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OESCR violations up by 16%

FARMER GIFTED $40 MILLION

Alcohol, drug offenses could be culprit

SCHOOL SEES RECORD DONATION

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FINANCE

KELLY MCKEWIN

EMILY WILLIAMS

In comparison to the 2014-2015 school year, there was a 16 percent increase in the number of Student Code of Conduct violations reported to the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (OESCR) in the 2015-2016 school year.

According to the campus safety report released

by Susan Vaughn, OESCR director, there was a 10 percent increase in underage alcohol related violations, and a 75 percent increase in drug violations, particularly with marijuana, in comparison with the previous year.

There were a total of 142 drug violations reported to the OESCR during the 2015-16 academic year. 14 Title IX cases were reported to the OESCR during the year.

Vaughn does not believe the increase is particularly significant, as the number of violations the office handles each year can vary based on a number of factors.

“Usually when we see a variable in numbers, I usually can’t attribute it to anything,” Vaughn said.

However, one factor

Miami’s Farmer School of Business has been granted a $40 million donation — the largest donation from any single foundation or individual in the university’s history. The donors, Richard T. “Dick” and Joyce Farmer, are the namesake of the university’s business school and provided the cornerstone donation for the Farmer School of Business in 1992.

Miami University President Gregory Crawford announced the record-breaking donation during his inauguration speech yesterday, Oct. 10, in Millett Hall.

“This very meaningful connection will greatly enrich, support and affect scholarship students, emerging programs and curricular enhancements,” said Crawford. “And we won’t stop here.”

The new donation will support all elements of the business school, including its faculty, students and academic programs.

Crawford noted the past support the Farmer’s have given to the university’s business school. In 2005,

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MANAGING EDITOR

RYAN TERHUNE THE MIAMI STUDENT

President Gregory Crawford at Millett Hall on Oct. 10. After 103 days in office, he was officially inaugurated Miami’s president Monday.

Crawford inaugurated president

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JAMES STEINBAUER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Gregory Crawford was officially inaugurated as Miami’s 22nd president on Monday.

In his address, Crawford laid out his vision of what he called a “new chapter in the university’s 207-year history.”

“Our gathering celebrates the entire story of this amazing university: its proud past, its promising present and its bright future that we will shape together,” Crawford told the thin gathering of spectators that attended the ceremony in Millett Hall.

In a more than 30-minute

Advocates for holistic learning, social justice, change creation and virtuous leadership speech, Crawford outlined the challenges that he sees Miami University facing in the 21st century: widening gaps between rich and poor, inequities and fearful reactions to rapidly evolving demographics and economic and technological changes.

At around 2 p.m., a a cadre of students, faculty and staff marched with Crawford from the Hub to Millet Hall, escorted by Miami’s marching band and followed by a ceremonial cowerson of bagpipers.

Crawford was accompa-

Why college students don’t vote Many students catergorized as ‘tuned out’ and ‘doers’ POLITICS

BONNIE MEIBERS

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

With the 2016 presidential election 28 days away, students on Miami’s campus are being asked: Will you get out and vote?

After the 2012 election, it was evident that many college-aged people chose not to vote.

A study done by Northwestern University journalism professor Ellen Shearer and the Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications, found nearly 31 percent of nonvoters in 2012 were 18 to 29 years old. Of the entire group of non-voters, over half — 64 percent — said they chose not to vote.

“It’s worrisome that people are sitting out, because voting is a habit,” Shearer said. “If you don’t get in the habit now, it becomes harder to pick up later in life.”

The study categorized nonvoters into six groups: the “pessimists,” the “too busys,” the “strugglers,” the “tuned

outs,” the “active faithfuls” and the “doers.”

“Pessimists” are more likely to feel the country is heading in the wrong direction. This group of non-voters tended to be older. Those who vote because they say they don’t have time are categorized as “too busys.”

“Tuned outs” are not involved in politics at all. They do not keep up with current events. This group of nonvoters is more likely to believe their vote doesn’t count. “Doers” are similar to “too busys” in that they cite work as the reason they didn’t vote. This group tends to be knowledgeable about politics and current events.

Shearer said she thinks college students are spread amongst all six of these groups, but the one she would categorize the most college students in is the “tuned out” and “doer” categories.

“These students are not that interested in politics and they don’t feel like the candidates are talking to them,” she said.

It is objectively more dif-

ficult, Shearer said, for a college student to vote, than for an adult to do so. Having to register in a different state or submit an absentee ballot deters some “too busys” from voting.

Ryan, who asked his last name not be used, is a sophomore at Miami. Politically, he leans right, but he is not voting in this presidential election.

“I don’t feel like either candidate represents my views,” he said.

Another reason Ryan won’t be voting in November is because he takes issue with how the political system works.

“I don’t feel like voting gives you a real say because, at end of day, the electoral college makes that decision,” Ryan said. “It’s counterintuitive to me.”

Ryan feels like his vote doesn’t actually matter.

“I don’t see a difference in not voting and casting a third party vote,” he said.

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nied to Millett by past Miami presidents David Hodge and James Garland. At around 5 p.m., with help from Chair of the Board of Trustees David Budig, the former presidents draped the 50-year-old presidential medallion over Craw-

ford’s neck.

It was the first time the medallion had hung on a hand-sewn ribbon adorned in red and white peepankišaapiikahkia eehkwaatamenki. The traditional Myaamia ribbon work design of elongated diamonds underscored CrawCRAWFORD » PAGE 2

His boots are made for walking. Or, for running Miami University. See Pg. 2 for the full story.

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At Miami, a decision to not vote Student discouraged by candidates, scandals PEOPLE

SAM IAMMARINO

THE MIAMI STUDENT

First-year Mackenzie Baldwin does not plan to vote in the upcoming presidential election. In Baldwin’s opinion, there are no trustworthy candidates, and she’s disappointed in the two major frontrunners:

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

With less than a month until the presidential election on Nov. 8, polls seem to indicate a lead change almost as often as Donald Trump’s comments spark outrage or someone brings up Hillary Clinton’s emails.

While the election is a hot topic for discussion lately,

not all students are casting a ballot.

Baldwin, a self-identified independent, cites her dismay with both major party nominees’ as the main factor in her decision not to vote.

“I feel that both Hillary and Trump would not be a good fit for the job. I would NOT VOTING » PAGE 4

RYAN TERHUNE THE MIAMI STUDENT

T-shirts bearing the stories of survivors and victims of sexual assault were displayed around the Hub. Last week, Miami’s Women’s Center hosted the annual Clothesline Project.

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CULTURE p. 3

EDITORIAL p. 6

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SPORTS p. 8

LATINO AFFAIRS COMMISSION AWARDS

STUDENTS ERECT SHANTY CITY ON CENTRAL

IT’S NOT JUST ‘LOCKER ROOM TALK’

SLEEP, CRIME AND ‘THE END OF NIGHT’

THE QUEST FOR FOOTBALL’S FIRST WIN

Two Miami professors, Fowler-Cordova and RiojaVelarde, recognized.

Habitat for Humanity event raises awareness of homelessness.

“The victims and women on this campus deserve more from a president.”

“The dominant culture wants to end your patterns of sleep and make you work constantly.”

RedHawks fall to Akron, look to next match against Kent State University.

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Cowboy boots for Crawford: President’s unique fashion choice NOVELTY

EMILY WILLIAMS THE MIAMI STUDENT

“This is my best pair.”

Miami University’s new president, Gregory Crawford, kicked his heels up, slightly lifting the leg of his black dress pants to admire the shiny, dark brown cowboy boots.

Crawford didn’t always wear cowboy boots. It started when he was at Notre Dame University, where, from 2008 through spring of this year, Crawford served as the William K. Warren Foundation Dean of Notre Dame’s College of Science, a professor of physics and vice president and provost for the university.

He had been recruited to volunteer for a charity event to benefit the Center for the Homeless in nearby South Bend, Indiana. For the past ten years, the center has hosted a “Dancing with Our Stars” event, a community-wide dance marathon that draws in notable local figures and has even been hosted

by talk-show host and media personality Regis Philbin, a Notre Dame graduate.

Crawford was one of the participants selected to perform a routine with a professional dancer, but he and his partner quickly ran into a problem.

He can’t dance.

They tried everything — Michael Jackson, Meatloaf, Creedence Clearwater Revival — but nothing worked.

“They told me, ‘You don’t have the moves.’ I really am clumsy.”

In the end, they settled on the twostep. That performance was the first time he had ever worn cowboy boots.

“The boots were phenomenal, so I never went back,” Crawford said.

Now he wears them everywhere, discreetly hidden under the pants of his suits — working in his office in Roudebush Hall, presiding over meetings of the Board of Trustees, biking through Oxford or, as he did yesterday, addressing the Miami community at his formal inauguration.

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President Gregory Crawford models his most prized pair of cowboy boots for The Miami Student.

Faculty to be recognized by Latino Affairs Commission AWARD

NINA FRANCO

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami faculty members Katherine Fowler-Cordova and Jacqueline Rioja-Velarde will be honored Oct. 21 by the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission for their achievements in cultural inclusion. Their recognition will take place during the 36th annual Distinguished Hispanic Ohioans Awards Gala at the University of Cincinnati.

Fowler-Cordova will receive the Nuestra Familia Award, which is given to non-Hispanic individuals who encourage the inclusion of Latinos in Ohio, while Rioja-Velarde will be awarded the Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan award for her work to improve living conditions for Hispanics across the state.

Fowler-Cordova, a senior lecturer in Spanish and Portugese, says her love for Latino culture and langugage started with a Spanish 101 class at Ohio University, her alma mater.

“It’s funny because when I started my career, I considered becoming a math teacher,” Fowler-Cordova said. “I was required to take a language, and I took

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that can contribute to increases in violations is an increase in the number of students at Miami.

From the fall of 2014 to the fall of 2015, undergraduate enrollment at Miami increased from 15,813 to 16,387. While the 574 student increase may not account for all the additional violations the OESCR handled, Vaughn believes it likely contributed to it.

“If there are more students at

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ford’s focus on diversity throughout his speech.

So did the presence of Doug Lankford, chief of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, who spoke before Crawford about the long-standing relationship between the Tribe and Miami University’s past presidents.

“Who would ever imagine the one day Tribal leaders would be welcoming new university presidents to campus?” Lankford said.

“The Miami Tribe is proud and honored that this land, the rivers and this great institution continue to bear our name.”

Ian Young, a member of the

Rioja-Velarde and Fowler-Cordova.

Spanish.”

At Ohio, Fowler-Cordova was also involved in Habitat for Humanity and the International Students Union, which she credits with bolstering her love of community service and knowledge of Latino culture.

In her professional career, Fowler-Cordova most enjoys working with service learning students, who she said “opened [her] eyes to social justice issues that were occurring locally”.

She was inspired to create a course, Spanish 331, where students can get involved in service within the Hispanic community.

With a colleague, Fowler-Cordova spearheads Miami’s Spanish Individualized Studies class, which is designed to assist students whose primary language at home is Spanish.

Rioja-Velarde, associate director of Miami’s Center for American and World Cultures, origi-

nally hails from Peru, but came to the United States in 2003 to join the Miami’s department of geography.

“Coming to Ohio was a huge change,” she said.

But Rioja-Velarde found her niche when she joined the Center for American and World Cultures in 2006. Among her duties there is to manage and organize Miami’s annual Latin American and Caribbean UniDiversity Festival, which is attended by over 2,000 people.

Rioja-Velarde also coordinates Miami’s Cesar Chavez Celebration Program and helped start “Latinas in Ohio”, which empowers Latina students and their families to take action when faced with challenges and isolation as minorities, particularly in environments like Oxford.

In 2011, Rioja-Velarde was selected by the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission to represent the state at a White House Summer Community Leaders briefing.

For Rioja-Velarde, her work is all in the service of raising awareness. She said that, outside the Latin-American communtiy, there exists a “lack of knowledge about who we are.”

the university, there are going to be a greater number of violations,” Vaughn said.

OESCR violations are reported mainly by the Miami University Police Department, Oxford Police Department and from referrals made

by Residence Life staff.

Ben Spilman, MUPD captain, says the MUPD has seen similar statistics in relation to what the OESCR has seen in the past year, but also does not believe the increase is a particular concern. Be-

tween the 2014 and 2015 calendar year, the MUPD saw an increase in both drug and alcohol related arrests and disciplinary actions.

“Ours is a pretty small percentage of the OESCR workload. Have we seen an uptick? I don’t think so.

We’ve not seen particularly more activity in the areas of drug and alcohol enforcement in recent years.

They do remain fairly consistent for us,” Spilman said.

Miami Tribe and a 2016 graduate from Miami University came back to witness Crawford’s inauguration as a sign of solidarity.

“I came back as an alumnus because the relationship between the university and the Tribe is something that is incredibly important to me,” Young said. “And I feel that this new president bodes very well for continued growth in that relationship.”

In his address, Crawford struck a hopeful note on the challenges that Miami is facing and devoted much of his attention to explaining how they can be solved by collective values.

“After 103 days on the job (but who’s counting?) what excites

me the most is how connection is so central to our lives at Miami,” Crawford said. “In order to meet these challenges, we must achieve what I call meaningful connectivity. Finding synergy and synthesis among the vast diversity of our world to solve problems.”

Crawford laid out a platform of four mindsets that he said will help Miami do just that: holistic learning, social justice, change creation and virtuous leadership.

“In our coming months and years, you will hear me talk a lot about the importance of entrepreneurial thinking, partnerships, inclusivity, community, unity and society. All which require an advanced, meaningful connectivity.”

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Suicide prevention walks for awareness CAMPUS

GRACE SCARBERRY THE MIAMI STUDENT

Over 300 Miami students and Oxford community members came together on Sunday for the first American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) 5K walk, organized by the mother of a Miami student who committed suicide. AFSP is a support agency that guides communities who want to raise money for suicide prevention.

Miami groups involved with the walk included Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, HAWKS Peer Health Educators, Student Counseling Services and Active Minds.

Suicide is a particularly important issue for college students. According to a 2014 Center of Disease Control (CDC) survey, suicide is the second leading cause of death in 14- to 34 -year-olds.

In 2013, Andrew Salsman, a student at Miami, committed suicide.

His mother, Lynn Dalton, coordinated the walk as part of her suicide prevention efforts.

“I’m bringing together all the people who have been touched by suicide,” she said. “I’m doing this for Andrew and the university and community he loved.”

She added that the planning committee and all the walkers were greatly supportive.

“Everybody who got involved was incredible,” Dalton said. “Everybody brought their own strength and contributions.”

Junior Emily Rowan participated in the walk with members of Alpha Delta Pi, her sorority. “[Suicide] is a very sensitive issue I know a lot of people have trouble with,” Rowan said. “Mental health issues are not something you should be ashamed of.”

Jennifer Young, a member of the walk’s planning committee and the

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the Farmers donated $30 million through the Farmer Family Foundation, $25 million of which went to the construction of the building. The remainder was allocated for faculty support.

“Dick and Joyce and all the Farmer family: our heartfelt appreciation goes to you for the lasting impact this extraordinary gift will have on the future of our university and our students,” Crawford said.

Dick Farmer, who graduated from Miami with a degree in business in 1956, is the founder of Cintas Corporation, a company that manufactures products for all types of businesses including corporate uniforms, logo mats, safety products and industrial carpet and tile cleaning. He has served as a univer-

Assistant Director of Outreach Programming at Miami’s Student Counseling Services (SCS), agreed.

“Mental health problems are common and normal,” Young said.

She mentioned that Miami has plenty of resources available to students who want to engage in mental health and suicide prevention. SCS provides individual mental health groups for students, as well as workshops and walk-in appointments.

The workshops are 50 minutes each and are held two to three times a week at no cost.

Active Minds, the student organization for mental health on camp, focuses on connecting students to mental health resources and changing negative perceptions of mental illness.

Active Minds president Carly Traynor was at the walk to show her support.

“The most rewarding part is being able to reach out to students and see positive reactions about engaging in mental health,” Traynor said.

Young said that getting involved with campus resources and organizations is part of the “I Am Miami” campaign. Getting involved allows students to gain personal experience and support, which can create a sense of belonging.

“We are extending our love to those who have been touched by suicide,” Dalton said.

After Dalton introduced the idea of a walk, Dean Mike Curme connected her to a staff members who helped her make the walk possible, including Traynor and Young, as well as SCS director Kip Alishio, Jenny Levering, director of the Office of Student Activities and Blake Suponcic, president of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Dalton emphasized that her experience organizing the walk embodied her late son’s Miami experience.

“This is a perfect example of the code of Love and Honor,” she said.

sity trustee, a foundation board member and chair of the Board of Visitors of the Farmer School of Business.

Joyce, who graduated from Miami with a degree in education in 1957, has served on Miami’s Parents’ Council, Reunion Committee and the School of Education and Allied Professions Advisory Council.

About 4,000 students are enrolled in the Farmer School of Business, ranking FSB second in terms of enrollment behind the over 8,500 students in the College of Arts and Science.

In 2008, the Farmer School was rated twenty-third overall for best undergraduate business schools by Bloomberg Businessweek, but the school has dropped out of Bloomberg’s top 25, sitting at number 40 for their 2016 rankings.

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Shanty City: Students camp out to raise awareness STUDENT LIFE

KELLY BURNS

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Central Quad is dark. Students sit in the lamplight, enthralled by the speaker in front of them. Around them, darker shapes stand in the shadows. If there were light, these shapes would be seen for what they are — cardboard houses.

Hours before, mounds of cardboard boxes occupied Central Quad.

Slowly, under the curious glances of passersby, the mounds were formed into shelters by different teams.

Miami’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity hosted Shanty City Saturday night. This was Shanty City’s second year at Miami.

Different campus groups built their own shacks that would later provide shelter for Miami students who would experience what it’s like to be homeless, at least for a night.

The event aims to raise awareness about homelessness and poverty, especially in Ohio.

The outreach liaison for Habitat for Humanity, Kelli Sunderman, said that planning for the event began in April and that she was working on it through the summer and first weeks of the fall semester.

Sunderman sought to bring a slightly more serious air to the event this year while still making it a fun experience for the people there.

“I think on our campus we really needed someone to really make it real for students what poverty and homelessness is and how relevant it is in our own community,” Sunderman said.

The event included a scavenger hunt for facts relating to homelessness that were hidden around Cen-

tral Quad. Homelessness statistics covered the event’s decorations as well.

The participants included Habitat for Humanity and the Scholar Leader LLC, but the event was open to anyone and everyone who wanted to be a part of Shanty City.

Sophomores Phoebe Meyers and Susanna Smith took part in the event with other Scholar Leaders.

“Part of being a Scholar Leader is doing community service,” Smith said. “And it was presented to us, and I honestly didn’t know what it was, but it ended up being really cool.”

The girls and their team set out to work on building their shelter out of nothing but cardboard and duct tape.

“We had hundreds of cardboard pieces that we were all putting together to make a structure that some people were going to sleep in.” Smith said.

After they had been working for a while, all of the groups gathered to listen to a speaker.

Sunderman decided to bring in a speaker for this year’s event in an effort to make the event more impactful and paint a clearer picture of homelessness.

“Homelessness isn’t just living on the streets,” Sunderman said. “It’s doubling up in another home. It’s couch surfing. There are a bunch of different variations, and I think the speakers did a good job opening the event and making it real for students.”

The speaker’s name was Melissa.

She came as a part of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, and she shared her story of being homeless with the students.

Both Meyers and Smith were struck by her story.

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Students participate in a project sponsored by Habitat for Humanity for the awareness of homelessness.

“It was very-eye opening. I think a lot of people take for granted the privilege that they have, me especially,” Smith said. “I don’t think about where I’m gonna sleep or where I’m gonna go to the bathroom.”

Part of the reason speakers were brought in was to humanize homelessness to the students.

“It was so important to have a par-

ticular person, a really human story, told about homelessness to generate more immediate sympathy than a bunch of nameless statistics,” Meyers said.

Melissa spoke about her journey and how she is now living in an apartment.

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‘The Girl on the Train’ fails to live up to the ‘Gone Girl’ hype FILM

KIRBY DAVIS

THE MIAMI STUDENT

“The Girl on the Train” is alarming, twisted and mildly exciting, but it probably won’t quell your desire for a “Gone Girl”-caliber thriller.

Emily Blunt grounds this convoluted story as the titular “Girl on the Train.” Vodka-chugging Rachel rides a train back and forth between Manhattan and her suburban home every day so she can spy on her exhusband, Tom (Justin Theroux), and his new family.

She also watches Megan (Haley Bennett), two houses down, who

works as Tom’s nanny and seems to have the idyllic marriage that Rachel desperately longs for.

One morning, Megan goes missing, and Rachel wakes up covered in blood with little memory of the previous night — all she knows is that a drunken bender led her to Tom and Megan’s neighborhood, where she encountered Megan and verbally assaulted her.

She has no clue if she had a hand in Megan’s disappearance after that or not, but her history of alcoholism and stalking Tom and his new wife lead the police to believe she did.

“The Girl on the Train” takes way too long to unravel this mystery, and

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its conclusion is so predictable it’s barely satisfying. By the time the plot has crawled all the way to the finish line, it’s so thick with unnecessary supporting characters and perplexing flashbacks that it’s difficult to know who to root for or why you’ve been watching for so long in the first place.

Emily Blunt, who had to don prosthetics to appear ugly enough for the film, is a beacon of intensity and agonizing desperation as Rachel. Rebecca Ferguson is also a quiet force of nature and maternal protectiveness as Tom’s beleaguered wife, Anna. Allison Janney plays the no-nonsense cop leading the investigation well.

But these three women can’t hold up the weight of the rest of the cast, which is largely unremarkable. Bennett, in particular, is irritatingly juvenile and spacey as Megan.

This film has been compared to “Gone Girl” since its first trailer, and while certain major parallels shouldn’t be ignored, maybe relentless comparisons set this film up for failure long before its release.

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Michaela Hensley was walking across the street to Phillips Hall for dance practice when she received the text.

“Clowns are at the rec!”

She sprinted. The clowns were on the loose, and she wasn’t taking any chances. Clowns terrified her.

Once in Phillips, the captains locked the doors. It was Monday, day two of the clown scare, and they needed to prepare for the worst.

As she practiced, every sound made her twitch.

What if the clowns broke into Phillips?

She kept dancing until it was time for a water break. She checked her phone.

Her worst thoughts were confirmed.

The multiple texts and GroupMe messages on Michaela’s phone all warned her of clowns.

“A clown is outside Phillips!”

“Clown’s between Phillips and the rec!”

“Phillips is on lockdown!”

As more and more messages about Phillips being on lockdown buzzed on the whole team’s phones, the captains decided to pause practice. The team sat in a corner and chatted about what they would do if a clown really broke into Phillips.

While some thought of calling the football team to come protect them, Michaela called her mom.

“Kick him in the nuts!” her mom said.

Michaela didn’t even dare look out the window. What if a clown was staring back?

She heard a door open out in the hallway. She jumped. Someone else was in Phillips.

“We locked the doors, there’s no way,” she tried to tell herself. But she still couldn’t shake the sound she heard.

Practice ended early and she got a ride back to her dorm — right across the street.

She ran into her room and started telling her roommate about the clown scare.

“I swear someone was in Phillips!”

Her roommate laughed.

“That was me. We were clown hunting.”

Krasinski’s ‘The Hollars’ takes us home, reminds us that everything will be okay FILM

ALISON PERELMAN

ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR

I don’t know anyone who isn’t a fan of Jim Halpert on “The Office.”

Just the same, I don’t know anyone who isn’t a fan of the actor who portrays him, the adorably sarcastic John Krasinski. And now, Krasinski has created another lovable character — a whole family, in fact — in the new film he directs and stars in, “The Hollars.”

The Hollar family is slowly falling apart. Sally (Margo Martindale) is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Don (Richard Jenkins) is in denial that his business is bankrupt, and he is grappling with his wife’s diagnosis.

Their eldest son, Ron (Sharlto Co-

pley), is living back at home despite being fired by his own father, and he struggles with not being a part of his ex-wife and kids’ lives.

John (Krasinski) is forced to return home for his mother and act as glue for the family. But he is faced with old flames and is still trying to fathom impending fatherhood and succeed in his career.

The setting and cinematography accurately depict life in middle (of nowhere) America. As John makes his way back home we linger at a gas station off the highway with nothing else in sight before catching glimpses of fields and house after house that don’t match. The small town holds a token liquor store and a quaint fifties diner with residents who drive pickup trucks and out-of-date Grand

Marquis.

To escape from the dysfunction of his family, John drives through a corn field to reach a picturesque lake with his childhood tire swing. As he takes in the view, reminiscing, there’s the nostalgia of going home.

Krasinski’s own performance is an excellent balance of charmingly awkward humor and serious concern, and he couldn’t have picked a better cast for this dramedy.

Martindale is the embodiment of her character’s nickname, “Chief.”

She is a strong, grounding presence with the biggest laugh that perfectly portrays Sally’s lack of worry about her diagnosis until the end.

Jenkins is the ideal loving and loyal, but somewhat unstable, husband, making us break out in giggles every

time he breaks into tears.

Copley is the right amount of sometimes funny, slightly immature crazy — thinking the worst of his mother’s condition and spying with binoculars outside his ex-wife’s house. Anna Kendrick, as John’s pregnant girlfriend, is a good mirror of Sally’s head-on-her-shoulder attitude. And Josh Groban tops it off as Ron’s ex-wife’s new boyfriend — always playing the character we hate for no real reason.

Writer Jim Strouse constructs a seamless indie dramedy, timing the jokes just right and offsetting them with punches of reality. The dialogue and details — like pretzels and ice cream, a Hollar family favorite — create a beautiful family dynamic that almost anyone can either relate to or

yearn for.

The film is rather predictable and wraps up too nicely at the end with the knowledge that the family is going to be okay, though we don’t know how. While this format can get boring, I wouldn’t expect anything less from an indie film. They’re meant to take you back — to your childhood home, awkward teenage years or first love — and be feel-good. It’s why I love them.

While “The Hollars” may be too neatly tied up with a bow, everyone needs a big laugh and good cry and to walk out of the theater with a satisfactory smile. And the star-studded cast makes it worth the watch.

Editors’ pop culture picks VINYL »PAGE 5 The things we watched, listened to and streamed while enjoying the crisp autumn weather “WESTWORLD”

Although “Game of Thrones” will undoubtedly continue to be HBO’s crown jewel, newcomer “Westworld” is poised to be the network’s next great hit. The sci-fi drama has stunning visuals of otherworldly technology and sweeping wild west landscapes, not to mention the phenomenal cast that includes veterans like James Marsden and Evan Rachel Wood. The strange premise of a fantasy world designed to satisfy human desires is explained well by the end of the pilot, so don’t worry about feeling lost in the writers’ imaginations. Although the show is only two episodes in, I’m already hooked — HBO has done it again. (Abbey Gingras, Magazine Editor and Social Media Coordinator)

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Over the past few years, television has seen the rise of the half-hour dramedy — shows that, while set up like traditional sitcoms, break ground by deftly

balancing witty humor with devastating emotional drama (see “Casual,” “Catastrophe,” “Transparent,” etc.). While most of these are brilliant in the way they subvert traditional genre boundaries, Stephen Falk’s “You’re the Worst” is without a doubt the best of the lot. The show received critical acclaim last season for its brutally accurate depiction of depression, and it’s continuing its exploration of mental illness this season by delving into Edgar’s PTSD, a storyline they’ve held on the back burner since the pilot. The dazzling fifth episode thrusts us into Edgar’s point of view, showing us the horrors he must confront everyday. The show’s clever writing and masterful acting combine to create what has gradually become one of the best and most honest shows on television. (Devon Shuman, Culture Editor)

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“She was incredibly brave in sharing her story with us,” Meyers said. “I had never heard anything quite like it.”

Neither Smith nor Meyers knew what to expect when they first arrived at the event, but both left with a newfound inspiration and drive to help improve the world around them.

“I felt really inspired to raise awareness about homelessness in our own backyard,” Meyers said. “And to try to think of solutions to the issue.”

“I can appreciate what I have and understand that there are people in different situations from my own,” Smith said. “It ignites a passion inside of me that makes me want to change this situation for other people.”

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meaning to the “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” trope, which is usually reserved for half-hearted sitcom subplots.

It makes sense to compare the two — both feature untrustworthy leads, women claiming to be as afraid of themselves as they are of their estranged husbands and a seemingly content Midwestern housewife gone missing with an unreliable narrator serving as a prime suspect in her disappearance.

But “The Girl on the Train” never quite measures up to “Gone Girl’s” tension, paranoia and genuine terror. The former is bogged down by its plot, which is clearly suited more for a novel in which the characters’ thoughts and motivations can be better understood.

Not measuring up to “Gone Girl” isn’t “The Girl on the Train’s” biggest problem. It’s that the film’s base ma-

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describe Hillary as untrustworthy, and ignorance comes to mind when I think of Trump.”

Baldwin said her knowledge of Clinton’s email scandal turned her off from the candidate.

“I know the basic story, that she used a private email server when she was secretary of state when she should’ve used her government issued one. It seems like the story was different every time she told it.”

On the other side of the isle, Baldwin’s disenchantment with Trump began with his attacks on undocumented Mexican immigrants.

“I think he’s embracing a lot of stereotypes, by assuming all illegal immigrants are criminals. They are people too.”

Baldwin is a registered voter, and said she has been approached five to six times already since move in day concerning voter registra-

terial (the 2015 novel by British author Paula Hawkins) simply doesn’t translate well to the big screen.

There are too many flashbacks to make sense of, and too many aspects of the story that are inferred rather than explained.

The film’s tangled web of a plot ensnares too many characters to care about or make sense of, and its lack of a single reliable narrator makes for a disconcerting experience that isn’t even fully settled by its drawn-out climax.

“Girl on the Train” is twisty and surprising at times, but for the most part it’s tragically predictable. Plus, there’s one layer of drama – or maybe one morally ambiguous blonde – too many. This film is shooting for “Gone Girl”-level shock and intrigue, but it falls short and winds up feeling more like a high-budget Lifetime movie.

tion. She did not vote in the Ohio primary election last March.

“If the candidates were anyone else, I’d probably go vote for one of them. I have always been taught voting is the right thing to do, I just can’t in this present election.”

Even though she is not planning on voting, Baldwin is politically active.

“The economy definitely needs to be improved. I’m not sure how, I don’t think anyone knows.”

Baldwin cited the possibility of casting votes for state and local representatives, but did not know enough about local politicians or candidates running in Ohio’s second congressional district, seeing as she is from the Cleveland area.

“I would vote for local officials if I was from around here, and I don’t see myself using an absentee ballot, I don’t know how.”

Baldwin closed by reiterating her disappointment with both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

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formed on current events, primarily by Twitter and Reddit, but on the list of things he cares about, he says politics is “very, very low.”

Ryan falls under the category of “tuned out,” said Shearer.

Overall, the study found that, as a group, non-voters are markedly less likely than those who vote to follow what’s going on in government and public affairs.

Shearer’s study also shows that non-voters lean conservative, a

tendency Bryan Marshall, professor and assistant chair of political science, said Miami students share.

This could be for several reasons, he said. Oxford is located in the Rust Belt, a part of the northeastern and midwestern United States characterized by declining industry, factories and a shrinking population, which tends to be Republican.

The typical student who attends Miami comes from an upper socioeconomic status, Marshall said,

and those people tend to support the Republican Party.

In line with the data found by nonvotersinamerica.com, political science professor Erica Edwards says that historically there is a low voter turnout among younger demographics.

The fact that the campus leans center right may exacerbate that fact, Edwards said. She’s not so sure that students who identify as Republican will get out and vote, since Donald Trump is not many of these students’ first choice, Ed-

wards said.

Gabriela DiCristoforo, a junior from Middletown, Ohio, said Trump is not her first choice, but she will be voting for him. She will be voting for Trump with the hope that the people who support him “will make sure he doesn’t do anything stupid.”

“Hopefully, Trump and his cabinet will help us become strong again,” she said.

DiCristoforo thinks that the country is headed in the wrong direction and that other countries

don’t take America as seriously as they once did.

Millennials, like Gabriela and Ryan, are currently the largest population group and voting bloc.

This is something that Shearer says makes the trend of students not voting a bit more unsettling.

They have unique issues that are important to them and if that largest group isn’t voting, she says, the concerns of that group will not be heard by politicians and addressed.

“Make sure people know that you’re watching,” Shearer said.

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unruly play with another infraction just 25 seconds into Saturday’s game.

MU’s power play unit was ready for the man advantage, as freshman forward Carson Meyer deflected junior defenseman Louie Belpedio’s shot past Hawkey for his first collegiate goal 30 seconds into the first period.

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Kukoc scored two kills that put Miami on the brink of its 13th straight victory. Hill finished off the weekend sweep with a kill, giving MU as 25-18 win for the game and

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son, and the Zips took advantage of three RedHawks turnovers, earning two touchdowns off of takeaways.

Redshirt sophomore running back Alonzo Smith led the ‘Hawks offense with 17 carries for 86 yards, good enough for a 5.1 yards-percarry average.

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Hawks held the advantage in shots (11-2) and penalty corners (70), but the score remained 0-0.

“I think we went into the game knowing that they were going to be high intensity and knowing it’s a MAC game and know that we would have to play really hard,” junior forward Henni Otten said. “Not only the small game, but also we knew they would come for us so we knew we would have to go around and go with the wide passes.”

The second half started with Miami no longer playing into the sun, leading to a more offensive game.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 Following several penalties assessed to both sides, the first period concluded with shots tied 7-7 and Miami leading 1-0.

The second period opened with numerous penalties being called on both teams, including a five minute boarding major and accompanying game misconduct to Miami. After killing off the major, as well as an additional minor penalty, the RedHawks entered the

third period still clinging to their 1-0 advantage.

No. 10 Providence would not go quietly, however, and evened the score at one with a backdoor goal courtesy of sophomore forward Bryan Lemos. The tally, which came two and a half minutes into the third period, set the stage for an exciting finish to the doubleheader.

With a five-on-three power

play opportunity, Sherwood, who earned the secondary assist on Meyer’s goal, launched a one-timer past Hawkey to put MU up 2-1 with 8:25 remaining.

Sherwood’s goal and the RedHawks’ outstanding penalty kill were enough to outlast the Friars, 2-1.

Saturday, Miami finished with a 24-21 shot advantage and scored on 2-of-10 power plays while kill-

ing off all eight of its penalties.

“I was really proud of how we rebounded Saturday, trusting ourselves and focusing on our game,” Sherwood said. “This win, especially coming on the road at Providence, definitely gives us confidence moving forward.”

The RedHawks return to action in their home opener at 8:05 p.m. Saturday against in-state rival Ohio State.

a 3-1 victory for the match.

Akron now sits at 5-13 overall with a winless 0-6 MAC record after the home loss.

Below led all Miami players with 14 kills, while Kukoc (12 kills and

10 digs) and senior setter Krista Brakauskas (18 assists and 11 digs) recorded double-doubles.

“This weekend we tried to continue to play our game and stay calm.

It is a game of getting comfortable

in uncomfortable situations. We always try to stay confident, because no matter who we are playing we know we are going to get their best game,” Below said.

With a school record and 13 game

win streak to their name, the RedHawks now stand at 14-4 overall with an undefeated 6-0 MAC record. The team continues its road trip 7 p.m. Friday against Central Michigan University.

Terry Bowden’s Akron offense was led by quarterback Tra’Von Chapman, as the sophomore utilized his dual-threat capabilities by throwing three touchdowns on 15 for 29 passing attempts totalling 174 yards. In addition to his exploits through the air, Chapman ran for 93 yards and a touchdown.

Sophomore cornerback De’Andre

Montgomery continued his solid form this season with six tackles and a pass breakup. Junior defensive back Tony Reid also impressed with five tackles and a pass breakup.

Defensively, Akron had little trouble stifling the RedHawks.

Freshman linebacker Ulysees Grant racked up nine tackles, one of which was for a one-yard loss. Junior de-

fensive back Larry Hope also played a key role in the outcome of the game, as he had seven tackles and one interception on the afternoon.

The Zips defense finished with two interceptions and a fumble recovery.

While Martin is sympathetic to the inexperienced Wezensky, he also knows that Miami will contin-

ue to lose if it cannot limit its turnovers.

“You would like to have a more experienced guy out there, but if you’re gonna play the quarterback position, you can’t turn the ball over,” Martin said.

Miami returns to action 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Yager Stadium against Kent State University.

MU took two shots before sophomore midfielder Estel Roig scored in the 41st minute from a pass from Otten.

Laskowitz took two shots and earned a penalty corner before scoring in the 45th minute from Carla Romagosa, a senior forward, to make it 2-0.

The RedHawks earned two penalty corners, took three more shots, and dominated play so much so that Longwood was forced to call a timeout.

After the break, the RedHawks were unrelenting and earned two more penalty corners and two more shots before junior back Mariona

Heras scored in the 57th minute.

Otten and Laskowitz assisted to put Miami up 3-0.

As the clock counted down the final 10 minutes, Longwood mounted a comeback. More play in Miami’s end led to a penalty corner for Longwood and then a goal from the top of the circle in the 66th minute by Olivia Wawrzyniak, a freshman midfielder, closed the gap to 3-1.

The Lancers were awarded another penalty corner in the final minute and Alysa Xavier, Miami’s senior goalkeeper, was forced to make a save that led to a scramble and to another penalty corner with no time on the clock.

Though the goal Longwood needed would not tie the game, the Lancers’ Lil-Sophie Achterwinter, a junior defenseman, scored to make the final score 3-2.

“Longwood is a good team—it’s competitive, it’s physical—we knew all that stuff and we knew that they weren’t going to give up and they didn’t give up until the last second of the game,” head coach Inako Puzo said. “They deserve these two goals because we didn’t do anything after 3-0.”

On the scoresheet, the RedHawks were dominant with 22 shots to the Lancers’ six and 13 penalty corners to the Lancers’ three.

“We cannot give five minutes away. I believe we gave them the first five minutes of the game, we gave them the last five minutes of the game, we dominated sixty minutes of the game but in the last five minutes they scored two goals,” Puzo said, reiterating. “You don’t relax in any moment when you play MAC games.”

Miami’s 3-0 record in the MAC is short of Kent State’s 4-0 record, but the RedHawks and Flashes, the reigning MAC champions, have the same overall record of 8-5. This Friday, the two powerhouses will face off in Oxford as Miami hopes to extend its winning streak.

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Trump’s comments indicative of omnipresent rape culture The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

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peaker of the House and Miami grad Paul Ryan announced on Monday morning in a conference call that he will no longer be defending Donald Trump. According to The New York Times, Ryan clarified that he was not rescinding his endorsement, but instead would be focusing on defending congressional Republicans for the remainder of the presidential race.

Ryan is not the only Republican turning his back on Mr. Trump in the past week. Following the release of the much-discussed “lewd” video in which Mr. Trump was caught making what he calls “locker room” conversation with former NBC Today Show host Billy Bush (who was suspended indefinitely following the leak), Sen. Jon McCain officially withdrew his support on Saturday evening.

“There are no excuses for Donald Trump’s offensive and demeaning comments in the just released video; no woman should ever be victimized by this kind of inappropriate behavior,” McCain said in a statement he released this weekend. “He alone bears the burden of his conduct and alone should suffer the consequences.”

Sen. John Thune, Ohio’s own Sen. Rob Portman, Rep. Bradley Byrne and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, among droves of others, have all withdrawn their endorsements and said that they will be writing Gov. Mike Pence in on election day instead, who on Monday went back on the defense for Trump after a quiet weekend.

In case you missed it, the “lewd” (read: offensive, scary, predatory) video recorded Mr. Trump talking about how he “moves” on married women, how he tried to “fuck” one married woman and failed and that he better use some tic tacs before going out to meet Arianne Zucker because when he sees beautiful women he doesn’t wait for consent before engaging in sexual contact.

“I just start kissing them,” he

Who’s being defended: Trump or Turner?

“There is no excuse or answer for it other than, ‘I’m very sorry and I wish I hadn’t done it. And I’m not like that anymore.’”1 ‘He would do anything to turn back the hands of time and have that night to do over again.”2 “I can tell you that he is truly sorry for what occurred that night and for all the pain and suffering that it has caused for all of those involved and impacted by that night.”3 “Look, this is alpha male boasting. It’s the kind of thing, if we are being honest, that men do. They sit around and have a drink and they talk like this.”4 ‘I would not have done anything against anyone’s will.”5

“I believe it’s wrong. I know he believes it’s wrong. I believe this is not the man we’re talking about today.”6 “He has expressed true remorse for his actions on that night.”7 “It was an apology. He definitely apologized, and I know from talking to him that he genuinely feels very sorry about this, and it’s certainly not the views he holds today.”8 “This is a man I’ve been alone with many times who’s never been anything but gracious and [a] gentleman.”9 “He never once pressured me into any situation or any decision that I didn’t feel true to myself in.”10 EMMA KINGHORN THE MIAMI STUDENT

1) Trump, defended by Rudy Giuliani to CNN 2) Turner, defended by his father in a character letter to judge 3) Turner, defended by his father to judge 4) Trump, defended by Nigel Farage to Fox News 5) Turner, defending himself in letter to judge 6) Trump, defended by Giuliani to CNN 7) Turner, defended by his father to judge 8) Trump, defended by Giuliani to CNN 9) Trump, defended by Kellyanne Conway to CNN 10) Turner, defended by his ex-girlfriend in a character letter to the judge

said. “It’s like a magnet. Just kiss.

I don’t even wait.”

But perhaps the most appalling (read: disgusting, misogynistic, terrifying) part of the conversation was when he talked about the benefits of being a “star.”

“And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything,” he said. “Grab them by the pussy.

You can do anything.”

Trump supporters, in their quickly dwindling numbers, say that, in the candidate’s defense, the remarks were just words and not actions. This is despite numerous accusations from women, including makeup artist Jill Harth and Trump’s ex-wife Ivana, of rape and sexual assault by Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, in perhaps the most important state involved in deciding the outcome of the election, Miami University has taken a firm stance on cracking down on sexual assault and doing what it can to eradicate rape culture on this campus.

When asked about Miami’s agenda to minimize the rape culture, Dean of Students Mike Curme said, “Our goal is to eliminate sexual and interpersonal violence on our campus.”

Miami is strengthening its oncampus resources for victims.

Dean Curme also remarked that “we are adding a couple of new staff members this fall — one who will focus on strengthening our education and prevention efforts,

Everyone deserves to be taken on a date: Why students should move beyond hookups

and another [through Women Helping Women] who will expand the confidential reporting and advocacy options available to our students, staff and faculty.”

For further action, Miami adopted the “It’s On Us” campaign in 2015, a movement created by President Obama.

The campaign’s main prerogative is “to create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported.”

That means taking the steps to better understand the problems facing current victims and the inevitable future victims. That means educating everyone — not just victims — on what consent means. And that means calling

Fact checking a Facebook freshman roommate pitch SATIRE

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HANNAH MEIBERS GUEST COLUMNIST

When was the last time you went on a date?

By date, I am referring to the romantic few hours where you’re whisked away by a person of your interest.

Maybe they pay for your dinner.

Maybe they pick you up in their 2013 Escalade. Maybe they compliment your outfit when they first set their eyes on you.

By date, I am not referring to a one-night stand or an endless night at the bars.

Maybe they hold the door for you.

Maybe they hold your hand. Maybe they tell you your eyes are the most beautiful thing they’ve ever seen.

So think: when was the last time you went on a date?

Miami University is full of the most intelligent, beautiful and innovative people I’ve come to know.

Over a month into the school year, friends and acquaintances have shared their numerous stories of “romance” with me. Oddly enough, the majority of their tales end in, “and then they asked if they could take me home.” Such intelligence should not result in such ignorance.

There’s no denying the fact that, as college students, we are not always capable of spending big bucks on that handsome fellow from Accounting or that brainy beauty from Theater. Besides our meager bank accounts, our minds and bodies endure great amounts of stress everyday from our studies and extracurricular activities. It’s understandable that students don’t want to add the extra stress of a date.

However, by no means should that

have our nights consisting of careless hook-ups and broken hearts.

My fair share of dates has grown slim since I’ve been in a relationship for over half a year. Yet as busy as my boyfriend and I both are, we still find time for each other. College — and more so, life — is all about connections and relationships. Without building and experiencing with others, mentally we can weaken.

Experiencing laughter and creating memories is crucial, especially when our minds are so new to the world. Miami is certainly not scarce

went on one, which was over two months ago. However, I’ve hung out with several different guys, but there was no formal, romantic context like a date would have.”

Everyone deserves to be taken on a date. Everyone deserves to put on their favorite outfit and be told that they’re rocking it. Everyone deserves a day or evening of pampering. But this does not fit the stereotypical college experience, which consists of hook-ups and no texts back.

I’d love to see more Miami Merg-

College — and more so, life — is all about connections and relationships. Without building and experiencing with others, mentally we can weaken.

in providing opportunities for building relationships with others.

Through Late Night Miami, sporting events or a simple knock on your neighbor’s door, making those important connections is easily accessible.

However, I often hear of my friends never speaking to that guy they were so “head-over-heels” for and not feeling any remorse. Even worse, that guy never speaks to them again, leaving them with plenty of remorse. These interactions have become very familiar and it’s frustrating to watch my peers not get the respect they deserve.

When was the last time you went on a date?

Libby Conley, first year at Miami University, says, “I haven’t been on a date since my ex-boyfriend and I

ers and less Miami police reports of sexual assault. I was beyond surprised when I got the first text from the Miami University police department, stating that, before the school year had even begun, a student was sexually assaulted. You grow up watching the news, sitting in classrooms, hearing stories; there is so much disrespect in this world, why add the disrespect of someone’s body?

Miami students deserve respect, and it all starts with you.

So think: when was the last time you went on a date?

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out issues when they happen.

America has been slow to call out Trump’s issues with women when they happen. But the reality is that he has been perpetuating rape culture for a long time, in direct opposition to the efforts that Miami has been taking to destroy it at its core. When a presidential candidate is the one perpetuating these issues, there is no safe place for victims. There is no safe place for women.

Miami University has taken the initiative in beginning the fight for victims of sexual assault. The victims and women on this campus deserve more from a president than someone who will use his “star” status to assault and degrade women.

JOEY HART

ASST. EDITORIAL EDITOR

Last May, then-senior in high school Avery F. Reshmen posted the following message in the Miami University Class of 2020 Facebook page: “Hey guys, I’m looking for a roommate for next year! I’m really into sports and I love exercise. I played soccer in high school but I’d love to room with someone who would join any club sports team with me. I love to go out and have fun on the weekends, but I also take school seriously!

I love listening to different kinds of music and I love joking around with my friends. I usually go to bed around 11:00 and I will always try to keep the room neat, though I get a little messy sometimes ;-). I plan on rushing second semester and I definitely want to study abroad. Message me if you’re interested!”

The Miami Student’s ace team of fact checkers caught up with Reshmen’s eventual roommate and got to the bottom of what was true and what was not. Here is what we found: Claim: “I’m really into sports and I love exercise.”

Our Verdict: Mostly False Reshmen definitely loves sports, but only when he is watching them.

He has been to the rec twice this semester, and it does not look like he plans on going back.

Claim: “I played soccer in high school” Our Verdict: True, But Misleading Yes, playing second string on the JV team does technically qualify as having played soccer in high school.

Claim: “I love to go out and have fun on the weekends” Our Verdict: Mostly True Despite many nights spent staying in and Skyping his high school

girlfriend that he is cheating on, for Reshmen this claim mostly holds water.

Claim: “I also take school seriously!”

Our Verdict: False Good luck explaining that D on an English 111 essay to your parents.

Claim: “I love listening to different kinds of music and I love joking around with my friends.”

Our Verdict: True Since this sentence literally describes every human being on Earth, we are obligated to say that it is indeed true.

Claim: “I usually go to bed around 11:00” Our Verdict: Mostly False This may have been true at one point in Reshmen’s life, but those late night sessions spent watching “Parks and Recreation” have largely made this information outdated.

Claim: “I will always try to keep the room neat, though I get a little messy sometimes ;-)” Our Verdict: False Dude, you’ve done your laundry like twice this semester. And on the second weekend here you threw up on your bed, slept in it and didn’t wash the sheets for a day. Let’s not pretend you only get messy “sometimes.”

Claim: “I plan on rushing second semester and I definitely want to study abroad.”

Our Verdict: True, But No One Cares Why would this have any bearing on whether someone wants to room with you or not?

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Clinton needs to address her husband’s assault allegations SEXUAL ASSAULT

TO THE EDITOR: Shortly before the second presidential debate, Donald Trump held a press conference with three women — Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, and Paula Jones — who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault. Hillary Clinton’s campaign must forthrightly address those accusations.

Clinton cannot credibly argue that abusive comments made by Trump disqualify him for the presidency while treating the revived accusations against her husband, the former President Clinton, as inconsequential. It is not enough to protest that “Bill Clinton isn’t running for president, Hillary is.” Nor is it

enough to dismiss Trump’s revival of the accusations against Bill Clinton as a political stunt. Trump’s press conference certainly was a political stunt — as has been the Clinton campaign’s use of Alicia Machado’s accusations against Trump. But political stunt or not, all of these accusations of sexual assault — the accusations against Donald Trump and the accusations against Bill Clinton — need to be taken seriously.

If Hillary Clinton and her campaign regard Broaddrick’s, Willey’s, and Jones’s accusations as being without merit, then they need to make that case. They must not simply deflect the accusations.

JOHN-CHARLES DUFFY DUFFYJC@MIAMIOH.EDU

Embrace your identity to celebrate your heritage CULTURE

KATIE HINH

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I have had a unique experience of growing up on a blurred color line. I have had the fortune, or misfortune, to grow up in a bicultural household: half white and half Vietnamese. And I’ve come to know that someone who doesn’t understand privilege has never been denied privilege. Growing up with two distinct heritages changes how you view yourself as you grow up.

It starts when you’re young and you go to school for the first time.

You are surrounded by new people and those people don’t quite look like you. You’ve never noticed it before but someone else pointed it out. But since they pointed it out, you get self conscious about how you look. You are asked questions by your teachers and friends like “What languages do you speak?” and you are constantly bombarded with “What’s your real name?” So you learn to not mention your heritage in order to avoid the questions.

When you get older and you go to higher education, you have pretty much alienated one side of your culture. You forget that you were ever different in the first place, but you are then forced back into a different category when you have to painstakingly explain to your teachers that you don’t know Spanish when they ask you to translate for them.

When you get to high school you begin to reinvigorate your cultural heritage. You feel free and want to take ownership of this piece of you that has been withering away.

But when you bring it up, people shut you down, tell you that they don’t care, and say that you are just spouting nonsense to feel special.

And you think that they’re right that you aren’t special.

Then when these same people finally recognize your heritage they call you “chinky eyes” and babble incoherent words that they think sound “Asian.” It doesn’t matter that you don’t have chinky eyes or

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that their assumption that all Asians speak the same language is wrong.

You have people tell you to “get back on a boat back to your country,” but you were born in America. But they don’t care about any of this, because you don’t look “American” enough.

Let me tell you, that experience never leaves you.

I thought that I was doing myself a favor by never truly claiming ownership of who I was, because of the backlash that I had gotten from trying to claim that heritage. My father tried to get me to learn Vietnamese, but I didn’t want to because no one else had to, and I didn’t want to be weird. I let people make jokes at my expense to fit in.

Growing up with these challenges changed my perspective. I don’t want pity or sympathy. I want people to recognize what they have.

I want people to realize that all walks of life and cultures should be celebrated and no one should feel ashamed to be who they are. I have felt devalued because of something that I was born into, and no one should ever feel that way.

Even at Miami today, it is hard to fit in. I look passably white, and when you look — for all intents and purposes — white, you get lumped into that category. I would like to stress that there is nothing wrong with that category, but I am not in it.

When you have no choice but to be labeled by society you begin to care about that label. If everyone is going to recognize you as the other, then you might as well get picky about what they’re going to call you.

I want to be able to hold on to the narrative of who I am. That narrative includes not only being white but also being Vietnamese. I have a chance to embrace a culture in which I am specially connected to.

I no longer feel the need to shrink from my heritage. I have learned to be proud of that, and it took me a long time to come to terms with it.

HINHKH@MIAMIOH.EDU

Sleep, crime and the ‘end of night’ ENVIRONMENT

KYLE HAYDEN COLUMNIST

I’ve been writing a lot about speed this semester: the speed of education, the demands of authoritarian technics in the classroom, the prevailing dominance of efficiency and standardization increasing in all aspects of contemporary life. Here’s another opportunity for my readers to roll their eyes: I don’t like artificial light.

Light is used so heavily at night in our cities, in our lives, it becomes invisible. I began to wonder recently if I’d ever experienced natural darkness. I don’t mean the trite darkness of a closet or a bedroom with the door shut and the lights off. I mean outside: expansive darkness, looming black trees and cold wind with the stirrings of nocturnal animals.

Imagine the world before industry, before the 24/7 superplex and the eternal shopping mall.

Above is an image from several years ago of the trails in Peffer Park at dusk. With my camera and tripod, I went out and sat still in the quiet and dark for long-exposure sessions in the nighttime woods. I could never do this today; I have grown afraid.

But why?

Recently I was looking back on the file of these images thinking of how terrifying this would feel today, having the fear of darkness from our culture seared into me after witnessing and hearing of the crimes, violence and aggression of (drunk) men in Oxford at night.

But there are whole worlds we destroy when lighting up the night like freaks trying to scare away the biological urges we have as mammals — to sleep.

The lighting of the city at night is a force of speed and acceleration. In Jonathan Crary’s “24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep” the forces of capital seek to eliminate the need for sleep in humans altogether.

The book opens with an anecdote about a drug developed by the Department of Defense (DOD) that could be used by soldiers in combat, allowing them to remain awake (and alert) for up to 7 days or more.

The DOD’s inspiration for this research is the White Crowned Sparrow, a bird capable of not sleeping for up to two weeks while migrating along the west coast of the United States.

Crary warns this drug, if developed, would eventually enter the public market.

Then workers, in an attempt to remain competitive and keep their jobs, would have to take the drug.

Thus, sleep would disappear. So would night.

What would be the point of darkness if we no longer need to sleep?

We keep the lights on to suggest work is never over. Everything must grow.

I hear of some cities that never sleep. Students complain of lack of sleep, they seek to end their sleep earlier and go to it later, always with the constant nagging of work.

Change outer nature, change inner nature.

We fidget with our alarms, but

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The Silvoor Biological Sanctuary and Peffer Park are one of the few accessible areas remaining in Oxford retaining their relative natural nighttime darkness. we always end up hating the chosen tune.

The dominant culture wants to end your patterns of sleep and make you work constantly. But everyone lines up for the opportunity. After all, it’s what you paid for! We’re proud of the bags under our eyes, we brag about how little sleep we got last night (I’m looking at you, Alumni Hall).

It’s easy to imagine the curve of the development and application of artificial light, screens and so on coinciding with the rise in insomnia, anxiety, overdue assignments, unread books and the shortening of attention spans.

That we try so hard to beat back the night and burn coal and gas just to light up our streets all night, light up our houses out of invented fears seems absurd.

I understand the fear of darkness and its connection with crime, but that doesn’t stop me from imagining a different kind of world.

Digging back through the library I discovered a book I haven’t touched since that time: Paul Bogard’s “The End of Night.”

Therein, Bogard details the success of artificial light over the dark, the contrived over the primal or the natural. It’s a painful read, especially if you hate our culture in any respect.

However, if one reads Bogard’s book, you may learn night is not just the absence of day; it’s a radically different state offering its own set of experiences.

It was a time of quiet reflection in pre-industrial cultures.

In Clark Strand’s 2015 book “Waking up to the dark: Ancient Wisdom for a Sleepless Age,” Strand enumerates how certain monastic orders of the Benedictine christians, drawing on ancient practices of Buddhist monks, would rise in the middle of night, say 2 to 4 a.m., in order to meditate or chant the hours.

This time came to be called “The hour of God.” Strand then argues we have turned this time into a source of fear and avoidance: “the hour of the Wolf.”

Our culture has invented the idea that night is associated with criminality, violence and harshness. It may be one of our biggest unchallenged myths. This myth is also bolstered by the redundant recycling of violent news bits and the paranoid screed of security corporations and the police. Security lights and cameras become ubiquitous. This same rhetoric is being used to describe people overcoming addiction or mental illness: coming out of the darkness. Into the light. Darkness is always to be avoided, feared, overcome.

People often think crime can be deterred by more light. However, data produced in the United States and analyzed by the Home Office of the United Kingdom as recently as 2007 indicate that in areas where nighttime lighting was reduced by a significant amount, the rates of crime in test areas in Kansas City, Fort Worth, Milwaukee and Atlanta dropped. The opposite of what we might expect.

Why this works, criminologist Ken Pease suggests in Bogard’s book, is that when given free public light, potential criminals can, for instance, see the contents of cars, plan escape routes and see if others are around to impede their activities.

The presence of light makes “casing” of homes easier and more discrete (as they do not have to bring a flash-

light, alerting others of their intent).

The world I imagine is one where people simply go to sleep at night, leave the work alone and for a while dream of something else. Where people actually turn off the screens and the lights, turn in and sleep.

Streets go dark and stores close: no more 24/7 everything. This idea contravenes the current obession with production at all costs, unfortunately.

This isn’t to say we should fear the dark by not going outside at night.

We shouldn’t fear it.

We should let night retain or regain its natural character. We bastardize the night with our cars, electric music, orange-glow light pollution, the unending buzzing and screeching of sodium vapor street lights, or 16 acres of parking lit up evenly throughout the year each night for no reason in particular (I’m talking about you, Walmart).

Locally, we grew afraid of Bishop Woods. This was the threat of the unknown, the natural. It was one more area that remained in defiance against the perfectly manicured mown and blown chemical hellscapes that coat the rest of campus (sorry, Hodge).

If you will recall, people used to avoid walking through Bishop Woods at night. This was mostly out of fear, and an understandable one given the predatory nature of the current masculinist culture and its attendant rape and assault tendencies.

However, crimes of this type hardly ever occur outside or in the dark. A study from 2000 from the National Institute of Justice of 4,431 college women reported that of sexual assaults, the “majority of sexual assaults occurred in living quarters.”

“Almost 60 percent of the rapes on campus took place in the victims’ residence, 30 percent occurred in other living quarters on campus and 10.3 percent took place in a fraternity.”

The response rate of their selected campuses was 91 percent.

But we are provided those blue emergency lights with the expectation students could get to them in an emergency situation. We are told to be afraid.

Feminist author Katie Roiphe has questioned the effectiveness of those blue emergency lights that are now ubiquitous on campuses: “Green means go, red means stop, blue means be afraid.”

I imagine this world where we aren’t afraid to go out at night without the lights. Where the space for natural darkness is given the consideration it deserves instead of an irrational fear. When we light everything with impunity, reproducing our unfounded cultural myth of fear of the dark, we limit ourselves in ecological knowledge, spiritual value and meaningful learning experiences.

In the end, the university couldn’t bear to have such a horrifying space looming near its new student center, so they hollowed it out and strung up LED lights.

It’s a shame that near the site of what used to be the now-hardlymentioned poet’s cabin, which probably stood alone in thousands of dark nights without light around for some distance, providing its tenant with stirrings of that indefinite unknowing, is now the site of one of the brightest nighttime places on campus.

HAYDENKA@MIAMIOH.EDU

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016

MU SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER AT NO. 10 PROVIDENCE HOCKEY

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Volleyball sets record RedHawks win 13th straight match VOLLEYBALL

BEN BLANCHARD

KYLE STEINER

SPORTS EDITOR

THE MIAMI STUDENT

This weekend, the Miami University ice hockey team opened its regular season with a doubleheader at tenth ranked Providence College.

The RedHawks, who lost 4-3 Friday but won 2-1 Saturday, relied on power play goals for all five of their offensive tallies.

While MU was hopeful to sweep the Friars at home, the young Miami team performed better than many expected against PC, a perennial powerhouse and the 2014 NCAA Champion.

“Overall, definitely happy to get a win on the road against Providence,” sophomore forward Kiefer Sherwood said. “With our new team, I was happy that we responded well in the second game, but there was a lot of room for improvement in both games, especially Friday.”

Miami started nine freshmen this weekend out of the 14 first-years on its roster, giving MU one of the youngest line-ups in the nation.

The RedHawks’ inexperience showed early Friday night, as the Friars jumped out to a 1-0 lead when sophomore forward Erik Foley tapped a rebound past freshman goalie Ryan Larkin little more than five minutes into the first period.

“Our energy level wasn’t where it needed to be Friday night, especially early in the game,” Larkin said.

“We weren’t battling for pucks and playing with the urgency needed to compete with a team like Providence.”

After the first period, PC held a 15-4 advantage in shots, but Larkin managed to keep the Red and White within one.

A Providence penalty at the end

The Miami University volleyball team continued its winning ways with consecutive wins over MidAmerican Conference opponents the University of Buffalo and the University of Akron this weekend.

The Red and White have now won 13 matches in a row.

The ’Hawks also set a new school record of 28 consecutive sets won.

Before the weekend, the team had not dropped a set since September 9 against Auburn University. The previous record of 27 had stood since 1986.

The road trip began Friday night with a matchup against the Bulls.

In the first set, with MU down 5-8, a kill by senior outside hitter Maris Below sparked a 4-0 run that gave the RedHawks the lead. Later, with the score at 20-17 in favor of Miami, junior right side hitter Katie Tomasic took over. She recorded a kill on four of the final five MU points, giving the squad a 25-18 first set victory.

Kills by Below, Tomasic, junior middle hitter Meredith Stutz and senior middle hitter Paige Hill helped the Red and White jump out to a 16-12 lead in the second set.

UB narrowed the RedHawk lead to 24-23, but Below quickly put down a kill to end the Bulls rally, giving Miami the 25-23 set win.

A slow MU start gave Buffalo an early 10-4 lead in the third set.

Two kills by junior right side hitter Stela Kukoc and a service ace by junior right side hitter Courtney Bemis helped the RedHawks tie the game at 12 apiece. Miami managed to pull away late, with Hill putting down a block and a kill to finish off the 25-19 win.

ANGELO GELFUSO THE MIAMI STUDENT

Freshman forward Alex Alger chases the puck against the Waterloo Warriors. of the first period gave MU a power play opportunity to start the second, and senior forward Justin Greenburg capitalized on a centering pass from freshman forward Gordie Green to knot the game at 1-1.

The Friars responded quickly, however, as senior forward Niko Rufo’s goal recaptured the lead with 8:52 remaining in the second.

Once again, the RedHawks cashed in on the power play to tie things up. Greenberg got a great chance at the left circle that was stopped, but junior defenseman Scott Dornbrock corralled the rebound and ripped a slapshot through traffic to tie the score at 2-2 with 2:57 left until intermission.

That tie didn’t last long, as Providence sophomore forward Garrett Gamez scored on a rebound 23 seconds later to make it 3-2 in favor of PC after 40 minutes.

In the third period, penalties continued to slow the pace of the game, as Miami was given three straight power plays. On the third opportu-

Football drops to 0-6 FOOTBALL

COBURN GILLIES

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Miami football entered its sixth game of the season still searching for its first victory, but came up short for another week to the tune of a 35-13 Saturday defeat at the University of Akron.

This most recent loss drops the RedHawks to 0-6 overall and 0-2 in Mid-American Conference play.

Miami freshman quarterback Noah Wezensky, playing in the absence of sophomore quarterback Billy Bahl, led an effective opening drive until it stalled out at Akron’s 11-yard-line. This lead to a made field goal by sophomore Nick Dowd, giving MU the opening 3-0 advantage.

Wezensky, who made his first career start, completed five out of his 14 completed passes for 57 of his 153 passing yards on the first drive of the game.

Akron responded quickly with a 70-yard rushing touchdown by sophomore quarterback Tra’Von Chapman, ending the only lead that

the RedHawks would have all game.

After giving up two more touchdowns and tallying another field goal, Miami found itself within two scores at halftime, only down 21-6.

While the two touchdown deficit was daunting, the RedHawks were able to pull within nine following a six-yard touchdown pass from Wezensky to junior tight end Ryan Smith.

Smith’s six-yard touchdown reception made it his second consecutive game with a receiving touchdown that kept MU in the game, as his 12-yard reception against OU made the score 21-13.

“We talked all week about thirddowns and you can’t turn the ball over on third down. You know, we’re third-and-eight and we turn the ball over and put it on the fiveyard-line and, obviously, Akron takes advantage of that like good teams do, and, all of the sudden, instead of 21-13, it’s 28-13,” Martin said.

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nity with the man up, sophomore defenseman Grant Hutton gathered the puck after a faceoff win and fired a slapshot past PC goalie sophomore Hayden Hawkey to tie the game at 3-3.

In keeping with the rest of the tilt, the tie was short-lived, as junior forward Brian Pinho beat Larkin for a short-handed goal with 6:07 remaining. Pinho’s tally proved to be the difference, as the Friars escaped with a 4-3 victory.

“After Friday, we were really excited to redeem ourselves,” Larkin said. “We knew we had to compete at a higher level if we wanted to win.”

Eager to avoid being swept to start the regular season, Miami came out Saturday with a new sense of urgency. Offensively, however, Miami remained dependent on its special teams to find the back of the net.

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EMILY SIMANSKIS THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University field hockey team survived a late push from Longwood University Friday afternoon at home to ultimately win its fifth consecutive game and third Mid-American Conference game with a score of 3-2.

Miami improves to 8-5 overall, 3-0 in the MAC and 3-2 at home.

Longwood falls to 6-6 overall, 0-2 in the MAC and 3-5 away.

While an enthusiastic Miami fan shouted advice from the bleachers, the Longwood Lancers had Miami playing a defensive game for the first several minutes. A Longwood shot in the fourth minute resoundingly rang off the post, seemingly

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Davis twins model resiliency, strength CROSS COUNTRY

PATRICK KECK

THE MIAMI STUDENT

To be a successful distance runner, strength, both physical and mental, is a prerequisite. Running countless miles, often through mud, in the face of strong wind gusts and over mountainous hills requires a person with a special blend of physical gifts and mental fortitude.

First-year twins Carly and Brad Davis were highly admired in Central Ohio and throughout the state for their standing as elite Ohio high school runners.

Their senior year of high school was special for both athletes, as Brad and Carly set Dublin Jerome High School school records in the 1600m, 3200m and 5000m.

Both set school records when Brad finished fifth in 9:03 and Carly finished sixth in 10:50 in the Division 1 3,200 meters finals at the 2016 OHSAA State Track and Field Championship.

Yet, just stepping on the track after what happened five days prior to the meet was an incredible accom-

plishment in itself.

On May 30, Lori Davis, Brad and Carly’s mother, passed away at the age of 52 after a 15-month battle with colon cancer.

When asked if he thought about her during the 3,200 meters final, Brad answered simply, “Warm-up, start, and finish. On the final turn when I was so tired, I thought of her watching down on me and I had the energy to finish strong.”

“I could hear her encouraging me during the race, just like she always would,” Carly said.

Lori Davis was a Miami University alumna and played a major part in making RedHawks out of both Brad and Carly.

Both were weighing their collegiate options, including Ohio State University, Indiana University and even Northern Arizona University, but a winter trip to MU with their mother set it apart.

“When we walked around the campus with her, she told us of her experiences here and it just made Miami feel familiar, like we were home,” Carly said.

To this day, Lori has a major im-

Field hockey holds off late Longwood comeback FIELD HOCKEY

With the loss, Buffalo fell to 2-16 overall and 1-4 in conference.

Tomasic led the RedHawk attack, tallying a team-high 12 kills and .417 hitting percentage. Below recorded nine kills and six digs, while Kukoc had six kills and eight digs. Hill finished with six blocks for the game.

“When we go on the road, we try to not overthink and stay relaxed,” Tomasic said. “It really helps us maintain positive energy in front of opposing crowds.”

Playing the second straight road game in as many nights, the ’Hawks displayed no signs of fatigue against Akron, gaining an early 12-8 lead in the first set. At 18-16, a Kukoc kill and a Hill block helped Miami pull away to a 25-20 victory.

The second set was tightly contested from start to finish. With the Zips leading 16-14, the ’Hawks knew the school record for consecutive sets won was on the line. A Kukoc kill and a service ace by redshirt sophomore setter Mackenzie Zielenski forced an Akron timeout.

After the break, Kukoc continued the momentum with two service aces. Tomasic then put the game away with three kills, giving MU a 25-18 win and the school record of 28 set wins in a row.

With a 12-4 lead, it appeared as though the ’Hawks were on their way to yet another 3-0 victory.

However, the Zips rallied in front of their home fans, going on a 9-2 run that brought the game to an 18 all tie. Akron then closed the game on a 7-3 run, ending Miami’s set streak at 28.

Early service aces by junior libero Maeve McDonald gave the Red and White a 6-3 advantage in the fourth set. Later, leading 19-16,

waking the RedHawks, as they earned a penalty corner in the 11th minute, though the shot went wide.

In the 22nd minute, the RedHawks thought they had beaten Longwood on the left side from a penalty corner earned by sophomore back Ashely Laskowitz, but the referee determined that the shot was not a goal. Miami regrouped, and Laskowitz soon earned another

pact on Brad and Carly’s running and their time at Miami University.

“Today, I had thoughts about her while walking on campus, strange little things that I can’t explain,” Brad said.

“I have thoughts about her all the time about things that she would like, or things that would drive her crazy,” Carly said.

In addition to their remarkable internal strength, Brad and Carly have already shown promise in their first cross-country races with the Red and White. Carly currently has the second fastest times on the women’s varsity team in the 5K and the 6K, while Brad is among the men’s varsity top seven with a personal record of 26:06 in the 8K. While not present physically, Lori continues to inspire her children.

“I close my eyes and visualize what I need to do in the race, and then I say a quick prayer to my mother,” Brad said.

The twins compete next with the rest of the RedHawk squad Saturday in the Pre-Nationals Race at Terre Haute, Indiana.

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corner and, again, Miami took a shot.

The rest of the first half was played end to end as the RedHawks took 11 shots between stopping an intercepted pass that led to a Longwood offensive rush and breakaway.

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