyes of someone who is just now reentering it after being gone for so long. With this unique perspective, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” is able to highlight the absurdity of modern day society. When at a club, Kimmy is asked by two girls if she wants to party with them and if she likes Molly. “I love Molly!” Kimmy replies. “She’s like, my favorite American Girl Doll!”

If this show can be compared to any other, it would be “30 Rock.”

Although she does not actually appear in the show, one can immediately feel Tina Fey’s presence on

Rewind to Wednesday, Feb. 18. Withholding the possibility that you are aware of the Christian season that was just beginning, you may have found your perception of cultural normalcy at Miami sharply ruptured by the sight of ashes emblazoned across the foreheads of students.

This fashioning of burnt palm fronds upon the forehead in the form of a cross, done by a member of the Christian clergy, takes place during a ceremony dubbed Ash Wednesday, which both marks the beginning of the Lenten season, as well as one’s commitment to Christianity.

Lent, otherwise known in Latin as “Quadragesima” (which translates to Fortieth in English — it’s not too difficult to see why the Latin phrase didn’t catch on), is a 40-day period during which an individual fasts, or abstains, from some form of luxury, pleasure or vice. This exercise of control over the body is meant to simulate the Christian tale of the 40day period during which Jesus Christ fasted while being tempted

by Satan, prior to his crucifixion and rising from the dead, an event celebrated by Easter.

Given the Christian population at Miami, there are a remarkably large number of students who engage in the Lenten ritual of fasting, although how they interpret it widely varies.

First-year Julia Pair said chose to give up swearing for Lent.

“It’s considered an unprofessional and rude habit,” she said.

“Plus, you never really know how new people around you are going to perceive and react to cursing in the first place.”

Junior Ben Sandlin has a different practice.

“I personally think Lent isn’t always about removing something from your life as much as

it can be about introducing new positive experiences,” he said.

“So, for example, I decided that whenever anyone recommends a book, musician or artist to me I really do take the time to look at it. It’s incredible how much of a difference it can make to you and others.”

Although the basic tenets of the Lenten calendar have remained consistent, the question as to what exactly constitutes an adequate sacrifice during the Lenten season has led to differences in interpretation within the Christian faith, no less a consequence of religion’s dynamic socio-historical nature.

Austin Mitchell, a senior studying Arabic and Philosophy, with strong interests in Christianity, reflected on the complexities of the concept of sacrifice within Lent.

“Personally, I think if you do not understand why you are fasting, namely to give something up in order to use that time or resource to provide for another, or to spend time with the Lord, then any fasting you do is hypocritical in a sense,” he said.

He pointed out other instances where specific Lenten sacrifices may not make sense in particular contexts.

“If someone decides to give up ‘X, Y or Z’ for Lent because their church is doing so, and that is the extent of their thought, then they are taking [the sacrifice] too lightly, and inadvertently show apathy toward the whole thing,” Mitchell said. “On the other hand, if someone becomes legalistic and prideful about their fasting for Lent, such as patrolling the actions of others around them or giving themselves a ‘holier than thou’ complex, then they are taking it too seriously in a wrong manner.”

Despite the differences in sentiments, attitudes and interpretations toward Lent that one may hold, its message of self-sacrifice for a force, belief or set of values beyond oneself is worth examining.

the screen. The humor is abundant and offbeat. It attempts to point out the ridiculousness evident in all aspects of society. When Kimmy’s roommate, Titus, exclaims, “This isn’t the Chinatown bus. You can’t just choke someone while they’re sleeping,” I felt like I was back at 30 Rockefeller Plaza with Jack, Tracy and Liz Lemon.

Also like “30 Rock,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” doesn’t always hit its mark. By packing so many jokes into its 25-minute episodes, it ensures that not every one of them is going to make us laugh.

In addition, some of the storylines are way too over the top. For instance, episode 2’s side plot, in which Titus and others are forced to remain in their ridiculous costumed occupations (subway mariachi bands, Times Square robot dancers, etc.) all because of a corrupt costume salesman who won’t give them back their security deposits, is so outrageous to the point that it is not that funny and it detracts from the rest of the episode.

Despite the show’s focus on Kimmy, the real star of the show is Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock”). Krakowski plays Jacqueline Voorhees, an KIMMY »PAGE 9

‘Ida’ trumps the best American films FILM JACK RYAN

STAFF WRITER

“Ida,” the recent Oscar laureate for Best Foreign Film, may be one of the most unique films I’ve ever seen.

The peckish nature of its titular character, its uncommonly short runtime (only 82 minutes), and its black and white cinematography give an illusion of simplicity, of palpable theme, but this is not necessarily an “easy” film. “Ida” is simultaneously liberal and conservative, freeing us to explore its depth and rich nature through its reliance on convention, creating a cinematic experience unlike any other in recent memory.

Set in Poland in the early ’60s, “Ida” follows orphaned nun Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska), a novice on the brink of taking her vows. A few weeks before the ceremony, her Mother Superior tells her that she must visit her last living relative. Anna agrees, and treks away from the convent for the first time in her sentient life. Upon arriving in the town of Lodz, Anna meets Wanda (Agata Kulesza), her haunted, yet compassionate aunt, who reveals several new things to Anna.

Her name isn’t Anna, but Ida Lebenstein; she was born Jewish, not Catholic; and she was orphaned as a result of late World War II genocide, where her entire family was murdered by Christians in their hometown. Ida stays utterly calm and ambiguous throughout these revelations, wishing to find her family’s remains and relocate them to the family grave plot. Wanda, a former Communist resistance fighter and state prosecutor, has demons of her own in Ida’s destina-

tion and agrees to assist her.

Together they set out to the town of Ida’s birth and Wanda’s youth and from here, “Ida” becomes a road movie. Traditionally, this means a few people are tossed in a car and we watch what they do or evoke from one another, but that doesn’t happen in a straightforward matter here. Ida seems equal parts numb and disciplined, resulting in a lack of anything to say. Wanda, tormented by her past and slowly unwinding mentally, doesn’t have anything she wants to say either.

We learn more about their characters through their mere presence than through their conversation, with juxtaposition reinforcing their opposing natures. Like most trip movies, the transit itself is very important, with stops for drunk crashes and religious monuments showcasing Wanda’s fervent alcoholism and Ida’s similar devotedness to God. These characters are portrayed wonderfully by the two lead actresses, who speak volumes through their respective silence. All I will say of the final act of “Ida” is that it is equal parts peculiar and spellbinding, driving home major statements about faith and identity.

“Ida” is reserved cinema at its finest. The rigidly still camera, black and white photography, and dialogue-scarce script force us into thinking about characters’ insights, rather than having them handed to us. Frequent shots force Ida’s head into the corner of the frame resembling newspaper cartoons, giving us the space to insert a cloudy thought bubble of our own. The beautiful lack of color allows for blatant separation between Ida’s light peacoat and Wanda’s dark wardrobe, but at points the film seem nearly grayscale, interlocking IDA »PAGE 9

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healthy, and every decision made on that day and every day should be smart and safe,” said senior and HAWKS representative Lydia Dysart.

Green Beer Day is a Miami tradition that dates back to 1952, but with the tradition of drinking green beer in the early morning hours, there is also the tradition of potential mishaps on and off campus.

The forum focused on the logical decisions that should be made rather than following what others think is the norm.

“There is this cultural notion surrounding the holiday that you get up early and party all day long, but that tends to lead to overconsumption, which in turn leads to poor decision making,” Ben Spilman, lieutenant of the MUPD said. “This is when you get in trouble and potentially commit other crimes that attract the attention of the police. If you want to participate, you need to be responsible and not over consume.”

One of the most common misconceptions about Green Beer Day among students is that by going Uptown with a green tongue individuals will automatically be questioned by the authorities.

One student addressed the panel of MUPD and OPD officers with this question and received an immediate response from MUPD Sergeant Susan Tobergte, “Well, how old is your tongue?”

The same laws apply to drinking underage on Green Beer Day as they do on any day, said OPD Sargent Jon Varley. If an individual’s tongue is green, you appear to be underage and intoxicated, the police have probable cause to approach and question that individual, according to the panel.

Another topic that was of interest to students was the topic of drinking on private and public property, and the legality behind both of those.

“The sidewalk is usually about the limit,” Varley said. “When you step onto that sidewalk and off of someone’s property is when you become fair game.”

The most common complaints OPD receives on Green Beer Day stem from noise and litter.

“These give us legal justification to go onto that property and the house and individuals on that property become fair game at this point,” Varley said.

The number of students that get arrested on Green Beer Day fluctuates with no rhyme or reason, according to the OPD. “There are some years when we have a lot of arrests and other years where we don’t have many at all,” Varley said.

The main point that the panel intended to get across to students was that when they do something illegal on Green Beer Day, it is still illegal.

Underage drinking, walking around with an open container and extreme public intoxication are still matters that are to be taken seriously on Green Beer Day. The crime and arrest rates on this day are also just like that of any other.

“There isn’t much of a correlation between crime and Green Beer Day,” Spilman said. “The correlation that exists is between alcohol and crime, which does not seem to increase significantly on that day.”

Every year, MUPD prepares for additional activity on campus, but there are no extraordinary staffing changes.

“The activity is pretty miniscule on campus on that day, but those of us who aren’t normally dressed in uniform will be in case additional manpower is needed on Green Beer Day,” Spilman said.

The majority of the complaints that the MUPD receives on Green Beer Day consist of faculty members reporting intoxicated and disruptive students. According to Spilman, they won’t tolerate the intoxication of their students in a public setting, which is when the MUPD intervenes.

“This is our way of helping students to have a positive and not a negative experience on Green Beer Day,” Krumpak said. “As representatives of the students we want to make sure we’re doing everything we can to help them.”

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A culture of hooking up: It’s not an everybody thing, but it is a college thing EDITORIAL

You know that running list of things the world is blaming our generation for? Well, we should take hookup culture off the list.

Because we did not invent the hookup. We are not the sole owners of the casual sex revolution.

That title doesn’t belong to us.

If anyone, the title belongs to our parents or grandparents because they had just as much sex in college as we’re having now.

A study in TIME Magazine from last year shows that the sexual practices of our generation aren’t much different from those of our parents.

Hooking up in college is not new or newsworthy or a unique point of describing our generation. It’s a college thing. College has always been a place for sex, if that’s what we mean by hooking up anyway.

None of us are really that shocked by the steady stream

The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board. of hookups that happen on the weekend. So why do we, quite literally, keep doing it?

When we get to college, many of us shed the idealized American dream of marrying our high school sweetheart as soon as we get our first breath of independence. Suddenly, there are swarms of potential suitors around every corner, in every class, in every bar and on every social media site.

We find out there are quicker, cheaper, more instantaneous ways to get what we want out of the opposite sex. We find out that mornings are for a whirlwind of baseball analogies and blurry recollections and loose definitions. We don’t judge each other for it. We all accept it. Because hookups (when done safely of course) are low risk, time-efficient and usually go hand-in-hand with drinking.

For women, it’s empowering

and liberating. We can suddenly walk up to any dude in the room and break every old-fashioned code. Guys don’t have to put the effort into being chivalrous and girls don’t have to wait around to be asked out.

We all just get drunk, swipe right, send that flirty text and a human appears. In most cases, we can choose how committed we want to be. If we have a busy week of classes and exams, we aren’t tied to hanging out with one person. But when we want it, just press a button. It’s all very casual.

And that’s what we’re about at our age. To be anything not casual is like aging 20 years and giving up your right to wear yoga pants or hockey jerseys to class.

But let’s be honest. In the back of our minds, we all know the day will come when we’re tired of casual. When college is over

or our twenties are over and we want something more stable. Because if our generation behaves anything like generations before us, we’re all striving, in the long run, for something more. On some level, we all like the idea of monogamy, the whole boyfriend/ girlfriend deal. We think maybe we’ll get married when we’re 30 or maybe we’ll just date one person someday. But not yet. Not until we’re ready.

Here’s something worth noting. Not everyone is hooking up. According to another study in TIME magazine, only 15 percent of college kids across the country consider themselves a part of hookup culture.

If you need more evidence, look no further than The Editorial Board. Of the eight editors in this conversation, seven of us are in those real relationships.

That means about 13 percent of

belongs to the non-relationship camp.

Coming from the relationship camp, there’s a lot to be said for not hooking up with a bunch of different people who may or may not know your name.

But when we talk about dating in college, hookup culture is all we hear about. Most of us have dabbled down the hookup route, the friends with benefits route, the drunken late night “where are you” text route. There’s nothing wrong with it, but some of us found out we liked something else better.

So when it comes to labeling us as the inventors of hookup culture, that’s not quite right. Some of us do it and will keep doing it, but a lot of us won’t. Hooking up isn’t really a culture or an epidemic; it’s a phase we all go through.

And it’s something we’ll probably grow out of.

Brazil as host for World Cup, Olympic Games is proving to be a premature choice GLOBAL

The honeymoon phase is over for Brazil’s vast economic expansion. And in the thick of its commitments as host for both the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics Games, the slump has arrived at a particularly disagreeable time.

Brazil has barely reached two percent in annual growth since President Dilma Rousseff took office in 2011, and has been hovering around and below zero economic growth for the last year, according to estimates from the International Monetary Fund. This stagnation doesn’t bode well for a country spending tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure and preparation costs.

In an effort to show off its economic strength — which is ironic, given its current plight — Brazil

splurged on World Cup and Olympics spending, erecting intricate, state-of-the art stadiums, including one in the heart of the Amazon that resembles a woven basket.

When it’s all said and done, the BRIC country is projected to have spent a combined amount of more than $30 billion on the two events, according to Americas Quarterly.

To put this in perspective, consider that Brazil has the seventh largest economy in the world, and that its entire agricultural sector contributes about $126 billion to the country’s annual GDP — just over four times what will be spent on these short-lived events.

Basically, it’s a lot of money.

But, perhaps Brazil isn’t to be blamed for what now comes off as reckless spending and two poorly considered commitments. After all, when Brazil was selected as host country for the World Cup in

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The beauty of Bishop Woods Trees of Miami, beautiful trees, What do you dream in your reveries? …Truth, remembrance, youth, of these You brood in your ancient reveries.

This poem, by Miami University Poet-in-Residence Percy MacKaye, is inscribed on a masonry tablet found on one of the exterior walls of Upham Hall across from Bishop Woods. MacKaye lived in a small cabin in Bishop Woods during his days at Miami in the early twentieth century. The poem stands as a memorial to the rural environment out of which Miami University was carved.

Upham Hall was built on the fringes of that little forest, known as Bishop Woods, where MacKaye lived and penned his poetry. The area carries the name of Miami’s first president, Robert Hamilton Bishop. It is the last remnant of a wild nature within the confines of Miami’s modern campus, and it speaks volumes about the history of the institution.

Sometimes nature teaches us more than what can be found in books, computers and classrooms.

In nature’s realm we find the solace that is lacking in the chaotic world of human activity, the space necessary for psychological nourishment.

Each year, new faculty and students who busily circulate through the campus may find the uniqueness of Bishop Woods communicates a small fraction of the university’s history and natural charm. The birds that inhabit the trees are given a sanctuary in this modern world of vanishing natural habitat. One enters this place with a kind of reverence that is not to

be found elsewhere on Miami’s campus.

The Natural Areas Committee, now in the stages of developing changes to Bishop Woods, will soon be acting upon their ideas for the future of this special place. Hopefully, the result of these changes will be sensitive to Miami’s heritage rooted in the natural beauty and freedom around us, without the stamp of human will. Once the changes are made, we may lose a significant portion of the ‘dreams’ and ‘reveries’ pointed out to us by poet Percy MacKaye.

Bishop Woods represents a tiny microcosm of that wild and beautiful nature which sustained the first nation of NativeAmericans whose name Miami University adopted. Efforts to manicure and control nature merely remind us of our unsavory use of power against the natural environment and its peace-giving qualities that prove to be a perfect balance to bricks, mortar and sidewalks.

Historians tell us that everything changes, but preserving the best of our past for the benefit of future generations is a choice that we can make. The human race has been altering the planet’s environment at an alarming rate during the past two centuries since Miami University was founded. Bishop Woods has, until now, stood as Miami’s testament of natural preservation. With all due respect for the Natural Areas Committee and its deliberations, one wonders if the proposed changes to this area will be worthy of the return of springtime and the celebration of Earth Day, 2015.

DR. JEROME STANLEY

EMERITUS, MIAMI UNIVERSITY

2007, its economy was booming.

And the following year, when it was bidding for the 2016 Olympic ticket, Brazil’s economy continued to thrive.

Even in 2009, when the global economic crisis took its toll on the country, the rest of the world remained optimistic (and with good reason, as Brazil bounced back in 2010 to an almost-eight percent growth rate).

Then, in October 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected Rio de Janeiro to stage the 2016 Games, marking Brazil as the first South American country to host the Olympics.

“Rio will deliver an unforgettable Games,” President Lula said when the IOC announced the bid city. “You will see for yourselves the passion, the energy and the creativity of the Brazilian people.”

It actually wasn’t until about

2003 that Brazil’s economy took off under Lula’s leadership — still a young, emerging economy in 2009 — so when the bid city was announced, it should have raised some eyebrows across the globe.

But, in fact, this is true to form for the IOC, which has a reputation for selecting host countries that will gain something from the responsibility and spotlight that comes with hosting the Olympics.

For instance, many speculated that the 1998 Games in Seoul were intended to promote government reform in South Korea and the 2008 Games in Beijing an attempt at liberalizing China. In Rio’s case, the IOC hoped to expedite economic development in Brazil (not to mention finally name a South American country to the spot).

And although this opportunity is (and the World Cup was) a great

way for Brazilians to show pride in their country and to provide Brazil a better foothold in the international order, the decision was premature.

Both the World Cup and the Olympics announce their bids seven years prior to the events themselves. At the time of selection, Brazil’s economy hadn’t even seen significant economic growth for that many years, and given the volatile nature of state economies, it’s hard to imagine a committee that would approve such a rash decision. And for Brazil to take on both events back to back — an undertaking preceded only by the United States in 1994 and 1996 — was the most irrational decision of all.

And now Brazil is paying for it — literally.

EMILY TATE

TATEEC@MIAMIOH.EDU

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Continuing the feminist fight: Gender inequality is still around and we need to face it When reading Greta Hallberg’s recent opinion piece, titled “Gender roles should not be up for partisan debate,” I had two reactions. I was happy that a student was so moved by something she had learned in class, but I was befuddled by the conclusions she drew. I, like Ms. Hallberg, was disturbed that “only 60 percent of the population agreed” that “women should have an equal role as men in society,” according to a 2008 survey. I subsequently learned that the results were a bit more complex, as respondents weren’t asked to simply agree or disagree with the statement; they placed themselves on a scale of agreement. According to the survey website, Democrats and Republicans seemed just about as likely to lean toward gender equality, although those who deemed themselves to be “liberal” were more likely than those who labeled themselves as “conservative” to do so.

Although the finding is disturbing, it is not surprising in light of a 2010 Pew Research survey, which found that 67 percent of American adults said that it is very important for a man to be able to support a family financially before he marries, while only 33 percent said the same for a woman.

This is just one example to show that many people in the U.S. still have differing expectations for men and women regarding familial and social roles.

Another 2010 Pew Research Report also asked about gender equality and found that 97 percent of American adults believed that “women should have equal rights with men.” But, among those supporters of equal rights, only 64 percent thought more changes were

needed for women to have equal rights. Thus, it seems, that a significant minority of people believe that we have achieved gender equality in the U.S. — despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. And this is where it seems that Hallberg and I begin to diverge in our thinking. She asserted that “countless women have risen to prominence in Washington, playing an equal role as their male counterparts.” In actuality, it’s quite easy to count these women; for example, the total number of women who have ever served in Congress is 313, compared to almost 12,000 men.

Currently, only 20 percent of our Congress people are women — the highest percentage in U.S. history.

To say that women in Washington have played a role equal to their male counterparts is far from true, especially given we’ve never had a woman in the Oval Office.

Hallberg concluded that “policies in Congress to eliminate the wage gap quite frankly aren’t going to work,” because “any kind of policy talk deepens the partisan divides about the issue” and “talking about gender equality will only polarize the parties on their view of women and their role in society.” So, we don’t want our policymakers to talk about the fact that gender inequality still exists, even though their jobs are to govern our nation by creating policies to solve social and economic problems? Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, should the suffragists have just acted like women were being treated fairly rather than fight for women’s right to vote? Gender inequality has realworld implications even today; for example, on average, full-time working women earn just $.78 for every dollar earned by men, and

women are more likely than men to live in poverty. Undoubtedly, gender discrimination was more overt and clear-cut in the past, while today it works in more complex ways such that factors like parental status need to be taken into account (see Coontz, 2015). But that complexity means that we all need to better educate ourselves about these problems — and the potential solutions.I am very happy that Hallberg and (hopefully) many other young people have had gender equality “deeply ingrained” in them through their upbringing and have not felt held back or discriminated against because of their gender. Many of us here at Miami have experienced social and/or educational privilege — but not all Americans have or will.

We need to look beyond our own individual situations and realize how others are still oppressed due to their social location with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, physical ability, etc.

Our feminist foremothers and fathers fought hard so that we could feel that “gender should not be a political issue anymore” – but, as the old feminist adage goes: the personal is political. So, for the many individuals still personally affected by sexism, racism, heterosexism, etc., the fight rages on — and, as such, the fight should still be raging on for all who care about social justice — and especially those who consider themselves feminists.

KATE KUVALANKA

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FAMILY STUDIES DEPARTMENT KUVALAKA@MIAMIOH.EDU

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Defining manhood with a balance of softness and boldness LIFE

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KYLE HAYDEN DESIGN EDITOR

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

We need to talk about race in order to empower our kids This winter, students across the country are celebrated Black History Month. They’ve read books by black authors, wrote research papers on civil rights activists, memorized Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech, or watched videos about the Underground Railroad. And if they are taught honestly, as they learn about the struggle of the past, they’ll begin to recognize it in their own present — when a cashier squints suspiciously when they walk into a store, when they turn on the news and see another person who looks like them lose his life to senseless violence. These lessons are anything but history.

My kids are deeply impacted by these negative stereotypes, though they sometimes don’t even realize it. I hear them call their neighborhood “bad” and other neighborhoods “good.”

When I ask them what’s bad about the streets they live on, they immediately respond, “the people.” These people are their families, their neighbors, their friends and themselves. They don’t just say their neighborhoods have a lot of violence or not enough resources. They believe that the streets on which they are born and raised produce “bad” people.

This poses a real and urgent threat to these students, their communities and our country.

This school year marked the first in which the majority of

public school students are minorities. Our generation has a responsibility to work to ensure that each and every one of them is moving through a system that affirms their identities, shows them they’re valued, and allows them access to the opportunities they have been denied for far too long.

While the “whites only” signs of the 60s have come down, the reality of separate and unequal endures. Alongside glaring gaps in educational, employment and economic opportunity, people of color in this nation face a variety of subtler, no less damaging assumptions.

A successful black lawyer hears whispers of affirmative action.

A young black boy on a corner is seen as “lurking,” while his white peers “hang out.” A black college student is asked to give “the black perspective” to a seminar full of white students who are never asked to speak on behalf of their entire race.

I joined Teach For America because I couldn’t stand by while entire communities were denied the opportunity to reach their full potential through education. During my time at Miami, I truly bloomed. I was heavily involved with the office of community engagement and service during my freshman and sophomore year and participated in the urban plunge and EMPOWER. Once I joined my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, I got the chance

to discuss issues and challenges facing so many different communities I’m a part of: urban, woman, minority. These experiences opened me up and will put me on the path to a life of impact and import. Every student deserves access to them.

We have a long way to go as a country before we truly achieve justice for all. To fix the systemic oppression that has created the gross inequality of the present will take the hard, dedicated work of countless leaders and change-makers — many who have experienced it first-hand, others who bear witness to it from further away.

We must work toward these long-term changes as well as the immediate, urgent opportunities to change the way our students view themselves and their futures.

As teachers, we can play a central role in this. Every day, we can remind our kids that their thoughts, ideas, identities and opinions are important. We can share our own stories so that when our kids look to the front of the room, they see a little bit of themselves reflected back.

We can remind them that they matter, that they always have and that they always will.

SHELBY STONE-STEEL

2006 MIAMI ALUMNA SHELBY.SHELB@GMAIL.COM

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OHIO’S GREEN BEER THING Our rival in Athens had their annual Green Beer Day last week and in an article in their campus newspaper, they claimed “we aren’t trying to be like Miami.” Yeah, keep telling yourself that. Ours is better.

UK BASKETBALL’S SEASON The Kentucky Wildcats are currently at an uprecendented 34-0 season heading into the NCAA tournament. We may root for underdogs, but UK’s near perfect season is pretty impressive.

JUSTIN BIEBER ROAST We wholeheartedly support picking on Bieber, just check the Bieber Deportation Fund jar at Skippers. But we’re a little sad and jealous that we didn’t get to throw in our own insults at him, too.

There seems to exist a beautiful struggle that runs through all of us: embracing the unknowns of adulthood while trying to shed the remnants of adolescence.

This is especially relevant for us college students, where we exist in that weird transition bubble of not quite at the precipice of a Serious Life, but careening toward it, all the same.

I, too, struggle with this dichotomy. I do not know what manhood looks like, what defines its contours and what it means to be a man.

I lift that image of a beautiful struggle from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2008 memoir, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and An Unlikely Road to Manhood.

Coates is the type of writer I aspire to be: beautifully blunt.

He writes about issues, like poverty, institutional racism and as in his memoir, manhood, that don’t often get the type of play his voice lends it in the mainstream.

I’m not even 100 pages into his memoir and already it’s galvanized my mind, which inevitability leads to the need to lay down ink. Coates has that way about his writing.

He grew up in West Baltimore in the 1980s when crack came in like a thunderclap, under his Black Panther, NPRloving father, and his older brother, Big Bill. By his own admission, he was a rather mediocre student; his head was too often in the world of com-

didn’t have a whole lot to say about manhood. Unfortunately, “Goosebumps” seemed more preoccupied with the supernatural and the icky.

My dad was there, of course.

Yet, at 6’3 with broad shoulders and a voice with a tendency to boom, he was more of a to-befeared, stoic type; the kind of machismo flavor of manhood I could not identify with.

He was not cold, entirely.

There’s a distinct memory I have of when I was younger, playing on the backyard deck.

A bee stung my foot, which set off a flurry of tears. Within moments, I was wrapped up in his barrel chest and all seemed okay.

Whereas I wear my emotions on my sleeve, although mostly it leaks on to the page rather than verbally, my dad mostly confined his emotions to the closedoff chatter with my mom.

Manhood, in that sense, remained elusive, then, as I freefalled into it, whatever it was.

My older brother took after my father with his broad shoulders and the penchant for machismo.

I’ve never felt comfortable in my adult skin. It feels like it was sent to the wrong person. Return to sender, please. That’s not to say I lay this all at the doorstep of the primary male figures in my life, my father and brother, but their presentation of manhood never quite fit me, either.

To quote Margaret Atwood, there is a belief of mine that everyone else is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

Or to put it another way. I was listening to Krista Tippett’s brilliant podcast, On Being, with researcher, Brené Brown, who specializes in vulnerability and shame. Perhaps most known for her Ted Talk on the subject.

She was at a book signing and at the end, a man came up to her and pointed out to her that she

I like to think book lovers, in part, are created in the crucible of social outcasting. Books allow the lepers of society, like how I often would picture myself, to live vicariously through the protagonists as they encountered wild adventures and thrills.”

ics, professional wrestling and his own imagination.

Merely walking home from school was a case study in the different lived experiences of inner-city school children, particular black and brown ones.

Other kids would start fights just to test you, to see if you were “hard.” To be soft was to paint yourself a target and eventually, to get your ass kicked.

“The Conscious among us knew the whole race was going down, that we’d freed ourselves from slavery and Jim Crow but not the great shackling of our minds,” Coates said.

Certainly, my experience at a predominately white, middle-class suburban high school is hardly comparable to inner-city dwellings. However, school was always a scary place to me. A place where I felt utterly vulnerable to the whims of barbarian adolescents.

Even if half of that was in my head, it still manifested into a tangible, potent fear. Luckily, I was only tested for “softness” with verbal barbs. Foureyes, pizza-face, nerd, those kinds of things. Isolated they are brushed off; accumulated school year after school year, it becomes self-actualizing.

I like to think book lovers, in part, are created in the crucible of social outcasting. Books allow the lepers of society, like how I often would picture myself, to live vicariously through the protagonists as they encountered wild adventures and thrills.

But books, despite being great portals into other worlds, still

didn’t mention men in her writing. True enough, she said, she only researched women.

“That’s convenient. Because we have shame. We have deep shame. When we reach out, we get the emotion beat out of us. My wife and three daughters, they had rather see me die on top of my white horse than have to watch me fall off,” the man said.

Just as it floored Brown, it floored me. While I can talk about the machismo of my father and my brother, there is a real sense that while woman can talk about desiring a sensitive, vulnerable man, it doesn’t seem to fully hold.

According to Brown, men told stories of opening up and being vulnerable with the woman in their relationship, but that the woman just could not stomach it; it’s dynamic changing.

“For men, there’s really a kind of singular suffocating expectation and that is, do not be perceived as weak,” Brown said.

It’s hard to walk around with your chest puffed out and putting on the airs of strength all the time. I exist in the duality of wanting to conform to those airs, fearful of my weaknesses, while also not being able to help showcasing them.

I want to be beautifully bold, too, like Coates for lending a voice to the ambiguity of manhood or like Brown for giving that Ted Talk.

Maybe this is a start.

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tened to all different types of music and we enjoy it when someone does something cool in any of those veins,” Tursi said.

“It sparks our attention. Its kind of like subconscious influence.”

Each member writes almost everyday whether on their own, or with each other.

“We might have other people that we write with as well so [the process] can start at a sound check or we could be hammering it out in a room,” Rosen said, referring to their track “Break Up With Him.” The band have been independently establishing themselves as successful songwriters in Nashville before and during their band career. Members have composed country hits for bands like The Band Perry, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan and more, which makes them accustomed to writing radio friendly and catchy songs for the wide range of country audiences.

“Just to think like how many songs are written everyday and for your song to even get heard, first of all, is a miracle and then for everybody to like it is another miracle and then for it to get recorded and then released in itself is awesome,” Tursi said.

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But, that is not all the band has in store. Their long stretch of touring, which began last Wednesday with their performance at Brick Street Bar, will continue until late this year when they support Kenney Chesney’s “Big Revival Tour.” “[Chesney] recorded a song that Brian [Tursi] and I wrote called ‘Save it For a Rainy Day,’” Ramsey said. “He was familiar with us and he liked our music.

We were put in the running with other acts but for whatever reason, we beat them out.”

They will also be supporting Eli Young Band and Brett Eldredge for parts of their tours before they meet up with Chesney late spring.

“It’s an impossible journey and it is pretty gratifying,” Ramsey said, reflecting on the band’s career a s a whole.

With such a positive response in Nashville and now at the beginning of their tour, Old Dominion looks forward to their journey across the country on their unnamed bus.

“We have three names floating around, Ramsey said of their tour bus.

“The Fridge,” Tursi suggested.

“Oprah!” Sprung said back.

“We’re still working on it,” Ramsey said. “I think the name for this bus will reveal itself.”

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made are based on how to serve the students better.

Senior Anna Bethlahmy said these satellite locations would be beneficial to Miami as a whole.

“I think it’s a good idea, especially for people who live far from the gym,” she said. “Renovating the Talawanda site is better for people who are off-campus.”

David Creamer, senior vice president of Miami Business and Financial Services, detailed the funding process for these projects.

Creamer stressed that there will be no new student fees, and that these projects will be funded with the Rec’s existing funds.

He said that the Rec Center has funds already allocated to replace equipment and to purchase new equipment, and that Miami will appropriate funds for the satellite locations.

The only fees from students would be incurred if they choose to sign up for group fitness classes and to participate in club sports, as aligns with current recreation policy. There will be no fee for individual exercise.

Opening satellite locations will allow the original recreation center to maintain its purpose: to serve students.

“The Rec Center was built on a philosophy of drop-in recreation,” Curry said. “That’s why we don’t hold intramural sports here. Even during swim meets, there are lanes open for students to work out.”

In the future, it is possible that the Rec Center may open additional satellite locations, should opportunities arise.

“We generally say yes if there’s any space on campus,” Arnos said.

goal in the final few minutes sealed the victory for The Brotherhood.

“They’re a really tough team to play against and we knew that coming into it,” senior center and team captain Austin Czarnik said. “We knew we had to match their intensity and I think we did a pretty good job with that. So I think a takeaway is that we can play with some of the toughest teams in the nation. So we’re excited about that and ready to move forward.”

Western Michigan outshot Miami 35-26 overall, and neither team converted on five tries on the power play. Williams’ shutout was his fifth this season and the seventh in his career.

“As I told the guys in the locker room, I’m proud of them,” Blasi said. “Our whole coaching staff is proud of them. It’s not easy to play game three, a deciding game, and they played hard. My hat goes off to Western Michigan too, they played hard.

We’re happy to be going back to the Target Center.”

The Brotherhood travels to Minnesota for the Frozen Faceoff in a rematch of last year’s championship game against No. 5 University of Denver. Puck drop is 8:38 p.m. EST Friday.

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insanely rich woman from a high class family who hires Kimmy as a babysitter for her bratty son and party-hard daughter. Voorhees is very similar to Krakowski’s character of Jenna on “30 Rock” in that she holds an insanely biased and entitled rich-person’s view of the world, as evidenced through her decision to pump her dog’s stomach so that its “anus is purely ornamental,” or her ridiculous sayings such as “I thought I’d take a jog. I only had time to workout four times today.”

However, as Tina Fey is an expert at writing great roles for women, it soon becomes clear that Voorhees is not just the trophy wife bimbo she appears to be from the start. She has many issues: she’s unloved by her cheating husband, disrespected by her horrid children,

and she can’t seem to find the happiness she was searching for when she, as a teenager, denounced her Native American heritage, dyed her hair blond, and left her family and South Dakota for the hopeful streets of New York.

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color and lighting in ways that parallel Ida’s and Wanda’s struggle with character. “Ida” does more with silence than most do with words or color; if you ever want a crash course on visual storytelling, watch this movie.

As is the case with many foreign films, subtitles and the sound of unknown language, in this case Polish, tend to be off-putting, but do not let that push you away from “Ida.” Simply put, this movie is better than most English ones, using confident style instead of monotonous substance to tell its story.

If you have just an hour and a half available, grab a seat and watch the austere beauty and power of “Ida” unfold on your screen. You’ll be glad you did.

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ETSU walk-off series sweep.

Though failing to pick up a win was “extremely frustrating” for Hayden, he and the coaching staff believe the weekend as a whole was a turnaround offensively.

“Hopefully it’s step one of turning this thing around,” Hayden said. “We didn’t play good enough baseball this weekend. We’ve got to take accountability for that.”

Miami returns to the diamond for a two-game faceoff with Xavier University this week.

Xavier (4-14) enters the series on a 10-game losing streak after being swept by Tulane University last weekend. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. Tuesday in Cincinnati. The second contest begins 6 p.m. Wednesday in Oxford.

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Though it took a deciding third game, No. 6 Miami University hockey outlasted Western Michigan University this weekend to advance to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff semifinals.

Jay Williams completed his fifth career shutout in the crucial third game Sunday night. The junior goaltender stopped 35 shots in a 4-0 win.

“The most important thing is we got the win,” Williams said. “We have an opportunity to play next week for a championship, so that’s what the focus is on. Shutouts are tough to come by. You’ve got to get a few lucky breaks. I think more than anything it’s a testament to the team defense. The guys were unbelievable, blocking shots in front of me.

The shutout’s nice, but the win is more important.”

Senior center Blake Coleman posted eight points (four goals, four assists) as he led the RedHawks through the series. Coleman’s big weekend makes him the 50th player in Miami history to reach

100 career points.

“It’s pretty special,” Coleman said. “Tonight was a really emotional game for me and the rest of my class.

But nobody reaches that mark without the help of their teammates, so shout out to everybody that I played with. It’s a team effort, and I’m just happy we got the wins.”

Miami (23-13-1, 15-9-1-1 NCHC) opened the series with a 5-3 victory Friday. The Broncos (14-18-5, 6-14-5-4 NCHC) led twice during the game, but both leads were erased with RedHawk power play goals.

“When you’re down in playoff hockey, you have to stay in it,” head coach Enrico Blasi said Friday. “You have to keep playing, and I think that’s what happened tonight.”

WMU outshot the RedHawks 34-25 overall, marking the secondstraight game Miami has won while being outshot. MU was 2 for 5 on the power play and killed off the Broncos’ lone power play in the first period. McKay improved to 5-0-1 in his last six starts after stopping 31 of 34 shots, while his counterpart junior Lukas Hafner stopped 20 of 24 Miami shots.

Saturday’s game told a different story. Western Michigan University’s five-goal second period stifled Mi-

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Freshman forward Conor Lemirande and junior forward Andrew Schmit struggle to gain possession of the puck in the corner with WMU’s junior defenseman Kenney Morrison. Miami took the weekend series 2-1. ami’s postseason pursuit, as WMU downed Miami 7-5 to force a deciding third game in the weekend’s bestof-three series.

“They executed better than we did tonight,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “We gave them some pretty good chances and they capitalized on it. That’s the story of the game.”

MU outshot WMU 49-25 overall.

The RedHawks were 1 for 5 on the power play, while the Broncos were 1 for 4 on theirs.

“Their defensemen did a good job keeping us to the outside,” Blasi said.

“We didn’t really get second chances.

Their goaltender played well when we did have clear-cut shots on net.

Whoever was in net for them made the big save.”

The ’Hawks were the first to draw blood Sunday after freshman defenseman Scott Dornbrock scored his second goal of the year midway through the first period. Miami continued the quick pace in the second period, putting up two goals in just over three minutes. An empty net HOCKEY »PAGE 9

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COLEMAN UNSTOPPABLE Senior center Blake Coleman led the RedHawks with eight points in the weekend’s three-game series. Coleman became the 50th player in Miami history to reach 100 career points.

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Though the Miami University baseball team finally found some offense, it was not enough to snap a now seven-game losing streak after being swept by East Tennessee State University last weekend.

The RedHawks (2-12) lost all three games by a combined four runs. The Friday series opener ended in a 7-5 defeat and was followed by a 6-5 loss Saturday and an 11-10 loss Sunday.

The Buccaneers snapped a fivegame losing skid and improved to 10-7 on the season.

Friday’s contest showed a glimmer of hope for the RedHawks as they outhit the Bucs 13-6, but it could have been better for manager Danny Hayden’s team. Twelve men were left on base, and senior Ryan Powers allowed six earned runs.

Powers (1-4) walked five, hit a batter and managed only one strikeout.

ETSU senior Jimmy Nesselt had a career night on the mound.

Nesselt (3-0) pitched 7 innings and struck out a career-high 12 batters while only walking two and giving up three earned runs.

RedHawk senior Matt Honchel went 1-4 at bat, and junior shortstop Chad Sedio went 2-5 with one RBI. Senior catcher Max Andresen went 3-5 and scored twice in his best game of the year.

ETSU junior first basemen Kevin Phillips was on fire, going 2-3 with four RBIs. Phillips’ two-run home run in the third inning to give the Bucs a 3-2 lead.

The RedHawks had another solid offensive display spoiled Saturday.

This time it was not so much a result of shaky pitching as it was bad defense.

Sophomore Jacob Banks (1-4) pitched 6.2 innings, allowing two earned runs and four runs total.

Banks also totaled three strikeouts and one walk.

Sophomore southpaw Ryan Marske pitched 1.3 innings at relief.

Marske struck out two and didn’t allow a single man to reach base.

“We’re definitely looking for ways to expand his role,” Hayden said. “We’ve got to find more innings for him to pitch.”

Buccaneer sophomore Jamin McCann achieved his first win at relief. McCann (1-0) dealt 2.2 innings to allow two earned runs.

Sedio had another solid day at the plate. He was 3-5 at bat and added another RBI for the RedHawks.

Junior second basemen Trey York was the hero for Eastern Tennessee, going 2-3 with 2 RBIs. The Sunday finale was a slugfest. The two squads combined for 30 hits and 21 runs in the tilt.

Senior righty Nathan Williams allowed seven runs, five of which were earned, in 4.2 innings.

Williams (0-1) allowed 10 hits and walked two.

ETSU led 10-5 entering the ninth inning, but Miami scored five runs to tie the game.

After Bucs senior Zach Thompson singled in the bottom of the ninth, junior Jeremy Taylor found a gap to bring Thompson home for a FROM BASEBALL »PAGE 9

If we’ve learned one thing from the NFL’s free agency period, it’s that Eagles coach and head of football operations Chip Kelly is a man with a plan.

And that leaves NFL watchers with one question: will Kelly’s plan work?

Kelly broke into the NFL two years ago after a historically impressive run at Oregon (a 46-7 record in four seasons) and led the Eagles to two consecutive 10-6 finishes. This year, the Eagles sat at 9-3 when they limped to the season-end with a hapless Mark Sanchez as their quarterback.

In 2012, the Eagles went 4-12 and were utterly lost as a franchise. Kelly came in as the college football maven and ran the unlikely to work in the NFL uptempo spread offense in vogue in college football. Based on the results stated above, it’s safe to say it has worked and will continue to.

Eagles fans may be unhappy with some of Kelly’s unconventional moves this offseason, but they show the mark of a savvy franchise runner. Like Browns fans with Bill Belichick in the ‘90s, Eagles fans may not realize what gift they have, but if the wins continue to pile up they’ll have no choice but to embrace Kelly.

Kelly’s choice to trade running back LeSean McCoy—who has carried the ball over 600 times in the last two seasons—to the Bills for linebacker Kiko Alonso, an Oregon product, seemed to shock the league.

On top of Alonso, the Eagles also added Byron Maxwell of the Seahawks, who fits perfectly into the Philly defensive system.

Then Kelly replaced McCoy with Ryan Mathews from San Diego and DeMarco Murray, the NFL’s leading rusher last year for the division rival Cowboys. Both Murray and Mathews are slightly younger and have roughly 60 percent the number of carries in their careers as McCoy does. They also led the league in yards per carry out of the shotgun last season.

Needless to say, it looks like the Eagles running game will recover just fine from the loss of the declining McCoy. Signing two marquee backs is also a smart move. It will lighten the carry load for both—especially given the fact that the Eagles still have scat back Darren Sproles on their roster. Kelly’s also let Jeremy Maclin walk, just like he allowed Desean Jackson to do a year ago. Nick Foles, a guy who was never a great fit for the Kelly system, was traded to the Rams for the injury-riddled Sam Bradford.

Bradford is the other flashpoint for frustrated Eagles fans. Five years ago, Bradford was the first pick in the draft.

Five years later, he’s completed only two seasons and never had a winning record as a quarterback.

Bradford is still an upside player in the league. Bradford has said himself it doesn’t hurt that the Eagles offense is quite similar to the one he ran at Oklahoma. It is a quarterback-friendly system. Before Foles’ injury and the inconsistent play that resulted, even he was a pro bowler in the Kelly system for a season.

Keep in mind the NFL is all about winning your division.

The Eagles just poached the best player from the NFC Eastwinning Cowboys. Chances are good they’ll be back at the top of the division next year.

With an improved defense and a truly terrifying running attack, Eagles fans and the rest of the NFL should be confident in Chip Kelly’s plan. It looks like it’s going to work.