April 25, 2014 | The Miami Student

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

VOLUME 141 NO. 49

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1997, The Miami Student reported that Miami fraternities were instructed to raise the GPA requirement for rush from 2.0 to 2.2. This change, however, was said to have only affected four to six men that year. The current GPA requirement for fraternities is 2.5, as is the requirement for sorority rush.

LAUREN OLSON PHOTO EDITOR

SPRING FLING

Kayla Miller and Jessica Dusing (top), Addie Lottman (left), Ashley Smith and Tori Collins (middle) and Kendall Pleasant (right) enjoy Springfest yesterday on Cook Field.

Beauty over brains: Drunkorexia puts students in medical danger

BY OLIVIA BRAUDE GREENHAWKS EDITOR

It is Friday night, the weekend, the start of a break from the stress of college and time to relax. For many students, this night begins with a pre-game where they will down a few drinks before they hit the bars Uptown. But bodyconscious students may find a fun Friday out comes with a hefty price tag in the form of calories.

Two Natty Lights: 200 calories. One Trashcan: 350 calories.

Two Screwdrivers: 400 calories.

A trip to Jimmy Johns to satisfy the alcohol-induced craving: 500 calories.

For concerned students, preparations for this caloric expenditure began earlier in the day. They began with each missed meal, each step on the treadmill, each and every thought about compensating for the calories consumed later that evening. These actions, termed colloquially as “drunkorexic behaviors,” are little-known disordered eating habits affecting students who do not want

BY CHRIS CURME to choose between partying and having the perfect body.

According to Miami University junior Abby Gilligan, drunkorexia has three main components: restricting calories or skipping meals in anticipation of drinking, drinking to excess and inducing vomiting to purge calories and working out in order to burn the calories from drinking.

“I actually thought that males would exhibit the behaviors more than females just because the research said that males consume more alcohol than females and workout more than females and just, keeping those two things in mind, I thought that just in terms of exercise, that males would exhibit that behavior more than females,” Gilligan said.

I think that the media probably has a lot to do with it.

Body image and the whole thing with the freshman 15.”

ABBY GILLIGAN

MIAMI UNIVERSITY JUNIOR

Gilligan, a kinesiology and nutrition double-major, focused her research on the over-exercising behavior of drunkorexia, hypothesizing males would be more likely than females to compensate for alcohol calories by hitting the gym.

Her results surprised her because although they showed a positive correlation between alcohol consumption and exercise in general, Gilligan did not find much difference in the number of times men chose to compensate for a night out by

over-exercising and the number of times women chose the same compensatory behavior.

Rose Marie Ward, a professor in the Kinesiology and Health Department, has been studying drunkorexia on Miami’s campus for the past few years. She conducts her research by surveying students using questions based on past studies.

Ward’s interest in Miami’s potential problem with disordered eating was sparked by talks among faculty and students claiming one in five Miami students had an eating disorder.

“I didn’t believe it,” Ward said, “We wouldn’t have the resources on campus to deal with that.”

Her latest research centered on the motives for drunkorexic behaviors—restricting calories, over-exercising or purging—and she found that people participated for social reasons, in order to get drunk faster, to save calories and to cope with certain emotions.

DRUNKOREXIA, SEE PAGE 5

Funding in the cards for European women’s education

BY LAUREN OLIVER FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

CONTRIBUTED BY A.VANBUSKIRK

Robbery suspects arrested

Last summer, senior Ashley VanBuskirk studied abroad in Kosovo with the journalism department intending to gain further experience in the field. However, she came away with something drastically different. After spending time in the city, VanBuskirk’s interactions with the Kosovo residents kindled the idea for her own stationery company – Flora.

Flora Stationery, which offers journals, academic planners and notecards, is a nonprofit company that will put all proceeds toward scholarships to help fund education for women in Eastern Europe.

VanBuskirk’s last week in Kosovo sparked the idea for Flora. She met a young woman named Emma who inspired VanBuskirk with her positive attitude, even as her family had been on welfare following her dad’s

service in the Kosovo war in 1999. High unemployment rates and many other obstacles made affording Emma’s education very difficult.

VanBuskirk was able to attend the Kosovo program with the help of five different scholarships. Due to her success in finding these scholarships, VanBuskirk said she believed she would be able to find something similar for Emma, as the University of Pristina, where Emma would attend, cost 250 Euros per semester. In contrast, the average cost of a student attending an in-state public institution in the United States is close to $9,000. After a long search, VanBuskirk was unsuccessful.

“I didn’t have the funds to support her, because that would be unsustainable and unrealistic, so I felt there had to be a more sustainable way to support her,” she said. “So this is where my sister [Victoria] and I came up with the idea to sell school

related supplies to raise money for a scholarship fund.”

The scholarships will allow young women to better their lives and receive a degree in their own community, as many women are forced to receive an education elsewhere.

Junior Elizabeth Arington, Flora’s social media manager, signed onto VanBuskirk’s team after learning about the project in her Social Entrepreneurship class.

“I love Flora’s mission and everything it is doing for the women in Kosovo,” she said. “I love being a part of something that has such a vast opportunity for making a huge difference.”

VanBuskirk and her team recently launched a pilot program to test out Flora’s potential success, where they sold 60 journals.

For every 40 journals purchased, a semester of tuition is fully

COMMUNITY EDITOR

The Oxford Police Department (OPD) arrested two juveniles and two adults Wednesday in reference to a pair of robberies last weekend.

As reported in the April 22 issue of The Miami Student, around 1:30 a.m. Friday, two males allegedly robbed a female Miami University student at gunpoint outside Oxford Commons apartments. A day later, around 2 a.m. Saturday, two males similarly dressed robbed at gunpoint a male in the same vicinity.

The suspects escaped on foot, absconding with the female’s purse and phone, and then the male’s cash.

According to an OPD press release, OPD’s investigation was aided by the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, the Oxford Township Police Department, the Miami University Police Department and the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office.

Carson B. Buell, 20, of Hamilton, was charged with two first-degree counts of complicity to aggravated robbery. Nathaniel S. Nickel, 19, of Oxford, was charged with two first-degree felony counts of aggravated robbery. The two 17-year-old juveniles were each arrested and charged with one count of first-degree aggravated robbery.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to publish adult suspects’ names at our discretion. For more information, please refer to the editorial discussion regarding the Police Beat policy change at MiamiStudent.net.

FLORA,

SEE PAGE 5

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

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CAMPUS

EDITORS REIS THEBAULT VICTORIA SLATER

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

CAMPUS@MIAMISTUDENT.NET

NEW ASG CABINET DAN STEWART PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT SENATE

I want to make senate something everyone is proud to be a part of.”

BEN TAYLOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

CLEAN IT TO THE BONE

Chi Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon hosted a wing-eating contest Thursday on Central Quad to raise money for their philanthropies.

MAGGIE REILLY SECRETARY FOR ON CAMPUS AFFAIRS

I think social media is important for organizations like ASG.”

ALLISON GNAEGY SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS

I want to continue the work I have done and ... help ASG get their word out to the student body.”

Niihka not so ‘friendly’ after all

BY LIBBY MUELLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University Learning Management System (LMS) Review Committee is currently in the process of comparing the Sakai system, Niihka, to two others. By the end of the month, MU will decide whether to continue using Niihka or switch to another LMS. The two systems being considered are Desire2Learn and Instructure/Canvas.

Assistant Provost for e-Learning Beth Rubin said Sakai was developed as a community effort among several universities.

“Sakai is open source, which means everybody can see the source code,” Rubin said. “It was

I am a part of the I Am Miami undergraduate committee and really believe in their cause ...”

ELIZABETH BEUMEL SECRETARY FOR SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES

I want to continue the work I have done with making Miami more sustainable ...”

happened since then is most of the universities left the consortium.”

Rubin said many of the universities who originally developed and used Sakai dropped it in favor of other systems.

“Indiana University did an intensive two-year study and decided last week they’re leaving Sakai, and they were among the people who designed it,” Rubin said. “We moved there because it was open source. We thought it would be flexible, and everyone was expecting this wonderful new version and the version was never created in a way that could scale.”

The LMS Review Committee was created to evaluate other LMS

options following complaints about Sakai and the changing landscape of technology, including the advent and increased use of mobile devices and social media. The Committee conducted tests of two systems in addition to Sakai.

Julie Straub, the Educational Technology Coordinator on the Middletown campus, serves on the committee. She said the committee is looking at specific factors when comparing the systems.

“They’re looking at ways to increase the integration of technology and make sure we’re using an LMS

NIIHKA,

SEE PAGE 4

Reverse culture shock: MU students’ silent struggle

BY EMILY C. TATE SENIOR STAFF WRITER

KRISTEN FOWLER SECRETARY FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

created, developed and enhanced by a consortium of six to eight universities. Each of those universities hired coders and put hundreds of thousands of dollars into developing it.”

According to Rubin, three years ago there was a plan in place for the introduction of a new and improved Sakai system.

“Sakai was out and there was a plan for a new system that was going to be amazing,” Rubin said.

“The plan was to create a new system that was flexible, highly social and fully integrated and that effort was not successful. A prototype was built but it would only work with less than 20 students. What’s

Just six months ago, during her semester abroad, junior Megan Valerio was staring up at the bright lights of the Eiffel Tower, riding a gondola through the canals of Venice and walking along what remains of the Berlin Wall.

Now, she is back in Ohio, with only the Beta Bells to stare upon, a bike to ride through Oxford, and the Phi Delt gates to walk past.

Valerio said it has been difficult to transition back to her Miami routine after living such a fast-paced, actionpacked lifestyle abroad, and she is not alone.

While Miami students across the board treasure their time abroad and often return with new perspectives and altered worldviews, the experience can come at a cost.

Many students struggle with something called reverse culture shock, or ‘re-entry shock,’ as they return from extended travel or study abroad. Essentially, this is the mental and emotional process of readjusting to your life back home and is often even more painful and frustrating than adjusting to culture shock in the

HOME

HOST COUNTRY

HOME

Everything is new, interesting and exciting (honeymoon) You accept and embrace cultural differences. You see the host as your new home and don’t wish to depart or leave new friends.

Differences become apparent and irritating.

Problems occur and frustration sets in.

You are excited about returning home.

You gradually adjust to life at home. Things start to seem more normal and routine again, although not exactly the same.

You develop strategies to cope with difficulties and feelings, make new friends and learn to adapt to the host culture.

You may feel homesick, depressed and helpless.

You incorporate what you learned and experienced abroad into your new life and career.

You may feel frustrated, angry or lonely because friends and family don’t understand what you experienced and how you changed. You miss the host culture and friends, and may look for ways to return.

CONTRIBUTED BY MIAMI GLOBAL INITIATIVES

The “W-Curve” is a general outline of the emotional highs and lows people undergo during and after an experience abroad. This often includes both culture shock and its lesser-known counterpart, known as reverse culture shock. The Miami study abroad department introduces this model to students traveling abroad in their Pre-Departure Orientation host country.

However, few people are aware reverse culture shock even exists, including those who have experienced or will eventually experience

it. Students are not fully prepared for the difficulties they will face when returning home, whether it be isolation, depression or otherwise, which makes the transition

that much more distressing.

Junior Emily Houghton, who also

STUDY ABROAD, SEE PAGE 4

Changing keys: MAP pitches new ideas for annual campus concerts

BY AMANDA MAY

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami Activities and Programming (MAP) partners with the Performing Arts Series to bring entertainers to campus every year, particularly for Family Weekend in October and the annual spring concert. However, for the last two years, a large spring concert has not been scheduled.

The Arts, Culture and Entertainment (ACE) board, one of four student boards comprising Miami Activities and Programming (MAP), is in charge of bringing in artists for Miami students.

When trying to choose which artist should perform, the board considers artists students want as well as artists who approach the university on their own, said MAP President junior Maddy Haigh.

The Performing Arts Series helps MAP find talent, determine what is in the budget, negotiate prices and market the show. Director of the Performing Arts Series Patti Liberatore, who helps MAP find and secure entertainment, attributes the lack of spring concerts the past two

years to various conflicts.

“The fact that we don’t have a concert planned for this spring is just the result of a variety of circumstances, rather than anyone making a decision to not have shows in

include technical issues, space availability, pricing and dates, among other problems.

“There are your factors on the Miami side, and then there are the artists’ factors,” Haigh said.

PERFORMERS OF THE PAST THE TEMPTATIONS SIMON & GARFUNKEL ELTON JOHN JOHN DENVER THE BEACH BOYS BB KING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BILLY JOEL JIMMY BUFFET RAY CHARLES JAMES TAYLOR TALKING HEADS

the spring,” Liberatore said. “Not having a concert this year was an anomaly.”

Haigh said many factors come into play that could cause conflicts when trying to book artists. These

Miami can only offer to host an artist when a space, usually Millett, is available to hold the concert, which limits the number of possible dates. Then, one of these dates has to line up with a performer’s schedule.

The last major spring concert MAP held was The Fray in 2012. In years prior, as many as four major entertainers visited Miami during just one school year.

In 2002-03 alone, the campus saw shows from the Counting Crows, John Mayer, Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, and comedian Bill Cosby.

Since that year, however, there has been a decrease in the number of performers MAP has brought to campus, with some school years only seeing a single comedian and no musicians, such as with Jay Leno in 2008 or Jim Gaffigan in 2013.

For Family Weekend, Haigh said MAP is starting to focus on bringing in comedians instead of musicians, as they have previously done. Comedians seem to appeal better to both age groups and are something the family is more likely to attend together. They plan to continue this trend in the future.

Haigh said following this year, MAP hopes to bring in a greater number of smaller artists throughout the year as opposed to only one large act in the spring. This will give them

more flexibility with scheduling and leave funds to plan more performances throughout the year, as well as lower ticket prices for students to purchase, resulting in greater interest and attendance.

Sophomore Bijan Sharifi said that he would be more likely to attend concerts on campus if ticket prices were lowered.

MAP currently receives all of its funding from ASG through a pre-approved budget, with about $20,000 typically allocated for one of these events. The costs to bring in the artist vary widely based on the performers, and the ticket prices are then based on the costs to assure the concert pays for itself. The tickets can run up to $40 for one big name musician or comedian.

MAP and the Performing Arts Series are looking into a concert for next spring, although nothing has been set in stone. Family Weekend is their first priority, which is also currently in the planning stages, according to Liberatore.

“We always hope for concerts, but we try to be creative about it,” Haigh said.

EDITORS JANE BLAZER CHRIS CURME

COMMUNITY FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

COMMUNITY@MIAMISTUDENT.NET

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POLICE

BEAT

A, B, C: Getting arrested is easy as one, two, three At 1:09 a.m. Wednesday, an OPD officer responded to a burglary report in the 600 block of North Campus Avenue.

The complainant said she fell asleep without locking her door and awoke upon hearing noises coming from inside the house.

After calling OPD, she noticed an unknown female in her bathroom.

When the resident called out to the female, the suspect vamoosed from the premises.

Officers later located a barefoot female trotting south on South Campus Avenue. The female did not respond when officers attempted to contact her.

The officer noticed the suspect wore an over 21 bar wristband.

The officers asked her if she had been drinking that night. “I’ve only been drinking,” she said.

The female said she had no clue where her shoes were or where she was. However, she remembered she was 18.

While speaking with the female, officers received a communiqué from dispatch that said another report had come in of a barefoot female breaking into a house in the 500 block of North Campus Ave. At this time, the suspect was transported to OPD and charged with burglary and offenses involving underage persons.

While being booked, the female kept whispering “A, B, C; one, two, three” under her breath. She was taken to Butler County Jail.

The new Lane Library will occupy space on the old Walmart lot on Locust Street. It will open June 2015.

CONTRIBUTED BY SPH LEADING DESIGN

Library to reshelf in new location

BY MATTHEW RIGALI FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Oxford’s Lane Library is about to get a new modernized home on Locust Street, occupying Walmart’s former space. The new building will stand two stories tall and will address complaints of cramped space at the Lane Library’s current location on 15 S. College Ave. The new building is slated to open in June 2015 after an estimated $8 million worth of construction is complete.

Miami University sophomore Evan Bader, who grew up in Oxford and has been a visitor to Oxford’s Lane Library since he was young,

said he hopes the new library building will be able to accommodate technology that most modern libraries already have.

“It didn’t have the space for the resources we need now, like computers and other technology,” Bader said.

“In my opinion, the Hamilton branch usually had more books and didn’t run out of popular ones as quickly as (the Oxford branch) did, so I’m wondering if the additional space will bring in more books to the Oxford branch,” Bader said.

Interior designer for SPH Leading Design Jenny Gallow said she believes the new library creates a flexible environment to serve the Oxford community.

“We tried to create different spaces within the large, open plan, that would serve different functions,” Gallow said.

“The new library will have three study rooms, a large meeting room with seating for up to 80 people, a dedicated Children’s Story Time Room, and different seating arrangements for individual or group work,” Gallow said.

There will be many new expansions to the previous library, Gallow added.

“The first floor will have bar height seating, a lounge and café area, a separate teen room, and the children’s department,” Gallow said.

“The children’s area will feature

interactive games and activities to promote literacy through play.”

The second floor of the new branch building will house the “Living Room,” which will feature mobile tables and soft seating under a large skylight.

“We wanted an overall environment that could serve the different needs of library users,” Gallow said.

Branch Manager of the Oxford Lane Library Rebecca Smith said the needs of library patrons simply can no longer be met at the branch’s current location on South College Avenue.

“We have currently maxed out our space at this location and we need to expand,” Smith said.

Officer takes out the garbage, sniffs trashcan At 2:24 a.m. Wednesday, an OPD officer was traveling west on High Street when he noticed a male standing in front of Brick Street Bar & Grill, 36 E. High St., holding a clear cup containing blue liquid.

The officer stopped the male and asked to smell the beverage. The officer sniffed out the beverage to be a “Trashcan.”

When asked for his ID, the male presented an over-21 Pennsylvania driver’s license and his Miami student ID. However, the officer spotted another ID in the male’s wallet that was turned around. He then asked the suspect if the Pennsylvania driver’s license was fictitious. The suspect admitted it was, and handed the officer an under-21 Ohio driver’s license.

The male was arrested, taken to OPD and charged with open container, sales to and use by underage persons and certain acts prohibited.

He was released and transported back to his residence hall.

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Please recycle when you’re finished reading!

PHILL ARDNT THE MIAMI STUDENT

SLAM DUNK

Students of Alpha Omicron Pi celebrate around the dunk tank Tuesday at the anti-hazing baseball game.

Student-athletes donate money, time to sick children

BY CAITLIN LAMB

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University’s varsity athletes balance classes with practices, conditioning and long weekends traveling across the country for games, meets and competitions.

Sometimes, even scheduling some sleep is difficult; yet somehow many have found precious time to give back to our community.

One such athlete was Cody Reichard. As a RedHawk hockey goalie, Reichard would visit Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to hang out with kid patients. Today, Reichard plays for the Orlando Solar Bears, but his legacy at Miami lives on through the organization he founded: Swoop’s Stoop.

Swoop’s Stoop originated during the 2010-11 hockey season, when the team began recognizing

a Cincinnati Children’s child patient and their family at each home game. Soon, the team strengthened its relationship with Cincinnati Children’s and began visiting the hospital and fundraising. By the end of the 2011 school year, they raised over $16,000. The following year, senior football players Sam Olberding and DJ Brown took over Swoop’s Stoop’s reins when Reichard graduated. Thereafter, it continued to grow, but the university only recently recognized it as an official organization.

“We filed everything through The Hub this past week,” junior track and field runner Jessica Hoover said in an email interview squeezed in somewhere between a track meet in California, a full week of classes and practices.

A member of RedHawk Council and captain of Miami’s

cross-country and track and field teams, Hoover said her interest in Swoop’s Stoop was immediate.

“John Strawser, who is a mentor to Cody [Reichard] and member of the Red & White Club, came to speak at a Redhawk Council meeting,” Hoover said. “He told us about Swoop’s Stoop and how they were hoping to make it a student organization on campus. I felt very moved by everything he said and decided immediately I wanted to be very involved.”

Saturday, eight to 12 Miami athletes will attend the official kickoff of Swoop’s Stoop at Cincinnati Children’s. According to Hoover, students will do crafts and hand out blankets, all to give the kids a break from the everyday struggles of living with serious illnesses.

“Long term, we will be sending student-athletes down once a

month,” Hoover said. “We will be bringing kids and families to sporting events at Miami, starting a rooftop garden at the hospital, and funding other projects for the hospital as well through donations.”

The organization emphasizes the mutual benefit of these activities. As its mission statement reads, “This relationship provides members different life perspectives and the opportunity to inspire, and be inspired by the children they are interacting with.”

According to Hoover, Swoop’s Stoop has plans to involve studentathletes from other local colleges, like the University of Cincinnati or Xavier University, who have already expressed interest.

“I know that we can have a very big impact on these kids and that it will only grow from here,” Hoover said.

CRIME STATISTICS: April 17 – 24 Criminal trespass TOTAL CRIMES: 20 TOTAL PERSONS CITED: 10

Dogs running at large Harmful intoxication Marijuana drug paraphernalia

Offenses involving underage persons Refusal to disclose personal information Open container Warrant Disorderly conduct Certain acts prohibited Sales to and use by underage persons Total Total MiamiMiami Students CitedCited Students

U R A BBQ-T

BLAKE WILSON THE MIAMI STUDENT

Students residing in Hawk’s Landind capitalize on Spring weather Easter weekend and host a barbeque.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

STUDY ABROAD, FROM PAGE 2

studied abroad last fall in Luxembourg, underwent her own version of reverse culture shock.

“I think I underestimated how different it would be when I came back,” she said. “The hardest thing was coming back to all of my friends on campus. When I was abroad they were always like ‘Oh, everything is the same here,’ but when I came back it felt like a lot had changed.”

This feeling is normal for a student who has spent a semester abroad, Study Abroad Advisor Kevin Fitzgerald said. After they return, students often feel like they missed out on time with friends or that the relationships have shifted or changed.

“A lot of people have the ‘I missed out’ feeling, or you come back and can’t get past the elevator speech with your very best friend,” he said.

“Sometimes all you want to do is talk about your experiences, which is a challenge when you can’t get past 90 seconds of small talk.”

Valerio identified with this, as she said she is always eager to share her stories from Luxembourg, but most people are not as interested in hearing them.

“I’m not sure if it was because they didn’t get to experience it themselves or because they think I’m bragging, but no one really wants to

NIIHKA, FROM PAGE 2

that will be useful to and support all classes, traditional, online and hybrid courses,” Straub said. “And it should have a variety of tools that are necessary for faculty to utilize technology for teaching and for students to use it for learning.”

Rubin said the increase in use of mobile devices introduced new priorities for which Sakai is not well suited.

“Students and faculty have

www.miamistudent.net hear about it,” Valerio said. “Even my parents wanted to see two pictures and then they were bored.”

Beyond changing friend groups and impatient listeners, study abroad veterans endure a number of other problems.

With overseas travel typically comes a better understanding and appreciation for other cultures, but not everyone has traveled abroad.

Students who have never been immersed in another culture might be less tolerant of people different from themselves, which Valerio said she has noticed a lot more since she got back. “[The other day] one of my friends was talking about the Asians on campus and said ‘they’re in America, they should learn to speak English,’” she said. “That honestly hurt me. I spent four months in a country and never learned the language.

“It just makes me realize that my friends and a lot of people who haven’t studied abroad are kind of stuck in a bubble,” Valerio said, “like they are so comfortable they just don’t want anything to change.”

Houghton has dealt with similar problems as well. While in Luxembourg, she took a class about Hitler and eventually got to visit Auschwitz, one of the biggest concentration camps from the Holocaust. Experiences like that one have changed the way she looks at certain things, she said, and now, she said, she

notices small-minded comments from her peers that she doubts she would have noticed before.

The professionals at Miami’s study abroad department are aware of the struggles returning students face and have various resources to help ease the adjustment process, Fitzgerald said.

One such resource is a sprint course called IDS 156: Study Abroad Reentry, in which students are able to reflect on their time abroad.

“We consider it the unpacking of the emotional side of the experience,” Fitzgerald said. “A lot of students come back and they realize they need help processing their study abroad experience, so it is a great resource to have for [them].”

Fitzgerald also suggested returning students get involved at school because many of them come back and feel like something is missing.

Through activities like the International Peer Orientation Leader (IPOL) program or Global Buddies, students get to feel like they are giving back, which can help with the emptiness they may be feeling. “[When you’re abroad], you get pushed so far out of your comfort zone that it breaks,” he said.

“That’s where the reverse culture shock comes in – because you have changed so much.

“Then all of a sudden you have to leave, and when you get home it’s not right,” he said. “It wasn’t quite

right when you were there and it’s not quite right at home anymore when you get back.”

This state of limbo is painful when students are experiencing it, but Fitzgerald said it ultimately contributes to the growing up process, as does the entire study abroad program.

“When I’m advising students, I tell them to stay true to their experience,” he said, “whether that’s keeping a journal or writing down key moments and turning back to those when you need them.”

Having something tangible like photographs, videos or journal entries allows students to stay connected with their experience. Many people return from study abroad and declare that it ‘transformed’ or ‘changed’ them, but unless they actively keep up with the culture and country in which they were immersed, Fitzgerald said most students revert back to their former selves within months of being back home.

“You could follow [the host country’s] news, keep up on your language skills, stay in touch with the people you know still living there,” he said. “I’m not saying it’s by any means easy to do that, but it is a lot easier than it used to be, just with resources like Facebook.”

Students may not be able to remain on their study abroad trips

forever, but they can bring back stories, memories and some of the lessons they learned and incorporate it into the lives they have back home. It takes effort, but it is possible, Fitzgerald said.

He also said study abroad advisors try to teach mindfulness, which is the idea of being true to yourself and living in the current situation—wherever you are, whatever you are doing. He also said that committing to a study abroad program is committing to a unique kind of stress—the stress of being uncomfortable in a foreign place, of not understanding what the people around you are saying, the stress of trying unusual food items.

“And with stress comes reverberations,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s like Newton’s law, ‘for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction,’ and I think reverse culture shock is just a part of that, a part of the emotional process.”

When students are abroad, he said, they are being pushed and pulled by the realities of their situation, and it causes them to examine their lives and themselves.

“While abroad, you have to look at what is most precious to you, what is real,” he said, “like throwing certain items out of your backpack because it’s too heavy.

And while it’s tough, the benefits do outweigh the costs.”

mobile devices and they want to teach and take classes on their pads, tablets and phones,” Rubin said.

Constantly changing technology offers many possibilities for incorporating different elements into an LMS. Junior Hannah Corner said there are some features she would like to see if a new system is implemented.

“It would be really cool if it synced with my Google account somehow,” Corner said. “I don’t know if that’s possible, but I would like to organize my Google drive

with my courses and calendar.”

The committee finished pilot testing at the end of March.

They tested Sakai in addition to Desire2Learn and Instructure/ Canvas, which were the two systems deemed the best alternatives based on a set of criteria the committee developed.

“We set up a pilot,” Rubin said.

“We created a fake course for faculty and a fake course for students and we put it on each of the three LMS’s, Sakai and two others. We asked people to do the things they

would normally do when they teach or take a class and evaluate how easy the system was to use.

A good system supports teaching and learning.”

The data from the pilot tests are now being aggregated and evaluated.

Sakai, because it is open source, is free to use. However, MU hired three full-time employees to code and administer the LMS. If a new system were chosen to replace Sakai, coders would not be needed.

Rubin said price is not a principal

factor in determining which LMS will ultimately be chosen. She envisions a system that allows for live chat, video and even integration of social media.

“What’s really important is that the evaluations are done not on the basis of price, but solely on the basis of how well the LMS supports teaching and learning,” Rubin said.

“What I love and believe in is creating online courses that have a strong connection. You can do the Miami experience online, but only if the technology allows it.”

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DRUNKOREXIA, FROM PAGE 1

“The interesting thing for us was that people have a conscious thought about the alcohol,” Ward said.

Senior nutrition major Teresa Schwendler studied the correlation between dieting behaviors and social situations, such as pre-gaming. Her results emphasized those found by Ward’s most recent research in regards to the social reasons for drunkorexic behaviors.

“In social environments where there is alcohol being consumed, those people who are consuming alcohol for the social aspect are more likely to have dieting behaviors,” Schwendler said.

In other words, people who enjoy pre-gaming on Friday and Saturday nights are more likely to restrict their intake, purge or over-exercise in order to compensate for the calories from the

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alcohol they drank.

Gilligan, Ward and Schwendler stressed that research on drunkorexia is limited and more is necessary to prove anything about drunkorexic behaviors and what causes them.

“We don’t know exact motivations behind the people [surveyed] but that’s something our lab is trying to look into more,” Gilligan said. “But it’s hard to figure that out.”

The lack of research is one of the main reasons Gilligan and Schwendler chose this topic to explore further.

“Since a lot of people don’t know about it, I feel like some people might participate in that behavior and not really realize that it can lead to other problems or not even realize that it’s a problem in itself,” Gilligan said.

Gilligan suggested Miami adding drunkorexia and drunkorexic behaviors to part of the AlchoholEdu program required of

Miami first-year students.

Schwendler went one step further and called attention to the physical dangers of drunkorexia.

“Because alcohol is considered to be something that doesn’t have any nutritional value to it, it’s kind of like empty calories, and so if you’re restricting your food intake and you’re only consuming alcohol, you’re not getting any of those vitamins and minerals, you’re not getting protein or fat, whether it’s good or bad, you’re really not getting the type of nutrients you need from your food, you’re just consuming alcohol,” Schwendler said.

If the drunkorexic behaviors occur frequently enough, malnutrition may result, Schwendler said.

In addition, drunkorexia has the potential to lead to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, or it may lead to alcoholism.

Despite all the negative

side-effects of engaging in drunkorexic behaviors, a news release from the Eating Disorder Center of Denver concluded drunkorexia is on the rise.

The trend of more men and women skipping meals or overexercising to compensate for calories, or intentionally drinking to the point of vomiting, has several potential causes.

“I think that the media probably has a lot to do with it. Body image and the whole thing with the freshman 15,” Gilligan said, “A lot of students are drinking more than they did in high school and I think people are more conscious of, or trying to make up for that in a sense, so they feel like they have to over-exercise.”

Schwendler also blamed the media and the images they portray as the “perfect” male and female body.

The combination of body-image pressures and the pressure to drink can result in students

taking desperate actions to control their weight.

“Just in general, our social environment, media, everybody wants to be thin, but then there’s also, especially in college, there’s the want to go out and drink and be intoxicated because it’s fun and people enjoy themselves, but I think it can be dangerous,” Schwendler said.

Ward said she would like to see students become less conscious of the calories they are drinking, and instead learn to drink responsibly.

It is not uncommon, Gilligan said, to hear someone comment about drinking too much at a pre-game party Friday night and needing to step on the treadmill in order to make up for it.

According to her, whether ignorant or not, students are engaging in drunkorexic behaviors and until more research is done on the subject, it appears that will not change.

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EDITORS EMILY ELDRIDGE NICOLE THEODORE

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

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

Never drink without eating: Stop the calorie counting, stay healthy A slice of your favorite Will’s cheese pizza is around 350 calories. But so is a Vodka Tonic at Brick Street, by our best estimations — so which do you choose?

There is a growing trend among Miami students to go with the latter and nothing else. Many would rather hear their stomachs growl and save room for alcoholic drinks than risk putting on a few extra pounds.

That’s the thought behind “drunkorexia,” which is the act of restricting food intake during the day in order to get drunk at night to eliminate the fear of gaining weight. From skipping meals to exercising excessively, some students will do just about anything to avoid that doomed beer belly.

The editorial board of The Miami Student believes drunkorexia is a dangerous habit. We believe this get-drunk-fast method puts students at a much greater risk for alcohol poisoning, blacking out and other high-risk situations. Although binge drinking is a regular occurrence at many colleges, including Miami, drunkorexic behavior intensifies the associated risks.

Since drunkorexia usually involves drinking on an empty stomach, it’s easier to get intoxicated quicker throughout the night.

The motivation behind drunkorexia is often to keep your calories down during a night out.

But for those trying to keep their figure, drinking your calories is neither a healthy nor effective way to stay thin. When the majority of your daily calorie count comes from alcohol, you miss out on the nutritional benefits of a quality meal.

Plus, you might just end up binge eating at the end of the night with less-than-healthy food items. It’s inevitable: the hungrier and more intoxicated you are,

the more tempting that Crunch N’ Munch may sound at 3 a.m.

The next reason to avoid drunkorexic behavior has to do with the morning after. Yes, believe it or not, hangovers are significantly worse after drinking on an empty stomach.

Though the only sure-fire way to avoid hangovers is not to drink, eating food and drinking water before, during and after you consume alcohol will lessen any morning side-effect.

The “Huffington Post” recommends incorporating pickles, almonds, hummus, eggs, milk and asparagus into your lunch or dinner to ward off hangover symptoms.

The harms of this kind of practice go beyond one weekend’s antics. “Psychology Today” states that an empty stomach leads to higher BAC levels and increases long-term risk for alcohol related medical conditions, including liver disease, diabetes and dementia.

Drunkorexia is especially a concern for Miami students as we try to combat the ongoing culture of drinking. This behavior is a dangerous blend of the two stereotypes that often dominate Miami’s campus: physical perfection and top party school.

In the same place where students feel pressure to be skinny and maintain a certain image, going Uptown is also an extremely popular activity.

We’ve seen far too many socalled “Miami Girls” nibble at a side salad while knocking back martinis. This is something all students should avoid doing. So it’s time to be smarter about partying, one well-balanced meal at a time.

Next time you’re prepping for a night-out, don’t leave the house on an empty stomach. It might just make your night that much more enjoyable and safe.

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GUEST COLUMN

Immigration activist poses important questions to students regarding undocumented citizens in U.S. At every juncture in the fight for civil rights and human dignity, young people — especially college students — speaking up, coming out and calling for change has helped define American history.

That was the case in JOSE the civil VARGAS rights movement of the 1960s, with the formation of groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which organized sit-ins at racially segregated lunch counters. “Young people were at the heart of that movement,” Rep. John Lewis, who mobilized sit-ins and served as a chairman of SNCC once told me.

That’s been the case with the LGBT rights movement. For example, Gay Straight Alliance chapters (GSAs) across the country, with straight allies advocating for their LGBT friends, classmates and relatives, have played a key role in reshaping attitudes and broadening the conversation around LGBT issues. The GSA movement started in San Francisco in 1998, the same year “Will & Grace” hit the airwaves and made the necessary cultural argument that for every Will Truman, there’s a Grace Adler — the straight best friend, the ally.

But what about immigrant rights, one of the defining civil rights movements of our time, inexorably linked to a demographically evolving America? America looks the way it does right now because of immigrants, documented and undocumented. Like the fight for LGBT

equality and the advancement of women’s rights, this increasingly diverse, hyper-connected Millennial generation has grown up listening to the national debate about “border security” and “illegal aliens.” What are college students in campuses and communities across America doing to advocate for fair and humane treatment of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants — many of whom are their relatives, friends and classmates?

Since disclosing my undocumented status in the New York Times Magazine — and forming the Define American campaign while filming a documentary called “DOCUMENTED” nearly three years ago — I’ve visited more than 100 colleges and universities in all regions of the country. At each stop, whether in the South, at the University of Georgia in Athens, or the Midwest, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, I’ve engaged students and asked them to connect the dots between their own immigrant backgrounds and the struggle of undocumented immigrants today.

Last month, I visited Miami University, the alma mater of Rep. Paul Ryan, one of the most powerful leaders in the country. Miami holds a special place in the civil rights movement; some 50 years ago, during the Freedom Summer of 1964, more than 800 volunteers gathered at the Western College for Women, now Western Campus of Miami University, to prepare for African-American voter registration in the South. During my visit at this university, I spoke about Ellis Island, our country’s first immigration station, where nearly one in three Americans can trace their European ancestors during one of the largest recorded migrations in history. “My name’s Ryan,” Ryan

once said about his own immigrant background. “I’m here because the potatoes stopped growing in the 1850s in Ireland.” Indeed.

Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 million undocumented Europeans — white people — crossed the border known as the Atlantic Ocean and landed on Ellis Island without papers. Most didn’t speak English; they needed translators to pass basic literacy test. Many had little to no money. But they were inspected, registered and, various degree of struggle, welcomed to America.

Now, nearly 60 years later, America is faced with the migration of yet another 12 million people — not from only Europe but mostly from across the world, particularly from Latin America and Asia. An estimated 100,000 undocumented workers live in Ohio, contributing about $104 million in state and local taxes.

They call Ohio home, they drive in Ohio’s freeways, they attend Ohio public schools, they shop and buy at Ohio stores.

On Monday, I will be back at Miami for a special screening of “DOCUMENTED.” After the screening, I hope to engage students, faculty and community members. I will answer every question I am posed. But I have a few of my own: What can you do to help your undocumented neighbors?

What is your role in this immigrant rights movement? How do you define American?

Vargas, the writer and director of “DOCUMENTED,” is the founder of Define American, a non-profit media and culture campaign about immigration and citizenship.

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MILAM’S MUSINGS

We must realize intellectual property rights allow government to monopolize ideas The idea of intellectual property where someone can copyright, trademark or patent an idea should be seen as an outdated concept and unnecessary to the flourishing of creativity and innovation.

William Shakespeare, BRETT the greatMILAM est and most influential writer in the history of our species, turned 450 years old on April 23. Since 1993, anyone can access “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” on the Internet. For free. Right there on your screen.

Since procuring an iPhone, I can now say I have William Shakespeare in my pocket. If such a reality should amaze us, then the reality of intellectual property laws in the United States should equally dismay us.

Around Shakespeare’s time in Europe, if you wanted to see a play, you had to pay for it.

Therefore, writers could be paid.

Even today, the thought of being paid to write for the public is an astounding notion.

Once this occurred, a great many writers emerged, like Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, Ben Jonson and yes, Shakespeare.

“As with much else, literary

talent often remains undeveloped unless markets reward it,” Scott Turow, Paul Aiken and James Shapiro noted in the New York Times.

Sometime after, in 1709, Britain enacted the first copyright laws “for the encouragement of learned men to compose and write useful books.” A number of decades later, the United States Constitution also had copyright infused with it “to promote the progress of science and useful arts.”

Turow, Aiken and Shapiro see this as the start of something wonderful, as the copyright market allowed authors and other creators — historians, musicians and such — to flourish under the knowledge that they were not only protected but rewarded for their labor and creative endeavors.

This is where I diverge with them. I see copyright as the antithesis to creative flourishing. Understand that Britain enacted those first copyright laws almost 100 years after Shakespeare’s death.

It would seem to me, then, that getting paid for his efforts was enough to “flourish.” He didn’t need government copyright laws to ensure that. And it goes without saying, we saw a great many works of art manifest in the centuries prior to Shakespeare and copyright law.

Am I violating Shakespeare’s “intellectual property” by reading “King Lear,” perhaps my favorite of his works?

NICOLE’S TWO CENTS

Moreover, the emergence of copyright law, especially in modern times, has more to do with protecting publishing houses, record labels and movie studios than it does with some lofty notion of protecting the creators and innovators. In essence, it is a government-granted monopoly on ideas.

To put it more simply, as Sheldon Richman did, you and I cannot drink the same Coke at the same time. We cannot occupy the same space at the same time — the space is finite. Ideas are different since we can have the same or similar ideas at the same time.

Richman offered this example

Am I violating Shakespeare’s “intellectual property” by reading “King Lear,” perhaps my favorite of his works?

As with any government-granted monopoly, larger corporations can incur the costs of dealing with intellectual property laws.

“Large firms can more readily incur the costs of both acquiring and defending a patent than can an individual or a small firm,” Butler Shaffer, a teacher at Southwestern University School of Law, said.

He also noted that government agencies, like the Food and Drug Administration, also have regulations and tests, which incur further costs upon a person or business.

On the other hand, property rights do make sense because it covers the area of what is tangible, finite and scarce, unlike “ideas,” which are none of these things. Protection of property rights is paramount to ensuring social cooperation.

to further elaborate on the point: “Jones invents (and patents) the wheelbarrow and uses it on his land. He intends to produce this great new device and sell it to a world that eagerly awaits it.

Smith lawfully walks by Jones’s property and watches him using the wheelbarrow, realizing this is something no one has ever seen before. If Smith goes home and, using her own materials and labor, makes a wheelbarrow from the mental image stored in her mind, what has she taken from Jones?

Smith’s mental image is hers.”

Of course, some would argue that if Smith tried to compete with Jones in selling wheelbarrows, then she has diminished his potential sales. Thus, the role of the government seems obvious in stopping such an action in the

form of patent laws.

But again, as Richman pointed out, now you’re suggesting someone owns economic value or would-be profits, which makes no sense.

Sure, if someone took this editorial word-for-word and put themselves as the author, I would see that as wrong, but not in a legal sense. How can I reasonably “own” the arrangement of words in this piece and the ideas expressed?

Perhaps ending all manner of intellectual property law is a futile goal, though, not to say anything of it seeming blasphemous to people, so I would settle for reform.

One reform that I think anyone could agree on is the length.

At the start of copyright law in the United States, an author could copyright their work for up to 14 years and then renew it for another 14.

Now copyright, according to the Washington Post, lasts the duration of the author’s life plus an additional 70 years. As they note, this mostly seems at the behest of companies like Disney.

Polonius said to Hamlet in “Hamlet,” “Though this be madness, yet there is a method in’t.”

You can think me mad. I will not claim ownership of the idea.

SENIOR, JOURNALISM MILAMBC@MIAMIOH.EDU

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Mandela, Amy Biehl have worthy MU can’t claim it is affordable to the ‘average Joe’ lessons of reconciliation to offer “A great education made afford- ROI is not the best way to determine semester later, because I took two Nelson Mandela and Amy Biehl have lessons of reconciliation we should pay more attention to.

A m y Biehl was only 26 years old when she was stoned and stabbed to death by a mob NICOLE of black THEODORE militants in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1993. She was there as a scholar in the Fulbright program as a recent graduate from Stanford, wanting to immerse herself in Apartheid in South Africa.

For those of you unfamiliar with Apartheid, the name Nelson Mandela might ring a bell. South Africa was on the brink of a race war because of this system of legislation. It enforced policies of racial segregation and was imposed by the National Party, an all-white government. Despite grave backlash from inside the country and from the international community, its laws remained intact for almost 50 years.

Biehl was an anti-Apartheid activist and her murder was considered a turning point for some in South Africa. Both whites and blacks joined together in peace rallies across the country to honor Biehl. This prompted her parents Linda and Peter Biehl to go to South Africa, trying to understand why their daughter went there in the first place.

Almost 21 years later, Linda and Peter have reconciled and

worked with two of their daughter’s killers in an effort to direct and implement after-school youth programs near Cape Town.

These programs include metal and art programs and even sessions for those who want to go on to college.

It takes an insane amount of courage and forgiveness to work alongside people who took someone from you, and it’s hard to imagine for most of us how we could even begin to do what the Biehl family has done.

This story matters because it is exactly the kind of reconciliation Nelson Mandela expressed and tried to teach the world during his historic life. He mentioned the tragic death of Amy in a speech in 1998, showing how much her death meant to the fight against Apartheid.

Lisa Biehl is currently visiting Cincinnati with Ntoeko Peni, one of her daughter’s convicted killers to participate in a panel for the community program “Nelson Mandela’s Legacy of Reconciliation: Lessons for Leading An Inclusive Community,” today at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Auditorium. The panel begins around 4 p.m.

This is an event that can teach us so much about forgiveness, tolerance and reconciliation. I really encourage students and anyone interested to attend. If a mother can forgive two of her daughter’s killers, I think we can all forgive our roommates, exboyfriends and girlfriends and even parents for past mistakes.

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able” is how Miami refers to itself in one of the most recent recruitment brochures aimed at prospective students. At $24,646 a year for Ohio residents and $40,436 for out-of-state students, “affordable” hardly seems to be the right term to describe the wonderful education Miami provides. As an out-ofstate student, even with a substantial scholarship, I have to question that claim—the current four-year cost for out-of-state students is upward of $160,000. But according to Denise Krallman in the Office of Institutional Research, the definition Miami uses is altogether different than the traditional meaning.

“When you’re talking about affordability, it’s a combination of a quality education in a reasonable amount of time and at the end of that time we’re hopeful that the students will either have a job or be going on to graduate or professional school.”

And in fact, according to Krallman, the median time to graduate for Miami undergraduates is 3.7 years.

In addition, of all students graduating in 2012-13, 91 percent either have a job lined up or have been accepted to graduate or professional schools. This is a much higher percentage than others around Ohio, as is Miami’s four-year graduation rate.

“The most recent graduation rate, for example, for Kent State, is 52 percent, whereas we’re 80 percent.

UC’s graduation rate is 55 percent,” said Krallman.

Often, people look at Return on Investment reports like those on Payscale.com to see whether a college is really “worth” its tuition. Recently, a report came out stating that Miami’s ROI is the first in Ohio, meaning we RedHawks get the most bang for our buck, so to speak. Though those numbers look good, looking at the

the worth of a Miami education, especially since they’re put together by a third party using information Miami has published and statistics gathered from an uneven spread of Miami alumni.

“These ROI’s are looking 30 years down the road. We can’t do that,” Krallman said.

Senior Sociology major and History minor Katie Kromer is beginning to look down the road, as she is graduating in May. Kromer fits Miami’s definition well—she spent eight semesters in four years at Miami, and has different avenues open to her upon graduation. “[I’m] still waiting to hear back from grad school and from job offers. I have a lot of options,” said Kromer.

Kromer is an Ohio resident with a scholarship and has worked as an RA for the last two years. I asked if she thought Miami was affordable in the traditional meaning of the word.

“That’s tricky. Comparing it to other state schools it’s not, but comparing it to other private schools I would say it is. But for the education I’m getting, my experience here, yeah, I would say it’s affordable,” she said.

In the university’s definition of the word, Kromer agreed that Miami is affordable.

Ohio resident Taylor Smith, a senior Strategic Communications major, had a different opinion. When I asked her if she thought Miami was affordable in the traditional sense, she replied with a very quick “no.”

Smith has been a Miami student longer than most—she entered in the fall of 2010 and will not be graduating until December of 2014, but she’s actually graduating in only seven semesters.

“Technically, but I’ll be here a

semesters off. I did a Semester at Sea… and then I just took a semester off and did an internship.”

Even though Smith has had an unusual path through Miami, it hasn’t hindered her post-graduation options.

“I got offered a job last week, but then when they found out I’m graduating in December they said I should seek them out if I’m interested in the position when it comes time for my graduation,” she said.

For Smith, affordability all comes down to how willing a student is to look for a job through LinkedIn and network with Miami alumni.

“A lot of my friends who’ve done that route have been really successful,” she said. “I think in terms of jobs, offering positions is very rare. I think it’s something you have to put a lot of effort into, which isn’t necessarily weird or unusual. But the way they say that in 3.7 years, you’ll have a job, it makes it sound like people reach out to you, which probably does happen but it seems like most of my friends have found their jobs through networking and reaching out to other people.”

Krallman summed it up best, saying, “Students have to make that decision of the quality of the education they’re getting here and if what they’re going to leave with is going to help them throughout their career.”

Think of it this way: Miami may or may not be affordable now, but graduating quickly with a fantastic education is sure to pay for itself many times over in the long run.

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FRIDAY APRIL 25, 2014

TRACK & FIELD

Miami hosts RedHawk Invitational meet

BY TYLER YOUNG

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University men’s and women’s track teams both return home this weekend to host the RedHawk invitational Saturday. The men are coming off a productive weekend at the Kentucky Relays in Lexington, while the women bring back seven athletes from the Mt. SAC Relay in California.

This is the fifth straight year the RedHawks have hosted the event. The invitational brings in schools such as the University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky and Ohio University. Last year, both the men and women’s team took first place in the event and are hoping for a similar result

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pitching did a good job keeping us in there.”

Crummy also said the pitching was good.

“That’s probably the longest game I’ve ever played,” Crummy said. “But it really shows what kind of bullpen you have. Our pitchers threw strikes, Tommy [Ricciardi] threw strikes and did all we asked of him and they were just lucky enough to score a couple runs and come out on top.”

Miami only managed four hits in the eight-run loss to the Flyers (18-20) Tuesday, as not much went the RedHawks way.

“We played bad,” Hayden said.

“We didn’t hit it, didn’t pitch it didn’t field. You lose 100 percent of the games you do that.”

Freshman Christian Bokich

this year.

The men’s team is looking to keep its momentum going from the past two events as the RedHawks approach the end of the season. Two weekends ago, the men’s team finished third in the All-Ohio Championships and notched five top-five finishes at the Kentucky Relays last weekend. As the end of the season nears, the race to make NCAA qualifying marks heats up.

“Everyone is trying to make good marks with each opportunity that is given to them,” men’s head coach Warren Mandrell said.

Much of the RedHawks women’s team will return to the track this weekend after much of the team had rest days this past weekend. The women, who also placed

third in the All-Ohio Championships, will also seek to build off their recent performances as the season starts winding down.

With just two events left before the Mid-American Conference championships, women’s head coach Kelly Phillips said the team is starting to focus on two things.

“There are two different focuses,” Phillips said. “We have the athletes that go to conference and expect to be in the top three and they’re focusing on getting national qualifying times, and then we have the people that are trying to get to the conference meet by making the required mark to get into the meet.”

The events for the RedHawk Invitational kick off 10 a.m. Saturday at George Rider Track.

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been solid this season with senior pitcher Paige Myer’s ERA of 2.89 and sophomore pitcher Amber Logemann’s 101 strikeouts. The defense has been fairly steady as well as it is fourth in the MAC in fielding percentage with .962.

Lipscomb is the only everyday starter who has yet to commit a fielding error.

“We’re relaxing this week; we can’t do too much and we have to stay calm,” Myers said. “Our pitching and our fielding has been solid, so if we can score some runs we should be fine. This weekend, we have to perform and feed off of each other.”

The MAC West Division leaders Ball State University (27-16, 7-3 MAC) have won three straight games, with 10-0 (six innings) and 7-0 victories against the East-leading Bobcats. The team is

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tops in the conference with a .322 batting average, but is also secondto-last in the MAC with a teamERA of 4.33.

Four of the top 11 batting averages in the MAC belong to the Cards, with sophomore outfielder Briana Evans owning the top spot with a .409 average. Senior outfielder Jennifer Gilbert, who was named MAC West Player of the Week this week, leads the league with 15 home runs and 45 RBIs. Sophomore pitcher Kelsey Schifferdecker has been effective on the mound for the Cardinals with three complete game shutouts.

“Ball State’s a great team,” Crowell said. “They pitch well, hit well and field well. They’ve got power, speed, everything you could want in an offensive lineup but they’re not invincible. Our girls come out motivated for big games like this and we’re excited.”

The RedHawks hit the road to take on Ball State 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

started for the RedHawks Tuesday, allowing two runs on five hits and was credited with the loss in 4 innings of work.

Senior Alex Brown gave up four runs on just five hits in two innings on the mound Tuesday.

Hayden said the team should be able to bounce back for the weekend.

“We just do our best to come back out ready to roll,” Hayden said. “It shouldn’t be too hard to get these guys to lock in for a big MAC weekend. I think our guys will be excited and ready to go for that.”

The RedHawks host the University of Toledo for a three game series this weekend. The Rockets (16-23) are in the third place in the MAC West, with an 8-8 record.

First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Fans can listen to the game on redhawkradio.com/sports.

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SPORTS

EDITOR TOM DOWNEY

FRIDAY APRIL 25, 2014 WHATYOUR FAVORITE NHL TEAM SAYS ABOUT YOU

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JOE GIERINGER NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE

The NHL Playoffs are well underway and as I write this piece, six of the eight series will require at least two more games to determine a winner. American interest in hockey has surged over the past five years, partially due to its exciting, electric playoffs, while players like T.J. Oshie boosted the profile of the sport on the Olympic stage in February.

Miami University in particular is known as one of the bigger hockey schools in the country. You’ll be hard pressed not to see a playoff team represented in the form of a jersey or hat on a Friday afternoon uptown, but just what does your choice in team say about you?

Read on and try not to get your feelings hurt too much.

Chicago Blackhawks: Yes, your defending champions have been one of the most consistent competitors since the 2004-05 NHL Lockout. Die hard Chicagoans are some of the most fierce and loyal supporters of any hockey team, professional or otherwise. Superstars like Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane headline what is one of the deepest benches in the league. But the problem is, Toews and Kane (and a few other buzznames) are just about the only players you know. Has there ever been bigger bandwagon team to claim allegiance to? Even those that can name more than one line of players most likely started watching in 2010 during the Cup run that made hockey relevant again in Chitown. Yes, not all of you are guilty of this travesty, but I’d bet dollars to doughnuts that the majority of you can’t name more than two players from the 90’s.

Boston Bruins: Ah, the Bruins - a team that everyone loves to hate. The best team in the league and this year’s Cup favorite also holds the distinction of being the dirtiest team in the league. Players like Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand are your favorites because of their power-style hockey and bruising, take-no-prisoners attitude. Boston’s a tough city, and your hockey team reflects that attribute. They can fight, they can score, and you can plead ignorance of the occasional cheapshot that your team distributes. Still, they’re a force to be reckoned with, and have one of the strongest followings of any team in hockey.

New York Rangers: You value great goaltending (see: Henrik Lundqvist) above all else. You’re from upstate NY or not too far from the Big Apple, and in the absence of a better alternative in the sports world at the moment you’re putting all your weight behind the Blueshirts. You’re too young to remember Mark Messier’s guarantee in 1994 and have known nothing but heartbreak, but hey, maybe this is the year.

Detroit Red Wings: Like most Michigan natives, you’ve had nothing to cheer for sports-wise in your lifetime with the exception of U of M football and the Wings. The most successful Original Six team in the past 20 years has also made 23-straight playoff appearances, cementing them as a beacon of hope in an otherwise depressing city (no offense, but you have to admit it).

You appreciate their don’t-quit attitude and the way they seamlessly transitioned from a veteran powerhouse to an upstart young-gun franchise. You’re loyal to a fault, and have some of the best hockey knowledge of any city due to your understanding of the Wings’ history. It’s not like there’s much worth knowing about the Lions anyway, right?

Montreal Canadiens: “Look, we have 24 Cups!”

Yeah, but they’re all from 1993 or before you were born. You can argue history all you want, but that doesn’t mean you’re the best now.

Instead of focusing on the past, try

getting by the Bruins and then you can gloat about your “Drive to 25.”

Philadelphia Flyers: Like Bruins fans, you value hard-nosed hockey and a team that can fight as well as score. You’re notoriously tough on your players and insanely proud as a collective city. Unfortunately for you, the last decent goalie you’ve had is Ron Hextall and you’ll never trust the position again after that Michael Leighton mishap in the 2010 Finals.

Tampa Bay Lightning: You’re from the South and by God, the Lightning are the only team on that side of the MasonDixon line capable of keeping up with the rest of the NHL lately. The following scenario is a perfect account of your one week of playoff hockey this year: “We finally have a goalie! This is the year!” *Ben Bishop gets hurt. “I hate you, Canada.”

Pittsburgh Penguins: You love the offensive side of the game and don’t mind the fact that your team takes more dives in the course of a full season than an entire Summer Olympic squad.

Yes, everyone loves to hate Sidney Crosby. But he’s the Kid! How can you not like him? Move somewhere other than Pittsburgh and get back to me with that answer.

Los Angeles Kings: “I have no idea what hockey is, but they won a few years ago and I’m from California so I love them.”

Anaheim Ducks: You’re either an enormous Teemu Selanne fan, or are from anywhere in Cali that isn’t L.A. You’ve suffered through some heartbreak as a child, but that 2007 Cup was more than worth it. Oh, and you hate the current Ducks jerseys. Like, REALLY hate them.

Where’s the Mighty Ducks purple and teal that you grew up with? I feel your pain.

Columbus Blue Jackets: Oh, how you love the underdog. You’re probably from Ohio and just realizing that you’ve had a hockey team not 100 miles away from you for 13 years, but hey, there’s no time like the present, right? So trade in the scarlet and gray for the navy and white and “carry the flag” to prove to the rest of the NHL that Columbus fans are for real.

Colorado Avalanche: Either you grew up a hockey fan in the 1990’s, or you’re from one of those odd, Western Plains states that don’t have much hockey near them. You’re excited to see Patrick Roy behind the bench and a young team full of promise, so you no longer have to hide that jersey in shame from all of those Red Wings fans that have been making fun of you for the past decade.

Dallas Stars: “Wait, you’re telling me the Stars aren’t a football team?”

Minnesota Wild: You’ve been biding your time ever since the North Stars left way back in the day, and finally you’ve got a fairly consistent product to put on the ice. You’ve most likely played hockey your whole life and grew up in those northern states, but it’s lonely down here in Oxford, so you wear your colors with pride. Maybe Ilya Bryzgalov will take you to the promised land?

Oh, wait.

St. Louis Blues: Ah, you’ve been waiting forever. The Cardinals might have your heart, but at least the Notes aren’t as big of a let down as the Rams, right? The Blues will suffice as your source of fall and winter entertainment for now. T.J. Oshie is an American hero and hey, you’ve got Ryan Miller this year, so if you actually know who he is you’re probably excited.

San Jose Sharks: “Please, someone pay attention to me.”

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Miami senior pitcher Alex Brown delivers a pitch during Miami’s 10-2 to Dayton Tuesday. Brown went 2 innings, allowing four runs, all earned, on five hits and a walk. Brown is 0-1 with a 12.19 ERA in five appearances this year.

Miami falls to Dayton and Eastern Kentucky

BY STEVEN PERKINS FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University baseball team fell short in a game that tied the mark for longest in school history. After over four hours and 14 innings, Miami lost 7-5 to Eastern Kentucky University. The loss was Miami’s second in a row, as the RedHawks lost 10-2 to the University of Dayton.

Miami (18-22) lost after giving up two runs in the top of the 14th inning Wednesday. The RedHawks pieced together 14 hits in the 14 innings but only managed five runs against the Colonels (20-21).

Head coach Danny Hayden said execution was a problem.

“We didn’t do a great job executing on our bunts today,”

Hayden said. “We had three bunts that we didn’t get down. Anytime you’ve got little things like that in close games, which this one was throughout, it’s going to bite you.”

Senior catcher John Crummy agreed that not following through hurt the team.

“It’s tough because it just means the timely hitting wasn’t there,” Crummy said. “A lot of guys had opportunities, myself included, to knock in a couple more runs.”

Crummy was 3 for 6 with one RBI. Junior Charlie Suich got the start Wednesday, going 4 2-3 innings and allowing three runs on five hits and recording three strikeouts.

Also pitching for the RedHawks was sophomore Wynston

McMartin. He pitched 3 2-3 innings, giving up one run and two hits. He also recorded three strikeouts.

Making a surprise appearance on the mound for Miami was catcher sophomore Tommy Ricciardi. Ricciardi pitched the 14th inning, allowing two runs on one hit and two walks. He recorded two strikeouts in the final frame, but was tagged with the loss.

Hayden did not blame the pitching staff for the loss.

“They kept us in the game,” Hayden said. “They did a good job. EKU is a good team. They do some things offensively that sort of make you uncomfortable. They run the bases really hard but our

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SOFTBALL

’Hawks head to Ball State for two games

BY JORDAN RINARD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Losers of seven of its last nine contests, the Miami University softball team will try to right the ship as it heads to Muncie, Indiana this weekend for two games against the team with the second-best overall record in the Mid-American Conference, Ball State University.

The RedHawks (18-23, 6-8 MAC) are 3-3 in conference games away from Oxford this season and are 2-4 against West Division opponents.

“This week we’re going to focus on us,” head coach Clarisa Crowell said. “We just need to feel good about ourselves and feel confident.

We’ve been playing hard, but it’s hard to stay confident when you’re not winning. There’s no reinventing the wheel at this point in the season: We have to work on the mental part and what we can control. We’re a very good team, and we have to put everything together the next two weeks.”

The RedHawks have been in a rut for much of April as have gone 5-8 so far with losses to the University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University, Northern Illinois University and the University of Akron, plus sweeps at the hands of Western Michigan University and Ohio University. The ’Hawks have won consecutive MAC games on only

two occasions this season. They split against Ball State last season.

Despite the recent struggles in the win-loss column, Miami has had some strong individual and team performances this season. Junior outfielder Bree Lipscomb is currently fourth in the MAC in RBIs with 34 to go with her .311 batting average and .656 slugging percentage. Senior catcher Kayla Ledbetter has also been a force on offense this season with a team-high .398 on-base percentage and .485 slugging percentage.

The pitching staff as a whole has

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WEEKEND HOME EVENTS BASEBALL

Miami vs. Toledo, 6 p.m. Friday Miami vs. Toledo, 3 p.m. Saturday Miami vs. Toledo, 1 p.m. Sunday

TRACK & FIELD

RedHawk Invitational, 10 a.m. Saturday at George Rider Track

TENNIS HOSTS MAC TOURNAMENT The Miami Univeristy tennis team, winners of its last five matches, hosts the MidAmerican Championships this weekend at the Hebpurn Varsity Tennis Courts. The tournament starts 10 a.m. Friday, but Miami won’t begin play until 10 a.m. Saturday.

The RedHawks won their sixth straight MAC regular season title, giving them the No. 1

seed and a first round bye. The RedHawks will face the winner of No. 4 seed University at Buffalo and No. 5 seed University of Toledo. Miami lost to Buffalo 5-2 April 4, which marks the RedHawks most recent loss. Miami swept Toledo 7-0 April 12.

If the RedHawks win, they will play in the Championship match noon Sunday. The winner of that match gets a berth in the

NCAA Tournament.

Several RedHawks took home MAC awards for their efforts in the regular season. Head Coach Anca Dumitrescu was named MAC Coach of the Year and senior Nimisha Mohan was named first-team all-MAC. Freshman Andreea Badileanu was named MAC Freshman of the Year and garnered second-team all-MAC.