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University to increase adjunct pay Adjunct Pay per-credit hour pay Adjunct professor $900

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Current MU adjunct pay

National adjunct pay average

New MU adjunct pay starting 2016

Miami forms Student Disability Advocacy Council ACCESSIBILITY

EMILY WILD

THE MIAMI STUDENT

The newly established Student Disability Advocacy Council is working to give a voice to students with disabilities at Miami.

The organization is recruiting anyone registered with Student Disability Services. The idea is for those students to meet people with similar experiences and communicate their ideas for improving the university’s disability community.

The advocacy council comes in tandem with a new Director of Accessible Technology Miami will add to its IT department this year.

Both these changes will affect more than 800 Miami students, a record high for the university.

The idea for the council originated in the summer of 2014, when the disability office moved to the division of student affairs, becoming a single office known as Student Disability Services.

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FACULTY

EMILY WILLIAMS ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

The pay for Miami’s adjunct faculty will increase up to 43 percent when the new rate of $1,000 per credit hour takes effect next semester. The faculty members affected are part-time instructors who are paid on a credit hour per course basis.

The pay raise was announced in Provost Phyllis Callahan’s October newsletter. Callahan said the idea of raising the pay for adjunct faculty has been discussed in the past.

“I think it’s been on the deans’

minds for a year or two, so when I became provost we reexamined that issue in consultation with the deans,” Callahan said. “The deans were all supportive and we made the change.”

According to data from the Chronicle for Higher Education’s Adjunct Project, the current average pay for Miami’s adjuncts is below the national average, with some making as little as $700 per credit hour.

Next semester’s pay raise will place Miami’s rate, which will pay $3,000 for a three credit course, on par with the national median rate and slightly above the median rate

of $2,700 among Ohio universities.

Miami’s rate will also exceed the median rate of $2,925 at Ohio University and $2,900 at Kent State University, but trail the median $4,300 per course at the Ohio State University, according to the Adjunct Project.

Information from the Miami Office of Institutional Research indicates that the part-time faculty affected by this pay raise make up over 60 percent of the faculty at both regional campuses and about 20 percent at the main campus.

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Holy Halloween: A night ride on God’s Bus Oxford church provides free rides to students, with religious twist ALCOHOL

BRIAN SENTERS THE MIAMI STUDENT

It’s 11 p.m. on Halloween at the Oxford Vineyard, a non-denominational Christian church, and volunteers are gathered around in a colorful room, sharing testimony with one another and praying before their night out. Groups of volunteers gear up and prepare for the night ahead, packing water bottles, hot chocolate and business cards.

That’s the way the volunteers

start every night when they operate ‘God’s Bus,’ a free ride service that provides Miami students with transportation to any location in Oxford.

Chris Marsman, Oxford Vineyard volunteer and Miami alumnus who operates the call center for the God’s Bus, brought the program to Oxford in May 2014 after seeing a similar program called ‘Beach Reach.’

While on a trip to Panama City Beach, Florida during spring break with Campus Crusade for Christ, Marsman watched as

Beach Reach gave free rides to the spring breakers and operated pancake breakfasts.

“Oxford has the exact same environment that’s down there, every weekend,” Marsman said, explaining one of the reasons behind this program is to get students home safely.

Three volunteers operate God’s Bus. One individual, known as the ‘navigator,’ receives requests from the call center and maintains GOD’S BUS »PAGE 5

Miami groundskeepers preserve campus safety and scenery year-round CAMPUS

MAGGIE CALLAGHAN THE MIAMI STUDENT

TYLER PISTOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Groundskeeper John Moore is one of 35 who maintains Miami’s campus.

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MIAMI, STUDENT VIDEOS CAPTURE COLLEGE LIFE

NEW SORORITY ESTABLISHES CHAPTER

Marketing and student-made videos contrast as they recruit potential students

Forty members colonize Miami’s newest sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma

TODAY in MIAMI HISTORY

Brian Nixon begins his day like any other. The groundskeeper, who has been working for Miami University for over a year, arrives early at 6 a.m. to pick up trash, refill trash cans and clear the grounds around the Armstrong Student Center.

“A lot of this job is self-pride,” said Nixon.

Nixon, in his mid 40s, is one of 35 employees who works tirelessly throughout the year to keep Miami’s campus well-groomed.

According to Miami University’s Physical Facilities website, it aims “to develop, operate and maintain a safe campus that is sustainable, attractive, functional and efficient.”

This can be a daunting task during their busier times of year, like autumn, when leaves begin to fall.

“We want the campus to have a park-like setting. When you drive up, you know you have arrived on campus,” said Jeremy Davis, the director of buildings and facilities.

One way groundskeeping has become more sustainable and functional is through its leaf pick-up system. Davis said all leaf collection piles are placed in a large compost pile behind the equestrian center

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that is then recycled into mulch and used during the spring and summer time.

Groundskeepers are also encouraged to be cautious of their carbon footprint by driving around campus, which, in turn, has made everyone’s job more efficient, Davis said.

However, the groundskeepers’ main priority is student safety.

Nixon said the groundskeepers will

sometimes work overtime, coming in at 2 a.m. when they know a snow storm is approaching and need to salt the ground or remove snow.

In times of rough weather, Davis said, the groundskeepers work to return the campus to its normal state before students and faculty even wake up.

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SEE P. 2 FOR A LOOK INTO MIAMI’S TOP-RANKED ‘DRUNK FOODS’

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AN APPLE’S JOURNEY FROM FARM TO TABLE

EDITORIAL BOARD BACKS BLACK LIVES MATTER

WOMEN’S SOCCER ADVANCES TO MAC SEMIFINALS

A look into the 178-year-old Downing Fruit Farm, and its seventh generation owner

Editorial Board pushes for racial equality, urges minorities to speak out

Soccer team advances after penalty kicks. In last two years, PKs sent RedHawks home

Today in 1989, The Miami Student reported that two Talawanda High School students were suspended for two weeks after donning Ku Klux Klan robes on the school’s Halloween dress-up day. Staff writer Lauren Lipnicki wrote the incident highlighted an “undercurrent” of racism present in the school.

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And . . . action: Capturing college life in a video UNIVERSITY

KAREN AUGENSTEIN THE MIAMI STUDENT

While Miami’s marketing videos portray a quiet, quaint and brickladen college town to the public, student-made videos paint an entirely different picture.

Whether intentional or not, both have the power to recruit, or deter, the next generation of students.

Capturing the essence of college life is difficult, since there are so many elements associated with four years. For Kelly Bennett, who runs Miami’s social media program and created the “Love & Honor” video, the key is not just to focus on one side of college, but the many opportunities Miami has to offer.

“A big aspect of the videos is to show the well-rounded college experience,” Bennett said. “You get to study abroad, do research projects and project all the people and moments that make Miami what it is. Some schools can showcase a few of their strengths, but Miami has it all.”

When prospective students come to visit Miami, many see the “Love & Honor” video, which shows a wide array of experiences on campus, from academics, a cappella, sports, nightlife, traveling abroad and campus living.

The range of material allows the “Love & Honor” video to target different students by addressing a subject they may be interested in.

The “Love & Honor” video has 62,000 views on YouTube and is shown to many prospective students at the beginning of their tour at Miami.

“I think the videos we produced are very well received, in particular

the ‘Love & Honor’ video. I have people today who are still commenting on it,” Bennett said.

For first-year Margot Austin, the “Love & Honor” video was a factor in her decision to come to Miami.

She feels that the video helps portray what life in Oxford is like, both academically and socially.

“I got the chills seeing the ‘Love & Honor’ video on my tour here.

My dad even cried at orientation because he thought it was such a good message,” Austin said. “You really get a the sense of community with the videos and it without a doubt attracts prospective students.”

But contrary to the message behind videos Miami produces to promote the college, there are several videos circulating YouTube that show only the party side of Miami.

One such video, “Miami University Green Beer Day 2015- Fratican,” highlights excessive binge drinking. Other videos include the “lookout” video showing a comical house break-in, and a glimpse into the Beta Block Party, an annual offcampus party.

Many of these showcase Miami’s nightlife and party school reputation. Bennett said the major problem with these kinds of videos is that they only show one side of Miami.

“They are seeing a very skewed version of what a college experience is,” she said. “It shows a portion of one side of Miami.

We like to show everything Miami has to offer, not just one side of the experience.”

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Prevalence of phishing scams increase on campus

A.J. NEWBERRY THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University Love & Honor video is published on YouTube. It is shown to prospective students when they come for a campus visit to introduce them to the many experiences and opportunities at Miami. ceive a school and what they feel the college experience is like.

First-year Emma Vogelmeier is a media and culture major, and she said she thinks the videos affect a person based on how old they are and how long they have been involved in the college search experience.

“When I was a sophomore, and they showed the ‘Love & Honor’ video, it had a lot more influence on me than when I was a senior and I had seen a lot of schools, so I was a little more jaded,” Vogelmeier said.

“It definitely has a lot to do with how old you are when you see it.”

For prospective students who seek out college partying videos,

PAOLA GARCIA

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Many MU email accounts were compromised by phishing scams last summer.

TECHNOLOGY

ELIZABETH JACOBS THE MIAMI STUDENT

The cybercrime of phishing is making an appearance at Miami and has consequently affected its students and faculty.

According to Joe Bazeley, Miami’s information security officer, the problem is students and faculty aren’t able to recognize a phishing email when they see one, or users respond to the emails because they perceive them to be legitimate.

“Phishing is when you attempt to trick people into giving you their information,” Bazeley said. “Phishers will use tactics like using someone’s account to send that person’s contacts more phishing messages. They can also scare recipients into acting quickly by threat.”

While phishing has been an issue at Miami and colleges since the birth of the Internet, Miami saw an increase in this activity last summer. While the number of Miami students and staff who received the phishing messages is unclear, many personal accounts

were compromised, or “hacked,” Bazeley said.

The IT services at Miami have created a webpage with further information on the telltale signs of phishing. In response to National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October, IT services also released several October newsletters highlighting many students’ downfall in falling for the phishers’ tricks.

Among the students who have received phishing emails is firstyear Andrew Almquist, who has received the messages through more than one medium.

“I’ve gotten one through Facebook, Twitter and email,” Almquist said. “I just immediately deleted them because they didn’t look like real messages.

Somehow, though, my email account was hacked and I ended up having to change my password in order to reset my account.”

Having his email account compromised, Almquist said he felt tricked and deceived.

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like,” Vogelmeier said. “I would also show the stuff I get to do at MAFIA or Redhawk Records or my Radio show, where I get to have a lot of fun, to show what Miami offers for me individually.”

Bennett and her team are currently working on creating a promotional video made from footage Miami University students send in of their own experiences.

“All the footage in that video can be submitted by students and professors, so it will be all real experiences made by students so it’s not the school saying it’s great but the students and faculty who are saying what makes Miami special,” Bennett said.

Students indulge in Uptown’s late-night favorites, despite health consequences HEALTH

JENNIFER MILLSTHE MIAMI STUDENT

Vogelmeier says these expectations are misguided, as college isn’t really like that.

“Drinking videos send a negative feeling to kids who do not want to party often in college, or kids see it as a party school, which isn’t an accurate representation of what it will be like all the time or what life will be like after school,” Vogelmeier said.

Vogelmeier said it would be beneficial for high school students to see promotional videos created by current college students on their experiences at Miami.

“I think more students need to make a YouTube-esque approach and show what their actual life is

It’s Saturday night — the streets of Uptown Oxford are filled with students, many waiting to get a bite of their sandwich of choice from late-night favorite, Bagel & Deli.

The well known deli is a hotspot on the weekends for students attempting to satisfy their late night, possibly intoxicated, cravings. It’s so popular, Buzzfeed ranked it third on a list of the best college “drunk foods” in the nation earlier in October.

But students wanting a greasy midnight ‘snack’ after a long night out is more about chemicals than flavor. According to William Gruchow, a professor from University of North Carolina, galanin, a protein in the brain that is released when drinking, increases appetites for fats, which causes more galanin to be produced.

Galanin influences the activity of the brain associated with feeding and metabolism. This not only

has an effect on the bodies of college students, but also has an effect on the number of students waiting in line for greasy junk food.

First-year Zach Youst never misses the opportunity to grab a greasy sandwich before heading home on a weekend night Uptown.

“After a night out having fun, my last stop before I head home is Bagel & Deli for a Doyle Rules sandwich,” Youst said. “I don’t know, it’s this innate urge that comes from the soul and it just keeps getting larger and it only wants greasy foods in large quantities.”

Many students love eating Uptown late-night favorites, but may not be aware of exactly what and how much food they are consuming.

Christina Minges, a kinesiology professor and certified dietician, said she believes student intoxication levels decrease their concerns for health when it comes to food and drink.

“After drinking, students don’t really think or even care about what they are eating or the amounts

of calories and fats they have consumed in such short time,” Minges said.

For instance, the Crunch ‘n’ Munch at Bagel & Deli has an estimated 900 calories — nearly half of what is recommended for daily intake. Meanwhile, 6 ounces of mac and cheese bites have 580 calories and 36 grams of fat — 55 percent of the average daily value.

This many calories, combined with the calories of alcoholic beverages, can slow down the body’s metabolism and take a toll on one’s health.

Although there are many healthconscious students on campus, others are willing to sacrifice their healthy living with food that will satisfy their appetites.

Senior Terry Davis won’t sacrifice his late night foods of choice for calorie counting.

“After going to bars, Skippers and Skyline Chili are the only restaurants that sound good,” Davis said. “Honestly, when it comes to food after a long night out, you can’t go wrong with anything Uptown.”

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Miami Greek life welcomes new sorority GREEK LIFE

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Students work on the desktop computers at King Library. Campus libraries provide computers for students who have broken theirs or do not own one.

Students without laptops turn to library resources TECHNOLOGY

ELISE VASKO

THE MIAMI STUDENT

It’s 1 a.m. on a Wednesday and Mary Yu is just leaving King Library. She spent the last six hours writing an English paper, and will be back again tomorrow to complete her online math homework.

This week, Yu is spending all her study time at the library because she is having her laptop replaced.

She is like other students without laptops who face challenges with homework and studying.

Today, laptops are ubiquitous on college campuses.

However, without one, Yu has found day-to-day classwork more challenging.

“I do think it’s necessary to have your own laptop because Miami is a university that requires students to do a lot of work,” Yu said. “And to work efficiently you need your own computer instead of running around every day trying to get stuff done.”

While many students study in their residence halls, Yu does not have the same luxury.

“I just happen to have three papers that are coming up, and I like working in my dorm but I just can’t because I don’t have my computer,” Yu said. “Also, it’s not very convenient for me to go onto the Miami website to check my mail.”

First-year Grace Tomlinson, who does not have a personal laptop, agreed the main issue for her is convenience.

“I have chemistry homework due every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,” Tomlinson said. “It’s all online, so I have to spend a lot of time at King Library doing my chemistry homework since I can’t do it from my room.”

However, students like Yu and Tomlinson are able to access the

Internet using desktop computers at libraries around campus and by borrowing laptops from any of Miami’s libraries.

Rob Withers, head of circulation at King Library, said borrowing laptops from the campus libraries is popular among students. Withers said laptops were checked out 20,000 times from Miami’s libraries, last year.

However, Withers said the majority of students who borrow laptops from the library actually own a personal laptop.

“Sometimes students just choose not to bring their laptops to campus,” Withers said. “If you’re going to be on campus for six hours, for some people, borrowing is a convenience.

So they use it when they need it and then bring it back and they don’t have to worry about keeping track of it.”

Although borrowing a laptop is an available option, owning a personal laptop is sometimes required for classes.

Sociology professor Steven Nelson requires students to bring a Wi-Fi-capable device with them to class. However, Nelson said the device does not necessarily need to be a laptop, and the student does not necessarily have to own it outright.

“Some of what we’re doing requires people to communicate, so the technology allows communication between students,” said Nelson. “For example, students use Google Docs, and they are able to type and it happens on both of their computers at the same time.”

Nelson has not found requiring Wi-Fi-capable devices to be an issue, as almost every student in his classes has a laptop or phone to access the Internet.

Nelson said if fewer students had laptops, he would need to restructure the class, but in general, he strongly recommends that Miami students own their own laptops.

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Sorority Phi Sigma Sigma (Phi Sig) completed its “colonization week” in October, and it now has 40 new members who are the Miami chapter’s founders.

The Miami University Panhellenic community and existing sorority members chose the sorority last spring from a pool of three, including other National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities Sigma Delta Tau and Sigma Sigma Sigma, according to Panhellenic president, senior Darinka Sutic.

Phi Sig is one of 18 sororities in the NPC at Miami.

Sutic said the new members of Phi Sig will be working closely with its nationals and other NPC sororities to launch its chapter at Miami.

“Being a founding member means that you are the first initiates out of the specific chapter at a university,” Sutic said. “They are the beginning of the Miami University chapter’s history.”

Among its founding members is sophomore Emily Morgan, who said she is

excited to see what Phi Sig can bring to Miami and the Greek community on campus.

“I’m really excited to be a founding member,” Morgan said.

“I think it’s cool that there are no preconceived reputations for the sorority. We can make it whatever we want it to be.”

Morgan and other founding members were selected this fall

by Phi Sig members of other chapters through a brief, informal recruitment process — similar to a job interview. Once Phi Sig chose the members, it was offered a bid — or an invitation for membership — by the sorority. The women could accept or decline the offer.

Phi Sig alumna from various chapters across the country came to help the founding members start the Miami chapter.

Some alumna will be staying on campus for the duration of the 2015-2016 school year to help the founding members write the constitution for the sorority and complete formal recruitment requirements during the spring semester.

“My hopes for the future of Phi Sig are that people who rush will find what they’re looking to

be a part of in college with us,” Morgan said. “Somewhere that makes them feel at home, like they’ve found their place. I hope we have a great bunch of girls excited and proud to be a part of the sorority.”

Fellow students and sorority members are also very excited to welcome Phi Sig to campus.

Around campus, sororities such as Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Delta Pi have hung banners in support of the new organization.

Sophomore Leah Sagle, a member of Gamma Phi Beta, said she hopes the new sorority will give more women the opportunity to be Greek at Miami.

“I think it’s great we are adding to our Greek life, especially since Greek life is so relevant at Miami,” Sagle said. “I think it’s great that we are adding on so more people are able to join what makes this school so great.”

As Phi Sig looks forward to formal recruitment in February, Morgan said the girls are very excited for what is to come.

“We are all very excited to build onto our sorority with recruitment next semester and for everyone to start to get to know us,” Morgan said.

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After serving in the U.S. Marines, Grant Gray decided this fall to join the 300 other Miami students who currently take advantage of the G.I. Bill.

Gray started his career in the Marines in January 2011 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island. From 2013 to 2014 he was deployed to Afghanistan. Gray was honorably discharged this year.

The G.I. Bill has been in existence since 1944 and has changed several times since it was first enacted. The Post-9/11 G.I. Bill was put into law in 2008 and greatly expanded the benefits.

This bill provides up to 36 months of education benefits, generally payable for 15 years following a veteran’s release from active duty. Benefits include a housing allowance, an annual stipend for books and supplies and a one-time payment of $500 for those relocating from rural areas.

Of the 18,456 undergraduates at Miami, 310 of them, less than 2 percent, are using veteran educational benefits including the G.I. Bill.

Miami alumnus Rob Horn (’15) served a little over two years in the

U.S. Air Force before retiring due to an injury at the age of 20.

“The G.I. Bill provided free college,” said Horn. “I’d be an idiot not to use it.”

According to Kathy Ramsey, assistant director of One Stop Student Services, the students who choose to use the bill are very diverse.

“Some of the students are using benefits they earned while serving and others are using benefits transferred to them by a parent,” said Ramsey.

Although those who use the bill greatly benefit financially, attending college as a veteran presents its own unique challenges.

“Starting college later than most freshman is definitely an experience,” said Gray. “When I tell people that I am 23 and a freshman they almost look down upon me until I tell them that I served in the Marines.”

Unlike most college students, Gray said he’s had his fair share of partying and isn’t interested in going out during the week.

“In my opinion, it gives me a huge advantage because I have my priorities straight and am here for an education and not to party,” said Gray.

Horn grew up in Eaton, Ohio and felt Miami made the most sense for him. He completed his

first two years at a regional campus and then transferred to Oxford to finish his degree.

Horn said he never felt out of place being an older college freshman. He said the regional campus is different than the Oxford campus because there are many older students in the classes.

“I definitely wasn’t always the oldest one,” said Horn.

When Horn transferred to the Oxford campus, he said things changed. Rather than being among many older students, he was now one of the oldest in the class.

Horn said he never felt the age difference was a bad thing. Many Miami students were accepting of him, and some didn’t even notice that he was older.

“There was definitely an age difference,” said Horn. “But I never felt like it was an issue of annoyance.”

Despite the hardships some face, Gray said the student veterans at the Oxford campus are very close. He gives credit to the Marines for making him into the person he is today.

“I love my country and the Marines,” said Gray. “The pay on the enlisted side is not worth it to make it your career. I didn’t sign up for the money, but I signed up to serve my country for four years.”

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From seed to table: The autumn harvest FOOD

ALISON PERELMAN THE MIAMI STUDENT

More than a dozen people crowd around the two tables where Scott Downing sells his apples at the Oxford Farmer’s Market. He’s there every Saturday morning, rain or shine, with bushels of apples, honey, apple butter and never enough cider.

Potential customers are allowed to taste any of the 11 different kinds of apples before deciding which to buy.

A few months ago, during the summer, Scott brought the other fruits and vegetables that are grown on the Downing Fruit Farm. He didn’t sell as many apples over the summer, but now, in the middle of fall, it’s peak apple season.

“Right now is the middle of it, the heart of it,” said Scott. “Especially when it’s cool out, it’s the perfect time to sell apples and cider.”

Scott is a seventh generation apple farmer. The Downing farm was established 178 years ago and is still going strong.

Among its 2,500 fruit trees, the Downing Farm grows 75 different apple varieties, seven of which they’ve developed themselves over the years.

The apples are the base for its na-

ALISON PERELMAN THE MIAMI STUDENT

A peck of apples from the Downing Fruit Farm for sale at the Oxford Farmer’s Market Saturday morning. tionally known cider.

“Best cider in the United States,” said Scott proudly.

Downing Apple Cider is made from several kinds of apples, giving it a unique taste. The apples that aren’t cosmetically appealing get picked for the cider — they are washed, brushed, ground to a pulp and squeezed into juice. No water or sugar is added

The Downing Cider has won the National Cider Contest and people from all over the country call Scott to have it shipped right to their door.

The apple butter is specially made, too. The Downings use golden delicious apples and cook them in their own cider.

“Most people boil the apples with water,” said Scott. “We use cider to boil them. And what that does is

it gives it a really nice flavor, and I don’t have to add any sugar or preservatives.”

Not everyone buys apple butter from the Downings, though. Lisa Loragin prefers to make her own.

At the Farmer’s Market, Lisa bought wine sap apples with the intention of making apple butter and apple pie.

“I make it every fall … just for

my family,” Lisa said, “I have a recipe for apple pie that I follow that I’ve been using for years. It’s called apple crumble pie. And then I have a recipe for apple butter that I make in the crock pot with spices all day long.”

Scott appreciates his customers and the community in Oxford. He sells at five other farmers markets throughout the week, and provides produce to Miami University and several local stores.

“I wouldn’t sell something that I don’t feel like is of the best quality down here because they appreciate that and they will stand in line,” said Scott. “Not one person will complain, and they’ll wait because they know they’re going to get a good product.”

Scott believes his apples are the best price and quality. He only eats the apples grown on the Downing Farm, and doesn’t get sick of them, despite the fact that he will usually eat 20 a day, and nothing else.

“It doesn’t matter which they are, whatever variety we’re picking, I’ll just eat them all day long,” said Scott. “It just keeps me going. But as soon we’re done and I sell the last apple for the season, I won’t eat another one until ours are ready again.”

Read part two in the “Seed to Table” series on Friday.

Tracking the Shideler Hall globe from campus to Lane Library HISTORY

ELIZABETH HANSEN THE MIAMI STUDENT

Hanging from the ceiling on the second floor of Lane Library is the Shideler Hall globe.

The globe found its current home when the renovations to Shideler Hall almost sent the historical sphere to a landfill.

The new, redesigned Shideler Hall was deemed too small to accommodate the original globe and a smaller, more modern digital globe will replace it.

Andrew Sheets Iddings donated the globe to Miami University in 1966, in honor of his grandfather, Daniel Willinson Iddings (1842).

“When people in the community and within Miami became aware that it might be sent to a landfill, they advocated for finding a place on campus that would be a good home for the globe,” said David Prytherch, a geology professor.

With the help of Curtis Ellison, professor emeritus of history at the Hamilton campus, it was decided that the globe would move to the Lane Library, which was deemed

“the perfect home” due to recent renovations that merged a modern library with pieces of Oxford’s past.

“It was a prized possession of the university because it was donated in honor of a distinguished alum,” said Ellison. “He was a worldwide explorer and important photographer. His interests ranged the globe so it seemed important that the globe be a memorial to him.”

The globe originally cost $13,500, and depicted over 100 cities, 50 islands and 89 water features, all hand-lettered.

When the globe was built, it was considered the finest of its kind due to its scientific accuracy, technical construction and artistic detail. Its contour maps were drawn exactly to scale.

“Shideler Hall was clearly intended to be designed around the center of the globe to indicate the presence of geography and geology, but also to look out on highway 73, one of the two routes typically used to get to Oxford,” said Ellison.

Drivers arriving in Oxford at night could see the iconic globe lit up and rotating on its axis.

“It is a very important geophysi-

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The Shideler Hall globe hangs in its new home at the Lane Library’s new location at Stewart Square. cal structure that symbolized the importance of geology and geography,” Ellison said. “[And] it was an iconic symbol of learning and knowledge that greeted people coming in by highway 73.”

Now, a light shines on the globe in its home at Lane Library, making it visible to all outside the library.

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KIRBY DAVIS

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University’s improvisation group, Sketched Out, held its first show of the year Oct. 23 and treated the audience to a night of rap battles, Donald Trump impersonations and John Cena jokes.

The group performs games that range from imitating audience members while reading their tweets to acting out “slideshows” of people’s lives to a sketch called “Good Advice, Bad Advice, Worst Advice.”

Each was met with uproarious laughter from the packed crowd.

“Improv is like a muscle,” said first-year Sketched Out member Emma Shibley.

Sketched Out’s shows are entirely improvised, but it does rehearse certain games every week that it later models performances after.

Shibley says she feels more comfortable taking risks now, and attributes her successful transition into the group to the support system her improv friends have provided.

Junior team member Amanda White also credits Sketched Out with not merely bringing out her fun, silly side, but having a much deeper impact on her as a person.

“Sketched Out and improv . . . have not made me more funny,” White said. “They’ve made me comfortable in my own skin, being the silly, authentic and always-laughing person.”

In such a small, tight-knit team, support from one another is crucial.

“We seek to support each other to make the best possible creative environment,” said Sketched Out Presi-

“Humor is a by-product of us supporting each other because we are all naturally funny people.”

CHRISTIAN CORPORA

SKETCHED OUT PRESIDENT

dent Christian Corpora. “Humor is a by-product of us supporting each other because we are all naturally funny people.”

Although there can be competition to be heard onstage and get attention from the audience, the group dynamic is strong. Over fall break, the members of Sketched Out traveled to Chicago, where they attended a professional improv workshop and

several shows.

Each major city has its own unique, general approach to the subject, and Chicago’s improv scene is well known around the country.

“That trip is what starts to solidify the team dynamic and help people to feel connected to the larger team,” Corpora said.

Even for those who have experience performing improv, Sketched Out shows can still be nerve-wracking.

“The most challenging part of improv for me is fear,” said Corpora.

“When you’re improvising, there is so much to be afraid of.”

These fears include failing to generate a positive response from the audience and freezing during games.

Another concern is self-criticism.

“It can be challenging to leave shows and think about the team performance as a whole, instead of just how I felt I messed up or was not effective as an improviser,” said White.

Still, the team members seem to be inspired by the pressure rather than deterred. Sketched Out, they agree, is much more rewarding than challenging.

“An improv team is about so much more than doing make-em-ups on a stage,” Corpora said. “We make magic together.”

“It’s one of the big historical pieces that people come to see,” said Valerie Elliot, manager of Smith Library of Regional History, which is housed in Lane Library.

In order to move the globe from its original spot in Shideler Hall, the globe had to be split into two halves.

Metal frames were put in each half

to keep it supported while it was hung. It was then welded on the inside and leveraged up on wires.

Also, due to the new hanging installation, artists had to touch up the areas that were, in Shideler Hall, not visible to the eye.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs resurrected in new biopic FILM

JACK RYAN

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Like the man it represents, the umpteenth cinematic exploration of late Apple CEO, “Steve Jobs,” is anything but conventional.

“Steve Jobs” follows a very non-traditional plot structure, particularly for a biopic, preferring a three-act play structure over the archetypal life-sweeping narrative. The entirety of the film, save for a few brief flashbacks, takes place prior to three huge product launches — two for Apple, and one for Jobs’ brief company, NeXT. In each of these 40-minute sections, three incarnations of Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) hectically move through the various matters at hand, ranging from fixing a demo Mac not saying ‘Hello’ to screaming arguments with the mother of the girl he denies as his daughter. These dramatized acts give us insight into the life of the prolific patriarch, both as a leader and as a human.

This Steve Jobs is nothing

like the slightly scruffy, blackturtleneck-adorning visage that covered magazine and newspaper covers over the past 15 years.

Here, we see Steve at a much more personal level — passionate, cunning, genius, but, ultimately, an imperfect perfectionist. For every endearing moment, there are three more that make us question his sanity and morality.

As Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen) remarks, “You can be both gifted and decent at the same time. It’s not binary.”

Michael Fassbender is one of the greatest actors of his generation, and solidifies this claim in “Steve Jobs.” While he doesn’t share the uncanny resemblance to the Apple icon that Ashton Kutcher did, Fassbender is absolutely riveting in each of the time frames shown. He evolves naturally, both showing the minute warmth in a 29-year-old industry punk to revealing the old spite in a much gentler version of himself at 43.

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Along with these changes, Andrew Zeisler, director of disability services at Miami, had bigger goals in mind.

“One of the things I wanted to come up with for this year was a student advocacy group that would be open to any student registered in our office,” Zeisler said.

He envisioned a type of student panel that would be able to talk with the Student Disability Services staff about different programs and events they would like to see.

Zeisler said he hoped by gaining this student perspective, the staff would be more capable of serving the needs of students and understanding their experiences.

Greg Cherry, a graduate student who aids in overseeing council activities, agreed with the need for a group geared entirely toward the students and their interests.

“The idea was to create a group for students to come together as a support group for each other outside of the classroom,” Cherry said.

The council has met three times so far and will continue do so on a

biweekly basis. About 10 participating students have been present at these meetings. Nine people serve as liaison members of the council who listen to the students’ suggestions and work to make them a reality.

An immediate goal of the council is to create mentoring opportunities in which upperclassmen work with first-year students as they begin their Miami experience. This may also include working with the Office of Admissions to create relationships between current and prospective students.

Other future initiatives may include a subcommittee for students within the autism spectrum and panels with faculty so that students with disabilities can relay their needs to professors outside of the classroom. The council would also like to hold events aimed toward educating the greater Miami community about the role of Student Disability Services on campus.

Additionally, the council has tentative plans to begin an alumni program to bring back Miami graduates so they can be involved in the changes the university makes

to create a more accessible campus for students with disabilities.

Overall, Zeisler said the Student Disability Advocacy Council is all about the students themselves.

“The three biggest things are looking internally, looking at others, and looking at how your disability plays into the larger community,” Zeisler said.

Hannah Heath, a first-year student registered with Student Disability Services and a member of the Student Disability Advocacy Council, has already felt a positive effect from the group’s work.

“I think it’s a great opportunity to connect with other students with disabilities and to advocate for them,” Heath said. “I didn’t know anybody else with disabilities on campus until we started this group.”

Heath said she is optimistic about the future of the group and all that it can accomplish.

“I really hope that we can grow the group and reach out to more people and just have an impact around campus besides within our own little group, working to spread the word and de-stigmatize disabilities.”

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slight decline in the number of part-time faculty members in the past several years. At Oxford’s campus, the number of part-time faculty dropped from 265 in the spring of 2010 to 216 in 2015 while the number of full-time faculty rose from 827 to 907.

The regional campuses have both seen about a 9 percent decrease in part-time faculty with about 105 and 156 part time faculty members last semester, respectively.

Callahan noted the importance of adjuncts’ roles in Miami’s academics.

“Our adjuncts play a really important role in our curriculum and are highly qualified,” said Callahan. “We hire people who are highly qualified to teach for us, and in many cases they add dimensions that are important. In some schools, for example, they are working professionals.”

According to the newsletter’s announcement, the pay raise recognizes the contributions of adjunct faculty members.

“An increase in the pay rate is one of the ways we can acknowledge our appreciation for their dedication and loyalty to Miami University and our students,” the announcement reads.

Curtis Dickerson, an adjunct professor at Miami’s Middletown campus, said he was pleased with the news of the pay raise.

“When I found out about it, I was really excited,” said Dickerson. “It ends up being quite a bit more than it is currently, so it’s definitely an exciting development.”

However, Dickerson also noted the inconsistency that can accompany the job. Although his pay will be raised per credit hour next semester, Dickerson found out he will only have two courses to teach instead of three.

“There’s really no way to know how many sections you’re going to have until the semester starts,” Dickerson said. “And it’s nobody’s fault, really. It’s an institutional problem.”

The co-president of Miami’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Keith Tuma, said he was encouraged by the news of the pay raise.

“I have the feeling that they’re beginning to listen to us — I really do — not just on this issue but on a number of issues,” said Tuma.

“The faculty are energized at this point.”

In order to ensure every acre of campus is covered, each of the 35 groundkeepers is assigned to a specific area that he or she must maintain. For example, Nixon is responsible for upkeep around Armstrong, as well as Shideler, Kreger and Culler Halls.

Davis said he and other directors walk around campus to ensure each groundkeeper is working up to their standards.

“When somebody walks by, I want them to say, ‘That looks good,’” Nixon said.

But, the groundkeepers are responsible for more than just picking up trash and leaves on campus. The groundkeepers help set up for athletic events on the weekends, remove all snow in parking lots and sidewalks, design new landscape, as well as plant and maintain memorial trees or gardens.

This is a huge task, as they must cover the 2000 acres of land, 32 miles of walkway and 76 acres of parking lots around campus.

Although they have many responsibilities, the groundskeepers cut no corners, and many outsiders recognize that.

“There’s a reason we are always ranked as having one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, and a lot of that is because of the hard work of the groundskeepers,” said sophomore Chelsea Rosenberg. “I wish they got more recognition from the students.”

However, on such a large campus with extensive greenery, land and student traffic, it is a difficult task to cover all of campus.

“The scale and traffic is tenfold of what [a student] might see at home,” Davis said.

One way that students can help make campus cleaner and more attractive is by using the trash cans appropriately. If students could make sure to always throw their trash away, especially when they eat outside, then that would help keep campus cleaner, explained Nixon Although their job can be physically and mentally challenging, the groundkeepers are very proud of their work — and have a good time doing it.

“I enjoy it,” Nixon said. “I like to be outside … some may argue with me on this, but it’s the only job at Miami where you can get an instant satisfaction.”

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contact with the other volunteers, assisting the driver with pick-up requests.

Separate from navigating and driving, each bus features a host — the person responsible for making the guests feel comfortable. The host engages student riders with conversation while en route to their destination.

Brightly lit with a Bible in the cargo holder and bottles of water in every cup holder, the bus makes for a comforting, interactive ride.

Each time God’s Bus volunteers provide this service, they use rental vans, so it’s up to the volunteers to dress each vehicle for the occasion.

Riders can call a number requesting pick-up service, but the host often asks people walking around if they’d prefer a ride. Kirsten Anderson, a host of one of the busses, said weather conditions often determine the ratio of those who call for rides and those who are simply picked up.

The cold and rainy conditions Saturday meant that God’s Bus faced an increased demand.

Anderson counted 47 people picked up one night in 20 to 30 trips, not including the second

shuttle they were operating that evening.

Upon offering the ride service to pedestrians out in the rain on Halloween night, two visibly intoxicated, yet verbally coherent gentlemen near Hawks Landing happily obliged to take the service. Thus commenced a conversation on the delights of the cookies they had just eaten, to which the host met them with genuine enthusiasm and an unfading smile.

Some were on their way Uptown, others on their way back to the dorms. Most students chatted politely with the hosts, regardless of their condition.

The volunteers treated everyone the same, no matter if they were drunk, sober or somewhere in between. Upon arriving at their destination, the host asked each of the riders if there was anything she could pray about for them.

Amid midterms, many requested a prayer for their stress, anxiety and other matters related to a strenuous academic lifestyle. Everyone bowed their heads and closed their eyes as the host prepared a brief, but meaningful vocalization of the riders’ requests.

Not all guests returned the kindness shown to

them. Some used vulgar language and got into arguments over the phone.

One female demanded the bus stop at Skipper’s Pub, where she forced her male friend to go in and buy her some mac-ncheese bites. She punctuated the remainder of her trip with occasional yells, a few tears and a call to her ex.

This is just part of the job. The volunteers aboard God’s Bus were indifferent to the drunken antics.

On the corner of Main and High Streets, John Richter, pastor of the Oxford Vineyard, stood handing out water bottles and talking to students passing by.

“It’s a crowd of people that aren’t going to step into a church building, and we want them to know that God loves them,” Richter said.

The volunteers for God’s Bus stayed out until 3 a.m., offering rides, water and hot chocolate during Saturday’s cold, rainy night. They’ll continue to offer this service as a part of their mission to spread God’s love and compassion, according to volunteers with God’s Bus. “Our two main goals are to get people home safely and show them the love of God,” Marsman said.

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How can whites help #BlackLivesMatter without co-opting its message?

EDITORIAL

Last week, Black Lives Matter founders Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi spoke on Miami’s campus.

They were met with a full house, but also with hostile Yik Yak comments.

As the editorial board discussed the hateful Yaks, we grew increasingly frustrated — not only with the negative opinions of our peers, but also with our own lack of knowledge on how to support the cause.

As a predominantly white editorial board, we didn’t feel we were in a position to discuss this with much authority.

“Clicking ‘like’ doesn’t get us closer to justice,” Garza said at the event last Monday. “Retweeting doesn’t get us closer to justice.”

So what does? What can we do to support the Black Lives Matter movement without co-opting what it is all about?

In August, Sally Kohn published a piece in the Washington Post, titled, “This is what white people can do to support #BlackLivesMatter.” In it, she articulates what we on the editorial staff were grappling with: the notion that “Many [white] people are reticent to speak out, for fear of misspeaking; others want to do something, but don’t know what to do.”

A crucial first step is accepting that racial inequality exists. It is a real issue, and although it might not be affecting us directly, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be concerned.

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

Many people consider themselves free of blame. They think, “I’m not racist. I’m not contributing to oppression.”

This reasoning is flawed. Ignorance and apathy are no different than active participation, because it leads to the same outcome — continued oppression of certain groups. If you’re not part of the so-

ing for a world where all lives are valued. But that’s not the world we live in now.”

Unfortunately, in our society, it seems white lives matter more than other lives. We don’t need a hashtag or a movement to say this because we already know it’s true.

In July, the MTV campaign “Look Different,” which is de-

cial was overly humorous, downplaying the seriousness of racial inequality. However, the message is clear: white privilege is a real problem and we cannot ignore it any longer.

A lot of people don’t realize these are advantages, either because we are so accustomed to them, or because it can be uncomfortable to

We are not here to talk about the struggles that we do not know about — or at least not to claim them as our own. But we can provide a platform for those who do own these struggles.

lution, you’re part of the problem.

We are all responsible.

When we hear the retort “All Lives Matter,” or that police brutality and other injustices are “not a big deal,” those are times to speak out.

Furthermore, to those who critique the #BlackLivesMatter movement: to say that #BlackLivesMatter is racist and should be replaced with #AllLivesMatter is to deny that white privilege exists in our society.

“All lives do matter,” Garza said last week. “We are all work-

signed to decrease racial prejudice, released a satirical commercial for “White Squad,” a companyoffering“professionalwhite advantage services.”

The commercial opens by asking, “Is your skin color holding you back? Are you tired of systematic racial prejudice ruining your day?”

If so, the White Squad can help.

They promise to hail a cab, carry bags through airport security or even “appear in court for you, giving you the full benefits of being a white person in the legal system.”

Critics complained the commer-

acknowledge a phenomenon that benefits us at the expense of others.

TIME magazine reported on the commercial and said, “Acknowledging the inequities of white privilege is not the same as endorsing them; on the contrary, frankly discussing these imbalances is the first step in diffusing them.”

We understand that we have little first-hand knowledge of the oppression minority groups face each day. But we recognize this oppression exists.

We are compassionate. We are supporters. We are allies. What can

we do to act like it?

In her article, Kohn asked activists in Black Lives Matter to share their “hopes, asks and even demands for white people in America today.”

Some of the feedback she got included advice like observing less and doing more, being invested even if it means taking risks or experiencing discomfort, and not only identifying as an ally, but acting as an accomplice, as well.

We would like to do the same as Kohn and invite minority groups or individuals to share their views.

It might not be our time to talk, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t here, listening.

We are not here to talk about the struggles that we do not know ourselves — or at least not to claim them as our own. But we can provide a platform for those who do own these struggles.

We shouldn’t hold the microphone, but we can be a captive audience.

The Miami Student would like to serve as a medium for organizations in Miami’s diversity community to publish Letters to the Editor (200 to 400 words) and essays (500 to 1000 words). These can be submitted to the editorial editors at editorial@miamistudent.net.

It’s a week after the founders of BLM spoke at Miami and we don’t want the conversation to stop. We think this starts with campus leaders speaking out.

Campus peeves: A lesson in undergrad etiquette Sex and respect in college don’t ACADEMICS

MILAM’S MUSINGS Sometimes, I write about issues I’m passionate about and I feel deserve however big a spotlight my column can generate. And sometimes, I write because it’s cathartic to put ink to paper.

Today’s column is more the latter variety and it’s something I think about four days out of the week, because I happen to be inside a classroom four days out of the week. At first, I was going to keep this issue relegated to my personal blog, but then I realized there’s no better platform to deliver this musing, given who it is aimed at.

So, I’m just going to say it: I can’t stand the behavior of my fellow students. What is wrong with you people?

Within the classroom, my peers engage in actions that make me think, ‘Are you people really

But it’s not just noise, either.

The people that get up and leave in the middle of class to go to the bathroom, the vending machine or wherever they’re going. I get it, some of us may have to make important phone calls or maybe they had a Venti Mocha before class and can’t hold it. But for the rest of you, you really can’t make it through a 90- to 110-minute lecture without a bathroom or food break? Obviously, in a class longer than that time it’s understandable to take a break (and often, in my experience, the professor initiates one anyway).

It’s distracting when five or six people every lecture are getting up and leaving.

There are also the people that bring their laptops to class, and I’m certain I’ve never actually seen someone within my vicinity taking lecture notes with it. Instead, their Facebook, fantasy football, online chats and whatever else they’re doing distract me.

Or the ones that are on their phones within full view of the professor. Again, that’s partially a professor problem too, but I don’t

Who are you freaks that come to a classroom without a pencil or a pen and/or something to write on? You types are especially befuddling...

that oblivious to the noise you are making?’ You know what I’m talking about.

The types that open and close their book bag zippers 10 minutes before the lecture is over. It’s one thing if the professor is going over the allotted time for the course, but it’s entirely different to do it while the professor is still going.

The types that chitchat when the professor is talking in what they perceive as whispered tones, but are actually noticeable and annoying. Part of this is on the professor to control the classroom, but most is on people that just can’t be quiet.

The types that eat and/or drink with reckless abandon — I have a general pet peeve against food noise, so to have it in the classroom is particularly loathsome.

A subcategory of this pet peeve is those who bring a four-course meal to the classroom — what is going on here?

get why someone even bothers to come to class if they’re just going to rudely be on their phone the entire time.

And seriously, who are you freaks that come to a classroom without a pencil or a pen and/or something to write on? You types are especially befuddling when you do this either on the first day of class or on an exam day.

I love that Miami is an institution of higher learning that has made itself more flexible and accessible to so-called non-traditional students, which is especially pronounced on the regional campuses, but those types can be grating as well.

Hey, it’s wonderful that you’ve raised three children and have had some life experiences. I’m sure there’s an important insight there, but your life experience is not relevant to every classroom discussion. All too often, the nontraditional students are too eager to

connect every bit of lecture material back to themselves.

Yes, I’m generalizing, but that’s what pet peeves are built upon in large part.

Then, there are the complainers. I get it. I’m frustrated to have to take certain courses as required by the Miami Plan, too, but I can’t stand those under-the-breath comments from students complaining about homework or an exam or an essay. To flip it, so as to not pick on the non-traditional students only, those are the comments I usually hear from freshmen, fresh outta high school.

This is college. It’s a lot more intense than high school. Rightly, then, expectations reflect that.

Unfortunately, these behaviors don’t stay within the classroom, either.

I don’t feel as if I’m a fast walker unless I’m running late to class.

However, in all the times I’ve walked on a college campus, I’m convinced now there’s some conspiracy whereby other people purposely walk slow merely to annoy me and/or make me late.

Of course, this is a perspective we all experience when stuck in traffic (not realizing that we, too, are the traffic), but I’m extrapolating to the sidewalk experience.

I’m not a science guy, but surely it cannot be humanly possible to walk that slow unintentionally? If only it was that, though.

On top of the slow walkers, much like the noise-makers in class (probably the same people), you get those that have no spatial awareness, or if they do, they don’t care. Because they take up the entire sidewalk, and if I’m passing them, they make no effort to get out of the way, whereas I dodge around them, shrink myself and walk in the grass if I have to.

Worse are those who use the sidewalk to congregate in groups small and large, in which I again have to make the grass my sidewalk or awkwardly walk through them.

I’m sure most of my fellow students are wonderful people, but in my experience at Miami, the aforementioned annoying behaviors are common and consistent semester after semester, classroom after classroom and sidewalk after sidewalk.

BRETT MILAM

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have to be mutually exclusive LIFE

CARLY BERNDT

THE MIAMI STUDENT

There are essential conversations and movements happening every day, left and right, championing specific causes. But things get lost in the cracks of specificity as we try to patch up the holes in individual moralities, when in actuality the problem is foundational.

Our problems as a society run deeper than sexism, rape culture or class divide.

Our fundamental morality and humanity is broken and the issues surrounding sexuality and our behavior and attitudes toward sex are extremely prevalent, especially on college campuses.

This is not a call to end “ghosting,” or another conversation about a feminist regime, consent or other countless societal and behavioral issues the millennial generation likes to roll its eyes at. This is a conversation about humanity — more specifically, where on Earth our humanity went.

This is also not another version of the “Why We Need to Start Dating Again,” or hookup culture bashing dialogues. In fact, this is to show how absurd those conversations are because of how far away we are from having them be effective.

Even though most people, specifically people our age, don’t want to admit that sex and having sex is an emotional experience, the reality of biology is that it is.

Which is why it is so dangerous to essentially throw people away once the game of “how quickly can I get into his or her pants” is over — it can deeply hurt people, a fact that a lot have chosen to forget in order to justify their actions.

Roughly one week ago a video titled, “What I Wish Someone Told Me About Having Sex,” went viral, originating somewhere between my Facebook, Quia and Buzzfeed tabs in Google Chrome.

In the video, the speaker presents a spoken-word poem detailing a situation an enumerable amount of people are familiar with: you start talking to someone, you start having sex with that someone and then that someone abandons you like my dog does to used up Webkinz.

The video itself is incredibly emotional and powerful, and as a 19-year-old college degenerate, I would label it as a “must-watch.”

Additionally, and more importantly, it addresses an unfortunately widespread problem in our society that has, for reasons unknown, become acceptable.

In fact, instead of being viewed as unacceptable, it has become something that merely talking about is viewed as some sort of taboo or cliché — an immature schoolgirl’s cry for attention.

Sex doesn’t have to be something that is shared monogamously — there are pretty solid arguments against such exclusivity. But we have taken the act of having sex with another person, whether it’s a drunken one-nightstand, after a first date or even after the first six months of knowing someone, and turned it into a devalued, dehumanized farce.

We, as a society, have taken the act of having sex with someone and allowed it and accepted it to become a joke, turning one or

It is time that the fear of demanding nothing shy of respect is extinct from our society and our culture. both of the partners into nothing more than a punch line.

People shouldn’t have to practice celibacy in order to avoid becoming the “hook-up of the week” at a fraternity’s weekly chapter.

Not to be crude, but unless someone is having sex with a blowup doll, odds are it’s with another human being. For whatever reason, it’s become “cool” to not act like this is the case.

It’s an absolute travesty that we don’t talk about how disgusting that is.

It is time to demand that wanting respect and kindness not be such a taboo — an almost laughable request. It is time the fear of demanding nothing shy of respect is extinct from our society and our culture. It is time that current accepted behavior is deemed unacceptable, and it is time we believed it to truly be unacceptable.

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Editorial Board misses the mark with Safe Campus Act SEXUAL ASSAULT

TO THE EDITOR: After reading a recent editorial about the Safe Campus Act, I felt compelled to express my opinion on the editorial, the views it puts forward and the Safe Campus Act as a whole.

The article begins with a remark about what the new law would entail. “At the very least, the bill would restrict universities from moving forward on campus disciplinary actions to expel a student without due process.” The way the quote is sarcastically written portrays that this is a harmful part of the law.

But I ask you this: since when did due process become a detrimental regulation? The last time I checked, my Constitution protects due process rights. It is borderline unconstitutional to expel a student based on a crime that they may have committed. Someone accused of breaking the law shouldn’t be locked up until it can be proven that they did, in fact, commit such a crime.

With that being said, if the accused is proven guilty, expulsion and legal ramifications should be

swift. Sexual assault is a heinous crime, and the animals that commit it should pay accordingly.

In addition, the article specifies that the bill states that when a university receives allegations of sexual violence, it must refer the allegation to the “law enforcement agency of the unit of local government with jurisdiction to such allegations.” As with the other

Since when did due process become a detrimental regulation?

specification of the bill, this one is also presented in a tone that makes it seem unfavorable.

Why on Earth would anyone ever want to report a crime to the authorities? Someone committed a crime, law enforcement deals with people who commit crimes and it’s their job. If the university wants to punish the student based

on what the authorities find to be true, so be it.

Aside from mocking completely reasonable regulations in the bill, the editorial staff, as they often do, proceeds to throw the Greek community under the bus. “It’s safe to say the NIC and NPC are not lobbying the bill because they think it is going to help sexual assault victims find justice.” Can you really say that in good confidence?

Greek life seeks to better society while protecting its members as well. Almost all national Greek organizations have agendas to combat sexual assault. How can it be said that they are only acting on behalf of their members? It is also written that “these organizations should be disgusted their national conferences are supporting such a heinous bill.”

You should be disgusted that you are condemning a bill that ensures fairness for all parties involved, and makes investigations more efficient by putting them in the hands of people trained to handle them.

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Starting next school year, Miami’s dining halls and other food service locations will begin using locally produced trans fat in order to help the surrounding economy and decrease food mileage.

Owen Krader, Miami’s director of housing options, meals and events, said this decision will lower the cost of food production at Miami and increase the availability of the partially hydrogenated oil.

“It’s simply not responsible to be shipping our food ingredients from halfway across the country when there are plenty of artificial additives right in our backyard,” Krader said.

“I think it will do students well to know that the oil lining their arteries will be coming from right here in Ohio.”

He added this decision could allow the university to use even more trans fat and other additives in its food due to local availability. Plans include proposed dishes such as fried pizza, salads with just dressing and simply replacing the soup of the day with a vat of melted butter.

Sophomore Chloe Shoal said this change will greatly improve her previously poor image of the school’s

food.

“When you know your food is using additives that are coming from hundreds of miles away, it makes poking through a pool of gravy to find a chicken breast and shoving it in your mouth a little less enjoyable,” Shoal said.

She added that next year, knowing the trans fat she eats will be produced locally will put a “little smile” on her face each time she loses her breath walking up one flight of stairs.

“It will be an anguish of appreciation,” Shoal said.

Other students aren’t stomaching the change as easily. First-year Gracy Birch said the decision may promote unhealthful eating.

“Cutting costs and food mileage is great, but don’t we also want to look at students’ eating habits?”

Krader, though, was quick to defend.

“Any criticism of the health of Miami’s food is completely ridiculous,” Krader said. “We have plenty of healthy foods, such as cooked broccoli and green beans. They may be hard to find because they’re hiding underneath a gallon of melted cheese, but trust me, they are there.”

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RULE OF THUMB PRESIDENTIAL CRITERIA Last week, the Board of Trustees announced that Miami’s next president should be committed to diversity, transparency and quality education — not unlike those laid out in an AAUP petition last month. Which begs to differ, what was wrong with the petition in the first place?

NATIVE AMERICAN COSTUMES Miami students dressed as “PocaHotties” and “Indian Warriors” were all too prevalent at the bars this weekend. Among other racist costumes were Señor Sombreros, Geisha girls and Hasidic Jews. Kudos to the Buddy the Elf costumes.

ADJUNCT PAY RAISES In her October newsletter, Miami Provost Phyllis Callahan announced that adjunct faculty pay will get a 43 percent boost, giving most part-time instructors an additional $300 per course to celebrate with. See p. 1 for story.

AMAZON PATERNITY LEAVE Starting Jan. 1, Amazon will offer up to six weeks of paid paternity leave to new fathers.

The online megastore joins the only 17 percent of U.S. companies that offer both paid maternity and paternity leave.

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PAUL RYAN’S SPEAKERSHIP In the wake of a congressional catastrophe spurred by hardline Republicans, Paul Ryan replaced John Boehner as Speaker of the House last week. The Miami alumnus is now two heart attacks away from the presidency.

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out of me and interrupt my life,” Almquist said.

A large uptick in phishing messages began in June. A total of 629 accounts were compromised. If each compromised account then sent another 500 corrupted messages — a likely consequence, Bazeley said — as many as 300,000 phishing messages could have been released throughout campus.

In addition to the rapid increase in phishing last summer, phishing is a daily problem at Miami today, even with a complex cyber security system in place. While cyber security protects many computer users and their financial accounts, it can only go so far.

“There are specific messages that get transferred around the university on a daily basis. Our security makes sure to prevent as many instances of people responding to the messages becoming affected as possible,” said Randy Hollowell, Miami’s senior communications and web coordinator.

There are ways for students to protect themselves, and distinguish between phishing messages and harmless spam.

Examples of phishing emails have fallen under several categories: a coercion to view a document, a claim that the recipient’s mailbox is full and needs to be renewed, a generic link to click, or a counterfeit bill.

“Most of the phishing emails or messages we’ve seen have a link that they want you to click on to either compromise your account or to take you to a form they want you to fill out with your personal information,” said Hollowell.

Recognizing these dangerous emails or messages is the best way Miami students and staff can protect themselves, Hollowell said.

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steals the show as Jobs himself, the cast of “Steve Jobs” is captivating in their camouflage as the various associates.

Here, Seth Rogen trades out his goofy nature for a more dramatic, yet amiable demeanor as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Kate Winslet balances competitive focus and an almost maternal patience in playing Jobs’ marketing executive Joanna Hoffman. As former Apple CEO John Sculley, Jeff Daniels shows more of the intensity that won him an Emmy for Sorkin’s, “The Newsroom.”

Katherine Watterson and Michael Stuhlbarg both prove themselves in major supporting parts as well, as Job’s former girlfriend and his coworker, respectively.

The acting in “Steve Jobs” is so honest and powerful that I could see each and every actor listed here being nominated for major awards in a few months.

Before anything else, however, “Steve Jobs” is the creation of master screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”), whose signature rapid-fire dialogue style continues to amaze.

Impressive and memorable lines are unloaded by the minute, with the plot gradually building on top of previous transgressions.

While the key word for “Steve Jobs” is dramatized — despite many truths, this is ultimately a work of fiction — it is similar to

screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s previous feature, “The Social Network,” in its pure admiration and reservation of judgment towards its subject.

Contrary to public fret prior to release, director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire”) does not completely subside to the vision of Aaron Sorkin. Boyle complements the small ticks of Sorkin’s writing with interesting visual nuances, which are sometimes jaw dropping in their beauty.

Sorkin and Boyle may not be as great a duo as the former and Fincher, but they certainly have their own style that succeeds wonderfully in itself.

Steve Jobs died in 2011, but the film doesn’t remind you of this sorrow in a clinging “Where Are They Now” montage, nor obituary. Rather, Sorkin and Boyle leave us with an image of Jobs basking in the flashing lights of the future, peering offstage in a look of love.

Regardless of his headstrong personality and abundance of flaws, this is how we have, and always will, remember him — the leader of the status quo, the lover of difference, the martyr of the digital age.

He is immortal, for better or for worse.

“It’s not a current globe so it isn’t intended to be viewed up close for teaching purposes,” said Elliot. “Its use here is more as an artistic feature than an educational piece.”

Although it no longer greets

drivers as they arrive at Miami, the Shideler Globe is still available for the community to enjoy.

“Our purpose is to provide a range of services to the community,” said Ellison. “For that reason it is a great place to showcase the globe.”

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has a MAC-leading nine shutouts in 18 games this year.

Kramig said he has had his team practicing penalty kicks since last spring in preparation for a game like this.

“Rachel Marble went up and drilled the first one home and that was it,” Kramig said. “Vic made a big save when we needed her to and everyone followed up and put their shots away.

MU plays Akron in the semifinal round Friday in Kalamazoo, Mich.

The tournament championship game is Sunday.

en Flashes responded with an 8-2 run that forced a RedHawk timeout. Both teams made runs throughout the rest of the set, but Kent State finished on a 5-2 streak to close off a 25-20 first set win.

The second set saw a better start from the Golden Flashes, who jumped out to a 10-7 lead. Miami fought back to tie the game at 12, but Kent State went on a 5-1 run to take control and eventually earn a 25-22 victory.

KSU opened up a 7-4 lead in the third set. Miami pushed back to tie the game at 10, but the Golden Flashes went on a run to put the set out of reach. Kent State finished the third set with a 25-22 victory to take the match in straight sets.

Miami plays University of Akron at 7 p.m. Friday and State University of New York Buffalo at 7 p.m. Saturday.

“We’re really excited to play next weekend,” Rusek said. “We’re out for blood after this game.”

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The Miami University hockey team fell four spots in the United State College Hockey online poll this week after suffering a sweep to St. Cloud State University on the road.

Miami fell to 3-4-1 (0-2 National Collegiate Hockey Conference), while the Huskies improved to 6-2 (2-0 NCHC).

“St. Cloud beat us in pretty much every aspect of the game,” head coach Rico Blasi said. “And we didn’t have an answer.”

SCSU’s defense held Miami scoreless for the first time this year in Friday’s game. The RedHawks put four shots on net in the first period. The final shot count favored the Huskies, 40-15.

St. Cloud mustered three goals past senior goaltender Ryan McKay,

including two off the stick of freshman forward Patrick Newell. Newell’s goals were the first two points of his NCAA career.

McKay’s 37 saves bring his save percentage to .933 and his goals against average to 1.92.

Coach Blasi complimented McKay after Friday.

“Give [SGSU] credit, they played well. They made the most of their chances,” Blasi said. “I thought McKay played well. It could have been a lot worse.”

Senior counterpart Jay Williams started in net Saturday and gave up three goals in a 3-1 loss. Williams saved 22 of 25 shots, while Miami managed 34 shots of its own.

Huskies junior goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 47 saves in two games and allowed one goal. The weekend helped Lindgren to a 1.43 goals against average and a .947 save percentage.

Coach Blasi said he was

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POSITION: No. 1 runner on women’s cross country team

Year: Senior

Hometown: Brownsburg, Indiana

How long have you been running?

I started running, I think, in the 7th grade when I went out for the school’s track team.

Favorite Miami memory In honor of the MAC meet, without a doubt, winning the MAC meet my sophomore. year. The chaos that ensued afterwards was absolutely amazing.

If you could spend a day with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?

Nikola Tesla. He was a weird dude, but he was a genius. It would be cool to hear his ideas.

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impressed with Lindgren’s performance.

“That’s a good team over there,” Blasi said. “They’re well-coached and very solid from goaltender up.”

Freshman forward Jack Roslovic notched the RedHawks’ lone goal of the weekend. He leads the team with eight points (five goals, three assists).

Senior forward and team captain Sean Kuraly helped rally the troops Saturday, leading the team with five shots on goal.

Despite falling short of the win Saturday, Miami outshot the Huskies 34-25.

Coach Blasi felt Miami needed to bring more to the weekend.

“As I said earlier in the week, just playing your best gives you an opportunity to be in the game,” Blasi said.

The ’Hawks continue NCHC play this weekend against Western Michigan University in Oxford, Ohio.

Funniest teammate On our team, probably, it would be Alex Cameron. She can make any joke.

Do you have any pre-race rituals?

I always jump three times at the starting line. Other than that, not really.

Secret non-sports related talent I played the piano for 16 years, and I can name every part of a cow’s body.

If you could have a superpower, which would you choose?

Time travel, but I don’t want to affect history itself, I just want to go back and see the events.

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

Scandinavia or Iceland, I really want to see the Northern Lights.

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The Miami University had been knocked out of its previous two Mid-American Championships via penalty kick losses, but not this time.

The RedHawks’ stars aligned Sunday when they beat Kent State University 5-3 in penalty kicks after a scoreless draw.

Miami advances to the semifinal round of the MAC tournament and avoids facing top seed Ball State University, who lost 4-3 in penalty kicks to Akron University Sunday.

“We worked all spring on improving on penalty kicks,” head coach Bobby Kramig said. “We were fine with it getting to PKs and we knew we were prepared.”

Kent State began on the offensive with three corner kicks in the first 21 minutes, but none amounted to a scoring chance.

MU found itself with its best opportunities in the final 20 minutes of the first half with numerous set pieces and shots on goal. Freshman midfielder Korrie Sauder found open space on top of the box and lunched a shot in the 42nd minute, but it was nudged away by KSU freshman goalkeeper Ashleah McDonald.

Miami had six shots to the Gold-

en Flashes’ three, but neither team was able to get a high probability shot on goal.

Kent State had the better first overtime period with four shots to MU’s one. The Flashes also had four more corner kicks than the ’Hawks.

There were three combined shots in the second overtime period before the game went to penalty kicks.

Each team made its first two penalty kicks. Junior defender Dana Miller nailed her penalty kick, giving MU a 3-2 lead, and junior goalie Vic Maniaci came up with a huge save on the Golden Flashes’ third shot.

Junior midfielder Stephanie Dillon and senior defender Katie Mazurek scored the fourth and fifth penalty kicks to give Miami the win.

“I was a little bit nervous,” Maniaci said. “Once [junior midfielder] Rachel [Marble] put in that first goal, I was confident that we were going to win the game. I knew I was going to have to make one good save and after I made that save, I was pretty confident that we were going to secure the win. We were all calm and collected taking our shots.”

Maniaci and the RedHawk defense have been the most reliable part of the team all season MU now

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Headlines beyond Oxford: LeBron James became the youngest NBA player in history and

the 20th overall to reach 25,000 points on an alley-oop dunk Monday night.

Split keeps Miami third in division VOLLEYBALL

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The Miami University volleyball team defeated archrival Ohio University in straight sets Friday night, handing the Mid-American Conference leading Bobcats their second conference loss of the season. MU’s 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-22) win ended a 12-match losing streak against OU. Saturday night was a different story for Miami. The RedHawks suffered their first home loss of the season, falling to Kent State University 3-0 (20-25, 22-25, 2225).

“We got really pumped after we won, and we thought [Saturday] would be a little easier for us,” sophomore outside hitter

Olivia Rusek said. “Obviously it wasn’t, and we need to have the same aggressive mentality from now on.”

This weekend’s matches were critical for all three teams, as they occupy the top three spots in the MAC East Division. The standings remain the same after the weekend, with OU (19-5 overall, 10-2 conference) ranked first, KSU (15-9, 9-3) second and Miami (16-9, 8-4) third.

Sophomore libero Maeve McDonald and junior middle hitter Paige Hill led the ’Hawks in Friday’s win. McDonald had a teamhigh 24 digs, while Hill recorded eight blocks. Hill was a dominant offensive presence, finishing with 12 kills, a .435 hitting percentage and only two errors in 23 attack attempts.

Miami’s defense held OU to a.037 attack percentage and outblocked the Bobcats 15-3.

The ’Hawks opened the first set with an 8-3 run, fueled by solo blocks from Hill and junior outside hitter Maris Below and two kills from senior outside hitter Annie Reiswig.

On Saturday, Miami finished with a solid .265 attack percentage, but Kent State overwhelmed the RedHawks with a .315 attack percentage. KSU senior right side hitter Kelly Hutchison contributed 13 kills, while Hill led the RedHawks with nine.

MU got off to a good start in the match, as Reiswig and Below each notched a kill to power Miami to a 6-3 lead. The GoldVOLLEYBALL »PAGE 8

STAT OF THE DAY

76 Senior safety Brison Burris returned an interception 76 yards for a TD in Thursday’s game versus Buffalo. It was the longest defensive score in Yager Stadium history. Burris notched seven tackles in the game and was named Mid-American Conference East Division Defensive Player of the Week.

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