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Oldest university newspaper in the United States, established 1826MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIOVOLUME 138 NO. 17
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CAMPUS: A SPECIAL VISIT
SPORTS: HOCKEY HAPPENINGS
ENTERTAINMENT: MUSIC
Follow the action live Friday night from the Goggin Ice Center.
Check out a slideshow of the Dalai Lama’s day at Miami.
Reviews and previews of bands coming to the area this month.
In 1932, The Miami Student reported doormen were hired by several fraternities to keep the crowd under control because of the increase of uninvited guests at fraternity parties.
SUING MEXICOButler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones plans to use the law to cut down illegal immigration.
COMMUNITY, page 5
REACHING NEW HEIGHTSOprah’s Ultimate Viewer, a Miami alumna, heads to Australia.
FEATURES, page 6
MAKING CONNECTIONSA Miami student develops a social net-working site for RedHawks only.
CAMPUS, page 9
HONORING LEGENDSThe Red and White pay tribute to three members of the Cradle of Coaches.
CAMPUS, page 9BATTLING FOR THE BRICKSThe Miami football team faces off with rival Ohio University for Homecoming.
SPORTS, page 10
INSIDESCOOPTHE
By Adam GiffiSenior Staff Writer
After impassioned de-bate and campus-wide discussion, the Strate-gic Priorities Task Force (SPT) has completed the revised and final version of its comprehensive report de-signed to give Miami University recommendations for future success.
Chris Makaroff and Steve Wyatt, co-chairs of the SPT, officially sub-mitted the completed report to Presi-dent David Hodge Oct. 14.
Work on the report began in full in early April.
Makaroff said he has feelings of re-lief and pride when reflecting on the final report.
“It feels great,” Makaroff said. “It has been a big job, which has taken up
a lot of time and it feels good to have it finally finished. Obviously I’m
biased, but I think that the re-port turned out quite well.”
According to Makaroff, the final version does not differ much from the orig-inal in terms of content.
However, he said changes have been made since the first
draft of the document.“I think that the two reports are
quite similar, but we reworded and reworked several sections,” Makaroff said. “I think overall the content is pretty much the same, but the tone and maybe the way it is delivered is a little different.”
Student input had a lot to do with this change, Makaroff said. This input came from several places, including
By Amanda SeitzCampus Editor
With a Miami University visor sitting atop his head, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet made his first appearance in front of a Mi-ami crowd at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Hall Auditorium.
During the special invitation event, several Miami community members addressed the Dalai Lama, who was seated next to his transla-tor on a floral couch in the middle of the stage.
His Holiness first received an hon-orary doctorate degree, for which he thanked the university but reminded the audience of his little knowledge in the field.
“Of course I have no expertise (in law),” his translator said for him to a chuckling audience.
Shortly following the presenta-tion, Daryl Baldwin, chief of the Miami Tribe, shared his tribe’s struggles that ensued with preserva-tion of culture after losing the land they called home. Baldwin said these struggles relate to the same problems the Tibetans face.
“Our people were scattered dur-ing this time,” Baldwin said. “This had devastating effects on our
ability to maintain our language and culture.”
While the presentation focused on the struggles of the Tibetan culture, the Armstrong Interactive Media Studies (AIMS) department pre-sented several ways Miami is help-ing Tibet maintain its culture.
Glenn Platt, co-director of AIMS, showed His Holiness the website AIMS students created, which features information on Tibetan culture and language as well as a virtual mandala. A mandala, ac-cording to President David Hodge, is a map-like diagram containing
four gates that Buddhist monks use to meditate.
Eventually, the Dalia Lama did not only wear a Miami visor but also 3-D glasses, ready to take a tour of the 3-D virtual mandala.
Later in the day, His Holiness again appeared at Millet Hall, tout-ing his Miami visor in front of a sold out crowd of approximately 10,000 people.
The Dalai Lama sat on the couch and asked his audience if he could stay there.
“I’m a little bit tired,” he said.He said his lecture, entitled “Eth-
ics in a Modern World,” would be
spontaneous but also focused on how every individual can achieve a happy and healthy life.
“Each of you desire, want a happy life and have every right to achieve happy life,” His Holiness said.
He also said clashes are caused by religion too often.
“Unnecessary division is created by religious faith,” he said. “All (re-ligions) have some potential to bring inner peace.”
As he talked about how secular-ism should not be embraced as a rejection of ethics, His Holiness untied his shoes, took them off and sat cross-legged on the corner of
the couch.After getting more comfort-
able, the Dalai Lama addressed the importance of friendship and compassion.
“Even a small bird knows sincer-ity in people,” His Holiness said. “Friendship is essential, genuine friendship based on trust.”
The Dalai Lama also called on the young people to take the lead in creating peace for those living in the world.
“The 21st century should be a cen-tury of dialogue,” he said. “Those people in (their) 20s, 30s, you are ready. You have the responsibility.”
By George CooperFor The Miami Student
Since early January, a university-wide search com-mittee and a consulting firm, Isaacson, Miller, have been searching for a new Miami University provost.
There are four candidates remaining in the hunt to re-place former Miami Provost Jeffery Herbst.
The committee began the search process by placing a large number of applicants into separate pools. Since the original pool was so large, the search firm helped iden-tify and examine the appli-cants more carefully who didn’t instantly meet the chal-lenge statement, and specific
qualifications of the position were eliminated. As result, the search was narrowed down to a more manageable num-ber of applicants, according to Carine Feyten, chair of the provost search committee and dean of the Education, Health and Society Department.
“We had a lot of interest for the position, but there were around 45 serious candidates that we looked at careful-ly,” Feyten said.
The search was then nar-rowed down to a pool of ap-proximately 20 candidates and each received a personal inter-view with a committee mem-ber. This process trimmed the number to eight.
“At this point we conducted ‘airport interviews’ where
each applicant met with the committee for a 75-minute meeting,” Feyten said. “The committee was essentially locked in the room for two days as candidates came in and out and the final four were selected.”
After making it through the rigorous process, four candi-dates remain.
Provost candidate Dwayne Smith is currently the senior vice provost at South Flori-da University, while Valerie Hardcastle is the dean and professor of the McMicken College of Arts and Science at University of Cinicinnati. Bobby Gempesaw is the dean of Lerner College of Business
SPT submits final report
Dalai Lama visits Miami University
Search for provost down to four candidates
His Holiness speaks to a sold-out crowd Thursday afternoon in Millett Hall. Earlier in the day, he was awarded an honorary degree from Miami University.SAMANTHA LUDINGTON The Miami Student
“All religions have some potential to
bring inner peace.”
HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA
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Students must activate e-mail accounts
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Campus
Students must activate their new e-mail accounts before January to transfer old e-mail messages.
In Spring 2010, IT Services began offering Miami University students using MUConnect new e-mail and calendar accounts powered by search engine juggernaut Google.
Students must switch their e-mail accounts before Jan. 4, 2011. Stu-dents will automatically be switched to the new system after that date, but will no longer be able to trans-fer e-mail messages left in the old account.
Instructions for migrating messag-es from old accounts can be found at www.muohio.edu/GoGoogle.
For any other related ques-tions, visit the Support Desk at 103 Robertson Hall or contact IT Services at [email protected] or (513) 529-7900.
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Stephen BellCourtney DayAmanda Seitz
FridayOctober 22, 2010
Lecture examines alcohol abuseBy Stephen Bell Campus Editor
Miami University is known for its work hard, play hard philoso-phy, but playing hard may be the only option for students in today’s drinking culture.
Sut Jhally, professor of com-munication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and founder of the Media Education Foundation, spoke at Miami’s Farmer School of Business Tues-day, Oct. 19 about drinking cul-ture among today’s youth.
Known for his controversial and award-winning film Dream-worlds: Desire/Sex/Power in Mu-sic Video, Jhally is a leading scholar on the ways advertisement affects social identity.
According to Jhally, one in three college students have, or will develop an alcohol de-pendency problem, something he attributed to the influence of advertising.
“Alcohol is linked to being a student,” Jhally said. “It’s a story told in our culture.”
Ten percent of drinkers con-sume more than 60 percent of the world’s alcohol supply, ac-cording to Jhally, a direct result of strategic marketing on behalf of advertisers.
“The alcohol industry is in-vested in getting students to drink as much as possible,” Jhally said.
“If everyone 18 and under drank by the federal guidelines, profits would drop 80 percent for the alcohol industry.”
Miami is no stranger to alco-hol abuse. After last year’s Greek events, a spotlight was placed on the university’s drinking culture, which resulted in a crackdown on underage drinking, according to Miami University Police Chief John McCandless.
Earlier this school year, the Oxford Police Department re-ported underage drinking arrests were up nearly 50 percent from last year.
However, McCandless said Miami’s drinking culture is on par with universities around the country.
He said while recent events in the Greek community spot-lighted alcohol consumption at Miami, binge drinking is part of a national trend.
“I think college drinking has certainly evolved over the years to more of a binge drinking style,” McCandless said. “I think when you talk to more students across the country, more are drinking to get drunk.”
McCandless said on-campus drinking arrests have remained relatively flat. He said arrest rates always fluctuate and at-tributed the recent spike in up-town arrests to crackdown by law enforcement.
“It clearly is (a) national problem that no one seems to be able to solve,” McCandless said. “There is not a weekend that goes by where you can’t find a critical incident that deals with drinking.”
Miami junior Ashley Smith said students buy into myths about alcohol and suffer conse-quences as a result.
“(Advertisers) tell us that al-cohol is supposed to be fun, and I think it can be in moderation,” Smith said. “When people go overboard, they do things they later regret.”
Jhally said contrary to the me-dia’s romanticized portrayal of alcohol consumption, the reality is much messier.
He said girls in particular are
faced with a double bind when it comes to drinking.
“Women can say I want sex and also be a good girl as well,” Jhally said. “What if sex and guilt could be separate? What if there was no walk of shame?”
Jhally challenged students to reverse the drinking culture and become more critical of media and advertising.
According Jhally, change will occur not by cracking down on underage drinking but by having thoughtful discussions about is-sues plaguing students.
“The university wants to crack down without dealing with the problem, culture,” he said. “If you allow students to speak, the culture would change from within.”
Documentary exposes education system’s woes
EVENT
A documentary about educa-tion titled “Race to Nowhere” will be shown at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 in the McGuffey auditorium.
The documentary addresses “the high-stakes, high-pressure culture that has invaded our schools and our children’s lives, creating un-healthy, disengaged, unprepared and stressed-out youth.” It shows stories of students who have experienced stress-related illness and depression and educators and parents who are trying to help their children.
“I wanted to expose a deeper truth about our education system,” said Vicki Abeles, the creator of the documentary. “We are graduating a generation of robo-students, unable to think and work independently, creatively and collaboratively.”
The screening is in conjunction with National Child Health Day.
Dalai Lama visit sparks concern for Chinese studentsBy Kristen GraceSenior Staff Writer
Controversy accompanied His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visit as a result of tensions between China and Tibet.
Students have approached school admin-istrators and student representatives with concerns about the value of their degrees in China after the Dalai Lama’s visit.
Student Body President Heath Ingram was approached by two students worried about the status of the university upon hear-ing the University of Calgary in Canada lost its accreditation in China after hosting the Dalai Lama.
“There is a nervousness among the student
body that something like this could possibly happen to Miami University,” Ingram said.
According to David Keitges, director of international education, the University of Calgary’s loss of accreditation in China was because it chose to award an honorary doc-torate on the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.
He said no American universities have seen any such repercussions for hosting the Dalai Lama. On his current trip, the Dalai Lama has also visited Stanford University and Emory University.
“If the Chinese government or others are going to cause a problem for someone, we think it would have happened before now,” Keitges said.
Despite the controversy, Claire Wagner, associate director of university communica-tions, said the Dalai Lama’s visit to Miami is extremely important.
“I hope that everyone who hears the Dalai Lama feels the peace, the inner peace that he has, that they hear a message that helps them to think considerably about them-selves and about the world,” Wagner said. “I think that’s part of the message that he’s giving out.”
She said what happened to the University of Calgary did not impact the decision to give His Holiness an honorary degree.
“We’re bringing the Dalai Lama to campus
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Students attend a lecture about college drinking by Sut Jhally Monday evening.EMILY ESPOSITO The Miami Student
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Boy fight leads to girl fight
At around 2 a.m. Wednesday, of-ficers responded to a call at 36 W. High St. regarding a large group of males fighting.
According to police reports, the group broke up when police arrived. A female Miami University student who reportedly had an injury to her left eye approached the officer and said she had been assaulted. She re-portedly pointed out a female walk-ing on High Street with two others as the attacker. She was identified as Ashley Wilke, 18.
The victim reportedly told po-lice Wilke and her friends ap-proached her friends at Brick Street Bar, attempting to fight with the males. The victim and her friends reportedly left the bar, but two of the males attacked the group.
While the males were fighting on the ground, the victim reportedly tried to pull one of the males off of her friend. Wilke reportedly told her to get off of her boyfriend and punched her in the face.
When Wilke was being booked at Oxford Police Department, officers reportedly found a driver’s license belonging to her sister in her pos-session. Wilke was cited for assault and possession of a fake ID.
“Double D”-licious
Server Amy Jean serves Beckey and Bill Keeler Thursday evening at Double D’s Diner, which opened in Fiesta Charra’s old location. The Edwards family (right) enjoyed one of their twice a week dinners Thursday at Double D’s Diner. THOMAS CALDWELL The Miami Student
Community 5EditorBethany [email protected]
FridayOctober 22, 2010
Sheriff plans to sue MexicoBy Melissa TacchiSenior Staff Writer
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones has unveiled his recent efforts involving illegal immigra-tion and has decided to go forth with his latest plan to file a lawsuit against Mexico.
According to Jones, the federal court lawsuit would seek compen-sation for the cost of arresting and incarcerating Mexican citizens in U.S. jails. Jones said the idea was fu-eled by a recent drug bust involving 268 pounds of marijuana that had traveled from Mexico to Texas and eventually to Butler County.
“I have been here for 20 years and this was the biggest drug bust I have ever witnessed,” Jones said. “The severity and the number of crimes committed by these aliens are con-tinuing to worsen and our jails are full. I can only assume it is that way in the rest of Ohio’s 88 counties as well.”
This is not the first time Jones has taken illegal immigration issues to the Mexican government. The sheriff has sent a number of bills
amounting to billions of dollars to Mexican president Felipe Calderon, claiming the amount was a direct reflection of citizen tax dollars spent on the jailing of Mexican illegals.
“It is the responsibility of the Mexican government to ensure that their criminals and drugs do not come across the boarder,” Jones said. “If they are unwilling to pay the amount that they owe our citizens voluntarily, then their assets need to be seized.”
Jones is also currently working on a way to establish an Arizona-like immigration law in Ohio. Such a law allows for someone to be deemed a criminal by failing to carry immi-gration documents. The law also grants police the power to detain
anyone who is suspected of being an illegal immigrant.
According to Miami University Latin American studies assistant professor Elena J. Albarran, Jones’ outspoken anti-illegal ideals are tar-geted to reach a national audience.
“I have been familiar with Jones’ efforts, and in my opinion he is try-ing to be inflammatory,”Albarran said. “His comments conflate the is-sue of immigration with the issue of drug trafficking by implying all im-migrants are drug traffickers, which is an entirely false statement.”
According to Albarran, if such a case took place, there are many rea-sons why the Mexican government could countersue.
Currently, a number of studies
show the United States represents the start of the consumer drug mar-ket, which makes it unclear who would be labeled responsible for the drug trafficking between countries.
“Such a lawsuit, if possible, would not hold much legal clout,” Albarran said. “Historically the Mexican gov-ernment could have sued the U.S. in 1848 for land theft, but that never took place.”
Miami sophomore Caleb Picou agrees with Albarran that such a case probably could not take place.
“If someone in Oxford thought taxes were unfair, they wouldn’t go and sue the state,” Picou said. “They would have to try and voice their con-cerns with a lobbyist. Instead of tak-ing a foreign dispute upon himself, Jones should contact the president or someone in a position of power so that something can actually be done and not just voiced.”
Jones is currently unsure of the timeline regarding the lawsuit, but is working on getting sheriffs across the country on board. He said he will have a better handle on the situation once he speaks with an attorney, but for now the suit is just an idea.
By Katilin SchroederFor The Miami Student
In the spirit of football season, Family Video is holding a Madden NFL tournament for the Oxford community.
The tournament began Oct. 20 and runs until the championship Oct. 22.
“We try to get as involved in our communi-ties as possible,” store manager Eric Bailey said. “With it being Homecoming week, I thought it would be appropriate and bring some of the col-lege football hype into a tournament.”
In order to participate in the tournament, con-testants had to sign up at the store and have a rental account with Family Video. There is not an entrance fee and Family Video does not charge to set up a rental account.
Anyone who participates in the tournament re-ceives a free T-shirt and a free rental. The winner will also win a mug and get $20 in store credit at Family Video.
Bailey said every Family Video store tries to run four or five events like the tournament each year in respective communities. He anticipates having at least one more video game tournament this year.
“We will probably have a Call of Duty tourna-ment the day after Thanksgiving,” he said.
Sophomore Rebecca Gibson, while an avid gamer, said she does not nec-essarily consider video game tournaments to be a community connection.
“When we get together to game, we’re not really saying anything,” Gib-son said. “It ends up being so draining for people’s funds when they get hooked and feel like they need to buy a bunch of games.”
Aside from video game tournaments, Bailey said Family Video will also have a canned food drive for the area in November. During the drive, cus-tomers who donate a canned good can rent a normally $1 movie for free.
Potential Oxford resident Steve Baumgartner, 23, who has been com-paring apartments in the area, frequently plays online gaming tournaments with friends and thought the idea of tournaments sounded like fun. He does not normally play Madden or Call of Duty, but said he thinks video game tournaments could be a good way to meet people and spend some time.
“Of course, you’re talking to the kind of guy who would prob-ably find it interesting to just watch people play video games all day,” Baumgartner said.
Family Video is located at 5930 Fairfield Road behind Walgreens and is open seven days a week year-round.
Voters in the Nov. 2 election will have the option to approve a levy that, if passed, would continue to provide services for senior citizens in Butler County. According to Suzanne Burke, chief executive officer of the Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio, the levy would fund Butler County’s elderly services program. The program helps 4,000 local seniors each year, according to Burke. Miami University’s Scripps Center for Gerontology has projected Butler County’s population of citizens 60 or older will increase by 74 percent before 2020. Basic services provided through the program include Meals on Wheels, emergency response necklaces, transportation to doctor visits and grab bars for showers. Burke said the levy has passed every time it has been on the ballot since 1996. The current levy would cost $37.23 per $100,000 in property value for a homeowner. The levy on the ballot in November will not increase taxes, according to Burke.
Reporting by Bethany Bruner
Family Video hosts Madden tournament
Issue 6 aids senior services
Oct. 28, Oxford will be having Halloween festivities uptown. Included will be the annual Halloween Parade spon-sored by the Lions Club, a pumpkin decorating contest and trick-or-treating at local businesses. The events begin at 5 p.m. with the pumpkin decorating contest. Prizes will be awarded for most original design, funniest pumpkin and scariest pumpkin. Following the contest, the parade will line up at 6:45 p.m. outside the Princess Theatre and proceed to Uptown Park. Trick-or-treating at businesses will be ongoing from 5 to 7 p.m., and the Oxford Parks and Recreation Department will have entertainment and games.Beggar’s Night trick-or-treating in Oxford will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31.On-campus residence halls are hosting safe trick or treat from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 24.Holiday Auto Theatre, a drive-in outside Hamilton, will also be hosting Terror at the Drive-In. The event runs on weekends through Nov. 4 and features scary movies including Paranormal Activity 2 and My Soul to Take.
Reporting by Bethany Bruner
Local Halloween events
“It is the responsibility of the Mexican government to
ensure that their criminals and drugs do not come
across the border.” riCHArD K. JONES SHEriFF
BUTLEr COUNTY
Female says former roommate sends threats
At around 5:30 p.m. Monday, officers met with a Miami Uni-versity senior regarding threat-ening text messages from her former roommate.
The student reportedly told police her roommate had moved out because of problems and was sending her derogatory, condescending and unwanted text messages.
Later, the victim reportedly contacted police again because her former roommate was yelling outside her residence. The former roommate reportedly told police the victim had stolen from her and she wanted the items back. The victim and her roommates reportedly allowed the former roommate to enter the residence to look for the items, but they were not found.
No charges were filed in the case, but the victim reportedly told police she is considering a restraining order.
Senior reports house decoration stolen
At 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, of-ficers met with a Miami Univer-sity senior regarding the theft of a house decoration.
According to police reports, a 5 foot-long blue wooden mar-lin with a large dorsal fin was taken from the upper front porch window.
There are no suspects or charges filed at this time.
FridayOctober 22, 20106
HANNAH MILLER The Miami Student
Features EditorAmelia Carpenter
The End of an Era
In the past 24 years, Oprah Winfrey has gained a reputation for treating her viewers well, surprising audience members of The Oprah Winfrey Show with gifts of all kinds. In the past, these have included selections from her book club and items on her annual list of favorite things — announced just in time for the holiday season — to brand new Pontiacs. Heading into the final season of what will be a quarter-century phenomenon, Oprah was only to be outdone by herself.
“This is really my last chance to do something really big,” she told her stu-dio audience during the first episode of the 25th and final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show. That audience was made up of some of her most loyal and devoted fans, who she calls her Ultimate Viewers. Among them was Miami alumna Liz Kazungu.
Liz, a 2008 graduate of Miami’s student affairs in higher education program, has been watching The Oprah Winfrey Show since it began. As Oprah grew in popularity and influence, so did Liz’s dedication. Now, she rarely misses a show, reads O Magazine online and visits Oprah’s website daily, where she participates in message boards and contests.
It is this dedication that landed Liz at the taping with a selection of other Ul-timate Viewers who share her admiration and passion. When people from the show called to offer her tickets to see it in person a month after she responded to Oprah’s call for the most devoted fans to write her, she was told not to ex-pect any giveaways.
Prompting a downpour of confetti, applause and several minutes of sheer chaotic joy, Oprah emphatically announced to her Ultimate Viewers she was taking them all to Australia for Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure.
“(It was) the biggest surprise of our lives,” Liz said. “We were so elated.” The Ultimate Adventure, which will take place in December, will be all ex-
penses paid for each Ultimate Viewer and a guest. Flights will be provided by Qantas Airlines with none other than actor John Travolta, who is also a Qantas Airlines pilot, flying the plane. They may also attend a taping of the show with thousands of Australian fans at the Sydney Opera House, which will be transformed into the Sydney Oprah House, according to the show’s website. Among all this, Liz is excited to be in Australia for the first time to see some kangaroos and learn about the Aborigine culture.
Becoming an Ultimate Viewer
Liz was just seven years old when she began watching Oprah. Still living in Kenya at the time, her father brought her a tape of AM Chicago, Oprah’s talk show before she became nationally syndicated. At first she said she was at-tracted to the show because it was about ordinary people and she felt a connec-tion with Oprah, a black woman working in media. “At first as a young child it was connecting with a woman in media that looked like me, but soon after I enjoyed the fact that her show focused on ordinary people living their lives and doing ordinary things,” Liz said. “I could relate with her show and her viewers and watched her ever since.”
As she watched throughout the years, she began feeling that she could relate to Oprah and her guests even more and credits both with shaping who she has become today. “In fact,” Liz said, “she is one of the reasons I chose to pursue my communications media career as an undergraduate.”
“The fact that she was able to be a part of our lives everyday at 4 p.m. for the past 24 years sends a powerful message of hope, possibility and the future,” she said.
Liz also admires Oprah for her charitable work, especially the opening of an all-girls school in South Africa.
Miami senior Vinicius Ribeiro doesn’t know much about Oprah, but said for similar rea-sons he also admires actor Morgan Free-man, who has used his
fame for advocacy. Unlike your average person, he said, “These people, they have the reputation and the influence to change things.”
Senior Kunduz Rysbek agrees Oprah is admirable for extending her work into charity and development.
“She’s the kind of person that can bring people together who can help change things,” Rysbek said.
Liz also said she has learned much from the show about what she believes in, health and her outlook on life. Because of Oprah’s show, she strives to follow the principles of living her best life and to be her own life manager in pursuit of happiness and accomplishment.
“I believe I am a child of the Oprah generation and for many of us it has shaped how we live our lives,” Liz said.
At the show, Liz connected with others who shared these sentiments, other Ultimate Viewers of every age, each with their own story. Liz also was finally able to meet her idol in person and tell her how much she loves her show. She was also thrilled that Oprah lived up to all of her ex-pectations. “She is everything that people say she is and more … the most humble person I have ever met and the most genuine. This validation I will never forget.”
Empowering and Encouraging
One of Liz’s favorite moments on The Oprah Winfrey Show was in 2007 when Oprah opened The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. In many ways she feels she can relate to the girls and knows the value these opportunities present them. “For many of us African women, education is the way forward,” Liz said.
Both Liz and her sister Sidi, who is also an Oprah fan and a supporter of her Leadership Academy, will be among the first women from the Ke-nyan village their family is from to receive master’s degrees. Years before, their grandfather sold much of his cattle and land to provide their father and his siblings with an education. This gift then allowed their father, who did not wear shoes until his junior year of high school, to send all four of his children to college and on to graduate degrees. In many ways, Liz and Sidi feel that because of this history and their experiences they can relate to Oprah’s students.
“She is empowering women just as our dad has empowered us,” Sidi said.
Like her sister, Sidi is currently pursuing a graduate degree from Miami, but she is studying environmental sciences. One of their younger brothers, Francis Katana, is a sophomore at Miami. Sidi said Miami has become a sort of tradition for their family.
Liz would love the chance to pass on these values and what she has learned to other girls both in her current job as an academic adviser at the University of Florida, Gainesville and to Oprah’s students. When she was finally able to speak with Oprah in person at the taping, she even offered to help in any way or to talk with the girls from the school.
“To educate a woman is to educate a village,” Liz said. “Now more than ever women are now playing an active role in building their communities in a positive way. Miami is a great school and one of the best in the country. With this education I have been able to play an active part in my own community as well as the global community as I continue to work with students at my current position.”
When Oprah said she may take her up on the offer as the first class of girls is graduating and looking into higher education, Liz said she almost could have fainted.
The Ultimate Experience
Liz’s admiration for Oprah and her work will not end with the series. Just as Oprah will continue with many of her projects
and launch her new television channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), it seems Liz will continue to remain a committed and involved ultimate fan.
For now, however, she is gearing up for her ultimate adventure in Australia. The only hard part (outside of the anticipation) has been choosing who will be her guest for the trip.
“Since this opportunity is so special and rare, I de-cided to leave it to my family to decide who is to go,” Liz said. Because her mother accompanied her to the taping and Sidi will be finishing the semester, they
finally decided their father would come all the way from Kenya to join her in Australia.
In many ways, Liz Kazungu has had the ultimate experience both as a long-time
Oprah fan and as one of her final Ulti-mate Viewers. For her family that has seen her dedicated admiration and involvement over the years, the rec-ognition she is now receiving was a long time coming.
“She’s been a fan for so long,” her sister said. “She just definitely deserved it.”
By Gretchen WescheFor The Miami Student
Sisters Liz (left) and Sidi (right) enjoy time together.
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This is my senior year of college, and almost everyone I know is still living with roommates.
In most cases this means living with the friends you’ve made over the past few years. The thing is, the prob-lems caused by living with people never really go away.
When you’re a new student, you move into a room with a complete stranger and have to find a way to live with them for the next year. As you go along, you find out if they like to keep their dirty clothes on the floor or in a hamper, like to wake up early, sleep in, stay up late or hit the hay at 9 p.m.
You find out what kind of music they like, how to deal with them when they have a prob-lem and how to keep things from turning into a huge fight when the issue isn’t really a big deal … hopefully. Hey, maybe you even be-come friends. No matter what you do, they prob-ably still get on your nerves sometimes.
My first-year room-mate (and now best friend) and I had some problems that mainly
involved just being sick of each other. We were always in our tiny room together and did pretty much everything like we were attached at the hip. Neither of us really got involved in anything on campus, so we didn’t have anything to do oth-er than classes.
Over-exposure, in my opinion, is one of the biggest problem-causers for roommates. If you come home every day to find your roommate there, it can start to feel like you are never alone, and people need their alone time. College can be hard and everyone has different things they are going through at any given time.
We need that alone time to process things, recharge and just plain relax. When it came time to decide who to live with sophomore year, we wanted to stick together and try to stay out of each other’s hair a bit more. We both got involved with different clubs on campus and started hanging out with people other than each other a bit more. The vibe of our room got a lot less tense as a result.
Sometimes you just
have to remember to give people their own space and let them be alone if they want to be. There isn’t much priva-cy in a dorm setting, and being around one other person the entire time can just be too much.
Fast forward to se-nior year. You’re liv-ing with friends you have known for your entire time at college and you’re supposed to be having a great time and living it up. For the most part, you are. But have the problems that come from living with people gone away? No, and they probably never will.
No matter how long you’ve known some-one, and even if you’ve lived with them before, each new setting and year is different and will involve different chal-lenges. For example, moving to a house will involve sharing a kitch-en, a pantry, pots and pans, figuring out who will clean the living room, working out shar-ing bathrooms and other sundry spaces.
If you’re lucky enough to have your own bedroom, some of the problems will be less
evident, but others will always arise.
The important thing to remember is that every-one is different and you can’t make your room-mates think the same way that you do.
What you think is dirty might not bother some-body else, and that’s just something you have to accept. If something is only a problem for you, then it makes sense that you be the one to take care of it, or at least ask
your roommates to try to keep it in mind.
An article on LiveS-trong.com titled “How To Deal With Room-mates” discusses just that. The article advises being polite and thinking about how you would want someone to ap-proach you with a prob-lem — “bring up the problem in a straightfor-ward but non-defensive manner” — and to steer clear of two of the “most inconsiderate ways of
trying to resolve a prob-lem: talking about it be-hind her back and leaving her passive-aggressive sticky notes.”
No, it’s not fun to have to talk to your friend and say, “Hey, this is really bothering me, is there a way we could work it out?” but it is a lot bet-ter than the alternative, which is prolonged ten-sion and passive-aggres-sive behavior leading to an eventual blow out.
There are some things
we can ask people to change and some we just have to accept.
Either way, living with people is difficult, but the way you handle a problem is more impor-tant than the problem it-self and can prevent you from losing friends over silly things like a box of Cheerios or a mess left in the kitchen.
Alice [email protected]
The Strategic Priorities Task Force (SPT) has completed the final ver-
sion of the report for Miami Universi-ty’s financial future. The final version is not much different from the first draft that was written in Au-gust. President David Hodge is pleased with the final version, and will talk with campus leaders about the pro-posed changes before the Dec. 10 board of trustees meeting.
The editorial board of The Miami Student understands the complexity and stress that went into the creation of the final version of the SPT report, however, because not much was changed between the draft and the final version, the deci-sion seemed rushed. The amount of dissent, especially in the letter pre-sented at the Sept. 22 SPT public forum arguing for equal representa-tion from all departments, deserves adequate consideration.
The board believes the SPT still needs to encourage students to be con-cerned about how the decisions made by the SPT will affect the future of Miami. Current students will be the future donors to a school that is in des-perate need of money. The SPT could have done a lot more to reach out to
students and must not stop now that the final report has been issued. The inclusion of the student body president was a step forward in the addition of a
student voice, howev-er, in a March 25 edi-torial, the board sug-gested, “one student representative from each school within Miami should be se-lected by professors and administration of the specific college. Each student would meet with professors
and administration to formulate needs and opinions of both the college and the students he or she represents. Af-ter gathering the needs of the college, the student would discuss them with oth the other students in the intercol-legiate task force of students and the student body president. The student body president would then relate these concerns to the Strategic Priorities Task Force.”
The board recommends the SPT continue to create conversation be-tween students, faculty and staff. Just because the final draft of the recom-mendations is finished shouldn’t mean this extremely influential document cannot spark debate or create change. The SPT needs to continue to be open to criticism.
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The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.
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Students, faculty must fight for Miami’s future
An opinion piece published a few weeks ago in The Miami Student by David Morgan was re-cently brought to my attention. I am an alumnus of Miami University (class of 2001) and am cur-rently a tenure-track assistant professor of anthro-pology at the University of Tennessee. As I teach and conduct research at a large, state R1 institution while retaining a deep respect for the educational experience that Miami provided, I believe I may be able to contribute to the dialogue presented in The Student.
Having read both Mr. Morgan’s original opinion piece and the responses, I agree with the individu-als who replied to Mr. Morgan. The argument that capital projects and campus beautification are more important than maintaining a liberal education pro-gram — low student-to-faculty ratios and provid-ing a broad intellectual foundation, for example — is missing the point of being at a university like Miami. Almost all institutes of higher education are devoted to the goal of providing additional, specialized learning opportunities to their students. Some institutes provide more rigorous educational training, and some have faculty who are more ac-tive with high-profile research. What makes Mi-ami unique among a select few universities is the balance it strikes in providing a diverse educational background to its students and employing highly active faculty while maintaining its mission to give a liberal arts education. As an educator, but more as an alumnus, it would be unfortunate to witness the end of this due to budgetary constraints while funds are instead donated for new student unions.
I do agree with Mr. Morgan that the social expe-rience of college is important and is one of the rea-sons to attend Miami. Many of my closest friends were students with me at Miami. However, the so-cial experience was based on our interactions and shared adventures and not the buildings in which they occurred.
As for Mr. Morgan’s comments about perceived faculty laziness and inactivity, I cannot write with extensive knowledge of the current status of all Miami faculty. However, I know it was the hard work, internationally recognized research and mentorship of my professors when I was at Mi-ami that prepared me for and opened the doors to the opportunities that led to my doctoral stud-ies. I would not be a professor today without them. I don’t think that, in the short space of nine years, this has changed. It hasn’t been that long since I left Miami, and I maintain contact with some faculty.
Furthermore, as pointed out by the responses by Mr. Devore, Mr. Hayes and Mr. Robbins, Mr. Morgan and many students should take some time to learn what their professors do. Yes, they instruct courses (which takes quite a lot of
preparation), but they also contribute to the knowl-edge of their disciplines in myriad ways, from writing peer-reviewed journal articles and books to supervising study experiences for their students. While higher education is not a service industry, professors do perform a great amount of service to their departments, institutions, professional societ-ies and society in general. This involves running committees that keep the doors of departments and the university open as well as performing public outreach to bring knowledge and education to the many who were not fortunate enough to attend an institution like Miami. These are their privileges and responsibilities.
I agree it is important to provide the best facilities to support these educational activities. It is better to learn in a comfortable and well-resourced environ-ment. Whether a new student union contributes to these is debatable. Of course, I also am very aware the funds for capital projects are generally targeted — monies were donated and contributed specifi-cally for this new building. The concern I have as an alumnus is not about the construction of a new student union, but the impression I get that this is happening when funds are needed to support and shore up the employment of faculty at Miami. De-partments like classics or comparative religion (in which I did some of my studies) are essential to provide the broad knowledge that is at the heart of Miami’s educational opportunity. With the dimin-ishing or loss of these disciplines, the liberal educa-tion Miami provides will start to erode, and with it the social experience built upon it.
The challenge for students, then, is to decide how important it is to them to maintain and continue to expand the exceptional education experiences pro-vided by Miami. I hope they join with their faculty in fighting for the funding for their education and appreciate the efforts the faculty already makes to give them one of the best educations available in the U.S.
BenjAmin m. AuerBAch, Ph.d.AssisTAnT Professor of AnThroPology
The universiTy of TennesseemiAmi Alumnus 2001
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because he is a cultural leader,” Wagner said.
Keitges said students con-cerned with the Dalai Lama’s visit are critical because the Chinese government is criti-cal, but many Chinese students were very interested in seeing the event.
“Not all Chinese students feel that way and many Chinese students welcome the opportu-nity,” Keitges said.
He said some Chinese students approached him about meeting the Dalai Lama personally.
Keitges said it is valuable for Miami students to learn about the complexity of a culture and political situation they don’t know much about, calling it a “premiere opportunity to learn about Asia.”
Non-Chinese students are sensitive to this political issue. Junior Jared Horwitz attended the event and said he under-stands why Chinese students may be upset about the Dalai Lama’s visit.
“I understand the problem Chinese students have with him and the risk Miami Uni-versity is taking,” Horwitz said. “Given that today isn’t a sig-nificant one in Chinese culture, it’s important that the Dalai Lama be able to come here and talk. It’s important that students be able to hear an important world leader.”
Keitges said bringing the Da-lai Lama to campus is part of an effort by the university to “bring the world to Oxford.”
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Student creates MU social networkBy Natalie McKerjeeSenior Staff Writer
With midterm season in full swing, there is no better time for Miami Uni-versity students to Facebook binge. However, another online distrac-tion may be offered exclusively to Miami students.
First-year Geoffrey Parker has creat-ed an online social network that is only accessible for students with a Miami e-mail account ending with muohio.edu.
According to Parker, the idea for the social network was generated after a conversation with his roommate.
“We thought that if having a Miami social network would be helpful for us, then it could be helpful for other peo-ple,” Parker said.
The site is similar to Facebook, ac-cording to Parker, but contains more ap-plications that are useful to students.
“It has all the capabilities of Facebook plus more stuff like video chat, music uploading, file sharing and I am hoping to add computer games, some of which will be multiplayer,” Parker said.
While the site appears to be another distraction from productivity, Parker said his creation would be beneficial to students’ academic lives as well.
“It was designed 50-50 between edu-cational and just for fun,” Parker said. “There is a place to create groups and eventually class-es, so students can have a spe-cific group just of their class.”
Parker said he hopes the site will create solidarity between Miami students, including commuter and regional students. He said he also plans for students to utilize the site for event sharing and updates.
“I am trying to not only get people to meet each other, but come together,” Parker said. “I want to make the Miami community easier to access.”
Senior Kristin Grubb said having a social network that is only accessible to Miami students would ensure more privacy to users.
“I think that it would be cool for some things because you would not have to worry so much about privacy like you do with Facebook,” Grubb said.
Grubb said while the social network could be beneficial, it could also be potentially dangerous. Social networks
tend to consume students’ lives and guide stu-dents toward the black hole of procrastination, Grubb said.
As for the maintenance of
the site, Parker said while the first two to three months of membership are free, a $2 monthly fee will be charged thereafter.
“I do not want to charge people, but it costs money to have all the applica-tions,” Parker said. “Two dollars is not a big deal.”
Parker said more members joining the network combined with potential adver-tising from local Oxford establishments would lower the monthly rate.
By Gabi MaddenFor The Miami Student
Many of us have big dreams for after college — a lot of these are centered on success and making significant impacts on the world around us. For three former Miami University coaches, they have done just that and will be honored for their suc-cesses at the Homecoming football game.
According to Assistant Athletic Director of Communication and Technology Michael Pearson, many athletes at Miami have moved on after col-lege to become great coaches. This phenomenon was coined the Cradle of Coaches by Bob Kurz in 1959.
Pearson said eight of these coaches will be rec-ognized for their achievements with a replica statue at the south end of Yager Stadium. Three of these statues will be unveiled at the football game Oct. 23. The other five will be unveiled at some point next year.
The three being unveiled on Saturday, accord-ing to Pearson, are Carm Cozza, Paul Dietzel and Weeb Ewbank. Each of these men was a Miami alumnus and successful coach.
Pearson said Cozza and Dietzel will attend the game to accept the honorable tribune. Ewbank passed away, but his wife, Lucy, will be there to represent him. She is 104 years old and an Oxford resident.
Pearson said the three coaches were picked to be the first ones created for a reason.
“The matter two of these three are alive (contrib-uted to the decision) … and obviously you want to take advantage of that,” he said.
The statues cost a total of $1 million, all of which was donated from private parties, Pearson said.
It is great that Miami is doing this, he said.“It gives us some uniqueness within collegiate
football,” Pearson said. “Whenever Miami football is mentioned, (it is) almost always the Cradle of Coaches that accompany it.”
Head Football Coach Mike Haywood believes it is important for Miami to honor its alumni, but not just the athletes.
“I think that all the university should be hon-ored,” Haywood said. “They’ve produced a lot of great alumni. I think it’s really important that they get represented for all the great things they’ve done.”
Miami junior and former Miami football player Glenn Miller said it is great to honor these coaches in this way.
“It would make me feel great,” Miller said, re-garding being honored this way later in life. “It would make me feel accomplished … that the people at Miami didn’t forget about me.”
Statues to honor coaches’ acheivements
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By Chelsea NaughtonStaff Writer
As the rest of Miami Uni-versity finishes midterms and celebrates Homecom-ing weekend, a group of Mi-ami students is making final preparations to compete in the regional Association for Computer Machinery Inter-nal Collegiate Programming Competition (ACM-ICPC), an international computer programming challenge.
The regional competitions attract students from 90 coun-tries for the IBM-sponsored event, according to Michael Karasick, vice president of strategy and technology at IBM Software Group.
“The ACM-ICPC brings together the brightest and most innovative young pro-grammers from all over the world,” Karasick said. “This rich talent pool is the lifeblood of our industry, allowing us to more effec-tively recruit the types of programmers we need to foster the future growth of
our industry.”According to Amanda
Carl, IBM press secretary, Miami will send two teams of three students to solve the p r o g r a m -ming chal-lenges at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati (UC) where the compe-tition will be held.
M i a m i junior John Malloy said the teams are comprised of veterans and newcomers to the competition.
“The Red Team is com-posed of some of our vet-eran programmers and will hopefully be contending for one of the top spots,” Mal-loy said. “The White Team has some of the newer mem-bers and is geared more towards learning how the competition works.”
Malloy heard about the program last year, but was unable to participate.
“I immediately became in teres ted in it, but the competition had already passed by that time,” M a l l o y said. “Com-ing into this year, I was really ex-cited for the o p p o r t u -nity to par-ticipate and can’t wait to
head to UC this weekend.”Malloy said team mem-
bers have been practicing since the beginning of the semester, completing weekly problems sent out by Coach Michael Zmuda, an associate professor of computer science at Miami.
First-year Hung Nguyen, a member of the Red Team, said the competition requires a certain kind of logic and
thinking to succeed.“It’s not exactly the prob-
lems that are important, it’s the ability to see the pattern when presented with a prob-lem and apply what we know that matters,” Nguyen said. “That’s what real life prob-lem-solving is like too.”
Zmuda expects Miami will fare well in the compe-tition despite the tradition-ally tough region in which the students compete, which includes multiple time world champions University of Waterloo and University of Western Ontario.
“For a school of our size and stature, we have ranked among the top in years past,” Zmuda said. “This year we have one team with a return-ing student who should do well and a less experienced team that will hold their own and do a fine job.”
Results from the week-end will be posted on the ACM -ICPC website. The top three teams will move on to the world finals in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Students compete in programming challenge
“The ACM-ICPC brings together the brightest and most innovative young
programmers from all over the world.”
MICHAEL KARASICVICE PRESIDENT OF
STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGYIBM SOFTWARE GROUP
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Students play flag football on Wednesday night at Cook Field. SCOTT ALLISON The Miami Student
open forums the SPT held for students to discuss their thoughts and fears about the content of the report.
“We listened to comments we got from students at the forums and there were also a couple of different e-mails that we got from both graduate and undergraduate students that we focused on,” Makaroff said. “The students definitely played a significant role and we defi-nitely took into consideration their concerns.”
Makaroff said the submis-sion of the report marks the end of the SPT.
“We are finished, we dis-solved and have had our last meeting,” Makaroff said. “As far as I know, and unless I hear otherwise from Presi-dent Hodge, the task force has been disbanded.”
While Hodge has only read through the final ver-sion quickly so far, he said the completed report stands as an enhancement to an already strong document.
“I do believe that the final version improved in a number of cases (particularly) the lan-guage that had caused some consternation, so I think that it is definitely improved in those areas,” Hodge said. “At the end of the day, they really didn’t change substantially the recom-mendations, but the main im-provements in the final report over the draft report have been to have a better presentation in a few critical areas.”
Now that the SPT has
officially completed its work, Hodge said the next stage is achieving the goals the group was created to satisfy.
“Right now what I am do-ing is talking to key leaders on campus to make sure that I have heard personally if they have had any issues with it,” Hodge said. “Then, hope-fully sometime within the next three or four weeks, I will talk about some of the first round of changes so that it will be pretty clear what we are doing.”
Hodge said he has promised to have his full evaluation of the recommendations along with a timeline for the implemen-tation of those accepted pre-sented at the board of trustees meeting Dec. 10.
First-year Michael Maienza said not enough is known on campus about the SPT, and from what he has heard he does have some apprehension about the whole process.
“I feel like sometimes there is a danger in spending mon-ey to make money, which is what may be happening here,” Maienza said. “Also, the stu-dents are strapped for money too, so hopefully they don’t look to us to further cure their financial woes.”
Hodge said the recommen-dations have the best interest of the student body at heart.
Ultimately, he said he was pleased with the quality of the report and the performance of the SPT.
“I must say, they performed incredibly well,” Hodge said. “I think that this is one of the fin-est reports of its kind that I have ever seen.”
Students interested in reading the report can visit http://www.miami.muohio.edu/spc.
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and Economics at the University of Delaware, and Garnett Stokes is the dean of Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia.
Each of the candidates will meet with the Miami commu-nity in individual forums. The fo-rums will take place during October and November.
One of these candidates will fill the position, which reports to the president and serves as the chief academic offi-cer of the university. Working closely with faculty, the provost works to build Miami’s reputation through aca-demic development and progress for future generations.
According to the Miami Univer-sity Provost Scope, which outlines the requirements of the provost, the position is expected to meet and exceed the list of challenges and
opportunities, which can be found on Miami’s website.
“The process of finding a new pro-vost has been rather easy and without any concern,” said Stephen Snyder, staff liaison for the committee. “The search as a whole has been successful. All of the applicants have been what we asked for — qualified and well-rounded.”
The announcement of the new pro-vost will be made in November after all of the forums are complete. The forums are the last chance for the applicants to impress the committee. “The com-mittee wants the applicants to become more interactive with the Miami com-munity and more comfortable with the environment,” Feyten said.
Until the decision is made, John Skillings will continue to serve as the interim provost.
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Interview DaysDwayne Smith: Oct. 26.Valerie Hardcastle: Nov. 1.Bobby Gempesaw: Nov. 4.Garnett Stokes: Nov. 10.
Homecoming is a time-honored tradition at most schools. Alum-
ni come back to relive their college years for the weekend. Grills are hot, drinks are cold and stadiums are full of rowdy fans cheering their alma mater on to victory.
At Miami, that doesn’t happen. Our stadium stays relatively empty, there are no grills in sight and the drinks don’t even make their way out to the hands of the alumni. It’s a trav-esty! It’s a shame!
So for those unfamiliar with tradi-tion, here’s a guide to Homecoming:
Treat the alumni like your long lost friend, not some stranger. Sure, you may not actually know them, but they’ve been in your shoes. They just want to be treated like any of your classmates.
Fire up the grill! Oct. 16 was Homecoming at Indiana University and Hoosiers both current and old came out in full force for the pre-game tailgates that led up to the foot-ball game that day. Tailgates are the signature event of a proper Home-coming weekend, so don’t drop the ball.
Wear red and white. Saturday’s football game is a red out, so natu-rally wear white on Friday. Sure, the theme of this weekend is Reinvent Red, but white will work too, just not Saturday.
Rock out with your ’Hawk out. Just because something’s red or white doesn’t make it appropriate to wear for Homecoming weekend. For instance, wearing your red Ohio State shirt is not appropriate not just at the game, but period.
Support all of the RedHawk teams. Sure, hockey is the “it” sport on campus and football is doing well, but they aren’t the only teams around. The volleyball team has a pair of matches this weekend and both the men’s and women’s swim teams have meets in town Saturday.
Don’t forget the big guns. Vol-leyball and swimming are fun, but there’s nothing quite like a hockey game in Oxford. If you want them to sweep the series, everyone needs to be at the games in full force.
Embrace the cheesiness. Part of the fun of Homecoming is how cheesy it actually is. Everything about Home-coming resembles something out
of a movie. Just because it’s cheesy doesn’t mean it’s bad.
Get a bagel from Bagel and Deli. Sure, this one sounds silly, but Miami is a school steeped in tradition. There are few experiences every student
needs to have to truly be considered a part of the Miami community, and one of those is getting a sandwich from this student favorite. Squeeze in there with the alumni and truly savor every steamy hot bite to remember
why the alumni come back to town every year.
Go to the football game. There is no excuse for not going at this point.
Have fun. While this goes for everyone, it should ring especially
true for my fellow seniors. Our time here is quickly flying by. Homecom-ing is a time to remember the fun you have in college, so make the most of it and truly enjoy yourself this weekend.
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Members of the Miami University football team gear up to face the Golden Flashes in their game against Kent State University Oct. 2.MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student
By Hannah R. Miller Staff Writer
Coming off a successful road series against St. Cloud State Uni-versity, which included a win and a tie, the Miami University hockey team looks to heat up against the cur-rently winless Northern Michigan University Wildcats at the Goggin Ice Center.
The RedHawks enter the week-end’s series 2-1-1, while the Wild-cats sit at 0-2-1. In the first games of conference play for both teams, Mi-ami is expecting to see a high level of hockey.
“They play hard, they’re well coached and they’ll come after us,” Head Coach Enrico Blasi said. “I ex-pect a big battle. I think we’re going to get everybody’s best game and we need to be ready for it.”
Northern Michigan has less depth in its lineup than the previous teams the Red and White have faced this season, but Miami is not going to
overlook the team’s strengths. “They’re a very hardworking
team,” senior Andy Miele said. “Their top two lines are very good. After that is really where we can take advantage of them. But they work really hard — they’re a great second effort team. They’ll really battle, so hopefully we can match that intensity.”
The RedHawks want to get pucks on net early in the games to test the Northern Michigan goaltenders.
“We really want to get traffic in front of these goalies because they’re two new goalies and they’re not too experienced,” Miele said.
Senior captain Carter Camper is happy to see junior netminder Connor Knapp back on track. Af-ter giving up five goals on nine shots in his season debut against New Hampshire Oct. 9, Knapp was back to his usual high-level play against St. Cloud. He stopped 24 shots in the 1-1 draw Saturday, 11 of which came while the ’Hawks
were shorthanded. “We knew he was going to come
back, he responds well,” Camper said. “He was the difference maker on Saturday, and we’re really proud of him.”
Led by Camper, the ’Hawks have had consistent offensive production. Camper was named CCHA Offen-sive Player of the Week, tallying six goals and three assists in the first four games of the season.
“We’ve got back-to-back
RedHawks, and hopefully Miele or someone else can get (Player of the Week) for a third week in a row, that’d be pretty cool,” Camper said.
Miele was happy to see produc-tion coming from Camper.
“It’s awesome to have someone who has a hot stick like that,” Miele said. “It’s always huge to have your captain and veteran produce like that, so we’re real excited for him.”
The RedHawks take the ice at 7:35 p.m. Oct. 22 and 23.
’Hawks look to start CCHA play on high note
RedHawks face Bobcats
HOCKEY NEXT HOME GAME: 7:35 p.m. Friday vs. Northern Michigan
FOOTBALL
By JM RiegerStaff Writer
The nation’s most improved football team will face off against rival Ohio University (OU) Oct. 23 in the annual Battle of the Bricks. The Red-Hawks have lost each of their last four match-ups against the Bobcats, but they will look to maintain their undefeated record both at home and in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Homecoming weekend.
Miami and Ohio will be battling not only for the Bricks, but also for first place in the MAC East Di-vision, as the RedHawks and Bobcats both enter the game at 4-3 overall, with 3-0 and 3-1 marks in conference play respectively.
One of the keys for the Red and White will be shutting down OU’s dual threat quarterbacks, red-shirt senior Boo Jackson and redshirt junior Phil Bates. Jackson was named the MAC East Divi-sion Offensive Player of the Week and has aver-aged 130 yards passing per game, while Bates averages 77 yards on the ground.
As a team, the Bobcats average more than 170 yards on the ground per game, so look for Miami to try to shut down Ohio’s senior running back, Vince Davidson, along with Bates.
“We need to play how we play every
Saturday,” sophomore linebacker Evan Harris said. “We need to play physical and play disci-plined. We need to have more guys in the box because if we can stop the run we can make them a one-dimensional team and then we can stop the pass.”
Harris was named the MAC East Division De-fensive Player of the Week, and the RedHawks will need another strong performance from him against the Bobcats. OU is ranked 106 in the na-tion in passing yards per game and 45 in rushing yards, so stopping the run will be a major focus for the Red and White.
Meanwhile, another focus for Miami will be special teams, as field position has proved to be a major factor in each of the RedHawks’ last three games. In addition, senior kicker Trevor Cook is anticipated to miss one to two weeks after being injured last week at Central Michigan University, so senior kicker Seth Phillip is expected to get the start.
“One of our weakest units is our kickoff cov-erage unit,” Head Coach Michael Haywood said. “We need to get guys on the field that can make plays, but we cannot put starters in at certain units because of (the risk of being injured).”
Miami’s air attack has led the way for the of-fense this year. Redshirt sophomore quarterback
Zac Dysert has more than 1600 yards passing this year to go with eight touchdowns and is complet-ing just more than 65 percent of his passes. Fresh-man wide receiver Nick Harwell has stepped up nicely for the ’Hawks in each of the last two games, catching 14 balls for 159 yards and one touchdown.
The RedHawks are tied for 31 in passing yards per game and are 118 in running.
This week’s game is also a great opportunity for fraternities, sororities and residence halls to earn some extra money for their communities. Coach Haywood will donate a $2,500 check to the group with the highest percentage in atten-dance at Yager Stadium. To be counted, students must check in at the southeast corner of the sta-dium. For more information, students can go to www.muredhawks.com.
Miami will also unveil the first three of eight statues celebrating RedHawk football tradition and the Cradle of Coaches at the south end of Yager Stadium at noon Oct. 23. The RedHawks will honor Carm Cozza, Paul Dietzel and Weeb Ewbank, and fans are encouraged to arrive early for the ceremony. RedHawk supporters can listen to coverage on Miami’s ISP Sports Network or on WMSR at www.redhawkradio.com. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Yager Stadium.
Connor Knapp stops a shot by University of New Hampshire’s Dalton Speelman Oct. 9.MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student
NEXT HOME GAME: 1 p.m. Saturday vs. Ohio University