October 23, 2012 | The Miami Student

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1910 The Miami Student published a report about Girls’ Prom, titled “Girls’ Prom: Brilliant Social Function in Herron Gymnasium, Many Spectators

on the Fire Escape” written by Janitor “Ed.” Ed reported, “It is a matter of regret that the gentlemen of Miami are not allowed to attend the “proms” given by the ladies. They might learn something.”

Soccer picks up 11th win, takes MAC title

By Win Braswell Staff Writer

Miami University extended its program-record winning streak to 11 games Sunday, clinching the Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular season title for only the second time in program history. The last time the ’Hawks won the regular season MAC Championship was in 2002, when the Red and White won 19 games, the most in Miami history.

The RedHawks (16-2, 10-0 MAC) edged out MAC West power Central Michigan University 1-0 Friday and rallied to bury Bowling Green State University 3-1 Sunday. Miami remains unbeaten in MAC play with only one regular season game left.

Entering Friday’s matchup, the Red and White had lost seven straight to Central Michigan. Although the Chippewas found the back of the net first, an offsides penalty nullified the score. Central Michigan controlled possession to start the second half, keeping Miami’s defense on its heels. Miami was unable to capitalize on its few opportunities, forcing the game into overtime.

“I thought we played well in the first half and I was a little disappointed we didn’t get a goal or a few more good chances,” Head Coach Bobby Kramig said. “However, we settled down and began stringing some passes together to finish the half really well.”

The first overtime ended in a scoreless draw and the two teams headed into second overtime period. Then, just 30 seconds into the new frame, freshman forward Haley Walter found an opening on the right flank, striking the game-winning goal. The goal was Walter’s seventh on the season and first in four games.

“It was a tough game, but we knew we had to keep fighting,” Walter said.

Miami posted its ninth shutout of the season, snapping Central Michigan’s 38-game home win streak.

“I have to give credit to Central Michigan, who is a well-coached and terrifically talented side,” Kramig said. “They tested us like no other team has tested us thus far and I feel very fortunate to have come of this game on top.

The RedHawks regrouped

Sunday against a Bowling Green squad that came in at 1-15-1 (0-8-1 MAC).

After a half of sloppy play, the teams entered halftime knotted in a scoreless tie.

Despite halftime adjustments, the Red and White gave up a goal just five minutes into the second half.

“I think the best thing Bowling Green could have done for us was score that goal,” Kramig said. “It woke us up and made us realize that this was a real game and that they were a legitimate, good team that can play.”

In the 70th minute, senior captain Jess Kodiak found a rebound at her feet to tap in the team’s first goal of the day from a yard out. Miami picked up the defensive pressure from that point on, providing the catalyst the team needed to put a barrage of shots on goal for the rest of the game. Three minutes after tying the game, Kodiak headed in her 10th goal of the year on another rebound.

“Being down 1-0 opened our

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The RedHawks keep ahead of the competition Friday during their match against Central Michigan.

Breast cancer survivor shares hope, refuge Miami puts emphasis on out-of-state recruitment

By Libby Mueller Senior Staff Writer

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Bras for a cause: Colleges Against Cancer hangs bras around campus for Breast Cancer Awareness Week.The group is asking Miami students to wear pink on Wednesday to support the cause.

Ashley Laughlin

For The Miami Student

Almost everyone is affected by breast cancer, whether it be a mother, grandmother, family friend or role model. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which gives survivors and supporters a time to reflect on their experiences with breast cancer.

Marian Kenney, mother of Miami University senior Molly Kenney, shared her story of survival. Kenney was diagnosed and treated this past summer and said her experience with breast cancer has changed the way she looks at the world. As a mother of two girls, she was determined to beat breast cancer so she could see [her daughters] get married and have children.

“She is the ideal mom,” Molly said. “She literally lives for my sister and I… but luckily this summer she decided to take care of herself and get a mammogram screening along with her regular physical.”

Molly said she had to put her life on hold while her mother was recovering from the mastectomy. “We didn’t have much time to plan – it was mostly reactionary right after the diagnosis,” she said.

Molly explained how her family divided up the work of helping to care for her mom.

“My sister, Emily, managed all of my mom’s pain pills, coordinated meals with the neighbors, and called all of our family and friends with news and updates,” Molly said. “I slept on the floor the rest of the summer, giving my mom her

medications every five hours, helping her shower, and get dressed each day, and changed her bandages and drains from surgery.”

Kenney said she finds refuge in an organization called “The Gathering Place” in Cleveland, which provides support groups, cooking classes, children’s activities, a wig shop and more – all free for those affected in some way by cancer.

“When you tell someone you have [breast cancer], everyone can relate because someone they know has gone through it,” Kenney said. “It’s like a sisterhood.”

Kenney said that because of the fundraising, research and community efforts, breast cancer is no longer a death sentence.

“My mom’s a fighter,” Molly said.

“When we talked about the cancer, death was never an option.”

Kenney urges women to keep up with their yearly mammograms – the earlier you catch breast cancer, the better your odds are at beating it.

“Life isn’t going to stop,” Marian Kenney said. “Every day is a fresh, new day. Live your day entirely.”

Miami senior Christin Anson, president of Colleges for Cancer, was motivated by her father’s passing to become an advocate for cancer research and awareness. She said the organization and the people in it have truly changed her life.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer that women may face in their lifetime, with the exception of skin cancer, according to Anson.

Anson said that one of the biggest reasons women should know this is because the best defense against

breast cancer is early detection.

Breast cancer can occur at any age, but is much more likely after age 40 and the risk increases as you get older. Because of certain factors, some women may have a greater chance of having breast cancer than others, according to Anson.

The American Cancer Society offers free programs and services for those affected by cancer, Anson said.

The Society is located in nearly every community to help people facing breast cancer focus on getting well.

According to Anson, whether women need help understanding their disease, making treatment decisions, dealing with day to day challenges of living with cancer or finding emotional support, the American Cancer Society is there to help.

Each month, Colleges Against Cancer picks a week to spotlight a different cancer and educate the campus about how to prevent cancer. During the week of Oct. 22, the group will paint the campus pink with ribbons and banners. According to Anson, they will also have educational sheet banners with breast cancer facts and their membership will be around campus on different days to promote survivorship, cancer education and advocacy. The group will also have an advocacy day with petitions that people can sign to make sure all women have access to mammograms.

The week is also Relay for Life’s Paint the Campus Purple week, Anson said.

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Miami University’s campus draws students from fields and skyscrapers, from east and west, from the U.S. and overseas. Miami is increasingly focusing on recruiting out-ofstate and international students, a goal of the Strategic Priorities Task Force, according to David Creamer, vice president for Finance and Business Services.

David Keitges is the director of international education. He said Miami and other public universities are looking out-of-state to recruit students because there are less Ohio students graduating from high school due to smaller family sizes and migration toward the Sun Belt states.

Keitges also said out-of-state students, including international students, pay higher tuition and boost revenues for universities. The tuition cost for Ohio residents for the 20122013 academic year is $13,067, while the tuition cost for non-Ohio students is $28,631.

“The university as a whole right now is slightly less than 40 percent out-of-state [students],” Keitges said. “But clearly somewhere down the road, the university is looking at a 50-50 solution: 50 percent in state, 50 percent out-of-state. If you go to 50 percent in out-of-state or international students paying higher tuition, you have generated a whole lot more revenue.”

Miami is also facing the reality of fewer high school students graduating and continuing on to college, according to Keitges.

“Another reason is financial. It is clearly financial,” Keitges said. “For instance look at it this way, Ohio is not graduating as many students as it used to. That is because families are getting smaller, some of them are getting smaller. We all have built our universities on a certain base of expecting a certain number of students.

But that number is going down so you have to go out of state to find students to fill the universities.”

Out-of-state students do help Miami offset the cost of running a university, according to Keitges.

“You need that money because higher education is an expensive business,” Keitges said. “If you look around the campus and see all the buildings being built, it cost a whole

lot of money. So you should view international recruitment in the context of a bigger recruitment effort for out of state students, not just international students themselves.”

One of the major ways Miami is addressing international recruitment is the ACE (American Culture and English) program.

The goal of the program is to offer international students the opportunity to improve their English skills, according to Michael Kabbaz, the associate vice president of enrollment management. “[The program] gives an opportunity for the university to bring in phenomenally talented students and at the same time make sure their English is up to standards,” Kabbaz said.

Kabbaz said last fall the program had 26 students and this fall, it has a little over 50 students, nearly doubling in size.

The increase in participation in the ACE program reflects the increase in international students at Miami. According to data provided by the Office of International Education, there has been a 19.2 percent increase in international students enrolled at the Oxford campus from spring 2011 to the present.

Miami’s focus on welcoming international students reflects the national trend. The number of international students in the U.S. has increased 32 percent over the past decade, according to the Open Doors International Student Census.

The majority of the international students studying at Miami, 72 percent, come from China. This also reflects a national pattern: One-fifth of international students who studied in the U.S. last year are from China, Kabbaz said.

In the U.S., Kabbaz said Miami has added two new recruiters in Atlanta and the Washington, D.C. area.

Outside of the U.S., Kabbaz said Miami’s future goals include diversifying the international population.

He said Miami is looking toward India, the Middle East and a previously untouched area of recruitment, South America.

Keitges said campuses like Miami should reflect a global world.

“We have traditionally been a rather mainstream campus, mostly

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MU plans to implement compost program

By Katie Sallach

For The Miami Student

As part of the commitments and goals that Miami University’s Sustainability Committee introduced last April, Miami will be implementing a compositing program for food and yard waste late next year.

The Sustainability Committee consisting of students, faculty and staff analyzed Miami’s campus and came up with a list of guidelines and suggestions to make Miami a more sustainable campus, according to Miami’s Sustainability Coordinator David Prytherch.

The Sustainability Commitments and Goals report includes goals towards a sustainable campus involving Miami’s transportation, landscape, investments and energy.

In order to meet the committee’s goal to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills by 2017, students generated the idea for an on-campus composting program, according to Prytherch.

According to Prytherch, a

significant portion of what Miami sends to the landfill is biodegradable and can be composted. With a composting program, this biodegradable waste would be separated from waste going to the landfills, and then mixed together where microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi speed up the decomposition process, eventually resulting in

“Ideally I would like to see these compostable materials used in all dining locations across campus, but I think this composting program is a great way to begin improving the campus’ sustainability with what we are already using,” Dienno said.

Prytherch said he agrees more biodegradable material

I think that a composting program at Miami is an awesome idea, however I’m a little skeptical about how much student participation it will receive.”

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useable soil.

According to General Assembly representative Kendall Dienno, Miami already uses a lot of compostable materials in some dining locations, including biodegradable spoons in King Café, cups at 1809, and all of the paper napkins provided around campus.

on campus would be ideal.

“The more compostable material we use the better,” Prytherch said.

Even though Miami offers some biodegradable materials, since Miami does not currently compost, those materials are put into landfills where they do

not decompose as quickly as if they were composted, according to Prytherch.

According to Prytherch, the Sustainability Committee has not made a decision on where it will compost yet, but its goal is to begin phasing implementation of the program by December 2013. The changes will not be seen all at once, but will gradually be introduced to the campus, Prytherch said.

The program will include composting of food waste, such as banana peels, egg shells and apple peels, mainly coming from the Demske Culinary Support Center, as well as yard waste, including grass clippings and leaves, according to Prytherch.

“I don’t think it will affect students too much, in the future they may see another option to compost instead of just recycling or throwing away their trash, but most of the composting will happen before the food reaches students’ plates,” Prytherch said.

However, according to Dienno, efforts are also being taken to see

if student participation in composting can be expected in the future. This January, a pilot program will be introduced at King Café where an additional bin will be offered for students to compost their compostable waste, according to Dienno. This pilot program aims to see if students would be willing to compost their waste and if it would be worth it to offer composting bins around campus, said Dienno.

Junior Hillary Stradtman said she thinks the composting program is a good idea but is uncertain about how effective it will be if students are eventually asked to be involved.

“I think that a composting program at Miami is an awesome idea, however I’m a little skeptical about how much student participation it will receive,” Stradtman said. “Based on the number of plastic water bottles you can find in trash cans, I think that students may not be receptive to more labor-intensive opportunities to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle.”

President Hodge answers questions about success, motivation and fears

by Richard Mandimika For The Miami Student

As Miami University’s President, David Hodge encounters questions from administrators, faculty, students and media every day. Here, President Hodge answers some questions he may not hear so often.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Well there are three pieces of advice I give to others that I’ve accumulated. One is to remember the glass is half full. However bad the situation, however much we aspire to, we’re filling the glass not emptying the glass and so it’s half full.

Another one is always take the high road. It’s really easy for us to read into a situation or into the motives of an individual’s intentions that aren’t there, or to not recognize the full set of circumstances that are being brought to bear. It is to take the high road, to believe in people, to be principled in everything we do.

The last one is what goes around comes around. This is a little colloquialism that I think talks about an attitude. Life is not a quid pro quo; you do something and expect to get something back.

If you believe in something bigger than yourselves, in a nation, in a world, in a faith, whatever it is, it’s important to recognize that we don’t expect that our good actions to necessarily have immediate pay backs, its part of who we are as a humanity.

What advice would you give to the younger you?

Embrace opportunities and differences. It’s the classic carpe diem in some regards. But what I worry about a lot these days is that we live in a world that, ironically, while its more global and more diverse, we have the capability to live in a smaller world with people who think like we do.

We need to expect to interact with people who are different from ourselves; different ideas,

different political values and expect the outcome of the interaction to be that we might think differently about the world. Not that we are going to convince them to think differently about the world.

Another point that I think is particularly important is to understand that adversity happens.

Don’t expect life to be smooth in all instances. I do believe that adversity can build character and that by overcoming it, you develop stronger capabilities to achieve even greater things than in the past.

What motivates you?

Watching other’s success. Particularly at a university, the success of students, staff and faculty.

Seeing them accomplish great things, achieve great things, move on and be prepared to be competitive, all these things are important to me. I’m also a person who has a hunger to make things better...it just pains me to see people under- perform.

Do you have a scar that tells a story?

Not really. Right now what I have is a large bruise from my hockey practice. And the only story that tells is I’m clumsy and I wish I could do better.

What’s the one skill every man and woman should have?

Good listening. Being able to really listen with the idea that you are going to process what people have to say because with that you can open up your mind. To be able to open your mind to a different way of thinking helps fight against the thickening of neurological pathways while at the same time getting inspiration, new ideas and creativity of one sort or another.

How should a man or woman handle success?

To use that success to help others. Whatever talents we have and whatever success we have we can enjoy the fruits of that success and that’s fine, that’s appropriate but it’s within us all to

help other people succeed.

How should a person face his or her fears?

Identify them, write them down so that you can confront them but above all else have a network of friends, people that you trust to share your fears with and help you overcome.

How do you stay relevant?

By keeping an open mind and anticipating. We live in a world that is fluid, changing rapidly and in the words of Wayne Gretzky, the hockey player, to be success you need to skate to where the puck is going to be. So to be relevant means not only responding to what you see immediately today but thinking what the world is going to be like tomorrow, or 10 years so that the decisions we make position us to be ready down the road.

Is there a key to staying young?

I’ve increased my exercise regiment, tried to have a better diet and hang out with a lot of interesting people because staying young is continuing to have fresh ideas.

What’s the one thing every person should experience before they die?

There’s the funny answer which is a big fish on the end of a fishing line since I am a passionate fisherman. Or to be on a lake at sunrise, which is just indescribable to me.

But I think what it comes down to is having that moment in life where you realize that someone else’s life is more important than your own. For me its happened, especially at the birth of my children, when you realize there is nothing in the world I wouldn’t do, or sacrifice I wouldn’t make including my own life if it was required for them.

What’s your motto?

I don’t have one, but if I had one it would probably be, today is the opportunity to do better than yesterday.

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Oceania members promote wind energy Monday at the Hub.

University Senate discusses new data-driven budget Jenn Smola Campus Editor

During the Miami University Senate meeting Monday, the Senate heard reports on a new budget model the university is moving towards for next year.

The model Miami is looking to transition to is referred to as Responsibility Centered Management (RCM). The new budget model would enable the university to better measure the financial impact of its decisions, as well as develop more transparency about where university money is going, according to David Creamer, vice president for finance and business services.

Miami’s current budget plan, an incremental approach, isn’t working, according to Rebecca Luzadis, associate professor of management and chair of Senate’s Fiscal Priorities and Budget Planning Committee.

“That model doesn’t seem to have the tools necessary, the sophistication necessary, to be able to change people’s thinking about raising money and controlling costs,” Luzadis said.

Creamer said the RCM budget approach provides more tools and data to better understand what’s going on with the university’s money, and share that information with deans and chairs as the university goes about its planning.

“It’s a business model that is adapted for higher education,” Creamer said. “It better looks at ways to incorporate what we’ve historically done, but then adding on top of that more business and analytical tools to help us make better decisions how to better measure the performance of our schools and better hold everyone inside the institution accountable for the goals that we know we need to achieve.”

Creamer also said the budget will hopefully support entrepreneurship and creativity within the university’s schools, and help better measure performance.

But this data-driven model won’t come without its challenges, Luzadis said.

“It’s kind of shocking how many decisions, large decisions, really important decisions have been made at this university without any data at all. So one of the hardest challenges in implementing this new model is generating data that’s reliable, that’s consistent over time and across units, and it’s a big challenge because we don’t have a history of doing that.”

Some Senate members had concerns about moving towards the RCM budget model. Accounting Professor Peter Brewer voiced some apprehensions at the meeting.

“I wonder…to what extent are some of the cost allocations in this budgeting model essentially arbitrary?” Brewer said. “To take actual costs and allocate them out to divisions I would say strikes me as wrong, because if the divisions’ actual costs tend to be inefficient and inflated, those cost inefficiencies are passed on to users at the division level.”

The Senate also heard a brief report from Jim Oris, associate dean of research and scholarship, about the changes taking place as a new division is established for the regional campuses. Oris said the regional campus implementation committee is working on reviewing the hiring process within the new division, identifying a distinct name for the division, and coordinating the transfer of existing programs, including engineering technology, computer and information technology, nursing, and business technology, to the new division.

The Senate also voted to table a vote regarding edits to the Graduate Faculty Information section of the Graduate Handbook. The changes, including one change that would allow lecturers and clinical faculty to be eligible to be appointed as Level A faculty with certain stipulations, will be discussed and voted on at a future Senate meeting.

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Student on the Street Have you decided which presidential candidate to vote for?

“I decided who I am voting for because it benefits my family, who I vote for...I am pretty set on what party I am.”

“I am leaning more towards Obama because of the social issues.”

Kristina Snyder

Tyler Ody

Sophomore

First-year

“I have not decided who I am voting for. What will change my opinion is getting more educated and finding out other opinions.”

“I am voting for Mitt Romney.

The only thing that could possible change my mind on it, is if Obama decided to make changes to Obamacare.”

Josh Tinyo

Anand Naduri

Sophomore

Sophomore

“Yes [I know who I am voting for]. At this point, I can honestly say no [I won’t change my mind].

“I have already voted for Barack Obama, nothing else can affect my decisions because my vote is already in. I voted early vote at home over fall break. It is pretty exciting.

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Women’s Care Center fills baby bottles for change

By Ashley VanBuskirk For the Miami Student

The Oxford Women’s Care Center, 23 E. High St. has provided guidance to young women from Miami University and the Oxford Community since it was established in 1984.

Located in the heart of Uptown, the center opened with the intent of meeting the material and emotional needs of young women dealing with a crisis pregnancy or postabortion trauma.

“It’s a pro-life organization,” Coralee Shearer, director of the center, said. “[The center] wanted to give people in the community and students an opportunity to have free pregnancy tests and hopefully encourage them to have the baby or put them up for adoption and have that support that they need.”

Although its location is close to Miami’s campus, most of the clients are not Miami students.

“About one-third of our clients

are from Miami, the remaining twothirds are from the community,” said Shearer.

The organization fulfills the needs of women who are in two different types of circumstances, according to Shearer. The center offers free pregnancy tests that are referred to Dr. Daniel Stein, a local doctor at Oxford Obstetrics & Gynecology.

After clients take the pregnancy test, the staff offers guidance on different options for their pregnancy and support for during the pregnancy, according to Shearer.

After pregnancy, the organization provides goods such as clothing, formula and baby care supplies to the new mothers, Shearer said.

The center cares for new moms and their children until the child is two years old, and then refers patients to the Family Resource Center, according to Shearer.

Support from local churches and community members helps keep the center running. Local organizations give monetary and

material donations such as gently used baby clothes.

For work that involves sorting the donations that they receive and other day-to-day tasks, the organization relies on volunteers from the community and Miami students.

“I really like what they’re doing here,” sophomore and Oxford Women’s Care Center volunteer Enisa Hayes said. “I think it’s a good mission.”

The care center also has a Miami student working for them as an intern. Sarah Laboiteaux is a senior social work major and started working with the center at the beginning of the fall semester. She is currently focusing on a fundraiser for the center called the Baby Bottle Boomerang.

“You take a baby bottle and put all of your spare change in and it is donated at the end of the month to the center,” Laboiteaux said.

This program, according to Laboiteaux, can be implemented in any residence hall or student organization that is

looking for a way to give back to the community.

The project receives its name because the baby bottles are given out to the community, and like a boomerang, they are returned to the care center full of change.

“You have to remember, you’re putting money back into your own community and on campus because this is where you are invested in your life right now,” Shearer said.

In the future, Shearer said that they would love to move to a larger building to provide more room for storage and services for their clients.

The center actively raising support throughout the community and welcome any new volunteers.

If a student organization is interested in participating in the Baby Bottle Boomerang project they are encouraged to contact the center by visiting their website at www.oxfordwomenscarecenter.org or their Facebook page, Oxford Women’s Care Center.

Early voting, absentee ballots still an option for Oxford residents

By Hannah Stein Community Editor

If residents of Oxford want to participate in early voting they have two options before the actual Election Day on Nov. 6.

People can either request an absentee ballot or vote in-person at the Butler County Board of Elections in Hamilton, said Laura Kretz, president of College Democrats.

To receive an absentee ballot the request form will need to be filled out and sent to the Butler County Board of Elections. This form asks for name, address, date of birth, a form of identification and the address to which the absentee ballot should be mailed. This form should then be printed and signed.

Forms of identification have two options. Voters can write their driver’s license number on the form or the last four digits of their Social Security number or they can make a photocopy of either their current and

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valid photo identification, military identification or a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document that shows your name and current address, according to the Ohio Secretary of State website.

The request forms are due by noon three days before the election.

Once voters receive their absentee ballot it will be like a scantron where they can fill in the bubble next to the candidates they are voting for or a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on issues.

The ballot comes with an envelope to put your ballot in and mail back to the Butler County Board of Elections.

According to the Ohio Secretary of State website, this envelope must be received by the Butler County Board of Elections before the close of polling locations on Election Day or postmarked no later than the day before the election and received by the Butler County Board of elections no later than 10 days after the election.

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Affleck gets it right with new flick Argo

By Joe Gieringer Staff Writer

Bravo, Ben Affleck. He scored big in his first two directorial efforts, Gone Baby Gone and The Town, and it appears that Argo will be no different. His attention to detail and instinct as a director is apparent in his latest feature, which chronicles the classified “Canadian Caper” CIA operation that took place in 1980 during the Iran hostage crisis.

The film opens up with the Iranian Revolution at a boiling point, as young revolutionaries storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in retaliation for America’s sheltering of the Shah. Most of the staff is taken hostage; six evade capture and find refuge in the home

of the Canadian ambassador.

The opening scene takes a good 10 minutes to play out, but the attention to detail is worth it. The anger and frustration of the Iranian people is palpable, as is the danger to the Americans inside. It’s this early scene-setting that sets the tense mood for the rest of the film and really glues you to your seat.

The escapees’ situation is kept a secret and the State Department begins looking into extraction options. CIA specialist Tony Mendez (Affleck) is brought in on a consulting basis and quickly exposes the weaknesses of the proposed ideas.

While watching Battle for the Planet of the Apes that night, Mendez slowly puts together a cover story for the escapees, in which they are Canadian filmmakers scouting

exotic locations in Iran.

After consulting with his supervisor Jack O’Donnell (Bryan Cranston), the two contact Academy Award-winning make-up artist John Chambers (John Goodman), who in turn puts them in contact with film producer Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin). Thus, the fake film “Argo” is born.

Mendez is to extract the six escapees under the guise that they are all scouting for the movie. Chambers and Siegel set up a phony production studio and the plan is put into action as the entire State Department holds its collective breath.

Argo works not only as a thrilling rescue flick, but also as a sort of period piece. It captures the fear and resentment of the time, both in the U.S. and Iran. These two

worlds are carefully connected through radio broadcasts and TV newsrooms, using actual footage to heighten the realism.

The escapees are well written and they act accordingly – I found myself unwittingly gripping the armrest and silently pulling for the six scared Americans. The use of montage and quick cuts helps keep some of the slow scenes interesting and your attention focused, which really says something about Affleck’s ability as a director. Goodman and Arkin do a great job as the make-up artist/producer duo, and provide some comedic relief that compliments the somber tone that the film carries for most of its run time.

In the end, Argo was what I expected it to be. There might not

have been that “wow” factor to Argo, and there might have been a few underdeveloped characters, but perhaps that’s what makes it such an awesome and inspiring tale.

These were regular people whose lives were on the line, and all parties involved pulled off the improbable. These were fathers, mothers, husbands, wives and friends, who simply wanted to make it home in one piece. I feel this was best exemplified by one of Mendez’s last lines, as O’Donnell tells him that President Carter says he’s a “great American.” Mendez responds, “A great American what?” O’Donnell simply replies, “I dunno, he didn’t say.”

Oxford Hookah Lounge showcases students’ art

By Eric Moenich

For the Miami Student

The Oxford Hookah Lounge, a supporter of the arts in the Oxford community, found a new way to show its appreciation with the opening of its new art gallery on Saturday. The lounge featured a wide variety of artwork created by studio art majors at Miami University. This was not just a one-time event, however; gallery will remain

We just wanted to be a place where everyone can come and hang out, especially if they’re not partiers or drinkers.”

KEVIN BJERRE

OXFORD HOOKAH LOUNGE GENERAL MANAGER

open to encourage a greater appreciation for the arts.

“We just wanted to create another venue for students to showcase their talents,” general manager Kevin Bjerre said.

Bjerre said he feels the students in the Department of Art deserve more recognition for their work and wants to encourage students to come and see what local artists have to offer. He also expressed his intent to allow all up-and-coming artists to have a chance to show off their art.

“The selection process is pretty easy,” Bjerre said. “If it’s framed and ready, we’ll hang it up.”

The Oxford Hookah Lounge was abuzz Saturday night for the

opening, with several of the artists present to talk about their work.

Sophomore Tadar “Tek” Muhammad, a studio art major at Miami whose work was on display, explained some of the ideas and techniques behind his work. He paints as a way to convey strong messages to the general public through abstract art and gets much of his inspiration from art that he finds on the Internet.

“I’ve heard it said that ‘the best artists steal,’” Muhammad said.

“I just want to bounce my ideas off of other artists and create my own style.”

Muhammad described the gallery opening as a chill and laid back atmosphere, noting it provided a great opportunity to meet people and discuss art.

“People should definitely come up to the lounge to check it out,” he said. “It’s a great environment with all types of events and it gives you something to do.”

In addition to events like the gallery opening, the lounge offers weekly programming as well.

Monday nights are movie nights during which participants vote for and watch three movies throughout the night. On Wednesday nights local musicians perform live sets.

“We just wanted to be a place where everyone can come and hang out, especially if they’re not partiers or drinkers,” Bjerre said.

“The new gallery also adds a great way to appreciate art.”

The Oxford Hookah Lounge is located at 15 N. Beech St. in the alley across from the Princess 4 movie theater and is open Monday through Saturday.

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Michigan capitalized on a Miami turnover in the 45th minute, as junior forward Rachael Mack made it 2-0. Mack added another goal in the 61st minute to complete the scoring for the game. After Mack’s second goal, the ’Hawks turned on the offensive pressure, earning five penalty corners. Miller recorded two shots, and Gruesser, Froede and junior back Sid Marcum added one shot apiece, but the Red and White could not score before time expired.

The Wolverines outshot the RedHawks 22-8 and had an 11-6 advantage on penalty corners. Mueller made 12 saves for Miami.

“We still did good things, we just need to put the loss behind us,” Froede said.

The RedHawks finish the regular season 10:30 a.m. Saturday with a chance to earn a share of the MAC

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“Ohio is a big game, and we want to get the No. 1 seed,” Froede said.

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Toledo suffered its second consecutive loss at the hands of the RedHawks. A lone bright spot for the Rockets Friday was junior outside hitter Lauren Rafdal, who recorded a near double-double with 12 kills and seven digs. Toledo had a rough night hitting the ball regardless, only mustering a .153 hitting percentage.

Miami earned an upset victory over Ball State (11-12, 4-6 MAC) Saturday in a 3-2 (25-23, 24-26, 18-25, 27-25, 15-11) decision. The match was a part of International In the deepest recesses of everyone’s mind lurks an irrepressible force just biding time, waiting for the opportune moment to unleash the full measure of its fury. Such would happen one sunny day in July 1988, when a young man’s madness—years in the making— boiled over into a blind rage that irrevocably altered the fate of many within the labyrinthine depths of an abandoned Colorado gold mine.

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Day, where the RedHawks recognized Miami’s international students. Both teams were neck and neck for the majority of the first two sets, splitting both. In the third set, the Cardinals asserted themselves with 9-3 and 5-1 runs to earn the set point. The Red and White came out in the following set trading points with BSU and eventually made the plays they needed to force a fifth set.

The ’Hawks closed out the match on a 9-3 run to pick up their third MAC win of the season and their first win over the Cards in two years.

“We played hard and had good passing,” Riley said. “We realize now that we can hang with anyone we play against.”

The main contributors for Miami in the match included Riley, Ingle and senior outside hitter Amy Kendall. The sophomore had another standout performance with 20 kills and 21 assists, while Ingle and Kendall accounted for 11 kills and 3.5 blocks, and 32 assists, respectively.

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“I’m proud of our kids,” Condit said. “Sarah Chaney had some big plays in the fifth set, as did Kendall in the fourth set.

Treadway and Dodd served with aggressiveness and really worked hard on defense.”

The Cardinals had notable performances in the match as well, with senior outside hitter Kara Bates, junior setter Jacqui Seidel and freshman setter Jenna Spadafora each recording double-doubles. As a team, the Cardinals had more return errors (83) than Miami, which would turn out to be their undoing.

“Getting this win was big for our confidence,” Condit said. “It was a confirmation that we can play with anyone in the MAC.” Next weekend, Miami makes its way to Athens, Ohio to battle Ohio University 7 p.m. Friday. The ’Hawks then face Kent State University 7 p.m. Saturday.

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with a time of 56.45.

Senior Stacie Clagg battled against Purdue’s tough program and finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke with an impressive time of 1:06.09.

Clagg held strong for the second meet of the double header, taking the 400-yard IM with an impressive time of 4:31.02.

O’Connor said she believes the ’Hawks first two dual meets will help them prepare for their next opponents.

“We plan to work hard this week,” O’Connor said. “We will focus on the things that we noticed we didn’t do as well and keep thinking about the things we did do well – making sure that we keep doing those things.”

Senior Alex Reinhardt swam competitively, touching the wall with a strong first place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle at 9:43.65.

Freshman Sean Neri dominated the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.09 and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.17.

Junior Maxwell Cain was impressed with the performance of the young swimmers against Xavier.

“The freshmen did great,” Cain said. “They really had great standout performances today.”

O’Connor said the young swimmers stepped up and swam competitively on the women’s side.

“The freshmen pulled together, became part of the team and really did what they needed to get done for us,” O’Connor said. “To do well against Xavier was great.”

O’Connor said she is thrilled about the freshmen’s first meets representing Miami.

“Its awesome to see those girls step up, being their first week representing Miami,” O’Connor said.

The RedHawks look forward to hosting the University of Evansville in their next coed dual meet 4 p.m. Friday.

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Editors RACHEL SACKS SARAH SHEW

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012

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

Diversity of international, out-ofstate students key for university Miami University’s Strategic Priorities Task Force has identified that one of its main goals is to increase the number international and out of state students attending Miami in the next five years. The rate of international students has already increased by 19 percent since 2011.

The Miami Student editorial board understands and agrees that an increase in out-of-state and international students is necessary for two reasons. First, we concur that more diversity is needed on our campus, regarding both domestic and international students. The benefits of exposing all students to as many kinds of cultural experiences as possible during their Miami experience are extremely valuable in today’s world.

We also understand that the university functions as a business, and as such, sees international and outof-state students as attractive assets to the university in terms of tuition.

With less state government funding and a constant need for revenue, recruitment of students from outside Ohio can keep Miami competitive as a public school, and allow the university to better provide opportunities for student learning.

While realistically, we know that the university has to bring in more students, and has done very well

so far with its recruitment efforts to increase diversity, we would like to add a word of caution. In light of being likened to a business-type model, run on revenue, Miami should not entirely adhere to the business ideology. We love that our university has thus far placed its greatest priority with creating a place of great education, and we would be saddened to see the importance of fostering learning become anything less than the main goal. We understand that revenue is needed to create and perpetuate such a standard of excellence in education, but we hope that this need for revenue will never overtake the foundations of scholarship at Miami.

This issue is not and will not be a problem for Miami in the foreseeable future; we are nowhere near accepting too many diverse students.

The university’s recruitment efforts thus far, particularly in regard to international and out of state students, are great. Adding more of these students to our population creates opportunities for them as well as for in state students, and benefits the university financially as well.

We hope the university continues these efforts with the same ideals of scholarship that are and have been so crucial to the meaning of Miami University.

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LETTERS TO the editor

Government immunity law needs revision I am contacting you to inform you and your readers how shameful the law is regarding State of Ohio and government immunity pursuant to ORC 2743.02, ORC 2743.16, ORC 3345.15 and ORC 3345.40.

I am a 22-plus-year dedicated employee at Miami University.

Recently, during my workday on Oct. 5 a Miami University delivery truck struck my parked vehicle in a legal Handicap parking spot. A coworker who observed the accident advised me that I should check on my car.

I was surprised by the accident, but the delivery driver was at the scene, and I telephoned the police and filed a report. The damage was not extensive, although I required assistance from the local automobile club to remove the damaged/destroyed tire (new tire was required); there was also damage to the front bumper.

Upon contacting my insurance agent, my agent advised me to contact the university for liability

rather than have the accident as a no fault claim on my insurance. I contacted Miami University and was advised to contact Jawana M. Hawkins, senior claims representative, in Dublin, Ohio. Ms. Hawkins advised me of “State of Ohio government immunity” and I continue to be at a loss as to why Miami University and the state of Ohio are not required to take responsibility for the damages in this accident and I will be required to pay for the expenses when the accident was not my fault; in fact, I was not in the vicinity of my vehicle at the time of the accident.

I will now have to file a No Fault Claim against myself to have my car repaired and the only money I will receive from the state is my deductible paid out of pocket for my claim.

It boggles my mind that as a resident of Ohio to drive I have to have at least collision insurance and I have to be able to prove that I have it if asked by

the state or I can lose my drivers license or even face jail time, but the very state that enforces that law can walk away with immunity. Furthermore, every employee at Miami has to purchase a hangtag for a fee of $30.00. Where is that money going? Couldn’t that be set aside for instances just like this? I personally find the government immunity law insulting, indignant, shameful and despicable to the citizens of the Ohio; I am in disbelief of the situation.

I have served my country in the military and as a Butler County resident have served the state of Ohio in civil service. Be advised unless this law is changed anyone parked on the campus of Miami, any state or government facility or if a state vehicle strikes your car you will suffer the same fate as mine. It’s time for this law to go!

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Presidential campaign lacks A needed lesson in history for the US: past events foreshadow America’s inevitable decline substance, relies on clichés I come from a small, postCommunist country, called Bulgaria as an exchange student, majoring in business and political science. I consider myself to be very lucky as I get to see the political game and the presidential campaigns in the USA and I have been following every major event, especially the debates since arriving on American soil.

I have watched every possible commercial and have observed students debating furiously over their preferred candidate.

started from a small power and expanded aggressively, reaching its peaking point of the curve and then slowly, but surely started to roll down and decline, only to be consumed by the barbarian tribes that overcome its provinces and sacked Rome.

The Byzantine Empire followed in the same steps, expansion, prosperity, amassing incredible wealth and knowledge for the era, only to be swept by a tidal wave, called the Ottoman Empire.

But all the glories and riches that made the USA so attractive for foreigners have slowly begun to erode. Incomes have been diminishing, outsourcing has taken away a lot of manufacturing jobs and a foreign debt that has almost reached 100 percent of gross domestic product, and none of the current candidates have a clear idea on how to deal with those issues.

However, one thing eludes the American people—no change in government shall prevent the decline.

Of course, I do not expect any person that experiences even the slightest sentiment for his or her own country would agree with me.

But that is why Americans need a lesson in history—in order to grasp the inevitability of their decline.

There has been no empire or country in the history of mankind that has managed to sustain its prosperity of an extended period of time.

The Roman Empire experienced unprecedented prosperity and expansion through military means that reached Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean and contributed one of the most influential ideas such as representative democracy and the basis of law.

However, when one traces their history, the Roman Empire follows a traditional curve. It

The Ottoman Empire came into Europe, sundering and absorbing nations at an extremely rapid pace. Regional powers such as Bulgaria, Serbia and the mighty Byzantine Empire fell very fast and the Ottoman Empire became the Hegemonic power in the Eastern part of Europe and the Balkans. Then it attempted aggressive expansion into the rest of Europe as such it was the character of the empire and the policies of its ruler—the Sultan.

Again it followed the same historical curve trajectory.

For an extended period of time, it climbed its way to the top and it threatened the existence of the entire notion of Western Europe.

However, it could sustain its prosperity as it fell behind technologically and began loosing all of its major battle, thus sliding down the curve until it reached the null point and the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist.

Just take a look at ancient history and modernity. There has

always been a shift, a change in the leading world hegemonic powers. The biggest and mightiest empires – Egypt, Mongolia, Babylonian, Persian, the UK and many more have followed the same path. Some have evaded the breaking point but could not sustain the prosperity and their influence over an extended period of time and with the world become more and more inter-connected and interdependent the faster a country could rise to power or fall from grace.

For a century now, the USA has held this position—there is no debate in this. It rose from the destructive Civil War to be the world’s leading economy, to have one of the most efficient judicial systems and most importantly, to be viewed as an escape from tyranny and a place where dreams can indeed be achieved through hard work and dedication. It helped the Allies win World War II. But all the glories and riches that made the USA so attractive for foreigners have slowly begun to erode.

Incomes have been diminishing, outsourcing has taken away a lot of manufacturing jobs and a foreign debt that has almost reached 100 percent of gross domestic product, and none of the current candidates have a clear idea on how to deal with those issues. But then how can you tell an American during a presidential campaign that those manufacturing jobs will not come back and that the foreign debt will continue to increase as long as there is incredible and unnecessary military and government spending.

These phenomenon marks clearly the decline of the USA, a decline that every major world power has to experience and go through. Of course, the decline will not be bloody and violent, and the USA will never reach the null point on the curve. But it will slide down gradually and irreversibly at least for the next decade.

Teodor Dimitrov

dimitrt@muohio.edu

The closer we get to the November elections, the more apparent the game of politics becomes.

Debates and campaign speeches largely consist of attacks pointed at the other opponent, and word-dropping cliché points that avoid true policy stances such as “lower taxes, smaller government.”

We seem to watch for accidental slips in their speeches more than we do for holes in their arguments. It has become a game of who can excite the audience with the most charisma and without the most controversy.

The presidential race between Obama and Romney is at 49 percent for Romney, and 47 percent for Obama (2 percent for another candidate) according to Rasmussen Reports as of Sunday, Oct. 14. It is no coincidence that this change in lead occurred after Obama’s uncharacteristic lack of preparation and composure at the recent presidential debate.

If you compare general election campaigns of both parties through the decades, the same general, watered-down themes can be found.

They are empty statements that simply trigger an emotional response from the audience like, “what Americans need is change.” Basically every candidate running against the GOP has said this in the history of the United States.

According to CNN, Obama said in a recent campaign speech, “The problems we are facing are great, they are real…but know this America, they will be met!” What voters should and never do ask is, “how are you planning to do this?” Now try to wrap your head around this one, Miami; according to Huffington Post, Romney once said, “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.”

Need I comment on this one?

These kinds of statements seem to make up a majority of these candidates’ campaign time, and seem to draw the most applause. Voters have shown that they simply do not care about depth of argument, so why should the candidates?

This campaign shallowness is especially evident in the misleading and (not to mention) empty emphasis on the economy. As money is often first on the minds of Americans,

it is no surprise that the economy is first on the campaign agendas of our presidential candidates. Yet another way candidates mislead the audience in their campaigns is the fact that social issues tend to be completely avoided leading up to election time as they touch highly controversial and fractioning chords with the public.

The ironic thing is that once candidates reach office, a major amount of their policies actually lie in the social arena. According to CNN, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives was elected on the premises that they would focus on the economy. However they jumped the gun and took actions within a month of taking office to defund Planned Parenthood.

So instead of listening and focusing our attention to the cliché economy-based word drops, we should dig deeper for the social stances of the candidates, because social issues are given more space on the agenda than what they seem to be given.

This goes to show the superficiality of campaigns and how much campaign topics differ from the true agendas of the politicians when they reach office. This is why I urge you all to look deeper than the cookiecutter themes and insignificant ‘slips’ that can sometimes needlessly sabotage a candidate’s entire campaign, and through to their true agendas.

A candidate’s character should not be measured by his/her composure or charisma on-stage as a speaker, but more from their personal backgrounds and their past actions in their other positions of office.

Take the campaign trail with a grain a salt, and see it as a game of who can tug at the heartstrings of the most Americans, who can lure them with their overly general visions.

I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have an awkward little man in the Oval Office who can truly guide the economy and represent the majority of Americans on social issues, than a flashy celebrity for a president gracing America’s talk shows. Whoever sits in that chair will carry the power to lead or delay the morale and progress of our nation.

Jessica Ball

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Re-envisioning the idea of industry by shifting away from physical medium A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in a design competition centered on the revitalization of Cleveland’s Detroit Superior Bridge.

This looked to integrate the growing population and commercial center of downtown with the industrial complexes that lay across the Cuyahoga River, with the goal ultimately being to reinvent the way in which industry is used to facilitate new economic growth. It is the question of “What constitutes industry” that became the center of discussion.

The literal definition of industry, according to Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary, is the part of general economy focused on manufacturing.

For American culture, as well as many worldviews, this is directly associated with the manufacturing of particular goods and infrastructure; such as the industries of steel of automobiles. This perception of industry, one that is based on historical and nostalgic views, is one that is still held and sought by many.

However, in the current climate

of global evolution it is becoming clearer that the term industry needs to be rethought. As emergent history has shown us the rise and fall of manufacturing is directly associated with the progress and development of the nation in which it is associated with.

Within these developing countries there is often a surplus of under skilled labor, coupled with lower cost living and pay requirements, allowing manufacturing to flourish.

In developed countries the question of what is industry shifts to redefinition of industry.

To start we can begin with the perception of industry within a country. Here I will reference American society and perception, as it is pertinent to the discussion and a topic of discussion in current affairs. As stated earlier, American perception is predicated on the past historical context of growth. America was built on the back of industry; manufacturing built the infrastructure of the country and drove its expansion and unified control.

Contained also is the mantra of manifest destiny which permeates

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the American culture ever since its inception. Within this principle was the idea of movement and control. Within movement is instilled the idea of freedom, to be able to move and spread over the land as seen fit.

Control allowed the land to become subjugated under the spirit, as divine right dictated that superiority was inherent. Manufacturing thus became the embodiment of this principle, as it was able to drive that need for expansion and create a subdued environment for mastery. This inevitably created an inseparable connection between manufacturing, industry and the American populous since it is a core constitution towards the identity of its people.

It is not in terminating this connection that we can be successful in redefining industry.

The destruction of this strong link would only weaken what the goal is, which is to facilitate and sustain new economic and societal growth.

Instead, it is by working within this framework that the redefinition of industry is possible; through the predominate

reconstitution of manufacturing through technologies.

Technology is often associated with non-physical elements, or taking place in a non-physical realm. As an example computer software is not a physical thing, but rather contained on a physical medium such as a disk. The disk is manufactured, while the technology is developed, a semantics of words but one that is key.

The term manufacturing always deals in the physical construction of physical material. In this way manufacturing is the creation of physical being, the manifestation of known (and sometimes unknown) elements. It is this physical constitution that enables the concepts of external properties (ideologies, thoughts, etc.) to adhere themselves, as often times they seek representation.

In development, however, we see a different ideology. Development almost always deals with the immaterial, that is to say is either a representation of immaterial things or directly references an immaterial presence.

The phrase “developing country” insinuates a state of being as

opposed to a physical location or action is evident of this.

The re-envisioning of manufacturing is centered around the resolution of this division of physical and immaterial. Within technology we already see a symbiosis of the physical process and the metaphysical construction.

The next step is the dissolution of the physical ideology that goes with the manufacturing process all together. Technology, as an immaterial medium, can be treated as a manufactured item as long as the shift away from strict physicality occurs.

The question of what is industry is one that is always a concern among any country or its citizens.

As a chief economic proponent the ability to manufacture is a key element of that industry.

However, by utilizing the immateriality of the field of technology and centering the processes of manufacturing around them, the country can establish a new industry to meet the current times.

Anthony Santora

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Caucasian students and many from Ohio and rural or suburban areas,” Keitges said. “What we’re trying to do is bring students from all around the world and the United States.”

Keitges said Miami provides support to international students once they are enrolled at Miami, including a two-week orientation program.

Muchuan Ping is a junior international student at Miami from Beijing, China and president of the Chinese Student and Scholars Friendship Association (CSSFA). He said he believes Miami does provide a lot of support to international students.

“Miami has several different [Asian culture] organizations,” Ping said. “They also have a Chinese version for Niihka.”

However, Ping said Miami could improve its efforts to raise awareness about cultural diversity.

“Actually I think the university needs to raise [awareness] about international students, especially Chinese students,” Ping said. “Chinese students make up most of the

international students. [Miami should promote] increased culture diversity and hold more programs and activities that communicate between foreign and American cultures.”

The Office of Institutional Research at Miami reported that in fall 2011, international first-year undergraduates earned an average GPA of 2.8. Domestic first-year undergrads earned an average of 3.1.

Ping said the culture shock and the language are the biggest challenges to him as an international student.

“The most challenging is the culture shock,” Ping said. “There’s different ways of talking and a language boundary and that’s a challenge. The classes are also a challenge because international students have to listen in English.”

Keitges said a diverse campus is valuable to students.

“People from different cultures and places see things somewhat differently,” Keitges said. “[A diverse student body] is good for different viewpoints and bringing students into good contact so they can understand and appreciate differences.”

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eyes and made us realize that we couldn’t lose a game like that, and throw away everything we’ve done so far,” Kodiak said.

In the 85th minute, when junior forward Katy Dolesh notched a header goal of her own off a Kodiak corner kick.

“I liked the ‘go-for-the-throat’ mentality we had over the last 20 minutes,” Kramig said.

Miami will host Ball State University (BSU) 3 p.m. Thursday in the regular season finale. The Cardinals (8-6-4, 5-3-2 MAC) are looking to rebound after being shut out

by Central Michigan in their home season finale. Miami is looking to finish the season undefeated in conference play for the first time in school history.

Thursday’s game will be the final tune-up for the MAC Tournament, which starts Sunday. The RedHawks have locked up home field advantage for the tournament.

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Molly has been involved with Relay for Life and Susan G. Komen for over ten years.

“It’s ok to ask for help and to feel vulnerable,” Kenney said. “I felt like I had to keep up at my internship, take care of my mom and go back to Miami pretending like everything was perfect – when in reality, my family had just experienced the nightmare of cancer.”

But Molly said her family is lucky.

“We dodged a bullet and I can’t even begin to say how fortunate we are to still have [my mom] in our lives.”

Molly said her advice is to appreciate women close to you.

“I hope that more women on campus will learn from my mom’s story,” she said. “Appreciate your moms a little bit more. Look out for each other’s health and wellbeing.”

Events are taking place on campus this month to benefit breast cancer research and survivors. Be sure to stop by booths, read literature and volunteer with campus organizations to promote breast cancer awareness and research. “[Colleges Against Cancer] will be teaming up with these fundraising and team recruitment events to let people know that yes, cancer sucks, but you can fight back and joining the fight against cancer by making a Relay for Life team,” Anson said. “Like the American Cancer Association says, ‘Create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.’ Who doesn’t want that?”

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SPORTS

Editor JM RIEGER

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012 CARSON DRAKE DRAKE’S TAKE

DOMINATING THE Soccer RECORD BOOKS This weekend, the Miami University women’s soccer team defeated Central Michigan University and Bowling Green State University (BGSU), clinching a share of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular season title.

The title marked the second time the program has won the honor in its history. The first came in 2002.

Miami’s 16 wins is three fewer than the all-time program record, also set in 2002, and a win this Thursday would give the ’Hawks their first undefeated conference record in program history.

This year’s team has also seen individual players achieve record seasons too. Junior midfielder Kayla Zakrzewski recorded her record breaking 10th assist on the second goal of the game Sunday. The previous single season assist record was set in 2009.

With one remaining regular season game, Zakrzewski will look to continue her impressive ball distribution against Ball State University.

Miami started slowly against a BGSU team that has not had the best of seasons with only one win.

However, senior forward Jess Kodiak stepped up and played a huge role in the game, tallying two goals and adding an assist in the season finale. Junior forward Katy Dolesh also tallied a goal and an assist in the effort.

Kodiak and sophomore midfield-

er Kelsey Dinges have contributed a combined 20 goals and 13 assists on the season to lead the team and they show no signs of slowing down.

One of the strongest parts of this team is it has found success in each position on the field. Five women on the team have at least five goals and upwards of 20 points.

This season has been an incredible turnaround considering the team’s 9-8-1 2011 record. While the addition of 11 newcomers still gives the team a young appearance, they certainly do not play that way. They play with confidence, they play with poise and best of all, they play as one.

It is clear that this team has developed an uncanny ability to share the ball and create chances for everyone on the field. The team’s strong chemistry has built a potent offense.

To date, it is one of the best in the conference and has resulted in 49 goals through 18 games.

Juxtaposed to the 15 goals scored by their opponents this season, the ’Hawks truly have dominated the conference in every facet of the game.

If the ’Hawks are able to win Thursday, they will go down as one of the greatest Miami teams in history.

Given the team’s success thus far, I’d venture to say this team is as prepared as ever to make a long run in the conference tournament.

SWIMMING

Miami swims past Muskies

By Sarah Ross

For The Miami Student

Miami University’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both came away with victories against Xavier University Saturday, as the women’s team posted a 154.5-81.5 win after a tough 109-179 loss on the road to Purdue University Friday.

The men’s team finished strong defeating Xavier 150-109.

Despite the loss to Purdue, senior Maegan O’Connor was impressed with the team’s efforts against both squads.

“I think this weekend was really good,” O’Connor said. “We got to see what we need to work on.”

O’Connor swam impressively in the 200-yard butterfly against the Boilermakers, grabbing second

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HOCKEY

Overtime tests ’Hawks

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Miami University freshman forward Riley Barber scores the RedHawks’ only goal Friday, as the Red and White and Providence College skated to a 1-1 tie. Miami faces the University of Michigan this weekend to open Central Collegiate Hockey Association play in the conference’s final season.

By Joe Gieringer Staff Writer

It might have required overtime in both games, but the fourth ranked Miami University men’s hockey team remained unbeaten this weekend after tying Providence College Friday and beating the Friars Saturday.

The RedHawks got off to a slow start Friday as the Friars notched an early power play goal to take the lead just five minutes in. Providence dominated play early, outshooting Miami 13-3 midway through the first period. Despite freshman forward Riley Barber’s tying goal early in the second period, Miami was again outshot and the Friars controlled the first 40 minutes of the match.

“We know that we weren’t playing our game at all,” sophomore forward Austin Czarnik said after the game. “Everybody came to the rink unfocused. But then coach came in and a couple of guys started speaking up [during the second intermission], and we finally pulled it together in the third and started playing our kind of hockey.”

Miami finally pulled it together in the final frame Friday, outshooting Providence 13-9. Neither team could find the net, however, as the freshman goalies at both ends of the ice brought their A games. A five-minute overtime would prove fruitless as

VOLLEYBALL

Red and White jump to 3rd in MAC

By Jordan Rinard Staff Writer

After picking up its first MidAmerican Conference (MAC) win of the season last weekend, the Miami University volleyball team triumphed Friday and Saturday against

MAC West rivals the University of Toledo (UT) and Ball State University (BSU), respectively. The victories come at a crucial time, as the Red and White are now in third place in the MAC East standings with six games left in the regular season before the MAC Tournament.

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Miami University senior setter Amy Kendall sets up a RedHawk attack during the Red and White’s 3-0 sweep of the University of Toledo. Miami is now in third place in the Mid-American Conference East Division.

The RedHawks (8-15, 3-7 MAC) opened the weekend with a 3-0 (2523, 25-15, 26-24) sweep of Toledo (8-15, 2-8 MAC) in their annual Dig Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness match. Miami jumped out to early leads of 7-1, 7-2 and 6-2 in the respective sets, and fought off a pesky Rocket squad in a final stanza in which UT got on a 12-6 run early in the set.

Redshirt freshman outside hitter Jenny Ingle had her coming out party for the ’Hawks Friday night, setting a career high in kills (15) to go with a .636 hitting percentage and three blocks.

Another key contributor for the Red and White was sophomore outside hitter/setter Meg Riley with a near double-double of nine kills and 23 assists to go with three digs.

As a team, Miami hit an astounding .385 for the match and out-dug Toledo 43-35.

“We pulled together tonight,” Ingle said. “We worked on our [playable passes] this week, and I could see around the block tonight. Getting the win was big in building our team chemistry.”

Head Coach Carolyn Condit talked about the team’s Friday night performance.

“I’m really proud of Jenny Ingle’s performance tonight,” she said. “[Senior outside hitter] Lisa Treadway also played great, holding her own despite being a smaller hitter.

Tonight, our setters distributed and passed the ball well, which is a big

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well, as the game ended in 1-1 tie.

Miami freshman goaltender Ryan McKay recorded 37 saves while the Friars’ freshman Jon Gillies totaled 27 saves at the other end of the ice.

“Their goalie is highly touted and made some big saves,” Head Coach Enrico Blasi said. “When the guy at the other end of the ice is lights out, you’ve got to be lights out too. It was a tremendous battle between the two of them.”

Though the game officially ended in a tie, both teams requested a shootout, much to the fans’ delight.

The shootout had no bearing on the teams’ records, but that didn’t stop Czarnik and sophomore forward Cody Murphy from finding the back of the net as the RedHawks prevailed 2-0.

Friday’s strong play carried over to Saturday, as the RedHawks struck first just minutes into the match with beautiful shot from Barber, who went on to nab two helpers in the first multi-point game of his career.

The Friars drew even just one minute later, however, when John Gilmour beat freshman goaltender Jay Williams clean past his left shoulder. Miami scored two more times, but each time Providence found an answer, including a goal with just 47 seconds left in the game to knot the score at three apiece and force overtime for the second straight game.

With 1:25 left in the additional

frame, Czarnik rifled a wrist shot high stick side past Gillies to end the game in sudden death fashion. Barber and senior forward Curtis McKenzie assisted on the game winner helping to maintain the RedHawks unbeaten record.

“I think, for myself, I was a little down because I know I should have blocked that shot,” Czarnik said about Providence’s goal that forced overtime. “It got through and they got that rebound, so I was down on myself and I knew I had to come back. I told [Marc] Hagel I was going to snipe in overtime and luckily that happened.”

The goal was the icing on the cake of Miami’s victory, which signaled a much-improved effort compared to Friday’s game. The RedHawks outshot the Friars 30-26 and were perfect on the penalty kill (PK), successfully surviving all four PKs, including a five-minute major kill late in the game.

“Tonight we played with a purpose, we skated well and we were in good position,” Blasi said. “The effort was there. I thought we played as close to a complete game as this team’s played so far in this young season.”

Miami opens its final season of Central Collegiate Hockey Association play at 5th/6th ranked University of Michigan’s Yost Ice Arena this Friday and Saturday.

FIELD HOCKEY

RedHawks clinch spot in MAC Tournament

By Kennan Belau For The Miami Student

The Miami University field hockey team (9-9, 3-1 Mid-American Conference (MAC)) clinched a spot in the MAC Tournament after defeating Ball State University 7-1 Saturday.

“It’s exciting,” junior forward Alyssa Logan said. “It’s good to know that we secured a spot.”

Miami took control of the match early, earning a penalty corner less than a minute into the match. Senior midfielder Olivia Miller got two shots on goal off the corner, but Ball State’s freshman goalkeeper Maddi Elliott saved both. The second rebound went right to Logan, who scored to put the RedHawks up 1-0.

Miami added to its lead a minute later, as sophomore forward Valentina Neira scored a goal from five yards out. The RedHawks capitalized on a penalty corner in the 12th minute, making the score 3-0 as sophomore midfielder Ali Froede scored off an assist from freshman midfielder Leni Gross.

Miami earned another penalty corner off the play restart, and freshman forward Angela Amon made it 4-0 just five seconds later.

The RedHawks continued applying the pressure on offense, and junior forward Emily Gruesser made it 5-0 in the 32nd minute.

“The backs got it up and the forwards finished,” Logan said. “We had some really

good passes out there.”

Miami maintained control in the second half, but did not get back on the scoreboard until the 53rd minute as Logan scored her second goal of the match off her own rebound.

Sophomore midfielder Tarel Teach scored Ball State’s only goal in the 63rd minute, and Miami answered 42 seconds later as freshman midfielder Bea Dechant made it 7-1.

The RedHawks outshot the Cardinals 34-7 and had a 14-2 advantage in penalty corners. Junior goalkeeper Sarah Mueller finished with four saves for Miami.

“It was a well-deserved win,” Froede said. “It was hard to play short passes due to their press and the bouncy ball.”

The RedHawks struggled to carry the momentum over to Sunday, losing their final non-conference game of the season to 15th-ranked University of Michigan 3-0.

The Wolverines took control of the game early, recording eight shots in the first 20 minutes. Mueller came up big, making key saves to keep the game scoreless. Michigan finally broke through in the 27th minute, as sophomore back Leslie Smith scored off a penalty corner to give the Wolverines a 1-0 lead.

“Sometimes when we play bigger teams, it’s in our head a bit,” Logan said.

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