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Winter Gathering brings Myaamia community together MYAAMIA

JAMES STEINBAUER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

MIAMI, Oklahoma — It was dark when the bus arrived on the outskirts of Miami (pronounced my-amuh by the locals). The only things to be seen were the neon lights from doughnut shops, headlights from semitrucks and towering lights from the 10-story gas station signs that, with the community’s massive, white grain elevator, make up the Oklahoma skyline.

The bus, full of more than two dozen students, faculty and Myaamia Tribe members from Miami University, had driven for more than 12 hours — from one Miami to another — for the Tribe’s 20th annual Winter Gathering to visit family, learn and partake in cultural activities during the last week of January.

But, at first, the Miami they saw was the Miami thousands of American tourists see as they breeze through it, getting their kicks on Rt. 66.

It wasn’t until the next morning, during a tour of Myaamia Tribal grounds, that the lights and movement of The Mother Road gave way to the gray-green horizon of

the Oklahoma countryside.

The John Steinbeck landscape resonates with many Myaamia Tribe members who visit their sovereign lands for the first time. It’s an image that Ian Young, a senior at Miami University and member of the Myaamia Tribe of Oklahoma, remembered from his first visit a year earlier.

“It all felt very foreign to me the first time I went, and it all felt very sad,” Ian said.

“It felt dilapidated, it felt rundown and it felt like it was sick. It was unfamiliar.”

When George Ironstrack visited Miami for the first time, he was 19.

“I was kind of a typical teenager,” George said. “I didn’t necessarily oppose going [to Oklahoma], but it wasn’t something I had expectations for.”

His visit was right after an economic collapse in Miami when the major manufacturing plant in the area had just closed. It sent the community into an economic tailspin.

George remembers driving through the city center, down Main Street, thinking it was a ghost town.

Now, George is the assistant director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University,

and he’s always juxtaposing the trips he takes to Miami today with that first trip in the 1990s. The change is drastic.

“I’ve come to learn the tribe had a big role in helping with revitalizing Miami.

There’s life to the downtown now,” he said. “I’ve not done the economic research to prove this, but it seems there’s a correlation between the increase in tribal businesses and an increase in the overall economic health of Miami.”

The economic revitalization of the Miami Community is connected to a larger cultural revitalization the Myaamia tribe has fostered over the last few years — a revitalization that has brought the renewal of language, history and self to tribal members. It’s that cultural revitalization that brought his group back to Oklahoma.

The Moccasin Game: Chris Bowyer sat crosslegged across from Rachel Poyfair. His stern, confident gaze struggled to stay focused on her mischievous one as she deftly placed four separate marbles under four decorative, hand-stitched pads.

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Emerald ash borer kills Miami ash trees, threatens hiker safety ENVIRONMENT

KAREN AUGENSTEIN

JAMES STEINBAUER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ABOVE Myaamia Center Assistant Director George Ironstrack uses hand motions and sounds to tell traditional Myaamia stories. BELOW Myaamia Tribal members at winter stomp dance

MU’s McKay suspended for remainder of hockey career

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Thousands of ash trees populate the many trails and natural areas surrounding Miami University, but these trees now present a risk to hikers and passersby, as an invasive pest is causing the upper limbs to become brittle and break off.

This invasive pest, indigenous to China, is the Agrilus planipennis — more commonly known as the emerald ash borer.

The emerald ash borer likely arrived in the United States on cargo ships from China in 2002 and was detected in Detroit 10 to 12 years ago. It moved into Ohio on the shipping pallets of semi trucks in 2003 and has since spread from its initial detection site near Toledo to all other parts of the state.

It has begun to infest local ash trees in Miami natural areas over the past few years, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

David Gorchov, a professor of biology at Miami, said stopping the emerald ash borer is extremely difficult once it has infected a tree.

The female emerald ash borers will lay eggs in the back, and over the span of four or

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ash borer infects an ash tree, it typically begins killing off the top of the trees, causing large limbs to become brittle and fall off.

“It poses a risk if you’re talking about trails or roads

Miami University hockey senior goaltender Ryan McKay was recently suspended for the remainder of the semester and, since this is his last season of eligibility, it means he’s suspended for the rest of his career and is no longer with the team.

McKay had been a healthy scratch since Jan. 9, and though reasons included speculation of an internal confrontation, head coach Rico Blasi said there was none.

“There was no altercation,” Blasi said. “It’s really just a team thing that happens from time to time … if he wasn’t a senior he’d be allowed back on the team.”

McKay last played on Jan. 9. For the majority of the season, McKay was Miami’s starting netminder, playing in all but three games until he was scratched. He ended the season with a 2.57 goals against average and a .905 save percentage. Senior Jay Williams has since taken over McKay’s role.

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On Miami’s Trails and Natural Areas, hundreds of ash trees have been killed by the Emerald Ash Borer. five years, the larvae will eat through healthy layers of the tree, eventually killing it.

While the death of ash trees impacts the environment, it can also be hazardous to the safety of Miami maintenance workers and students. When the emerald

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Editor of ‘Spotlight’ fame to speak on campus

Walter “Robby” Robinson, dramatized by Michael Keaton in the now-Oscarwinning film Spotlight, will be on campus Tuesday to speak about his pivotal role as head of the reporting team that first broke stories on Catholic priests’ widespread sexual abuse of children.

Robinson, now editor-atlarge of The Boston Globe, will talk at 4 p.m. in the Armstrong Student Center Pavilion. As editor of the Globe’s Spotlight team, Robinson directed a group of investigative reporters that tackles long, researchintensive stories.

The team began working on the series that highlighted abusive Catholic priests — which would later win the Pulitzer Prize — in 2000. Robinson was the lead reporter and editor of the four-person team. The other members included Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer. Together, they chose to take on one of the biggest stories the Globe has ever published.

The stories led to 100 charges of sexual assault that were filed against John

J. Geoghan, a retired Catholic priest, for abusing young boys in his care between the years of 1985 and 1993.

“It was a difficult investigation to do because there was so much difficulty getting information [from] the church [since they] don’t have to file public documents and they have a habit of not speaking to reporters,” Robinson said in an interview with The Miami Student. “So, we had to build lists of sources, starting with victims and working from there. It allowed us to create our own database.”

To counter the church’s notorious secrecy, the Globe had to file several lawsuits before gaining access to records. With the records in their possession, the Spotlight reporters discovered that Cardinal Bernard F. Law — Boston’s highest-ranking Catholic official — knew of Geoghan’s pedophila for decades and continued to cover it up.

“It was emotionally very difficult to listen to their stories and it sort of really motivated us,” said Robinson. “It made us quite angry at the church that they could have allowed this to go on. It reSPOTLIGHT »PAGE 9

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Mindless eating overtakes millenial generation and spreads across campus HEALTH

TESS SOHNGEN

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Every weekday around 12:30 p.m. in the Armstrong Student Center, a sea of students flood the tables and corners for lunch, their eyes focused on laptop screens, smartphones, newspapers and books — anything but their food.

Mindless eating is just one of the many habits of millennials, a generation of multitaskers and technology fiends, but its health consequences have gained much attention from dieticians, health promoters and news outlets.

“People are eating to feed themselves, but not to nourish themselves,” said Beth Miller, a food counselor and assistant professor of kinesiology at Miami University.

“Eating to feed can lead you down the wrong path as opposed to eating to nourish in mental and physical ways helps set you up for more positive health habits.”

The New York Times and the Huffington Post both published stories about the physical and mental consequences of eating while working at the desk. These include decreased productivity, diminished social interaction with coworkers, lack of physical activity and increased caloric intake due to more frequent snacking.

“You’re multitasking, which is one of the no-nos when you’re try-

ing weight management,” Miller said. “Typically, we counsel people to be present with their food, to be attentive and taste the food … those are important pieces psychologically of having that trigger that you feel satisfied.”

Sophomore Lindsey Davis said she feels distracted when trying to multitask by eating and working during lunch. Although she does not often mix work and meals, she tends to eat less and snack more when she does.

“If I do, it’s because I’m in a hurry,” said Davis.

The fear of losing study time by taking a break to eat appears to be a common idea among college students at Miami who choose to eat while working.

“We see that as a luxury we don’t have, that we can’t take the time,” said Miller.

Like Davis, sophomore Lindsey Kober said she does not multitask eating and working often. Both agreed that they snack more while concentrating on something else, which leads to eating more calories throughout the day.

“If I’m working on something, I’ll think, ‘Hey, I should be snacking on something for doing this,” said Kober.

On the other hand, junior Catherine Scherer said she eats and works every day when she comes to King Library, but that doesn’t make her snack more throughout the day.

“Usually, instead of working, I’ll allot 15 minutes to [eating],” said Scherer.

She added that she feels less productive when she tries to eat and work because she will stop working to go on Facebook or another social media site while she eats.

JENNIFER MILLS THE MIAMI STUDENT “It’s not ‘work,’ but the concept is the same,” Miller said. “It’s like watching TV and snacking on something, but that’s not work.”

Miller refers to this mindless eating as “eating amnesia,” when people become unaware of the amount and quality of food they consume because their focus is elsewhere.

“That’s one of the biggest consequences and challenges that can lead to overeating,” said Miller, adding that overeating can then lead JING LONG THE MIAMI STUDENT to weight management and longterm issues. “It can really open the doorway to chronic diseases when A.J. NEWBERRY THE MIAMI STUDENT you let that process continue.”

Miller said students are just as susceptible to eating at the desk as full-time workers. In her classes that straddled the lunch hours, she would see students busily finishing their lunch at the beginning of class.

She attributes this to a larger societal shift away from eating patterns that include family meals. Today, more people eat alone than ever before.

JING LONG THE MIAMI STUDENT “It’s a phenomenon that has hapFrom top to bottom: Junior Alli Sullivan, sophomore Stephanie Bachtell and firstpened, and I noticed it even as a year Emma Walker attempt to multitask while eating at various spots on campus.

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Trinitas Ventures to begin construction next month on the “Annex” housing development

Oxford residents and Miamians ‘feel the Bern’ POLITICS

MARY SCHROTT

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

IAN MARKER THE MIAMI STUDENT

Trinitas Ventures will break ground on “Annex,” a new apartment complex, next month. The new student housing development is located off Southpointe Parkway, near the established student housing complex, Level 27.

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More student housing is on the way after the plan to build a new housing development was approved by the Oxford City Council.

Trinitas Ventures, based in Indiana, will begin building “Annex” next month. This new student housing community will be located less than a mile from campus, across from the Level 27 apartment complex.

Alie Hrabe, vice president of marketing and leasing for Trinitas Ventures, said the construction will begin in April, and the apartments will be available for lease starting in fall 2017.

“We recently opened leasing for August 2017 and the interest in the community has confirmed what years of research indicated, which is that students want cottage-style living that provides both luxury and convenience,” Hrabe said.

Overall, Annex will hold 202 units, or 643 beds. The community will have cottage-style units, singlefamily homes and townhomes. The prices vary with each unit, but range from $609 to $925 per month.

The community will offer several services that all residents can access, including a resort-style pool and sundeck, private study areas and a private shuttle to campus.

Other ammenities include basketball and sand volleyball courts, a

Here, our ultimate goal is to ensure that each student is more successful by having lived in our community.

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24-hour fitness facility, spinning and yoga classes and outdoor Cross Fit. The property will also have biking and walking trails.

Each individual apartment will include amenities such as 48-inch flat screen TVs, walk-in closets, free Wi-Fi and cable connections and private bedrooms. The apartments will be fully furnished with a contemporary style. All units will have a washer and dryer, although not all will be full-sized.

Business fraternity Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) will work with Trinitas to promote the new housing community. A team of students from PSE will help Trinitas identify the most effective ways they can get involved on campus and how they compare to their competition.

“Essentially, what they want us to do is market their new housing complex and and what it offers to students, specifically freshmen and sophomores who are looking to sign leases,” said junior Chris

Waflart, vice president of marketing for PSE. Junior Reagan Bennett thinks the new housing community is a good idea and will benefit Miami students who are struggling to find off-campus housing.

“I think we definitely need more houses,” Bennett said. “People don’t want to be stuck with the ones so far away, but the close ones are already taken.”

The purpose of Annex is to serve as a unique community for Miami students.

“At Annex, we understand that a student’s living environment has a key impact on learning and personal development, and therefore, we have strived to provide a dynamic and positive community that enriches the lives of all of our residents,” Hrabe said. “Here, our ultimate goal is to ensure that each student is more successful by having lived at our community.”

Trinitas Ventures had the idea to build a student housing community for years, but it was not approved by the Oxford City Council until last fall.

“Trinitas looked at Miami University for several years and determined that there was a need for modern living among the target demographic in the community,” Hrabe said. “With that in mind, we designed a product to meet what we believe is a market demand for fully amenitized cottage, home and townhomes.”

As the sun set Wednesday evening, Susan Eacker held up a small doll to a crowd of just over a dozen Bernie Sanders supporters at Kofenya.

“I brought my Bernie man,” Eacker said to the group.

The rag doll dangled in front of her with its crazy gray string hair and a fastened-on “Bernie 2016” button that several in the crowd also wore.

Eacker is a retired Miami history professor and delegate for Sen. Bernie Sanders in Ohio’s eighth congressional district, which includes Oxford. She organized the “Oxford for Bernie” meeting on Wednesday.

“We are going over a new cool Bernie phone-banking system and I will also point them to the resources online,” Eacker said. “We need to get out the vote.”

Sanders won Vermont, Oklahoma, Colorado and Minnesota in the Super Tuesday primary election earlier this week, while his party competitor, Hillary Clinton, won Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

“Even in the states he lost overall, he won overwhelmingly the 18to 24-year-old age group,” Eacker said. “The college vote, young people, millennials, that’s what’s going to propel Bernie Sanders to the White House.”

First-year Nick Froehlich is also a delegate for Sanders in Ohio’s first congressional district, which includes parts of Cincinnati and borders both Kentucky and Indiana.

“I absolutely love Bernie Sanders and want to do everything I can for his campaign,” Froehlich said.

“It’s an honor to represent him.”

Froehlich, who also runs the “Ohio Students for Bernie Sanders” group, described Sanders’ integrity as the main reason he supports him.

“He’s been ahead of the curve for so many years,” Froehlich said.

“He just speaks to me, he’s someone I can trust.”

Trust is something Eacker feels is important for young voters. She believes college brings a new sense of independence to students that they haven’t experienced before.

“Miami students have overwhelmingly been Republican,” Eacker said. “A lot are mimicking their parents, but I see that changing in students. They are thinking for themselves and questioning all those assumptions their parents drilled into them.”

Froehlich agreed with Eacker,

The college vote, young people, millenials, that’s what’s going to propel Bernie Sanders into the White House.

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and said Miami’s student body is distinctly skewed one way.

“We produced Paul Ryan, so there’s that,” Froehlich said. “But there’s a growing attribution to Bernie and the idea of independent thought. Some students haven’t been thinking for themselves before.”

Miami has the largest chapter of College Republicans in Ohio, one that Froehlich describes as a “welloiled machine.”

Though Miami’s College Democrats — to which Froehlich belongs — is a smaller organization, Froehlich hopes to unite the parties over an issue he sees as bipartisan: Donald Trump.

“We want to lead a coalition to prove just how terrible Donald Trump is,” Froehlich said.

Froehlich said he wants to work with Democrats and Republicans on this issue, reaching across party lines.

In addition to a “Stop Trump” campaign, Froehlich said College Democrats are planning demonstrations on gun violence and are working with Green Oxford on a climate change presentation.

Climate change is an issue that brought senior Kelsy Chesser to Wednesday evening’s Bernie meeting.

“If you ignore the environment, you’re basically saying you don’t care about the future,” Chesser said. “[Sanders is] the only candidate that’s authentic and representing the issues that matter.”

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It’s the most “magical place on earth,” and it recruits college students to join the ranks of characters like Mickey Mouse and Tinker Bell.

The Disney College Program recruits college students and recent college graduates to work at Walt Disney World for an entire semester.

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After a minute of flip-flopping the pieces around in an effort to trick Chris, Rachel sat back with a smug, satisfied expression.

Chris stared at the four pads, contemplating where he was going to make his first move. He pointed to the one furthest to the right and looked at Rachel, attempting to entice some sort of response. Nothing.

He flipped over the pad. His team, which, up until now, had been sitting behind him watching with a mixture of reverence and clenched teeth, erupted in applause. The piece was white.

The crowd grew quiet again as Chris leaned forward, hunched his shoulders and rested his head on his fist. He started pointing at the three remaining pads, his scrutinizing glare trying to pick out a shrapnel of uncertainty on Rachel’s face. Finally, he settled on the middle pad. He flipped.

This time, instead of erupting, both teams let out a string of theatric, melodramatic gasps. “Woahs” and “Ohs” filled the room.

The piece was, again, white. This was, Chris said, the most intense, suspenseful point in the game.

For someone who has never seen or played it before, the moccasin game makes no sense. Traditionally done with shoes, or moccasins, the Myaamia have played the game for as long as they can remember, George said.

Historical records show that many tribes, especially Algonquin language speaking ones, played it in various forms before it was passed on to non-Algonquin speaking tribes like the Seneca and Wyandot.

It’s a lot like a cups game — where a player hides an object under a cup and moves it around to trick an opponent. Except in this case, the player moves four pieces, three white and one black, from under one pad to another.

The goal: to find the black piece. The catch: to find it on the third flip. That awards a player full points and the ability to hide.

If the black piece is found on the second flip a player is awarded half points. If it’s found on the first, or not at all, the player loses.

“It was mainly just a pretty simple kids game with a 25 percent chance of guessing right,” George said. “But for all of us adults who were teaching, we secretly really wanted to have a time where we could learn to trick each other and really try to read our opponents.”

One of the ways to do this is to watch for micro-expressions in a person’s body language to see where they hid the correct piece.

Chris tends to look for hand movements and mouth shrugs, which mean the opponent isn’t confident in what they’re doing.

Chris says a good way to avoid giving oneself away is to randomize the pieces and not actually check to see which one is which. The thought is that if a player doesn’t know where the right piece is, there is no way to give away its position to their opponent.

“Every single person you sit across from will do things differently though,” Chris said. “So, in the end, it’s all about knowing your community.” …

When Chris visited Miami,

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dents are able to take up to two classes at Disney for free, said senior Sarah Chapman, who has been in the Disney College Program and is now heading toward a full-time job with Disney after graduation in May. Each student goes through training to learn Disney’s four tenets: safety, courtesy, show and capacity (or, efficiency).

The biggest and perhaps most emphasized of these tenets is safety.

“Walt Disney had the vision of making a park where families felt Oklahoma for the first time, the thing he noticed wasn’t the flat landscape or dilapidated town, but a strong sense of relief.

Chris didn’t grow up with the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma as his community. Instead, he grew up with the Miami Nation of Indiana, which is not acknowledged by the U.S. government, a recognition that the Nation has tried to achieve to no avail. Because of this, Chris was raised with an ‘us versus them’ mentality. It wasn’t until he went to Oklahoma that he realized this attitude wasn’t healthy.

“All that bad blood that I was told would be out there waiting for me just wasn’t there. The feeling that these people didn’t have it out for me was a huge relief. They made me feel like I was home.”

Chris said that as his college education went by and he spent more time at the Myaamia Center, he realized the people back home were misleading him — that they were turning him away from a culture he never knew he could have.

Now, by participating in the moccasin game at Winter Gathering, he is in the middle of helping rebuild that culture. …

Chris flipped over the last pad.

As both teams erupted again, one with cheers, the other with despair, Chris sat back and smiled at Rachel, his eyebrows raised in a silent “touché.” Every time he thinks he has broken the moccasin game down to a science, he’s humbled. The piece was white.

“There’s very much an ethic of celebration when you win,” George said. “By competing in a healthy manner, it builds group unity in a really unique way. We could just use classic icebreakers, but that wouldn’t have the same impact as building this sense of team and community through our own language and culture does.”

This builds on a very old tradition in the Myaamia community — one that comes from the traditional Native American sport, lacrosse. The energy expended on the lacrosse field was seen as a gift that could be directed to individuals, but also impacted the entire community.

“Every single one of these activities means community to me,” Chris said. “At this stage of the Tribe’s cultural revitalization, all of these activities are centered around fostering our community.”

Story Telling: “These are our winter stories” George said as he paced in front of a crowd of Myaamia community members. “These stories can only be told after the first winter frost and up until the first thunderstorms bring the spring peepers and the thaw.”

The reason why the Myaamia winter stories are confined to a natural period of time is open to interpretation. There was a belief, George explained, that if told out of season, all the critters and frogs and nasty things in the world would crawl into the storyteller’s bed.

For George, it’s not so much the season that confines the stories, but the context. The stories carry the ages-old history of the Tribe — a history that is tied to a specific time and a specific place.

safe, like they were in a different world,” said sophomore Wyatt Butcher.

Butcher is currently in the process of applying for the Disney College Program. He went through the online application, the personality test and the phone interview. Now he has to wait until the end of the month to hear back from Disney.

Butcher said he was feeling a mix of emotions after the interview, but mostly nervous and excited.

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Hockey team travels near and far for the love of the game HOCKEY

EMILY SIMANSKIS THE MIAMI STUDENT

When the 3,200 seats at Coach Steve Cady Arena sit empty and the locker room echoes with silence, the 24 men’s ice hockey players will likely be on a bus or plane en route to their weekend competition.

Depending on how far away their destination is, the Brotherhood leaves Oxford on Wednesday or Thursday after taking care of their schoolwork with their professors earlier in the week. Their gear

is packed in bags beforehand, consisting of travel shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants and shoes. It all sat at the rink with their equipment, ready to be loaded onto the bus. The players’ personal bags carry homework, toiletries, a “goodie bag” of snacks and a pair of lucky underwear.

Usually, the team is lucky enough to travel on a bus with satellite television. The TV screens will be playing NHL Network or a Will Ferrell movie. There’s an unwritten rule that seniors sit in their own seats toward HOCKEY TRAVEL» PAGE 5

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This January, a coalition of Miami University students, faculty and administration joined the Myaamia Center in Miami, Oklahoma where the Myaamia Tribe held its Winter Gathering.

The first story George told at the Winter Gathering was the story of rabbit and bear. In the story, bear wants it to be night all the time so people would not find and kill him, but rabbit wants it to be day all the time. Rabbit and bear decide to have a shouting match around a fire to determine the winner.

In the story, it’s not made clear if the rabbit and the bear are really two humble, forest-dwelling creatures, or two greater beings in a violent battle.

The more and more George heard the story, the more he has come to identify it with the memory of a time when the Tribe lived in a place where it was dark for much of the year and light for much of the year. Whether people believe those periods of darkness and light were made possible by greater beings or not, the memory of living in that place has been carried through the story.

“When you think of these stories containing a deep memory of a cultural experience that’s over a thousand years old at the minimum, it’s really deeply meaningful,” George said. “While the story might not tell history, it’s a touchstone of the past when we have no other historical stories to reference.”

These deep meanings weren’t something George always recognized.

George remembers where he was the first time he heard a traditional Myaamia story — at a Myaamia gathering at the Seven Pillars in Indiana, on the Mississinewa River. He remembers an elder woman sitting down to read a story to a crowd of community members and children.

“It was a Wiihsakacaakwa (pronounced we-sock-uh-chockwuh) story — one where he ends up falling down a tree trunk and is trapped. She was reading this in English and it still didn’t make any sense to me,” George said. “We were babies wandering around in the dark then.”

In the story, several women come to free Wiihsakacaakwa with an ax. When they break the tree trunk open all they can see is Wiihsakacaakwa’s crotch and pubic hairs. They think it’s a black bear and call for the men to come kill it.

“So there is this elder woman reading this story to a bunch of kids and she gets to the part where the woman see the pubic hair,” George continued, chuckling. “There is just this moment

where she pauses and hiccups on the word.”

At that point, the Myaamia Tribe was in the beginning of their cultural revitalization, still struggling with how to fit very natural Myaamia traditions into daily lives that are dominated by modern American morals.

George said the Myaamia Tribe has to recognize that, today, an audience may come in with no understanding, just like he did.

“There were American morals at work in that story,” George said. But from a Myaamia perspective, there is this moment of hilarity based on the woman’s reaction. “Wiihsakacaakwa is an event by which our people have dealt with things that were not funny, like a lot of people do, by transforming them through humor into something they can process.”

For George, the story of Wiihsakacaakwa represents the Myaamia Tribe’s understanding of what happened during the fur trade era — of the irresponsible actions with hunting and trade and the darkness and violence that occurred because of it. The humor, George said, is just one way the tribe processes that horrible time period.

“These stories end up representing the whole realm of sticky philosophical dilemmas and my life would be impoverished without them,” George said. “The Cree storyteller, Louis Bird, says that their winter stories are the means by which Cree people wrestle with the unknown. And while we don’t have a Miami storyteller saying that on record, I think I can see the same trends.”

For George, the stories became the elders he didn’t have as a young person growing up surrounded by an overwhelming and confusing culture. In many ways, the stories, and the Myaamia language, become the elder to turn to.

“Growing up there were no fluent speaking, culturally knowledgable elders to talk to. So, for many of us, when we hear our stories, it’s as though the leaders of generations untold are living through them. Through them, I understand better. But I also understand now that my understanding will continue to develop.”

Revitalization: When Ian was in high school, he was dead-set on studying at the University of Chicago. He had lived his entire childhood life

completely disconnected from his Myaamia heritage. Growing up in Chicago, all he ever considered was his family in Michigan and Indiana.

“I had never even considered the family that I had in Oklahoma,” he said. “I had never considered the experience of all these tribal members who were now living in this very different landscape.”

He was surprised one day when his mom suggested he apply to Miami University, that she had heard it was a school where Myaamia could study with other tribal members. He knew nothing else about the school, but he decided to apply to placate his mom.

Now, Ian’s education at Miami has given him the opportunity to be the first person in six generations of his family to play an active role in the tribe.

“I applied on a whim and it ended up being one of the most pivotal decisions of my life,” Ian said. “It’s the most amazing story of the failure of the federal government’s attempt at snuffing out a culture. Some kid, who has spent the first decade of his life moving happily through a generational assimilation process, suddenly decides to break out of it. All on a whim.”

Ian knew that if he came to Miami, he would have the opportunity to learn the Myaamia language. That was the hook for him. What he didn’t know is that he would also fall in love with the cultural knowledge he would be exposed to at the same time.

“One of my favorite hobbies, today and at that point in my life, were languages. I love languages, because I have found that there was so much philosophy of a people embedded in their language.”

Like the winter stories and the moccasin game, the Myaamia language contains the genes of the Tribe’s history and culture — a history that has, at some times, been dark, and a culture they are passionately fighting to revitalize.

“Because a group of people were removed from their homeland. Because a group of people were the victims of a legitimated and focused effort to annihilate their culture and society,” Ian said. “Because as that group of people were trying to maintain the threads of continuity with their ancestors, things got lost.

And all of this is a way to bring that back.”

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Humans oƒ Oxford Running away from roommates, stress and campus

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He wears a pair of Nike Pegasus — lagoon blue with orange trimming. First-year Evan Crew does some cursory calf stretches on the stairs of the Rec Center.

The other runners do the same, each limbering their leg muscles.

Having run both cross country and track throughout high school, Evan was attracted to Miami’s Striders Running Club from the get-go. Some upperclassmen convinced him to practice with them, and he has since made fast friends. Content with his running buddies, Evan decided against going Greek in the spring.

Stretching complete, Evan and the others break into a jog down Chestnut Street. Their pace increases as they near Peffer Park, culminating in a steady stride with familiar chatter.

Evan moved into Thomson Hall with another strider at the start of his second semester. Although living on Western Campus comes with a commute, Evan finds his new roommate Jared to be his sarcastic complement.

The earth squishes beneath his soles as he enters the Western trailhead. Bounding up the hills is agonizing, but on the way down the rush of wind through his strawberry hair makes the climb worthwhile. In the distance Evan can see Four Mile Creek, but he does not stop to admire.

On the weekends they go on longer trips, often crossing the Indiana border. This summer Evan plans to run a marathon in Minnesota with two other guys from the club. There was a fourth, but he dropped out.

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Back in Oxford, Evan’s shins pound into the concrete by Farmer. They finish the loop at Yager Stadium before restocking carbs at Harris — an enduring tradition.

“Going on a nice, long run with friends is a great way to relieve stress,” Evan says. “There’s just something about running away from all the stresses of college life and hitting the trail.”

‘Vinyl’ has scope, but no execution TELEVISION

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Sex? Check. Drugs? Check.

Rock and roll? Double check.

A unique and well-crafted story with a powerful message? Eh … it’s getting there.

From creators Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter and Mick Jagger, HBO’s new series, “Vinyl,” is certainly entertaining. Filled with beautiful people, a soundtrack that provides a constant stream of rock classics and enough cocaine to put Scarface out of business, the show follows music executive Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) through the 1970s New York music scene.

When the show opens, Finestra is in the process of selling his sagging company, American Records, to German conglomerate, Polygram.

However, after having a reawakening at a New York Dolls gig where their performance of “Personality Crisis” literally brought the building crumbling to the ground, Richie tells the Germans to scram.

His epiphany at that earth-shattering performance reignites an intense passion for rock and roll. He abandons his formal suits in favor of Black Sabbath T-shirts. He starts doing copious amounts of blow, even though he had previously kept his nasty addiction at bay for years. He remembers why he loved rock and roll in the first place and,

instead of selling out, decides to reinvigorate his company by finding new acts.

The show feels like a rock song itself. Scorsese’s presence is immediately felt in the overlaying narration, constant, drum-heavy background music and the moving camera shots that zoom in and around the characters in action. At times, it feels like watching “The Wolf of Wall Street,” but whereas “Wolf” was a three-hour, non-stop rollercoaster, “Vinyl” often loses its rhythm, getting bogged down in drawn-out flashbacks and unnecessary subplots.

But, Vinyl’s main flaw so far is its lack of focus. The show is a celebration of rock music, but the main message can’t only be, “Fight the system! Let’s rock and roll!”

That narrative has been run into the ground. It has to go deeper.

It’s not like the pieces aren’t there. The show is chock full of wonderful secondary characters, but it doesn’t seem to be willing to use them. Ray Romano, playing Richie’s business partner Zak Yankovich, provides comic relief with his masterful deadpan delivery, but “Vinyl” has yet to delve any deeper into his character.

Olivia Wilde is a brilliant actress, but the writers seem content with giving more time to the “nagging, burdensome wife” aspect of her character than the “recovering drug addict and struggling wife and

mother” aspect.

The best of the lot is Juno Temple. She plays Jamie Vine, one of Richie’s secretaries who is trying to break into the business by discovering a new act. She also has a desk filled to the brim with a colorful assortment of drugs — uppers, downers and everything in between.

Despite being the best secondary character, she is not given nearly enough screen time. It often feels like hours in between her scenes.

In order to truly find a vision, it’s imperative that “Vinyl” digs deeper into its protagonist, as well.

The show wants to be about what makes great rock and roll, but it should really be about Richie Fenestra. The character Cannavale brings to life on the screen is that of a man torn between two lives — corporate sellout family man and high-intensity, passion-fueled rock machine. When he is the former, he sacrifices his own dream to make a decent living and maintain loving relationships with family and friends. When he is the latter, he basks in the glory of the rock and roll lifestyle — but at the expense of all of those around him. To make the leap from mediocre to great, “Vinyl” must zero in on this internal struggle.

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Down the stairs and around the corner, behind a heavy metal door and past the hostess stand, sits a man on a wooden stool wearing suspenders and a Bavarian hat. His name is Dave Hughes and he plays the accordion at Steinkeller.

“ZIGGY ZAGGY ZIGGY ZAGGY OI OI OI!” he shouts out as he finishes playing his accordion version of Taylor Swift’s, “Out of the Woods.”

He stops for a second, grabs his beer stein and takes a big gulp.

“Play ‘Free Bird!’” some customers shout.

“I was getting so psyched to play the next song! I’ll play that after!” he shouts back.

His mother, a French war bride, met her husband while he was serving for the U.S. military in France. They married and moved to Butler, Pennsylvania, where Dave and his sister were born. At three years old, Dave’s father died.

When he was nine, his mother took his sister and him on a world tour of Europe and Africa.

That was when he heard the accordion for the first time.

“My mother told me, ‘I want you to start taking lessons on an instrument. What instrument do you want to play?’” said Hughes.

“I told her I liked the sound of the musette and accordion.”

Fifty-four years later, Dave is still stretching the bellows of his accordion.

Dave received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory and taught music for over 35 years.

Now, when he’s not substitute teaching at Kramer Elementary School, he plays at festivals and gigs with his band, “The Polka Dots,” or solo at Steinkeller.

“I’ve been playing the Cincinnati Oktoberfest for years,” says Dave. “We’re playing the Bock Beer Festival next weekend down in Over-the-Rhine in Cincinnati.”

While at Steinkeller, Dave has established a “cult of a fan base” that cheer him on while he plays.

“People used to come here and cheer, ‘DAVE! DAVE! DAAAVID! DAAAVID!’” he says. “I’d play some pretty dirty raunchy songs for them, like ‘Colt 45’ and ‘Because I Got High.’”

Dave plays genres from pop to traditional German and everything in between.

Sometimes, he even lets customers sing in the microphone — but their beers have to stay at the table.

“He’ll do karaoke, and a lot of people will go sing with him,” says manager and bartender Mike Joseph. “It definitely helps keep people past the dinner hours. People come here because he’s here.”

Junior Alex McKeon sits at a table with his friends and a stein of beer. It’s his first time at Steinkeller and his first time experiencing Dave.

“It’s going well, I like it,” says Mckeon. “I dig the vibe.”

Dave continues to play the accordion while he sings along to the songs. The customers who requested ‘Free Bird’

Dave plays genres from pop to traditional German and everything in between. Sometimes, he even lets customers sing in the microphone — but their beers have to stay at the table.

walk up and drop a few bills in the plastic tip jar.

“They say ‘Free Bird.’ I’ve been playing ‘Free Bird’ for at least 30 years! They don’t think I can play it and so they holler it out, I play it, and then they think I can play anything,” says Dave.

But his favorite songs to play are “Kraftwerk” and “Das Model.”

Dave also considers himself a movie expert. His favorite movie? “Avatar.”

“That’s why I bought a 3D television. Large screen, HD, so I can watch it at my house,” Dave says. “The scene with the dragons is awesome.”

But, on March 17, Green Beer Day and St. Patrick’s Day, Dave won’t be home watching Avatar.

He’ll be at Steinkeller.

“I played 10 hours last Green Beer Day, and this year it’s St. Patrick’s Day, too. I’ll be here playing, probably like 10 hours.”

Dave plays his accordion Uptown every Thursday and Saturday night at Steinkeller.

50th annual Maple Syrup Festival begins at Hueston Woods this weekend EVENTS

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THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Hueston family built Hueston Woods State Park property around the production of maple syrup. The 50th annual Maple Syrup Festival is a celebration of the park’s origins and history.

“This event is important because maple syrup is integral to the origins of the park,” said naturalist Shawn

Conner. “It’s extremely rare in Ohio anymore to have a mature forest, and one of the main reasons it was never cut down was because of the Hueston family’s maple syrup production.”

Beginning with a delicious pancake breakfast at the lodge, visitors are then invited to tour many of the historical establishments on the property. The property boasts a historical pioneer barn, built in the 1800s, featuring antique farm equipment. These historical sites and artifacts are managed by the

Oxford Museum Association.

Visitors are then taken on a hayride into the Sugar Bush, where they can hike the trail and see the maple trees in order to learn about the maple syrup production firsthand. Guests can view the buckets hanging in the maple trees and watch as sap is collected to make syrup.

“This event celebrates a lot of history and it brings people out to the park, showing them how things were a long time ago. People are so rushed these

days so it’s a nice change of pace to show them how things may have been in a simpler time,” said Lori Jennings, assistant park manager of Hueston Woods.

Of course, sampling the maple syrup is also a part of the tour.

“This event is a great way to get people out of the house, to breathe some fresh air and take a walk in the woods,” said Jacki Schriever, administrative professional at Hueston Woods.

This educational and interactive event attracts families with young children and youth organizations, The festival expects as many as 800 guests each of the four days, with a projection of as many as 3,000 guests between the two weekends.

The festival will take place March 5 to 6 and March 12 to 13. The pancake breakfast is 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the cost of $6 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under. The maple syrup tours are from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m., at no cost.

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parent,” said Miller. “I love our family meal time … We try to have dinner time as a protected time to have meals together.”

She noticed when her collegeaged children return home, they appreciate and enjoy cooking and sharing a meal together more so than when they lived at home.

“Maybe it’s not family, but you have friends and people and a social meal where you can sit and enjoy the food and enjoy company and conversation,” said Miller. “It becomes a purposeful time.”

Chesser has supported Sanders since the beginning of the school year. She said she didn’t agree with Hillary but knew she wanted to vote Democrat.

Like Chesser, who at first didn’t know about Sanders, Froehlich said students have misconceptions about his candidate.

“Everyone on this campus is convinced he is an old crazy socialist,” Froehlich said.

“That’s the furthest thing from the truth. We are going to get the facts out.”

Froehlich is planning an event

for Sanders at Pulley Diner during which he plans to organize supporters into four groups: a phone bank, letter to the editor writers, door-to-door canvassers and flyer distributors.

As for the rest of the primary election, Froehlich is hopeful.

“In the Midwest and North, Bernie is just getting started,” Frohlich said.

Eacker also has hope for the rest of Sanders’ campaign.

“Bernie is not getting out of the race,” Eacker said. “He has a 50-state strategy and intends to run in all 50. He will not let all his volunteers down.”

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players and they’ll let their gear air out if it hasn’t had a chance since their previous practice. Depending on the time, they’ll head to the hotel, eat and relax until practice. Sometimes, there will be a workout at the hotel pool with the trainer to get their legs moving.

There is always a pregame skate on Friday morning, whereas, on Saturday, it depends on how hard the team played the night before, and the players will either participate in a dynamic stretch or team meeting. Some players manage homework during their down time, others are visited by parents, while most choose to relax and focus on the games.

“My first couple weeks were tough, you’re just getting in the swing of things,” LaValle said. “A lot of us played junior hockey for a couple years so we weren’t at school, so it was a lot to manage. Once you get into a routine, you kind of figure it out.”

After all, these players are student athletes, and when Morris spoke of both commitments, it was clear the team values hard work off and dedication on the ice.

“We’ve got business to do,” Mor-

ris said. “This is our job. We have a 24/7 job.”

Something the fans certainly don’t see are the bus rides back to Oxford after a taxing weekend — rows of seats filled with exhausted and, sometimes, defeated players. The competitiveness of the team makes the air thicker and the atmosphere heavier, and a loss is harder to swallow when the team arrives back on campus at 3 a.m. Sunday to schoolwork and a full week of classes.

But the players make it work — they understand that it’s what they have to do and, for the most part, they have fun doing it.

“It’s a lot of fun little, subtle things,” Morris said. “Someone always does something that’s funny and they get made fun of for it, but it’s all in good fun. Obviously we have an extremely close team, I think everyone understands that it’s your turn to get made fun of, it’s all part of it.”

When LaValle and Morris are asked what the hardest part about traveling is, it takes them moments to answer. LaValle says bus sleep — a small price to pay when they get to spend a season travelling with the team they love.

the back and freshmen pair up, something Kevin Morris, a senior forward, says is routine for most hockey teams and other sports.

“I’d say everything is team bonding,” Morris says. “Being on the road keeps you guys together and that’s a team bonding moment in itself.”

If their destination is farther away, which has been the case since the team began playing in the NCHC conference, they take over an airport and, on rare occasions, a chartered plane. But whether in an airport or on a bus, the guys enjoy being together without the weekly pressures of attending classes, going to practice and getting enough sleep — they eat most meals together and the upperclassmen are just as close to the freshmen as they are with each other.

“Not all the time are we able to all get together, especially with our school and class schedule and stuff.

But on the road, we have to be together,” said Zach LaValle, a freshman forward. “We’re a close team, but this gets everyone together at the same spot.”

After the ride, the bus or plane will be unpacked and cleaned by the

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“I want to find a company that I’m proud to work for and where I am going to grow,” he said. “Because it’s then that I’m going to find where I belong.”

Chapman will have held three professional internships with Disney after she graduates.

Disney plucks new full-time employees from its pool of professional interns, and she is a prime candidate. Chapman is an engineering major who has worked on multiple projects for the parks, including the lion enclosure in Animal Kingdom as well as planning and fixing minor issues with the “It’s a Small World” ride in four days.

“We solved a lot of little problems and fixed things that had never been solved before,” she said.

“Being able to just jump in head first was exciting.”

Chapman was the Disney College Program Representative at Miami for three semesters and often worked with Debbie Coleman, Miami’s academic curriculum coordinator for the Disney College Program, to send students to Disney World. Coleman participated in the Disney College Program in 1983.

The Disney College Program accepts around 7,000 students out of the 10,000 to 12,000 that apply from across the globe. Miami University sends around 50 interns to Disney each year, according to

Chapman.

Coleman herself teaches a Disney services marketing course during Miami’s winter term.

Students in her class go to Disney World in the last week of the course to see first-hand how Disney runs its business.

However, the program is not all magic and pixie dust.

Alexa Del Riesgo is currently now a park greeter at Magic Kingdom, but her original job was to be a character in the parks.

The physical demands of “being friends” with Stitch, as the cast members who play the characters are contracted to say, were very high.

“They work you to the bone,” Del Riesgo said.

The shifts were 12 hours long.

Cast members spend 30 minutes in the park in the costume and then 30 minutes backstage with the costume off. The heat and weight of Mickey Mouse is sometimes too much for people to handle. Del Riesgo lost 10 pounds during training.

Del Riesgo said she feels fortunate to still be a part of the program as a park greeter. And because she is the first and last person families see when they are at the park, she is still able to be a part of the Disney magic.

“Making those magical moments for families is something I love,” she said. “But magical moments were not worth the suffocation.”

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toes the delicate line between fun chaos and uncomfortable chaos. Like “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which we laugh at Jordan’s cocky, party-hardy lifestyle up until the moment he’s raping his wife, “Vinyl” makes us think about Richie’s new persona when he goes from speaking fervently about rock and roll to suddenly beating up his coworkers.

Whether or not “Vinyl” pulls it together in the coming weeks, HBO and the creators

can’t be criticized for taking a chance on this epic series. I’d rather have a complex show with a broad scope that ultimately flops than a new slew of formulaic, vanilla sitcoms and cop procedurals that pander to ratings. Like its own protagonist, “Vinyl” might not be great, but it understands the inherent greatness in taking creative risks.

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Spending time alone provides students an opportunity for solitude, selfishness EDITORIAL

Last issue, we ran a story about doing things alone — a habit that many of us on the editorial board practice.

Though the desire to be alone versus surrounded by others is partly a personal preference, we all agree there are benefits to having time by yourself, to relax and do what you want without worrying about the opinions of others.

As we talked, a few of us remembered specific moments in which we enjoyed solitude: One of us recalled attending a concert alone. He said it didn’t bother him, and what he found most troubling was that others kept trying to dance with him or start conversations he didn’t want to be a part of.

One set out to Washington, D.C. for a summer internship without knowing anyone there. Arriving two weeks before her roommates, she had the chance to explore the

The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board. city on her own.

“I took long runs at night, and that was how I learned to navigate the city,” she said. She went to museums by herself, cooked and ate by herself.

One editorial board member studied abroad in Europe and took independent trips. She said she relished sitting alone on trains, feeling content knowing all she was responsible for was herself, her bag of belongings and getting to her destination.

When you are alone, you can be selfish. In fact, this might be the only time in your life you can afford to do so, before the commitment of a fulltime job or the responsibility of raising a family. Everyone should take advantage of that.

While alone, you are on your own schedule and can move at your own pace, whether that means sprinting through the airport because you like to be at the gate early, or wander-

ing aimlessly through a city you’ve never visited before.

You don’t have to worry about anyone else or where they want to eat dinner or if they are having fun.

Being apart from your friends, and outside your comfort zone, can help you gain valuable life experience.

We are more willing to strike up a conversation with a stranger, or get lost in our own thoughts. We are forced to use our problem-solving skills, because no one is there to take care of us.

Not everyone has extravagant tales of life-changing moments or revelations that result from time spent in solace. However, we can all think of times where we are alone, whether we like it or not.

Many of us came to college alone, eager to start with a clean slate. It felt liberating to leave our pasts behind and recreate ourselves however we

wanted. We reveled in our newfound independence.

But then we joined clubs and made friends and established reputations — none of which are bad things, but they change how we view solitude.

Instead of enjoying time alone, we begin to worry about what people might think — will others judge us?

To avoid discomfort, people rely on technology. We’ve all seen it: students standing in line, or waiting outside their next class, eyes glued to illuminated iPhone screens.

We’re all guilty of it. We know we do it, but we don’t know why.

Why is it so foreign to us to make small talk with our peers? Why do we require constant entertainment?

Aside from pulling our attention out of the present and into the fake realities of the Facebook and Instagram worlds, our phones and other

technologies keep us on edge. We are never “alone” in the sense that we are constantly viewing images of others, seeing what they are doing and comparing ourselves.

So, while it might seem radical, we want you to try something.

Next time you’re walking on campus alone or waiting for the barista to finish your drink, and you reach into your pocket to grab your phone, ask yourself why. What is your motivation?

Are you refreshing feeds on all your apps because you’re bored?

Are you trying to seem busy?

Or, is it just a habit, and if so, wouldn’t it be a good one to break?

Instead of relying on your phone to distract you, focus on the moments of solitude in everyday life. You might discover you enjoy them more than you expected.

University uses in-house English proficiency test, offers additional resources ACADEMIC

TO THE EDITOR: The March 1, 2016 article titled “English proficiency exam may not reflect abilities” neglects a significant amount of information about the initial assessment and placement of international students using English as a second language, and about the support that is available to students throughout their academic careers.

For the past two years, the Miami University ESL Composition program has administered

its own in-house placement test for students arriving at the university whose Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores meet the requirements for full admission. The TOEFL is used only for preliminary placement. The test used by the ESL Composition program is designed and regularly updated by our own faculty, with important contributions from faculty in the American Culture and English (ACE) program. The test is administered during orientation with the invaluable support of the Office of International

Student and Scholar Services (ISSS).

Based on the results, students may be placed at the same level indicated by their TOEFL scores, or they may be moved to a higher or lower level. Our test is the product of years of discussions about the shortcomings of the TOEFL, and we have found that its results are a more reliable predictor of student performance in ESL Composition courses (English 108 and 109) and in other first-year writing courses.

Outside of ESL Composition and ACE, students have several

important resources that they can draw on throughout their years at Miami. The Department of English offers Writing Studios (ENG 104 and 105) that are open to all undergraduates, and that work with students on writing assignments from all majors.

Like all students, international/second language students can also schedule consultations at any Howe Writing Center location on campus. Howe has been one of our most important partners, and consultants are prepared to work with language learners on a wide array of writing issues in

any project. ACE also offers two courses that students can enroll in at any time for extra assistance, ACE 212 and ACE 310G. For verbal English development, ISSS offers the Global Buddies program, in which international and domestic students partner for conversations.

ANTHONY CIMASKO LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, ESL COMPOSITION

To secure democracy and equality, we must counter consumption and exploitation POLITICS

KYLE HAYDEN DESIGN EDITOR

Recent stories published in The Miami Student regarding the market fundamentalist group Turning Point USA have piqued my interest and I must return with some thoughts of my own.

We need to reorganize our political language so that it offers the least well off among us, the most vulnerable in society, a set of protections from the violent and exploitative mechanisms of global capitalism if our project of civilization is to continue.

First, I must dispose of an accusation I get often: I do not “feel the Bern” because I do not believe that a “political revolution” will emerge from the Democratic Party.

I am not “feeling the Bern.” Our elections (as free markets would have it) are products to be bought and sold. The vainglorious pitches for the seat of President merely temporarily salve the grievances of the working class and the poor.

You might notice that among these grieving voices, there is a lot of anger: people feel violated, and rightly so. We need to learn to name the system.

Recently, some folks at a Turning Point USA booth in the student center handed me some pamphlets.

Enclosed in the pamphlet “Capitalism Cures,” there was an image mocking people who “get together to protest ‘evil corporations’” with various arrows pointing to the objects protestors were wearing, carrying and using for communication (like cell phones, bags and coats). Not only is this civically threatening, as we have the right to assemble, to protest, it is dead to history.

This is to suggest that in order to change the system by which things are produced and distributed, we should do and use nothing at all.

It is the rhetorical equivalent of opponents of the French Revolution saying, “You [protestors] know you’re using the King’s gunpowder, right?” This is an infantile gesture and consequently, using Internet “meme” images isn’t a convincing or effective way to prove your point.

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Turning Point and its members, although they claim to be, are not a persecuted minority.

There is no “liberal majority on campuses across the nation.”

There exists a huge political paralysis among young people thronging through universities. There exists a false left-right dichotomy.

There is nothing insightful or rebellious about trying to prop up and expand the system that is responsible for the suffering of so many which this group now points to as the solution: “if only markets were truly freed …” they insist, and our policy-makers mostly reflect this ideology.

Kayford, West Virginia is but one place where the market is truly freed. When I visited last year to survey the effects of mountain top removal mining, it was clear the WV DEP (Dept. of Environmental Protections) is emphatically “in bed” with the coal industry.

The DEP sincerely does nothing to protect the environment, animals or humans. Companies are free to do what they wish.

Is that market freedom? Absolutely. Does it result in cancer, mental illness, drug addiction, poverty and death? Yes. Since the mining process is ‘regulated’ by environmental safety officials lacking a conscience,

heavy metals and other hazardous by-products of the mining process leech into streams and water supplies, killing fish, making it impossible to grow food, poisoning people and causing a heightened incidence of cancer in the area.

Stories on mountain top removal were published in The Miami Student and I urge readers to find and read them.

Under the free market, to quote from Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations:” “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, brewer or baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”

Greed (personal aims) drives the system and human needs are met as a by-product.

This is something economist Duncan Foley refers to as “Adam’s Fallacy” (the title of Foley’s book). If we follow this self-serving logic to its conclusion, if we allow no other values than greed to govern the social, political and economic life, we find that our ecological commons will be privatized, consumed and exhausted.

These arguments for freeing the market fall short of acknowledging that free markets are simply currently the way things are being done. We must maintain the capacity and the imagination to

create something else beyond what Albert Einstein called “the predatory phase of human development” — that is, capitalism.

Fran Lebowitz, author behind the film “The Wolf of Wall Street” once said: “No one earns 100 million dollars, people earn 50 thousand dollars a year. People make 10 dollars an hour. You steal 100 million dollars.”

This is an over-simplification of the idea of free markets, however.

Author and political philosopher Slavoj Žižek has plenty to say about “freedom of choice” in his new book “Trouble in Paradise: from the end of history to the end of capitalism.” Žižek writes: “Recall the ongoing debate about universal healthcare in the United States. Republicans who claim that a policy for universal healthcare deprives individuals of their freedom of choice, but they are effectively promoting a freedom of choice without actual freedom of choice.” “…What the Republican opponents of universal healthcare are unable to see is how state-imposed universal healthcare functions as a safety network that enables the majority to enjoy a much wider space of free endeavors.”

In 2009 the Harvard Gazette reported a study published in the Journal of American Health. The study

estimated around 45,000 Americans die each year because of lack of health coverage. This is a moral abomination, a shame to our character as a nation.

To suggest that everything be “freed,” every part of life turned into a site of commercialization and transaction, is to suggest it is good to profit off the death and suffering of others denied healthcare just as the arms and defense industries profit from death and suffering.

Literature from Turning Point USA suggests that government regulation is the reason that companies move overseas. It’s certainly not that: workers in other countries are currently systematically denied the protections and rights workers have fought for in Europe and the United States over the previous centuries. This means that costs are lower. We have to acknowledge that with each “savings” in cost, we must accept another “with” in terms of human rights violations.

Cheap labor? Well, OK: then suffering, low wages, no rights, inhumane conditions, and so on. This is your freedom. This is your purhasing “power” at work. I don’t care if I can get a coffee maker for 16 dollars when 30 million people go hungry in the United States every day.

We need to realize that our freedom can only be recognized as such when a complex network of legal, ethical, educational, economic conditions exist as what Žižek calls the “invisible thick background of the exercise of our freedom,” which is the leisure time to which the Turning Point literature cites as a motivator for freeing markets.

What we need, instead of just pushing free markets to their logical conclusion, is to imagine something else.

Where instead of trading time and life for a wage, products would not be produced merely for the turning of capital into garbage.

Capitalism necessitates waste, and capitalism is already bumping up against ecological limits.

This so-called free market has immeasurable obstacles to confront if the project of civilization is to continue.

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Curiosity and campus tours: Students on display at the King Library zoo LIFE

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We’ve all heard the tall tale about that one cat that got itself killed because of curiosity. Maybe the cat was curious as to how long it could nap on the street, or maybe curiosity drove the cat to drive drunk during a rainstorm.

We don’t know. The audience is left, ironically, curious as to how that one cat met its fate. Of course, cats do not speak English; the axiom is directed instead at we curious humans, lest we let our curiosity drive us to madness and death.

I’m still alive and quite curious myself, as evidenced by random questions like, “how did that get there?” or “what’s that smell?”

A journey to Nuremberg with my friend Todd further proves my unbounded curiosity — which equals that of a cat who wanders a historic German city with its friend, Todd.

Being our snooping selves, the two of us ignored the un-mesmerizing museums and insisted on leading our own impromptu tour

of the city.

I recall going to a grocery store (Aldi), a German bookstore (visited twice without any purchases), a toy store showcasing mini plastic penguins (I bought one) and the strip district. Well, we actually never discovered what to call this part of town, so I decided to call it the strip district because, you know, strippers.

After traversing the archaic moat bridge of the inner city, Todd and I stumbled upon this strange area. Not surprisingly, neither of us were prepared for the showcased prostitute and her friends at the brothel, promiscuously waving in our general direction. Expecting that would be like expecting ice cream in church instead of Communion. It was startling.

Having lost our way and, of course, our cool, we bolted for the bus stop and failed to make sense of the nauseating nonsense. To my dismay, we had also lost any chance of re-revisiting the German bookstore.

I still wonder what those women in the brothel were thinking as

Todd and I sprinted off into the distance. Then again, I’d have to translate those thoughts, too, so the activity bores me.

Instead, I imagine myself in a similar situation, which is not the least bit difficult with a library on campus. I frequent the library on weekends, a time when campus

Knowing my role as a quasi-animal in an academic zoo, I force myself to act as such.

tours spike and the library becomes a zoo. Literally.

At the big book building, I’ll be reading or writing or breathing away with my pen in my ear for hours. Then, almost as if my time there was conditional, I notice the tour groups and their expectant eyes enter my home.

What are they expecting? You can never be too sure, but I hope

they never expect me to strip for them. Maybe in Nuremberg, but not in a library in America. Gross.

So, with the tour guide spouting off his spiel about the library’s free laptops (paid for by tuition), the tour group’s collective eye begins to wander about the temporary zoo.

Noticing a shared sense of curiosity, I try my best to let them know I’m there. Sure, staring at an audience member is effective, but ultimately all too creepy given the setting. Knowing my role as a quasi-animal in an academic zoo, I force myself to act as such.

I could easily be another animal and continue typing. I could just as easily throw a fit and flip the many tables and desks which encage me.

But that would be out of character.

I like to find a middle ground.

For me, that means demonstrating to the crowds how one shoves a fist into his mouth. If I’m lucky enough, a few of the extremely curious will look back, wondering if I could please do it again.

On one of these occasions, I truly do make eye contact. The

recipient, to my dismay, comes no closer, but rather stares on with an expression that seems to cry out “I have something to tell you!!” But silence captures his words.

“Cat got your tongue?” I craved to say, but I was held back for a few reasons.

First, as an animal, I had to stick to the script. Animals don’t talk. Dogs bark, parrots mimic (and sometimes bark), but they never talk.

Second, and more importantly, I know that a person doesn’t hold back questions because a crafty cat has successfully anchored itself to their tongue. Although that would be a wonderful excuse.

Eventually the charade concludes and the zoo closes; the tour groups vanish with the passing weekends; and time and again I find myself, a curious zoo attraction, unscathed and pulsing with more curiosity. Kills the cat? Sure, but satisfaction brought it back.

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MADDIE’S MATTERS MADDIE LEPLANTE-DUBE COLUMNIST

“If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?”

(Donald Trump on Twitter, April 16, 2015) “I have a great relationship with the blacks. I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks.” (Donald Trump on Albany’s Talk 1300, April 14, 2011) “I have black guys counting my money … I hate it. The only guys I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes all day.” (Donald Trump - USA Today, May 20, 1991) “I don’t have a racist bone in my body.” (Donald Trump - “Entertainment Tonight,” July 1, 2015) “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” (Donald Trump on Twitter, Nov. 6, 2012) “I’m intelligent. Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent.” (Donald Trump in Fortune, April 3, 2000) In the words of John Oliver, “Our main story [is] about Donald Trump. We can’t believe we’re saying that either.”

I write this article knowing that any press, even tiny college-newspaper press, is good press for Donald Trump at this point in his campaign. But there comes a point when we all need to address the elephant in the room. The elephant: Trump might become the next commanderin-chief of the United States.

Nothing makes sense anymore, not with the support that our infamous likely Republican candidate has somehow garnered by literally just being a terrible person.

He’s wild, he’s unpredictable, he’s radical, he’s angry — at least, that’s what the headlines are saying.

But Trump’s a complicated man.

He’s also a racist, sexist, unreliable, narcissistic pathological liar who will run this country into the ground. Usually, I try to keep these opinion articles pretty fair, but it has gotten to a point in the race for presidency where tact has totally gone out the window.

Donald Trump will not be able to run this country. I beg everyone who is reading this and supports Trump in any way to please do some research into who he actually is. This article can serve as your starting point.

First, he’s inconsistent. In 1999, he stated to the Associated Press that abortion “is a personal decision that should be left to the women and their doctors.”

Sound advice. But in a January 2016 opinion article in the Washington Examiner, he shifted completely.

“Public funding of abortion providers is an insult to people of conscience at the least and an affront to good governance at best,” he said.

This is not to start a debate on the morality of abortion. It’s to show that he is willing to string people, women especially, along to please the majority. Does he want women to make their own choices with their bodies or does he want to limit their abilities to do so?

He also has a super unreliable stance on guns.

“If you had more guns, you’d have more protection because the right people would have guns,” he said, according to Voice of America.

His logic revolves around the idea that, if more people carried guns on them all of the time, less people would be killed during inevitable mass shootings. Infallible logic, clearly. What about real background checks? What about shrinking the power of the NRA? Nah. Probably should throw more guns around.

Third, he has little-to-no value for human life, American or otherwise.

“I will … quickly and decisively bomb the hell out of ISIS,” he said in a campaign ad.

But it’s this idea about violence that is driving so many people out of the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. We’ve seen how well blind bombing works with the United States and Russia’s airstrikes in Syria, with some claims saying that Russian airstrikes have killed hundreds of civilians. Even the United States, in January 2016, recently admitted to killing Syrian civilians in an airstrike during the summer of 2015, including children.

But bomb the hell out of ISIS, Trump. That only means you’ll have to bomb parts of Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and more. And what about the splinter groups hiding in Europe and North America?

Not only that, but what about our troops? How many men and women are we willing to sacrifice at the hands of a man who will never see war?

Trump leading the polls is not funny, nor is it normal even in our time of sensationalism. I understand that terrorism has reached an alltime horror level. I understand that we’ve been through deep and unsettling economic change. Trump’s “anger” is justified. But I am begging America to reconsider. Think of the man, not the legend. Trump is not qualified to run our country.

Super Tuesday, when 11 states hold primary elections for the presidential race, left the American public with a pretty clear picture of its political future. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and real estate mogul Donald Trump emerged as the likely nominees for the parties.

I don’t know about you, but I’m terrified.

Clinton’s career has been plagued by scandals. In our lifetime, she’s had a private email server and screwed up in Benghazi. As First Lady, she faced the Supreme Court for subpoenaed records from her law firm. She also stood by her adulterous husband after he publicly humiliated her by having an affair with an intern. If she can’t stand up to her husband, how can we expect her to stand up to terrorist organizations such as ISIS and Boko Haram?

Donald Trump is also unfit to govern the country. He’s horribly offensive, outwardly racist and openly sexist. He has ridiculous and politically impossible ideas. He wants to prevent all Muslims from entering the country and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Furthermore, his “success” in real estate and development is actually underwhelming. He inherited and subsequently lost millions of dollars from his father. Some of his business ventures, like Trump Vodka and Trump Magazine, failed. He’s not exactly the groundbreaking businessman he claims to be.

Neither the Democratic nor Republican frontrunners are fit to uphold the values of the United States.

Clinton isn’t trustworthy and has abused the power that’s been given to her. Trump is a straight-up liar who accepted an endorsement from a former Ku Klux Klan leader. I frankly don’t want either of them in the Oval Office next year.

Last January, I went abroad to New Delhi, India, for an art trip.

Pursuing a journalism and economics degree, I wasn’t really there to make art. I really just wanted to see the Taj Mahal and drink chai and learn about the Indian culture.

We stayed at an artist residency with professional artists from France, Brazil and areas in India. I befriended a sculptor from Ahmedabad, in the southern part of the country. I was much more interested in the political situation of the country, so I asked him about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi had been elected about six months before I arrived in India. His face was on bus stops and metro stations and billboards everywhere I turned. I was curious about what my artist friend had to say. He wasn’t a big fan. I asked him if he voted for Modi. He said no. Naturally, the next question was who

did he vote for.

“No one,” he said. “I voted for no one.”

I nodded, knowingly. Artists can be radical, countercultural. I could understand why he may not have voted.

“So you just didn’t vote?” I said.

“No, I voted. I just voted for nobody,” he said.

This obviously caught my attention. I’ve only voted in one election, but when I sent in my absentee ballot in 2012, I definitely didn’t see “nobody” as an option for president.

My friend explained that voting for nobody was a way to exercise your democratic right to vote, but still voice that you don’t

Neither the Democratic nor Republican frontrunners are fit to uphold the values of the United States. support or agree with any of the candidates on the ballot. In India, the vote for “none of the above” is called Rule 49-0.

In 2014, the NOTA option got 1.1 percent of the vote in India. In a country the size of India, that’s 6 million people. A significant chunk of the population voted by dissenting from all of the viable candidates.

In January 2015, I never anticipated that we’d be at the point where a “nobody” vote would be a viable option for the presidential election in America. Surely we’d have qualified candidates leading the polls ... right?

Now it’s March 2016 and I’ve proven myself wrong. We have a scandal-ridden Democrat and a lying bigot Republican as the frontrunners for the leader of the free world. I know nothing’s set yet — Sen. Bernie Sanders could upset Clinton in the next few primary states. Trump could fall short of the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination.

But if that doesn’t happen? I’ll find myself at the polls in November trying to decide between the lesser of two evils. I’d feel guilty voting for either. A vote for “nobody” would be a popular choice among any sane Republican, anti-Hillary Democrat, and pretty much every millennial who self-identifies as “socially liberal but fiscally conservative.”

A NOTA vote is a viable option for American politics, especially given our current field of leading candidates. If this trend of demagogue candidates continues in the future, state legislatures should consider adding a “nobody” vote on their ballots.

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flag on one condition: he could only wave it when nothing was happening on the ice so that it wouldn’t be a distraction. But, he decided to push the rule by putting lights on it.

“Ever since then, I’ve been the guy with the light-up hockey stick.”

Yonka has been a season ticket holder and a member of the Blue Line Club since 2007 and has attended every home game. He said other sports in the Cincinnati area can’t compare to what Miami hockey provides.

“When you go to a [Cincinnati] Cyclones game, people are there to build beer can pyramids and cheer for fights,” he said. “You come to a Miami hockey game, and there’s people out there on the ice playing because they want to achieve the next level. I come to these games to see player development not only from freshman to senior through the years, but how they get better every day. What Coach Blasi and the players have tried to put together as the Brotherhood is so

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With 70 seconds left in the third period, Miami led 3-0, courtesy of a one-timer from senior left-winger Kevin Morris and a backhanded goal on a rebound from freshman left-winger Keifer Sherwood. Colorado College pulled goaltender Tyler Marble for an extra skater, but junior left-winger Anthony Louis put an exclamation point on the victory with an empty net goal at the 19:59 mark.

Though the game was over, fans stayed standing at their seats to complete the fourth sieve chant and recognize the players’ ritual post-game stick salute at center ice.

Lissa and Brian Martin, both wearing oversized game-worn jerseys, were some of the last people to leave their spots.

“Swoop’s Stoop” was sewn in large block letters into the name plate of Lissa’s jersey. She won the commemorative Swoop’s Stoop one-game only jersey in a team auction in 2012.

“The player who wore this one warmed up in front of us,” she said.

“That’s why I wanted his jersey.”

Brian’s jersey was worn by a player during the 2012-13 season — Miami’s last season as a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.

“I think on an average night, Miami puts on a better display of hockey than, say, the Cyclones do on an average night,” Brian said. “The skills out here are generally better.”

The Oxford locals traveled to Cleveland on Feb. 20 for a Lake Erie Monsters hockey game to cheer for Trent Vogelhuber, a ’12 alum of Miami’s hockey program.

The Martins have been attending hockey games at Miami for eight years. They said it’s hard to pick one memory as a favorite, and the players and Goggin’s atmosphere are the reasons why.

“I was impressed with the team when they did their autograph night,” Lissa said. “They were coming off a loss, and they were just so happy that the fans were there, thanking us for showing up … this is something we’ve fallen in love with.”

we want to manage our rotation and bullpen,” Hayden said. “We don’t have guys in the right spot, but there is a lot of talent and we will get them in the right spot.”

The last meeting between TTU and MU was in 2014 when the Golden Eagles swept the ’Hawks in a two-game series.

Miami’s 3-3 starting raecord through the first six games is the best the Red and White have seen since the 2012 season, when they

also began 3-3. Since 2003, Miami has not had a record better than .500 through the first six games of the season.

“We just have to stay focused on getting better everyday,” Hayden said. “We have the pieces to have success, and it’s our job as coaches to put guys in the right spots to be able to succeed and win ball games.”

The three-game series begins at 3 p.m. Friday in Cookville, Tenn.

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ally kind of fueled our desire to get the story done and get it out there before the public so that somebody could bring an end to this.”

Patricia Newberry, a senior lecturer in journalism, experienced the aftermath of this article and how it changed the way people think about Catholic priests and journalism in general.

“The Boston Globe is considered the first to open the priest pedophile scandal, and other organizations followed,” said Newberry. “[It] broke loose a major scandal in the American church that is reported on even today over in Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Journalists have played a role in releasing this information.”

Newberry said the film powerfully portrayed the importance of journalism.

“I saw the movie when it came out opening night in Cincinnati,” said Newberry. “It completely overwhelmed me — the quality, themes, and I was completely [shocked] by the journalism and the priests in Boston.”

Newberry was not the only one inspired by the team’s stories and the film adaptation. Richard Campbell, chair of the Media, Journalism and Film Department, found the film to be a step forward for journalism.

“Spotlight is one of the best movie portrayals of good journalism and how difficult and complex it is to do that,” said Campbell.

“As an institution, journalism is not held in high regard since there is bad journalism and it is treated with the same broad brush. This is a great example of good journalism and people have to make the distinction between that.”

While professors at Miami applaud the story and its film adaption for exemplifying good journalism, Robinson was impressed with the reception of the film.

“It was surreal. It was a small miracle that the film was made at all because it is very difficult to get financing for it since it doesn’t have car chases and explosions,” said Robinson. “The fact that it got made, was made so well, did so well with views and in the end one best picture, it is very heartening that the Academy would recognize the importance of the film.”

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In his Miami career, McKay posted a 2.37 goals against average and a .917 save percentage with a 34-35-8 record. He was named to the conference all-rookie team in the 2012-13 season.

Though he is still enrolled in classes at Miami, he is not practicing with the team, and he was not recognized on senior night.

“Justin [Roethlingshoefer, strength and conditioning coach] has been available for any kind of workouts that he might want to do on his own,” Blasi said.

“So we’ve been very accommodating with anything that he might need, other than being with the team.”

Freshman Evan McCarthy is Williams’ backup. He has no collegiate game experience.

McKay did not respond to an interview request by the time of publication.

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or parking lots or buildings — anywhere you have a high likelihood of a person being present,” said Jessica McQuigg, a Ph.D. candidate for biology at Miami.

“There is also a necessity for users of natural areas to be aware of these falling limbs.”

Jim Reid, the field manager of the Miami University Trails and Natural Areas, said ash trees make up about 40 percent of the woodlands in Oxford. Currently, about 650 ash trees have become infested with the emerald ash tree, though it is estimated that all ash trees will eventually become infected. Because of the danger this can pose to users of the trail, certain ash trees that have become extremely infested and have extremely brittle, long branches are in the process of being removed.

“The implication is that tree should be removed soon in order to eliminate the chance of having some kind of property or human damage or casualty,” McQuigg said. “When it comes to the maintenance teams, it really comes down to addressing these dying trees as quickly as possible before it becomes a hazard to public safety.”

Another option is to treat the trees with chemicals. This can be done by injecting chemicals directly into the tree. However, this method has its drawbacks.

“Research has been done and it should be effective, but it will have to be repeated every few years, potentially forever,” Gorchov said.

“There are still going to be female emerald ash borers potentially laying eggs. It’s effective, but expensive. It’s not feasible in the natural areas where there are thousand of ash trees.”

Miami has introduced this chemical treatment, in hopes that it may be able to save some of the trees.

Unfortunately, McQuigg says, not all the trees can be salvaged this way.

“In my experience, when determining whether or not to save certain trees, you have to consider two things: what is the value of that tree to your landscape and what is the value of that tree historically?”

McQuigg said. “When it comes down to it, we can’t save every ash tree, not with the methods we have to use. It’s not economically profitable, beneficial, and logically, we just couldn’t do it.”

With the likelihood that so many ash trees will be lost, Reid noted the importance of being aware of nature’s processes.

“These are the natural areas. In nature, things occur that change the status quo. This is changing the status quo, but for good or bad, I don’t know,” Reid said. “This is just part of the evolution of nature.”

Despite the increase in tree death, Gorchov noted hope for the long-term life of ash trees, as scientists are making efforts to discover emerald ash borer resistant trees.

“The U.S. Forest Service has done a great job collecting seeds of ash trees all over the country and are growing them up in areas where they are protected from emerald ash borer, and they are trying to find certain trees that have resistance so that they can cross breed them,” Gorchov said. “So maybe, decades from now, we’ll have recovering ash populations helped by the forest service and natural selection.”

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Locals fans on MU hockey: ‘Something we’ve fallen in love with’ FEATURE

GRACE REMINGTON SPORTS EDITOR

A light-haired 12-year-old girl with freckles and glasses sat a few rows behind the glass at Steve “Coach” Cady arena, carefully examining the ice where the Miami University hockey team played against Colorado College.

Erin Johnson, a local Miami hockey fan for almost 10 years, wore a hat resembling a Miami hockey helmet, red and white beads and a red and white zebra-patterned scarf.

She’s been attending Miami hockey games with her father, Mike Johnson, since she was 4 years old.

The family has held season tickets since 2006 — the first year Goggin Ice Center opened.

On Feb. 27, Miami’s senior night, Erin held a white poster that read “thank you seniors” in large red letters. The face of a RedHawk was pasted in the top right corner.

Sean Kuraly, the team captain,

is her favorite. When Erin’s school teacher assigned a paper on someone who demonstrates perseverance, Kuraly was her subject of choice.

“We met Sean during the autograph night, and he was nice enough to give us his email,” Mike said. “So she had some correspondence with him back and forth for her paper. It was very nice that he did that.”

When it’s game time in Oxford, the Johnsons drive an hour and 20 minutes from their home in Cincinnati. Erin said she can name all the Miami players, and her favorite memory is the season when her family sat behind the opposing team’s bench. Players and managers would hand her broken sticks and pucks.

The Johnsons’ favorite cheer is the “sieve” chant, in which fans celebrate a Miami goal by shunning the opposing goaltender.

On senior night, they got to hear it four times ­ — Miami shut out Colorado College 4-0 in its last

regular season home game.

Senior defenseman Taylor Richart was first to put the ’Hawks on the board. He ripped a wrist shot from the right point to give Miami a 1-0 lead 13:04 into the second period.

During the celebration, Aaron Yonka, sitting in section four at center ice, waved a Miami flag attached to a hockey stick, taped red and decorated with red lights.

A ’96 Miami alum, Yonka bought the flag in the spring of ’92 while he was a student. He originally had taped the flag to a yardstick.

“When I had opportunity to come back into the area after moving away after school, I contacted the staff here,” he said. “I said ‘hey, I’d like to come back and bring my flag and put it on a hockey stick. I realize that’s outside of the normal rules, what would it take to make that a reality?’”

Goggin officials called Yonka and said he could bring the beloved HOCKEY »PAGE 8

Miami boxing club says goodbye to Withrow Court in last invitational BOXING

ERIC BULLER

GUEST COLUMNIST

The boxing room in the second floor corner of Withrow Court comes alive every afternoon at 4 p.m. with the sounds of athletes grunting through difficult cardio workouts, the thumping of heavy bags and punching mitts and the scuffling sound of feet bouncing and sliding across the ring canvas.

The two-minute round bell goes off continuously throughout practice, telling the members to move quickly to the next exercise. Sometimes it can barely be heard over the thumping of workout music that keeps everyone motivated.

The Miami University Boxing

TWO MINUTE DRILL:

KATHIE WOLLNEY

POSITION: Hurdles YEAR: Senior HOMETOWN: Cary, Illinois

How long have you been running track?

I started back in eighth grade, but back then I also played competitive soccer, basketball and volleyball. My freshman year of high school was when I really started to get serious about track, so I quit my other sports to focus on running.

Club hosts the Miami Collegiate Boxing Invitational each spring. During the event, Miami boxers, who have been training since August, take on competitors from schools across the East and Midwest.

What makes this year’s invitational more special is that it is the last one hosted in the fabled Withrow Court Gymnasium. As the maintenance of Withrow Court has become untenable, the University has directed Withrow Court to be demolished this summer to make way for a new residence hall.

The old gym has been the home for the Miami Boxing Club for many years.

“Withrow’s Boxing room became my favorite my place on campus very quickly,” club president and

Miami junior Rahsaan Guyon said.

“Since my freshman year as I learned the ropes of college life, the boxing club gave me an outlet for the frustrations of college life. It soon transformed into a passion. Withrow’s boxing room is where I sweat and bleed, honing my skills in pursuit of the national title. It’s also the place I’ve made some of my closest friendships on campus.”

The Boxing Club has grown to more than 100 students by encouraging recreational membership.

Students are taught basic boxing fundamentals and can participate in all activities up to speed and heavy bag punching and mitt-work. More committed athletes progress to spar-

What’s your favorite Miami memory?

Do you wash them?

I think my favorite time or memory from my time here at Miami has definitely been from last fall to now with the cross-country and track teams. Watching the team grow and develop in the face of so much adversity, with so many coaching and staff changes. It’s been so cool to see everyone come together and become even closer than before.

Occasionally.

If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

Abraham Lincoln. We have the same birthday, so there’s obviously a special connection between us.

He’s definitely my all-time favorite historical figure.

My first thought is speed, but that’s way too basic. I think I’ll go with invisibility, so I could sneak around and hear lots of gossip.

Who’s your funniest teammate?

Any fun facts about you?

I have to say Jess Baker, my roommate. We balance each other out, and we’re always laughing when we’re together. It’s probably because we’re both very weird.

In second grade, someone fell on my face and broke my two front teeth in half. I went to the dentist, and he decided to glue the broken pieces back on. They were fine for eight years, then I was chewing gum at state track my freshman year and they fell out.

Do you have any weird pregame rituals?

I used to have a bunch, but I got way too superstitious. I used to take shots of honey before races for the sugar rush, but I stopped doing that a while ago. I still always race in the same pair of socks, though.

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If you had to choose one teammate or coach to be stuck with on an island, who would it be?

I know I’m going to regret saying this, but probably Coach Peterson.

He has experience as an EMT/firefighter, so he brings a lot of knowledge to the table.

Was that before, during, or after your race?

After, thankfully.

Headlines beyond Oxford: Tom Brady could again face a four-game suspension for Deflategate after three judges questioned his lawyer’s defense Thursday, during the NFL’s appeal to reinstate the suspension. The judges said Brady’s phone destruction is “overwhelming” evidence.

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Senior left-winger Kevin Morris celebrates his third period goal in Miami’s 4-0 win against Colorado College on Feb. 27. Morris has 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) and 69 shots this season.

RedHawks seek fourth playoff seed at Duluth HOCKEY

HARRISON SCHWARZ STAFF WRITER

Home-ice advantage for the conference post-season is on the line as the Miami University hockey team (15-14-3, 9-11-2-2 National Collegiate Hockey Conference) travels to University of Minnesota-Duluth (13-14-5, 9-10-3-1 NCHC) this weekend.

The ’Hawks are tied with the Bulldogs at fourth place in the NCHC standings at 31 points. If Miami wins both games this weekend, it will claim the last home ice spot for the playoffs. If the two-game series is split, Miami loses the tiebreaker because Duluth would have the better head-to-head win percentage.

The two teams faced off earlier in the season in Oxford. They tied 1-1 on Jan. 8, and Duluth won 5-2 on Jan. 9. UMD holds a 5-3-1 lead in the all-time series.

“We know Duluth is very good hockey team,” head coach Rico Blasi said. “Our focus is on our preparation and making sure we’re ready to go and that we go into Friday’s game playing well. We know we have to play our best to give ourselves an opportunity and that’s what we’re going to do.”

The RedHawk offense has become more adept at finding the back of the net in the second half of the season.

From Oct. 3 through Dec. 5, the team averaged 2.29 goals per game. Since Jan. 2, the team is averaging 2.94 goals per game – a .65 goals increase.

Since Jan. 23, the team is averaging

3.3 goals per game.

“I think there’s a lot of factors to explain why we’re scoring more goals,” Blasi said. “Our game is a little more determined. We’re making better decisions away from the puck. We’re making better decisions with the puck. At the end of the day, I think our team is just in a much better place and has a better mindset. All those things combined allow you to get good looks at the net and good second effort looks.”

Senior forward and captain Sean Kuraly has 16 points and is +12 in the last 16 games, after recording just six points and a -5 rating in his first 16 games. After earning just two points in his first eleven games, freshman forward Keifer Sherwood has 14 points in his last 19 games with seven goals.

Senior goaltender Jay Williams has been just as instrumental to MU’s success. Williams has allowed two goals or fewer in 10 of his 14 starts since Jan. 3, going 10-3-1 in that span with a 1.87 goals against average and a .929 save percentage. He also has not allowed a goal in his last 142:30 in the crease.

Senior forwards Tony Cameranesi (9 goals, 20 assists) and Austin Farley (13 goals, 13 assists) are the Bulldogs’ top two scorers. Sophomore goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo holds a 1.94 goals against average and a .924 save percentage with a 13-13-5 record. UMD has allowed two goals or less in its last six contests.

The puck drops at 8:07 p.m. Friday and at 8:07 p.m. Saturday in Duluth, Minn.

2008

TODAY IN HISTORY

Brett Favre retires (for the first time) after 16 seasons with the Packers. In June, Favre decides to return to the NFL. After much speculation, Favre retires in 2010, after one season with the Jets and two with the Vikings.

’Hawks return to Tennessee for three games BASEBALL

BRYAN WILLS

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After a weekend in which the Miami University baseball team scored 29 combined runs in back-to-back wins at the Mule Mix Classic in Nashville, Tenn., the RedHawks (33) travel back down south to take on Tennessee Tech University (4-3) this weekend.

“It was a pretty good weekend,” manager Danny Hayden said about the team’s last outing. “Campbell was a dog fight and Middle Tennessee State was probably the best game we’ve played all year.”

Freshman left-handed pitcher

Zach Spears earned his first collegiate win last Sunday at Middle Tennessee after tossing six innings of four-hit ball. He allowed just two runs.

Redshirt sophomore infielder Ross Haffey was named MidAmerican Conference East Division Player of the Week after an 8-for-15 performance at the Mule Mix Classic that included two grand slams, 13 RBI, two doubles and four runs. He is hitting .440 on the year and leads MU with 14 RBI and six extra-base hits.

Tennessee Tech began its season with a sweep over Western IlBASEBALL »PAGE 8