Apr 9, 2010 | The Miami Student

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Friday, April 9, 2010

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Digital textbooks could be future of student learning

By Hannah Poturalski News Editor

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The Miami RedHawks evade the Boston College Eagles during Thursday night’s game at Ford Field in Detroit.

Heartbreak for ‘Hawks

By Erika Hadley

spaced just 1:02 apart early in the middle period took all of the wind out of Miami’s sails.

Sophomore Jimmy Hayes one-timed a power play For the fifth time in as many years, the Miami goal from the high slot at 2:06 to double the Eagle’s University ice hockey team was dismissed from the lead, and Joe Whitney winged a shot from the right NCAA tournament at the hands of a circle at 3:08 that sailed past sophosquad from Beantown. more Connor Knapp’s outstretched “It’s disappointing, glove and chased him from net.

Boston College (BC) punched its ticket to the national championship and it will sit with us By the end of the second period, game and secured its fourth NCAA for a little bit ... but the writing was on the wall as the victory over the RedHawks in five I’m extremely proud Maroon and Gold had held Miami to years with a dominant 7-1 effort just 10 total shots and zero goals. of the way our team Thursday night at Ford Field.

“It’s important to build shifts on has played all year.” top of one another,” junior captain The Red and White skated out with a purpose and had most of the moTommy Wingels said. “We’d have a mentum early on, but the Eagles soon good shift here or there, then we’d ENRICO BLASI HEAD COACH found their rhythm and had the first disappear for the next three, four goal of the game by the end of the minutes after that. That was pretty opening stanza. frustrating.”

Junior Joe Whitney took a shot from above the The RedHawks have shown all season that they left circle that was redirected out in front by senior are capable of rallying in the face of adversity, and Ben Smith to put BC up 1-0 with 1:28 remaining in the outset of the third period saw the Brotherhood the first frame. burst forth with renewed vigor.

The Brotherhood, typically dominant in the secMiami’s pressure paid off at 5:19 when freshman ond stanza, had the opportunity to regroup and refocus during the first intermission, but a pair of goals See HOCKEY, page 7 Senior Staff Writer

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Miami University received a record number of first-year applications for fall 2010 and interest from accepted students shows with a 33 percent increase in the number registered for “Make it Miami!,” special accepted student days offered throughout the spring.

Miami received 16,887 applications from both domestic and international first-year students and accepted just over 13,000 according to Ann Bader, senior

admission counselor.

Make it Miami! is offered every Friday beginning in February and every Monday and Friday following spring break.

Last year, about 1200 students registered to attend these events.

As of April 5, there were 4000 registered participants, 1600 of which were students with the rest being parents and other accompanying visitors.

“We’ve just had an incredible response,” Bader said.

Make it Miami! includes time for accepted students to meet with

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Hip hop duo Chiddy Bang performs Monday at Brickstreet Bar.

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Hamilton installs a van rigged with speeding cameras.

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EDUN Live hosts a 5K race to raise money for African water.

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Students will soon be able to take bus trips to Jungle Jim’s.

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faculty and current students, lunch at a dining hall and one-on-one meetings with professors, among other activities.

When it came to professors, Bader said J. Elliott, of architecture and interior design, had attended every day to meet with potential students.

Elliott said Miami’s architecture and interior design programs compete against high-powered schools, which is why he wanted to talk to each student one-on-one.

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A wave of phishing attacks has caught the attention of Miami University students and staff in recent weeks.

According to Joe Bazeley, information security officer, the university typically sees one or two of these scams each month. But Miami e-mail accounts were bombarded with three different attacks in the one-week span between March 25 and April 1.

Cathy McVey, senior director for strategic communication and planning, said the first of these, which claimed to be a sweatshirt giveaway, was convincing because it borrowed wording from a legitimate university e-mail.

“The first one was a concern because it used the same language as Housing, Dining and Guest Services used in December,” McVey said.

Another e-mail told students their mailbox quota had been exceeded. After clicking a link, students were prompted to give their UniqueID and password. McVey said legitimate university e-mails would never ask for a student’s password.

Bazeley said there would have been no way for a student to know the first e-mail was fraudulent until they clicked the link.

“It pretended to be a Miami site but it was hosted outside Miami,” Bazeley said.

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By Catherine Couretas

Sore shoulders, heavy bookbags and high expenses … these common representations of college life may soon become a thing of the past.

Judith Sessions, dean of university libraries, addressed the board of trustees’ academic/student affairs committee Wednesday morning about the increasing drive toward digital textbooks.

“There’s legislation now in Ohio to mandate that Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) work with major textbook publishers within two years to have an electronic copy of any textbook Ohio assigns in any public university,” Sessions said.

Sessions said the high cost of textbooks is the driving force behind this. Sessions said textbook prices inflate 6 to 10 percent a year. She also said a 2006 Association of American Publishers study found that on average a college student spends $650-1,000 a year on textbooks.

“I don’t think digital textbooks are really the answer to saving money … they’re the attraction but that’s because of the rather simplistic view of looking at the issue,” Sessions said.

First-year Rebecca Taustine, a pre-communication major, said

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

News Bus to stop at Jungle Jim’s BRIEFS

By Laura Siedlecki For The Miami Student

events Miami alumnus to read recently published work Miami University alumnus Michelle Boyajian will be reading from her new work of fiction Lies of the Heart at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15 in Leonard Theater in Peabody Hall. The most recent short stories written by Boyajian, who received her Master of Arts degree in creative writing from Miami in 2002, were published in Third Coast and Timber Creek Review. These stories were nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Lies of the Heart is Boyajian’s first novel and will be published in April by Viking Press.

The reading will be presented by the creative writing program and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Eric Goodman at goodmaek@muohio.edu.

Chorale to perform, honor music director Miami University’s Collegiate Chorale will perform Saturday, April 10. The concert will be the Chorale’s first alumni reunion concert. The event will also celebrate Ethan Sperry’s 10th anniversary as director of the chorale. Sperry, associate professor of music, also conducts the Miami Men’s Glee Club.

The program will feature favorites from the past 10 years of Chorale performances including music by Bruckner, Barber and Whitacre, spirituals, Haitian and Indian music.

The performance will be at 3 p.m. in Hall Auditorium.

Tickets are $5 for students and youth and $7 for general admission.

Tickets are available at the Miami box office in Shriver Center as well as at http://www.tickets.muohio.edu.

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Plans for bus trips to Jungle Jim’s International Market in Fairfield for the 2010-11 school year are under way.

Recently, the Diversity Affairs Council (DAC) received a grant from the Miami University Parents Fund to pay for transportation to the grocery store.

Mike Solarz, outreach director of the DAC, said the need for trips out of Oxford, especially for international students, was conveyed multiple times.

“Collectively DAC, the Office of International Education and Parking and Transportation Services coordinated and sponsored several trips last semester out of Oxford … due to the budget cuts the trips needed an outside source of funding,” Solarz said.

This opportunity will be available during the months of September, November, January and possibly April. Once plans are finalized, dates will be announced.

Even though the idea is geared toward international students, all students can attend these trips. There will be a minimal fee of about $5 per student to attend.

Kris Stewart, assistant to the vice president for parent programs and divisional initiatives, said they wouldn’t know how this initiative would

benefit international students, but the intention is to provide all Miami students an opportunity to purchase a number of difficult to find groceries and goods including international foods.

“Oxford is a small town, and while Kroger provides a variety of groceries, Jungle Jim’s would provide an even wider variety of foods and produce,” Stewart said.

According to Stewart, one of the purposes of the Parents Fund is to provide funding for student initiatives where no other resources exist.

Sophomore Weijian Lou, an international student, is excited about the new opportunity.

“It will provide international students opportunities to get access to a supermarket where they can purchase various ingredients from their own countries as well as get the majority of their groceries,” Lou said.

“It will be a good platform for international students to share their cultures through participating in this kind of shopping activity, meaning that they can cook together and hang out after coming back from Jungle Jims.”

Solarz said many international students experience culture shock during the first couple of months of school.

“This trip will allow international students to have access to more authentic options from their native countries and to feel a little bit more at home,” Solarz said. “Hopefully, this will alleviate any culture shock that occurs upon arrival.”

EDUN Live hosts 5K for clean drinking water

By Laura Siedlecki For The Miami Student

Miami University’s EDUN Live on Campus (EDUN) has found a new way to raise money outside of selling T-shirts.

Instead, they will hold a 5K marathon Sunday, April 25.

EDUN is pairing up with Unified for UNIFAT and Nourish International for the event.

All proceeds from the event will go to an organization called charity: water.

According to Brian Cash, vice president of marketing for EDUN, charity: water is an organization that provides clean and safe drinking water by digging wells in developing nations.

EDUN chose to have a 5K since usually a large number of people become involved, according to Cash.

“Not only will this large number help to maximize our donation to charity: water, but it will also give participants a better idea of what students on their own campus are doing to

alleviate one of the many social inequalities,” Cash said.

Danny Sauter, president of EDUN, said they chose charity: water because 100 percent of the donations will go toward clean water work.

“They are big on transparency and being able to track impact,” Sauter said. “Each well they build is tracked with photos and GPS to increase accountability.”

EDUN is aiming to raise $5,000 from the race, Sauter said. This amount of money will be used to build a fresh-water well for at least 250 people in a developing area, specifically in Africa.

Sauter said most people in Africa have to walk hours for water, and their sources of water are often murky, dirty swamps. One in eight people around the world do not have access to clean, safe drinking water, according to Sauter.

EDUN hopes to have a crowd of 300 participants at the Running Water 5K. Participants are welcome to walk, run or simply participate by giving a donation.

Sauter said EDUN hopes to turn this event

into an experience rather than a typical race.

“I think our 5K is different than other 5Ks at Miami in that it is not a simple donation and then end of story,” Cash said. “A donation to charity: water is truly sustainable since it’s providing many with clean water - not for a day, or even a year, but for many, many years.”

EDUN will have music and food for participants and a range of prizes and incentives for top finishers and participants.

EDUN hopes to make the event an annual one.

“If we receive positive feedback and ample participation I’m sure we will work toward making it something the Miami community can look to each year,” Cash said.

To register for the event visit http://www.runningwater5k.eventbrite.com or pick up a form from the Entrepreneurship Office, Room 2078 Farmer School of Business. Pre-Registration is $15, which includes an EDUN Live T-Shirt.

Registration the day of the even will be $20. The race begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25 behind Bachelor Hall.

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Students, faculty to use research scholarship Miami University was honored with the Beckman Scholars Program award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to support undergraduate research and comprehensive faculty mentoring for select undergraduates in chemistry, biochemistry and biological science.

Nine schools were honored with the award for the 2010-12 years. The scholarship gives schools $19,300 in scholarship money for five students to work with Miami faculty members on research through the next two summers and part-time during one academic year. Miami has been a recipient of the award in the 2003-05 and the 2006-08 years.

The undergraduate recipients of the scholar award will be announced this spring.

SAMANTHA LUDINGTON The Miami Student

Prospective students, their parents and siblings take a tour of campus Tuesday afternoon, making a stop in King Library.

TV commentator, founder of conservative magazine to speak

By Amanda Seitz Campus Editor

Miami University College Republicans will kick off the annual Conservative Week with a visit from Bill Kristol, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard and a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel.

Kristol will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 12 in Taylor Auditorium at the Farmer School of Business.

KRISTOL College Republicans President Alex Coelho said the group targeted Kristol because of his experience in Washington and his influence that remains strong today.

“(The Weekly Standard) has incredible influence, especially in Washington, D.C. and throughout the nation,” Coelho said.

Kristol served as the Chief of Staff to President George H. W. Bush’s vice president, Dan Quayle. He also worked as a columnist for The New York Times and co-authored the 2003 New York Times bestseller, The War Over Iraq: America’s Mission and Saddam’s Tyranny.

The Weekly Standard is a conservative, opinion magazine that was first published in September 1995.

It is Kristol’s familiarity with the world of politics that has the community talking about his visit, according to Coelho.

“Our members are incredible excited,” Coelho said. “We’ve had a lot of interest, throughout the Oxford and Butler County community.”

Coelho said Kristol would speak to his audience about relevant topic in politics.

“He’s going to speak on basically the state of politics right now,” Coelho said. “Especially going into the elections for congress and governorship for 2010.”

Junior Rachel Schwegman plans to attend the event and said she felt it was especially important with important Ohio elections coming up.

“I’m a political science major so I think every vote counts,” Schwegman said. “I think it’s good to raise awareness that elections are coming up, that primaries are coming up.”

Coelho started planning to bring in the neoconservative voice in January and said Kristol’s rare insight was his main reason for scheduling him to visit the campus.

“His insight that he brings is one of the big

reasons,” Coelho said. “He is also relevant and influential today in D.C. and political circles. He brings about 25 years of D.C. experience and knowledge.”

Kristol’s experience will be inspirational to many, according to Coelho.

“Anyone’s welcome,” Coelho said.

Schwegman thought it was important for all differing viewpoints to hear what Kristol might say.

“I think it’s good, for either side, liberal or conservative, to have these speakers come to Miami,” Schwegman said. “We’re not a campus where everyone is politically active, it’s good to raise awareness.”

Coelho said Kristol’s ability to call elections would make him an interesting voice to hear so close to important Ohio primaries.

“He has a very accurate track record of predicting,” Coelho said.

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Students give input to professors through new program

By Hope Holmberg Campus Editor

Students can now have an impact on the way classes at Miami University are conducted through a new observation program called Student Consultants on Teaching (SCoT).

According to Cecilia Shore, director of the Center for Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and University Assessment, the program, which consists of three trained student consultants, has proven to be a success so far and efforts to expand the program in fall 2010 are currently underway.

The program, which is modeled after a similar program at Brigham Young University, began fall 2009.

“It (the program) allows the students to see the backstage aspects of teaching and the teacher’s rationale behind what they are doing,” Shore said.

In the SCoT program,

undergraduate students are trained to observe the way faculty members conduct their classes on a momentto-moment basis.

“We basically go in and take detailed notes and then meet with the professor after the class and give them a typed response as well as our feedback from a student perspective,” senior Kristen Altnau, a student consultant, said.

Altnau said it provides teachers with an opportunity to get student feedback halfway through the semester.

“It kind of gave me a say in my education,” senior Jennifer Kollman, a student consultant, said. “I don’t feel like there is any other program like this where you can give a faculty member advice about how to teach students.”

Altnau has sat through a wide range of classes including both political science and anthropology classes.

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“I think this is a good tool for teachers and I think it would help increase attendance in classes,” junior Bridget Donohue, a psychology major, said.

Shore said the consultants are intentionally paired with teachers who they have never dealt with before.

The observations that take place are completely confidential between the student and the professor.

“I think they are interested in what we have to say,” Altnau said.

“We provide perspective they have not been able to have before. I think they find it refreshing to have a new set of eyes come in.”

Shore said student consultants are able to understand factors that motivate a professor to conduct their class in a certain way, such as a high percentage of students with a learning disability in the class.

“From a students perspective, I think it is very easy to judge a professor and not realize

there are specific reasons they do the things that they do,” Altnau said.

Altnau hopes to see the program at least double in size.

“It’s a great way to develop a relationship with professors and it’s really a great way to give productive feedback to a superior,” Altnau said.

Shore said this allows for collaborative relationships.

“The faculty member has requested this service so it is information they really want to know,” Shore said.

Student consultants must have junior or senior status in the fall and can be recruited through faculty recommendations. They can also recommend themselves.

The program is currently recruiting members for next year. An informational meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 in the Harrison Room in the Shriver Center. Application forms are available on the following Web site: http:// www.units.muohio.edu/celt/resources/student_consulting.php.

Faculty who wish to nominate a student for the role of student consultant can do so by contacting the Center for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and University Assessment at (513) 529-9266 or celt@muohio.edu.

ASG changes bylaws, creates structure for future students

By Courtney Day Campus Editor

KATHRYN ANDERSON The Miami Student

Students watch the Frozen Four semifinal game Thursday night in central quad and visit the concession stand during intermissions.

Miami University Associated Student Government (ASG) passed four bills and resolutions Tuesday that established additional structure for Miami ASG and for an association of 13 student governments in Ohio.

Each piece of legislation lays out rules that student senators believe will provide clarity for future senate members and their constituents, and each passed with unanimous consent.

The Finalized Funding Act of 2010, authored by first-year senator Michael Sinko, adds details and clarifications to the rules for student organization funding. The changes reflect the processes and precedents that have been set by the funding committee.

Senators hope the clarifications and rules will help student organizations in their requests for funding.

The changes also include a formal penalty structure to be added to the funding committees rules.

Recent audits of student organizations have led to sanctions for misuse of funds. The new policy sets guidelines for major and minor violations and establishes penalties for each.

ASG also passed a resolution to ratify the constitution of the Ohio Student Government Association. According to Adam Harris, student body vice president, this makes Miami the first of the 13 state universities involved to ratify the constitution.

The document sets the framework for the member schools to gather as “unified representation of student governments advocating and working for the betterment of the student experience at Ohio public universities.”

Harris said together, delegates from the 13 universities represent a large group of students.

“We have incredible pull,” he said in

reference to the association’s potential impact on Ohio lawmakers.

The association, Harris said is also a way for student governments to help each other improve. “The 13 state-supported schools come together and do a lot of benchmarking,” he said.

Harris said he and others from Miami and Ohio University have been working on the bylaws of the association for the past four months.

“This is great; this really pushes us forward,” Student Body President Jonathan McNabb said.

He added Miami ASG could have a strong impact on the future of the group.

“We need to promote leadership from within,” McNabb said.

Harris agreed Miami could have a positive impact in leading the association. Each of the member governments will rotate to chair the group, meaning that Miami’s student body president will be the chair once every 13 years. But Harris outlined for senators other opportunities for leadership within the association.

A third bill, humorously entitled “A Bill to Finally Make Someone in Charge of On-Campus Elections” names the president of student senate as the facilitator of the fall on-campus election process.

Randi Keefer, Residence Hall Association president and author of the bill, said the amendment clarifies the responsibilities of the senate president and will help make the elections a smoother process in the future.

A fourth bill established a permanent Committee on Environmental Sustainability to replace the former adhoc committee.

Senators hope the passage of these various pieces of legislation will help ASG to retain the benefits of precedents and improvements they have made in recent months.

Summer classes for teenagers to promote creativity, engagement

By Emily Chlan For The Miami Student

Have you ever dreamed of designing your very own video game?

Miami University’s summer program for teens is offering the opportunity to do just that this summer.

In just a few months, teens will come to Miami to participate in alternative learning opportunities.

In addition to implementing an innovative game design program, Miami is also offering new courses in the fine arts as well as a civic engagement course, “B the Change U Wish to C”, which is new to Miami as of last summer.

“We want to give teens the chance to learn more about everything Miami has to offer and these residential programs do just that,” Nancy Hoffman, program manager for lifelong learning and educational leadership, said.

According to Hoffman, the content of these courses go deeper into areas that high schools do not typically cover.

“B the Change U Wish to C” is an example of how courses

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to a lot of other architecture and interior design programs, we compete against a lot of really heavy hitters and other programs that have a higher profile than we do,” Elliott said.

Elliott said many of their program’s potential students do not visit until they are ac-

provide students with more academic content. Claire Wagner, associate director of university communications, finds this course extremely effective.

“This course offers students a service component which gives kids the opportunity to learn while doing good for the community,” Wagner said.

In addition to the new courses, students have the opportunity to select other residential programs. Miami’s youth program offers a variety of program courses including ice hockey camp and “Kids in College 2010,” a course taught through Lifelong Learning.

The program also gives students a taste of college living where students get the chance to live in Miami’s own residence halls.

“The kids think it is pretty cool to come to the university and not only experience these programs but also get the chance to interact with other students on a campus as well,” Hoffman said.

Much of the motivation behind creating these new programs is the desire to prepare students for college.

“It is important to expose students to courses and the campus to get them thinking about the future,” Wagner said.

cepted because they might have a long way to travel.

“Today we had a couple students from California, one from Virginia,” Elliott said Monday.

Travel time was something taken into consideration when revamping accepted student programs.

Bader said various accepted student programs have been offered in the 10 years she has been at Miami, including large open houses at Millett with 1000 visitors that were only offered three or four times during the

Junior Lauren Sullivan, a strategic communications major, thinks this is a great idea.

“If I had the opportunity to participate in this summer program I would have felt a stronger connection to Miami through the application process,” Sullivan said.

In terms of the new courses being offered, Hoffman said the Academy for Game Design, a course that provides students with the opportunity to build actual 3-D video games, may be among the most popular courses this summer.

“This course will be very popular among this generation of teenagers who are very interested in the gaming programs,” Hoffman said.

Hoffman also feels Miami’s fine arts courses, which include Jazz Camp, Theater Summer Experience and Art Portfolio Summer Studio, will strike great interest.

“The arts programs will challenge students and give them an opportunity to explore courses taught by nationally renowned faculty members,” Hoffman said.

More information can be found at http://www.units.muohio. edu/lifelonglearning/kids or by calling (513) 529-8604.

spring semester.

“Those seemed to be limited because a lot of families couldn’t come to those specific days,” Bader said. “We never struck a balance with a good program and a lot of flexibility.”

Elliott said the programs have gotten much better.

“They way Miami’s doing the accepted student thing this year has evolved from the way they did it in the past,” Elliott said.

“They organized it a little bit better for the families so they’re going to get more out of the experience.”

Elliott said although it could be hectic, it has been a good opportunity to talk to accepted students.

“Despite the fact it’s a bit of a headache for us because it’s every Monday (and) Friday it’s a little easier for us to plug in,” Elliott said.

Make it Miami! will continue every Monday and Friday through the end of April. Bader encourages current students to wear Miami colors and logos, club shirts or fraternity and sorority apparel on Mondays and Fridays. For more information, visit http://www.muohio. edu/accepted.

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‘Speed vans’ assist police

By Bethany Bruner Staff Writer

Sophomore steals pizza from Bruno’s At 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, sophomore Brendon Jones, 20, was arrested after stealing a large cheese pizza from Bruno’s.

Police were monitoring the crowd outside Brick Street Bar when a Bruno’s employee approached and pointed out the male who was crossing Poplar on High Street carrying a pizza box.

Officers on bicycles stopped Jones in front of St. Mary’s church.

Police said Jones had a strong odor of alcohol coming from his mouth and his speech was thick and slurred. Police said Jones struggled to balance himself.

Jones had a blue wristband indicating he was of legal drinkingage.

The wristband was torn, but was held together by chewing gum.

Jones told police he had a few beers at “Spikers,” and then corrected himself saying, “Oh, I mean Skippers.” When police inquired about the pizza, Jones tried to give officers his money.

Jones was taken into custody and Bruno’s employees said Jones had ordered a large cheese pizza, and after making, set it on the counter. Bruno’s employees said Jones grabbed the pizza and walked out the door.

Jones was charged with theft and underage intoxication before being driven back to his residence hall.

Ex-boyfriend stalks, calls Miami student At 5:45 p.m. Monday, police responded to a female Miami student whose ex-boyfriend had come to town that day and was following her since his arrival around 6 a.m.

The victim told police he showed up to her class and was asked to leave by her professor.

The ex-boyfriend had called her more than 40 times within the 45 minutes police arrived at the victim’s residence.

During their conversation, the ex-boyfriend called again.

The officer then spoke to the man and advised he no longer contact the victim. At that time, the ex-boyfriend told police he had done the things the victim accused him of doing.

Female reports illegal parking, egging cars At 1 p.m. Wednesday, a female Miami student reported ongoing problems with neighbors parking in her residence’s parking area.

Over the weekend, eggs had been thrown at the windshield of her car while parked in the rear of her residence.

The victim was told a couple of men were seen with eggs by a neighbor, but did not know who the suspects were, as there was no information given about them.

Male reports assault, returns to apartments At 4 a.m. Wednesday, a male Miami University student was found by a resident of Hawks Landing standing in the rain by the office.

The male appeared intoxicated and to have been assaulted, as he was bleeding from the forehead.

The victim told police he had been assaulted several hours earlier at Brick Street Bar. He was unable to give a description of his attacker but said he did not want to pursue the matter. He just wanted to go home, according to police.

The Oxford Life Squad responded and took the victim to the emergency room.

Drivers in Hamilton may want to consider slowing down even if there is not a police officer nearby.

With budget cuts significantly reducing the police presence in Hamilton, the city has turned to less traditional ways of catching speeders, with the help of Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. and “speed vans.”

These speed vans are unmarked vans parked on the side of the road with radar inside. The vans can be placed anywhere and take pictures of cars speeding in designated areas, similar to red-light cameras, said

Neil Ferdelman, chief of police in Hamilton.

“We want to slow people down where there are pedestrians, especially where children are,” Ferdelman said.

The drive for safety helped to persuade the city to begin using the speed vans. Right now, they are only being used around schools and parks, which are places that attract a lot of pedestrians and children.

According to Director of Communications for Redflex Shoba Vaitheeswaran, speed vans are used primarily in school zones and in construction areas, but in Arizona they are used

on the interstate.

Redflex provides services for 21 states and 250 municipalities. In Ohio, 14 cities use technology from Redflex, including Hamilton, Columbus and Toledo.

While these speed vans may seem like an easy way to catch speeders going only a few miles over the limit, Ferdelman said they are not designed to be a speed trap. The van’s radar is set to trip at a specific number of miles per hour (MPH) over the limit.

For example, in a 25-35 MPH zone, the radar is set to trip at 12 MPH over the limit. The trip varies depending on the speed zone

in the area where the van is parked.

“I tell my daughters, if you set your cruise control at seven miles over the limit, you won’t get pulled over and it’s what I do too,” Ferdelman said.

If you do speed, however, the owner of the vehicle will receive a letter in the mail with a citation and fine in it, along with information about a Web site to view the photos of the violation and how to contest the citation.

The vans only take pictures of the car that tripped the radar, not of the driver, and are only activated by a vehicle going over the limit, Ferdelman said.

If a car owner were not the one driving the car at the time of the incident, they have the option of signing an affidavit to have the fine assessed to another driver, Ferdelman said.

“You have to name a person,” he said. “You can’t just say someone else was driving your car… you have to give a name. And if you lie and swear the affidavit, you could actually be charged with falsification or obstruction.”

The fine, if paid within the first 20 days, is $95.

It is a civil summit, not a regular ticket, therefore no points are assessed to

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Schools nationwide improve anti-bullying efforts

By Inna Burroughs For The Miami Student

Last week, six classmates of Phoebe Prince of Massachusetts were charged with a relentless campaign of bullying, which ultimately led to her suicide.

However, according to a report from the Ohio School Boards Association based on a recent Department of Justice study, the anti-bullying efforts appear to be effective throughout the country. David Finkelhor, the leader of the study, declined to comment.

According to the Department of Justice Web site, the definition for

bullying, “a student is being bullied or victimized when he or she is exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more students.”

Youth involved in bullying tend to have higher rates of victimization in the home, such as parents who use physical discipline.

According to the study, boys are more likely to use physical bullying where girls use relational bullying such as social exclusion.

Females’ victims have higher rates of loneliness, depression and suicidal ideation. However, these rates seem to be decreasing due to new laws against bullying and

programs being installed throughout school districts, according to the Department of Justice.

The Talawanda School District has taken steps to prevent bullying and deal with situations as they arise.

“Every district has bullying issues, but now the state mandates to track anyone bullied or being bullied to identify patterns,” Talawanda Schools Assistant Superintendent Kelly Spivey said.

Spivey acknowledges schools can’t ignore the issue but have to identify patterns in order to prevent these occurrences. The district has several programs

implemented to help with the issue of bullying, including the health curriculum, Olweus Anti-Bullying Program and the Marshall Peace Flag. This year, Bogan Elementary School was issued a $60,000 anti-bullying grant and is in its second year of the Peace Builders Program. Teachers in grades one through eight participate in an annual training program in August to help learn how to identify bullying and ways to approach these acts among their students.

“Bullying has been around for a

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Chiddy Bang, Wale to perform at Brick Street

By Catherine Couretas Editor in Chief

“Let’s do it.”

That’s what Chiddy had to say about his upcoming show at Brick Street Bar with Wale.

Chiddy, who describes Chiddy Bang’s style as new age hip-hop and electronic with an old school vibe, loves playing shows in college towns.

“We already identify with that market because that’s where we came from,” Chiddy said.

Chiddy described his shows in one word: crazy.

“It’s really very spontaneous at times but at the same time we have our set,” Chiddy said. Things began for Chiddy Bang at Drexel University in Philadelphia when Chiddy was a first-year student during fall 2008. Chiddy

met Noah, now also of Chiddy Bang, through a neighbor after learning Noah’s major allowed for him to have access to the school’s recording studio.

“We sort of built it up, it took some time,” Chiddy said.

Chiddy said they started recording tracks and booking shows and decided to put together a mixtape.

“People caught on and soon we had 100,000 downloads,” Chiddy said. “That’s when things really started moving.”

In October 2009, Chiddy Bang released their “Opposite of Adults EP” but were not stopping there.

“We’re working on a new mixtape,” Chiddy said. “We’ve got some videos we’re going to release as well.”

Will Weisman, owner of Brick Street, said he started researching Wale and Chiddy Bang

based on student feedback. Once the bar had the opportunity to book Wale, they reached out to Chiddy Bang as well.

“The students are incredibly in tune with what is hot in the hip hop scene and we simply take their direction and go after the acts,” Weisman said.

Weisman said the energy of the show would be comparable to those of Mike Posner.

“Both Wale and Chiddy Bang represent a fresh, innovative, hip hop vibe that will lend itself well with the Brick Street atmosphere,” Wesiman said.

Weisman said Blayze Kid has also been added to the show’s lineup.

Doors are at 7 p.m. Monday, April 12.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 the day of the show. To purchase advanced tickets, visit Brick Street in person or http://www.brickstreetbar.com.

City Council debates use of residential offices

By Abbie Harper Senior Staff Writer

As many Oxford homes are becoming student rentals, permanent residents are becoming more and more protective of the homes that aren’t.

This struggle is exemplified in the McCarthy house controversy that culminated in the Oxford City Council meeting Tuesday night.

Prior to the meeting, the McCarthy’s had requested a zoning change on their house from the Planning Commission, hoping to sell it to a business that would transform the home into a residential office.

“This would allow (the house) to keep its residential character while operating a business on the interior,” Peter McCarthy said at the Tuesday meeting.

The Planning Commission denied the McCarthys’ request so they brought their case to city council focusing on the undeniable value of their home.

The McCarthy house sits on Contreras Road within walking distance of uptown and is one many consider to be an important piece of Oxford’s history. Although it is more than 100 years old, the house is not an official part of Oxford’s historical district.

Now that the McCarthys want to move out, they say they are worried their house will become yet another student rental property.

“Our biggest fear is this beautiful home will be purchased as an investment opportunity,” McCarthy said.

At the meeting, many Oxford residents expressed their disapproval of the house being turned into a residential office. Their concerns seemed to center on the issue of spot zoning, or changing the zoning

of only one house in an area, making its zone different from that of the surrounding houses.

“I oppose (the McCarthy’s) request,” Ed Jackson, 57, an Oxford resident, said. “Spot zoning, in my opinion, can be contagious.”

Although there is some opposition to the McCarthys’ request, everyone who attended the city council meeting with an opinion on the subject seemed to agree the main goal was the preservation of the McCarthys’ home.

“I would say the McCarthy house as it is now creates tremendous value in my property,” said Oxford resident Kathy Ellison. “It would be a sad thing for everyone in this area if the house became something else altogether.”

Councilman Greig Rutherford agreed the house is an important part of Oxford and said he saw no real pitfalls in allowing this zoning change.

Despite the clear and passionate contrasting views on this issue, all commentators seemed to agree that in order to preserve the house it must be kept out of the hands of students.

When arguing their case, the McCarthys pointed out the large number of houses being turned into rental properties, despite the fact that fewer Miami University students are now living in off-campus housing.

“Even with the vacancy rate, the transition from owner occupied to student rental is continuing,” McCarthy said.

City council is scheduled to make a decision regarding the McCarthy house at their next meeting Tuesday, April 20. Citizens against spot zoning say a decision to allow spot zoning could mean more residential offices lie in Oxford’s future.

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Foundation pairs with parents for scholarship

By Leslie Scott Staff Writer

This is the first year a parent organization known as the Parent Initiative Team (PIT) teamed up with the Oxford Community Foundation (OCF) to create a scholarship Talawanda High School graduating seniors will be able to apply for.

According to Jeanne Murphy, executive director of OCF, this scholarship differs from others offered to students because the criterion focuses on other important aspects besides academics.

“The Parent Initiative Team’s mission is to oversee and advocate drug and alcohol-free activities,” Murphy said.

The PIT is responsible for planning the school’s post-prom party. Typically, they have fundraisers throughout the year to raise money for the after prom, according to Murphy. However, this year the parent organization plans to set aside $500 to go toward the new scholarship.

“The scholarship is a great way to promote smart decisions and encourage the students to participate in community service,” said Lisa Farthing, president of PIT. According to Murphy, criteria includes a minimum 2.0 grade point average (GPA), service provided to groups around the community, transcripts and recommendations regarding work that was done and a 400-word essay describing how service has impacted the student’s life.

“We chose to make the GPA requirement lower because mostly other scholarship GPA requirements are set between a 3.0 and a 3.5,” Farthing

said. “The lower, 2.0, allows the scholarship to be more inclusive towards other students. That way students who might not have done so well academically still have other options in terms of receiving grants.”

The OCF selects the students who will be receiving the Service Matters Scholarship. The OCF also deals with many other scholarships.

According to Murphy, there are many OCF supporters throughout the community. Anyone can contribute more money to these funds at any time.

“PIT does not plan to set aside any more than $500,” Farthing said. “Since it is a new scholarship, we are trying to see the response we get before deciding to increase the amount at all.”

Murphy and Farthing agreed the new scholarship only seems like a win-win situation because it not only encourages kids to participate in drug free activities, but it also offers more opportunities to a variety of students.

“I’m happy to hear the students at Talawanda are being given more opportunities and resources,” Miami University sophomore Drew McDonell said. “Sometimes it seems like they really lack these chances so it’s great to hear about these programs increasing their grants.”

According to Farthing, successful fundraisers done by PIT include a Mother’s Day flower sale, March Madness tournaments and a New Year’s Eve celebration held at the Oxford Community Arts Center.

“This scholarship is great because it really gets students to think about getting involved within the community a lot earlier in life,” Farthing said.

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driver’s licenses and insurance rates are not affected.

The program went into effect April 1, but until May 1, no citations will be issued. Drivers caught speeding will be sent a letter informing them of the program’s use.

After May 1, fines will be issued and the city will

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long time,” Spivey said. “When I was in school, there was teasing and there still is teasing.

That is a form of bullying.”

Talawanda High School offers programs aimed at teenagers, including the guidance department, which issues peer mediation, contact period, development aspect program and P.R.I.D.E (People Respecting Individual Differences Everyday) training.

“People come into the guidance office and give accounts of bullying,” Director of Guidance and Intervention Marianne Marconi said.

According to Marconi, the guidance office and administration at the high school and middle school utilize stop conferences, peer mediation and school skills groups as intervention programs to handle the bullying situation based upon the needs

begin to generate revenue from this program.

Hamilton will receive 52 percent of the money from citation, with Redflex receiving the other 48 percent until a certain number of citations have been issued.

Vaitheeswaran said via e-mail that Redflex incurs the upfront cost of programs like speed vans and recovers the investment through revenue from citations.

Redflex’s program provides the technology to cities for no charge, which was a big draw for Hamilton.

“This costs the taxpayers of the city of Hamilton nothing,” Ferdelman said.

of the specific situation and individual differences.

The program with the most promise, which also began this year, is P.R.I.D.E Training. Talawanda High School has held three of these trainings this year, with 80 to 100 students participating in each session.

The all-day program includes large and small group activities with a focus on increasing personal power and self esteem in students.

“This program is designed to shift the negative focus that comes with peer pressure to positive peer support to eliminate violence, teasing, bullying and moving towards respecting yourself and others,” Marconi said.

So far, student reactions have been positive.

“Training day helped out a lot,” Talawanda senior Ben Hammons said. “People became a lot nicer and more understanding of each other.”

Tia Glanding, a sophomore at Miami University, graduated from Talawanda High School in 2008. Glanding said during her

years in the school district, she never felt like bullying was a primary focus.

“In health class it was addressed as an issue and a few key tips on how to deal with it, but there were never any programs specified (to deal with bullying),” Glanding said.

Glanding said she knew there was a guidance office and she could go there for help, but she never experienced any bullying or saw much occurring.

“I’m sure bullying happens everywhere and our school wasn’t much different,” Glanding said.

Miami sophomore Theresa Wharton was bullied as a pre-teen and believes coming forward to talk about bullying cases is difficult.

“I feel most cases of being bullied are not brought forth because of fears such as embarrassment and being bullied more,” Wharton said.

The district’s new approach to bullying may be an important step in reducing bullying.

“Prevention is as important as intervention,” Marconi said.

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By Michelle Ludwin For The Miami Student

Imagine spending part of a month snorkeling off the coast of Costa Rica, cycling through Amsterdam, traveling around South America or attending an exquisite Italian Opera.

This is what a handful of select students get to experience this summer instead of working or spending time in a classroom setting.

Summer @ Miami University holds study abroad workshops through August for students that want field experience, the ability to earn credits and be immersed in a new culture. Myths surround the excursions.

Myth #1: Geology workshops are for geology majors only.

Unless the program is major-specific, anyone can sign up and attend the trips, according to the directing faculty. The one requirement faculty ask for is an interest in the selected program. Also, previous students agree with this statement.

Senior Allie Mondini went on the workshop, Connections: Understanding Tropical Ecology and Natural History in Belize with Hays Cummins, professor of the Western program and geology and Donna McCollum, environmental monitoring coordinator. Mondini picked the workshop because of an interest in the rainforest and Central America.

“I think students should jump at the opportunity to participate in any workshop that catches their eye,” Mondini said.

Mondini benefited from choosing her trip.

“Go with the flow and you’d be surprised how those little unexpected experiences turn out to be some of the most eye-opening and memorable moments of the whole trip,” Mondini said.

Cummins had established a few ecology study abroad workshops that have lasted more than 20 years.

“Some of my best students are other majors,” Cummins said. “I enjoy watching them learn and develop over the two weeks.”

Senior Paul Duff traveled on the Tropical Marine Ecology trip. Duff said majors ranged from education to business.

“You feel as though you’re on vacation, when in reality you are planning and conducting research, learning more than 80 species of fish, and studying land use and its effect on our population and the ecosystems of the area,” Duff said.

Cummins said he is pleased when students have a strong interest in the topic and want to take the course for two or more weeks than allotted.

Cummins teaches marine and land ecology in North and South American each summer.

For summer 2010, Cummins is taking his students to San Salvador to learn Tropical Marine Ecology starting out in the Florida Keys. All Cummins asks of his students? Effort.

“What I ask students to do is give me 100 percent and we will give 100 percent,” Cummins said. “Work at the level you are at, because we are seeing, reading and discussing as a group.”

at Miami, is leading for the first year Culture: “A-LIVE” in Italy – Discovering Italian Opera for which students pay $1,800.

Imagine traveling all around Italy, learning about the ruins in Rome and taking your final exam on an Italian hillside.

“Some students do not know who Nero is,” Ridilla said. “So while the students learn opera, they learn history.”

Ridilla has been to Italy several times and will take students off the beaten path so they truly appreciate the culture they are being immersed in. Ridilla said she is pleased with the low cost, especially for how expensive the trip could have been.

Myth #3: I will get more out of a semester abroad than just a few weeks.

Students can earn up to six hours of credit in a short time. Credits may also count toward the Miami Plan, thematic sequence, capstone or departmental requirements.

Brett Massie, assistant professor in kinesiology and health, is directing Critical & Reflective Practices in Kinesiology & Health this summer for the first time. Massie’s students can fulfill part of a thematic sequence or their capstone.

“It is a topical capstone which is an interest to student and could be taken during the course of the year,” Massie said. “But this way they are doing something unique.”

Ridilla’s course will fulfill Miami Plan segments such as world cultures and fine arts, while Cummins will fulfill departmental requirements and potentially Miami Plan.

Junior Lauren Graham, a student going on Massie’s trip, studied abroad last semester and is looking forward to another abroad experience summer 2010.

“I’m very excited to experience the industry in which I want to work in the future in a completely different culture than that of the United States,” Graham said. “I think this will provide invaluable experience in the athletics industry that will really benefit me.”

Graham said her experience was important.

“I think that in our global society, it is extremely important to gain experience globally,” Graham said.

Junior Kendall Ederer saw this opportunity as a time to accomplish an important requirement to graduate.

“I choose this workshop because it would give me a chance to go abroad again and see other places I missed out before,” Ederer said. “Also, I couldn’t think of a better way to accomplish your capstone.”

Ederer said she learned valuable lessons abroad.

“You will learn many valuable life experiences abroad while having the time of your life,” Ederer said.

Massie’s trip will cover part of Europe exploring in a broad sense the health and athletic industry in the European culture. Students will cycle through the Amsterdam, since that is the main mode of transportation.

Amsterdam even has parking garages just for bicycles.

The group will also be meeting with the premiere soccer club in Amsterdam to see how they market for games and the medical side of the team. Other students will incorporate a business focus.

Toward the end of the trip there will be a meeting with the Olympic committee in London.

This is not the first time students studied abroad with these programs.

In Cummins’ program, he has students come back for a second time, but as teaching assistants and mentors. Cummins said he is proud to have students return to teach the new ones.

Even though the mentors are there to guide the students, those couple of weeks is extremely intensive.

“There is nothing like a hands on experience,” Cummins said. “Give me 20 students out in the field and we can accomplish so much more on sight than in a classroom.”

There are spots still available for the workshops in summer 2010, and the advisers are looking for students. Ridilla, Massie and Cummins encourage students to sign up quickly because their deadlines are nearing in the next couple of weeks.

For more information, visit http://www.muohio.edu/summer.

Myth #2: It is too expensive.

Ok, yes. We are in a financial crisis.

But you only get a limited number of chances to study abroad and earn credit. Without tuition, the cost to participate in the workshops range from $1,000-$3,500. Other expenses include costs for a hotel, transportation, meals, museums and specific events.

Andrea Ridilla, professor of music

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students to be wary of any offer that sounds too good to be true.

“The number one thing is just to be skeptical,” Bazeley said.

If a student accidently gives out personal information,

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While the fact that the site was hosted in the Netherlands was a red flag, Bazeley said some university surveys actually are hosted outside Miami. He said because it is difficult to tell what is legitimate, students should be careful when they click these kinds of links.

“If anyone has any questions at all about an e-mail they have received, they should call the support desk,” Bazeley said.

When a student reports a questionable e-mail, the support desk will respond to the individual to let them know if the message is legitimate. If the message is illegitimate, they post information about the scam as a Blackboard announcement.

Bazeley said he advises

“If anyone has questions at all about an e-mail they have received, they should call the support desk.”

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Bazeley said the proper course of action depends on the type of information.

He said in a case like the recent phishing scams in which a student gave out their password, the student should change not only their password but also their secret questions.

If credit card numbers or social security numbers

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defenseman Joe Hartman broke through with a top shelf blast from the blue line. Screened junior net minder John Muse didn’t seem to register the puck until it was behind him and seemed particularly vulnerable in the minutes that followed as Miami sought desperately to close that gap to one.

Instead, the Eagles – who have a well-established knack for scoring goals in bunches – took the game and ran away with it, tallying four

have been given out, IT services refers the individual to outside resources.

McVey said recognizing scams is harder now than in the past.

“It used to be obvious,” McVey said.

Misspellings and improper grammar along with suspicious word choices made it easier for people to notice if an e-mail was unsafe.

“Now, the phishers are getting smarter,” she said.

McVey said students who have clicked on a bad link or given away personal information should contact IT services whether or not they notice problems. Problems that result from these kinds of scams include identity theft, malware and spyware and e-mail spoofing.

She said Miami has a system that shuts down a user’s e-mail account if an excessive number of e-mails are being sent from their address.

straight to make the scoreboard read 7-1 at the final buzzer.

“We turned pucks over and they put up seven goals,” Wingels said. “All the credit goes to them for taking it to us and capitalizing on their opportunities.”

Though the loss was disappointing, it could not cloud the incredible season that the Brotherhood put together.

“Tonight was one game,” Miami head coach Enrico Blasi said. “It’s disappointing, and it will sit with us for a little bit … but I’m extremely proud of the way our team has played all year …

It doesn’t take away from the relationships that we have and the amount of care and love for each other that is in that locker room right now.”

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she likes the idea of having digital textbooks because she has a bad back. She joked that her father always wanted her to get a rolling bookbag.

“It would be nice to take my laptop mostly to class,” Taustine said.

“But computers aren’t fool proof and still crash. If that happened the day before a test I’d be in trouble.”

Sessions said there are many options available for digital textbooks, including giving instructors the ability to customize and edit the textbook, embed graphs, animations and online tutorials and the ability to highlight, write notes and search for key words.

Sessions said currently only 2 percent of the textbook market has digital copies available with it, so the issue is still very small but will grow in the future.

William Hardesty, professor of English at Miami University, said it was not likely all texts will be available and the question comes in: can the publisher be forced to make it available in electronic copy?

Companies such as CourseSmart and Macmillan are being considered. There are pros and cons of both. Sessions said Macmillan gives teachers the ability to reorganize or remove chapters.

“What is very controversial is you can rewrite individual sentences that you as an instructor don’t agree with,” Sessions said.

Hardesty said especially with the recent talk on intellectual property he doubts a publisher would allow that. Taustine said as long as permission was granted by the

author then it would be fine to edit the content.

“That’s an author’s work but obviously teachers add their own thought into concepts,” Taustine said.

Sessions said benefits include lower cost, not carrying books and having multiple modes of presentation.

Hardesty agreed with these positives but said a downfall is the cost difference slowly goes away as a student starts to print portions of the book.

Challenges from digital textbooks include not being able to resell the book, high demands on computer network infrastructure and the need for faculty support.

“It would only be a positive thing because even if you can’t resell, it’s still cheaper,” Taustine said.

Sessions said no matter the outcome, the option of the print version will be preserved.

“Students aware of both options will over time choose the digital textbook more and more,” Sessions said. “We’re still dealing with new possibilities, they’re exciting.”

Provost Jeffrey Herbst said with this digital textbook consideration people are now beginning to explore what it means to teach digitally.

“Lots of students are more comfortable, or at least the same amount, with electronic media as with print,” Hardesty said. “Not lugging around heavy textbooks and being able to access anywhere makes the notion of electronic textbooks attractive.”

Hardesty said it’s still unknown if the concept will be a bust or not.

“It’s an interesting idea the regents have but I don’t know if it’s ready to be imposed on everyone,” Hardesty said. “The technology isn’t developed enough yet.”

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Roma Julie: Do Italian men do it best?

By Julie Roche

For The Miami Student

So, it finally happened. I met a real Italian boy and it wasn’t Pinocchio.

I had a spring romance … in Italy. Yeah.

Be Jealous.

It was more of a more of a forced set-up than anything else, but still, it happened.

A couple of Saturday nights ago, I was expecting to have a fantastic, relaxing pizza dinner at one of my cousin’s favorite restaurants, Il Pepperoncino, with her and her friends.

What actually happened was that upon arriving to Il Pepperoncino, I met her, her boyfriend, five other Italian teen couples and him, the Italian stallion. Luckily, my cousin forewarned me in the car that she had arranged our meeting. Thanks for the warning.

Much to my reluctance, the Italian stallion

and I made small talk for 30 minutes before he left to meet up with one of his friends, leaving me alone with my “salsicce” (Italian sausage) pizza. Whether I ordered that consciously or not, I don’t know. I might have had sausage on the mind …

Later that night, I received a Facebook friend request from him, his sister and one of his friends. Interesting. Already I saw that despite having the reputation for being mama’s boys, Italian boys move fast.

To sum things up, the Italian stallion invited me out for my choice of coffee or tiramisu (I opted for tiramisu, of course, and we each brought a friend, also my choice) and the rest is history.

So, although it wasn’t truly a date, I have gathered up my past “dating” experiences from both ends of the spectrum and crafted a truly scientific analysis of the main differences between

an American (let’s call him Doug) and Italian guy (I’m going to go with Luigi Mario) and his pimp-juicing techniques.

Before he picks you up, Doug will have his car washed and waxed. He’ll be five minutes early and will bring you flowers. When you finally get to the restaurant, he’ll have valet park his car in a nice, safe parking spot away from oncoming traffic.

On the other hand, if Luigi Mario tells you he’ll pick you up at 4:30 p.m., it’s more likely 5 p.m. His car won’t be washed and waxed, but his Vespa might be. Don’t expect any flowers either, just an extra helmet. Oh, and if he can’t find a parking spot? No problem. He’ll just park his vehicle in the middle of the road and leave a note on the dashboard explaining where he is.

Doug is dressed to impress in his preppy polo and Abercrombie & Fitch khakis while Luigi Mario will be decked out in Ray Ban aviators,

a Burberry scarf, Ralph Lauren polo, designer jeans and a real leather jacket. Side note: His Louis Vuitton man-purse will be cuter than your Forever 21 clutch.

For dinner, you can expect the expected from Doug: A nice hamburger and fries, a coke, maybe some ice cream afterwards. It goes without saying there’s no dinner for fast-moving Luigi Mario. He’ll just take you straight to “Pompi,” the bar where they serve the “world’s best tiramisu” and let you have a bite of his.

At the end of the night, Doug will likely walk you to your doorstep and awkwardly decide whether or not to kiss you. Luigi Mario won’t hesitate. He’ll get right in there and confidently fire way that “kiss on both cheeks.”

At the end of the night, it was easy to make my decision. I am perfectly fine with my Doug back to the States, but the real question is, WHO will your spring romance be?

film review

Clash of the Titans: What happens when cinema fails

By Andrew Klatzke Senior Staff Writer

I think I’ve figured it out.

That’s right, I’ve figured out the perfect formula for a blockbuster. Forget the plot, character and logic of the movie: what you need is a huge special effects budget and an actor that has given a mediocre performance in one film. Well, that’s at least what whoever wrote Clash of the Titans thought.

I’m going to be blunt: Clash of the Titans is, quite possibly, one of the worst movies I’ve ever subjected myself to.

Let’s go ahead and start with the acting. Not only was Sam Worthington as Perseus one of the worst miscasts I’ve ever seen but the audience doesn’t even view him through a likeable lens likes to a poor job on the writers’ part. The role, completely overplayed by Worthington, just seems like a headstrong, immature kid instead of the savior of humanity that it’s supposed to. If Worthington had any acting chops he might have been able to charm the crowd, but alas, we don’t even see that. So much for the film having a protagonist.

Choosing Liam Neeson as Zeus was a bold move. Obviously the movie needs a big-name actor’s attempts to save it, but instead we’re greeted with one of the flattest roles from Neeson I’ve seen. Of course, I can’t truly blame Neeson when his entire role is centered on providing a few significant sound-bites for the trailer.

Acting, however, is not what completely destroyed any credibility this movie could have garnered. Let’s start with the name: An obvious ode to the quirky cult-classic, right? Wrong. Clash

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of the Titans has absolutely nothing to do with the original other than sharing a name. There are a few places where the director strives to call attention to the film’s heritage, but in the long run these only call attention to how far the movie strayed from its namesake.

There is also no clashing between titans, something I feel was stressed by both the title and the tagline “Let the Titans Clash.” A little misleading, no?

The thing that truly dug the grave of the new visual-orgy version of Clash of the Titans is the completely faulty plot. Scratch that — there is no solid plot. Instead, there are the scraps of every cliché scene and line from just about any conflict-oriented fantasy movie you can name all amalgamated into a faulty flow

of ideas.

Not only does the major plotline waver and break in multiple places, they start subplots at every turn that never go anywhere at all.

These kinds of logical jumps happen frequently: To insinuate this movie’s plot isn’t full of holes is to make an incredible amount of assumptions.

For example, the prince receives a prophecy telling him he’ll die if he fights the Kraken. He fights the Kraken, but does not die, thus “defying” fate, though that’s never actually stated. Like every subplot in the movie, it’s glanced over once or twice and hopefully forgotten about.

It’s nearly impossible to understand what the plot is or to keep up with the high number of miniscule subplots only detracts the viewer from the fairly ignored main plot.

The writers also create a terrible paradox for themselves that they’re obviously not of the caliber to reconcile. They want you to feel at home with the humans and Perseus and understand their plight, but give little to no evidence as to why you shouldn’t side with the Gods, creating, at least in my mind, a tug to support the people who are supposed to be the antagonists of the film.

The fact that this movie has grossed such a ridiculous amount of money in its first weekend is a signifier of the sad state of affairs in American film. To put it bluntly, this is a pure popcorn movie. It’s the perfect example of a movie that has only one thing: action. Some people will like that, and I won’t knock you if that’s “your thing.” All I ask is that we see through the brilliant visuals to the core of a movie that is not so much a story as much as a wheel of clichés that’s always rotating.

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Electronic texts not a cost reducing panacea

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ending legislation in the Ohio General Assembly may mandate that the Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) collaborate with textbook publishers to ensure electronic versions are available of all textbooks assigned by public universities within two years. Although the reduced cost and extensive features of electronic textbooks are highly desirable, this board feels the time is not right to issue a blanket requirement. Because electronic textbook technology is not developed or widespread enough, a blanket requirement could limit professors’ choices, detrimentally effecting curriculum.

Electronic textbooks offer many advantages and unique features.

Professors are able to edit, rearrange and insert content. Students can search for text, annotate and avoid the inconvenience of carrying heavy books. Texts can more readily be converted into mediums appropriate for students with disabilities. Finally, electronic versions of textbooks would be much easier on students’ wallets. However, this board feels such move would be premature.

Many students and professors are still uncomfortable with the technology, which we feel is insufficiently developed for ease of use and distribution.

While large publishers have the resources to develop electronic versions of texts full of features, many upper-division courses are taught with more obscure books that are not as widely in print, or many not even be in print in the United States. This would be

especially problematic for literature courses. In an ideal world, electronic versions would be available for every textbook. But with the technology still in its early stages, it seems unreasonable and overly optimistic to think a blanket requirement would be feasible within two years.

It is disturbing to think the lack of availability of a textbook could force professors to change the content of their courses. This board recognizes the need to reduce costs for students. Electronic textbooks clearly have a place in classrooms of the future. The market will respond when the technology is sufficiently developed. But for now, there are better ways to cut costs. OhioLINK, which students use to borrow texts from libraries across the state, can be better funded and expanded. OBR can work to increase the availability of electronic textbooks without a blanket requirement. University bookstores can resell used books for fairer prices. Professors can be encouraged to allow students to purchase slightly older editions of textbooks. The format of textbooks is not the main driver behind their inflated prices; greedy publishers and unnecessary updates are the basis of the textbook racket.

If the Ohio General Assembly wants to do students a favor, they should address the structural flaws of the textbook industry rather than the cosmetic flaws.

Publishers – not professors or students – should be forced to make adjustments.

Prospective students deserve personal attention

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ith a record number of first-year applications and a participant increase of 33 percent in Make it Miami!, Miami University has stepped up its game in attracting more students. A key feature of Make it Miami! is the presence of professors, students and alumni who give advice and emphasize face-to-face contact with new students.

The editorial board of The Miami Student recognizes the value and importance of connecting and welcoming incoming students with the resources of Miami University. The board believes dedication from both professors and past and present students will allow students and their families to see the value of a Miami education. Although the board understands the time commitment from member of the Miami community donating their time to new students, the board suggests that the representation of a wide variety of departments is very important in informing and attracting students to schools and departments.

The board recognizes the value of student involvement in the process of recruiting students. Current Miami students are able to offer invaluable advice about many facets of student life, and are very relatable to students that are only a few years younger.

The board supports the choice of holding Make it Miami! every Monday and Friday after spring break. These days make it easier for families, especially from outof-state, to visit the campus. The board believes that this choice may encourage more out-of-state students and their families to visit, apply, and attend Miami.

The board stresses communication between all members of the Miami community and accepted students, whether these people are professors, alumni, current students or Oxford residents. The board believes that this will give potential students a solid definition of a Miami experience, and will help students and their families understand what sets Miami apart from other schools.

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Miami Plan is worth fighting for The ideals and philosophy of the Miami Plan are innumerably valuable. A liberal education will not only enrich our knowledge in principle, but also provide skills and practices that will influence how valuable our diverse skills are to employers, our personal paradigm, our ideologies, and enhance our decision-making skills. A comprehensive education in addition to a particular concentration better prepares us for tackling situations and making critical choices in our future. It will complement and strengthen our own understanding of the specializations that we committed to dedicating years of our lives to developing. By choosing Miami University, we voluntarily accepted this challenge to make our education comprehensive. And by being currently and actively involved in this philosophy’s system, we have an interest in the structure and composition in the program. If there is a general consensus that the principle is sound, but the implementation is flawed, then we must reform the system to make it the program as romantic as its ideology.

The sad fact remains that, in practice, the detriments of the Miami Plan undermine its significance. Instead of seeing the Miami Plan as a marketable benefit to their higher education, students view it as extremely limiting and stressful because we struggle with so many constraints that dictate the content of our undergraduate years. When I scheduled my classes for next semester, I was forced to consider the requirements of my major, my two minors, the College of Arts and Science (CAS), the honors program, the instructor, providing a block of time for an internship, and conflicting times of courses offered. Instead of choosing liberal education classes based on interest, we are forced to submit to these scheduling pressures and, in turn, sacrifice taking a course we would have legitimate interest in for a course that simply conforms. In practice, the Miami Plan deemphasizes the exploration of students’ varying interests to shape their learning experience and development, and instead confines students to take classes they have little interest in. The very notion that convenience would trump quality of education is a shame to our liberal arts university.

I must admit I am quite ignorant to the consideration involved in choosing which courses Miami deems as fulfilling a liberal education, and which are the ones that would not. Why are some physics courses acceptable for the science requirement in CAS, but not accepted by the standards of the Miami Plan? This discrimination of certain courses almost seems to suggest some courses are not considered valuable enough to contribute to a comprehensive education. As it stands, Miami Plan courses are typically overcrowded lecture halls with high levels of apathy coupled with low levels of attendance, which should be expected when we choose convenient classes over courses we have an interest in. And while we can petition for a course we believe should be an acceptable alternative, the process is serving as a

temporary solution, and proper and extensive review and revision should take place.

The good news is the limiting nature of the Miami Plan as it stands can be remedied. Instead of case-by-case petitioning by students for courses to be deemed as fulfilling requirements, we must reevaluate the content of the courses to then make more courses fulfill requirements. This would result in smaller Miami Plan classes, distributing the student body into more courses. But the most important benefit would be to the students’ comprehensive education. By lessening requirement restrictions, students will be able to participate in classes they have an interest in, and be able to explore those interests instead of selecting a class they have no interest in. If more courses are accepted as being Miami Plan courses, the hypothetical Politics major with a hidden passion for Photography can explore his interests, instead of taking notes on Art History, for instance. He can then exercise his varying interests without ever undermining the notion of a liberal education.

The philosophy of the Miami Plan distinguishes Miami, and we should fight to protect it. At Miami, we reject the notion that we are simply putting in our time here to yield a more profitable future. We also have the wildly romantic notion that we can become valuable thinkers by enhancing the breadth of our knowledge. This unwavering truth rests on the fact that human beings are curious creatures. We yearn to learn; innovation, research, and critical thought have always been intrinsic parts of human societies. Like many great thinkers before us, we Miami students believe in the value of a liberal education. So let’s make the Miami Plan and its fundamental principle something we can believe in again.

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Texting tedium

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What happened to phone calls?

KELSEY BISHOP

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We’d all be lying if we said we had never engaged in a “texting fight.” I remember a couple of months ago I was arguing via texting with one of my sisters. Of course, I read the texts aloud to a friend sitting next to me and got her opinion on what I should say next. That’s the beauty of texting — it allows for you to write a well-thought-out response in an unlimited amount of time. My dad overheard our conversation and said, “This texting business is stupid. Why don’t you just pick up the phone and call her?”

He couldn’t have been more right.

Maybe I just misunderstood or misread a text, and we had nothing to be fighting about in the first place.

After all, texts don’t come with a little feature called “voice inflection” or “emotion.”

Since there is no way to convey our emotions over texts, we’ve resorted to using excessive punctuation or just adding unnecessary letters to words. You all know what I’m talking about. You know your friend is mad at you when he or she substitutes periods for exclamation points. A text that reads “Heyyy” seems more enthusiastic than simply “Hey.” And when you write “LOL,” are you actually laughing out loud?

We’ve somehow conjured up this system to express our emotions via texting, and quite frankly, I find it to be both confusing and extraneous.

We live in an age when no one actually has to say anything in order to communicate. Ask your parents how they got a hold of

their friends or significant others in college. They actually had to call each other if they wanted to make plans. It was so much simpler. Instead, we’ve replaced the 30-second phone call our parents used to make with a 10-minute texting conversation, which is both uneconomical and tedious.

Texting is also so much more confusing because we often don’t know how the person we’re texting is feeling or what they may have meant by a particular text. Has your mom ever told you, “It’s not what you say… it’s how you say it”? Well, texting completely relies on the “what” part of that. How are you supposed to know “how” someone meant to say something if it’s only in a text? Obviously, voice inflection can completely change the meaning of a comment and can therefore, completely change the direction of a conversation.

The fact that short, easy phone calls are less common now shows that communication has become so impersonal. Sure, it’s easier to just shoot someone a text rather than call, and sometimes texting can make awkward situations less awkward. But I think texting often gives us an easy way out because we don’t actually have to talk to one another in order to communicate.

Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy the convenience of texting as much as the next person does. But I think making a simple phone call could solve a lot of the confusion and problems that come with texting.

Bishop is community editor for The Student

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Americans must pay attention to war During spring break while speaking to a friend of mine, I asked her about her brother who I had also been friends with in high school. I asked how he was, and she told me he had been stationed in Kuwait and had been there for four months.

Recently, another friend of mine contacted me; I hadn’t spoken to him since last summer. I asked him how he had been, and he said he had been overseas for the past six months. Both of them were friends of mine, yet I had no knowledge of them being outside of the country, let alone involved in the war.

This Tuesday, a video was posted online of soldiers opening fire on what they thought were enemy targets, though it was later found they were innocent civilians and journalists. The video is strikingly entitled “Collateral Murder,” and shows a helicopter camera view of two different American air assaults on Iraqi victims. Many online users expressed outrage and contempt for both the military and the government for the assault and the accused cover up of it.

The shock many expressed was sudden; it seemed that after being reminded of the regular events of the conflict, we had forgotten how tragic our time there has been.

There is something beyond this that

seems as if we have completely lost sense of what being at war means for us as a country. And perhaps it is somewhat understandable. We have been involved in the Middle East for almost the entire the decade. How could we maintain attention, let alone empathy, for a war that has been going on for a large majority of our own lives? We can’t expect ourselves to weep at every tragedy. We have to be able to live our own lives, even while soldiers overseas are fighting.

Regardless, the level of unawareness people maintain about the war speaks volumes about us. And as illustrated above, I am a part of that group. I had no idea two people I considered friends had been serving overseas, and it makes me feel awful I was so previously unconcerned.

Our headlines are filled with Tiger Woods press conferences and iPad releases, and those stories are popularized because of people’s interest in them. This isn’t to say the war should dominate our lives, but at the very least, our priorities are misplaced.

Even if it is a combination of many factors, we do have to answer to the portion that is ours.

There is a strong sentiment that our generation is one that doesn’t know sacrifice,

that our lives are unaffected by the world, that we are entirely apathetic to it. Perhaps that stems from us feeling unable to actually change the reality we live in. After all, what possible sacrifice could we make?

What change can we effect? How can we take individual responsibility for things that involve so many hundreds of thousands of others?

The most important thing we can do is to stay informed. Above all else, we have to consider the trials and tragedies faced by the victims of the war, both civilian and military. The first step is paying attention to the things that matter. Seeing reports of bombings and shootings in our newspapers may feel routine, but that tendency is one we have to fight against. Every single one of those stories carries with it a life that was lost, and a tragedy that will go unrighted.

We can’t allow ourselves to feel so distanced from the consequences of our war.

We have a battle to fight: one of apathy and willed ignorance. That is the smallest sacrifice we can and need to give, not only for our soldiers and for the innocent victims, but for us as well.

John Luckoski

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Future generations deserve world without nukes The signing in Prague of what the BBC calls “a landmark nuclear arms treaty” has occasioned a good deal of commentary, including comments on President Barack Obama’s characterizing the treaty as a “step on a longer journey” toward nuclear disarmament.

As Martin Schram of Scripps Howard News Service pointed out a year ago, President Obama is hardly unique in calling for a goal of zero nuclear weapons. Obama has added his name to a list including Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Henry Kissinger, George Schultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn (syndicated column, 9/10 April 2009).

For what little my opinion is worth, I endorse the “Zero-Nukes” call, but with a reservation and a suggestion for a literally more conservative, very immediate preliminary goal.

The reservation stems from the body count from World War II: some 50-70 million dead, NOT counting deaths from the atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Insofar as “the Balance of Terror” and M.A.D. — “Mutually Assured Destruction” — have prevented another world war, those two horrendous theories and the weapons backing them up, have served well.

As a practical matter we will move slowly toward reducing nuclear weapons to zero, and toward that final goal we should move slowly.

An intermediate goal, however, should be reached with “all deliberate speed,” in the old sense of that useful phrase before it became a sick joke with resistance to racial desegregation.

A conservative tradition going back to at least Edmund Burke

opposing the French Revolution had the theory of “the continuity of generations:” the idea that no generation has the right to make radical changes on behalf of those that get no voice. This meant our predecessors, but primarily future generations. The point as such is debatable: we Americans might be better off if our Revolution, Reconstruction and the New Deal had been more radical.

What is not debatable is no generation has the right to put at risk the existence of future generations.

The last two generations are guilty of taking precisely that risk.

We humans — primarily Americans and Russians — now have enough nuclear weapons to threaten the survival of human civilization, and with it the human species, and, through nuclear winter, directly threaten extinction of the human species.

So our first goal, a conservative goal to be achieved as quickly as possible, is to bring down the number of nuclear weapons worldwide well below the level that might bring on nuclear winter or the number that could endanger civilization.

It only takes a few big bombs to maintain the Balance of Terror. We should try to reduce the major arsenals down to those levels before the end of the first Obama administration.

Then we can get to the long, difficult, dangerous process of getting to “a world without nuclear weapons.”

Richard Erlich

Department of English Professor Emeritus erlichrd@muohio.edu

“We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an anti-Christ ... Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment,” declared Hutaree, the recently defunct Christian militia, on their Web site.

The group, based in rural Michigan and including members from Ohio and Indiana, now Will face charges of seditious Hoyt conspiracy for a plan to kill an unidentified law enforcement officer and then bomb the funeral caravan using improvised explosive devices. Hutaree, meaning “Christian warriors” according to leader David B. Stone, sought to carry out their plan in hopes of instigating a war against the federal government in which they view as a “New World Order” working on behalf of the anti-Christ, read their indictment issued last Monday.

The group is, undoubtedly, a radical organization that has gone off the deep end.

Perhaps more alarming however, is the underlying issue Hutaree’s arrest exposes.

They are not alone, and the presence of home-grown radicals is very real.

In April 2009, the Department of Homeland Security issued a report warning of a rising threat of right-wing terrorism attributing factors like economic troubles, the election of a black president and perceived threats to United States power and sovereignty by other foreign powers. Unfortunately, as exemplified by Hutaree, the warning seems to be warranted.

Recent domestic attacks against the government include John Patrick Bedell, who attacked the entrance to the Pentagon in early March and Joseph Stak, who flew his plane into an Austin, Tx. IRS building in February. Both men framed the federal government as the source of their problems.

Stak, upset over tax payments, referred to the IRS as an Orwellian “big brother” that was looking over his shoulder in a suicide note written before the flight.

Hutaree, with a religious foundation, acted under an ideology in which they were soldiers acting out in apocalyptic violence, “before it is too late” to save America and their envisioned way of life.

The influx of these homegrown threats can be attributed to a variety of reasons, but none more than the simple truth that there will always be crazy people looking to express their views. Some, in the case of these radical groups, see violence as their only means of expression.

Some less violent, but equally unnerving, extremists such as Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., deserve equal attention. Phelps, who picketed the funeral of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq using signs that read “Thank God for Dead Soldiers,” argues that God hates homosexuality, and the death of soldiers fighting abroad is his way of expressing the U.S.’s tolerance of it. The case against the protestors made by the Marine’s father will be considered by the Supreme Court this fall. As a Kansas native who had my high school graduation picketed by Phelps on the ground of my public school’s openness to homosexuality, I can only hope that the Court makes the right decision by defeating Phelps.

Radical groups will always exist in the U.S.; it is an unfortunate byproduct of free speech and assembly. We need to remember, whenever groups like Hutaree and Phelps cast a shadow, that they are the slim minority of Americans. Moreover, we should be grateful that we have a government that when challenged, addresses these radicals in such a manner that it makes them look foolish and narrow minded. Or do they accomplish that themselves?

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softball

’Hawks stay strong in sweep of Eastern Kentucky

By JM Rieger Staff Writer

After splitting their opening Mid-American Conference (MAC) series against Ball State University (BSU) last weekend, the Miami University softball team bounced back with a doubleheader sweep of the Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Colonels.

The win improves Miami’s record to 16-15 as they get set for a doubleheader Friday against Eastern Michigan University (EMU).

The Red and White are 7-2 in their last nine games thanks to solid offensive performances as well as great pitching. Freshman first baseman Shannon Tillett was named the MAC East Division Player of the Week for this week after a spectacular week that culminated with a two home runs over the weekend against BSU. Last week she hit 0.545 and had a slugging percentage of 1.182.

“We are starting to play really well as a

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for USA in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship, averaging 10 points and five rebounds in the tournament.

The NCAA’s public revulsion for mid-majors is perhaps most evident in its intentionally seeding all non-major conference teams against each other in the first round every year, so they eliminate each other. But this year as in the past few, teams from smaller programs have stepped up, with players like Omar Samhan of St. Mary’s and Ryan Wittman of Cornell University further making the mid-major label seem antiquated.

Villanova had no answer for Samhan, and Wisconsin none for Wittman, and if you look at Cornell and St. Mary’s season records you would realize their seedings were ludicrous and they clearly were undervalued.

Obviously conferences like Kentucky and Kansas will boast the top tier, future NBA talent, but in college basketball a team that possesses discipline, good chemistry with a bevy of upperclassmen and good leadership can stay even with any team in the nation.

team,” head coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly said. “The kids are really stepping into their roles and the whole team is improving.”

In the first game against EKU, senior pitcher Meredith Linch threw a shutout, only allowing three hits and had six strikeouts, improving her record to 5-6. Two RBI singles in the top of the fourth by Tillett and sophomore catcher/designated hitter Casey Drees were enough to give Miami a 2-0 victory in game one.

“She was on her game today,” Schoenly said. “She had her stuff working for her and was able to work in a variety of pitches.”

Miami struck quickly in game two, as they opened up the game with a four run first inning thanks to senior shortstop Sarah Billstrom’s first career grand slam.

She would later draw a walk in the top of the sixth to walk in a run, giving her a career-high five RBIs. EKU came back in the bottom of the

Poor Kansas found this out before they even reached the Sweet 16 as they fell to a very experienced, senior-laden Northern Iowa University squad.

An interesting facet of many mid-major teams like St. Mary’s is their international recruiting — more than a third of its team is from Australia, and many of these players are big contributors. In a now global game, where nearly every continent plays basketball competitively, it makes sense colleges start looking abroad.

But in the Big East, ACC and Big Ten, the players are nearly all Americans. Is this xenophobia, or are the stalwarts in power hesitant to change because they do not want to accept the playing field has been leveled? Probably the latter, thinking those in charge of bigger programs are always looking for the next John Wall (Kentucky), rather than for integral team players who are going to lead their team to the championship through hustle and good defense.

Wall and DeMarcus Cousins epitomize the supposed upper elite players who are blessed with extraordinary gifts, but lack seasoning and maturity (which they never gain in college because they are there for one year, then go pro). This is a recurring theme among John Calipari teams, and

second with a grand slam of their own, but a solid relief performance by sophomore starting pitcher Jessica Simpson kept the Colonels off the score board for the rest of the game, allowing the RedHawks to take the nightcap 6-4.

The big turning point for the Red and White came in the top of the sixth inning, as sophomore outfielder Jordan McElroy came into the game to pinch hit, leading off the inning with a single up the middle, then scoring the go-ahead run later in the inning. Up to that point, the RedHawks had only had two hits since their four run first inning, and McElroy provided energy off the bench.

“Jordan McElroy gave us a big spark with her single (to lead off the inning),” Schoenly said. “She was a non-starter that game, and it is always big when players are ready to play coming off the bench.”

Miami will now look to continue their success into the weekend, as they have four

many other big time programs.

Smaller programs, like in farm system baseball, have their players for all four years, grooming and developing them, and allowing for chemistry to build and all of the players to buy into the coach’s system.

So will Butler’s success get tabbed as being a Cinderella story, or will the media finally start to take these kinds of teams more seriously? If you look at the Bulldogs’ resume, this isn’t exactly like George Mason advancing as an 11 seed to the final four. Hard not to be cynical, but next year I think teams like Butler, Gonzaga and St. Mary’s will be discussed a great deal more, even though conferences like the Big East and ACC (entrenched institutions within the NCAA) will still ultimately get the nod over a midmajor if the two are fighting for a final playoff spot.

College sports fans have come to accept that change is very gradual, but in 10 years do not be surprised to see the 2020 version of Jay Bilas or Hubert Davis choose a 27-5 mid-major team to go to their Final Four in the tournament show on ESPN. If these teams show us anything, it is that in a single elimination tournament, seasoning and great coaching can take you a long way.

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conference games coming up, including two against Central Michigan University Saturday and Sunday.

“We feel good (after sweeping Eastern Kentucky) but we can always improve,” Linch said. “Conference (games) are always the main focus. These mid-week games keep us fresh for conference and help us get sharp for conference play.”

Tillett continued her offensive success, going 2-5 in the doubleheader including two walks and an RBI. Meanwhile, Billstrom continued her strong play going 2-5 as well, including her seventh home run of the season.

“Sarah is a big time player,” Schoenly said. “She has done a great job of stepping up for us this year and has done so much to help this team.”

Miami is back in action Friday for a doubleheader against EMU. The first pitches are set for 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.

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Editor Katie Giovinale giovinkl@muohio.edu

Junior Brad Gschwind makes a double play against Northern Kentucky University Wednesday, March 17.

SCOTT ALLISON The Miami Student

baseball

RedHawk defense tops Musketeers

By Alex Butler Senior Staff Writer

After being swept by the Ball State University Cardinals, Head Coach Dan Simonds’ Miami University men’s baseball team (12-15) decided to clean house in the bullpen to defeat a local rival.

Simonds’ men didn’t have to go far Tuesday as they defeated the Xavier University Musketeers (7-21) 5-1. The Red and White called on nine different arms to get the job done and end the bleeding from the weekend.

“We played a very good baseball game today,” Simonds said. “The defense was terrific. We turned three double plays and the short stop had some big, big plays. We used

“Mid-major” no longer applicable Sam Hitchcock

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he head administrators of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) must be beside themselves at this point. The term “mid-major” used to designate teams outside of major conferences, is becoming possibly the most archaic term in sports usage.

It has been a nightmare year for the NCAA, with many accomplishments among mid-major teams, and two crowning achievements: the Boise State University football team going undefeated and continuing to stamp its legitimacy on the nation with extremely impressive wins against many formidable opponents, and Butler advancing through the field of 65 in the NCAA basketball tournament to reach the finals where they lost in heartbreaking fashion to one of the most storied teams of the last few decades. All of this signifies one undeniable thing: times are changing.

The NCAA has never exactly been the most “progressive” association (see President Barack Obama feeling obliged to enforce a new college football playoff system), but recent events demonstrate the playing field has truly been leveled. Ask Miami University’s Julian Mavunga. In high school, he played alongside Butler’s sophomore star, Gordon Hayward, the same guy who just torched Syracuse, Kansas State University and Michigan State University consecutively and nearly made one of the greatest game winning shots ever against Duke University.

The 6’9” forward may not look the part, but few players in the nation have established themselves on as big a stage as Hayward throughout his career. In 2009 he played

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nine pitchers and they did what they needed to do. We only walked one or two guys and that’s what we need to do.”

Sophomore Lance Kingrey was the winning arm for the Red and White, allowing only one hit in one inning of play.

The Red and White took charge early in the contest when shortstop Ryan Kaup picked up the lumber with an RBI single. They kept steady on the mound and allowed their teammates to add insurance to the lead when junior Adam Weisenburger knocked in two more runs with a single in the third stanza. But the Musketeers fought back for a scrappy run in the bottom of the inning and the game was still up for grabs at 3-1 RedHawks.

“The pitchers did a great job and hitters stood up the pitchers and got a couple clutch

hits,” Weisenburger said. “We played good defense and got the victory. We worked as a unit.”

Junior Jon Edgington distanced the victory parkway foes with a two RBI double in the fourth inning and the Red and White were back in the driver’s seat with a 5-1 advantage. RedHawk hurlers kept the Muskie lumber serene through the seventh inning before the home crowd got antsy and the players responded with az big inning. The Musketeers bridged the gap with three straight hits to lead off the inning and cashed in twice, making the score 5-3.

“We got to swing the bats better and have more competitive at-bats,” Simonds said.

“We have fallen short here in the first two weekends of Mid-American Conference

(MAC) play and we are a better hitting team then we have shown. We have faced some of the best pitching staffs in the MAC in Central Michigan and Ball State but we still have to step up and do something against those types of pitching staffs.”

Sophomore closer Jordan Jankowski came in throwing flames the next inning and slammed the door on any hopes that remained for the Musketeers. Jankowski remained steady and pitched out of trouble for his fifth save this season.

The Red and White look to fight back in the MAC in their next contest with a game against Northern Illinois University launching a three game series at 6 p.m. Friday. The contest also jump starts a five game stretch in Oxford for the RedHawks.

golf

Link masters take 7th out of 13 teams

By Hannah R. Miller Staff Writer

The RedHawk golf team got off to a rough start in their tournament this past weekend in Charlotte, NC. The team finished the competition in seventh place after the three rounds.

Head coach Casey Lubahn was not happy with the team’s performance.

“We don’t feel good about it,” Lubahn said. “We had some good things, but we just have to have more depth through the lineup.”

Junior golfer Nathan Sutherland would have liked to see better play this weekend.

“We didn’t play as well as we’re capable of, and we have some things to work on here,” Sutherland said. “We were disappointed.”

After the first round, the ’Hawks found themselves in eighth place, 13 strokes back from the leader, Mercer University, with a score of 294.

With a better second round, the RedHawks gained some ground, shooting a 286. Miami tied for the fourth best score in the round, helping them out of the hole from the first round.

“I thought the second round was the highlight because we didn’t execute as well as I thought we could and we still shot a good round,” Lubahn said. “It’s evident it’s in there, but we’re executing about half the time now, and we need to keep moving that percentage up.”

In the third round, the ’Hawks shot a 303 as a team, leaving them in seventh place out of 13 teams in the weekend’s competition. Their score was the second highest out of all

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Junior Nathan Sutherland tees off on April 4. the teams for the third round — a disappointing finish for the RedHawks.

The players struggled with their shots off the tee,

and the short putts were less than desirable.

“Our biggest weakness is getting the ball in play off the tee, and I think we’ll be working a

lot on short putting in the next week to get ready (for the next tournament),” Sutherland said.

Even though the play from the weekend left a lot of room for improvement, the players faced the tournament with good attitudes throughout. In addition, there were some good holes from each player.

“We made a lot of birdies, especially the guys who played well, so that’s always a plus,” Lubahn said.

Lubahn was particularly impressed by the play of Sutherland and freshman golfer Brett Tomfohrde.

“Nathan was our rock once again,” Lubahn said. “And Brett played in only his second event, and getting a top 20 finish is phenomenal for a young guy. It’s great to come out and perform that well over three rounds.”

As they move forward with the season, the RedHawks are expecting to see more consistency from their players and solid play throughout the roster.

“We need four scores and we haven’t had four scores for a while,” Sutherland said. “It seems like every round we have to take a score in the high 70s or low 80s. I don’t know how we’re going to get there but we need to get four scores.”

Lubahn noted this inconsistency might be deeper than just physical inability.

“This is gut check time, and we didn’t pass the first test,” Lubahn said. “We were impatient, so more than physical things, we need to get a little stronger mentally.”

The golf team is back in action next weekend at the University of Kentucky Bluegrass Invitational in Lexington.