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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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In 1962, The Miami Student reported on a three-part lecture series titled “This Nuclear Age.” The lecture covered topics such as protection needed in case of nuclear warfare, damages expected from various attacks and the effectiveness of the United State’s defense program. The lecture was given in the midst of the Cold War.

Sexual assault cases follow protocol

By Amanda Seitz Campus Editor

Every so often a Miami University student will open their e-mail inbox to a crime alert.

Part Although the alert seems simple enough, the road to putting out an alert can sometimes be tricky, especially those dealing with sexual assault.

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Miami has garnered attention as of late for an on-campus rape, two off-campus rapes and an assault in the shower of Richard Hall, all occurring within a 30-day period.

Many students might be unof 4 familiar with these occurrences.

According to Claire Wagner, associatedirectorofuniversitycommunications,somecasesgounreportedtotheMiami community if the suspect has already been

apprehended or if the community is not in danger.

“A crime alert is to let you know there is potential danger,” Wagner said.

Wagner said in some cases information bulletins are produced if the university feels there is no ongoing threat to the community but still wants to notify students of a crime.

In dealing with sexual assault, Tim Parsons, emergency case manager, said there are many steps the university takes when dealing with the victim and alleged suspect.

“From a student’s perspective the first person of contact is usually police,” Parsons said.

“Our office here at the dean of students will get a report that that has happened (and) we generally are in touch with the victim in that case. There’s lots of different variations of how that can happen.”

According to John McCandless, chief of police, the Miami University Police Department (MUPD) follows the

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Underground world of illegal drug use surfaces

Marijuana remains popular among students

By Dylan Tussel Senior Staff Writer

When it comes to illegal drug abuse on campus, alcohol and marijuana are vastly more prevalent than any other drug.

Three students, who wished to be known as Ryan, Danny and Tyler, have been involved in some way with drugs during their time at Miami University.

The three students said they are always worried about getting caught by the police but laughed at the notion of being caught by a resident assistant (RA). “(My RA), not so much,” Ryan said. “I mean, but at the same time we’re cautious, and somebody like (my RA) who we have kind of an unspoken agreement with about this sort of thing … you wouldn’t want to betray that trust by being careless.”

Students have good reason to be concerned about being caught for having drugs.

Students are not even allowed to have any sort of drug paraphernalia, such as a decorative bong, in their dorm rooms, said Chris Taylor, associate director of ethics and student conflict resolution.

“Basically for a first time violation, someone’s in possession of marijuana or other drugs, that person is likely to face a drug assessment with someone in the counseling center, a drug education class and typically we will have them write a paper answering the question, ‘What would I do if I were suspended?’” Taylor said.

Taylor said there is a different consequence for distribution than for possession.

“If someone is spreading the problem beyond themselves … that person is probably

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Group raises awareness of prescription pill-popping

By Hope Holmberg Campus Editor

Students who are generous about sharing their belongings with friends should certainly think twice before sharing something that could land them in jail.

Sharing prescribed drugs with friends is illegal and can result in severe consequences.

Sgt. John Jones of the Oxford Police Department (OPD) said many students do not realize illegal possession of just one pill of Adderall is a felony of the fifth degree and can involve jail time.

Jones said the legal consequences for illegally possessing one pill of Adderall are actually more severe than the legal consequences for possessing an ounce of marijuana.

According to Jones, the drugs the OPD have found individuals illegally possessing include Adderall, Ritalin, Vicodin and OxyContin. He said that Xanex and Concerta are also abused.

“Adderall, for the students, is the big one they tend to

abuse,” Jones said.

Jones said after an officer finds prescription drugs on a student, they ask them whether or not they can provide a prescription for the drugs and in many cases, they cannot.

“When people think of drug abuse, they think of illegal narcotics and they don’t realize that things in their own medicine cabinet are drugs that can lead to health problems if taken illegally,” Jones said.

Jones said people with addictive personalities can get addicted to prescription drugs.

“It’s tough because you get people that are just addicts and they have an injury and are prescribed drugs but then the person becomes addicted to prescriptions drugs.”

Jones said raising awareness about the effects of these drugs on campus in important.

“They are legal so they are out there and can easily be diverted from their intended use,” Jones said.

One organization that will be raising awareness about

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PUDDLE OF MUD

For the first time in 20 years, puddle pull is open to non-Greeks.

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CENSUS SENSE

A look at why its important for college students to complete the census.

STATE OF THE ART

An art exhibit showcases 100 portraits of popular Americans.

Dining halls will now feature new nutritional devices.

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Refunds now available for energy efficient EnergyStar appliances.

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FOODIE BLOG McKenzie Graham has a yummy fried bread recipe that’s delicious with jam.

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VP of Student Organizations petition deadline extends

Courtney Day dayce2@muohio.edu Hope Holmberg holmbehh@muohio.edu Amanda Seitz seitzam2@muohio.edu

Technology to count calories

By Laura Siedlecki

The petition deadline has been extended 72 hours to Thursday, March 4 at 5PM for candidates seeking the position of Vice President of Student Organizations.

This position is elected by the student body and manages all of the business services and fiduciary responsibilities -- including allocation of student organization funding -- for Associated Student Government. The petition deadline has been extended because only one candidate has filed to run for the position in the 2010 Student Body Elections.

For more information about the responsibilities of the position or running in the election, please visit: www.muohio.edu/asgelections or contact Adam Harris at harris17@muohio.edu.

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Customized kiosks will soon serve as nutritional devices inclding all nutritional information for the food offered at dining locations at Miami University.

Karen Recker, associate director of dining and the culinary support center, said these units are being implimentd as a hands-on resource for the students.

“We offer a wide variety of food choices and students make decisions every meal period on what they want to eat or not,” Recker said. “Sometimes this is a nutritionally based decision and sometimes it is not.”

The nutritional kiosks are tools for students who are concerned with nutrition. Recker said the information has always been available on their Web site and will now be at the student’s fingertips while they are making their decisions about what to eat.

The first nutritional device will be placed in Erickson Hall and the second will be at Scoreboard Market in Martin Hall on North quad. The device at Scoreboard will be an upgrade to the touch screen system that is already available. Later on, the nutritional information for Scoreboard will be added to the system, according to Mike Mitroi, associate director for culinary and dining services.

Mitroi is always trying to find ways to implement new technology. After visiting Virginia Tech fall 2009, he got the idea to implement a similar device in our dining locations.

Mitroi said this technology would provide a more efficient way for students to check out the information since they already like to go online.

“We want to provide a system for sharing information that

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A nutritional kiosk device waits to be installed in a dining hall.

Gender-neutral housing available for students Students interested in gender-neutral housing may start making plans for next year. With the passage of gender-neutral housing any secondyear or older may choose the option to live with a roommate of their choice, regardless of legal sex for next year.

If you are interested, contact Jamie Workman, coordinator of residence life, at workmaj2@muohio.edu.

event Dance competition announces winners Delta Zeta hosted the annual Puttin’ on the Hits Thursday, Feb. 25. Five sororities and four fraternities placed in the competition.

In the sorority dance portion, Gamma Phi Beta placed first, Phi Mu placed second and Alpha Phi placed third. In the overall sorority portion, Alpha Phi placed first, Kappa Delta placed second and Alpha Xi Delta placed third.

For the fraternity dance portion, Sigma Phi Epsilon placed first, Beta Theta Pi placed second and Delta Tau Delta placed third. For the overall portion, Beta Theta Pi placed first, Sigma Nu placed second and Sigma Phi Epsilon placed third.

All $16,000 raised in the event will go to Delta Zeta’s philanthropy, St. Rita’s School for the Deaf.

award Science Association honors Miami professor Stacey Lowery Bretz, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Miami University, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Lowery Bretz, who joined Miami in 2005, received a certificate and rosette Feb. 20 during the AAAS Fellows Forum in San Diego.

The AAAS is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science. Fellows must be nominated and elected as “a member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished.”

Three other Miami faculty members, Hardy Eshbaugh, professor emeritus of botany, Richard Lee, distinguished professor of zoology and William McGrew, formerly of anthropology, have previously been named AAAS Fellows.

In a letter to Lowery Bretz, the AAAS said she is being honored for her “distinguished contributions to chemistry education research, particularly through the infusion of learning theory and the development of meaningful assessments and evaluation procedures.”

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The digital literacy contest March 24 will take place on the computers in the Kamm Lab in King Library.

MU to hold competition, test digital knowledge

By Patrick Wolande Senior Staff Writer

Miami University will host a digital literacy contest March 24 to test students’ abilities to find information on the Internet by using multiple sources from the Web. Eric Resnis, information literacy coordinator, hopes Miami students will gain knowledge from the contest.

“We hope the competition will get students thinking more about how they use the Internet to find information,” he said.

Resnis expects 50 to 100 students to partake in the competition.

The contest will be held in the Kamm Instruction Room, 110 King Library and other locations depending on the amount of competitors.

Competitors can also bring their own computers if they wish.

There will be two separate contests, one for individuals and one for teams. Organizations may enter teams of 2 to 3 students, and the highest average score wins. Resnis said the first prize for individuals

will be $100 and the second will be $50. The team with the highest score will have $250 to donate to the charity of their choice.

The university libraries also offer a number of other services.

While some services have heavy usage, others are lesser known to students.

Scott Van Dam, head of access services, did not have an exact number for how busy King Library is. He said, “We haven’t completed the gate count for the calendar year 2009, it’s a long, painstaking process.”

Van Dam did say, however, a safe estimate for 2009 will show a head count in King of around 1.2 million.

Aaron Shrimplin, head of reference and collection services, said King becomes busy because of the variety of services offered.

“It’s because the library has evolved,” Shrimplin said. “It’s not just a place to come and do research. It’s a place where there are study

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Puddle pull opens to non-Greek students

By Mary Kate Linehan Senior Staff Writer

Miami University sorority Alpha Omicron Pi (AOPi) and fraternity Delta Upsilon (DU) will host their annual spring puddle pull with a twist: for the first time in 20 years, the nonGreek community at Miami is invited to participate in the competition.

“It was kind of a general thing we wanted to ask the IFC advisors,” Andrew Cramer, philathropy chair for DU, said. “We decided after Greek week in the fall that the spring puddle pull we would open the event up to a bunch of other organizations on our campus that don’t really get to compete in things like that.”

Cramer said spring puddle pull hadn’t been open to the non-Greek community because of availability and time.

Traditionally, the spring puddle pull took place at

Yager Stadium and the teams would be able to practice at the stadium.

Kara Burghardt, AOPi’s philanthropy chair, said she didn’t know why spring puddle pull hadn’t been open to the non-Greek community in the past 20 years. She suspected it was because the non-Greek community hadn’t expressed interest in puddle pull because of the lack of knowledge of the tradition.

“I think it’s because puddle pull is unknown,” Burghardt said. “The community probably figured that a lot of non-Greeks didn’t understand the tradition behind it and why we are sitting in pits in the middle of a field.”

Burghardt said AOPi and DU decided to offer the event to the non-Greek community in order to get more of a response from Miami.

“It’s a great opportunity for them to see what Greek life is all about and get involved with a Miami event,” Burghardt said.

Burghardt said AOPi and DU are stressing to get the word out to the non-Greek community about the event because many people are unfamiliar with the preparations for puddle pull matches.

“A lot of people are intimidated by it but we offer coaching and will lead them through the whole process of practicing,”

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Nature lovers

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Dan Baren and Noah Finney demonstrate their jumping abilities on campus.

Free-runnings club overcomes obstacles across campus

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SCOTT ALLISON The Miami Student

Students study outdoors Monday afternoon at Dogwood Grove during their Botany 155 course.

You may see them climbing trees, jumping dumpsters and swinging on railings all over Miami University’s campus.

At first glance, it may seem like they’re just overgrown children reminiscing about their childhood recesses. But don’t mistake what

they do for child’s play. Parkour is serious.

MU Parkour is a newly developed, self-funded group at Miami. They have been training and practicing since October 2009.

Parkour, also known as free-running, is a physical activity founded in France around the 1990s by

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Yearlong portrait exhibit opens in McGuffey Hall

By Sarah Reder For the Miami Student

An art exhibit made up of 10 paintings will arrive at Miami University this March and stay until March 2011.

The complete collection consists of 100 portraits of prominent Americans by Robert Shetterly of Brooksville, Maine. Subjects include activists, presidents and authors such as Susan B. Anthony, Rachel Carson, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others.

The Miami exhibit will include 10 of these portraits, to be shown in McGuffey Hall for the entire year. The portraits will be installed Tuesday, March 2.

Senior Melissa Shotts will be one of the panelists for a discussion related to the exhibit.

“I joined the panel because I respect one of the main coordinators of this exhibit and he heard I would be a good candidate,” Shotts said. “I hope the series of portraits will allow Miami students to stop and think about the type of impact they want to make on the world.”

Shotts is excited to hear from the other panelists as well as artist Robert Shetterly, who will speak at Miami March 17.

Shetterly was born in Cincinnati in 1946.

He graduated from Harvard College in 1969 with a degree in English literature. He began constructing the series of portraits in 2004 as a way to pay admiration to a group of Americans that he admired and thought spoke the truth during a time when he was saddened by the United States’ response to Sept. 11, 2001 and the general direction in which the country was heading. The project, “Americans Who Tell The Truth,” also inspired Shetterly to write a book of the same name, which includes the first 50 of his portraits with discussions.

Over the past several years, Shetterly has made appearances in more than 20 states.

Thomas Poetter, director of partnerships in the School of Education, Health and Society, said he helped put the panel together and will also be the facilitator of the event.

Poetter said the panel would address a question from Shetterly himself. The question is “Consider what factors, institutions, atti-

tudes have to be present in a society to insure this over the past two years, both affiliated a successful democracy. What are they? Do with Miami and not.

“It is important for students to take advanwe have them? Why? Why not?” tage of opportunities to Poetter said his fasee live art because that vorite portrait is that of is the only way to gain Samantha Smith, a child some kind of emotional activist for peace. attachment to pieces,” “I think her story will Neuman said. “Hearresonate with school children who visit the ing from artists and art historians can make exhibit,” Shetterly said. you look at paintings in “She exercised her a very different way.” voice in a small way, Poetter said they and it had a big impact hope the portraits will on the world.” generate conversation Poetter believes art to MELISSA SHOTTS about what it means to be an important part of SENIOR be a citizen, an activany democratic society. ist and someone who “Art can chalthinks about advancing lenge us to look at the world beyond our typical way and perhaps democracy and fostering social justice.

The panel discussion will take place at 12 make us consider a different or better way forward that transcends the status quo,” p.m. Thursday, March 18 in McGuffey 225.

There will also be a public lecture by and reShetterly said.

Senior Alexandra Neuman, an art history ception with the artist at 4 p.m. Wednesday, major, said she has attended events such as March 22 in McGuffey 322.

“I hope the series of portraits will allow Miami students to stop and think about the type of impact they want to make on the world.”

Kick it!

MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student

The Miami University Synchronized Skating Team show off their moves between periods at Friday’s hockey game.

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Ohio instates rebate program Eligible residents receive refund for buying energy-efficient appliances Female passes bus, receives drug charges

By Allie Griebel

At 5 p.m. Friday, officers were notified of a vehicle that did not stop when a school bus was stopped with its lights flashing on Arrowhead Drive. The bus driver reportedly provided the license plate of a small blue car that was found to belong to Miami University sophomore MaryKatherine Graf, 19.

Police reportedly went to Graf’s residence and asked to come in but she said she would rather come outside to meet with them. She admitted to passing the bus, but had to go back inside to get her driver’s license.

When she opened the door, police reportedly detected the odor of marijuana coming from inside the apartment. When they confronted her about the scent, Graf reportedly admitted there was marijuana in the house and asked to call her father.

Graf reportedly refused to allow police to search her apartment, but police entered later after receiving a search warrant. When they searched the apartment, officers reportedly found multiple marijuana pipes, a grinder, an ash tray with marijuana residue in it, spice jars with marijuana residue in them on a nightstand, a Mason jar with marijuana stems in it, rolling papers, another person’s Wisconsin driver’s license, empty liquor bottles on top of the refrigerator and two bottles of Bacardi in the freezer and in a closet.

Graf was taken to OPD where she was charged with drug paraphernalia, underage possession of alcohol, drug abuse and a school bus violation.

The Ohio Department of Development will take a step in the sustainability movement March 26, launching the Ohio Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program.

According to Bethany Close, spokeswoman for Ohio Department of Development, $10.4 million have been allotted for implementing the rebate program. “(The program was created) to help stimulate the economy on the retail side and on the vendor side,” Close said.

The length of the program is a “crystal ball question,” Close said.

The program will run until the funds are depleted, which is predicted to happen six to eight weeks after the launch, Close said.

Kansas ran a similar program and ran out of funds in five weeks.

Students blocking roadway insult officer At 11 p.m. Friday, an officer observed three subjects walking side by side in the westbound lane of Church Street blocking traffic.

One of the males reportedly noticed the officer and the males moved to the side of the road, but one of them yelled an expletive at the officer. The officer reportedly stopped his car and slid on the slick roadway before he identified the male as Miami University first-year Daniel Amato, 18.

Amato reportedly had an odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath, bloodshot, glassy eyes and slurred speech. The officer reportedly told Amato it was a bad idea to attract attention to himself when he is consuming alcohol under the age of 21.

Amato was taken to OPD where he allegedly told police he had two cans of Natural Light beer, one in each pant leg. Officers reportedly found one can of beer in Amato’s left pant leg but did not locate the other.

Amato was charged with underage intoxication, walking along highways and disorderly conduct.

Male urinates in public, possesses marijuana At 12:40 a.m. Saturday, officers observed a male urinating in the alley near St. Mary’s parish. Officers reportedly stopped the male and identified him as Miami University sophomore Peter Kistner, 19.

Kistner reportedly had an odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath and admitted to drinking earlier in the night. He was taken to OPD where a prescription bottle containing marijuana, an unopened can of Natural Light beer and a Miami University identification belonging to someone else were found in his possession.

Kistner was charged with underage possession of alcohol, disorderly conduct and drug abuse, marijuana possession.

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“(The program was created) to help stimulate the economy on the retail side and on the vendor side.”

BETHANY CLOSE

SPOKESWOMAN OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT

According to Close, any residential owners are eligible for the rebates, but only energy efficient certified EnergyStar appliances are included in the program. Rebates are available for refrigerators, clothes washers, dishwashers, high efficiency gas storage water heaters and electric heat pump water heaters.

Participants are encouraged to recycle old appliances but Close said it isn’t possible to mandate recycling with the federal money that was given.

“All we can do is hope that they do (recycle),” Close said. “The program is (intended) to get rid of and reduce the use of old appliances that are not energy efficient.”

Adam Harris, student body vice president, a member of Green Oxford and leader in the sustainability movement on Miami University’s campus, discussed the impact of this program on Miami students. He said the number of student rentals in Oxford has exploded in the last several years and this has forced landlords to keep up with each other.

“College Suites and some other rental places have really raised the bar of student expectations,” Harris said. “Many landlords are trying to keep up by renovating homes and increasing property values.”

Harris said this program might give landlords the incentive to purchase new appliances by lowering the initial cost. These

SAMANTHA LUDINGTON The Miami Student

The state has allotted $10.4 million to the Ohio Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program.

The money will be used to reimburse citizens who purchase EnergyStar washers, refrigerators, dishwashers and water heaters. appliances are attractive pieces to students because of lower utilities costs.

Oxford residents have the opportunity to participate, but information about the program is not widely known.

Bill Brewer, Oxford resident and clinical faculty of communication, said he had heard nothing about the program.

Brewer said his participation in the program is dependent upon his personal needs. “(I would probably not participate) unless I would have to replace the appliance anyways,” Brewer said. “I’m not going to replace an appliance just to get a rebate.”

A toll-free information telephone number will also open March 26. Participants are

encouraged to call this number to reserve their rebate. The rebate code will be active for 72 hours during which time the appliance can be purchased.

This number will be put into place to manage the large number of expected rebate participants.

In Oxford, lack of information may result in low participation.

“It all depends on how much we get the word out,” Close said.

According to Close, it is clear the program’s success will truly depend on how well the Department of Development gets information out about the program and its benefits.

YMCA launches campaign to combat obesity

By Hunter Stenback Senior Staff Writer

A recent study conducted by the University of Wisconsin (UW) Population Health Institute said Butler County residents have plenty of room to improve their overall health in comparison to other Ohioans.

Among the 88 counties in Ohio, the study ranked Butler County 50th in “health outcomes,” a measure of both mortality and morbidity rates. The study also ranked Butler County 48th in the “health factors” category, which measures behavior, environmental, clinical care, social and economic factors.

Butler County residents also ranked 80th out of 88 in the “health behaviors” sub-category, which measures smoking, obesity and binge drinking, among other factors.

According to Doug Curry, director of the Miami University Recreational Sports Center (RSC), the results of the study are not surprising.

“I don’t know exactly what the survey consisted of, but I guess the results aren’t surprising in that very few people regularly exercise, so that doesn’t surprise me,” Curry

said. “Now the impact we can have Martin said the results could on it is, while our number one pri- not have been released at a ority is Miami better time. students, we do “We are “It’s been a huge allow commurated one of the nity members to most unhealthy success. We have use the (RSC) of the more than 550 people counties facility and we 88 counties in signed up for the offer commuOhio, and that program already in came out at an nity programs.”

According to just a week, and we excellent time because our Linda Martin, had our first weigh-in kickoff event spokeswoman on Friday (Feb. 26).” had already been for the Great slated for that Miami Valley LINDA MARTIN time period,” YMCA, a new SPOKESWOMAN Martin said. program called GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA According to Activate Butler Martin, whilethe County aims Activate Amerito combat the ca program has been around for a results of the study and improve few years, implementing the prooverall community health. gram in Butler County has been a “The idea behind the program lengthy process. is really to address the nation’s “In our particular area it’s growing health crisis,” Martin said. been about an 18-month-long “What the YMCA did as a whole process to get Activate Butis implement an Activate America ler County to the kickoff event program across the country, and and make it come to reality,” they’re trying to find better ways Martin said. to support these communities who Martin said it all started from a are struggling to achieve healthier visit to a YMCA in Greenville, S.C. lifestyles, to address the obesity ep18 months ago. idemic, to address the disease pre“Since they began the Activate vention epidemic, and that’s how it America program four years ago really got started.”

they have lost thousands and thousands of pounds as a community,” Martin said. “In fact, they now have their parks and recreation department involved and they’ve built biking and walking trails and all of that, so it’s really a much bigger picture than just finding healthier ways to live, it’s going outside of that and making the whole community healthier.”

Although the program is young, Activate Butler County has already been an overwhelming hit among members of the community.

Martin said a Web site was launched Feb. 20.

“It’s been a huge success,” Martin said. “We have more than 550 people signed up for the program already in just a week, and we had our first weigh-in on Friday (Feb. 26).”

Martin ultimately believes programs like Activate Butler County will be hugely successful in promoting a healthier community.

“I think it’s all about accountability, and if people want to have somebody that can check up on them, that’s what this program is designed to do,” Martin said. “If

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United Way receives funds for call center, exceeds campaign goal

By Jillian Dickman Staff Writer

Two United Way partnerships have been making recent improvements while identifying with local communities.

Butler County United Way is asking commissioners for $80,000 to reinstate the referral call center that was shut down earlier this year due to funding cuts, Stephanie

Raker, the executive assistant for the program, said.

“We are taking the calls through our call center now with the 211 hotline service,” Raker said.

“Through this hotline, we refer people to different agencies in a time of crisis.”

Though there is no definite date set for the call center to open

because the process is still in negotiation, Raker said agency staff members are doing their best to refer people to the agencies they need.

“It is important that everyone knows that we

did not go away,” she said. “We are still connecting people to resources. United Way is about connecting resources.”

To help drop call volume, a Web site, http://www.connectyou.org, has been established to direct the residents of Butler County as well.

The United Way of Oxford has also been experiencing some drastic improvements. The program has reached its highest campaign

fundraising goal to date despite economic downturns.

Sabrina Jewell, campaign cochair, said they raised $235,000, which was an 8 percent increase over the intended goal.

“By listening to the stories that others told about where the money was being spent, it made it easier to realize how close we were to our

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students want to use, we feel this is one of those items they’d want to use,” Mitroi said.

The program is still being created and customized. The new device is said to be ready in a couple weeks or even a month, according to Mitroi.

For now, the largest, the busiest operations including Haines Food Court, Bell Tower, Harris Dining Hall, Erickson Dining

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continued from page 2 rooms, facilities like CIM, rooms to do podcasts, electronic classrooms and a café that has a social element to it.”

To sum it all up, Shrimplin added, “We are somewhat of a hub …

Staying relevant to the times.”

Shrimplin said the library is staying up to date with technology, including offerings in the Center for Information Management (CIM). The CIM, the last remaining multi-media lab on campus, saw as many as an average of 45 students per hour in a single day in December 2009.

Lisa Santucci, head of instruction and applied technologies, said the three main services the CIM offered are high-end equipment, good documentation and personalized, one-on-one service.

“To me we offer that variety

Hall and Scoreboard Market will provide them.

Both Recker and Mitroi are excited for students to use this up-to-date technology.

“We’ve known for a long time students are interested in healthy food and nutrition, we’ve had stuff before but this is real slick and makes things more convenient and it’ll get more use since it’s right there,” Mitroi said.

Sophomore Courtney Boeckman, a health conscious student who works out daily, plans to use the new device.

“I run into big problems during the school year because of the

food available on campus for residents in the dorm,” Boeckman said. “It is really difficult to know exactly what you are eating and this device would be a great way to become more easily aware of the food that you eat.

Boeckman said this would be a good advancement for Miami’s dining halls as well as food and dining services because the campus is very health conscious.

“I think people would really appreciate the provision and really use it to their benefits,” Boeckman said. “It would make dining easier and less stressful for everyone trying to stay fit.”

of help, no matter what kind of technology person you are; independent, reader or hands on,” Santucci said.

The Howe Center for Writing Excellence (HCWE) is another peer-to-peer service King Library offers. HCWE held 4,234 consultations in the 2009 calendar year alone. Of those consultations, 50 percent were return users.

This means of the 16,884 total students enrolled at Miami, only 1,473 individual students used the HCWE. “It’s really more of a conversational process than it is some person telling another person what to do,” Curtis Dickerson, a writing consultant, said.

Bradford Kasberg, a writing consultant, said a consultation could involve a variety of activities.

“It’s a place where students can do anything such as brainstorming all the way to discussing theories and ideas, going over the paper as a self, not just

grammatically,” Kasberg said.

Outside of the larger services, the library also has a few other services, such as the ability to instant message (IM) a librarian.

This feature is accessible through any page on the Miami libraries Web site.

There is also a mobile Web site which was primarily designed by Rob Casson, Kwabena Sekyere and Jason Michel. The mobile site is accessible through smartphones and can do anything from help give GPS directions to any of the universities libraries to helping locate a book quickly and efficiently.

A frequent visitor at the library, sophomore Robin Lavigna, was unaware there was a mobile site.

“Actually, that would be helpful,” Lavigna said.

The digital literacy contest is free to enter, but students must register online at http://www.DigitalLiteracyContest.org. For more information on Miami’s libraries, visit http://www.lib.muohio.edu.

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County approves new Public Defender’s Office

By Jenni Wiener Staff Writer

Butler County Commissioners approved a new way of providing lawyers for defendants Feb. 25 after the old method was deemed illegal.

This new resolution will include a new Public Defender’s Office and provide up to $130,000 in annual funding.

Chris Pagan, head of the Butler County Public Defender Commission, said since 2003 the system allowed the court to hire attorneys, which is unethical because it would please the courts and would not be fair to the clients. The attorneys’ salaries were also paid from a special projects fund, which was controlled by the judges.

State law does not allow courts to hire public defenders or collect fees from the defendants.

As a result, area court judges started using a rotating list of attorneys, Pagan said.

This method was not very cost effective, so the Public Defender Commission created a new plan.

“It wasn’t following proper procedures,” said Judge Kevin McDonough from Area One Court. “So we as judges felt from input we were receiving that we should change the system. We met and considered several options but ended up using public defenders to recommend what they think would work and we agreed to it.”

The new program will have a year to be tested.

According to Pagan, the new system will have a part time public defender that

will be responsible for the budget and hiring five assistants for the three courts in Oxford, Hamilton and West Chester.

“Through this new project the country will be eligible for 35 percent state reimbursement,” said Linda Lovelace, court administrator for Area I, II and III Court.

“The new office is more cost effective.”

In the old system with the court appointed attorney, each case could cost the poor defendants up to $500 each in attorney fees.

The courts handle about 2,500 cases a year, Pagan said.

Pagan said with the new plan $1.25 million would be saved each year if the case fees were maxed out.

McDonough said making the new office cost effective was a goal, but another benefit is that judges will be less involved with the attorneys.

“The current public defenders do a great job and will probably keep their jobs with the new system,” McDonough said. “Administration is changing, but the personnel are not necessarily changing.”

According to McDonough, the new plan will be temporarily funded. The next step is to hire a public defender to hire attorneys.

The commission has yet to figure out the hourly rates and benefits for the public defender and five assistants. However, according to Pagan, the people hired will be considered county employees and qualify for a pension.

Overall, it will be solid service and money will be saved, Pagan said.

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Martin recommends everyone get involved with the program.

“I encourage everyone to go on the Web site and register,” Martin said. “It’s free to the encontinued from page 4 tire community and even if you’re not a member of the Y, if you work out at the Rec Center they don’t come and weigh in they’re going you can still log your results and keep track of to get an e-mail about it, and if they do come your progress.” weigh in they’re getting rewarded with their According to Curry, utilizing the RSC is a name entered into weekly great way for Miami stuprize drawings.” dents and the surMiami sophomore rounding community For more information about Andy Miller, a memto take advantage of Activate Butler County, visit ber of the weightliftthe Activate Butler http://www.activatebutlercountyohio.com. ing club, believes County program. taking part in a fitness “The YMCA is a program like Activate great organization; I Butler County would be worked for the Y for 11 a great way to stay in shape and raise overall years, and if they have a formalized program health in the community. it’s probably a great program,” Curry said. “We “Activate Butler County and any other pro- definitely want to be a resource for the area, and gram like it are a great way to keep the commu- that’s part of the reason the recreational center nity healthy,” Miller said. “Obviously the first was built was to serve the Miami student pristep to getting healthy is becoming active.” marily but also to be a big resource for the surFor students and community members alike, rounding community.”

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continued from page 5 goal throughout the process,” Jewell said.

Jewell said she and other campaign leaders worked closely with Maureen Kranbuhl, the executive director, to collaborate with ideas.

They were fortunate enough to have the organizational skills that Kranbuhl offered.

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Miami University employees have not noticed any drastic changes in their payroll that were contributed to this campaign.

“I personally have not experienced any payroll deductions,” said Susan Coffin, administrative assistant for the journalism program.

Dorothy Donahue, associate professor of women’s studies, has also not noticed any changes.

Though the future holds promises, Jewell said she is

looking to keep the fundraising goal at a realistic level.

“Because we are in a fairly challenging economic time, we maybe want to keep the same goal again next year and see if we can raise more,” Jewell said. “We do not want to set our sights too high. It is a nice feeling to know we have made a huge success. We are just very lucky to live in a small, generous community that provides time and money to help people in need.”

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March 2, 2010

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Editor Amelia Carpenter carpenab@muohio.edu

By Sylvie Turner For The Miami Student

The government issues surveys. It’s a fact of life that us young issue for students living on campus, but it seems that those who adults have faced since at least our first year of high school. live in non-university housing are harder to get in touch with.

Perhaps you blew them off, tried to make designs with the order “I think someone comes to the house and gives us the of your bubbles or simply didn’t show up to take them. forms in April, but I’m not completely sure,” sophomore Habits, however, might be changing. In the next month or so, Dan Gibson said. a survey that actually matters is about to fall the hands of Miami Students seemed eager to participate, but had no idea what the University students. census consists of, let alone what it looks like. Unlike the many This isn’t a standardized test answer sheet and this isn’t a col- organizations that go around college campuses getting students lege application. It is the 2010 United States census. involved in voting, the U.S. census bureau doesn’t have as big of Do not be overwhelmed by what you see. The census is de- a grasp on educating first-time participants. It seems the census signed so each and every person living inside the U.S. is able to only takes place every 10 years, there isn’t really a good way to complete it accurately and efficiently.

It covers questions from educate people prior to actually handing out the form.

By Sylvie Turner your gender to how many people are living in your resi“My resident advisor mentioned something a few months For The Miami current Student dence. The questions asked have been carefully designed to not ago about having to fill it out, but that was basically it,” divulge too far into a person’s private life while still being able Bassman said.

TheThrough government issues a fact of of lifethe that us young adults faced since to retrieve the information they need. all of this, somesurveys.

The It’s importance college student cannothave be stressed at do least ourpeople. first year of highenough. school. might not realize what the census can for the Besides our developing roles in society, we are currently Perhaps you blew them off, tried make designs order of your bubbles or Voting is a way to get your voice heard, but what does answer- helpingto Ohio’s economy by with payingthe tuition.

Even more important simply didn’t show up to take them. ing questions about current living situations do? are those of us who are paying out-of-state tuition. Miami’s outFirst, it gives the government (and at some point themight Unitedbe changing. of-state tuition is aboutor$26,200 (roughlythat $13,100 a Habits, however, In for the2009-10 next month so, a survey actually Nations) an idea of how many people are isliving in to thefall U.S. semester) in room and board. It’s a number that’s matters about the hands ofwithout Miamiadding University students. and it decides how many representatives state is allot-test hard to stomach forand thosethis paying it, abut a number that has Ohioans This isn’teach a standardized answer sheet isn’t college application.

It is the ted in Congress, which might not2010 seemUnited like theStates most census. excit- smiling. We are helping a saddened economy simply by choosing ing statistics. However, when divulging further into what to go to school here.

Do not be overwhelmed by what you see. The census is designed so each and every census data provides to us, the importance of completing it Herbst urged the importance of participation. person living inside the U.S. is“Colleges able to are complete it accurately and efficiently. It covers becomes obvious. one of the few institutions that are bringing out of questions your gender to how people living in your current residence.

Over $400 billion of federal funding is upfrom for grabs, and state peoplemany to Ohio,” Herbstare said.

The questions asked have been carefully designed to notindivulge to will far into person’s it’s money that will be used to benefit each and every one of Miami students who participate the census help a make private life while still being able to retrieve the information they need.

Through us. Be it the potholes that lurk around Oxford, those trips to the lives for those who live here regularly better. The fact thatall of this, some might not realizeten what the census do for the people.

McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital and most importantly, questions are ablecan to determine so much in our lives makes our education. necessary.

Nobut more potholes, government services and a Voting is a way to get your itvoice heard, what doesbetter answering questions about Second, the census paints a portrait of our nation.

Althoughdo?story pieced together from every person living in America. With current living situations this doesn’t necessarily seem important, knowing rac- the (and data that is collected, are United able to reflect upon an the idea successes First, it gives thewhat government at some pointwethe Nations) of how es and nationalities make up the U.S. allows the government of our great land, and begin to work to change things that have many people are living in the U.S. and it decides how many representatives each state to direct money to certain areas that benefit a specific group fallen short. is allotted in Congress, which might not seem like the most exciting statistics. Howof people. ever, divulging into what census data provides to us, the importance of The census can do a lot, but in order forwhen the money to be putfurther to completing it becomes use, it must be filled out. For whatever reason, whether it is tooobvious.

Over $400 billion of funding is up for grabs, and it’s money that will be used to much homework, or too many trips uptown, college studentsfederal tend benefit each and every one of us. Be it the potholes that lurk around Oxford, those to not want to answer the questions.

Provost Jeffrey Herbtrips to McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hopsital and most importantly, our education. st said college students Second, the census paints a portrait of our nation. Although this doesn’t necessarily are an important demoseem important, knowing what races and nationalities make up the U.S. allows the graphic for the Census. government to direct money to certain areas that benefit a specific group of people.

“College students The census can do a lot, but in order for the money to be put to use, it must be filled are undercounted, out. For whatever reason, whether it is too much homework, or too many trips therefore undervalued,” uptown, college students tend to not want to answer the questions.

Herbst said.

Provost Jeffrey Herbst said college students are an important demographic for the The 2010 census is Census. the shortest in history: ten questions that will “College students are undercounted, therefore undervalued,” Herbst said. aid government leaders The 2010 census is the shortest in history: 10 questions that will aid government to spending money in the leaders to spending money in the right places. right places.

According to the official Census Web site, the mobility of college students is the issue According to the official when it comes to us being counted, but is it really?

Census Web site, the mo“I would say I spend the majority of my spare time in my dorm,” first-year Janie bility of college students Bassman said. is the issue when it comes First-year Saxon Baum agreed. to us being counted, but is “We’re basically living in a really, really, small house, so of course I’m there more than it really?

“I would say I spend the any place else on campus,” Baum said. majority of my spare time in my dorm,” first-year Janie Bassman said.

First-year Saxon Baum agreed.

“We’re basically living in a really, really, small house,” Baum said. “So of course I’m there more than any place else on campus.”

Mobility doesn’t seem to be an

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TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 ♦ 9

Editor Amelia Carpenter carpenab@muohio.edu

By Bridget Clegg For The Miami Student

Young men and women in jeans, striped scarves and hooded sweatshirts gather around a coffee table with blocks that look like dominos spread out on a wooden rack like the one used in Scrabble. Others watch intently while crunching on fried pastries and sipping tea from mismatched mugs.

A silky emerald green fabric embroidered with shiny symbols rests on the couch behind them, a reminder of the reason the 15 Tibetans have traveled to their friend’s house in Lexington, Ky. It is Losar, the New Year — one of Tibet’s most important holidays.

The weekend’s singing, dancing and games mimic Tibetan traditions.

Sonam Tsomo did not bring her chupa, the traditional silken dress of Tibet, to Kentucky for the Losar celebration. Her dresses are wrapped in Old Navy and Dubois Bookstore bags on the top shelf of the closet in her room in Candlewood Apartments.

As a 24-year-old creative writing major, Tsomo is one of the few firstyears who live off campus. Her room is drenched in primary colors: a Tibetan national flag on one wall, a homage to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on another and prayer flags draped across it all.

The decorations represent Tibetan culture, but for Tsomo this is not home.

Home is continents away in a place with sights, sounds and smells Tsomo has never experienced. Home is Tibet and home is unreachable.

Tsomo’s temporary home, albeit the one she has lived in her entire life, is a tiny village tucked into the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains.

Visitors know Bir, India as a beautiful spot to paraglide, but residents see it as a consolation prize. The land was given to Tibetan exiles as an act of reverence to His Holiness from the Indian government. The mountains enclosing the village, however, serve as a constant reminder of the unanswered questions on the other side.

Bir is the place where Tsomo’s five brothers, five sisters, seven nephews, three nieces and one mother live. It is three hours away from Dharmsala, where Tsomo studied Tibetan history, grammar, poetry, Buddhism and handwriting at the Institute for Tibetan Dialectics.

It is the place to which her parents fled 50 years ago, before her father died. Bir is near the city where Tsomo and her family go to get their passports renewed each year — not as citizens, but as refugees.

It is in India and it is not Tibet.

Tsomo competed with six of her 300 classmates at the Institute for a full scholarship to Miami University. With leading Test of English as a Second Language (TOEFL) scores, Tsomo found out in July that she was headed to Oxford, Ohio in August 2009.

She boarded a plane for the first time and took a 14- to 17-hour flight to the United States.

Her first attempt at living on her own, without her family in Bir and her family of friends in Dharmsala, is not without struggle.

“Everything is so big and you have to manage by yourself,” Tsomo said.

Tsomo landed at an apartment complex further off campus than most.

She moved in with a graduate student from Florida named Stephanie who likes contemporary show tunes and movie posters. Before she can hang

the photographs of her boyfriend Tsering, the only thing vaguely familiar about her new home is the questionably authentic Indian restaurant glowing neon red across the street.

“At first I feel lonely and alone,” Tsomo said. “It’s hard to make friends here. I’ve noticed Miami students are really conservative, so it’s hard.”

Although she has befriended a few international and PhD students, Tsomo finds a gulf between her and the students from China. She knows the Chinese government is destroying her homeland — not the Chinese people — but the misunderstanding remains.

Her Tibetan pride is lost in a sea of Miami students oblivious to the cultural genocide, and stifled by Chinese students’ underlying assumptions.

Tsomo channels her feelings of alienation into writing, maintaining a blog called “Dreaming Tibet” and hoping to teach the world about her nationality. Her poem “Mistaken” articulates what the reserved young woman says with tears in person.

“I know if I wish I can pretend to be someone else, something that is not ‘Tibet’ maybe I will get more friends, but I can’t even think of it,” Tsomo said. “I have to make people to think that ‘Tibet exist’ and ‘I exist.’ I have my own identity, my own culture, my own language, that I will always be proud of.”

With the Miami organization Students for a Free Tibet, Tsomo works toward increasing awareness of Tibetan issues in the Oxford community. The group’s president Colleen Payne and 10 or so other students, most of whom studied in Dharmsala during the summer, celebrate Tibetan holidays, distribute information on the human rights violations in Tibet and recognize the Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement’s 10th of March protest.

Payne said Tsomo’s presence has strengthened her belief in the organization.

“Sonam has been an amazing resource for first-hand information, experiences and stories about the challenges and successes of Tibetans trying to maneuver life outside their native country,” Payne said. “For me personally, she is a tangible reminder of why we’re doing the work we are doing and the people in India and Tibet that we’re hopefully helping in some little way.”

The faculty adviser Deborah Akers softly denies the polarizing effect of the word “Tibet” and promotes the group instead as a cultural experience.

“The focus is really on the culture side, so it’s not aggressive, it’s not hostile, it’s not politicized,” Akers said. “It’s just about the culture. It’s just about spreading awareness about the issues.”

Tsomo hopes His Holiness’ (the Dalai Lama) visit this fall will educate Miami students on Tibetan issues. Following her political and spiritual leader’s examples, Tsomo aspires to document the Tibetan life, writing or making documentary films about the journey of her family and friends.

“I’ll try to convey the message about how we live and how it feels to live there as refugee; the feelings of being exiled, the feeling of not seeing your country,” Tsomo said. “If I make a film or write a book, I should convey the message to the world.”

Tsomo stands amid photos of family and her boyfriend, as well as pictures of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and her makeshift offerings of Losar.

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Opinion

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Editors Thomasina Johnson johnsota@muohio.edu Sam Kay kaysj@muohio.edu

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The following pieces, written by the editorial editors, reflect the majority opinion of the editorial board.

MU should notify community of all assaults

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eading the police briefs in The Miami Student is as close to crime as many students will get during their time in Oxford. While the police briefs are an entertaining window into the world of drunken skullduggery and can provide some seriously satisfying schadenfreude, students need to understand there are frequently more dangerous crimes taking place they may not be aware of. While Campus Crime Alerts are issued if a crime poses a continuing threat to campus safety, alerts are not issued if a suspect has already been taken into custody. The editorial board of The Miami Student believes this represents a serious gap in how crimes — especially violent crimes and sexual assaults — are reported to the Miami University community.

According to the Miami University Police Department Web site, Campus Crime Alerts are issued in the event of “continuing threats especially concerning safety, thereby enabling community members to protect themselves.” The basis for the alerts is the Jeanne Clery Act, which requires the campus community be alerted if certain crimes are deemed to pose a serious, continuing threat.

The university was fined $27,500 in 2005 for failing on six occasions to fulfill all provisions of the act over the course of the preceding five years.

While the university now seems to be in compliance with the Clery Act, the editorial board of The Miami Student feels it is necessary to notify

the Miami community of all violent crimes, even if the suspect has already been taken into custody.

While making the distinction between continuing threats and other crimes is very important, this board believes the university should utilize e-mail to notify students of all violent crimes taking place on university property. Campus Crime Alerts should continue to be reserved for continuing threats, but another form of e-mail notification should be used for other violent crimes.

If students are not made aware of certain crimes, they may cultivate a false sense of security and be lax about their choices and actions. Notifying students of all violent crimes that take place on campus — including cases that no longer pose a continuing threat — will make students much more careful and could prevent future crimes.

There are many reasons the university would want to avoid notifying students of all violent crimes: there is a danger that students’ inboxes will become inundated with crime alerts, that students will take them less seriously or that the alerts will reflect poorly on the university’s reputation.

This board believes more could be gained in campus safety from alerting students to more violent crimes than would be lost in image.

In the effort to maintain campus safety, information is a key tool; one which this board believes should not be withheld from students.

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Students need more drug awareness, guidance

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rug usage and dealing amongst Miami University students is often seen through rosy glasses. Although students may realize there are serious consequences to taking or dealing drugs, these consequences are often overlooked by the appeal of a drug’s supposed instant gratification in times of stress.

Miami is known as more as a having a larger drinking culture than a drug-using culture. Green Beer Day, the Thursday before spring break, is the infamous celebration of alcohol consumption. Many students can be seen in uptown bars wearing, spending and drinking green. Green Beer Day is so large it even has its own Wikipedia page. This alcohol-centered counter-cultural holiday is evidence that beer is the drug of choice for many Miamians. Some schools, like the University of ColoradoBoulder, have gatherings of thousands of students to observe 4/20, the marijuana celebration. Miami’s culture, however, relies on the use and sometimes abuse of alcohol. Still, drug use, from prescription drugs and marijuana to hard drugs like cocaine, is prevalent on campus.

Often, students that aren’t involved in the drug culture do not see Miami

as a community of many drug users and dealers. The editorial board of The Miami Student encourages drug education to be redirected to break any drug rumors that spring from ignorance. Ignorance is not a hedge against drug use; it causes poor decision-making when students eventually encounter drugs.

The board suggests the Office of Residence Life train Resident Assistants (RAs) to treat drug abuse with the same attention as underage drinking. The board encourages RAs to discuss drug use at Miami with first and second-year students. If students are educated about the dangers of popping prescription pills or the laws against marijuana usage, for example, they may be less likely to make potentially threatening decisions regarding drugs.

The board also believes students would learn about drug abuse from the Mobile Health Unit more frequently if the unit operated during the afternoon, in popular student locations, like the Shriver Center or the Recreational Sports Center. Being located uptown on a weekend night, when many students are intoxicated, will not promote healthy choices as successfully as choosing a more accessible location and time of day.

Librarian’s memory lives on Late last week, the Mother of Brill Science Library, Maggie Workman, passed away.

Known for her love of all things hockey, politics and baking, Maggie possessed a unique ability to connect with everyone who walked through the door. She was strong-willed, but completely selfless; her faith and values guided her life, and we were all better people because of it. Today she will be laid to rest in a peaceful cemetery north of town — just as she would have wanted. Her legacy lives on in the lives she touched and the memories she shaped. To those of us who had the privilege of knowing Maggie and sharing in her stories, it is so hard to see her go.

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Chile: After Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile, the United Nations is sending aid to the devastated country. The earthquake killed more than 700 people and destroyed or damaged 1.5 million homes. The International Red Cross is looking for donations to send to Chile.

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Spring break spending excessive

Two earthquakes hold warnings, lessons for developing world

Women face skewed gender ratio in college

We are all about to embark on our 2010 spring break, so let me remind you of this wonderful time of year that is packed with a side of craziness. We sit here in the freezing cold “Oxbox” and are counting down the days until midterms are over, Green Beer Day can begin and we can leave this town for the grand total of one week.

Airlines know we are all about to go on spring break and decide to make the prices even more expensive. Flying to Europe this time of year is almost $200 more than usual. Even booking hotels, lodges or houses to rent is more difficult and more expensive this time of year.

Why? Because the demand is there for all of us broke college students to want a small break, and everyone else in the market knows that.

The point I want to make is how much money we spend, prep ourselves and anxiously wait for this break that is only one week long.

Girls start prepping themselves weeks in advance by starting the infamous, “spring break swimsuit diet,” and even start going compulsively tanning. Just look around Oxford; there are more than three places to go tanning in a town that only has about 15,000 females, not to mention one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lives and the most common time to accumulate the ultraviolet exposure is between the ages of 19 and 40. Somehow many are convinced they can survive the statistics; you can still see many bronzed beauties walking around on campus in the middle of January and February. The majority of us “Ohioans”

The dieting, the tanning, the extremely large amounts of money spent on plane tickets and lodging, not to mention food and alcohol is shocking. end up escaping to warmer places for break where we are bound to get some sun anyway. It’s a crazy world we live in where we pay to get a fake tan when we pay even more to go out into the real sun and be exposed to the radiating ball of fire.

We sit at our desks and cross off each day on our calendar until spring break arrives, or we sit at our computers staring out our digital calendars, which are flashing to us, “three days till freedom.” It is very difficult for most of us to concentrate in the classroom and stay motivated at King Library as we anticipate this break. This is one of the most important weeks, apart from finals, because so many classes have midterms. Yet one of the most important weeks of the semester turns into being the most difficult one to concentrate through.

I commend those who take a break and relax from all of the studying we do, even though most of us have some sort of homework or project looming over our heads during break which is just waiting to be completed upon our return. I think it is necessary for students to get a break and go home to visit their families or go on an adventure with their college friends. I do, however, have to criticize how crazy we get about this one week of break. The dieting, the tanning, the extremely large amounts of money spent on plane tickets and lodging — not to mention food and alcohol — is shocking. Much of this is out of our control, in the hands of a market that knows we are coming. What we can control is how we prepare for spring break. Ridiculous tanning packages, dieting and the new clothing all add up. It’s our choice to live up spring break with a taste of responsibility or to come back regretting our impulsive purchases.

Kelly Dawes Smith smithkd3@muohio.edu

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile last week was 501 times stronger at its epicenter than the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti in January. But the death toll in Chile is expected to be orders of magnitude less than the estimated 220,000 killed in the Haitian quake.

The disparity can be partially explained by seismology: the Chilean earthquake occurred at a much greater distance from Sam major population centers than Kay the Haitian earthquake, and at a greater depth in the earth’s crust. However, historical, economic and political circumstances also played a central role in fomenting the susceptibility or resistance of each country to disaster. Chile’s preparedness and resilience holds many lessons for the rebuilding of Haiti’s infrastructure and government and the healing of its people.

The engineering of earthquake resistant structures is no great mystery. The proper use of the correct materials can protect a building from being reduced to rubble and its inhabitants from being crushed or buried under it. In practice, implementation of these building standards is prohibitively expensive and complicated; tragically so, in Haiti’s case.

While both countries straddle fault lines, Haiti had not experienced a major earthquake in centuries, while Chile has experienced several in the past few decades. Those earthquakes led to the establishment of strict building codes in Chile, something almost entirely absent in Haiti. More importantly, the Chilean government has the power and resources to enforce building codes.

Chile’s relative economic prosperity, democratic institutions and rule of law saved as many Chilean lives as steel and reinforced concrete. With endemic governmental corruption and 80 percent of the population living in poverty, Haiti lacked the will and resources to establish or enforce building codes. Haiti has suffered two coups since the 1990s and is routinely pounded by hurricanes.

Following a school collapse November 2008, the mayor of Port-au-Prince estimated that 60 percent of buildings in the city were “unsafe, shoddily built and standing on ground weakened by

a torrential hurricane season,” according to The Washington Post.

These earthquakes are a reminder that natural disasters strike irrespective of human vulnerability. Humans cannot afford to be as oblivious of the natural world as it is of us. We can and should prepare for what is inevitable. We should also do what we can to help prepare those who cannot prepare themselves.

It is uncomfortable and perhaps even objectionable to say, but a large proportion of the Haitian earthquake victims died absolutely needlessly, and they were as much casualties of political and economic conditions as they were of shaking earth and crumbling concrete.

The United States has had a long and complicated relationship with our hemispheric neighbors. At times, we have bullied, come to the aid of, exploited and rescued various Latin American countries. Through the World Trade Organization, the Organization of American States and the United Nations, we have an incredible amount of influence in hemispheric relations. In other words, Haiti is our neighbor, and so is Chile, and so is Panama, and so is Guyana and so is Bolivia.

Our bluff may not always be called by an earthquake, but wherever individuals suffer poverty as a result of regional and global economic constructs, there will inevitably be consequences.

Hundreds of other cities in the developing world are just as vulnerable as Port-au-Prince. What will the world do for them?

I am certainly not blaming the U.S. or any other country for the Haitian death toll, but the Chilean earthquake demonstrates the scale of the Haitian disaster was manifestly preventable.

As a neighbor, the U.S. will invariably play a key role in Haiti’s reconstruction. Using whatever political and economic means necessary, we must help Haiti do things right this time. Haiti will suffer more disasters in the future. Hurricanes, earthquakes and disease are a fact of nature.

With the help and guidance of a friend, no country need ever suffer as Haiti has.

Haitian president René Préval has estimated the Haitian death toll may surpass 300,000, making it one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history.

Let’s make it the last worst preventable disaster Haiti or any other country ever suffers.

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Proactive environmental action necessary to improve quality of life The fear of failure is a paralyzing experience. Usually fostered back in high school among honors students, perfectionism drives people to pull allnighters and obsess over minute deAmy tails. It ends Biolchini up hindering and slowing performance, especially when you’re worried about creating a masterpiece full of artfully crafted sentences and $100 words for a measly one page reaction paper to an anthropology reading.

While some people accept mediocrity and move on with more important matters, others struggle to piece together exactly what they want to say in a highly controlled, articulated manner. It’s difficult, as a perfectionist, to figure out exactly what you need to stress over versus what deserves your time, effort and dedication.

The main problem is that it’s too easy to lose the big picture perspective when you’re white-knuckling a magnifying glass. What’s more important: wasting hours over minutia or solving bigger problems?

It’s time to stop using the magnifying glass on the climate change science situation.

Yes, it is important for the science we’re relying upon for decision-making to be accurate and accredited. But that shouldn’t be our priority.

A Wall Street Journal article this past weekend

reported that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was appointing an independent committee to “investigate whether it needs to change its procedures to ensure it practices rigorous science.” There has been longstanding difficulty within the IPCC between the complicated matters of climate change science and policy makers’ need for definite conclusions on climate change science to base legislation.

The reason the IPCC has to focus on legitimizing their scientific evidence is because

It’s too easy to lose the big picture perspective when you’re white-knuckling a magnifying glass. there is still debate occurring over whether climate change is happening or not.

Why are we so obsessed over the numbers?

The important issue is human health and welfare, not the small details. Living with pollution in the atmosphere, waterways and seeping into the food we consume is not healthy for anyone. Most of the improvements that can be made in terms of personal consumption wouldn’t just be for the benefit of our atmosphere or be in the name of reducing greenhouse gasses.

Making buildings more energy-efficient, implementing sustainable farming

practices and investing in alternative energy sources would not only save money in the long run, but also improve our quality of life.

Waiting for the ideal piece of climate legislation to come along isn’t solving anything.

Any sort of stricter emissions regulation, whether for cars or industries, would help in the long run. It may not be perfect, but at least an effort and initiative would be made in the right direction.

By combining small actions, we can move in the right direction in favor of making decisions in favor of the environment a more popular and common choice.

Even though it wasn’t done in the name of saving the environment, GM announced they were ending their Hummer line after a deal with a Chinese equipment manufacturer fell through. After trying to sell Hummer for over a year because of the intense losses they were experiencing, GM finally threw in the towel.

Hummers, some of the most ridiculous, inefficient vehicles on the planet, can no longer survive in today’s economy.

They have become a small, failed detail in the bigger workings of the cause for climate health. If Toyota’s Prius could be deemed the “perfectionist” car, then Hummer would be the polar opposite of that. Any effort to clean up the environment will add up to a better Earth for everyone.

It’s only a matter of time before other imperfect facets of our society begin falling apart to be replaced with stronger, more beneficial parts.

Recently, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times printed articles detailing the discrepancies between the relationships found in men and women during the four surreal years known as college.

The headlines even caught the attention of Chelsea Handler on her late night show, Chelsea Lately.”

So, how does this topical problem affect life at Miami University? All one has to do to find the answer is look around the dance floors at any bar uptown and realize the ratio of men to women is not only due to lack of dancing skills.

Miami, like a lot of other colleges, has a higher percentage of females enrolled than males, with a ratio of 54 percent women to 46 percent men. While the difference may seem slim, it portrays a popular trend throughout universities across the country.

Some colleges find their female to male ratio skewed as much as 60:40. Because of this, women find themselves facing a shortage of available men on campuses, while men find themselves at a great advantage. In his article “The New Math on Campus,” Alex Williams describes the situation felt on campuses across the country due to the skewed ratio of women to men.

Williams said, “This puts guys in a position to play the field, and tends to mean that even the ones willing to make a commitment come with storied romantic histories.”

Simply speaking, guys don’t have to try as hard, girls aren’t as picky and everyone ends up staggering home with someone they may not have normally.

So what does this mean for Miami students? While our ratio isn’t skewed terribly, students here still feel the gap. And let’s be honest, Miami is a college with a lot of pretty girls, which makes the competition for finding a guy even harder. Sure, there are plenty of couples out there with healthy relationships, but there are many more people who still find themselves wandering aimlessly around Pachinkos hoping to get lucky.

So, what to do? The choices seem limited; either find someone to date, continue to keep hooking up with whomever when the opportunity arises or do neither. But, the latter two options put students in a conundrum: if you just hook up with people, you won’t be able to find someone to date and if you don’t even try then you are out of luck. It seems most people tend to hope a hook up will turn into a steady hook up, which will ultimately lead to something more.

The fact of the matter is that it’s a numbers situation, and something can work out favorably depending on your attitude, or gender for that matter.

Besides, after college the situation becomes reversed, with more males in the workplace than females in a lot of professions. Dollar drafts will soon be replaced with dinner dates as a way of wooing a prospective hook up. So, really there doesn’t have to be all this stress about finding the right guy or girl. Avoid becoming resentful, and remember: don’t hate the player, hate the game.

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Cramer said neither him nor Burghardt have received interest from anyone after sending out information about the annual event

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David Belle. According to MU Parkour, the main goal of the activity is to effectively overcome obstacles in a person’s path using only the human body. They jump, balance, duck and run using their bodies and the objects around them to get from one place to another.

Matt Wren, vice president of the group, said parkour is a very mental thing. He believes when people are told not to do things all of their lives, they start believing they can’t or shouldn’t.

“Parkour is about overcoming that,” Wren said.

Because the activity is so strenuous, group members said they have to train before they do any dangerous tricks. They do pushups, body weight exercises and rock climbing to prepare before trying anything too extreme.

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to the Greek community and they will be waiting until March 25 for anyone to sign up.

Cramer said the most important thing to keep in mind when getting involved with spring puddle pull is that all the proceeds go to AOPi and DU’s philanthropies, Juvenile Arthritis and the Boys & Girls Club of America, respectively.

“We are just excited to see who

is going to show up and participate,” Burghardt said. “It’s a great event that is a lot of fun and it raises money for charity.”

Each roster can have up to 11 people including one caller who does not need to be a new member of a sorority or fraternity or not in the Greek system. The event will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 28 on Western Field.

ber of MU Parkour, believes anyone can do the activity.

“With skateboarding people seem to be pressured to do a certain move,” Berens said.

But Parkour is different.

“We don’t usually do movements that everyone isn’t comfortable with and we all end up accomplishing things in our own way,” Berens said.

President of MU Parkour Noah Finney recommends this activity to everyone. The group said the club is a great way to workout. Finney said everything they do involves a lot of flexibility as well as many different fitness levels.

Although parkour can be done almost anywhere, MU Parkour has a few favorite spots. You can find them outside the amphitheater on western campus as well as behind and in front of Goggin Ice Center. The group practices at least twice a week and sometimes on the weekends.

MU Parkour’s workout gear consists of long gym pants, long sleeve shirts and running shoes. They don’t

have a specific parkour outfit. They wear what they have. The only dress requirement is to cover up as much skin as possible in case of a fall, though no one in the group has been severely injured.

The group currently has 10 members, all of which are male. Finney and Wren met through common interests and Facebook.com. The other eight members were recruited simply by word of mouth passed from friend to friend. The group has gained other interest from students who have seen them practice around campus and they are still looking for more people to get involved and are very open to anyone who wants to join.

“Our goal is to not have this as just an activity, but as a Miami club that will be ongoing,” Finney said.

MU Parkour is not yet a recognized student organization but they plan to be.

“We have to make some finishing touches on our constitution before we put in our request,” Wren said.

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continued from page 18 center put the puck up top shelf for his 13th goal of the year to give Miami the lead at 1:21.

Junior assistant captain Sergio Somma pulled the Buckeyes even at 3:59 when he picked up sophomore Zac Dalpe’s rebound behind the net and wrapped it around for his 12th goal of the season.

It was only 25 seconds before the RedHawks regained the lead for good. Hetland won the faceoff and dished the puck to junior Pat Cannone, who found Vogelhuber at the post. The Dublin, Ohio native fired the puck into the open left side of the net to put Miami up 2-1.

The quick response deflated OSU’s squad, as the Brotherhood went on to score four more consecutive goals in 10 minutes.

Junior Justin Vaive put away what would become the game winner at 9:01, and junior Tommy Wingels knocked one in off the crossbar at 11:14, chasing

TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 ♦ 13 Carlson from the net.

“We didn’t get a whole lot of shots in the first period, and in the second period we knew that we really needed to get a lot of pucks to the net, so we started to, and once the first one went I think their goalie really lost a lot of confidence and so they started coming,” Vogelhuber said.

With OSU junior Hunter Bishop in the box for slashing, Palmer chipped one in from close range on the power play at 14:18 to make it 5-1.

Just 17 seconds later, junior Vincent LoVerde sent in a blast from the top of the left drop circle to cap Miami’s output at six goals.

The offensive outburst marked the most goals that the Red and White have netted in a single period all season. In total, Miami found net on six out of 15 shots in the middle stanza. The tally also marked the second time this season that the RedHawks have scored six goals against the Buckeyes.

“I think a big part of our offense is the depth we have,” Palmer said. “We’ve got a bunch of guys that can score and make plays, so

everybody from the defense to the forwards can contribute offensively. We have a real potent offense, so when we get going it’s tough to stop us.”

Junior John Albert added one last lamplighter for the Buckeyes to make it 6-2 before the second intermission, but the game was already far out of reach.

Sophomore goalie Cody Reichard made 14 saves in the final frame — including several impressive stops with his glove — and sophomore relief goaltender Cal Heeter turned away nine RedHawk attempts, rendering the third period scoreless and cementing the final tally at 6-2.

On Saturday, the two teams battled hard for 65 minutes, but neither would give an inch.

“That was a pretty good college hockey game,” Blasi said. “We did a pretty good job after the first period of limiting their scoring chances, even though they got a few good ones in the second and third.

They’re pressing, they’re playing for home ice in the first round, and you’ve got to give them credit – they kept coming.”

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Sophomore net minder Connor Knapp turned away 23 shots to earn his fourth shutout of the season, while Carlson stonewalled all 38 of Miami’s attempts over four periods.

Somma and junior Peter Boyd were both successful on their attempts in the resulting shootout, while Palmer and junior Carter Camper came up empty handed.

The Buckeyes needed at least one point to obtain home ice advantage in the first round of the CCHA tournament, and in the end they got what they came for.

Throughout the contest, Miami exhibited a defensively sound style of play, limiting the Buckeyes’ chances by shutting down lanes and poking the puck away.

“You’re playing back-to-back night’s against your rival — that’s pretty intense,” Blasi said. “Our guys did a fairly good job. It’s tough when you have a team that’s in desperate mode like Ohio State was.”

The last time Miami played 60 scoreless minutes was also v. the Scarlet and Gray Nov. 30, 2001, which ended with the RedHawks

winning 1-0 in overtime. Before that, the Red and White have only played two other 0-0 games in program history — against Notre Dame Dec. 10, 1994 and Michigan State University Feb. 7, 1998.

The longest scoreless stretch that the RedHawks have seen in 2009-10 came in the second game of the season, on Oct. 10 against St. Cloud State University (SCSU). In that contest, Miami and SCSU played 45 scoreless minutes before the Brotherhood broke through with two goals spaced 20 seconds apart.

As the top seed in the CCHA Tournament, Miami now has a week off to prepare for the second round series, which will take place at Steve Cady Arena March 12 to 14. The Brotherhood could be seeing the Buckeyes again in two weeks, as the first round winner of OSU v. Notre Dame will be traveling to Oxford.

“This team has been through a lot,” Blasi said. “It’s hard to believe the regular season’s over and, as I told them in the locker room, we’re very proud of them. It’s a heck of a regular season.”

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eighth respectively to earn 53 points for Miami.

Going into Friday, the ’Hawks were 110 points behind first place and eventual champion University of Toledo. After Friday’s events, the Red and White cut the lead to 67 heading into the final day of competition on Saturday.

“The key to the meet was that we had fun,” Way said. “We dance out to our lanes, we cheer with the fans, parents and alumni and we always support each other. That’s what makes MACs so amazing.”

Vehr and Brunn were both named to the All-MAC First Team, while the second team consisted of Anagnos, O’Connor and freshman Leah Thornton.

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Megan Brunn, 200 meter breaststroke champion, celebrates at the 2010 Women’s Swimming and Diving MAC Championship with Head Coach Dave Jennings and Kelsey Vehr, who took third.

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requirements put in place by the Jeanne Clery Act which orders every school to report information on and around their campus when a crime is an on-going threat to the community.

In May 2005, Miami was fined $27,500 for violating the Clery Act by the Department of Education.

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facing suspension, even for a first time offense, probably for at least a year,” Taylor said. “(If they’re more) heavily involved in drug distribution, they could even be dismissed from the university.”

In addition, RAs are always looking out for the best interest of their residents, but unlike suspected alcohol violations, they will not address students they suspect of smoking marijuana, said Nathaniel Rogers, an RA in Tappan Hall.

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this issue is a new organization called NuRhoPsi. In January, the national organization of NuRhoPsi, which was founded in 2006, officially recognized Miami’s chapter.

Chris Beeman, graduate student in the department of psychology, is vice president of the Miami chapter.

He said they have filled out all the paperwork and are waiting for Associated Student Government (ASG) to recognize them.

Over a five-year period, Miami failed to deliver written notifications to six sexual assault victims stating the university’s sanctioning of the perpetrator.

Under the Clery Act there are certain types of crimes that must be reported to the university community if they are deemed an on-going threat.

“If it happens on campus or campus owned property; robbery, sexual assaults, arson, then we must report them,” Wagner said.

According to the Clery Act, there

are 11 crimes the campus community must be notified of if they are still an ongoing threat. Those crimes include murder and non-negligent manslaughter, negligent manslaughter, forcible and non-forcible sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson.

Because the Clery Act does not command the university to notify students in the case of all crime alerts, often students are not aware of other crimes that occur on campus when

the perpetrator has been caught.

On Oct. 31, 2009, former Miami student David Bai was taken into custody on charges stemming from gross sexual imposition, assault and aggravated robbery which all took place in Gaskill Hall, an academic building. The Miami community was never alerted of these charges because it was no longer an ongoing threat to the community.

Sophomore Hannah Roberts, who did not find out about the unusual crime until later, felt the

community should have been notified of the crime in this circumstance.

“That’s ridiculous, people should know about that.” Roberts said. “It’s like regular news, people need to be aware of what’s going on.”

McCandless reminded all students to be careful in a time were a string of assault cases has spawned.

“Students view their residence hall door as their bedroom door,” McCandless said. “We need to get them to think of that as being their front door.”

bother knocking (on the resident’s door),” Rogers said. “(We will) just call the police right away.”

Danny, a sophomore and a habitual marijuana dealer, started helping other marijuana dealers before building his own business.

“I used to be a middle man … I used to get a big order together, call the dealer and get the stuff,” Danny said. “Then I would disperse it. I was being a good friend and being a business partner, and it would get me a discount on my own weed and sometimes even get me free weed.”

Danny cited financial obligations as justification for his business.

“I had to make money just to get by so I can pay for everything and not give everything up,” Danny said. “I have my own car and credit

cards, and I pay them off myself. I tried other things and couldn’t find another way.”

Danny said a relationship or bond develops between dealers and their customers.

“I know my customers personally,” Danny said.

Describing the process of expanding his client base Danny said, “I’m friends with them, and if I’m going to get another customer, it’ll be my friends’ friends. We’ll sit down and talk about it, become friends and then they’ll become my customers.”

Danny said selling weed is just like any other business, and that it could be compared to a pizza delivery business.

“It’s always about the customer,” Danny said. “A guy I know called me

at 1:30 a.m. the other night and said, ‘Hey, I know it’s 1:30 in the morning, but could you help me out?’ I said OK, took him to the ATM to get some money, and then we chatted.

He said I was his lifelong connection … he would always come to me to get his weed. It’s like a pizza business … if you want some pizza at 2 a.m., then you think, ‘Hey, who’s open at 2 a.m.? This guy’s open at 2 a.m.’”

Danny said he’s not harming people’s lives but doing them a favor.

“I’m providing something to them that helps them complete their daily routines,” Danny said. “They’re making their own choices. They need it just like I do, just like anyone that smokes. I’m making it safer for them … I’m someone they know, so they don’t have to go to that shady guy

outside the convenience store who might lace their stuff.”

Suppliers like Danny are not difficult to come by, according to three first-year students.

“If I needed to get some weed, it would probably take me about an hour,” Tyler said.

While obtaining weed on campus is an easy task, it is next to impossible to find someone selling hard drugs such as acid and cocaine, Tyler said.

“The thing about hard drugs is that the people who have them are really hard to find, and the people who have them won’t have them all the time,” Ryan said. “People don’t usually know who has them, and when someone does have them, they’ll be gone before many people find out about it.”

“Our main goals are to reach out to local schools in the community to increase awareness about neuroscience and how drugs effect the brain and to bring in outside sources of information to students from the field of neuroscience,” Beeman said.

“Outreach has always been one of my big ideals in my careers.”

Beeman said one of the issues the club will focus on is how unsafe the use of prescription drugs can be.

“They can change or affect the anatomy of the brain,” Beeman said. “They are prescription drugs for a reason.”

Beeman said some ways they hope to raise awareness about this

are through promotional materials around campus, forums and speakers who will talk about these types of drugs and their effects.

Zoe Hesp, a zoology and French major with a neuroscience minor, is the secretary of the Miami chapter.

“It should be addressed because people realize that even minor abuse of prescription drugs will have a permanent effect on brain wiring,” Hesp said of prescription drug abuse.

Hesp said uptown Oxford would be a good place to educate people.

One resource that is currently educating students about this issue uptown is the mobile health unit,

which is open uptown on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays nights.

Peer Educator Megan Becker, a senior dietetics major, said the mobile health unit has a pamphlet available about prescription drug abuse.

“There is a perception that it’s not as risky as using other drugs,” said Leslie Haxby McNeill, coordinator of substance abuse prevention and peer education in the Office of Health Education.

McNeill said the Office of Health Education has put together a series of informative posters about illegally using stimulant drugs.

At the request of the residence

halls, two peer educators will come in and educate students in the residence halls about this matter.

“Generation RX” is the title of this campaign, according to McNeill.

Haxby McNeil said a panel of legal council, doctors, a psychologist and representatives from ASG will provide both forum for discussion and information about the illegal use of stimulant drugs at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 21 in 322 McGuffey Hall.

She said during this public forum the panel will speak about the effects of illegally using the stimulants as well as both the legal and ethical issues surrounding it.

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Canada can take pride in meaningful gold medal win

By Adam Hainsfurther For The Miami Student

The Olympics doesn’t get better than Sunday’s gold medal game in men’s hockey between the United States and Canada.

It represented everything the Olympics aspire to be. It was a clean, fun exciting game that had no political underscore (like a certain U.S. win in 1980). No, all that was on the line in this game, besides the medals, was national pride.

Think about what the game meant to Canada. If you’re a Canadian, you’ve dealt with more crushing blows than your average Cubs fan. There was 2006 when Jerome Iginla and company were knocked out in the quarterfinal. Or 1960 in Squaw Valley when an underdog U.S. team took home the gold, sending the Canadians home with silver.

The worst loss came in 1988 in Calgary. Failure to win a medal hurts, but doing it on home ice hurts even worse.

While the Canadians won in 2002 at Salt Lake City, this win means so much more. Sunday’s game was arguably the greatest hockey game ever played. Two National Hockey League all-star teams went head to head, and it wasn’t about money or fame.

This game was about pride. The Canadians couldn’t lose in their national sport, especially not to their biggest rivals. For them, this game wasn’t just about a gold medal, it was about maintaining the right to call themselves the best in the world in the game most closely associated with their country.

What really seals the deal for me about how this game embodied everything the Olympics strive to represent was a picture. Sid the Kid screaming with joy like every redblooded Canadian child does when they score that same goal while shooting around in their spare time. We’ve all done it. The fake buzzer beater, the “Super Bowl winning” throw and catch with our best friends or the walk-off grand slam to win the World Series. I look at that picture

of Crosby and see myself, I see my best friends, heck I even see my dad and my uncle. I see every 10-year-old with a dream.

The Olympics are the place where dreams are made and sadly hearts are broken. In Vancouver we saw a skiing leopard. We saw a remarkable comeback from J.R. Celski.

We saw redemption for Bode Miller. We saw unthinkable heartbreak for Georgia following the loss of 21-year-old luger Nodar Kumaritashvili.

But for Canada, these games will be remembered as the Golden Olympics. “Own the Podium” may not have worked out exactly as planned, but with the completion of their sweep of hockey gold on Sunday, Canada took home their 13th gold medal, better than anyone else in the world.

On Sunday, Canada’s dream finally came true.

So Canadians — go crazy, you’ve earned it. Miamians, take pride too. Thanks to Dan Boyle, we can now add alma mater of an Olympic Gold Medalist to our long list of bragging points.

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you look at all the off-ice factors of that 1980 matchup (i.e. a down U.S. economy, Iran Hostage Crisis and the Cold War) there may never be a game with more importance than the win over the stacked Soviet team.

The 2010 Gold Medal game matched a hockey-crazed nation against a nation who wasn’t considered a serious medal contender prior to the games beginning. Factor in an upset in pool play by the U.S. and the game being played in Canada, and you have all the ingredients for a terrific hockey game. While not the greatest of all time, the 2010 Gold Medal game will go down as a memorable one.

The question now is whether or not the National Hockey League (NHL) can capitalize on the excitement from the Vancouver Olympics. The NHL was helped a lot by the fact that both the U.S. and Canadian teams were comprised of only NHL players. These included the likes of Crosby, Rick Nash, Jarome Iginla, Martin Brodeur (Canada), Brian Rafalski and Patrick Kane (U.S.). Selfishly for us, the game even had Miami University alumnus, Dan Boyle (Canada), participating. It also acquainted casual hockey fans with a relative unknown U.S. goalie Ryan Miller, who played outstanding during the tournament. Even NBC helped to promote the product by mentioning the NHL teams for which the players played for.

Now that viewers know who the players are, will they watch more of the NHL? Unfortunately I believe many will not. First, let me say once again the game was terrific. It had limited commercials and had a lot of fast-paced action. However, we know there will be a lot more commercials during NHL games. Additionally if you want to watch the NHL on TV it can be a challenge. NBC does have a game of the week on Sunday afternoons and if you are a Columbus Blue Jackets fan in this area you can watch all of their games locally on Fox Sports Net. If you are looking for other teams, good luck. Much of the NHL coverage is on a network that few have heard of and even fewer can find … Versus. This is one of the major blunders

by Commissioner Gary Bettman.

After the NHL lockout of 2004-05, the league moved the coverage away from ESPN/ABC to Versus. Since then, NBC carries a weekly game and the last few games of the Stanley Cup Finals. With the Versus contract ending next year, the NHL needs to get back on ESPN because it is the best place in sports to increase exposure.

If that were not a possibility, maybe striking a deal with a major cable network like TNT, TBS, USA, etc. would be the next best option.

Another reason why Sunday’s game won’t necessarily mean a boost for the NHL is that it was an Olympic game.

The casual hockey fan more often than not doesn’t have a pro team to latch onto. Unlike in the Olympics where there is a strong feeling of nationalism and patriotism, the NHL just cannot compete with that. It is rare to see that much passion from fans at an arena in the pros unlike what we saw in Vancouver on Sunday. It would be nice to see that much enthusiasm, but it is hard to duplicate.

I do not to sound like I am bashing the NHL. I would love nothing more than to see it grow even bigger in this country.

Prior to coming to Miami I would say my passion for the game of hockey was low, but after being engrossed in the sport on this campus I have gained a newfound appreciation for the sport. I hope I am wrong about the effect of Sunday’s game, but time will only tell what the true impact of the 2010 Olympic Gold Medal hockey game will be.

MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student

Sophomore Kramer Soderberg makes his way down the court in Saturday’s game v. the Golden Flashes.

men’s basketball

’Hawks fail to capitalize on second chance points, fall to Kent State

By Alex Butler Senior Staff Writer

Even after dropping four of their last five games, head coach Charlie Coles still believes his Miami University RedHawk basketball team is improving.

The Red and White (12-17, 8-7 Mid-American Conference (MAC)) learned their most recent lesson the hard way against the Kent State University (KSU) Golden Flashes (22-8, 12-3 MAC). KSU now sits in a first place tie in the MAC East Division after holding off the RedHawks 66-58.

“I don’t think it’s a setback because we’ve had so many of those this year,” Coles said. “We are getting a little bit better. We just have such a thin line for winning. We are showing a lot of heart.

The thing you worry about as a coach is how long can we give the effort and not win. Now will our guys want to come back and play hard and get ready for Buffalo? We are not doing a bad job.

We were in that game tonight and we could have won it and should have won the Ohio University game.”

The game was closest at the 14-minute mark in the final stanza. It was a contest that could go either way when the Red and White managed to lock it

up at 41-41 by closing a nine-point deficit. But the Flashes flushed bucket after bucket in crunch time and sent the Red and White back into catch up mode and eventually prevailed.

“Tonight’s game was a tough game,” forward Julian Mavunga said. “It’s a game where both teams really fought hard. A big part of this game and why we lost was second chance points and in the future we have to do a better job of rebounding. We shot 37 percent and we got to get better. We have a lot of season to look forward to. We have one home game and the MAC to play for.

We need to get some wins here.”

Mavunga led the RedHawks with 17 points and eight rebounds. Senior Kenny Hayes netted 15 and junior Nick Winbush had 13 points and eight boards.

It was freshman Allen Roberts who gave his team the first lead of the contest when he drilled a three pointer, making the score 13-10 RedHawks.

The Golden Flashes then stormed for a 10-2 run and slammed the door on RedHawk momentum. KSU continued to pile on and took a 35-26 lead into the half milking a mantra of no turnovers and ball movement.

“They did a great job,” Coles said.

“They didn’t turn the ball over. If the other team only turns it over four times and you turn it over 12 times, then that says something. We turned it over too much in this game.”

Coles’ crew tried to overcome dropping the ball in the second half. They kicked off the second whistle with a 6-0 run and made the game close at 35-32.

Mavunga then drilled his big shot to tie it up before the Golden Flashes went on a run to take a 49-41.

The Golden Flashes kept the ’Hawks in the rearview mirror for the remainder as they didn’t get closer than four points before heading to the showers to wash off another MAC loss.

KSU forward Justin Greene sent his senior teammates home happy by amassing 21 points and 11 boards on their senior night.

“Justin Greene was the big guy who got us,” Coles said. “He shot 9-12 from the field. He was the best player on the floor tonight. He hurt us.”

The elder RedHawks will be celebrated Thursday, March 4 for Miami senior night. Hayes and seniors Adam Fletcher and Michael Aluise will be honored before they aim to corral the University at Buffalo Bulls at 7 p.m. in the regular season finale.

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2010 Football schedule, page 13 Editor Katie Giovinale giovinkl@muohio.edu

Junior Justin Vaive evades Ohio State University defensemen, including goalie Dustin Carlson, to score in Friday night’s contest.

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hockey

RedHawks register six-goal period

By Erika Hadley Senior Staff Writer

This past weekend, the Miami University men’s ice hockey team (21-2-5-2 CCHA, 24-5-7 overall) closed out the 2009-10 regular season with a hard fought win and tie against Ohio State University (OSU) (10-12-6-4 CCHA, 12-16-6 overall).

The rivals matched each other’s intensity and limited each other’s opportunities to nil, save for an explosive second period during Friday night’s matchup. That stanza saw eight total goals — six by the RedHawks and two by OSU — while both nets remained void of pucks during the other five combined regulation periods and one overtime period.

Prior to puck drop on Friday night, Miami’s four seniors — Jarod Palmer, Gary Steffes, Brandon Smith and Dane Hetland — were commemorated for the career achievements that led

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hether or not you are a diehard or a casual hockey fan, chances are that if you had nothing else better to do on Sunday afternoon you were probably watching the Olympic Gold Medal hockey game between the United States and Canada.

The game had all of the excitement you would expect from a Gold Medal game, a fierce rivalry, an underdog story and of course drama.

The game itself could not have been better coming down the stretch. The U.S. had to overcome a two-goal deficit to send the game into overtime. As good as the game was though two periods it was the late extra attacker goal by Zach Parise with 24.4 seconds remaining that made the game something special. Once in overtime, the game probably couldn’t have ended better for the sport of hockey then by having one of its biggest starts, Sidney Crosby, score the game-winning goal.

This game will most likely go down as the second best Olympic hockey game of all time. Second only, of course, to the 1980 semifinal better known as the “Miracle on Ice” between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. As good as Sunday’s finale was, when

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to them becoming the second winningest class in school history. The classmates all skated together in the starting lineup and two put their names on the score sheet, with Hetland registering a helper on the second goal of the night and Palmer recording a goal and an assist.

“I thought Hetland had a great game tonight and did a nice job blocking a lot of shots,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “Steffes played hard. Smith is one of our guys that plays hard every night, and what can you say about Palmer? He continues to play at a high level and it’s just nice to see.”

The Buckeyes took it to the Brotherhood in the first frame, registering five shots on goal (SOG) before Miami could post one, and the period closed with an 11-14 shot advantage favoring the Scarlet and Gray.

“They came out hard in the first like we knew they were

going to, so we kind of weathered the storm there,” sophomore Trent Vogelhuber said. “After the first we got all of the kinks out, and then early on in the second we came out strong.”

In the middle frame, the Red and White channeled the Red, White and Blue, netting six goals in one period, much like Team USA did in the Olympic semifinal game v. Finland earlier that same day.

Junior Andy Miele kicked it all off with a slick shot that later made ESPN SportsCenter’s Top Ten Plays of the night.

As OSU tried to clear the puck from deep in its own zone, Miele turned back up ice alone and skillfully stole the puck from OSU sophomore blue liner Mike Folkes. Before Folkes or junior net minder Dustin Carlson could react, the

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swimming

MU takes 2nd in MAC Championship

By Michael Solomon Staff Writer

After being in sixth place after two days, the Miami University women’s swimming and diving team surged back into title contention to grab onto second place at the women’s Mid-American Conference (MAC) Swimming and Diving Championships in the Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center.

On the final day of the competition, the Red and White held onto their place and finished in the runner-up position, helping extend their streak of finishing first or second in the MAC meet 15 out of the last 17 years.

“The MAC Championships were a blast for us this year,” senior swimmer Allison Way said. “After Thursday night, our team was in sixth place, and then by the end of Friday, we were in second. That is a huge jump to make in one day, so we definitely performed at optimum level on Friday. It was the most energy and team spirit I’ve ever seen our team have, and that helped fuel some amazing swims at night.”

The final day of the competition got off to a great start for the ’Hawks when junior Miranda Kaltenborn swam a career best in the 1,650 yard freestyle, clocking in at a time of 17:02.33 in the first event

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Swimmers compete in Wednesday’s 800 - meter relay. of the day. Senior Kasey Carpenter followed Kaltenborn by breaking her own school record in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing second in a time of 1:28.58.

After making a run into

second place the day before, the women’s swimmers and divers had to hold off a hard charging Ohio University (OU) team to keep second. After OU closed within four points of the RedHawks midway through the

meet, juniors Kelsey Vehr and Megan Brunn kept the Bobcats in third by finishing first and third respectively in the 200-yard breastsroke. Vehr, who won her third individual MAC title of 2010 with the win, clocked in at 2:11.70, breaking the conference and meet record she previously held.

Miami secured second place when senior diver Kelsey Anagnos and freshmen divers Danica Roskos and Corrine Bangs placed second, seventh and eleventh overall respectively to open up a 43-point lead over OU with just one event to go.

“This year’s team was different than past years,” Vehr said.

“We have an incredibly young team, and this year we had a lot of freshman that stepped it up.

We really came together faster as a team than we had in years past, and that is why we were successful in so many races.”

The RedHawks started their charge from sixth to second on Friday night behind Vehr, who won two individual MAC titles in the 400-yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke events. The Red and White continued their comeback in the 100-yard butterfly when Way, freshmen Maegan O’Connor and Brittney Rohr and junior Nicole Roddenberry finished third, fifth, seventh and

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