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Sigma Nu Viking party leads to suspension EMILY TATE

MANAGING EDITOR

FALL 2014

Last spring, the 33 pledges of Sigma Nu fraternity were ordered to down 100 beers each, recording every drink with a mark on their chests, according to university records.

The incident in question occurred April 2, during Sigma Nu’s annual Viking party. At the time, the fraternity was on disciplinary probation with the university.

The hazing, which also prevented pledges from showering or shaving, was one factor that triggered the Epsilon Nu chapter’s threeyear suspension from the university, according to records released to The Miami Student this week.

Miami officials also penalized the fraternity for breaking its earlier SIGMA NU BEGINS PROBATION FOR ALCOHOL VIOLATION

promise not to host, co-host or take part in any event where alcohol was present.

The university turned down two appeals by Sigma Nu, saying the chapter produced no new evidence in its favor and identified no fault in the university’s judicial process.

Records of the university’s investigation don’t say how long it took each pledge to drink his 100 beers — or whether, in fact, any of them did — and Sigma Nu members weren’t saying either. But university officials estimated the ordeal lasted no longer than a week.

Sigma Nu’s suspension, which took effect April 20, is set to last through March 5, 2018, when the youngest members will be months from graduation.

One Sigma Nu member said he hopes his fraternity can negotiate a deal to come back sooner. Sopho-

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more Austin Worrell was the only one of five members contacted by The Miami Student who agreed to discuss the allegations. He said many of his peers are frustrated with the university’s judicial process.

“Whether it’s a personal investigation or Greek investigation or any organization’s [investigation], there is a feeling Miami’s judicial system doesn’t fairly support the rights of its students as adults in the legal system,” Worrell said.

Worrell denied the hazing, calling it “outrageous,” and said the tallies on pledges’ chests were part of a fraternity tradition to “mark each other with tattoos.” He said the marks were not intended to record the number of beers each pledge consumed.

“Injustice happens, and unfortunately it happened to us,” he said.

“We were given the maximum sen-

APRIL 3 Pledges were not allowed to take showers or shave, must drink 100 beers and must mark on their stomachs each time a beer is consumed. Photos depict men with tallies on their chest.

APRIL 2 Sigma Nu fraternity, on probation at the time, held Viking party in fraternity house.

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APRIL 20 Disciplinary Board Hearing held for Sigma Nu. Fraternity suspended for hazing, violation of sanctions.

Report reveals the reasons behind differences among faculty salaries

GREEK LIFE

BONNIE MEIBERS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

NEWS p. 3

NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON ROUTE 27 City Council to approve a plan to build new housing development on Route 27

CULTURE p. 4

INTRODUCING HUMANS OF OXFORD

In the style of the famous photoblog, every Miamian has a story to tell.

OPINION p. 6

RESTRICTING U.S. GUN LAWS

Editorial board purports the necessity of stricter gun laws in the wake of mass shootings

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FOOTBALL TAKES ON WISCONSIN Miami is the 33-point underdog against the Big Ten team

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At a Phi Kappa Psi party in February, “inappropriate pictures” were taken of a student attendee, without the person’s consent, and then distributed via the messaging app GroupMe. These photographs, along with hazing violations, would later lead to the fraternity’s four-year suspension from campus, a Miami Student records request revealed.

The victim depicted in the inappropriate pictures had attended a Phi Kappa Psi-hosted party Feb. 10, where the fraternity also served alcohol to minors, university records show.

However, due to previous allegations of hazing, Phi Kappa Psi was on a university-mandated disciplinary probation when the pictures were reported in April.

Those hazing allegations came about in March, after two anonymous phone calls to the university tipped off officials to the activities occurring within Phi Kappa Psi. After those calls, the university conducted interviews with newly recruited members. The fraternity’s former chapter adviser sent the university a report attributing the hazing to members of the 2012 pledge class.

After this report, the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution found the fraternity responsible for the hazing and put Phi Kappa Psi on disciplinary probation April 3.

Later that month, Miami received the report from the pictured student, whose name was redacted from all records.

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MARCH 2018

JUNE 2015

JUNE 2 VP of Student Affairs Jayne Brownell reviews Sigma Nu’s second and final appeal. Suspension upheld.

SIGMA NU FREE TO PARTICIPATE IN FORMAL FRATERNITY RECRUITMENT

KATIE HIHN PAGE DESIGNER

Phi Kappa Psi suspended through 2019 academic year

FACULTY SALARY DISCREPANCIES

In December 1989, the New York Times reported about “sexist behavior and a lack of respect for human dignity” during Sigma Nu’s fall Viking party — the very same party Sigma Nu was suspended for this spring, nearly three decades later.

And, in February 2007, Miami issued a news release announcing Sigma Nu’s suspension on the grounds of prohibited alcohol use and disorderly conduct. Months earlier, in December, a fight had broken out among members of the fraternity at Golden Key Lounge in Oxford, and a bus driver transporting the Sigma Nus called them “unruly and violent.”

According to university policy, the fraternity renounces all of its rights and privileges during the suspension period. But Worrell said

MARCH 5, 2018 Sigma Nu’s suspension ends. Rebuilding may begin

MAY 20 University Appeals Board meets to consider Sigma Nu’s appeal.

Terms of suspension not changed.

SOURCE: OFFICE OF ETHICS AND STUDENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION, UNIVERSITY DISCIPLINARY RECORDS

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tence for a minimal crime.”

Miami’s Vice President of Student Affairs, Jayne Brownell, said the university imposes lengthy suspensions for a reason.

“The entire idea behind this [fraternity’s] closure is to kind of give time for the chapter to turn around, start fresh, bring in a new perspective,” Brownell said.

The national headquarters for many Greek organizations believe a clean slate starts when the last remaining members have graduated. That’s why, Brownell said, a single year’s suspension is often not effective.

“It doesn’t change the culture,” she said. “The people who have gone through it are pretty much thinking that is normal behavior.”

This is not the first time Miami’s Sigma Nu chapter has come under fire.

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After this report, the university notified the fraternity of three alleged violations of the Student Conduct Regulations — mental abuse, prohibited use of alcohol and disorderly conduct — and called a disciplinary hearing April 27.

After the hearing, both Phi Kappa Psi and the victim had the right to appeal. Phi Kappa Psi took advantage of this opportunity and entered a plea of “not responsible” for all three violations.

However, the appeals board found that there was no new evidence presented, no procedural defect and maintained that the sanctions were appropriate. Therefore, based on the evidence presented, the university found the fraternity responsible for mental abuse, prohibited use of alcohol and disorderly conduct.

The Miami University Code of Conduct defines mental abuse as “intentional or reckless acts that cause or reasonably could cause physical or mental harm to any person are prohibited.” This makes the pictures that were taken and distributed a chargeable offense.

Two Miami and Phi Kappa Psi alumni said this is not the fraternity they experienced.

Chuck Bath said hazing never occurred while he was attending Miami. Bath graduated Miami in 1977 and was in the first pledge class of Miami’s chapter of Phi Kappa Psi in 1974.

“Phi Psi was sort of formed to combat the hazing in other fraternities,” he said.

This no-hazing policy is what set the fraternity apart from others on campus, another Phi Kappa Psi SUSPENSION »PAGE 9

MU’s Child Development Center earns 5-star rating

CONNOR MORIARTY PHOTO EDITOR

Miss Melissa, teacher at the Child Development Center, watched a butterfly hatching from its cocoon with her class of preschoolers.

CAMPUS

VICTORIA SLATER MANAGING EDITOR

Far away from the hustle and bustle of campus, on an idyllic stretch of shady land off Western Drive, exists another university. Here, students live the college dream. They are cooked full meals each day, play outside at recess and have designated nap times.

This is Miami University’s Child Development Center, one of four child care centers that operate under the Mini University umbrella.

This summer, Ohio awarded the Mini University on Miami’s campus, and its three other locations in various areas of Dayton, a 5-star rating for meeting the state’s highest education standards.

The “Step Up To Quality” rating measures the quality of teachers, curriculum and staff-child ratios among 1,400 Ohio child care centers. Of the 300 centers in Butler and Warren Counties, the Child Development Center was one of three to receive a 5-star rating.

“Our commitment to providing both an education and care to the children is what sets us apart,” said Christy Grundei, director of the Child Development Center.

Opened in 2002, the Child Development Center offers care and education for up to 120 children of Miami University faculty, students and community members.

The children range from 6 weeks to 12 years old, with the majority in the three preschool classes. Some come each day all year round; others attend part time, after school or just during the summer.

Grundei said the Mini University’s four campuses take a more modern approach to child care — they operate more as a school than simply as a day care.

“The term ‘day care’ is an old school term,” she said. “Traditional child care nowadays is much different than when I was younger.

As part of the Step Up to Quality, our system is education based. It is a learning environment that beCHILD CARE »PAGE 9

On this day in 2012, The Miami Student reported the suspensions of Phi Kappa Tau and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities had caused overcrowding in the housing system. Several RAs were “forced” to take in fraternity members.

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Universitiy documents reveal pay discrepancies MONEY

MEGAN ZAHNEIS THE MIAMI STUDENT

The 2014 university salary roster has prompted questions from students and community members about who is earning what and why.

The salary roster contains a departmental listing, sorted by campus, of all faculty and staff and their salaries.

Director of University News and Communications Claire Wagner said that the differences in salaries — both within and between academic departments — are due to a variety of factors.

Some salaries are determined by the supply-and-demand principle of the workforce. For instance, fields like business, computer science, information technology and engineering are in high demand in the private sector.

“To be competitive and to draw anybody to be interested to coming to campus, salaries are sometimes boosted to bring in candidates who will become very good instructors and faculty members for our students,” Wagner said.

University salaries, in other words, correspond to market value. The process of establishing a faculty member’s salary begins during the hiring process, said Janet Cox, assistant provost for personnel and director of academic personnel services.

Miami’s hiring process is what’s known in the industry as “decentralized,” meaning that salaries are set at the departmental and divisional levels rather than by a single office.

When department chairs set out to hire a new faculty member, they present a potential market-based salary range to their dean, who then passes the figure on to the provost’s office for review.

“We want to make sure that the salary range when you are hiring someone doesn’t cause inequity with our current faculty,” Cox said. “So we [at the provost’s office] also take a look at the salary range that is presented.”

These ranges can be based on data provided by national surveys as well as internal salary surveys conducted by some organizations. Often, Miami uses the highest, lowest and median ranges from these surveys as a basis for setting salaries.

Beyond the hiring process, an “increment” system for raises is used across the university.

Miami’s budget office determines projected revenue for the coming year, using that figure to designate funding for salary increases.

“In most of the years past, we have been able to do at least about a 2 percent raise. In some years and most recently we have been able to do a little higher raise,” Cox said. “We do not give raises across the board, except for our classified — our hourly

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Documents revealing the salary of every Miami University faculty member are released annually.The stark differences in pay between various departments raised questions about salary equality on campus..

— employees. They do get across the board raises. For our faculty and salaried staff, their raise is based on merit — on performance.”

Once the budget office allocates a certain amount of funds to raise, each dean and vice president is given an amount to distribute among their department. Department chairs and directors then recommend raises for each of their staff members.

Cox said promotions work in a similar manner.

“We try to retain [department chairs’] faculty or base salary — that is the salary that they would have if they were just faculty without an administrative job,” Cox said. “We add

Miamians embrace video game culture TECHNOLOGY

LAURA FITZGERALD THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University’s gaming community thrives as gamers compete and play against each other.

Participants enjoy the entertainment value of gaming and being able to follow along with others as they play, said Matthew Carter, president of the League of Geeks. The League is an umbrella organization with nine gaming organizations under it.

“Why do people like watching basketball? It’s entertaining,” Carter said.

Esports, Miami’s online gaming club, hosts gaming tournaments every other week in a residence hall.

Each tournament features a different game. The last tournament drew about 175 people, Carter said.

In addition, Esports has servers called teamspeak that allow players to sign in at any time and play with other club members, said sophomore Matt Samuelson, game lead for League of Legends’ Esports.

Popular games include League of Legends (LOL) and Dota 2, games in which two teams battle each other to capture the other’s base. These games are called a multiplayer online battle arena, or MOBA. There is also Hearthstone, a card game, World of Warcraft (WOW), an extended roleplaying game, and Counterstrike (CSGO), a first person shooter game,

Carter said.

Esports also has competitive teams that play against other teams in the area, Samuelson said. Teams take part in the North American Collegiate Championships (NACC). The team that makes it through a qualifying round is then awarded a spot in the national playoffs.

There are 16 spots in the playoffs, one from each region, and teams

I enjoy being competitive.

And it’s a good mix for me of thinking strategically but also using raw skills to win the game.

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compete in a bracket until the finals, in which the final two teams spar off in a televised event. The winners receive scholarship money.

There are also professional teams, tournaments and players for the online gaming community. Some players are paid like professional athletes.

The chances of making it to the professional level are very slim, Samuelson said.

Samuelson said he enjoys the challenge of competing against others and thinking critically.

“I enjoy being competitive,” Samuelson said. “And it’s a good mix for me of thinking strategically but also using raw skill to win the game.”

There are monetary prizes at some tournaments, Carter said. Many gamers also make money by streaming, meaning online followers watch the player as they play the game. If a gamer has enough streamers, they can even make a living off it.

Gamers that stream can make money off of advertising and donations from their followers, Carter said.

There can be an unhealthy side to gaming if the gamer spends too much time sitting alone in front of a computer or console, doing damage to physical and mental health, Samuelson said.

And since gamers cannot talk to each other in person, it can be easy for them to bully other online users.

Still, Carter said it is a way for friends to come together and meet new people with the same interests.

“So a lot of them you play with your friends,” Carter said. “But it’s just one of those things that just playing a game with someone else is fun, and you can talk and you can bond over that shared experience.”

Carter said the rules of each game can change every season or every few weeks. This keeps the game fresh and interesting, and levels the playing field so that no one team stays ahead.

a stipend and a supplement to indicate the complexity and the higher level of responsibility that comes with the administrative job without changing their base salary.”

Department chair stipends are a flat rate based on the number of faculty within the department, and can range from $2,400 to $5,000 annually. Department chairs also receive a 10 percent salary supplement.

Tenure is another way faculty members may earn a raise.

“Our tenure track faculty have six years to make significant progress in their teaching skills, in their research and in their service to the university,” Cox said. “There are reasons why

you can come up early, there are reasons why you can delay, but most of the time it is at year six, you are reviewed to see if you can earn tenure.”

The promotion from tenured faculty to associate professor constitutes a $6,000 base salary range, and promotion from associate professor to full professor raises a faculty member’s base salary by an additional $9,000.

First-year Lindsay Marcum says the issue of whether all faculty and staff should receive more equal pay is a difficult one.

“That’s a really hard question, SALARIES » PAGE 9

Adult coloring books: the new stress reliever STRESS RELIEF

HAILEY MALLENDICK THE MIAMI STUDENT

Coloring is an activity that everyone is familiar with, especially as children. However, it is now making a comeback among students here on campus. Many Miami students, and adults across the country, are now coloring to help reduce stress from work and to relax.

In a recent Huffington Post article, psychologist Gloria Martinez Ayala discussed her research on the effects of coloring on the brain. Ayala found the amount of concentration and focus coloring requires causes people to think about the drawings and not their worries, which can have stress relieving effects on the brain.

While psychologists across the country have been researching the effects of coloring on the brain, it is not a practiced method among the staff at the Miami University Student Counseling Services, according to psychologist Jennifer Young.

“We do not formally use [coloring], but we do have paper and markers available to students in the waiting room,” Young said.

Senior Claire Vargas finds the activity enjoyable and therapeutic.

“I started coloring just for fun,” said Vargas. “It’s a great way to pass

time while simultaneously being a stress reliever.”

Students are coloring when they have a lot of work to do and feel overwhelmed; particularly, around the busy weeks of school like midterms and finals.

“I color to keep myself calm when I am having a stressful week,” said senior Maddy Wimmer. “Especially around finals week and when I have big projects to work on.”

Adult coloring books are selling out at nationwide retailers like Barnes & Noble and at online stores like Amazon. Artists are now designing coloring books that have more complicated designs intended to calm the consumers in stressful situations.

Artist Johanna Basford’s three coloring books “Secret Gardens,” “Enchanted Gardens” and “Lost Ocean” are all best sellers on Amazon.

Her coloring books have also been sold out of numerous book stores around the world and have had several more reprints to keep up the with high demand. Basford was surprised by the success of her hand-drawn books and has found that people use her books to de-stress, tap into their inner creativity and find the nostalgia of their childhood.

COLORING » PAGE 9

Movie Magic: Behind the 67-year allure of the Holiday Auto Theatre

JACKLYN HAYES THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami students and Oxford residents have been enjoying the Holiday Auto Theatre for nearly 70 years. It shows new releases and old favorites.

COMMUNITY

MORGAN NGUYEN THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Holiday Auto Theatre has entertained local audiences with both galactic stars and movie stars for more than half a century since 1948. The Hamilton area drive-in theatre offers a timeless setting under the night sky with a weekly rotating stream of newly released movies.

Co-owner of the theatre, Todd

Chancey, said the classic part of the Hamilton theatre is an open, more relaxed atmosphere.

“The thing that keeps it alive is that [patrons] can bring their family, come in a car and have some freedom,” Chancey said. “They can go into grassy area and throw a ball, get brand name treats from the concession stand … it’s kind of a tailgate atmosphere.”

Previously known as the Hamilton Outdoor Theatre, it was founded in

1948 and showed “Black Gold” as its debut feature presentation Sept.

3 of that year. Later that year, it was bought by National Amusements and renamed the Holiday Auto Theatre.

Today, the Holiday Auto Theatre is still enjoyed by families and college students alike. It changed hands a few times over the years until Chancey along and Mark Althoetmar acquired in 2007.

College students enjoy the theatre, as it is within driving distance for most. Sophomore Kaitlyn Cress visited earlier in the summer to see “Inside Out.” “I was on campus for a job in the middle of July and went with the other student workers,” Cress said.

“It was a great way to get to know each other.”

Cress also spoke about the novelty of the experience. With the backdrop of the movie’s audio playing on the car radio, Cress and her group enjoyed a great bonding experience. “[Drive in] theatres are just different than normal ones. There are so few, and it’s a nice way to see a movie without sitting in a

gross, dirty movie theatre,” Cress said. “And they’re usually a bit cheaper, which his nice.”

Chancey and Althoetmar strive to provide family experiences by hosting themed events throughout the year, most notably a family friendly New Years Eve and Terror at the Drive In around Halloween.

“For Terror at the Drive In we have both new scary movies and some classics,” Chancey said. “We hire folks dressed as characters in that movie to walk around by the cars, so you see the character in the movie then right outside your window; it’s really a good scare.”

Highlights from the past include a Batman parachuting into the theatre during the Dark Knight premiere in 2008 and themed events for Indiana Jones complete with boa and python snakes.

For sophomore Jared Calihan, who grew up in Hamilton, such highlights were common and trips to the theatre were a staple of childhood.

“The first movie I saw was Tarzan,” Calihan said. “It was my favorite movie memory there. My whole

family went; there were 10 of us. It was neat because we took my uncle’s truck and put lawn chairs in the bed.”

Calihan describes the environment as more alive than the usual indoor movie theatre.

“There are people walking to the concession stand, little murmurs, you see the other silhouetted people. It’s a nice little escape from reality,” Calihan said. “I think drive-in theatre’s give a great sense of nostalgia.”

Over Labor Day weekend this year, the theatre ran its annual triple feature, the target audience increasing with the hour. On the queue were “Minions,” “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” and “Vacation.”

“A lot of students go on weekends in the fall,” Calihan said. “You go more for the experience than the movie itself; so you can have fun no matter what you see.”

Chancey and Althoetmar try to choose the newest releases with the widest appeal, most being family friendly. The two owners are both former Disney employees, who DRIVE-IN » PAGE 9

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Traffic delays continue CONSTRUCTION

SARAH KNEPP

THE MIAMI STUDENT

ANGELO GELFUSO THE MIAMI STUDENT

PRESEIDENTIAL ADDRESS President Hodge speaks to the university during the Annual Presidential Address this Wednesday.This was the last of Hodge’s Annual Presidential Addresses to the Miami community.

Lawsuit leads to land development on Rt. 27 HOUSING

KYLE HAYDEN DESIGN EDITOR

After threats of a lawsuit against the City of Oxford, a new housing development is on its way to city council for approval.

On Tuesday, the Oxford Planning Commission forwarded a recommendation for Oxford City Council to approve a 194-unit, 668-bed “Planned United Development” (PUD) on 37 acres of vacant land on Southpointe Parkway, adjacent to the Level 27 apartments.

The planning commission does not have authority to grant final approval to land developments, but sends a recommendation to Oxford City Council to approve or reject a given proposal. A four-to-two majority approved the PUD Tuesday evening, which is still in the preliminary design stages.

“This is a case with a long history, and lately had a cloud of litigation looming over it,” said David Prytherch, chairman of the Planning Commission.

In March, Trinitas Ventures, the developer of the project, sent an

application to the City of Oxford for a PUD on the “Fields at Southpointe.” The Planning Commission reviewed, gave their opinion and recommended a rejection by City Council. The rejection was made in May. The developer, based in Lafayette, Indiana, had proceeded into mediation in a lawsuit against the City of Oxford and the Commission for the Council’s rejection of their original proposal for a PUD on Southpointe Parkway in May 2015, according to Planning Commission documents.

HOUSING » PAGE 5

Rec plans expansion to satellite locations CAMPUS

MAX PIKRAS

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami’s Recreation Center is continuing its plan to expand to two satellite locations in Talawanda High School’s old sports facilities and in the basement of Martin Hall within the next year.

Ron Siliko, senior director of customer services and facility management at the Rec Center, said the satellite locations will be constructed to address student demand of overcrowding, multipurpose space for club sports as well as location and proximity to students.

“The pleasant problem that we have is that students want more space and services,” Siliko said.

The loss of Withrow Court has presented students with the opportunity to use the new facilities’ multipurpose rooms, while also providing club and intramural sports teams the space needed to train.

Siliko said Talawanda High School’s old facilities, which will now be known as Chestnut Fields,

will have a functional strength training focus, including equipment such as the rig used in CrossFit training, medicine and slam balls, battle ropes, squat racks, benches and free weights.

In addition to strength training facility, Chestnut Fields will also include four-and-a-half to five acres of green space for students and club sports to use. There is also a track for people to walk and run on around the fields.

The fields will be open to students and club sports during daytime hours only. Currently, there are no nighttime hours, as there are no lights around the field.

Siliko said that the Rec Center might pursue the option of adding lights to the field depending on popularity and use of the fields.

Chestnut Fields also has a new parking lot next to the facilities.

Pending a decision, students will be allowed to park with use of a permit or meters. Chestnut Fields will also be part of the shuttle system, with a stop next to the facilities.

Chestnut Fields will be lo-

cated across the street from Miami’s South Quad.

Senior Kevin Neuman said he is excited to use the Chestnut Fields facilities, and that it is great to have the location as an option.

“The Chestnut location would totally be a place I would go,” Neuman said. “I tend to focus more on strength training, and it would be nice to drop in, work out and not have to wait for machines.”

The basement of Martin Hall, a small space that is about 60 percent of the bottom floor of the Rec Center on the North Quad, will have a different focus than Chestnut Fields, and focus more on cardio. There will be a significant number of cardio machines and select rise equipment at the location.

The Rec Center staff has been monitoring students’ comments and demands, and is very interested to see what they think of the new facilities.

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Students looking to walk to Bachelor Hall might want to give themselves more time for their commute.

Long wait times at crosswalks coupled with heavy traffic from construction have been causing a congestion of both cars and pedestrians on campus as of late.

Last year, the timing of the lights and the crosswalk in front of Bachelor Hall were modified to create an “all-cross” system aimed at improving safety.

“The intersection is very difficult for pedestrians and motorists,” said Cody Powell, the associate vice president of Facility Planning and Operations. “The improvements were intended to clear the intersection of vehicles allowing pedestrians to have an ‘all-cross’ to traverse all crosswalks in all directions simultaneously.”

This change requires pedestrians to wait longer for a chance to cross the street. This can inconvenience students. However, the inconvenience has succeeded in improving safety conditions for pedestrians.

“The trade-off to the improved safety is that one must wait a bit longer for the all-cross,” Powell said.

“While this is certainly not ideal, we feel that preventing accidents and student safety is a top priority.”

Student safety is also a concern for just one of several other construction projects going on around campus, like the closure of the intersection of Chestnut Street and U.S. Route 27.

This closure is creating numerous traffic delays — and drivers are noticing.

“It’s really difficult to know when to leave for class,” said Nicki Cuba, a junior who lives off of Sycamore Street, a far walking distance from campus.

Cuba is an education major and relies on her car to get to various mandatory activities for her classes.

“It’s even more difficult to know when to leave for my teaching experiences,” she said. “When there’s only one way in and out of Oxford when you’re headed to Cincinnati, it can get really congested with all of the construction.”

The delays leave drivers with less time and more worries when they

are trying to reach their destinations.

“It adds an unnecessary level of stress to my commute and I really don’t appreciate it,” Cuba said.

Powell said the construction on the stretch of U.S. Route 27 near Spring Street and Patterson Avenue began Aug. 26 and is expected to last several weeks. The closure of the Chestnut and Route 27 intersection itself is only expected to last 30 more days.

During breaks throughout the school year, when Miami student leave, Oxford loses a majority of its population. Scheduling the project to begin as soon as students returned to campus from summer break seemed counterproductive.

However, the construction actually has nothing to do with Miami, or even the city of Oxford. Powell said the Ohio Department of Transportation is responsible for the construction project.

The Ohio Department of Transportation scheduled the construction because the summer break simply did not allow enough time to complete the project.

“The work is much too extensive to schedule only within a three-month window when Miami University is out of session,” said Sharon Smigielski, a public information officer for the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The construction is just one part of a two-year project to widen U.S. Route 27, which began in spring 2014 and should be completed by summer 2016.

According to Smigielski, the scope of work includes widening and resurfacing 1.05 miles of U.S. 27, adjusting the vertical profile of U.S. 27, adding turn lanes and upgrading traffic signals to the latest design standards. Additionally, approach roads are to be realigned as well as existing drainage reconstruction Despite all the frustrations that come along with various projects, the Planning and Facilities team said it takes into consideration the opinions of students, faculty and staff at Miami when discussing construction projects.

“We did have some conversations with student groups,” Powell said. “We received some really good feedback which we are now incorporating into our future planning.”

JENNIFER MILLS THE MIAMI STUDENT

Students cross the intersection of Spring and Patterson.The timing of the traffic light changed last year in order to improve student safety.

La Bodega reopens after summer renovations, serves up Oxford favorites CUISINE

EMILY WILLIAMS

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Uptown restaurant and deli La Bodega has reopened after about three months of extensive renovations.

According to owner Sam Markey, the store has seen an uptick in business since their doors reopened last week.

“The first couple of days were absolutely incredible,” said Markey. “We’ve been so busy this week I’ve been having trouble keeping the cases full.”

Markey, having been La Bodega’s cook for the past 15 years, became its owner in May. He closed the store June 1 to begin renovations, including the installation of new flooring, lighting, kitchen equipment, air conditioning and standing bar.

“From floor to ceiling we redid almost everything,” Markey said.

J.C. Rupel, owner of the Oxford

Copy Shop, had approached Markey in the spring when Diane DiPaolo, La Bodega’s original owner, decided to leave the business. Rupel, who also owns the building where the restaurant is located, brought his business experience to Markey’s vision for the store.

“If it weren’t for him nothing would have ever happened,” Markey said of Rupel.

“If it weren’t for Sam we wouldn’t have any food,” he replied.

Markey started out as a chef at DiPaolo’s, a restaurant run by the family of La Bodega’s former owner. The Italian eatery was located where the restaurant and bar MIA now stands.

“It was the best place in town,” said Rupel. “Sam was able to have his basis in cooking at a nice restaurant. This is good food.”

Fifteen years ago, when Diane DiPaolo needed someone to cook for her at La Bodega, Markey made the

switch. He said he prefers the laidback atmosphere and opportunities to experiment with his cooking that he has had at this location.

With the new, more efficient equipment for the kitchen, Markey said, they are able to make

We’ve been so busy this week I’ve been having trouble keeping the cases full.

SAM MARKEY

OWNER OF LA BODEGA

food much quicker, addressing the main complaint they received from customers in the past about the length of the wait for food. Markey said he also hopes to utilize the new equipment by having more made-to-order specials.

He also hopes to emphasize more to customers that Markey himself is in their kitchen every day, making all of the food that fills the cases. Aside from one of the deli salads, Markey said, he makes everything from scratch.

Since taking over the store from DiPaolo, Markey has also started to reach out to customers, particularly Miami students, using social media.

From sending out Twitter polls to determine that day’s soup to posting a picture on Instagram of a freshly filled deli case, he believes using social media will be a crucial component of La Bodega’s future.

“I think that’s a huge part of interacting with the customers,” Markey said.

Markey also has plans to expand La Bodega’s collaboration with other local businesses. Currently, the restaurant features some of Norma Huston’s Just Like Mom’s baked goods and scattered on some of its tables are

papers advertising Elephant Bread’s gluten and preservative free products. Both are regular vendors at the Oxford Farmer’s Market held every Saturday Uptown.

Soon Markey hopes to hang paintings from local artists on the restaurant’s walls, and a signature La Bodega blend from the Oxford Coffee Company is in the works.

“It’s really important to be involved in the community,” said Markey. “We have so many cool businesses in the area. Why not use them?”

In the meantime, Markey said, he’s going to continue to come into the store every day, preparing deli salads, chicken parmesans, spicy mac and other fare for La Bodega’s customers without worrying about aging kitchen equipment, lighting fixtures or air conditioning.

“It’s the best. I can just come in and start cooking right away,” said Markey. “It’s what I enjoy doing.”

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“Most of the world operates when I’m sleeping.”

Joshua Francis, Owner of Oxford Doughnut Shoppe PEOPLE

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In high school, Joshua Francis’ truck wouldn’t start and he and a friend got stuck at the Oxford Doughnut Shoppe on Locust Street. The school secretary picked them up.

Four years later, when he was 21, Joshua bought that very doughnut shop. He hired someone from Cincinnati to teach him and has spent his nights making doughnuts ever since.

“You start talking to yourself when you’re here by yourself all night,” says Joshua.

But, when he has visitors, the conversation never ends.

Joshua asks for podcast recommendations. He listens to Hardcore

History, but hadn’t heard of Serial or This American Life.

Ingredients are mixed in a giant Hobart mixer — like a Kitchen Aid, but 10 times bigger. Then the dough has to rise.

Joshua talks about his parents. His dad was in manufacturing, his mom an accountant. He grew up taking cars apart.

Now, his father helps out when he can, baking cinnamon rolls or selling doughnuts and coffee in the morning.

Once the dough has risen, it’s flattened and then cut into the familiar, circular shape.

He talks about mission trips to Haiti and passing out peanut butter sandwiches to locals. It made him think, for the first time, about how he throws doughnuts away simply

because they don’t look perfect.

The doughnuts are put in the proofer, set to cool, then fried.

They float in the fryer, flipped with giant chopsticks.

“There was always an allure to this place when I was growing up,” he says.

Joshua talks about Oxford — he knows the kinds of things you only learn by living in a place for a long time. He grew up here, went to Miami, and never left.

Two coats of glaze are poured over the doughnuts, the excess dripping down into a tray to use on the next batch.

Joshua likes that his doughnuts make people happy, that people smile when they leave his shop.

The doughnuts are set to cool and wait until morning.

University commemorates anniversary of 9/11 MEMORIAL

MEGAN BOWERS THE MIAMI STUDENT

Fourteen years later, Miami University is coming together to remember those who suffered in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Several clubs on campus will be hosting events, including the 9/11 Memorial Run and the Memorial Throw.

“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th,” said former President George W. Bush shortly after the attacks. “We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.”

The value of remembering all those affected seems to resonate with many people at Miami and is one of the driving factors in planning the memorial events that take place every year.

Beginning in 2010, the 9/11 Memorial Run, organized by The Arnold Air Society, is an event that has become a tradition for many

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Miami students.

“It makes me so happy to see people with all different backgrounds, career aspirations, ethnicities and campus involvements come together to share in the pride of our country and remember such a tragic day in our nation’s history,” said senior member Alysse Illig.

The Memorial Run involves running 2,977 laps around the flagpole at Millett Hall, one lap for every life lost on 9/11. It has become bigger every year and is a great way to unify campus and the surrounding communities.

It garners support from all the Armed Forces ROTC programs on campus as well as many of the Miami sports teams.

However, the event is not limited to on-campus organizations. Miami students often come to reflect privately and students all the way from the University of Cincinnati’s Air Force ROTC have come to pay their respects in past years.

Across campus, on Central Quad, the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity will also be hosting an

event to raise awareness about what occurred on 9/11 and honor the victims.

One of the fraternity brothers, Jalen Brown, explained that, every year, they choose a sport and an action to represent the lives lost.

This year they chose football and will be hosting a Memorial Throw that involves throwing the football one yard for every life lost on 9/11. During the event, they will also try to share facts about what actually happened in the terrorist attacks.

“The Memorial Throw really gives individuals a chance to share in space and remember the people who lost their lives,” Brown said.

As the anniversary draws near, senior James Winton, Squadron Commander of the Arnold Air Society, said it will become more challenging to remember the heartbreak everyone experienced 14 years ago.

“As a country, we can do nothing to change what happened or save the lives that were lost,” Winton said. “Therefore it is our duty to remember them and keep their stories alive.”

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Millett Hall

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“I feel more confident just being me, because being an RA already knocks you off the cool scale.”

Sam Nissen, Scott Hall Resident Assistant PEOPLE

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Sam Nissen’s room is covered in posters of TV shows and Disney movies.

She sits back on her bed, crisscross applesauce style. Everything about Sam is relaxed and friendly.

A V-neck T-shirt, jeans, square glasses and an easy smile all make those around her feel comfortable.

She wears a turquoise bow on the back of her head, a bit of sweetness.

She is a junior resident assistant in a freshman dorm, but Sam is in her element. She’s as easygoing in the hallways as she is sitting here, among her favorite stories.

“It’s kind of freed me. I feel more confident just being me, because being an RA has already knocked you off the cool scale.”

Behind her bed, Anna and Elsa ice skate on one poster as the members of “Friends” look down from their spot on the opposite wall.

“It gives you a little power too, because it asks you to assert yourself,” she said.

She often tells her residents to be quiet, something she’d never have done before.

She and the other RAs call themselves the Scott Squad. It’s a tightknit group, willing to break into “1-2-3, Scott Squat!” on command.

Her residents’ rooms are fairy tale themed too. Across the hall, a group of girls yell out as Sam walks by.

“Who is that?”

“It’s Sam. Hi guys!”

“Awww, hi Sam!” She stops to talk to the girls, happy to chat.

“You’re supposed to have a caring attitude,” she said. “We were trained and practiced for it. That’s helped me to be more caring, ask more questions, talk to more people off duty too.”

Fifteen percent of her job is erasing inappropriate drawings from people’s whiteboards, but Sam is used to it.

These winding green hallways are the Scott Squad’s dominion.

At least for the semester, Sam has found a happy ending in an unlikely place.

Season two proves ‘Bojack Horseman’ is strangely human TELEVISION

DEVON SHUMAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The concept of a show about a horse named Bojack Horseman living among humans and other anthropomorphic animals is surprising. What’s even more surprising is how good that show is.

On the surface, “Bojack Horseman” appears to be nothing more than a cartoon, a genre that is plagued by the stigma of being silly and childish. Despite its unique medium, “Bojack” often packs more drama and character development into a single episode than many live action shows manage in entire 22 episode seasons.

Created by Raphael BobWaksberg, the animated Netflix show follows the story of Bojack Horseman (Will Arnett). Back in the 90’s, Bojack starred in a “Full House”–esque family sitcom, “Horsin’ Around,” but now he’s washed up. He’s an alcoholic with his fair share of other drug problems and he’s wasting away his days up in Hollywood Hills trying to ignore how much he hates himself (see, not your ev-

eryday cartoon). In an effort to revitalize his career and his happiness, Bojack decides to write a book about his life. But, what he finds is that his irresponsible lifestyle tends to get in the way of any actual writing.

Accompanying Bojack is Todd (Aaron Paul), the lazy guy with wacky ideas living on Bojack’s couch, and Diane Nguyen (Allison Brie), the quiet and progressive-thinking ghost writer hired to help him with his book.

There is also Princess Caroline (Amy Sedaris), a cat who is his agent and on-and-off girlfriend, and Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins), an overly friendly dog who starred on a similar sitcom in the 90s but now enjoys a much more lucrative career than Bojack. Additionally, in the second season we are introduced to Wanda Pierce (Lisa Kudrow), an owl who has just woken up from decades in a coma.

Part of what makes “Bojack” so great is the secondary characters. Bojack is often the most sane and relatable of the bunch, but Bob-Waksberg doesn’t simHORSEMAN » PAGE 5

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Trinitas asserted the Council’s rejection was “arbitrary or capricious.” “[This] development was built on a lie,” said Kathleen Zien, an Oxford resident at the Commission meeting on Sept. 8. “They’ve been here twice … three times is not necessarily the charm.”

Zien asserted that the developer, under the direction of Travis Vencel, initially stated their desire to create a “tech park” but then the land was rezoned to “R2A,” a residential code.

“Nobody wants this in the community except the developer and the property owner,” Prytherch said.

“But this was the least bad option for the city.”

After an annexation by the City of Oxford and a decision by the Council, the developer came in with plans for a subdivision, then a PUD and now the final PUD, that was approved by the Planning Commission.

“With the legal gun to my head … I will vote ‘yes,’” Prytherch said.

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react to the new spaces, and also the opportunities they provide,” Siliko said.

Siliko said the fitness staff might increase due to the new locations, in order to best serve the students who use the facilities.

The number of staff members at each location will be determined by the amount of use each facility receives.

Chestnut Fields has a tentative opening date of late January to early February, while the basement of Martin Hall is poised to open in fall 2016.

There will be no additional fees to use the two new facilities. The Rec Center is funding the new satellite locations, and students will only pay fees for group fitness sessions and to participate in club sports teams, as part of the Rec Center’s current policy.

While addressing the issue of overcrowding, the new satellite locations also provide new options for students who live far from the Rec Center.

Hannah Johnson, a sophomore, thinks that students will enjoy having closer options to work out.

“I think the new locations are very helpful,” Johnson said. “I think it’ll be beneficial for people who normally have to take a half hour to an hour of walking just to get to the Recreation Center.”

The Rec Center plans to release more details and a timeline about the satellite locations after they select a contractor’s bid to remodel the locations.

Both locations require renovations, but designs are being finalized for how the facilities will look upon completion.

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ply reduce the others to mere side roles. Every minor character on the show enjoys their own story arc and many episodes even step back from Bojack’s story to focus on the others.

The true highlight of the show, however, is still Bojack. Despite being a horse, Bojack is an incredibly real character. Dispelling the myth that money buys happiness, Bojack in all his wealth and privilege can’t seem to find a way to enjoy life.

“Sometimes I feel like I was born with a leak,” he says. “And any goodness I started with just slowly spilled out of me, and now it’s all gone. And I’ll never get it back in me.”

Battling self-pity, addiction and regret, Bojack is ultimately on an existentialist search for meaning.

The show is not completely depressing as the deeper meaning might suggest. In fact, one of its defining qualities is its successful balance of drama and comedy. Every episode is packed to the brim with jokes, both blatant and subtle. Bob-Waksberg mines a lot of clever humor from his anthropomorphic universe, such as Mr. Peanutbutter’s doglike need to make friends with everyone he meets, or the bird in the background in Boston

who is wearing a Larry Bird jersey. You will be able to pick up on new jokes every time you re-watch an episode.

Bob-Waksberg also uses his humor as a means of social commentary. Throughout the first two seasons, he has managed to tackle everything from media sensationalism to homophobia to America’s obsession with reality television. For a show about a cartoon horse, “Bojack Horseman” has a lot to say about the real world.

The show is not perfect. There are several episodes, especially early on, in which the humor sways more toward silly than witty. It makes up for it, however, with storytelling and character development that is unrivaled in the world of animation, and fairly tough to beat in the world of television in general. Bojack is broken, pathetic at times, but, as viewers, it’s hard not to see a piece of ourselves in him. He’s on a quest for closure that he ultimately realizes doesn’t exist.

Despite being filled with all sorts of different animals, “Bojack Horseman” is utterly and beautifully human.

The first two seasons of Bojack Horseman are available to stream on Netflix.

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The Gun: Arming criminals with preventable weapons EDITORIAL

This is the second in a series of editorials that will investigate the recurring problem of mass shootings throughout the United States.

On Dec. 6, 1989, a disgruntled student named Mark Lépine walked into a university classroom at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada with a semi-automatic rifle and killed 14 female engineering students. The incident generated Canada’s 1995 Firearms Act, which required license and registration for all rifles and shotguns and banned more than half of all registered guns.

Gun violence in Canada dropped by more than 50 percent.

In April 1996, Martin Bryant walked into a popular tourist site in Port Arthur, Australia and killed 35 people with a semi-automatic rifle. This mass shooting, the worst in Australia’s history, sparked the nation’s conservative government to amend the country’s gun laws, prohibiting automatic and semi-automatic assault rifles, stiffening licensing and instituting a temporary gun buyback program. There have been no gun-related mass killings in Australia since.

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

In Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1998, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire throughout Columbine High School and killed 39 fellow students before committing suicide.

The public and media erupted in the days and weeks following the mass shooting, but 17 years, 44 heavily publicized mass shootings and 602 deaths later, the United States has made no further advancements on gun control. The United States has done nothing, and that is not good enough.

Americans own an outlandish number of guns. The United States, which makes up only 5 percent of the global population, leads the developed world in civilian gun ownership, with over 42 percent of the total number of civilian-owned guns on the entire planet.

The United States also leads the world’s developed countries in gun violence with four times the amount of homicides by firearms than the next country on the list — Switzerland.

One recurring argument that progun politicians like to flaunt is that

two of the jurisdictions with the strictest gun laws — Chicago and Washington, D.C. — have the highest rates of murder and crime.

This is an act of partisan amnesia.

These cities have long histories of poverty and gang fighting caused

would do little to prevent shootings. In a nutshell, if somebody is determined to shoot up a school or a church, they will.

In 1995, Connecticut implemented a law requiring people buying firearms to apply for a license with

17 years, 44 heavily publicized mass shootings and 602 deaths later, the United States has made no further advancements ... and that is not good enough.

by histories of geographic, systemic racism. Politicians who pretend otherwise are kidding themselves.

They are treating the result of the problem, not addressing what produced that problem in the first place (them). In this way, guns are just a small part of a larger issue.

Another of the predominant arguments against gun control legislation is that the majority of guns used in mass shootings were legally owned, so futher legislation

the local police. The permit process included a background check and eight hours of gun safety training. In the following 10 years until 2005, Connecticut saw a 40 percent drop in gun deaths.

In contrast, Missouri saw a 23 percent increase in gun deaths after it repealed its permit-to-purchase law in 2007.

Much of the debate around guns has less to do with facts and more to due with culture, interest and a

preconceived interpretation of the Second Amendment.

For many people, owning a gun is a hobby. They own guns because they have an interest in their history and a passion for living off the land.

For some, including most members of our Editorial Board, a world with one gun is a world with too many. The United States would be better off without them; however, we understand that this is unrealistic thinking.

The federal government needs to implement laws similar to Australia, Canada and the state of Connecticut — licenses, safety training, bans on certain semi-automatic weapons and deeper background checks.

Stricter gun control is all the more crucial considering the amount of civilian-owned guns in the U.S. There is always going to be a loophole. With humans on both sides of the process, there will never be a foolproof solution. But arguing that we should do nothing is not only foolish, but neglects and whitewashes the mass shootings that have occured over the past two decades.

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Kentucky clerk Kim Davis may have followed God’s laws, but violated human rights POLITICS

MADDIE’S MATTERS Just across the state border in Morehead, Kentucky, on Sept. 1, county clerk Kim Davis stood in her office quietly as protesters picketed outside her building. She had just refused two gay couples their right to marry, claiming, according to The New York Times, that she was “acting under God’s authority.”

The week following the first article detailing her actions, Davis landed herself in jail for not performing her duties as a county clerk and the nation was swept into a fiery debate.

A week later on Tuesday, Sept.

8, Davis was released from her incarceration, met by thunderous applause in a rally held in her honor outside of the detention center. In a live video posted by the liberallyleaning MSNBC, she looks exactly the same as she did in her clerk office, her long, graying hair clipped back and her glasses perched on her nose. The way she was acting, one would think that she was emerging from a 10-year sentence.

Walking up the stairs toward the podium to the victory song “Eye of the Tiger,” Davis is overwhelmed.

She begins crying with relief, both of her hands held up by her attorney Mat Staver and the rally’s host and Arkansas’ former governor, Mike Huckabee. Occasionally, the camera’s view is blocked by crosses, held up victoriously by some anonymous crowd members. Davis is breathless, sobbing, and as the crowd dies down, she begins to pull herself together and speaks.

“Thank you all so much,” she

says. “I love you all so much.”

Her adoring fans cheer, actually chanting her name.

“I just wanna give God the glory,” she says humbly. “His people have rallied, and you are a strong people.

We serve a living God, who knows exactly where each and every one of us is at. Just keep on pressing.

Don’t let down.”

For those of you who have not followed Kim Davis’ crusade, she stopped issuing marriage licenses in what the Times calls “the most conspicuous official resistance” in the wake of the Supreme Court’s triumphant and nail-biting five-tofour decision. To be “fair,” Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses as a whole, hilariously stating she was doing so in order to “not discriminate against any particular group.”

According to the Times last week, Davis also claims to “have no animosity toward anyone and harbor no ill will.”

“To me this has never been a gay or lesbian issue,” Davis said. “It is about marriage and God’s word.”

Unsurprisingly, Davis has garnered the support and admiration of religious conservatives all over the country. Early reports on the issue even called Kim Davis a sort of symbol of conservatism, a term that I was hesitant to adopt, if not for its cult-like implications then for its national ones, until viewing the aforementioned video. Watching, I became uncomfortably aware of her newfound power, having gone from a simply conservative county clerk to a national entity in just about a week.

What took me back to reality was “Eye of the Tiger.” It gave the rally just the right amount of ridiculousness for me to step back and realize that no matter the cause, human rights will win out. It’s not about religious beliefs.

It’s about logic.

With every nation-wide decision, there come, of course, questions.

What happens when we give the government this kind of absolute power? Was this a state’s rights issue or a marriage one? What about the First Amendment, which protects freedom of religion and speech? Many of Davis’ supporters, and Davis herself, claim that she is simply acting in accordance with her First Amendment rights.

As an individual human being, she is. She could even stand in front of Armstrong and shout God’s will with the rest of them. That’s legal.

But as a state government employee, her refusal to issue marriage licenses goes against her job description. That’s illegal. And while the law may not be all black-and-white, in this case it really is, or should be, that simple. Love has already won.

Davis is still refusing to issue marriage licenses to all eligible couples, but she was released because her deputies were doing the job for her in her absence. It is likely that, with the way things are going, she will end up right back in jail.

Boiled down, this is a human’s rights issue. I agree with the claim that marriage is not what it used to be. It’s 2015. Marriage in America is more about love than it ever has been in history. It’s more about partnership and equality. And officials like Kim Davis pose, if not a minor threat, than a major annoyance to those who love, yet do not act “under God’s authority.”

But hey, maybe everything will be fine. After all, she’s not trying to “discriminate against any particular group.”

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College is about getting a higher education. At least that is the term that it has become synonymous with when referring to post-high school plans. To me it means that you finally get to leave the busy work and mandated curriculums and educate yourself holistically.

University classrooms are supposed to foster curiosity, teamwork, leadership and a myriad of personal betterment … supposed to.

Though Miami does a superior job of this in general, they are not utilizing a key resource that is right in front of them, sitting in class-

tunities and trials, they are part of the college experience.

But, the classrooms are missing this vital chance for personal growth. The real world is not going to be filled with carbon copies of people who mirror your own gender, religion, race, ethnicity, values and thoughts. You are going to have challenges with people, given you do not choose a career path that involves living under a rock. Differences in upbringing, language barriers, ethical dilemmas and the struggle to compromise are part of living in a diverse world.

These challenges in diversity are muted within in our community that is somewhat notorious for having such a homogenous student

The real world is not going to be filled with carbon copies of people who mirror your own gender, religion, race, ethnicity, values and thoughts.

rooms every day: the international student population.

Observationally, in classrooms and lecture halls, there is a clear social barrier between international students and U.S. students. Groups chosen by the discretion of students will form based on language and social perception. Logically, this seems more comfortable and productive, but instead, puts every student involved at a disadvantage.

I hear xenophobic comments toward international students nearly every day on campus, ranging from criticisms based on what they perceive to be socially unacceptable actions to the manner in which some students choose to dress. This ethnocentric behavior stems from one thing: ignorance.

It is so easy to judge what we do not understand and it is a natural part of being human. But this inherent behavior built on years of complicated cultural, socioeconomic and historical factors can be broken down by simple education. Instead of individuals making asinine assumptions, they can take the time to learn about how other cultures operate and grow personally.

Personal growth is what higher education is all about and why a lot of us are here at Miami. We are given hundreds of clubs to expand and foster our interests, group challenges in classes to model similar challenges in the work force, and eccentric, sometimes insufferable roommates teach us how to compromise with difficult people.

Along with countless other oppor-

body. It is evident for many on this campus that the skills necessary to interact and work with students so different from themselves by the lack of communication and relationships are underdeveloped.

This semester, one of my professors did something that made me think. We were working in assigned groups for a discussion on the economic logistics of computer chips and part way through he interjected, “speak slowly if you have an international student in your group and make sure to let them speak as well.” And it worked; the quiet Chinese girl in my group who had never talked up until that point spoke and actually contributed with valuable information about her culture. And my professor had facilitated it all. He had helped break down the barrier and address the difference.

It is not only students that are often uncomfortable with the cultural differences. Professors commonly seem inept when trying to communicate with international students and their actions lead down the same road of those students being essentially ignored.

All it would take is addressing the obvious differences directly and engaging students in a larger conversation about diversity. The university needs to push for all professors to actively encourage the personal development of their students and give them opportunities to build the social skills necessary to communicate even through prominent cultural differences.

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A message from the Armstrong Student Center Board CONSTRUCTION

TO THE EDITOR: This letter, written by the members of the Armstrong Student Center Board, all of whom are undergraduate students, is in response to the article “$23 million Armstrong Phase II construction to begin January,”

by Nick Meyerson on the front page of The Miami Student, Sept. 1, 2015.

As Miami University anticipates breaking ground on the East Wing Expansion of the Armstrong Student Center, we of the Armstrong Student Center Board would like to address some concerns raised in the Sept. 1 Miami Student article, “$23 million Armstrong Phase II construction to begin January.”

The East Wing Expansion of Armstrong is a completion of the original construction project. The way Armstrong was paid for and constructed required construction be split into two discrete phases.

Recall, Armstrong is partially comprised of Gaskill and Rowan Halls, connected over what once was a small parking lot between them. The repurposing of existing university buildings in the space found to be the true center of campus was both a cost saving measure and a unique way to construct something both old and new Miami.

Armstrong, when completed as originally planned, will include Culler Hall, as well. However, before the inclusion of Culler, Kreger Hall needed to be renovated and updated to accommodate those moving out of Culler. Moreover, the university has prioritized the renovation of Shideler Hall. After the much-needed renovation of Shideler, whose occupants currently utilize Culler, Culler will be incorporated into the existing portion of Armstrong and the East Wing Expansion will be underway.

Appropriation of funds is a primary concern of a student quoted in the Sept. 1 article.

“When alums donate to their alma mater, they do so in order to continue the improvement of undergradu-

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ate education, not for students to go shopping or play video games.”

When alumni donate to Miami, they explicitly dictate how their gift is spent. Either donors have been solicited by the university to donate to a certain fund, or they come to Miami with an idea their own. For example, Mike Armstrong (’61) gave the university $15 million expressly to build a new student center.

Further, one could easily argue Armstrong is a direct investment in undergraduate education. It is true that the college campus can play a crucial role in attracting students, and a beautiful, well equipped and ample student center can attract top students on the margin between Miami and another institution, which can enrich the entire student body.

Indeed, one could exhaustively argue the benefits of a truly centralized hub of activity containing student organization offices, campus publications, varied dining options, meeting spaces both large and intimate, areas to hang out and relax, the Student Activities suite, the Cultural Lounge (and the Office of Diversity Affairs therein), a theater, a pavilion and soon Career Services and the ASG senate chamber.

If one does not buy that argument, one’s issue is, in fact, donor priorities. Moreover, what students perceive as donor priorities may well be university priorities, initiatives through University Advancement, or truly a donor’s organic intent.

Regardless, Armstrong is a beautiful building open to all students to engage with each other and the university in countless ways. We recommend reading the online version of the Sept. 1 story, which is radically different than the and scrambled and perhaps erroneously laid out story in the print edition, and contains more specific elements to look forward to in the East Wing Expansion

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Editorial board shouldn’t decide what’s in good taste POLITICS

TO THE EDITOR: After reading the Miami Student, something a small minority of those of us on campus attempt to do on a bi-weekly basis. I am always left with an empty feeling, one that could best be described as disappointment.

It seems that the editorial board can’t help but publish an asinine opinion once every four issues or so.

From the idiotic assertion that it’s everyone else’s business which fraternities are disciplined and why; to the most recent tripe about how comedy is only comedy if it’s sacrilegious. That sexually suggestive house names are in any way “worse” than implying being high in a house of worship. I suggest that if the editors of our vaunted and long established school newspaper want to try to dictate style to us unwashed non journalism majors, that they make such a section in the pages.

It certainly would be a better use of paper than the same old student submitted op-eds that parrot the views espoused by the sociology departments and any field of study ending in studies.

First on the subject of fraternities, this paper has made their open hostility towards men’s Greek life all too clear. They view fraternities as exclusionary clubs dripping with privilege and microagressions. All too often I hear gripes about how “their daddies handed them everything” and yet the vast majority of those gripers come not from the STEM fields or FSB but from such vaunted and high paying majors as Early Childhood Education and Drama *jazz hands*.

These are the same political neophytes rooting so hard for Bernie Sanders to walk across water and erase the student loan debt for their worthless diplomas.

The truth is those high paying majors are big tents, the study of economics cares not what color skin you have, what gender you are or where your sexual proclivities lie.

The same is true for most fraternities on campus less the gender part, exclusivity used to be a positive term, an aspirational term, not just one of “discrimination.” I digress, the point is that these are private organizations with dues paying members. No one at the paper or anyone else for

that matter owns shares of SAE, or sits on the board of the parent company that owns Phi Delta Theta. So on that front, kindly butt out.

As far as the house names bit is concerned this at least partially extends back to the other one, as I feel that at the very least some of this animosity is because of the hand in hand tradition of fraternities and annex houses. But as the editorial board made so clear, the main marching orders seem to be coming from the Women’s and Gender Studies department, as the only houses loudly objected to were those where the joke landed at the feet (or elsewhere) of the female gender.

As I remember hearing from a member of Greek life that shall remain unnamed, there used to be a house that went by the name “Trail of Beers,” insensitive, probably, funny to some, yes. The point is that comedy is not written in stone, the only rule is there are no rules. What’s in good taste is not up to any one person, or editorial board, to decide.

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A different kind of Farmer’s School LIFE

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To say that I am a skilled handshaker would be a bit of an embellishment; I don’t think I impress too many people in the half-second allotted to do so. I do, however, understand the importance of this custom and thus noticed my hands during the first few weeks of school, when handshakes are exchanged at an impressive rate.

The problem, I noted, was that the hand I bestowed was tattooed with splinters and embroidered with soil stains one can’t explain before a handshake. For the last few weeks of summer, I lent my hand to a family flower farm (say that five times fast) in western Pennsylvania, in a town called Mars, no less.

At the time, I didn’t know why the Pisarčik family had insisted on only hugging ... I’d say I get it now.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’d say the majority of Miami’s students partake in jobs and internships on the opposite end of the summer job spectrum. Few, if any, trying their hand at work in the thorny fields of a farm. And so, with an opportunity to both boast and broaden my knowledge of farms, I took to learning the way of the farmer.

In terms of similarities to life in Oxford (excluding the surrounding miles of farms), I suppose I could

pinpoint waking up early, though Miami thankfully offers no courses at 6 a.m. The family’s human alarm clock, one Susie Pisarčik, provided the rousing wakeup calls as well as the gateway to the day’s tasks — I soon found that waking was the easiest of them.

Looking back on my first day, I think I was more relatable to the male goat, Basil, than any of the other family members. We were both simple-minded; we both craved raspberries (he to replace his stench of urine and me because there were free raspberries in my face); we both liked ducks, though he actually had a duck companion.

Also, we both became fond of talking to ourselves, albeit his annoying “baahing” was apparently more socially acceptable than my monologues. But I digress.

I did more than mimic a goat.

In fact, I was given a wide variety of tasks, only a few of which were garden variety. Sure, there was the pulling of weeds and planting seeds. I even trimmed plants and learned how to bunch flowers.

But on a farm, one learns rapidly that there is always something to do. I got the feeling “bored” was only understood as “board,” this in relation to a roof in the making. When I wasn’t puncturing and pricking my hands with unexpectedly thorny flowers, I was ripping off rooftop shingles along with the

skin on my hands.

Still craving more surprises?

Well, the Pisarčiks were constantly craving a Mary Poppins track, wait for it... on their vintage record player, or their “Phono,” as their antiquated machine is known.

Before my visit to this valley, the idea of a soundtrack to my life was about as absurd as Shakespeare being known for his incredible athleticism, but when the Mary Poppins track “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” is on repeat, the “working” part of the workday seems to float off into the atmosphere, up where I can’t see her.

At the end of the day, what did I learn? Easy: goats are great listeners, don’t lose your balance atop a garage, my singing voice isn’t unbearable, but most importantly this: These family farmers, these avid agriculturists, didn’t conceal their hands by hugging and avoiding a shake, as they are familiar with the arduous work that creates the grimy grip. They need not show it off.

They only need to show their passion, just one of the countless desirable traits held by these masters of their craft.

Say what you will about necessary experience at internships, I’m sure some of it is valid. But I’d rather fly a kite in Pennsylvania any day of the week.

Twas the true Farmer’s School I attended.

If the U.S. forgets refugees, history will remember GLOBAL

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Images sometimes carry a power words cannot, especially images of atrocity. Haunting pictures of gaunt Jewish corpses in Auschwitz, Native Americans ravaged by smallpox, or the scarred back of an African-American slave ensure that we don’t forget the complicated and violent past of humanity.

While some tragedies were committed directly by the United States in our quest for global power, many others were tacitly sanctioned when we pretended to be unaware of massacres halfway around the world. How many people have died because of inaction by the world’s democracies in the face of evil?

Last week, a photograph from Greece gave a face to the human rights disaster taking place in the Mediterranean.

Millions have now seen the body of Aylan Kurdi, a 3-year-old Syrian boy, facedown on a beach after drowning while trying to reach Europe. His 5-year-old brother and mother also died after their raft overturned in the tumultuous waters. The family was planning to join extended family in Canada but now only the father survives. He

has since returned to Syria to bury his family.

Aylan was not the first child to perish trying to reach the shores of democracy. The International Organization for Migration says that over 2,300 people have died this year attempting to reach Europe by sea. As horrific violence rages in Syria, unchecked by weak attempts at intervention by the United States and Europe, millions have tried to flee for better lives.

They’re trying to find safety in select countries, mostly in Western Europe. Germany has pledged to take in 800,000 immigrants this year despite the European Union’s inability to form a cohesive strategy. Many other nations are also willingly accepting tens of thousands of refugees, including France, Italy and Austria.

The noble actions of these countries stand out in stark contrast to the shameful inaction of the United States. As Republicans whine about “anchor babies,” Syrian babies die every day. As President Obama refuses to admit his strategy to fight ISIS is an abject failure, more and more people feel compelled to risk their lives in search of peace.

As one of the greatest human disasters of our generation unfolds across the world, Americans look the other way.

We need to be different. The United States must act to save every life within our ability. We need to shelter every refugee who can reach our borders, without exception. We also must take in our share of refugees who come ashore in Europe and care about safety, not national borders. To turn away the tired, huddled masses searching for freedom would not just be criminal but deeply inhumane.

We cannot save every life from violence around the world. But that doesn’t mean we should harden our hearts and close our borders.

Pretending this is a problem for Europe, Asia or Africa would be an easy choice that would be remembered throughout history as deeply immoral.

We should not be remembered as a people who ignore our conscience when it’s financially or politically expedient. Instead, the history books should record when America bravely stepped up and sheltered hundreds of thousands of innocents who had nowhere else to turn.

Decades ago, we closed our doors to Jews fleeing genocide.

This time, let’s be different and act to change the course of history. If we don’t, thousands more will die and we won’t be able to look away any longer.

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each other’s backs,” Walter said. “Making sure we’re looking ahead, and not thinking about the past. Rice is the only thing we’re worrying about.”

MU’s schedule may also be a factor in the team’s recent slump.

Thus far, RedHawk opponents have been non-MAC teams.

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Defensively, Wisconsin will monitor the secondary with the questionable status of Michael Caputo. Caputo left early in the Alabama game with a concussion. Senior Joe Schobert poses a threat at outside linebacker, after leading the UW defense with a game-high 13 tackles, including 4.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks.

“They’re a tough opponent,” Kummer said. “They’re big, but we just gotta play our game … they play two different fronts, which we’ve been working on … we gotta be able to put our bodies on their bodies.”

Miami (1-0) enters the weekend after beating Presbyterian College 26-7 in its first season-opener since 2007.

Despite the win, it was sloppy: the team was flagged 13 times for a loss of 162 yards.

“They were very immature, overzealous, trying-to-do-toomuch penalties that should have never happened,” Martin said.

The high penalty count was due in part to the team’s inexperience.

Of the 69 RedHawks that played in the Presbyterian victory, 23 were freshmen.

“A lot of it was young guys getting out there for the first time and thinking they were gonna hit somebody,” Martin said. “And a number of them I couldn’t even tell who they called it on. We had two or three hits from be-

hind on the same guy in the same return and you’re like ‘who’d they get?’

Just a lot of overzealous, overaggressive stuff that cost us major field position. In a different game, it could have affected the outcome.”

However, several positives showed themselves in the season-opener.

In his first career start, redshirt senior quarterback Drew Kummer completed an efficient 14-of19 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns. Redshirt freshman running back Alonzo Smith also made his first career start and led the team in carries (12), yards (86) and touchdowns (2).

Redshirt freshman receiver Chris Hudson hauled in a 10-yard touchdown catch and later added a 38-yard reception, which he brought down to the 1-yard line to set up another touchdown.

On the defensive side of the ball, senior linebacker Kert Kern led with nine tackles, redshirt senior defensive back Brison Burris had one tackle for loss and * and redshirt junior defensive back JT Jones had four quarterback hurries. Sophomore DB Tony Reid saved two Presbyterian touchdowns, one with a fumble recovery, and one with an interception. During Reid’s pick, nine MU backups were on the field.

Despite the promise his team shows, Martin knows the Badgers will be a major test for his group.

“We gotta try to get the game into halftime somehow,” Martin

said. “And if you do, maybe the pressure gets more on them … that’s how upsets happen. Usually the game’s a little closer than it should be, then you make some uncharacteristic mistakes.”

Miami has lost 17 consecutive away games (the last win was a 5649 victory at University of Akron on Sept. 29, 2012) and 11 consecutive games against Big Ten teams (the last win was against Northwestern University, 44-14, on Sept. 13, 2003).

Meanwhile, Wisconsin is 68-7 (.907) at home since the start of the 2004 season, which includes 32 consecutive non-conference home games.

As for an answer to solving the Badgers’ team, Martin offers two: “One, you have to play your obviously very best football. Probably play a little bit above your head. Two, they have to play their not very best football … and then you hope that they make some mistakes.”

The team realizes the challenge ahead, and Harding embraces it.

“You just come in with the same game plan you come in with for every other team,” Harding said. “You watch film, you prep, you practice, and you go in there expecting to win. It’s not a different scenario; it’s just a bigger team.”

And for Kummer, the approach is even simpler: “We’re winners. We want to win.”

Kickoff is 12 p.m. in Madison, Wisconsin.

schedule Miami has ever faced.

Because slow starts seem to be the team’s downfall, Kramig’s solution is to come out of the gate faster in the first half.

“I’m most concerned with the slow starts the last two games,” Kramig said. “We are doing a couple things to work on that issue. We need to be more consistent. We are a talented group, but we’re not playing with the consistency that we need to play with. We are learn-

ing and I’m still optimistic about what we can still do.”

The Owls will provide stiff competition for the RedHawks.

Rice is the reigning Conference USA champion and is coming off a 2-1 win against the University of Arkansas and a 1-1 tie (2 OT) against Southern Methodist University. Rice’s only loss came against fifth-ranked Texas A&M University in the opening game of their season.

Regardless of the outcome this weekend, Kramig stands fully behind his team.

“I’m proud of all my players,” Kramig said. “I really like this team. I really like the culture the players have brought with them. They have completely embraced the competitive nature of the practices. I’m proud of all of them. I really like this team.”

The match begins at 12 p.m.

Sunday in Oxford, Ohio.

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that would not stop him from being involved with the brothers of Sigma Nu. “A fraternity is not a house,” Worrell said. “It’s a group of men, a brotherhood. No one in my class would ever dream of dropping. Every single one of us cannot wait until we are back on campus and cannot wait until we begin the recolonization process.”

Despite Worrell’s enthusiasm, the university does not allow past or present fraternity members to participate in Sigma Nu’s reorganization process follow-

ing the suspension period, as no current member will be eligible for membership in the future.

At this time, 21 fraternities are in good standing with the university, and eight are unrecognized. Two fraternities are on probation — Kappa Alpha Order until May 2017 and Sigma Phi Epsilon through May 2016, according to Jennifer Levering with the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

The president of Sigma Nu, William Ives, represented the fraternity in all university hearings and appeals. Ives did not respond to The Miami Student’s request for comment.

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because there are kids in college who are just here for the experience, and not the education,” Marcum said. “So they wouldn’t take their education seriously, and that would reflect on the professor’s evaluation.

It’s not really fair to that professor if the student isn’t putting in 110 percent [effort].”

Marcum added that she thinks that faculty who are more involved in the university, including those who have earned tenure, deserve to be paid more.

All salaries are paid on a ninemonth basis, with the university’s fiscal year beginning July 1. This year’s salary roster will be available Oct. 1.

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alum, Allan Huber said.

“We were known as the ‘Boy Scouts’ on campus,” Huber, ’80, said.

But the Phi Kappa Psi of today is suspended from Miami’s campus from May 13, 2015 to May 31, 2019. The fraternity is also required to submit a “reorganization plan” with a focus on hazing education to the Cliff Alexander Office by January of 2019.

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helped create an engaging drive-in experience, complete with a newly digital projection system and a spider carnival park ride coming soon.

The experience is complimented by the company one is with.

“The theatre is great for date nights, friends, family outings. Literally anything,” Cress said.

This coming weekend students can continue this tradition and pair a cool September night with either “Jurassic World” or “The Gift.” tedious,” said Davis. “I would rather listen to music or watch YouTube videos to relieve stress.”

Although it might not appeal to everyone, those who support it can’t stop talking about it.

“I definitely recommend it to others,” said Vargas. “I’ve already gotten a couple of my other friends into [coloring].”

With the amount of schoolwork increasing since the start of the new semester, there might be more students on campus coloring to help de-stress.

Fans become loyal to certain artists, depending on what appeals to them. Vargas is loyal to Basford.

“I only use Johanna Basford’s coloring books,” said Vargas. “I love how intricate her work is.”

While many students enjoy coloring for fun and stress relief, there are some students that do not like coloring at all. Among them is senior Allie Davis.

“Coloring is annoying to me because it is time consuming and really

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gins when the children are infants. Even our school age children who come after school participate in learning activities.”

Mini University administers a strict hiring process, only employing teachers with bachelor’s degrees or beyond. The 16 teachers and assistant teachers employed at Miami’s location, and the eight Miami University part time student workers, participate in a “creative curriculum,” where lessons are taught mainly through play, but also align with Ohio’s Common Core and Early Learning standards.

Junior Alex Abboud is one of the eight student workers who vary in major but share a common interest in working with children. She assists the main teachers in their lesson plans or activities, depending on which classroom she is in.

“My favorite part about working with the children is seeing how cute and naïve and innocent they are,” she said. “It is such a nice, fun break from the normal stress of every day college life, and I look forward to going to work every day.”

Abboud lauds Mini University for its commitment to each individual family, remembering faces and knowing specific details, like pets each family owns or siblings’ birthdays — little facts she thinks workers most child care centers wouldn’t take the time to remember.

This special attention to detail is why 26-year-old senior Callie Ramer trusts the Child Development Center with her 4-year-old son, Jacob. While more than half the kids enrolled at the child care center are faculty’s children, Ramer is part of a small percentage of student parents who rely on the center to watch their children as they attain their own education. The Child Development

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Center offers discounts to Miami University employees and students, and many student parents also receive funding through the state As a single mom who takes a full class load and works at the Student Package Center, Ramer praises the Mini University’s flexibility when handling parents’ hectic schedules, support she notes is lacking at other child cares in the area.

Ramer is also an education major who hopes to one day teach first and second grade. She said she understands the value of a quality education, even at the preschool age.

“I want Jacob to excel in school.

I know what is important as an education major,” she said. “He is learning how to spell and write his name. He is learning so much and that is awesome.”

Another student mom, 22-yearold public health major Lauren Anderson, said the Child Development Center has already had a positive influence on her 18-month-old daughter, Kailyn, who has only been enrolled at the center this semester.

“The structure and the social interaction in the classes is great,” she said. “Kailyn is the younger one in her class, but she is already maturing so quickly. She is way above anyone else her age I have seen, and I attribute that to the education she is getting there.”

Without the Child Development Center close by, Ramer said she wouldn’t be able to do what she needs to do to provide for her son.

“There is a certain stigma that comes along with being a young single mom. That you’re not good enough, not smart enough,” Ramer said. “But at Mini U, they never judge. They are so welcoming.”

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The RedHawks visit Camp Randall Stadium for a matchup against a University of Wisconsin football team that lost 35-17 to then-No. 3 and 2014 Southeastern Conference champion University of Alabama last weekend. It’s the first-ever meeting between the two schools, and Miami enters the game as a 33-point underdog.

“We’re mindful of that,” junior cornerback Heath Harding said. “But that’s awesome for us because no one expects us to do anything. We’re just gonna go in there and play our hearts out and hopefully pull the upset.”

Redshirt senior quarterback Drew Kummer shared the sentiment.

“We believe in our talent,” he said.

“We believe in our plays and coaching. We’ll take it one practice at a time, and take it from there.”

Wisconsin (1-0), a historically rush-heavy program, was held to 40 rushing yards in the Alabama loss.

The Badgers averaged 320.1 yards per game on the ground last season, which was fourth-highest in the FBS. Miami head coach Chuck Martin anticipates the Badgers to use this weekend’s matchup as an opportunity to redeem themselves.

“They pride themselves on smashing people in the mouth,” Martin said. “There’s no better time than when a MAC school comes into

town after you’ve played Alabama to get back to running the ball.”

However, UW may be out junior running back Corey Clement, who is listed as questionable after sustaining a groin injury in last week’s game.

Clement hopes to play though, and redshirt senior wide receiver Alex Erickson can be used as a threat on the ground. Erickson led the Badgers with 25 rushing yards last Saturday.

“We know they’re Wisconsin so they’re gonna run heavy on us and, obviously, play action pass off that,” Harding said.

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Running back Alonzo Smith pounds through Presbyterian’s defensive line.

’Hawks look to rebound against IU, UVA FIELD HOCKEY

BRYAN WILLS

THE MIAMI STUDENT

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Midfielder Maggie Scott shooting an attempt to tie the game

RedHawks ready for Rice SOCCER

HARRISON SCHWARZ STAFF WRITER

After three straight losses, the Miami University women’s soccer team (2-3) looks to right the ship against Rice University (4-1-1) this weekend. MU is experiencing their longest losing streak since 2013.

The losing streak can, in part, be chalked up to an unlucky turn of events. Two of the RedHawks’ last three losses came despite the team largely outplaying its opponents. In a 2-0 loss to Valparaiso University on Aug. 28, Miami outshot the Crusaders 15-5. Against Florida Inter-

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national University on Sunday, MU dominated almost the entire second half, but couldn’t muster a goal on 10 shots.

The RedHawks are having difficulty scoring goals this season: they’ve scored six total goals on 61 shots, a goal percentage of 10 percent. MU has scored one or fewer goals in four of their first five games.

Senior forward and captain Haley Walter isn’t worried about the team’s recent struggles and is focused on her next opponent, Rice University.

“More than anything, it comes down to knowing we all have

After a tough 1-0 overtime loss to then-No. 6 Stanford University last weekend in California, the Miami University women’s field hockey team looks to get back on track. The RedHawks (3-2) travel to Indiana University (2-3) on Friday and head home to face No. 6 University of Virginia on Sunday.

The ’Hawks sit first in the Mid-American Conference, though they have not played a conference opponent yet. Both MU losses have come against top ten opponents (No. 7 University at Albany and Stanford).

Head coach Inako Puzo said being able to stay pound-forpound with top-ranked teams is no easy task.

“The whole team deserves credit,” Puzo said. “They play hard and well together.”

Puzo gives much credit to junior goalkeeper Alysa Xavier, who played 16 games in 2014 and led the MAC in goals against average. This year, she has a 0.78 GAA and 26 saves.

“She is one of the oldest members on the team,” Puzo said. “She gives her all in every practice and every game that we go into.”

After totaling five shots combined against IU and UVA in 2014, the Red and White seek to increase their offensive production.

Senior midfielder Bea Dechant could do just that for the ’Hawks.

In 2014, Dechant received first team All-Mac honors for the third straight season. She appeared in all 19 games and ranked second

on the team in points scored (17).

Junior forward Rachel Stauffer leads the Hoosiers. Stauffer played in 17 games last year and finished the season with a .600 shots on goal percentage.

She has two goals and six shots on goal in 2015. The ’Hawks lost 3-2 in an exhibition match against IU on August 29. In their last regular season meeting (September 2014), Indiana shutout Miami 3-0.

Junior midfielder Katie Kelly leads the Cavaliers. Kelly played in all 20 games and scored seven goals during her sophomore season. She has one assist and one shot in 2015. Miami lost 1-0 to the Cavs last season.

Puzo believes it’s great experience for MU to play against talented teams.

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Red and White travel for Wolf Pack Classic

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MINUTE DRILL: JOE STEWART

POSITION:

Funniest teammate

No. 1 runner on the cross country team

Year:

The funniest teammate on my team would have to be Matt Bromley.

Senior

Weird pregame rituals

Hometown: Naperville, Ill

I always eat Frosted Flakes the morning of a race and I have and will go to great lengths to find them.

How long have you been runnnig?

Secret non-sports related talent

Since my freshman year of high school, so about 8 years.

I am really good at Super Smash Bros. Like, really good.

Favorite Miami memory

What’s your favorite Super Smash Bros. character?

That’s a really tough question.

But, if I had to pick one memory over my four years thus far, it would have to be the hockey games. I remember one time me and my buddies got seats behind the glass to one of games. That was awesome.

Ness. I know, he’s not used much by anyone, but, when you learn his moves, he is very good.

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

That’s an easy one. Flying.

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

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

Steve Prefontaine. I would love to be able to pick his brain and just see what kind of running advice he has.

Ireland. I have some family who are there, and it is just so beautiful.

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The volleyball team cheers on the sideline during its 3-0 win over Wright State University on Septermber 1.

VOLLEYBALL

CHRISTOPHER JONES THE MIAMI STUDENT

After last weekend’s upset over No. 19 Michigan State University, the Miami University women’s volleyball team looks to build on its momentum at the Wolf Pack Classic.

The competition pits the RedHawks (3-4) against Montana State University (2-2) and Weber State University (3-3) before setting the stage for a historical rematch against tournament host University of Nevada (2-4).

The last time Miami and Nevada crossed paths was in 1988, when Miami, after making its fourth straight NCAA tournament appearance, downed Nevada 3-0 in Honolulu to become the first MU women’s team to earn a victory in an NCAA tour-

nament contest. The RedHawks have never played Montana or Weber.

Led by sophomore outside hitter Madison Foley who has 77 kills on the year, Nevada will have its hands full this weekend as it tries to slow down Miami’s red-hot attack. A trio of junior middle hitter Paige Hill, junior outside hitter Maris Below and sophomore outside hitter Katie Tomasic lead the ’Hawks, accumulating 166 kills on the year.

The RedHawk’s defense has also stifled opponents, courtesy of sophomore defensive specialist Maeve McDonald. Last weekend, McDonald recorded 63 total digs, averaging 4.20 digs per set.

She tallied 14 crucial digs in the win over Michigan State, which earned her a spot on the Spartan Invitational All-Tournament Team. McDonald was also named

Miami Athlete of the Week for the first time in her career.

Head coach Carolyn Condit is determined to keep the team focused and improve its streak.

“The focus is really going to have to be on us to continue to do what we are doing well,” Condit said. “The first weekend we were unable to win a match even though there was some great competition, the second weekend we won 2 of 3. I like to think despite the time change, the very hot weather, and the long trip, that this team can go out there and take this tournament.

That shows progress into the next phase, which is winning our home tournament.”

Miami opens the Wolf Pack Classic against Montana at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday in Reno, Ne-

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