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Students, admin discuss ODA’s future

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Miami archives move to King Trustees unanimously approve Crawford HISTORY

LAURA FITZGERALD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

DIVERSITY

ANGELA HATCHER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

On Monday night in the Armstrong Student Center Office of Diversity Affairs (ODA), Scott Walter, assistant vice president of student affairs, and Jane Brownell, vice president of student affairs, moderated a forum with students to discuss the changes that will occur at the ODA for the coming 2016-2017 academic year.

Among the most important changes discussed at the open forum is the new structure of the ODA, which will combine three different centers — The Women’s Center, the current ODA and LGBTQ Center — in an attempt to promote intersectionality and increased interaction among diverse students on campus.

Both Walter and Brownell emphasized that, despite merging the three centers, no funding will be cut and no jobs will be lost in the transition.

Rather than having these individual centers remain ODA »PAGE 5

Scrapbooks, presidential memos, class pictures and fraternity paraphernalia sit nestled in boxes in the University Archives at Withrow Court. Tucked between the shelves are artifacts like shriveled track shoes, a cannonball and even the door from the murder in Reid Hall 304, faded handprints still staining the old wood.

With the demolition of Withrow scheduled, the Miami University Archives are moving to the third floor of King Library alongside the Havighurst Special Collections.

It will take about three weeks to a month to move all the artifacts and documents, University Archivist and Associate Librarian Jacqueline Johnson said. Documents will start to be moved on March 27 and will go to about April 27. The third floor is currently being renovated to accommodate the archives.

Johnson says she is excited for the move because it may increase the visibility of the archives and make it more accessible for the community.

“It makes us more available to people. People come

JEFF SABO MU MAREKTING

Gregory Crawford (pictured with wife Renate) was confirmed as Miami’s 22nd president on Friday.

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EMILY TATE

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REIS THEBAULT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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The University Archives are currently in the process of moving from their home in Withrow Court to King Library. in, the archives are right there,” Johnson said. “People can find us easier.”

The archives contain three collections of documents and artifacts to each of the three universities throughout Miami’s history: Miami Uni-

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Friday, 9:55 a.m. — Joey Almost every table is occupied with students enjoying breakfast, but the only sound in Pulley Diner is a sizzling from the kitchen.

The air is thick with an aroma of pancakes and burnt bacon.

Behind the counter, a middle-aged woman gives orders and fills cups.

“Who do I owe milk to again?” she barks at her patrons. A student at the bar raises his hand and looks away from his phone for a split-second to take his glass.

He is served and returns to iMessage accordingly.

Every person eating alone seems to have their attention totally occupied by a cell phone or laptop screen.

Two boys go over homework nearby. In a booth next to my table, three girls gossip and giggle as their buzzers go off to alert them that their food is ready. They always have breakfast together after

their Friday morning class.

Friday, 10:51 a.m. — Joey The hiss of hamburgers on the griddle is still the only sound in Pulley.

A boy and a girl sitting at the counter talk as they eat their breakfast.

“I made out with her,” the girl says as the boy shows her a picture of another girl.

“This kid was like betting us we wouldn’t make out, so I was like ‘Okay.’ This toast is unreal.”

Friday, 12:55 p.m. — Alison “Order up, please,” the woman in the kitchen says as she moves plates closer to edge of the metal counter.

Multiple grease-stained to-go boxes wait to be picked up.

A constant sizzling noise comes from the grill. Four buzzers vibrate and blink red on the counter next to forgotten receipts. The lunch rush is over.

An older gentleman wipes tables and sweeps the floor.

Another worker yawns and mindlessly puts on a new pair of gloves.

It’s lunch time, but there are a lot of breakfast orders and confusion over an omelet.

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Miami remembers Nellie Craig

Writers spend 24 hours in Pulley Diner STUDENT LIFE

versity, Western College for Women and Oxford Seminary. There are about 3,800 boxes of documents in the archives, Johnson said.

Johnson said undergradu-

On Friday, Miami University’s Board of Trustees confirmed Gregory P. Crawford as the university’s new president, ending a six-month secret search and a week of open forums and closed door meetings that saw the sole finalist interact with the community for the first time.

Crawford is coming off a seven-year stint at Notre Dame, where, since July 2015, he has served as the university’s vice president and associate provost.

“Beyond his impressive academic record and administrative experience, Dr. Crawford brings with him

exceptional vision, energy and enthusiasm, which we welcome,” said David Budig, chair of both the Board of Trustees and the Presidential Search Committee. “It’ll be extremely important in his role as president.”

Crawford’s wife, Renate, is, like him, a professor of physics at Notre Dame and will join him with their two daughters in Lewis Place next fall.

As former colleagues praised Crawford’s high energy and innovative leadership style, many Miami faculty condemned the search process that culminated in his hiring.

“We’re grateful for the hard work of the search committee because I know

HISTORY

TESS SOHNGEN

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

When Nellie Craig became the first African-American woman to enroll at Miami in 1903, she broke down barriers and made university history. Craig paved the way for other women of color, but, even today, the university is characterized by its lack of racial diversity.

Nellie Craig, early 1900s Nellie Craig became the first full-time African-American to graduate from Miami’s College of Education, then the Ohio State Normal College in Oxford, during a time when segregation was still implemented in the Oxford community.

Craig grew up in Oxford in a family of six, and her grandfather served in the Civil War. Her mother had given birth to nine children, but only four survived, including Nellie and her sister Elizabeth, a published and accredited poet.

In Elizabeth’s poetry book, “Mother’s Training,” she describes their mother as an optimistic, pious and ambitious woman who inspired Elizabeth to be a devout Christian and write poetry. Their mother’s influence on Nellie’s

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Nellie Craig paved the way for today’s black students when she was the first AfricanAmerican woman to enroll at Miami in the early 1900s. college and career accomplishments are unknown, but when Miami University first opened enrollment to colored students in the early 1900s, Nellie was one of the first to attend.

Attending a mixed school in Oxford was still a tense and contested change. Black and white students had been attending separate schools located only half a mile apart until a new, larger school building opened in 1887.

When the Oxford School Board denied admission to all students, a local black parent filed and won a lawsuit in the Butler County Circuit Court, which the school board appealed. The desegregation decision was soon

upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court, integrating the system in 1887, but backlash from the white community persisted for a brief time.

Craig broke down another racial barrier by becoming the first African-American to student-teach in the Oxford public school system to mixed race classrooms, whereas most African-American student teachers were assigned to predominantly black school systems. She taught elementary students in nearby Indiana until she married James Walter and moved to Cleveland in 1911.

2016 “She paved the way for us here at Miami,” said Whit-

ney Felder, the president of Miami’s Black Student Action Association (BSAA), the largest minority organization on campus.

The BSAA named its office space in Armstrong after Nellie.

Although African-American enrollment at Miami increased prior to World War II, Miami policy prohibited African-Americans from living on campus at that time, except male athletes.

The Oxford campus was first integrated in 1945, when Myldred Boston and Arie Parks were assigned to a basement room between the smoking room and the furNELLIE CRAIG »PAGE 5

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CULTURE p. 4

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SPORTS p. 10

STUDENT SPEAKS TO BOARD ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT

SIGNED, SEALED AND NOT DELIVERED

COSTUMES PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN NEW SHOW

EDITORS DISCUSS BLACK HISTORY MONTH

REDHAWKS SPLIT WEEKEND SERIES WITH WMU

Student asks Board of Trustees for more funding to combat sexual assault.

The campus package center gets complaints about missing care packages.

The Department of Theatre’s production of “Pride & Prejudice” opens Wednesday.

Editorial Board evaluates Miami’s Black History Month programming.

Lewis scores two goals in Friday win, ‘Hawks remain fourth in NCHC.

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Student addresses trustees, requests Dining event to recognize Black History Month more attention to sexual assault DINING SEXUAL ASSAULT

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PAOLA GARCIA

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Anna Lucia Feldman walked up to the podium at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting and told the crowd about a petition that identified ways to improve advocacy for sexual assault through increased funding.

More than 100 Miami students had already signed the petition, and Feldman, who is the social activism chair of Feminists Working on Real Democracy (F-Word), was at the board meeting to advocate for additional funding.

The funding would include the hiring of a sexual assault prevention coordinator to assist in, as the name implies, sexual assault awareness and prevention. The Board of Trustees had overall positive feedback to Feldman’s requests, but the trustees did not discuss the petition any further.

The petition began with a list of demands written by students during the fall 2015 semester. This list includes eliminating victim-blaming, increasing consent education and implementing real solutions to sexual assault in Oxford.

Rebecca Getson, Miami University’s Title IX Coordinator, helps students with matters related to sexual

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Board of Trustees Chair David Budig and Miami President David Hodge at Friday’s regularly scheduled meeting. violence, including access to medical and mental health treatment, reporting offenses to the police and giving victims/survivors access to support resources. Due to the nature of her position, Getson must remain neutral between victim and offender.

Feldman says that having a sexual assault prevention coordinator would help by providing an advocate for survivors.

In the last few years, there has been an increase of sexual assaults reported on campus. Claire Wagner,

director of news and communication at Miami University, said many cases of sexual assault go unreported.

“We still think it is often underreported,” she said. “I’m glad we are learning about [sexual assaults] because we don’t think it is a new thing that they are happening.”

As part of the demands of the petition, Shevonne Nelson, coordinator of GLBTQ services and assistant director in the Office of Diversity SEXUAL ASSAULT »PAGE 5

Engineering club prepares for Rwanda trip VOLUNTEER

HAILEY MALLENDICK SENIOR STAFF WRITER

This week, Miami University celebrates engineers and all of the work they do for the global community. A big part of the engineering community on campus is Engineers Without Borders (EWB).

EWB is a nonprofit organization in which members dedicate their time and resources to helping foreign countries. This summer, it will begin a five year contract in Muramba, Rwanda.

The club was paired with the community through Engineers Without Borders USA, the national organization. They then signed the contract with the village to complete various projects to improve its quality of life.

The first is a project to build a water tank for the local Munini Secondary School.

Sophomore Katie Byrnes is the club’s project manager for the upcoming Rwanda trip.

“Right now the kids at the school have to walk 800 meters to go get water from a spring and back, so we are putting a water tank down at the school and a pipeline will draw water,” said Byrnes.

The club has already finished plans for the water project. However, along with completing the project, they will need to teach the people of

Muramba about the new water system.

“We like to make sure our projects are really sustainable,” said Byrnes.

Muramba currently has just one certified engineer, so in order to ensure the projects last, EWB created opertation and maintenance guides.

They will also train several members in the village.

Byrnes is looking forward to the

We want to improve the water supply and keep kids in school so that they aren’t walking a half-mile there and a half back just to get water.

KATIE BYRNES EWB PROJECT MANAGER

benefits of the water tank for the village.

“We want to improve the water supply and keep kids in school so that they aren’t walking a half-mile there and a half back just to get water,” said Byrnes.

Aside from planning how to implement the project, EWB still has to select the members who will be

traveling this summer. Members of the organization will apply to go on the trip and roughly three to four are selected by the executive board of the organization.

Senior Brandon Free is the vice president of projects for EWB and is looking forward to finding out who will be on the team going to Rwanda.

“I would love to travel on this trip,” said Free.

When they find out who is traveling, they will have to make sure they have the funds to send the selected members to Rwanda.

Junior Halle Miller is the new president of the chapter and has the responsibility of making sure everything is in order.

“I was the project manager of the Ecuador program last term,” said Miller. “[This semester] I help to organize our overall budget. I will be helping to obtain the funds for three or four students to [travel] as well as assisting in the travel team selection process.”

Much of the money that the club raises comes from fundraising, ASG funding and grants.

“It does get pretty expensive and that’s the hardest part,” said Byrnes.

The club has a fundraiser coming up this week, on Thursday, Feb. 25.

“We have our trivia competition called ‘Battle of the Brains’ for engi-

The Black Student Action Association (BSAA) will be hosting an event on Thursday, Feb. 25 at Harris Dining Hall, featuring cultural foods to celebrate African American heritage.

The event was planned in conjunction with Black History Month.

Tori Collins, president of BSAA, said they will be serving “soul food” at the event, including green beans, chicken, macaroni and cheese, candied yams and peach cobbler for dessert.

“All of the food is feel-good food, and we want it to be as authentic as possible,” Collins said.

Jon Brubacher, interim director of dining at Miami, said he thinks the dinner will be a successful event.

“Miami Dining is proud to support a dinner honoring Black History Month, and we are appreciative of the hard work and dedication, along with the great recipes, from the BSAA organization which will make this meal a success,” Brubacher said.

Collins said Miami Dining approached the BSAA with the idea of hosting the dinner. Both Miami Dining and the BSAA hope to increase cultural awareness, celebrate Black History Month and provide Miami with an enriching experience.

“When Miami Dining came to us, they wanted to really celebrate Black History Month and spread cultural awareness on campus,” Collins said. “We jumped at the chance because we’re always looking to spread our culture, and what better way than through a good meal?”

According to its website, BSAA was the first multicultural organization on campus. It was formed by African American students at Miami to increase and improve black representation on campus.

The dinner is tentatively in

conjunction with a water drive the BSAA is planning in hopes to lend aid to Flint, Michigan.

Recently, Flint’s drinking water was contaminated when the city switched water sources from Lake Huron to the Flint River.

“We want to make a difference in any way possible,” Collins said.

This dinner is one of many events the BSAA puts on throughout the year on Miami’s campus, including an annual Homecoming Dance, Black Community Meetings, Highlighter Fundraising Party, Voices of Color and the end-of-the-year Community Block Party.

Sophomore Jenna Mrocko frequents Miami Dining’s special

‘We jumped at the chance because we’re always looking to spread our culture, and what better way than through a good meal?’

TORI COLLINS BSAA PRESIDENT

events and said she is looking forward to the dinner.

“I’ve been to almost every one of the dining events Harris has put on so I’m excited to see what this one is like,” said Mrocko.

Brubacher said the menu was finalized yesterday after a test run in the kitchen. The students from BSAA were allowed to make the final menu decisions.

The dinner will take place during normal business hours of Harris Dining Hall, from 5 to 8 p.m. The event will be open to all students.

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Miami’s Inside Washington program inspires branches across the country PROGRAM

KIRBY DAVIS

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In 2001, Miami University launched the Inside Washington program, which immerses students in internships and allows them to network with a wide variety of people in the political community in Washington, D.C. Since the inauguration of Inside Washington, the university has launched 10 similar programs in other cities.

The Washington program originated as a journalism class for seniors and has since evolved into one of Miami’s most popular and successful study-away experiences.

“A lot of people have Washington programs,” instructor Howard Kleiman said, “but no one gets the kind of access that we do.”

Students participating have had opportunities to meet with and ask questions of everyone from congresspeople to Supreme Court Justices to Vice President Joe Biden. This program is through Miami’s impressive network of D.C. — area alumni, who

are eager to assist the university with placing students in internships.

“It’s a fabulous way for students who are interested in both media and politics to examine the intersection of these disciplines,” said NYC Media instructor and journalism professor Patti Newberry.

Inside Washington earned such a positive reputation for itself that junior Natalie Williams, who participated in the program last year, said it was one of the primary factors in her decision to attend Miami.

“If I could go back again, I’d do it in a heartbeat,” Williams said. “If I could do it 10 times over, I would.”

Due to the success of Inside Washington, students can now work with Miami alumni and their associates in cities such as New York, Chicago, Hollywood and Florence. Workshops in Cuba and Cleveland are the most recent additions.

Over winter term, 10 students participated in the Inside Cleveland program spearheaded by Career Services, and found the alumni giving them a window into various jobs in the area to be extremely helpful. Stories

from Cuba is another new workshop students will be able to take part in, starting this May, and is intended for Media, Journalism and Film majors.

Modeled after similar programs like NYC Media and Inside New York, students will participate in an online learning component as well as travel-

are of the news-gathering organizations that we visited . . . I want them to understand the values driving these organizations.”

These programs can be particularly beneficial to sophomores who are unsure of their future career paths or want to know more about profes-

Due to the success of Inside Washington, students can now work with Miami alumni and their associates in cities such as New York, Chicago, Hollywood and Florence.

ing to study journalism in Cuba.

These programs are largely successful in offering students professional experience, and giving them a chance to figure out whether they can see themselves living and working in these types of cities in the future.

“I’m seeking to teach students about the world of New York media,” Newberry said. “How it’s changed in an Internet world, what the priorities

sions highlighted by the programs.

Richard Campbell, chair of the Department of Media, Journalism, and Film (MJF), feels that they offer more to participating students than potential job offers.

“I think it gets students out of Oxford, gets them a different kind of experience,” Campbell said. “They’re genuinely interested in finding out what’s going on and learning.”

Typically, the MJF department’s “Inside” workshops include a classroom component as well as traveling, and students receive class credit for their work. They document their experiences in blog posts and research topics in their programs thoroughly before visiting the various cities.

Senior Grace Dahlman participated in the Inside Hollywood program as a sophomore and credits the experience with helping her identify her career path and future internships.

“It actually solidified my desire to want to pursue entertainment or production and move out [to LA] eventually,” Dahlman said.

The second program of its kind designed by the MJF department, Inside Hollywood prepares students to spend three weeks in Los Angeles networking with Miami alumni and other connections in the entertainment industry. During those weeks, they meet with people such as Conan O’Brien and network executives, and tour studios like Warner Bros. and ABC. INSIDE »PAGE 5

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Parents panic over package center mishaps, mistakes

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MAGGIE CALLAGHAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Kelly Gaskin, a parent of a Miami University first-year, sent her son a care package of homemade baked goods. The tracking number, which was sent through the United States Postal Service (USPS), said the package had already been delivered.

However, her son never received a notification via email from Wells Package Center.

“I just thought, ‘that is ridiculous,’” said Gaskin.

Her son never received his package, and the same incident occurred two more times.

“I thought I was an exception, but then, looking through the Facebook page, I realized that there was really a problem here,” said Gaskin After hearing of similar stories BETH PFOHL THE MIAMI STUDENT from multiple parents on Miami’s Parents Facebook page, which is Sophomore Andrew Zimmerman is an employee at the Package Center. designed for parents to share news, Zimmerman will help implement changes to prevent lost and stolen items. events and concerns regarding their children at Miami, Gaskin reached when a student comes in to pick one with the student employees that work out to a supervisor at the Package up,” said Sherman. there, but Byrd explained the student Center to make a complaint about Sherman says student employ- employees are always monitored. her son’s missing package. She did ees are responsible for handling “All student staff work in an open not find this very helpful. the packages once they arrive at processing area that have two full“I called One Stop and spoke to a the Wells Package Center. This time staff supervising their activigentleman who couldn’t care less,” can be a difficult task during times ties,” said Byrd.

Gaskin said. “I asked to speak to the of the year when there is a high While changes are being made, manager and he told me he was one. influx of packages.

Byrd believes the system in place for I was kind of pissed off.”

Managers and student employ- handling packages is sufficient.

With a rise in complaints from par- ees both agree that the problem is “The only rise in reported missing ents on the Facebook page, the Wells usually with packages being mis- packages that I am aware of is from Package Center has implemented a placed, mislabeled or lost even be- the comments on the Parents Facefew changes in hopes of deterring fore the package arrived in Oxford. book page,” Byrd said. “There have more packages from going missing This is what happened to Gaskin, been no reports of ‘stolen’ packages or possibly being stolen. Student em- whose package was lost at the USPS received by the student package cenployees must now submit their name warehouse in Cincinnati. ter this academic year.” to the package receiving system so According to Anita Byrd, a manHowever, according to the Miami that student employees can be held ager at the Wells Package Center, University Police crime log, on Feb. accountable when packages are mis- packages coming to Miami Univer- 12, a $25 Subway gift card was relabeled or misplaced. sity are scanned as delivered when ported missing from a delivered UPS Marissa Sherman, a Miami sopho- they arrive in Cincinnati. package. The report says the student more who works at the Wells Pack“After speaking with Byrd, I’ve had received a care package that was age Center twice a week, says this is realized it’s a USPS problem,” said unopened, but found an opened card a frequent problem.

Gaskin. “The postal service should inside with a missing gift card.

“Usually [there are] a couple be easier than this.” packages each day that we can’t find Some parents may have doubts PACKAGES »PAGE 5

“You might want to holler, ‘does anybody want an everything omelet?’” the woman in the kitchen shouts.

The guy near the register walks closer to the dining room and asks, “is anyone waiting on an everything omelet?”

There’s no reply and no one comes to claim it.

I overhear that someone ordered 12 hamburgers. Turns out he’s from St. Louis and visiting with four high school boys who haven’t had a chance to eat since they arrived for their tour.

The 12 burgers seem to be holding the other orders up — one student is visibly upset about how long he’s been waiting. He moves to the counter to vent to a stranger about the situation.

He claims he could have walked to Chick-Fil-A and been back with food by now.

Friday, 2:56 p.m. — Alison Several Miami employees order food — they look out of place in a setting usually populated by dozens of students.

Twenty minutes later, there’s no one in the diner. No one occupies the stools at the counter or the tables nearby — they must all be hiding around the corner or tucked away in a booth. Even the music and hum of conversation from downstairs seems distant.

A maintenance guy changes one of the lights above the counter.

Matt Stewart sits in a booth working on statistics homework.

He hates it, but it’s required for his diplomacy and global politics degree. Hopefully he won’t be here long — his assignment is due by 5 p.m. anyway.

Even then, Matt won’t be able to completely enjoy the weekend’s unseasonably nice weather because he has drill for

Miami to launch eSports course next fall under IMS DMITRIY KIZHIKIN

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the National Guard. He says he joined partly because of his dad, who was in the army, but primarily for the money.

“I wanted to go to college and couldn’t pay for it, so it was the only option really,” Matt says. “The training at first was pretty difficult, but now it’s just a job.”

Friday, 4:19 p.m. — Audrey Every single stool at the counter is empty. The only people in the diner sit alone, working on homework and eating in silence.

The workers lean against the counter, talking among themselves. There hasn’t been anyone in line for a while.

“What would you think of me making a fish sandwich, with two burgers on top of that, with a spicy chicken sandwich on top of that and steak and cheese on top of that?” asks one of the cooks.

“Type II Diabetes,” responds another, rolling his eyes.

A few minutes pass before someone finally walks up to the counter to order. He pulls out his phone to read his order.

“Six eggs?!” I hear the chef ask.

The guy waits over 15 m i n utes for his huge order to be ready, then walks away with four boxes full of food.

F r i d a y, 5:11 p.m. — Audrey One of the workers balls up an old receipt and shoots it into a nearby trashcan.

He misses.

He looks around to see if anyone noticed — I

did. We both laugh as he picks it up off the floor and shamefully places it in the trashcan.

Friday, 6:15 p.m. — Audrey A maintenance guy cleans the spot near where I am sitting. I smile at him.

“How’s the weather out? Still warm?” he asks.

“Oh yeah. Last time I checked it was still in the 60’s!” I reply.

“I’ve been here since 11:00 a.m., so I’m a bit disconnected to the outside. Still windy?”

“Yeah, it was awful out.”

“I bet! Have a nice day,” he smiles at me and walks away.

The workers begin to prepare for the late night rush of people.

A girl walks up to the register and orders a fish sandwich.

“Hey, Emily! Where’s fish sandwich on the menu? I can’t find it,” asks the guy working the register.

“It’s…” Emily starts.

“Um, nevermind. Just make it chicken. I’ll have chicken strips,” says the girl ordering.

Emily’s the only girl working behind the counter at Pull e y, so her male counter-

A few weeks ago, Miami University approved a new course for this fall — IMS 390 E, a special topics course in interactive media studies focused on eSports.

Stelanie Tsirlis, Miami junior and president of the eSports club, pitched her dream idea to the department at the beginning of the school year.

Being involved with electronic sports, or eSports, Tsirlis felt that a class on the subject would be the most impactful way to show the

‘The nice thing about the IMS department is that there is a class meant for special topics, like this.’

PHILL ALEXANDER

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PROFESSIONAL WRITING

general population at Miami that eSports is a real thing.

After bringing up the idea with Glenn Platt, director of interactive media studies, the idea was given a preliminary green-light, given that it went through the standard system of approval that all classes must go through.

“The nice thing about the IMS department is that there is a class meant for special topics, like this,” said Phill Alexander, a professor of professional writing. “It just needs to be accepted by Platt, unlike other departments.”

Alexander will be helping Tsirlis co-teach the course in the fall 2016 semester. This will also help bring light and progress to something he has been developing — a gaming degree within the IMS department.

“I can name 10 or 11 universities with undergrad programs in parts tend to pick on her. I overhear one of the workers call Emily a “Miami three.”

“Did he just call you a Miami five?” asks one of her employee friends.

“No. He called me a Miami three,” she replies, understandably annoyed.

“What’s that?” another worker asks.

“It means that I’m ugly,” Emily responds, laughing.

The workers are starting to notice that I’ve been sitting in the same spot for a few hours. They haven’t said anything, but they keep staring at me for just a few seconds too long.

“Where are you?”

I hear a guy standing next to me yelling, and I assume he’s making a phone call until he continues.

“No, Siri, you idiot. Where are you? No. Where are you? Yes! Send.”

Another guy approaches him — a friend.

“Dude! I just used Siri to send a text,” he says proudly.

Friday, 7:19 p.m. — Dmitriy A hurried student drops his piping hot Mac & Cheese on the floor.

“Shit,” he softly whispers.

He looks at his fallen food with longing, then walks away.

Friday, 8:18 p.m.

— Dmitriy “I should have done cocaine before my shift,” a male worker says.

I can’t tell if he’s joking or not.

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gaming already,” said Alexander.

“I think it’s time Miami has something along the same lines, and this is a big step forward.”

Tsirlis and Alexander are currently developing the curriculum for the eSports course, which they envision as a serious class that involves the eSports community as a whole.

“I’ve seen a lot of courses on how to be good at the game, but nothing on the culture or the players and impact on the people,” said Tsirlis On the popular website, Reddit, there was huge discussion among the eSports community about how to run the class and what could be taught, and many of those ideas are being adapted to the class.

Tsirlis wants to give back to the online community by streaming parts of the class, or posting resources and topics that are discussed in the course back onto Reddit. The teaching duo also plans to Skype with impactful members of the community for Q&As and take class trips to events hosted by bigname companies like Blizzard Entertainment or Riot Games.

First-year Robbie Ritchie plans to take the course next semester.

He said he loves eSports and actively participates in the eSports clubs and events on and off campus.

“It would be cool to learn about [eSports] from a more technical perspective,” Ritchie said.

Ritchie supports a more handson approach to the course that would include days to just sit around and play games.

“If you try to make the course too traditional and serious, it’ll take away from the learning,” Ritchie said. “It is still a game-based industry, and games are meant to be fun and impactful.”

Despite still being in the beginning stage of development, Tsirlis has high hopes for the course, the impact it will have on the eSports community and changing Miami’s view of eSports.

A few minutes before the current shift ends someone uses the radio to call the downstairs food areas.

“Could we have help at Pulley? We will have two people in four minutes.”

Turmoil ensues as every employee is asked if they can stay a little longer.

“We never get any help when we ask for it, they steal all of our workers and they complain about how slow our service is,” says another worker.

Friday, 9:52 p.m. — Dmitriy “Hey, do I know you?” Susanna Smith asks a worker behind the counter. “Are you in a band?”

“Yeah! You’ve heard of The Amber Effect,” he says. “I’m Zac Brown.”

She shuffles a bit and replies, “Yeah I think we went to highschool together, but that isn’t the band I was thinking of.”

Zac’s excitement at being recognized fades immediately.

Friday, 10:14 p.m. — Audrey “Double the straws, double the fun!” a guy says, laughing as he passes me with two straws in his milkshake.

Shortly after, a different guy walks by with a delicious looking dessert I’ve never seen before.

“What is that?” my friend Angela asks.

“A toasted roll! It’s amazing!

You have to get it,” he says. “You guys need to share it though.

They’re huge and you’ll feel like shit after you eat it, but it’s worth it.”

Zac Brown begins to talk to us, and we hear someone say something about getting laid. Zac laughs.

“That’s everyone’s dream — getting laid at Pulley Diner.”

We all laugh.

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Cast preps for ‘Pride and Prejudice’ THEATRE

MEGAN BOWERS

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The scene on the stage at Studio 88 is an unexpected one.

The girls are wearing long skirts, corsets and ballet flats over their yoga pants and tank tops. The boys wear boots higher than their knees over their blue jeans.

This unusual combination of modern and historic clothing is an everyday occurrence on the set of the theatre department’s production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

The directors have been adding in different pieces of the costumes each week to help the cast adjust before the quickly approaching opening night.

“We introduce the shoes maybe about a week before going into tech just to see if they are going to work, if there’s any problems with pinching or if they’re sliding,” said costume director Kaela Smith.

The addition of the shoes and other costume pieces not only allows them to get adjusted on stage, but also helps them adapt to the posture of the time period.

“It definitely does help you get into character because, when you’re in the clothes, it makes you want to stand up straight and use the mannerisms more,” said junior Josh Stothfang, who plays Colonel Fitzwilliam. “It’s really cool to see, as the show gets closer, these costumes come to life.”

For a show that takes place in the 18th century, mannerisms are everything.

In order to effectively represent the time period, the actors brought in a choreographer to help them with the specifics.

“They brought in someone to help us with movement, so she is really who I got all my ideas from,” said first-year Kate Boissoneault, who plays Anne De Bourgh and a servant.

Boissoneault’s roles in the cast

each move in different ways depending on their place in society.

“Each servant for each different house needs to behave differently,” said Boissoneault. “The Bennett family would want me to move quicker, with more urgency, whereas in the Darcy house I’m more elegant.”

Other actors chose to refer directly to the text to create the mannerisms for their characters.

“The text and dialogue show you how your character interacts with other people and how that shapes the

‘It’s really cool to see, as the show gets closer, these costumes kind of come to life.’

JOSH STOTHFANG

JUNIOR, ‘COLONEL FITZWILLIAM’

way the character views themselves and the way other people view the character,” said senior Madison Ellis, who plays Charlotte Lucas.

The cast also had to work with a dialect coach to perfect the British RP, or Received Pronunciation, and dialect used during that time period.

“We started back at the end of last semester,” said Julia Guichard, dialect coach and head of the Department of Theatre. “We did a boot camp, like a real quick, ‘here’s how you do the dialect.’ Then I recorded a lot of generalized resources for them about what kind of sounds they needed to make and where the dialect is placed.”

There are three main legs of dialect the actors had to work on — the placement and tone, the pitch pattern and the specific sound substitutions or changes.

“Pitch is very difficult for American actors to get because Americans

tend to hit things really hard for emphasis whereas the British sort of lift it,” said Guichard.

Although they have spent extensive time working on the dialect, it will never be absolutely perfect.

“There are 15 people speaking in this play, so there are different levels with their facility with the dialect and different levels in terms of their ability to integrate that dialect into character,” said Guichard.

“But they have all come a long way and they have all really done a good job of improving.”

All of the added lessons have definitely contributed to the success of the show, but the costumes are what pulls off the 18th century look.

“This adaption of the show is really based on first impressions and how people seem when we first see them versus how they end up,” said Smith. “I actually started my research by looking at period artwork from the 1810s and that was how I came up with my [costume] color palette.”

Every choice made in terms of costuming is deliberate — from what they are wearing to the color of their fabrics, everything adds to the overall image of the show.

“There were a lot of jewel tones and a lot of pastels,” said Smith. “It really got me thinking about how these two worlds are divided with the Bennett family being in very light, flowy colors and everyone else kind of being a little darker.”

About half of the costume pieces used in the show are actually rented from other places, like Kent State University and Cincinnati in the Park.

“A lot of what I did as a designer was piecing together these looks from everywhere else and creating one cohesive world,” said Smith.

Pride and Prejudice opens at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 24 in Studio 88. Tickets are $8 for students and can be purchased at the H.O.M.E. box office in the 129 Campus Avenue Building.

Despite cold weather, Farmers Market persists UPTOWN

KELLY BURNS

THE MIAMI STUDENT

A cool breeze blew through the Oxford Farmers Market on Saturday. The sun was out and crowds of children, students and adults milled through the aisle of stands. The temperature was in the high 60s.

Oxford residents brought their dogs and families to peruse the dozen or so stands. A group of adults sat in the center, playing lively folk music to set the mood.

People stood in small groups in the middle of the aisle, chit-chatting and enjoying the weather.

While the weather was beautiful and the mood was festive on this Saturday in February, it was not typical.

The Farmers Market is popular in the fall and spring seasons, drawing in students and Oxford residents alike. However, when the winds bite and the temperatures

drop below 20 degrees, the volume of customers decreases.

Generally, the market draws between 200 and 300 people in the winter months. The weather often discourages people from lingering at the market.

“Last month was pretty cold,” said Nancy Wadleigh, a regular customer, “I knew exactly what I wanted, I came in, I got it, I left.”

At one point, the farmers considered moving the market indoors for the duration of winter. They later decided, however, that it would defeat the point and ruin the experience of going to a farmers market.

In the winter, the market is only open on the third Saturday of every month. On each of these occasions, vendors stand in the cold and snow, trying to sell their products. Instead of the multitude of fresh produce in the fall, venders sell baked goods, winter vegetables, wood carvings, preserves and hand-made crafts.

Even with the freezing temperatures and frequent snowfall, regulars of the market continue to come, if in shorter visits.

Five years ago, a woman pulled up to the market in her car. She said she wanted to shop, but it was just too cold to get out of her car. Larry Slocum, the market manager, cleared a path for her so she could pull up to the stands she wanted to visit. She picked out which goat cheese she wanted, paid and drove away.

The weather is even a challenge for the vendors.

“I’m a seventh generation farmer,” said Debra Bowles, the woman who sold the goat cheese all those years ago. “I know how to stay warm in the winter, but when you’re standing in one spot, even though you’re talking to people, it’s very difficult to stay warm in the winter market.”

Bowles also recalled how the venFARMERS »PAGE 8

RENEÉ FARRELL THE MIAMI STUDENT

KARAOKE CRAZE Students belted out their favorite songs at Late Night Miami’s live band karaoke event Thursday, Feb. 18 in Armstrong.

‘The Witch’ delivers horror, tension in the 1600s FILM

JACK RYAN

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Packed with Puritan paranoia, Robert Eggers’ directorial debut, “The Witch,” is a methodical and nuanced film that uses its unbearable, slow-brooding tension to drag viewers to a unique and terrifying horror experience.

Based off various New England folktales, “The Witch” follows a 1600s family that separates from its colony due to conflicts of interest and moves to a self-built house on the brink of an enormous forest.

There, following the kidnapping of newborn baby, Samuel, by a witch, the family begins to grow tense regarding the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and their standing among each other.

Before long, various accusations of Satanism and witchcraft are thrown around the house, while the true witches lurk in the large wood that borders the farm.

The family — comprised of daughter/protagonist Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), father William (Ralph Ineson), mother Katherine (Kate Dickie), son Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw) and twins Mercy and Jonas (Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson) — is tightly fused to its strict religious beliefs, but still manage to be as dysfunctional as any other family.

Thomasin has to put up with her abusive mother, while accepting the reality that she may be sold away like a product to a suitor. William has to keep the family together at all costs, while Katherine rejects the reality of their situation. Caleb struggles with his feelings toward his sister and his pending manhood. They all tirelessly battle with their religious beliefs and their notions of the divine.

These characters are played to near-perfection by their respective actors, particularly considering the young nature of the majority of the cast. Particularly notable are Anya Taylor-Joy, who embodies both the helplessness and persistence in Thomasin, and Ralph Ineson, whose visually grisly William miraculously yearns for audience sympathy throughout.

Much of the tension of “The Witch” is created through this small

isolated cast, à la John Carpenter’s “The Thing.”

Eggers crafts “The Witch” with a deft hand, creating a film as wellmade as it is terrifying, something surprisingly rare in the horror genre in this era. Eggers prefers growing tension to random, startling jump scares, and gives each of his characters strong development throughout instead of simply assigning them a trope.

“The Witch” is even more stunning considering its status as Eggers’ debut. This is the kind of film directors make a few movies down the line, but Eggers eagerly tackles the difficulty head-on. He will be a force to be reckoned with in the horror world soon, particularly if his forthcoming “Nosferatu” reboot yields similar scares.

Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke captures the 1600s Commonwealth as an eternally overcast locale, with the reds of candlelight and blood serving as some of the only exceptions to a thematically dreary color palate. Blaschke’s expertise lies in his capturing of faces, revealing the minds of his characters through the selective shadowing of countenances.

Blaschke and Eggers also fill “The Witch” with some of the most gruesome standalone visuals in recent memory – from a witch smearing herself in human blood to a crow tearing at the flesh of one of our lead characters — simultaneously unsettling and commanding our attention.

The music of “The Witch,” scored

by Mark Korven, also amplifies this dreary setting — borrowing notes from Jonny Greenwood’s string-heavy “There Will Be Blood” soundtrack to maintain a deep, inescapable dread throughout.

Despite its various successes, “The Witch” may not sit very well with younger audiences coming to the theater for the adrenaline-junkie kind of scary movie. Eggers creates a creepy and tense picture — one that promotes silent, jaw-open moments of horror, but not one that dives at the screen in a desperate attempt to make you scream.

Similarly, those not familiar with the time period may feel excluded, since “The Witch” carries a PuriWITCH »PAGE 8

Editors’ pop culture picks for this week The things we watched, listened to and streamed when we weren’t enjoying the sunshine and warm weather this weekend.

“THE OFFICE”

Last spring, I watched all of “The Office” in about one month. That was the second time I watched it all the way through and I’m currently in season five of my third go-around. If you haven’t seen the show, the 20-minute episodes are perfect for a college student on the go. Plus it’s on Netflix. Bears. Beets.

Battlestar Galactica. (Justin Maskulinski, assistant news editor)

“TOUCH FIVE” BY PHIL NIBLOCK

This 2013 release is one of my favorites for close listening at intense volumes (Niblock recommends and performs around 100-120 Db of intensity) or studying and reading at moderate volumes. Niblock is a pioneer in minimal/ microtonal sound art. Touch Five is a collaboration/compilation album of layered loops and recorded instruments wherein Niblock explores — with other sound artists — long, almost geologically slow sounds looking closely at texture and microtonal movements. For readers looking for an immersive study or reading atmosphere in headphones or through a sound system, this album delivers plenty of opportunity.

(Kyle Hayden, design editor)

“THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION”

Last Tuesday, PBS aired the documentary, “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” written and directed by Stanley Nelson Jr. Given the recent uproar over Beyonce’s Super Bowl half-time performance, as something of an homage to the Black Panther Party, this documentary couldn’t have been any timelier or needed. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover at the time

said the BPP “represents the greatest threat to the internal security of the country,” pledging 1969 would be the last year of the Party’s existence. While this documentary doesn’t seek to place the BPP on a pedestal, it does show how revolutionary they were in standing up against gun control, reaffirming urban black as beautiful and engaging with the black community through initiatives like the Free Children’s Breakfast Program. (Brett Milam, online editor)

“EVERYDAY PEOPLE” BY JEFF BUCKLEY

This song is the perfect preview to the March 11 release of “You and I,” a posthumous album of previously unreleased songs from the late singersongwriter Jeff Buckley. Buckley has been my favorite artist since I listened to his most famous album, “Grace.” Hearing his voice on “Everyday People” reminds of how tragic it is that someone with so much musical talent as a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter passed away at such a young age. Interspersed with little scats and rhythmic taps on the guitar, this song is likely more lighthearted than the songs to be released on “You and I,” but it’s still as authentically Jeff Buckley as “Hallelujah.”

(Emily Williams, assistant news editor)

“CARNAVAL” BY MALUMA

Need a new jam for the gym, a pick-me-up song or an anthem to live by?

Maluma, one of the world’s most popular reggaeton singers, is for you. In his song Carnaval, he sings about living life to the fullest. The lyrics of the chorus read “no hay que sufrir, no hay que llorar. Lo malo se ira todo pasara. La vida es una y es un carnaval,” which translates to “there’s no need to suffer, there’s no need to cry. All the bad things will pass. This is one life, and it’s a carnival.” My favorite line is “levanta ya tu mano que vinimos a gozar” – “lift your hands because we came to enjoy.” (Grace Remington, sports editor)

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nace room. Boston moved out to live with a family in Oxford, and Parks did not return after that year.

For the last 40 years, Miami has consistently ranked the lowest among Ohio colleges for minority student enrollment: 2.8 percent in 1976, 2.5 percent in 1981 and 2.6 percent in 1992. African Ameri-

can students continue to be underrepresented on campus, making up only 2.9 percent of the 2015 fall enrollment in Oxford. Caucasians and unknown make up 76.3 percent of that enrollment.

Felder said that members of her organization have often felt underrepresented or like they do not belong at Miami.

“This was a very big culture shock when I got here because I

felt alone,” said Felder.

Since her first year, she has found comfort in the BSAA community she lacked in the general Oxford student community.

Junior Damon Washington, a running-back for Miami’s football team, found a sense of community and lifelong friendship through the football team and other students.

Despite coming from a small

and predominantly white high school, he feels students are not aware of the lack of diversity on campus and don’t pay attention to the current issues.

Felder attributes the problems African-American students at Miami face to the level of student ignorance about diversity.

“I think there’s a lot of closedmindedness at Miami,” said Felder.

“Gerald [Yearwood] is the best work ‘dad’ ever and Juanita [Tate] is work ‘mom,’” said Nelson. “As a staff, I’m incredibly nervous about our future.” While students at the forum were informed of the changes to come to the ODA and given the space to voice their opinions on individual matters, GarciaPusateri and Nelson have had little communication about the future of the ODA and the nature of Yearwood and Tate’s replacements.

“Are they replacing both of them [Yearwood and Tate], either of them or neither?” asked Nelson.

“The fact that we don’t know what any of this means is incredibly disheartening. It’s saying that we work this hard, but we don’t mean enough to be told what’s going on.

It shows that we aren’t a priority.”

Students at the forum last night were eager to express both their frustration and support of the ideas presented by Walter and Brownell.

In regard to the new structure, students were divided.

“It’s already going to happen.

They’ve made their mind up. We should just try and make the best of this,” one student said.

Another student posed the question: If the current structure of the ODA isn’t broken, why try and fix it?

Both Walter and Brownell emphasized the goal of promoting intersectionality. They discussed being hopeful that a combined ODA with three branches would allow students of all diverse backgrounds — racial, ethnic and gender — to interact even more than they already do.

“If this is really about student affairs, there should’ve been more student involvement,” one student said.

“Yes, we’re students, but we can’t make all the decisions,” another student said.

The main concern among students seemed to be who Yearwood’s replacement would be.

“We need someone — an advocate — who has that voice, because students here feel like they

don’t,” a student said. “We need that person who will call administrators and call professors and call them out on injustices at this institution. We need someone who has respect like Yearwood and can keep that respect.”

Brownell voiced her understanding of student concern and asked the students who were present for a little bit of trust.

Magda Orlander, a third-year western major responded directly to Walter and Brownell on the topic of trust.

“I think what the issue is for a lot of people here is that trust is definitely lacking,” Orlander said.

“I see that you being here, you want to engage us in these decisions. But those of us who do have these trust issues, have them for good reasons.”

Walter and Brownell made it clear at the forum that the selection process for the two void positions was to be transparent and engaging to students. They also said their priority was under-

standing the students’ priorities moving forward.

During the forum, students addressed everything from the glass windows in the ODA sensationalizing the fact that there are black students at a predominately white institution, to renaming the ODA something that does justice to the students who comprise it rather than giving them the labels of “diverse” and “minority.”

Nelson described the progress she and the ODA have made in terms of policy, such as the implementation of gender neutral housing, relabeling bathrooms and utilizing Safezone training.

The place where there hasn’t been as much progress is the student body.

“As an institution, we haven’t held students accountable. We’re very comfortable saying that ‘diversity matters,’” Nelson said.

“But we’re not very comfortable saying this is how we are demonstrating it matters, or here’s how we can be better.”

“I think we’ve learned again and again and again that the more secrecy you have in government or public bodies, the more opportunity there is for problems,” said Dennis Hetzel, executive director of the Ohio Newspaper Association. “So it’s certainly not a good symbol for a well-respected public university to be looking for ways to do something in secret that could have been done more publicly.”

And while many faculty and staff members asked critical questions in this week’s forums, they are also

hopeful for the changes Crawford may bring.

“He’s dynamic. He’s very energetic. I think he has a wider vision than perhaps we’ve seen recently,” said Deborah Lyons, AAUP secretary. “I think he may have the potential to be an excellent president, because he’s clearly thought about things like diversity, interdisciplinary, the importance of the liberal arts.”

David Hodge, the current president of Miami who will retire in June, also expressed his fondness of

the Crawfords.

“Having spent some time with both Greg and Renate, I am absolutely convinced that the future of Miami is extremely bright,” Hodge said.

Several trustees at Friday’s meeting acknowledged Hodge’s decade of service and praised him for his tenure at Miami, which oversaw large construction and fundraising projects.

Before making a motion to elect Crawford as Miami’s 22nd president, Mark Ridenour, who also

served on the Presidential Search Committee, wanted to comment on this historic season for the university.

“It’s a bittersweet time as we say goodbye to one president and welcome another,” Ridenour said.

After Sharon Mitchell, a trustee who is retiring from her position, seconded the motion, the board unanimously approved Crawford’s appointment as president.

The resolution also includes Crawford’s tenure and full professorship within the Department of Physics.

“Miami does talk about femaleto-male and male-to-male sexual assaults on campus, which is wonderful,” Nelson said. “We need to take the next step and own the fact that this does not only happen to binary gendered identities.”

Feldman said she spoke to the Board of Trustees because this issue is important to victims and survivors of sexual assault on campus.

“It’s important because there are many people on campus that want to revolutionize the way that we

support sexual assault survivors,” Feldman said. “We want to make this campus a safer place, and transforming these demands into reality is really personal for victims/survivors.”

Feldman’s petition for more funding to improve sexual assault advocacy was heard and commented by Chair of the Board of Trustees David H. Budig. He responded to Feldman’s petition by saying it was “very high on our list of priorities.”

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FROM INSIDE »PAGE 2

neers week,” said Byrnes.

In addition to finishing up the planning for the current trip, EWB is already thinking of future projects.

“From this upcoming trip we hope to have a water storage tank installed and an additional pipeline added,” said Miller.

“We will also be assessing the potential for future projects in the areas of latrines and biogas.”

With about 50 members in the Miami chapter, EWB seeks to help people both internationally and domestically.

“Really, we just love to see higher standards of living for the village,” said Byrnes. “Our overarching goal, is to create a higher standard of living through our projects.”

Like the other “Inside” programs, Hollywood offers students an entirely unique and engaging experience, and while most are through the MJF department, workshops in Washington and Cleveland are still valuable for non-media related majors.

“Meeting so many people that were not only alumni but current students who were so passionate about what I was passionate about . . . it was the first time I got super excited about my major and what I wanted to do with my life,” Dahlman said. “I felt like for the first time what I wanted to do was tangible.”

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FROM NELLIE CRAIG »PAGE 1

For Gaskin, she enjoys sending care packages to her son, who she only sees about four times a year.

However, because of this process, she has become more hesitant with sending care packages.

“You know, it’s great to make pumpkin bread on Sunday and for my son to get it by Wednesday … but I won’t do it anymore.”

FROM ODA »PAGE 1

separate, the new model will bring them together to function as a cohesive unit with one presiding director while allowing current directors of each center to maintain their positions.

This change was spurred by the retirement of Juanita Tate, director of divisional initiatives, and Gerald Yearwood, senior administrative director.

Both Tate and Yearwood had over 30 combined years of experience on campus. They formed connections in their time here and acted as advocates for students of diverse backgrounds when those students felt marginalized and voiceless at Miami.

Yvania Garcia-Pusateri, assistant director of diversity affairs, and Shevonne Nelson, assistant director of the office of diversity affairs and coordinator for GLBTQ services, voiced their concern over losing half of their staff for the coming year.

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that they are doing their best for the Miami students and faculty, but all that hard work is really marred by the secret and ultimately dictatorial nature of the search,” said Cathy Wagner, English professor and vice president of Miami’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).

The search, conducted behind closed doors by a search committee and an executive search firm, drew criticism from the outset.

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Affairs, said she would like to see changes in the university’s online sexual assault risk-reduction workshop to make it more handson.

Nelson said GLBTQ sexual assaults are rarely mentioned, but they still occur with regularity.

One in five transgender people are sexually assaulted, and one in 12 of those victims are killed as part of the sexual assault, Nelson said.

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Black History Month demands attention from students, people of all races EDITORIAL

When Miami’s new president, Gregory Crawford, visited campus for open forums last week, he was asked about diversity.

A faculty member questioned whether Crawford would increase engagement during Black History Month next year, remarking that right now, Kroger is doing a better job of acknowledging the month-long occasion.

Throughout the month of February, the Oxford Kroger has put up displays showcasing historical black figures and their achievements.

Countless other businesses and organizations are also recognizing Black History Month — on Feb. 1, Google’s ever-changing banner featured an illustration of Frederick Douglass against a background of his newspaper, The North Star; Macy’s stores nationwide are collaborating with “culture and fashion influencers,” as well as activists, for panel discussions and receptions; Nike created a limited-time brand, inspired by black athletes whose proceeds will benefit the brand’s Ever Higher Fund to provide mentoring to African-American youth.

With corporations, it is questionable whether the intent is to inform or just to increase sales.

However, Miami is an educational institution — we should be doing everything we can to educate people about Black History Month.

And unfortunately, this year, it

The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board. doesn’t seem we are doing much.

This February marks the 40th anniversary of Black History Month, which has been officially recognized by the U.S. government since 1976. Before that, black history was observed the second week in February to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lin-

together, with limited universitysponsored programming.

Black student organizations may be doing more independently to recognize Black History Month.

For example, the Black Student Action Association hosted a trivia night on Monday. But the lack of acknowledgment from Miami’s administration is unacceptable.

Here at Miami, black students represent a small fraction of the population — they make up just 2.9 percent of the incoming class of the 2015 academic year. Disappointingly, this number has remained steady over the last 30 years, with black students accounting for 2.8 percent of the total in 1976, 2.5 percent in 1981

There is a specific month devoted to black history because black history in the United States has been marginalized to the point that, if there is not a designated month, it won’t be acknowledged.

coln. This week of recognition began in 1926, thanks to Carter G. Woodson, a black historian and author.

Black History Month is given a lot of attention in grade schools nationwide. Most of us have memories of listening to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech, reading books about slavery or putting on performances about historical figures like Rosa Parks.

But what about at Miami? February is drawing to a close, and it doesn’t seem that Black History Month has had an impact on most students. In fact, it seems black history has been overlooked al-

It is frustrating to hear comments like, “Racism doesn’t exist anymore, so why do we still have Black History Month?” or “Why do black people get a whole month devoted to them?”

Racism does still exist, and to try to dispute that is ignorant. It can be seen in poverty rates, college admission and retention statistics and current events like the multitude of policy brutality cases in the past few years.

There is a specific month devoted to black history because black history in the United States has been marginalized to the point that, if there is not a designated month, it won’t be acknowledged.

and 2.6 percent in 1992.

Regional campuses have a slightly larger black population, with black students representing 5.2 percent of undergraduates at Middletown and 9.3 percent at Hamilton.

But it shouldn’t matter if there is one black student or 1,000.

Black history isn’t just for black students or black Americans. It is part of our nation’s history. It is white people’s history, too. And we need to acknowledge it.

People have a way of forgetting unfavorable parts of the past, like slavery, segregation and other forms of discrimination against African-Americans.

But any uncomfortable emotion it causes us, like embarrassment or guilt, is nothing compared to the oppression that black Americans suffered. We owe it to them to remember.

Years of suffering cannot properly be recognized through a film series, or a “soul food” night at a single dining hall. Miami needs to be more proactive with planning events to honor Black History Month.

There are opportunities for various forms of engagement.

Perhaps an assembly where black students reflect on their experiences at Miami would be eyeopening to those of us who don’t have to deal with the challenges being a minority student brings.

On the other hand, students might be drawn to something more upbeat, like a performance honoring jazz and hip-hop musicians, and other icons that have influenced our culture.

In addition to more university programming, students need to take responsibility to educate themselves. We need to get out of our comfort zones and try to learn more about the diverse types of people around us.

Because, overall, the most important lesson to be learned during black history month — and every month, for that matter — is that while we should respect one another’s differences, we have a lot more in common than we realize.

Does the university as a critical space have a chance in an age of corporatization?

EDUCATION

KYLE HAYDEN DESIGN EDITOR

With the appointment of a new president last week, prospects for the future of the university look more complicated than ever. In an overall climate of precarity in higher education, we should be very careful how we treat and think about the university going forward.

Online courses are a boon to universities, but a critical-thinking failure for students.

There is a long-held belief among public institutions that they should be professing (recognize that word?) values and teaching us to be ethical, critical citizens — not just consumers.

Increasingly, however, it seems universities — of which Miami is no exception — have been pushed in a different direction, divorced from what they have stood for in history. The ethical and critical university is either dismissed as impossible or is regarded as “unprofitable” in the face of mounting corporate influence and financial uncertainty.

If we are not careful, education will be reduced to a caricature of itself, producing people who are trained only for currently fashionable jobs, not skilled at problemsolving or thinking. Some scholars argue that this has already happened.

Underneath the marketing drivel that insists online classes are time and costeffective, feelings of dread abound when we come to the realization that personal contact and engagement could disappear from education if market logics fully control higher education.

Online courses are certainly more efficient for universities’ budgets. To “hybridize” courses or offer courses completely online is to not have to pay faculty for their time or pay for construction and maintenance of physical facilities. Slide shows can even be bought from textbook producers like MacMillan or Pearson Education and administered online instead of in a classroom lecture.

Through the language of the online course, or the “hybridized” course (which could be treated as nothing more than a disguise for a completely online course), we can see evidence of corporatization and forces of digital stratification in education.

Unfortunately at Miami, the language of this industrial-academic process is becoming commonplace.

Henry Giroux wrote “The University in Chains,” a book of immeasurable relevance to each and every one of us as students. It reveals and laments the corporatization of higher education.

In 2007, Giroux wrote about Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona, which had an enrollment of 13,314 students. It had only 33 faculty members, 27 of whom

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were full-time. Its classes were almost completely online. The university’s president, Linda Thor, proudly embraced efficiency measures and the idea of “students as customers.”

The majority of Rio Salado’s teaching was done by part-time faculty who were paid $2,200 dollars per course. Assuming that a teacher could manage to teach eight courses a year (that’s four courses a semester) it totaled almost $18,000.

Could you imagine a more striking cross section that parallels Miami?

This semester, Miami increased the wage for adjunct instructors from $900 per credit hour to $1,000 per credit hour.

In February 2015 — just a year ago — The Miami Student reported that an adjunct professor teaching six three-credit hour courses a year will make $13,500 on average.

To translate this to reality, Americans spend around 30 percent of their income on housing. At $13,500, that’s $5,760 per year available for housing. I challenge anyone with the task of finding even an efficiency apartment with a rent of $350 a month.

Then we must account for food, transportation and healthcare.

With an outlook like this, academia ends up becoming a career in which people who may even have immense interest cannot enter. It becomes an empty service to be bought and sold.

This period in academic wage history is already regarded with shame, especially at a time when athletics departments and administrative positions boast six and even seven-figure salaries while students are

paying more than ever to just go to college.

How can we expect professors to be interested in professing if they can’t even feed themselves? How can we expect them to show us examples of creativity and critical engagement with this kind of treatment? There exists a crisis between cost effectiveness and critical engagement.

Currently, it seems as though market logics of education come to their conclusion when we can no longer discern between advertisement and course work.

Corporate logos, brand names and product placements abound in problem sets and in online course materials. It’s unsettling today that it is considered normal that the only responsibility young people have as citizens is to be good consumers.

It is written in our syllabi: “[This course] will teach you to be a critical consumer,” reads a syllabus for a class in statistics.

Note it is not written as “to be critical consumers of information,” or holiness forbid, “critical citizens.”

This is not just a trite close reading of an unconscious remark written in a syllabus, it is evidence of a formative culture which is now pervasive in education and seeks to propel students through an educational “path of least resistance.” Where students agree with statements like “my college education is a product which I am purchasing” become not only realized but also normalized.

This blurring between students and consumers and advertising as teaching should set off alarms more often. None of us seem to have a problem with advertising in the classroom. Consequently, we can recognize

LeBron James’ face or the logo of a manufacturer of automobiles, but we cannot name our congresspeople. We can’t remember which day is election day. We forget what our rights are for.

Young people have enrolled in college during a second-wave Culture War regarding the direction universities should take.

We will decide where we go — with either white knuckles or full wallets. Author Naomi Klein says, “All we have to do in order to lose is nothing. It’s that easy.”

Universities across the United States are at a critical juncture. Will they lapse into the profitable and cost-saving efficiency measures, take on corporate sponsorship, solicit funding from the defense industry, run students through the “diploma mill” or the “academic meat grinder”? Or do we demand from our policy makers and the public a renewed moral autonomy and social security for the university? A place where academic freedom, critical thought and engagement can survive? A place where public values and the university as a public sphere for engendering values and (imagine this) thinking, can take place?

If we follow the current timeline to a place where education reaches its privatized, efficient apogee, we find it could be a dark place. Most dangerously of all, as Theodor Adorno warns, “education’s highest aim after all is to teach empathy.” If we are not careful, we may forget how to feel this empathy altogether.

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Contemplating an unanswered question, building confidence in an unsure future LIFE

MARISSA STIPEK OPINION EDITOR

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

We hear this question dozens of times throughout our lives. As the years go by and our interests shift, our answers change.

I remember in kindergarten, each child got assigned a week to be the “star student.” When it was my turn, I eagerly brought home the questionnaire and listed off my favorites: color, food, animal, hobbies. And, of course, there was the age-old question — “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

“A baker!” my six-year-old self said excitedly, sitting at the kitchen table as my mom wrote down my answers on the sheet of paper.

Now, I don’t specifically remember enjoying baking when I was younger, so I don’t know why this was my go-to answer. But, for a while, it was. Maybe I just wanted to wear an apron and a fancy

white hat.

Throughout my life, I contemplated many other future careers.

Sometimes, I spent long afternoons lining up my dolls in front of a chalkboard in my basement, or my “classroom,” as I thought of it.

I made name tags and completed fake worksheets, only to go back and grade them myself, putting stickers on the best ones.

When I watched Law & Order: SVU, I wondered if I could be a defense attorney, or maybe even a detective. When I watched House, I contemplated becoming a doctor.

Fifth grade was the first time I became seriously interested in writing.

I used to cut out sections from magazines and glue them to sheets of printer paper, creating my own monthly publication.

I would play around on Microsoft Word, using the “word count” tool, testing myself to see how long and descriptive I could make a sentence before it became a run-on.

I started countless

“novels” that never made it past a few pages in length.

When it came time to go to college, I remember looking at the list of majors Miami offered, hoping one would jump out at me.

Political science? Environmental science? Kinesiology? They all sounded exciting.

I chose journalism, but that wasn’t the end of it. I was then told I had to select a co-major, or two minors, but that I could pick those later.

As I went through my classes, I tried to notice which ones drew my interest — which ones were most engaging. Junior year, I finally settled on two minors: sociology and gerontology, the study of aging. I still didn’t know what I wanted to do, but at least I was taking classes I enjoyed.

Last summer, at 21 years old, I was asked everyone’s favorite question yet again. I was sitting in the administrator’s office at the nursing home where I work over breaks.

“So, what do you want to be when

you grow up?” the administrator asked. He had offered to let me shadow various departments within the facility to see if I might be interested in pursuing any of them as a career.

“I don’t know!” I sighed, wishing I had a better answer.

After all, I was a year away from graduating. “When you grow up” no longer referred to some far-off time, but rather a deadline that was rapidly approaching.

“You know, me neither!” he said with a laugh. “I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up, either.”

I was confused to hear this, especially coming from someone I considered to be grown up. This man had worked as a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) in the same facility for 20 years.

He was married with two kids. It seemed like he had his life pretty much figured out.

But, maybe he didn’t. Before earning his LNHA, he worked as a Registered Nurse in an emergency room until he decided he didn’t like it anymore. And maybe there were

still other aspirations he was considering pursuing later.

People make career changes all the time. Gone are the days that someone secures a job right out of college and stays until they retire.

In 2012, Forbes reported that the average worker holds a job for 4.4 years, and that 91 percent of Millennials expect to stay in a job for only three years before switching to a new one. This may be because of the higher value this generation places on personal fulfillment. If they are not satisfied with one job, they will not hesitate to find another, more enjoyable alternative.

So, maybe I don’t have to know what I want to be when I grow up just yet. Maybe it will take a bit of trial and error.

Maybe I’ll love my first job, or maybe I’ll hate it.

Maybe nobody ever quite figures it out until they get there, and maybe that’s okay.

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A legacy of terror: In the United States, racist history isn’t condemned, it’s memorialized RACE

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Gore Vidal said at one point, “We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.”

When it comes to America’s racial history, particularly terror lynchings of black people by white people, “amnesia” is too generous. There’s something more nefarious going on.

Americans seem to actively rebel against a reckoning with history by erecting monuments and memorials to the purveyors of that racial history.

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) issued a report last February titled, “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror,” and it’s a report worth revisiting and discussing.

The reverence still given to the Confederate battle flag in the South is an obvious example, but there are also countless memorials, monuments, street names and schools dedicated to Robert E. Lee, Nathan Bedford Forrest — father of the Ku Klux Klan — and others that give a false glory to the past.

It’s hard to get an exact tally of how pervasive this glorification of the past runs in the South — and in various spots in the North, too.

Consider the absurdity of this. It is unambiguously the case that the Confederacy was created for the express purpose of maintaining and continuing a slave empire. The primary historical documents are clear on this.

Mississippi’s secessionist document states, “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery — the greatest material

interest of the world.”

It is also unambiguously the case that the Confederate battle flag was returned to public view in the late 1940s, 50s and 60s as a symbol in defense of Jim Crow laws and racial segregation.

And yet, today, the architects of that slave empire are revered, memorialized and their actions couched in the “Southern heritage” of nobility and bravery.

This isn’t a case of mere amnesia to the past, this is actively rewriting it to a more favorable telling for the South.

Imagine how bewildering it would

tell the whole story.”

EJI documented 3,959 lynchings of black people in twelve southern states [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia] between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and 1950, which is at least 700 more lynchings in these states than previously reported.

Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana had the highest statewide rates of lynchings in the United States, while Georgia and Mississippi had the highest raw number of lynchings.

But these Southern states have gone out of their way to obfuscate that history.

be to go to Germany and see monuments and dedications to members of the Nazi empire. Or to see Germans riding around in trucks with the swastika flag billowing in the wind.

This is why EJI’s report on terror lynchings in the Southern states should be read wide and far. If we can’t even get the past right, then we will continue to fail in the present, which is indubitably linked to that past.

Unfortunately, the blurring of the past occurred even in The New York Times’ reporting on EIJ’s report, also from last year.

The only time “White” is mentioned is in reference to the white girls or women that black men were accused of socially transgressing against or killing.

As Vox author Jenée DesmondHarris noted, “... if we don’t become more comfortable being explicit about the racial identity of the people doing the oppressing, we’re failing to

“Many victims of terror lynchings were murdered without being accused of any crime; they were killed for minor social transgressions or for demanding basic rights and fair treatment,” the report states.

In other words, lynchings were a way of reinforcing Jim Crow laws and racial segregation.

Thousands of blacks fled the South into the North and the West, i.e., they were refugees from terror. But these southern states have gone out of their way to obfuscate that history.

“These communities celebrate and honor the architects of racial subordination and political leaders known for their belief in white supremacy,” the report states.

The death penalty came to replace lynching, which means the death penalty has deep roots in this history and it continues today, given the disproportionality of those killed by the death penalty. For instance, a defendant in a murder trial is more likely to get the

A few days ago, my professor struck me with a fun fact too good to be true. Really? The celibate lady in charge of organizing masses at my church back home is really a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist? And one who poked fun at the Bill ClintonMonica Lewinsky scandal?

No. It had to be a coincidence, like the time I met a real-life Bruce Wayne. That abomination of a man was too fat, too ungroomed, too proud of wearing Winnie-the-Pooh slippers in public to be the man in the mask. I know it wasn’t him because he joked with the bank teller that she ought to “make it snappy” because he had “another bank to rescue in Gotham.” No way. The real Batman would never insist that someone “make it snappy.” This guy was just a bozo with a cool name.

In the case of Maureen Dowd, the church lady, I never found out that day if she was another Bruce Feign Wayne, never got to ask. For that injustice, I have distracting laptop screens to blame.

Mine has been in the computer hospital for the past few days and I’m still trying to solve the riddle of the splintered screen. Either it came from the four or six times I sat on it, mistaking my computer of three years for a seat cushion, or I damaged it that time I tapped on the screen to encourage a faster download. Only the PC-surgeons know for sure.

Without a laptop for self-induced distraction, I sat and flailed my legs like a six-year-old waiting for his favorite dragon-themed roller coaster to get going already. Having gone through that dream enough times, I decided to check on my neighbor’s screen just as the Maureen Dowd topic came to an end.

This girl was doing nothing

death penalty if the victim is white than if the victim is black. Black defendants are also 1.7 times more likely to receive the death penalty.

But it’s the brutality of these lynchings that should most shake our collective consciousness into reckoning with this history.

In one case cited by EIJ from Dyersburg, Tennessee, a mob tortured Lation Scott with a hot poker iron, gouging out his eyes, shoving the hot poker down his throat and pressing it all over his body before castrating him and burning him alive.

Or the fact that many of these lynchings were public spectacles.

In 1904, as Luther Holbert and his wife’s fingers and ears were chopped off, his skull battered in and burned alive, white men, women and children watched “while enjoying deviled eggs, lemonade and whiskey in a picnic-like atmosphere.”

Keep in mind, too, the period EIJ is looking at: 1877 to 1950. That means

special, just texting and fielding a Facebook demand to join that one game with the virtual vegetables.

Nothing more. My eavesdrop left me stupefied and wondering why I bothered glancing.

But there is a reason: hope.

Later that week, I scored a satisfying glimpse of a student’s search of leprosy. The images were appalling, disturbing and worth the distraction.

You see, that’s quality distraction time spent well. I was in chemistry and nowhere to be seen in my notes on isotopes were instructions to Google leprosy.

This lad should be an example for all ­ — bold in his distraction material, unwavering in his woolgathering during class, and not a texting tab in sight.

This does not only go for that one girl; I believe all students typing away in class should be more considerate of their neighbors in their screens’ displays. Let it be worth our glance.

As noted, I’d prefer something bemusing — something that I could not only write home about, as my daily tribulations with spilling coffee suffice there. No, I want some eyestupefying magic that I can dazzle home with, something like image results for “the plague.”

Or, for those interested in less gruesome distractions, maybe google piñata party gone wrong and hope for magic.

I know that Maureen Dowd of my hometown had nothing to do with ripping on Bill Clinton’s unfortunate lack of self-control — I googled it later that day.

But that is not something I would take the time to look up in class. I know from experience that, if my keyboard is to resonate clacking and whacking sounds, the result displayed has to be worth my distracted classmates’ while. If it’s lame, I plop my butt on my laptop and focus my eyes on the teacher. the tail end of lynchings in America and Jim Crow segregation is within many Americans’ living memory, if they so choose to exercise it.

“The absence of a prominent public memorial acknowledging racial terrorism is a powerful statement about our failure to value the African Americans who were killed or gravely wounded in this brutal campaign of racial violence,” the report states.

In a just America, the South’s actions during the Civil War would be placed within their proper historical context and the Confederate battle flag would be scorned.

In a just America, the South’s landscapes would be dotted with memorials to the victims of these racial terror killings.

In a just America, black lives of the past would matter, but we can’t even get the black lives of the present to matter.

A just America, yeah, that would be nice.

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controlled the momentum from the start.

With 1:23 remaining in the first period, freshman forward Jade McMullen redirected a shot from a teammate to give the Broncos a 1-0 lead. Western Michigan scored again with one second remaining, taking a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission.

Miami seemed to be gaining momentum when they went on the power play 50 seconds into the second period, but the Broncos scored a shorthanded goal to go up 3-0.

The ’Hawks got on the board two minutes later during another power play, when Morris redirected a Belpedio shot into the Broncos net 3:51 into the period.

The Broncos scored again 11:08 into the second period, taking the air out of any comeback hopes the ’Hawks may have had.

Head coach Enrico Blasi thought his team played hard, but missed some opportunities to win on Saturday.

“Thought our energy and execution was very good Friday,” Blasi said. “We had some opportunities Saturday but didn’t take advantage of them. Every game is a battle. We will stay focused on our preparation.”

Miami senior goaltender Jay Williams had 27 saves Friday and 24 saves Saturday.

Miami returns home for their final home stand this weekend against Colorado College (6-23-1, 4-15-1 NCHC).

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but when two go up against each other, it is anyone’s game. Especially following Iowa’s shocking loss to Penn State last Wednesday, the Big Ten could become a serious roller coaster ride if Indiana or Iowa drop another game.

5. Surprisingly, North Carolina is finding itself fifth in the AP Poll even after it’s heartbreaking loss to Duke last Wednesday. Following the loss, the Tar Heels made a case for themselves by crushing the No. 11 Miami Hurricanes by 25 points. Their biggest game this season is a rematch against No. 20 Duke on March 5. It’ll decide who the real leader of the ACC is.

When picking for the tournament, choosing any of the top five ACC teams would be a great idea, as they have all shown they can put up 90-plus points and hold off teams with defense when needed.

Also in the 1600m, junior Stephen Biebelhausen set a new personal best with a 4:15.8 time He finished 17th overall.

Senior Joe Stewart ran a 8:15.22 time in his first race of the season, the 3000-meter run, taking third overall. Senior Zack McBride finished behind Stewart in 8:15.44 for fourth overall.

It was a one-second personal best for Stewart and a 16-second improvement for McBride.

“Everyone ran so well this weekend, with everyone at the Alex Wilson Invite setting personal records,” Dusing said. “I think this will give us a lot more confidence for the rest of the season.”

The women’s team travels to Akron, Ohio this weekend for the MAC Indoor Championships. The men’s team does not compete again until the Miami Duals on April 1.

“We’ll definitely be excited to race outdoors,” Dusing said.

“But in the meantime, we’ll relax and go back to the basics.

Lots of sleep, four or five weeks of good mileage, and we’ll be ready to go.”

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ry, as the RedHawks picked up one victory. The duo of Shapovalova and Shteyn defeated senior Kathryn Hughes and junior Marta Morga 6-1, breaking their three-match losing streak.

“We were focused on fighting and playing as well as we could against Memphis,” Shteyn said.

“We had a lot going for us and just executed as best as we could. We incorporated everything in practices and did a very good job of displaying it in that final match.”

The team travels to Lexington, Kentucky Saturday to face off against Samford University (3-4).

him. Unless the entire Cleveland organization was living under a rock, they knew about Manziel’s behavior.

He was known as the arrogant party boy, and though he has had multiple opportunities to change, he has shown he is incapable of doing so. The Browns took a chance on a young, talented rebel quarterback, and it blew up in their face.

The NFL lifestyle got the better of Manziel and caused him to continue on a downward spiral.

Unfortunately, his actions hurt more than just him.

If the Browns do decide to cut him, he must take the time to clean up his act.

The San Diego Padres drafted Manziel in the 28th round of the first-year player MLB draft in 2014, so, who knows, maybe he can start over there.

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tan tone at its core. At times, “The Witch” is somewhat reminiscent of the “Book of Job” in its relentless tests of the central family’s deep devotion to God, unleashing both self-derived and divine horrors upon Thomasin and her family.

Robert Eggers’ “The Witch” may not be a perfect film, but it continues the modern renaissance of creative and compelling horror movies, serving as a much-needed break from the monotony of the today’s recycled horror movies.

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dors had to keep their wares inside of coolers in the winter — not to keep anything cool, but to prevent the food from freezing in the low temperatures.

“We posted some pictures on Facebook and you’ll see it’s snowing,” Slocum said. “It looks like someone photo-shopped it.”

The weather of last Saturday was more typical of a fall or spring market and the crowds responded accordingly. However, this was not the usual February Farmers Market.

The weather got colder. The market got smaller. The large crowds became less normal. The wares changed with the season.

The only thing about the Oxford Farmers Market that remained the same year-round was the festive atmosphere and friendly attitude of everyone there.

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ate and graduate students, community members and researchers use the archives.

“Some people may come in with a quick reference question, and they just want to have a picture,” Johnson said. “Then we could work with a researcher up to three years.”

There are a few items that need special care, such as glass negatives Johnson said. Glass negatives are an early technology in photography, in which pictures FROM PULLEY »PAGE 3

Saturday, 12:02 a.m. — Alison The police officer who patrols Armstrong at night arrives at Pulley Diner.

Twenty minutes later, more than a dozen people descend on the register at once.

Another 20 minutes later, a guy skateboards across the black-andwhite checkered floor.

There’s a “closed for cleaning” sign blocking off the back half of the dining room, but everyone ignores it. Someone even leaps over it, complete with his own personal sound effects.

Another guy walks right into the sign, stares down at it, perplexed, then sloppily steps over and continues on his way.

There’s a loud crash as a student drops a small stack of plates and fries fall to the ground in front of the soda machine.

A toga-clad girl leans on the edge of a table. Her entire right side — bra and bare skin — is visible. A few minutes later, she clings to her friend as he attempts to walk away.

“You were my first friend and I love you so much. You have to accept it before you can get your food.”

Two more toga partiers sit at the end of the milkshake counter.

One wears a perfectly wrapped

were captured on glass instead of paper. Movers use preservation boxes to carefully move the items.

Department of History Lecturer Helen Sheumaker says she brings her class to the archives to help them with research. Having that resource on campus is invaluable, she says, and allows students to feel and have a connection with the materials.

“Because the records are from university and colleges, that’s the same environment that the students are currently in, so there’s an immediate connection,” Sheu-

maker said.

Senior Hannah Blubaugh, a student worker for the archives, said the process for moving involves packing up documents and taking inventory of each box to make sure all the documents are in order.

It also involves throwing out duplicates of documents and books that aren’t needed.

She said alumni donate to the archives and also frequently use the archives to look up memorabilia from their time at Miami.

“Alumni come in usually wanting to look up class pictures and

be able to relive their time here,” Blubaugh said.

William Modrow, head of special collections assistant librarian at University Libraries, said there will be a reading room and a display room, where artifacts like the Reid Hall door will be displayed so everyone can see them. This is different from Withrow, where artifacts didn’t have much visibility and were scattered amongst the shelves.

A consistent temperature and humidity is key when preserving old documents, Modrow said.

The library will have an updated air handler, a device that will better control the ventilation and air quality of the room.

The archives contain documents and artifacts related to each of the three universities’ histories.

This differs from Special Collections, which houses rare documents and books that are unrelated to Miami.

The archives were originally housed in the basement of the Old Oxford College, which is now the Community Arts Center. The archives moved to Withrow in 2001.

and tied navy blue sheet, the other what looks like a blanket wrapped around his shoulders.

Saturday, 12:56 a.m. — Dmitriy The late night milkshake rush is unavoidable.

“Matt One?” yells the employee making milkshakes. “Matt Two?” Matt One arrives and grabs his shake, a vanilla swirl, and the employee calls for Matt Two once more.

“Matt Two, we need you,” I yell, in an attempt to help.

A few minutes later, a stumbling Matt Two picks up his shake from the counter.

Saturday, 1:08 a.m. — Audrey Alison and I spot a guy wearing a bright yellow lei.

“Why’d you come here?” Alison asks.

“Um. I’m drunk and want food,” he says. “Duh.” “I got mac ‘n’ cheese and a milkshake,” says the girl sitting with him. “It’s like the perfect food to make me happy.”

“What’s with the lei?” I ask.

“We had a themed party at my house,” the guy responds. “It was definitely Hawaiian-themed. You know, not many parties require leis other than Hawaiian ones.”

“I was at an ’80s work-out themed party tonight,” says the girl.

Her friend boos at her. Hawaiian-themed parties trump the ’80s,

apparently.

“Can I say something?” he asks, before continuing. “I just need to say that these milkshakes, I’d rank them like 86 percent. It’s too rich.

A little rich on the chocolate.”

“Isn’t that a good thing?” asks Alison.

“Usually, yeah, but no,” he says.

“It’s … it just … it should be dialed down a little bit. You know, as soon as my ham and cheese omelette gets here, life will be good. ” Saturday, 2:19 a.m. — Joey Roommates Morgan Cavanaugh and Mary Kate Roses sit in the corner and enjoy some chicken strips. They’re debating whether they would rather fight 100 ducksized horses or one horse-sized duck.

“Fighting tiny horses would be so much fun,” Morgan says.

“No, I would take the one big one,” Mary Kate responds. “You just grab it by the feathers.”

“No, the little ones you could just kick. They’re irrelevant.”

“Okay, but you could just ride the duck.”

No consensus is made.

Saturday, 2:25 a.m. — Alison Audrey and I run into a guy who prefers to be called Pablo, or Stephen Curry, or Derrick Rose or Paul George.

We ask Pablo what he’s been up to since the last time we talked.

“I’m going to be honest, some

real shit went down,” he says. “I lost a homie.”

We try to inquire, but apparently the information is classified.

Saturday, 2:37 a.m. — Alison The floor is disgusting — mud streaks, soggy and squashed fries, forgotten chicken tenders and drops of liquid that I hope are only water.

Several people slip on the floor and almost fall.

Five minutes later, someone falls flat on his butt and his friends start cracking up. One thought it was so hilarious he decided to try to ice skate before running into a table and falling, too.

A guy unhooks the “closed for cleaning” sign, looking around suspiciously so as not to get caught, then rolls it up and puts it in his vest. His friend congratulates him with a slap on the butt.

People sit down among the leftover boxes and crumb-ridden tables.

Saturday, 2:44 a.m. — Audrey Two students steal the only pump container of ketchup and try to hide it in their booth, which worked fine for them until the officer on duty walked by. She talked to them for a while, then they sullenly returned the ketchup to its rightful spot on the counter. She laughed, shaking her head as they walked away.

Michelle Merz is a detective for Miami University Police Department (MUPD). She loves her job, loves working the night shift.

She talked to us for a while — about the book she hopes to write about her experiences in law enforcement, about what it was like to attend Miami as a non-traditional student when she was 20, married and had a baby.

We could have talked to her all night, but she had drunk kids to look out for.

The guy who had previously stolen the “closed for cleaning” sign was now chucking french fries across a window in attempts to land them in a plastic cup. The end result was a pile of french fries lining the window sill.

After running out of french fries, he and his friends get up to leave. He takes the sign out of his vest and places it on a chair. They walk away.

Not long after, another guy finds the abandoned “closed for cleaning” sign, puts it around his neck and walks out the back door.

Saturday, 5:04 a.m. — Audrey Pulley is a ghost town. Instead of rolling tumbleweeds and dust, there are balled-up napkins and a layer of muddy footprints. Every table has at least four boxes of leftover food on it. Untouched milkshakes melt into a soupy consistency. French fries have become part of the floor.

I wouldn’t wish cleaning this place upon my worst enemy.

The kitchen area is spotless in comparison. The workers are just finishing up cleaning the countertops.

“Picking up garbage,” a worker mutters, “that’s something I’ve always wanted to be skillful at.”

He rolls his eyes while picking up trash from behind the counter — the dining area still untouched.

Three noticeably drunk guys walk in and order breakfast. They

ask for water cups, then walk to the pop machine and fill their cups with soda. The worker notices and runs over to them.

“Hey! That’s a water cup!” he scolds. “Next time I’m charging you!”

They just laugh and walk to a booth near the back.

After a while, I notice that it’s absolutely silent. No music even plays overhead. I have no idea how long it had been that way.

The workers say something about the cleaning guy not showing up. This can’t be normal.

Just before I head out, ’50s music begins to play.

Saturday, 7:05 a.m. — Alison The woman in the kitchen walks to the edge of the railing and shouts down to Miami Ice. “Can you come up here and help, please? We’re bad.”

I think that’s a bit of an understatement — the diner seems like chaos with hungry customers, trash littering the tables and a maintenance guy who just showed up to fix something in the kitchen.

Thank God for good samaritans.

David Holmes comes walking through, trash bag in hand, picking everything off the tables.

I ask him why he’s helping. “’Cause kids get a little too drunk and I guess when they get drunk they can be kind of disrespectful. And I feel really bad about the employees here,” David says.

He’s not usually here this early, but when he is, he’s happy to help.

“I would not wish this upon anybody. This is very vile,” he says as he stuffs boxes of half-eaten meals into the trash bag.

A buddy of his walks by on the way out. “You’re a good man, Holmes,” he says, patting his shoulder.

Another small group walks by.

“Why is Dave cleaning all of Pulley?” “’Cause he’s a good dude.”

Saturday, 8:57 a.m. — Alison A couple walks in with a foster dog trotting along the girl’s side.

The guy sees a friend, who immediately becomes enamored with the dog, crouching to pet the German shepherd mix while the others order food.

Two minutes later and the worker from Miami Ice is mopping the floor. It’s the first time it’s actually looked clean, and that’s not saying much.

A girl slips and spills some of her chocolate milk.

“I’m so sorry!”

“It’s alright, at least I’m mopping.”

The guy who was petting the dog is now telling dog stories.

An older couple, probably parents, stop to read the first menu before continuing to the counter to order — obviously they’ve never been here. While eating, they see a toasted roll that someone had ordered and decide to get one to-go.

The workers talk about how they’ve never seen the dining room so bad before, employees from downstairs had even heard about it, too.

Saturday, 9:40 a.m. — Alison There isn’t a line in sight.

Ten minutes later, a handful of people arrive for Saturday morning breakfast.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Judith Browne Dianis, co-director, Advancement Project

ERADICATING THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 DISMANTLING THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE: A CALL TO ACTION

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For more information about this program, visit: The Center for American and World Cultures at MiamiOH.edu/CAWC Sponsored by the Robert E. Strippel Memorial Continuing Dialogue on Justice and Human Rights in partnership with the Center for American and World Cultures and with support from American Studies Program, Black Women Empowered, Black World Studies Program, Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine, College of Education, Health, and Society Partnership Office, Department of Architecture and Interior Design, Department of Educational Leadership, Department of Family Studies and Social Work, Department of Finance, Department of Geography, Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Department of Teacher Education, Miami University Pre-Law Chapter of the National Black Law Students Association, Office of the President for Institutional Diversity, Pre-Law Program, Urban Teaching Cohort, Western Program, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Hopedale Universalist Unitarian Church, NAACP-Oxford Unit, Oxford Citizens for Peace and Justice, Oxford League of Women Voters, School to Prison Pipeline OEA/OHIO, and YWCA Hamilton, OH.

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Miami hockey is tied with Nebraska-Omaha and Minnesota-Duluth at 25 points for fourth place in the conference.

With two weeks left in the regular season, North Dakota and St. Cloud State lead the conference with 47 points.

MU splits series; Louis scores twice HOCKEY

HARRISON SCHWARZ STAFF WRITER

The Miami University hockey team (13-14-3, 7-11-2-2 NCHC) split the weekend against Western Michigan University (8-19-3, 5-141-1 National Collegiate Hockey), winning Friday’s game 4-1 and losing Saturday 4-1. Entering Saturday night, the RedHawks had been on a three-game winning streak and had won eight of their last 10 games.

Junior forward Anthony Louis was the standout player of the first game, scoring two of the ’Hawks four goals.

Louis’ first goal came when freshman forward Josh Melnick inter-

cepted a pass and chipped the puck up ice to Louis. Louis had a 2-on-1 with Melnick and wristed the puck five-hole, putting the Red and White up 1-0 just 4:26 into the first period.

Miami took the first nine shots of the game before Western Michigan was able to get one off. After their first shot, the Broncos totaled five more before Miami found its offense again.

Miami got back on track when senior forward Kevin Morris slapped a rebound past Western Michigan senior goalie Lukas Hafner off sophomore defensemen Scott Dornbrook’s one-timer with 2:42 remaining in the first period.

The RedHawks began the second period strong as well. Three minutes

into the period, sophomore defensemen Louis Belpedio swung a pass to freshman forward Keifer Sherwood, who roofed a shot into the Broncos’ net, giving Miami a 3-0 lead.

A little more than one minute into the third period, Louis forced a Broncos turnover and rushed toward the WMU goal. As Louis took his shot, a Broncos defender tried to take him down, but Louis stayed on his feet and roofed the puck into the net.

The Broncos scored a garbage time goal with 33 seconds remaining in the third period.

The script was reversed in the second game – Western Michigan HOCKEY »PAGE 8

RedHawks place fourth at Buckeye Tune-Up TRACK AND FIELD

BEN BLANCHARD THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University men and women’s track and field split the team this weekend to compete in two meets, the Buckeye Tune-Up and the Alex Wilson Invititational.

The majority of the RedHawks competed at the Buckeye Tune-Up in Columbus, Ohio, where the Miami women finished fourth overall, thanks to strong performances from sophomore Alesha Vovk, senior Kathie Wollney and junior Alexus Jimson-Miller.

Vovk won the 1600-meter run

with a 4:56.11 time, a new personal best.

“I felt really good during the race, my legs felt smooth and strong,” Vovk said. “I just wanted to qualify for conference next weekend, but winning the race was definitely a great bonus.”

In the 800-meter run, Wollney finished second in 2:15.65. It was Wollney’s first 800m race, as she typically runs the 400-meter hurdles.

Jimson-Miller took fifth in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing with a 8.64 time, slightly slower her 8.51 time at the Music City Challenge last weekend.

The contingent of the men’s squad

that traveled to the Alex Wilson invite turned in solid performances, as well.

“We’re all really excited, this is by far the best indoor performance we’ve ever had since I’ve been here,” junior Andrew Dusing said.

Dusing set a new personal best in the 1600-meter race, clocking in at 4:06.5, good enough for an eighth place finish and beating his old time by five seconds. Dusing’s time ranks him fifth in the Mid-American Conference standings, with .31 seconds separating him from the second place spot.

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The number of years it’s been since Miami men’s basketball finished a season with a winning record. MU is 9-18 (3-11 MidAmerican Conference) heading into its final four games of the regular season. The RedHawks play Akron tonight at home.

Discussing the AP Poll’s top teams in college hoops COLUMN

WILLIAM REEDY March Madness is approaching rapidly, so it’s time for college basketball enthusiasts to buckle down, get out their laptops, flip on ESPN and do some serious research to discover the favorites for the notorious tournament will be.

Without a clear standout team this year, it is difficult to picture who could take it all. The top five teams each have about four losses, leaving the tournament as a complete toss up. So, if you’re preparing your brackets as early as this week or the next, I urge you to proceed with caution.

Below are some points to consider about this week’s AP Poll top five teams.

1. Currently sitting in first, Villanova hasn’t had many difficult matchups outside the Big East besides Oklahoma and Virginia (both were losses), so aside from winning out the rest of the season against their conference foes, it’s hard to feel great about Villanova knocking off teams from other power house conferences. When considering the Wildcats in the tournament, look for late round upsets against schools from the ACC, the Big 12 and the Big 10.

2. Kansas, which recently moved to the No. 2 spot in the AP Poll, is looking to stay afloat in the abso-

lute brawl going on in the Big 12.

All five of Kansas’ losses are to Big 12 teams, with the exception of Michigan State. With more conference games to come, Kansas could be a fantastic pick as they are now enjoying a two-game Big 12 lead after beating Kansas State by nine points last Saturday.

3. Oklahoma has proven itself as a true contender. The Sooners thumped Villanova, and haven’t had any real trouble against top 25 teams. They’ve had two hard losses to Kansas, a conference loss to Iowa State and one shocking upset to Kansas State. This team is sure to blast through the first few rounds of the tournament – but take caution while choosing them over an experienced tournament team in the later rounds. The 14-point win last Saturday against West Virginia puts the Sooners two games back from Kansas in the Big 12 conference.

4. Sitting in the No. 4 spot, the Iowa Hawkeyes will see one of their biggest matchups this season when they take on No. 22 Big Ten conference power house Indiana University on March 1. This game will decide which team will become leader of the conference, assuming the two teams win their next two conference games. Choosing Big Ten teams for the tournament will always leave you feeling confident, HOOPS »PAGE 8

Headlines beyond Oxford: The Chicago Cubs enter spring training as the consensus favorite to win the World Series, as short as 4-1 at some Las Vegas sportsbooks. No other team has odds in the single digits.The Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros are next at 10-1.

Women’s tennis falls to Nebraska, beats Memphis TENNIS

SCOTT SUTTON

THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University tennis team split its weekend matches, losing Friday to University of Nebraska (8-1) and winning Saturday against University of Memphis (2-5).

The RedHawks lost 4-3 against the Huskers Friday evening at the Sid and Hazel Tennis Center. Senior Ana Rajkovic and junior Andreea Badileanu started the match with a 6-2 doubles win, their fifth consecutive win, to tie the overall match at one doubles win apiece. Nebraska won the third doubles match 6-4, clinching the doubles point and taking a 1-0 lead into singles play.

Nebraska was first to win three singles matches, all in straight sets, to win the day’s match.

Miami closed out the day with three consecutive victories in tiebreaking third sets. Freshman Anzhelika Shapovalova beat senior Maggy Lehmicke 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (108); Rajkovic beat freshman Paula Del Cueto Castillo 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (108) and freshman Emily Struble beat freshman Vasanti Shinde 6-4, 3-6,

1-0 (10-8).

On Saturday, the ’Hawks knocked off the Memphis Tigers 5-2 with a nearly perfect singles matchup in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.

“I think we put the loss to Nebraska behind us and went out knowing that it was a new day and another opportunity to get a win,” Struble said.

“Against Nebraska, my match came down to a ten-point tiebreaker. Two of my teammates were in the same position at the same time and it came down to who could perform the best under pressure. I just ran down every ball I could and just focused on every ball, every point.”

The singles wins came from Struble, sophomore Anastasiia Vasiukhina, Shapovalova, Badlieanu, and sophomore Hannah Shteyn.

Struble topped Tiger’s junior Gabrielle Paul 6-2, 6-1; Vasiukhina defeated sophomore Tara McElroy 7-6, 6-2; Badlieanu won 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 over sophomore Hanna Sohn and Shteyn beat freshman Janina Berres 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.

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L A R U M I N T R AN U P S SIG

Manziel saga continues COLUMN

JULIA RIVERA On Saturday, Dallas police said they had obtained video surveillance connected to the domestic assault complaint against Cleveland Browns Johnny Manziel.

Though police have not confirmed the nature of the video, the incident occured at the Hotel ZaZa in Dallas.

Manziel’s former girlfriend, Colleen Crowley, said in her sworn affidavit seeking the protective order, Manziel forced her down a stairwell and into his car, where he hit her so hard she ruptured an eardrum. In addition to hitting her, the 23 year-old also threatened to kill her and then commit suicide.

Since the complaint was filed, Manziel has told TMZ Sports that the altercation did not happen. “I’m completely stable. I’m safe and secure,” he said.

Manziel’s behavior has shown that history repeats itself. Should anyone really be surprised about his recent behavior?

Coming out of college at Texas A&M, Manziel had a bright future.

He was the 2014 Heisman trophy winner, and though some projected

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him as the first overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, Cleveland took him 22nd overall.

The reason he was not the first overall pick was due to concerns of his partying habits. A few weeks after the draft, Manziel was seen partying in Las Vegas – and that was just one of many times the star was thrown into the spotlight for his drinking habits.

Fast-forward to now and Manziel has had a stint in rehab, two domestic violence incidents and involvement in multiple fights. His rookie year was a flop and he has lost the respect of not only Browns fans, but football fans everywhere.

Manziel will most likely be cut from the Browns once the new season beings.

The quarterback’s father, Paul Manziel, told the Dallas Morning News that his son recently refused on two occasions to enter rehabilitation facilities.

“I truly believe if they can’t get him help, he won’t live to see his 24th birthday,” Paul Manziel said.

Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said he wasn’t aware of Manziel’s personal life when the team drafted

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