BY JOE GIERINGERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Following a sweep of in-state ri-val The Ohio State University, the Miami University men’s hockey team is now at the top of the NCAA standings in the USCHO.com Poll.

The RedHawks (2-0-0) started the regular season on the right skate with a 6-2 victory over the Buck-eyes on the road Friday night, a game that featured a playmaker (three-assists) outing by sophomore forward Sean Kuraly and a two-assist performance by classmate forward Riley Barber.

Freshman forward Anthony Louis and junior defenseman Ben Paulides each notched their first ca-reer collegiate goals in the final six minutes of the game to finish the scoring for Miami.

Saturday night was more of the same for the RedHawks, who got off to a frantic start in the Goggin Ice Center’s regular season home opener. Barber found twine first for Miami, scoring just 14 sec-onds into the contest off an assist from junior captain and forward Austin Czarnik.

Barber scored again less than five minutes later to give RedHawks a two-goal lead, but Ohio State wouldn’t be ousted so easily. The Buckeyes answered with one of their own in the twilight minutes of the first frame to bring the game within one.

After trading a pair of goals late

in the second period, Barber com-pleted the hat trick much to the delight of the near-capacity crowd. The RedHawks didn’t look back, and Barber tallied a fourth goal en route to earning the first-ever Na-tional Collegiate Hockey Confer-ence (NCHC) Offensive Player of the Week honors.

Freshman defenseman Trevor Hamilton received Rookie of the Week honors after nabbing three as-sists and three blocked shots on the weekend playing for Miami.

Czarnik also tossed a few assists into the mix Saturday – a play-maker to be exact, all coming on Barber’s tallies.

After playing on a line with Barber all of last season and fin-ishing in the top 20 nationwide for assists, Czarnik said the chem-istry is growing between the two highly-touted forwards.

“It’s carrying over from last year,” Czarnik said. “We know where each other are on the ice and I think it’s huge for us … Hopefully we keep on building off of it and keep on moving forward.”

For a weekend chalk-full of ac-tion and featuring quite a few new faces, Miami head coach Enrico Blasi was pleased.

“I thought we did some real good things in Columbus on the road,” Blasi said. “For our first road game, I thought our special teams came out to play right away, and Satur-day I thought we started off the game great. Any time you get a goal

in the first minutes, it’s definitely a momentum shifter.”

After converting on just 16 per-cent of their man-up advantages last season, the RedHawks converted 5 of their 10 power play chances over the weekend.

Barber said maturity and prac-tice are two of the main rea-sons that the ’Hawks appear to

be more composed on the man advantage situations.

“We’re a veteran team now,” Barber said. “We know how pow-er plays factor into the game and we took a lot of practice time this past week and really worked on it. I think that’s the biggest dif-ference because if you know where the play’s going to be made

you can make it before the guys set up. We know we’ve got to capitalize on those opportunities to win games.”

The RedHawks will have a chance to do just that and defend their newfound No. 1 ranking on homecoming weekend, when they take on No. 6 University of North Dakota in the NCHC opener Friday.

BY OLIVIA BRAUDESTAFF WRITER

From road trips to research, the government shutdown is affecting Miami University students in a vari-ety of unexpected ways.

For sophomore Emily Tate, the shutdown meant changing her fall break road trip plans to visit a na-tional park. Tate and a friend had planned to spend the break travelling through Virginia and North Carolina, stopping at Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountain range along the way.

According to the Department of the Interior’s website, Shenandoah and 400 other national parks closed when the government shut down Oct. 1. When Tate realized she would not be able to visit Shenandoah, she he made other travel arrangements, but said due to the shutdown, she and her friend would be staying in one place rather than traveling around.

The effects of the shutdown hit closer to home for sophomore Alison Thomas. She witnessed the impact the government shutdown was hav-ing in the nation’s capital when she returned home to a suburb of Wash-ington, D.C. over the break.

Thomas said her whole neigh-borhood, including her father, an FBI agent of 27 years, was af-fected. Her father was furloughed

and is uncertain when he will see his next paycheck.

“In Oxford, since we’re in such a bubble, we don’t really realize how many people are affected,” Thomas said. “People really aren’t aware of how extreme the situation is.”

However, Miami is not immune to the shutdown’s effects. Students will miss out on research opportunities if faculty are unable to receive funding for new projects, according to Heath-er Johnston, the assistant director and information coordinator at Miami’s Office for the Advancement of Re-search and Scholarship. Established research funding will not be revoked, but the tools to submit proposals are not available.

Associate Provost for Research and Scholarship Jim Oris said the government shutdown poses a threat for research at Miami.

“The research funding environ-ment is already extremely competi-tive, and the daily postponement of proposal submissions, reviews and subsequent awards further erodes our capacity to conduct meaningful re-search with our students,” Oris said, “The longer the shutdown stretches on, the greater the risk for signifi-cant impact to Miami’s research and education programs.”

One area that will not be affected by the shutdown is student financial aid, despite rumors to the contrary,

according to Director of Student Fi-nancial Assistance Brent Shock.

“All those funds that students are eligible for were earmarked by the Federal Government prior to the shutdown for the entire year, so there is no impact there,” Shock said.

FAFSA’s website released a state-ment saying, “In the event of a gov-ernment shutdown, we anticipate that there will be limited impact to the federal student aid application (FAFSA) process, to the delivery of student aid or to the federal student loan repayment functions.”

If the shutdown does not end soon though, the United States govern-ment will find itself out of funds to pay off debt. If the govern-ment cannot pay its debts to U.S. Treasury bond holders like the Chi-nese and Japanese governments, as well as U.S. pension funds, it will default.

The consequences of a default are unclear, but the U.S. Treasury issued a report predicting a grim outcome.

“The negative spillovers could reverberate around the world, and there might be a financial crisis and recession that could echo the events of 2008 or worse,” the report said.

According to the U.S. Treasury’s website, some of these spillovers in-clude high interest rates, reduced in-vestment, higher debt payments and slower economic growth.

In 1990, The Miami Student reported that the head coach of the men’s tennis team Bruce Lipka kicked star player Michael Johnston off the team after an irreconcilable difference in opinion. Johnston protested the decision, saying, “So what if my hair is long and I have a beard ... I’m not playing because the coach thinks I look bad?”

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MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIOVOLUME 141 NO. 13

TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY

Government shutdown restricts MU students’ lives in unexpected ways

Hockey ’Hawks sit atop national poll

LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

NUTS FOR MIAMIAs leaves shed their green summer color, furry creatures come out in droves, just as this squirrel did, to observe canpus goings-on.

MIKE CHIORAN THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University sophomore goalie Ryan McKay deflects a shot away during Miami’s 6-3 victory over The Ohio State University. McKay saved 38 of the 41 shots he faced during the game.

OLIVIA BRAUDE THE MIAMI STUDENTSigns like this one appeared at the gatesof hundreds of national parks as the government succumbed to a partial shutdown on Oct. 1. These signs turn away an estimated 715,000 people a day, according to USA Today.

Taser victim’s family discuss the possibility of a settlementBY KYLE HAYDENFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The family of Miami Univer-sity graduate Kevin Piskura, who died in 2008 after an encounter with an Oxford Police Depart-ment (OPD) officer, has a tele-conference set for noon, Tuesday to discuss the possibility of a set-tlement with Taser International, according to a filing with the Cin-cinnati U.S. District Court.

In 2008, OPD officer Geoff Robinson targeted and tased Piskura during an altercation out-side Brick Street Bar and Grill, 36 E High St., which caused Piskura to go into cardiac arrest at the scene, according to police reports. Piskura died five days later.

In 2010, the City of Oxford settled with the Piskuras for $750,000 in damages in the wake of their son’s death.

On April 5, 2013, The Miami Student reported that, originally, several charges, including exces-sive force by police, were brought against the city. However, the City of Oxford and Robinson were dismissed.

According to court documents, the Piskuras have continued liti-gation against Taser International.

The Piskuras’ legal council would neither confirm nor deny the negotiation of a settlement when reached by phone, only say-ing that Tuesday’s teleconference would regard a “settlement.”

BY KATHLEEN CLYBURNFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Associated Student Govern-ment (ASG) met last Tuesday to elect the positions of parliamentar-ian, chair of sustainability commit-tee and off-campus senator. They also questioned the appointment procedure of senior Christian Cook to the chief of staff position. Ad-ditionally, ASG discussed funding for club sports.

Junior Rob Minicucci and senior Michael Mitrakos ran for the posi-tion of off-campus senator, which represents off-campus students.

Minicucci and Mitrakos both said they were right for the position, wanting to help with off-campus student involvement.

“I want to add value to the or-ganizations that I am a part of and add value to the school in general,” Minicucci said. “From the organi-zations that I have been a part of, I have seen change that can occur as a result of the organization, adding value to Miami’s campus.”

Mitrakos also stated his intentions.“To give back to the students is a

big accomplishment for me,” Mitra-kos said. “I believe I can reach out to the students and bring in feedback.”

Senate elected both Minicucci and Mitrakos to the off-campus senator position.

First-year Senator Ifeolu Claytor was nominated by senior Senator Brandon Patterson for the position of parliamentarian. This position is in charge of knowing parliamen-tary procedure, such as bylaws and election protocol, and informs the president and members if there is an error in the procedure.

“I take a lot of pride in myself and in my work,” Claytor said. “I am clear, communicative, detail-oriented and respectful.”

Several senators were concerned about Claytor being a first-year student, including junior Senator Colleen Ryan.

“I agree with the nomination from senator Patterson, a first-year student in this position could really go far, but with the help of older,

more experienced senators to guide him,” Ryan said.

Claytor was unanimously elected by the senate for the position of par-liamentarian.

Senior Senator Liz Beumel was nominated by junior Senator Col-leen Ryan for the chair of the sus-tainability committee, which deals with environmental affairs.

Student Body President Charlie Schreiber said he was impressed by Beumelʼs credentials.

“Not only is she extremely knowledgeable, but she is extreme-ly passionate,” Schreiber said. “This is a really good time for us to get someone in this position that is so driven. Beumel is a great person to

represent ASG for sustainability.” The senate unanimously elected

Beumel for the position.During the previous meeting on

Oct. 1, Schreiber nominated senior senator Christian Cook to the chief of staff position, one which aids the student body president with govern-mental procedure and works with the student court.

In this kind of voting procedure, according to the ASG standing rules, a simple majority must be garnered to confirm a senator to a certain position. A simple majority is reached if the amount of senators in favor of an appointment is more than the amount of senators against.

In this scenario, the senate voted 21-20-2 for Cook.

Failing to realize that the two abstentions do not count as votes for or against a senator’s appoint-ment, President of the Senate Nick Miller announced that Cook had not been confirmed at the end of the meeting on Oct. 1.

At this Tuesday’s meeting,

Miller explained that several sena-tors had come forth expressing doubt that he had made a correct ruling. After looking at the bylaws, Miller said he realized he had in-deed made an improper ruling, be-cause he did not disregard the two abstentions as votes. Miller said the final vote should have been read as 21-20, thus confirming Cook for the position.

“There is no one that regrets mak-ing an improper ruling more than me,” Miller said.

Several senators, including Presi-dent Pro-Tempore junior Michael Vostatek, brought up the fact all sena-tors had never been given copies of the bylaws to follow and that Miller

had not done a head count before tak-ing a vote to ensure accuracy. It was also mentioned that some senators left during the executive session, a time when the senators discuss the can-didate and then cast a vote, and that senators could have cast multiple votes since the voting was done anonymously.

“The senate needs to be aware of the standing rules,” Vostatek said.

Miller also said the bylaws need to be updated because they have not been in over seven years and con-tain many contradictions.

First-year Senator Claytor agreed with Miller.

“The bylaws are unclear and need to be updated and revised,” he said.

ASG also discussed club sports funding. 51 club sports requested about $653,000 from ASG for this academic year. After a 50 percent cutback was applied, ASG planned to allocate a total of $326,601 to club sports..

The senate approved the total funding for club sports unanimously.

BY LIBBY MUELLERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Miami University’s colors may be red and white, but recently the focus has been the green.

In 2011, President David Hodge released the Sustainability Commit-ments and Goals, a distinct effort to create a greener, more environmen-tally-conscious campus. Since then, the university has been working to meet goals to reduce its carbon foot-print, energy consumption and green-house gas emissions.

Director of Sustainability and Energy Conservation Yvette Kline said one of the most pressing goals is reducing electricity and gas con-sumption by 20 percent per square foot by 2014.

This target is derived from House Bill 251, which focuses on energy consumption in state-funded facili-ties and stipulates the 20 percent re-duction in energy consumption.

“A lot of work has gone to help make that happen with regard to en-ergy efficiency,” Kline said. “Some of the changes are LED lights, ad-justments to fan speeds or even … retro-commissioning buildings, that’s when we have a group of people go through and make sure the controls are operating properly with heating and cooling.”

Kline said it is hard to gauge en-ergy efficiency with regard to the newer additions on campus.

“There’s somewhat of an un-known,” Kline said. “Maplestreet Station is a good example. It’s a kitchen facility and by nature, even though it was built to LEED [Lead-ership in Energy and Environmental Design] standards, it is by nature a more highly energy consuming building. We have models of how we expect that to operate but we

won’t really know until we have all of our numbers in. We have quarterly targets.”

Kline said the university is cur-rently on-track to meet its goal but the determining factor might be the behavior of students on campus.

“We are watching this carefully,” Kline said. “We’re currently on track to meet this goal, there’s not a huge question in our mind. We’re really encouraging people to be mindful of their energy use. It’s not a guarantee.”

The other major goal is to reduce Miami’s carbon footprint. Through sustainability efforts, Miami seeks to decrease its overall carbon footprint by 12 percent by 2020.

Director of the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability (IES) Tom Crist said the biggest con-cern with energy use is buying and producing energy.

“The electricity is purchased from Duke Energy and the heating is from the steam plant, which is coal-fired right now,” Crist said. “The geother-mal wells will reduce our consump-tion of coal and electricity because it reduces the consumption of energy for both heating and cooling and there are plans to shift the coal, the steam plant, over to natural gas.”

Miami increased the use of geo-thermal heating and cooling with the renovations of Elliot and Stoddard halls. Stoddard and Elliot showed a 61 percent decrease in energy con-sumption compared to the 2010 fiscal year. The groundwork was also laid for a geothermal well-field on west-ern campus that will begin operating January 2014, according to the sus-tainability report for fiscal year 2012.

The university plans to fully shift from coal to an alternative energy source by 2025, according to the Sus-tainability Commitments and Goals.

One major obstacle to the

reduction of the carbon footprint is transportation. Kline said this includes campus vehicles, buses that transport students and vehicles that commute.

“It shows up in the carbon foot-print,” Kline said. “The big push is being made with the new bus system to encourage people to use it. We’re making a push within Physical Facil-ities and HDRBS [Housing, Dining, Recreation and Business Services] to see if we can’t help our employees park and ride or park and walk but essentially remove personal vehicles from parking and driving on campus by encouraging people to park in a remote lot.”

Kline said the Physical Facili-ties Department is making changes around campus to promote en-vironmentally friendly modes of transportation

“The campus is becoming more bicycle friendly,” Kline said. “You might have noticed that there are wider sidewalks on Patterson … the first portion of widening that side-walk to accommodate both bicycles and pedestrians. Sometime within the next year or so … the idea is that wide sidewalk will be extended all the way down to Oak Street. Spring Street is targeted to provide a bike lane.”

Kline said these changes will re-direct student mindset about driving on campus.

“If you look at this comprehen-sively, it’s all about trying to learn you don’t have to bring your car on campus,” Kline said.

Crist said, for students who live on or near campus, driving to class is one of the main student behavioral problems with regard to sustainability.

“I see a lot of students driving to class when a lot of them could be bik-ing or walking,” Crist said.

Miami is not the only university increasing focus on sustainability. Across the nation, 600 institutions of higher education have signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. It recognizes the negative impacts of global warming and includes concrete actions the signatories will take to seek renewable energy sources and reduce waste, among other commitments.

Hodge has not signed the com-mitment. He said some aspects of the document did not make sense at Miami, such as the use of stu-dent fees to purchase carbon offsets. Sustainability is nonetheless an

important and urgent issue, accord-ing to Hodge. In fact, by not focus-ing on carbon neutrality, investments can be made in geothermal energy and other sustainability efforts, according to him.

“I’ve got an open mind to [sign-ing the Presidents’ Climate Com-mitment]. I consider it an ongoing question as to what the right thing to do is,” Hodge said. “There’s a political dimension and there were some expectations to meeting goals and … some activities as to subsi-dizing things that I didn’t feel were right with Miami. But we do really need to focus on sustainability. It’s really that simple.”

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To give back to the students is a big accomplishment for me. I believe I can reach out to the students and bring in feedback.”

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MU sustainability: 50 shades of green

Student court is ‘for the students, by the students’

ASG questions voting procedure, elects two senators to off-campus positions

BY VICTORIA TERSIGNIFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Student court is the judicial branch of Associated Student Government (ASG). Its two main functions are to check on the ex-ecutive and legislative branches of ASG and to settle Code of Student Conduct violations.

If a student has an upper-level offense where he or she may be subjected to suspension or expul-sion, the student must go before the disciplinary board or appeals board of the university.

According to Greg Bieler, chief justice of the student court, the stu-dent court hears non-suspension student cases.

“Most offenses that we look at are either 105B or 105A. 105B is the prohibited use and/or posses-sion of alcohol while 105A is in-toxication/inebriation,” Bieler said. “But we can also hear cases about academic dishonesty, vandalism, drug recreational use or damage to the university’s property.”

Bieler said although all stu-dents are subjected to the student court, he noticed many students tried are first-years, usually with their first offense.

Bieler also stated that students can bring in witnesses or character witnesses to their hearing. A charac-ter witness is one who attests to a student’s good reputation.

Glenn Muschert, co-chair of the disciplinary board, recommended students bring a character witness who is a contributing member to the university’s community.

“Some students bring people from the [Miami] community from their sports team, club or even a coach or adviser,” Muschert said. “These are people who have some-thing to lose by giving a faulty ac-count, and that means a lot to us when it’s not just someone’s friend or fraternity brother.”

According to the website of the Office of Ethics and Student Con-flict Resolution (OESCR), the stu-dent is allowed to be advised by a person of his or her choice. Advis-ers are not required, but they are

strongly encouraged. It could be a friend, family member, faculty member or attorney.

The website states attorneys are allowed to be present during the hearing, listen to evidence, pro-vide advice for the student and advise him or her on what they should say during the delibera-tion, but the attorney is not allowed to ask questions or speak on the student’s behalf.

A student can have access to a student advocate as well as his or her own personal adviser. A stu-dent advocate is a justice of the stu-dent court and volunteers his or her time. If the student has a question or concern, he or she can contact his or her advocate who is also allowed to be present at his or her hearing.

Graham Hunter, a graduate stu-dent who works in OESCR and serves as adviser to the student court, is responsible for overseeing the hearing process, making sure all the policies are being followed and advising the 17 student court jus-tices. The adviser is not a part of the deliberation process.

Hunter said that the student court is first and foremost about the well-being of Miami students.

“The student court is by Miami students and for Miami students,” Hunter said.

Bieler expressed his interest in clarifying the role of the court.

“We want to be known as more than just the punishers,” Bieler said. “We really have the inten-tion of making an impact this year and being visible so that people understand who we are and what our mission is.”

Student court hearings occur on an as-needed basis. Hearings are led by either Chief Justice Greg Bieler or Chief Justice Pro Tempore Lauren Yates.

Bieler encouraged students who have an interest in law to get in-volved with the student court.

The application process begins early in the spring semester. Fir-stears, sophomores and juniors can apply if they are full time stu-dents and in good standing with the university.

JOSH ZAC THE MIAMI STUDENT

First year Daryl Ringwood and Carly Moro enjoy a snack outside East Quad on the first evening of fall break. University officials seek to make Miami’s environmental policy as green as its campus.

At 12:14 a.m. Saturday, an OPD officer was performing a bar check at Woody’s One Up Bar, 11 S Main St., and noticed a male acting suspi-ciously. A male recognized the OPD officer, and the officer watched him set his drink down and turn to face the wall, OPD said.

The officer approached him, noticed he wore a wristband, and asked him how old he was. Accord-ing to OPD, he said he was under 21 and was taken to OPD.

At OPD, the officer found a Pennsylvania driver’s license in the male’s wallet that matched neither his name nor face, OPD said. The officer then found an Illinois license that did match. The male said the Illinois license was real, which con-firmed he was 19. While looking through the wallet, the officer found two Miami University IDs, one of which matched the male, with the other belonging to a female.

When OPD called the girl in question, she said she did not know the male and confirmed she was missing her ID. According to OPD, when asked where he got the ID, the male said he had found it while cleaning his house and that he had not used it to purchase anything on campus. He further claimed the Pennsylvania license belonged to his cousin, but when asked where his cousin was, he replied, “at work in Pennsylvania,” and could not give any other information. Over the phone, the suspect’s father con-firmed that the license was the prop-erty of the boy’s cousin, OPD said.

He was taken to Butler County Jail and cited with underage offens-es and certain acts prohibited.

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KYLE HAYDEN PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHER

SPIN THE BOTTLECarlee Gamble, general manager of Brick Street Bar and Grill, 36 E High St., spins an upturned can of Red Bull energy drink into a “Trash-can.” The drink, which characteristically contains four different liquors, is the most popular at the bar. Miami students have differing ideas of exactly how much alcohol one drink contains. Check out Friday’s issue for a story on what you’re drinking Uptown, and fill out The Miami Student poll online at miamistudent.net.

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BY MARISSA STIPEKFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

For Miami University students who aim to make a little money on the side, Oxford Sitter Supply pro-vides an opportunity to connect with community members who are looking to hire babysitters.

Oxfordsittersupply.com is a website that helps Oxford par-ents easily find reputable babysit-ters, according to Shelagh Moul, the site’s creator.

Moul, an Oxford resident, said she created the website when she found herself and friends strug-gling to find anyone reliable to watch kids in the area.

“When I moved here five years ago, I asked friends for recom-mendations and they said it was hard to find sitters,” Moul said. “I didn’t understand how that could be with so many students, even education majors, nearby.”

Moul said she recognized that qualified babysitters were out there, but they had to be found. Since its launch in October 2010, Oxford Sitter Supply has built the bridge connecting parents and sitters.

Moul said she tries to recruit students to join the website.

Sophomore Lily Zuccaro

became involved after having Moul’s husband, Miami Uni-versity assistant economics pro-fessor Charles Moul, in class this semester.

Zuccaro said Charles Moul gave her a business card and en-couraged her to sign up about a month ago. After submitting her profile information, she received a call and took a babysitting job last weekend. She said she already has another job set up with the same family.

Participant sitters pay a $10 per semester fee, including sum-mer, Moul said. This allows them to create a profile including their name, age, major, experience, ref-erences and availability. Member-ship for parents is free.

When a parent logs onto the site, they enter their needed date and time for a babysitter and a list of options appears, Moul said. One can scroll through available babysitters and make their pick.

Parent of three Dana Lentini said the user-friendly format helps her find a sitter in a pinch.

“We have a very busy schedule, and sometimes when I need a sit-ter, I need a sitter tonight,” Lentini said. “I can go on [the website] on a Monday, click on ‘Tuesday Night’ and it will list available

sitters’ contact information.” Lentini often uses the website

and will re-use provided sitters once she knows their schedules can accomidate hers.

Moul also said she uses the site to find new babysitters. Because students pay a fee to register, Moul always tries to make it worth their while.

“I try to make sure everyone gets a job,” Moul said. “And then, once I use a sitter, I can recom-mend them to my friends.”

Moul emphasized she did not want to include a babysitter rating system or comment section on the website. Rather, she said she keeps it simple by allowing parents to read the information provided about students and to make their own decisions.

Though there is no forum for feedback, Lentini said she gives great reviews about the sitters she has used. Aside from looking for someone who can drive her kids to various activities, she said she also seeks confidence in a babysitter.

“I find that with a lot of Miami students, they are self-assured,” Lentini said. “It is great to see that they come in and take charge.”

She even had a sitter who cleaned her kitchen while she was out.

Moul advertises Oxford Sit-ter Supply to parents at two local preschools: The Christian Co-op and the Tri-Community schools. According to Moul, many people in the area use family members for babysitters. But those who are new to Oxford or do not have fam-ily nearby find relief in Oxford Sitter Supply.

Zuccaro said the website is a worthwhile investment.

“You do have to pay ten dollars to register, but if you babysit for about an hour that pays for itself,” Zuccaro said.

She said she also enjoys the op-portunity to do something out of the ordinary.

“I get to hang out with little kids and babies,” Zuccaro said.

Zuccaro said she would certain-ly encourage friends to sign up.

“It’s a good way to get some money and to connect to the com-munity,” Zuccaro said.

With about 190 registered users, Oxford Sitter Supply is growing in popularity, Moul said.

“Parents are very grateful for this,” Moul said. “It really is a joy.”

The only downside to the pro-gram, Lentini said, is that occa-sionally, one gets a great sitter, and then they graduate.

At 3:05 a.m. Friday, an OPD of-ficer was dispatched to 16 S Cam-pus Ave. in response to a report of a male passed out in a parking lot. Upon arrival, the officer found the male to be unresponsive. Caught up in the spirit of fall, he lay be-neath a pile of leaves and vomit. The officer immediately called Oxford Life Squad, OPD said.

Paramedics en route, the officer recovered the male’s wallet and found an Ohio license showing him to be over 21, OPD said.The officer then found a second Ohio license that bore the same photo but showed the male to be 20.

While the suspect was at Mc-Cullough-Hyde Memorial Hos-pital, the officer ran the IDs and found the initial license, which made him over 21, to be fictitious, OPD said. The next day, the male appeared at OPD to receive cita-tions for underage offenses and certain acts prohibited.

Parking lot car kicker finds self in the can

At 1:57 a.m. Thursday, a Mc-Cullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital employee flagged down an OPD officer to report that she had seen an orange-shirted male kick a car in the hospital parking lot, OPD said.

The officer noticed three males strolling across the employee park-ing lot, one of whom was clad in telltale orange. The officer stopped the group and asked the male for identification; the suspect claimed to have none, according to OPD.

When asked his birthday, the male gave a date that made him over 21 years old. After being asked a second time, the male gave an-other date making him under 21, OPD said. The male was wearing three bar wristbands and smelled of alcohol. He was placed under arrest. His ID was found to be fake.

When asked about kicking the car, the male admitted he knew it was a stupid thing to do. At OPD, the male became emotional and his mood cycled rapidly, according to OPD. He was transported to Butler County Jail and cited with underage offenses and certain acts prohibited.

Pick a card, any card: MU man has many IDs

Volunteers ensure public is insured under ObamacareBY SANAM SAHNIFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

A number of volunteers from Organizing for Action (OFA) passed out flyers Uptown Thurs-day in an attempt to raise aware-ness of the Affordable Care Act.

OFA, a grassroots organiza-tion, said they work to educate the community and support the agenda a majority of Americans supported in the 2012 election. It supports a variety of issues from comprehensive immigration re-form to climate change and gun violence prevention.

According to junior Jonathan Fox, a volunteer for OFA, the or-ganization’s aim is to get seven million Americans covered by health insurance by March 2014.

Beginning this month, they

said they are trying to get 2.7 million Americans, ages 18 to 35, covered.

Since there are a number of healthcare options available, Fox suggested visiting healthcare.gov to view the different ex-changes and see for what type of healthcare each individual may be eligible.

Senior Alexander Block, an-other OFA volunteer, said he supports the Affordable Care Act because it allows him to be on his parents’ health plan until he is 26 years old.

A Miami University senior, Block said health care should be one less thing to worry about upon graduation.

“Normally, I’d have to worry about getting health insurance right away and what’s nice about

Obamacare,” Block said. “I can stay on my parents plan until I’m 26 years old, so that gives me some time to find a career and find a job and then have to worry about getting health insurance. The longer I can stay on my par-ents’ plan, the better.”

Senior Ryan Reichel said being able to remain on his parents’ plan longer will be beneficial.

“Many students trying to get jobs provide for themselves in-dependently, it would seem that it will lessen their burden to be on their parents healthcare,” Reichel said.

Calling the Affordable Care Act Obamacare has different ef-fects on people, according to Fox. The language makes a differ-ence, and OFA said they are try-ing to raise more awareness about

the nomenclature.“All we’re trying to do is edu-

cate the youth,” Fox said. “Obama really does care, that’s one of our staples that we put out there.”

The president signed the Af-fordable Care Act in 2010.

“In terms of the law, it was very difficult getting it passed, there was the legislative process and getting it passed was difficult,” Fox said.

“MU gets this reputation of being a right wing conservative school and ... I think there are a lot more democrats here on campus than people realize,” Block said.

First-year Nick Storm has dif-ferent views.

“I might not be for Obamacare, but I am definately for the re-form of the health care system,” Storm said.

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Pusha T turns guest spots with Kanye into full album

LENO DAVIS THE MIAMI STUDENTHITTING THE HIGH NOTEThe Pen TRIO (left to right) Phillip O. Paglialonga, Eric Van der Veer Varner, Nora Lewis took the stage at the Souers Rectial Hall in the Center for Performing Arts.

AEMP amps up musicians at Miami

Homecoming festivities to foster school spirit and ‘bring fervor back’ to campus

BY CHARLES BLADESFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Last year in his botany class, junior William Carlson, was look-ing out the window at some trees, thinking about making music when the idea came to him. “Why don’t we have a recording studio here at Miami University?”

That little bit of inspiration is all it took to get the ball rolling to bring about the non-profit Audio Engineering and Music Produc-tion (AEMP), pronounced amp, program here to Miami.

Since then, the group has been expanding exponentially. With over 30 members this year and more anticipated, the group’s fo-cus is just now being realized.

“We plan on recording an art-istsevery single weekend for this and next semester,” Carlson said. “It doesn’t even have to be music. It could be some really crazy po-etry. We give absolutely no bias as to what gets recorded as long as it’s good and there’s going to be a following.”

Junior Emily Fernandez, who serves as Vice President of Pub-lic Relations for AEMP, encour-agesdthose interested in joining to get involved.

“AEMP is a wonderful way to get hands-on experience of what it takes to run a business and understanding all of the compo-nents that make up a business,” Fernandez said.

“We are essentially running a recording label and every role is

important in keeping things run-ning smoothly.”

The organization is not limited to those interested in actual re-cording and production.

“We have business students that run marketing, communications students running public relations, as well as musicians running the actual engineering,” Carlson said. “It doesn’t matter what major you are. There are cinematography po-sitions, graphic design positions and a social committee.”

Junior Ryan Neff, a local DJ in Oxford, said AEMP is offer-ing a much-needed service to student musicians.

“It would give these bands a place to take what they already love and turn it into an education-al experience for others to learn from that is both interesting, rel-evant and enjoyable,” Neff said.

So far, the group has collabo-rated on several projects with regional musicians but is always looking for more ways to use their talents.

“This is not so much of an or-ganization for PowerPoint pre-sentations and sitting down to lectures,” Carlson said. “We want to encourage people looking for hands-on learning experiences to join.”

Anyone looking to join the group can fill out an application at www.aempmu.com. Local art-ists who would like to become clients can also fill out applica-tions and book recording times through their site.

BY BILLY RAFAELARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

If you’re unfamiliar with the name “Pusha T” don’t expect to be for very much longer. This Virginia-based rapper is making headlines with the release of his debut album Oct. 8 entitled “My Name Is My Name,” and there’s a reason why.

If the name rings a bit of a bell, it may be from several of his guest spots on Kanye West’s tracks. Af-ter signing with Kanye’s record label, GOOD Music, he came into the public eye after being featured on the eerily introspective “Run-away,” then snagged a Grammy nomination when he joined Kanye, Big Sean and 2 Chainz for the 2012 summer hit “Mercy.”

Singles have been dropping from this album for over a year, so it’s no surprise that anticipa-tion was so built up, especially after the release got pushed near-ly two months from its original August date.

Pusha T also managed to rally up an impressive list of guest art-ists for the album, leaving only the opening two tracks feature-less. With Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Kelly Rowland, 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar, Fu-ture, Pharrell and more thrown into the mix, each track packs its own punch.

Content-wise, there isn’t much separating Pusha T from the rest of today’s hip-hop. That’s not to say that he isn’t able to show a deeper side of himself than he’s

been able to so far, but he’s quite proud to boast his drug dealing past, with lines like “I sold more dope than I sold records.” Where he really displays his talent is in other aspects, like his flow. He’s able to quickly change his intensi-ty to follow the track, which has a sneaky way of taking a 180 when you least expect it. While Push’s voice could often be generalized as a brash one, we’re exposed to a lighter side on tracks like “Let Me Love” where the beat gets re-laxed and Push can take his time with each rhyme.

Rhyming is another area where Pusha T excels and shows his skills at penning verses. This is probably most exhibited in the latest single, “Sweet Serenade,” where a filtered Chris Brown on the hook letting Push put his wordplay to work for three heavy-hitting verses, although most lines are too explicit to be published here. He’s got a habit of throw-ing double, triple and quadruple entendres together and likes to reference the greats, Notorious B.I.G. in particular.

The production level is defi-nitely another area the album kills in, but that’s to be expected when you’ve got Kanye, Swizz Beatz and Pharrell behind the sound-board. Kanye’s distinct sound in particular shines through, utilizing the minimal yet abrasive style that he capitalized on with “Yeezus.”

BY CHARLES BLADESAND EMILY CRANEFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University home-coming board is aiming to bring the fervor and excitment back to the Oxford campus this week with a host of activities, junior co-chair of the homecoming board Allison Gnaegy said.

“Homecoming week used to be the highlight of the fall semester for classes of the 80s and 90s, and we’re really trying to work our way back to that,” Gnaegy said.

Monday night got the fun roll-ing with a kickoff celebration for the festivities at the Hub.

Wednesday, the Alumni Asso-ciation is cosponsoring free cof-fee and doughnuts for early risers between 8 and 9:30 a.m.

On Thursday from 1 to 4:30 p.m., students can look for the annual Reds Fest on Roudebush

Lawn where there will be inflat-able games, hot dogs and lemon-ade, the second round of home-coming voting and a raffle for a plethora of goodies.

Friday evening, students can follow the homecoming parade from Millett Hall, to Uptown Park startinga at 5:30 p.m. Once they get Uptown, they can ex-plore a carnival called “Land of Ox.” The carnival will feature face painting, free food, give-aways and a bounce house.

After sunset, students can stick around to see “Oz the Great and Powerful,” on a giant inflatable screen.

All the festivities culminate on Saturday with the homecom-ing game against University of Massachusetts. The hype will start at Tailgate Town on Mil-lett’s lawn at 11 a.m. and will continue until the football game kickoff at 1 p.m.

Football will not be the only sport on display on Saturday. After the game, the Athletics De-partment is hosting a barbeque at 6 p.m. behind of the Goggin Ice Center encouraging the student body to stick around and watch the hockey game at 8 p.m.

Director of Alumni pro-grams Michelle Rosecrans said homecoming is a classic college experience.

“No matter where you go to school it can teach you a lot about where you’re going to be an alma mater and it’s one of the best places to express you school spirit,” Rosecrans said.

First-year student Aaron Weeks didn’t know that Miami had Homecoming festivities but said he was excited to discover them.

“When I heard people talking about all the great activities there were it really got me spirited and energized,” Weeks said.

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It’s not unusual at Miami Uni-versity to witness students sprint-ing to class with their faces twist-ed in worry about being late.

Most students have gone through this adrenaline rush, holding onto their backpacks and purses for dear life as they dodge cars in intersections, trying to reach their destinations.

Now that some students only have 10 minute blocks of time to get from class to class, these experiences are becoming much more frequent and much more dreaded.

The new academic calendar that includes a winter term has now shortened semesters by a full week.

To compensate, they have in-creased class times and have re-duced times in between classes from 15 minutes to a ten-minute time block.

The addition of a winter term has its obvious benefits, includ-ing providing students with the opportunity to graduate early, catch up on classes, study abroad and even gain internship experi-ence, but how are students sup-posed to get to their next class that may be a 15-minute walk in 10 minutes?

Even though as students, we would love to be able to time travel or stop a clock, those abilities haven’t been offered in classes yet.

Miami University trustees ap-proved adding this extra three and a half weeks in the calendar in late September.

The Miami Student Editorial Board sees the opportunities that a new winter term will offer and understands why the trustees ap-proved this term, but as students, we can’t help but feel rushed and cornered into this new time block.

If the university tells students we only have 10 minutes be-tween classes, then as students we have to abide by it because we don’t have a choice.

Senior journalism and

professional writing major Sally Stearns has been juggling the new time block all semester and is struggling to keep up with it.

“I have 10 minutes to get from Williams Hall to Bachelor Hall, and then from Bachelor back to Williams. I couldn’t switch sections or take these classes another semester because I need-ed these classes to graduate. I barely make it to class on time and I am usually out of breath from basically running there,” Stearns said.

For most seniors, upper-level courses or specialized subjects are only offered once a semester with only one time block.

There are no other options for seniors to take this course, and if they need them to graduate, this can pose a huge problem.

With previous 15-minute blocks between classes, students could at least stop and grab a bite to eat while making their way to their next destination and have time to ask teachers questions after class about homework or class material.

Now, when students have questions for professors, they will either have to rely on email or office hours, which isn’t al-ways the most convenient.

The board is excited for the op-portunities a winter term can of-fer, but we can’t help but think if there is a way that this block of time can be extended.

Not everywhere on campus is a 10-minute walk, including a walk from the Farmer’s School of Business to Phillips Hall lo-cated next to the Goggin.

According to Google Maps, this is a 15-minute walk, no mat-ter what streets a student takes.

The board believes Miami needs to re-evaluate this change in the schedule and consider how it is affecting students on a day-to-day basis.

We try to do it all with a full course load, and we shouldn’t have to race to each class due to a new time block.

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I respect the opinions of those who have voiced their disagree-ment with The Miami Student’s

recent pol-icy change. However, a number of the ar-g u m e n t s mistake the motivation behind our d e c i s i o n to remove n a m e s from the

Police Beat. It is not our publication’s duty

to protect or punish the public, nor is it to deter crime. The motiva-tion behind the policy change is rooted in ethics based on the uni-versity environment in which we live, not legality.

Our intention is not to spare students embarrassment. They are adults who must pay for their actions, and the public and university legal systems assure that they do.

That being said, Miami Uni-versity is a place where students come to start their lives. They are still young adults, and mistakes are common. Many of the inci-dents published in the Police Beat are first-time offenses in which the charges are dropped. Although the legal system forgives these mis-takes, The Miami Student does not. Once your name goes online with publication, it’s out there for-ever. In the past this was not the case. Technology has made this discussion pertinent. Tradition must be re-evaluated as the world around us changes.

Journalism has an obliga-tion to the truth. With or without names, the Police Beat fails this obligation. It relies on information presented by a single source, a police officer’s ten-minute en-counter with an individual. By

nature, they are one-sided. They provide no follow-up, no outside perspective or investigation. They lack the integrity of a balanced news story.

Honestly speaking, the anec-dotal clips have served as an en-tertainment installment in The Miami Student. Police Beats may have a valid function of asserting journalists’ right to publish information already in the public domain, but they have more notably serviced the prurient interest of the campus. It is my in-tent to redirect this service to pro-vide the community with a sense of the type and number of viola-tions occurring, not to offer them names of offenders they may need to avoid or stigmatize.

We maintain the right to publish information in the public domain, but when an underage student has been caught holding a beer outside a bar in a community that flourishes economically due to this behavior, we will not par-ticipate in tarnishing that stu-dent’s reputation. Every minor alcohol infraction on High Street does not warrant newspaper re-sources to further investigate, which is what any story singling out a student should demand. The Miami Student will establish cri-teria to determine which infrac-tions warrant full coverage in spite of any discomfort it may cause an individual or their family.

We have faced disgruntled and plaintive requests to omit names in the past, but they are not responsi-ble for the policy change. Rather, it is a general perception among The Miami Student staff that the community and our readership is not best served by publishing names of offenders unless the crime rises to a level that warrants thorough reporting.

People are officially pissed off from the government shutdown. Services are being cut, many workers aren’t getting paid and other things are occuring that are forcing people to live in a

state of poverty.The Republicans are crippling

the economy based upon the no-tion that everybody should find a job and get working by them-selves, instead of relying on the government, even though the Republicans were elected on the idea that they would create jobs to prevent this from hap-pening. The Democrats are equally useless, blaming the Republicans entirely for their mismanaged executive office over the past five to six years. Somehow, “I told you so,” doesn’t quite cut it.

Last year, on Sept. 4 I had written an opinion article in The Miami Student. In it, I blasted the current system we are in and called for people to “delegiti-mize the power in and surround-ing Washington D.C.,” especially

since last year was election year. And a year later? The govern-ment is shut down and Con-gress has the lowest approval rating since 1973.

Of course, my message wasn’t worldwide, and many people prob-ably never saw it (actually, most people probably never saw it). But that goes down to what society is here at Miami: apo-litical. Who cares about poli-tics? Why should we care about politics? “It has done nothing for me and doesn’t affect me,” would say many students and adults. Really? I’m not joking... really...really?

Politics and the political realms decide everything you do.

You want to drive to work? Politics.

You want a road to walk on? Politics.

You want to drink your govern-ment-approved beer (unless you decide to homebrew...with gov-ernment approved ingredients) and party in your government-approved house? Politics.

Let me be blunt: There is no escape. Does that mean it is a nec-essary evil? No. Well, right now it is. But that’s not because of the government. It is because of you. Yes, you, students of Miami Uni-versity (and potentially faculty or parents of students). You choose to go on with business as usual. Vote, carry on with life, vote, carry on with life, and then when something bad happens, you de-cide to complain how it is the fault of those you elected.

So where is the problem? It is with apathy, and viewing politics as an end to society. In reality, politics is a pathway to a bet-ter society. People don’t view it like that though.

When I say better society, I mean society as a whole. Not “what you think is best for you in society.” Pleasing every indi-vidual in society brings nothing to society as a whole.

If the government gave every single person a free car, society’s transportation needs would not (I repeat not) be met.

Highways would become incredibly congested and driving would become almost pointless.

However, a society that is given a public transportation system that covers massive (potentially national) ground, would solve transportation prob-

lems while leaving the option for those who still want and have cars to be happy as well. Currently, politics is viewed as a way to get yourself something.

That is the wrong mind-set, and with that mind-set, you have no reason to complain about gov-ernment shutdowns or things not going your way. So I repeat my solution with an added point.

Starting right now, delegitimize your politicians.

Give support to those who will help all of society. End the jobs of the career politicians who will look out only for themselves. But, most importantly, end the mentality of thinking only of

yourself. Think of society as well, because things that truly benefit all of society will most likely benefit you as an individual (not the other way around).

I don’t want to write another article next year about this topic.

With just days left until the country slams into the loom-ing debt ceiling, all while many necessary government factions remain crippled, the progressing government shutdown is clearly a concerning issue. By default, we cross our fingers and look to those in charge to negotiate. But let’s look at what our nation’s lead-ers are saying publicly about this government shutdown.

First, let’s touch on Presi-dent Obama’s response. One of his latest tweets read, “See why President Obama wants you to join Team @Obamacare.” An-other read, “They actually did

it. A group of Republicans in the House just forced a government shutdown over Obamacare instead of passing a real budget.” Anoth-er read, “Retweet if you want @SpeakerBoehner to #justvote and end this shutdown.”

Now let’s look at Speaker John Boehner’s response. He has tweet-ed, “Senate Democrats chose to shut down the govt rather than dis-cuss the failures of #ObamaCare.” His office’s website also uploaded a blogpost entitled, “Democrats ‘enjoying’ their shutdown, making excuses instead of negotiating.”

Obama and Boehner’s back and forth attacks seem to resemble two

fourth graders duking it out at re-cess over who gets the first pick in a flag football game. Every day, both of these leaders point fingers and blame one another, making no progress toward any deal.

The president even went as far to create “Team @Obamacare,” which reminds me of the ridicu-lous “Team Edward” and “Team Jacob” my younger sister and her friends used to discuss. Are you kidding me?

The American people are unar-guably becoming more and more fed up with the immature non-sense they are seeing in Wash-ington among leaders, and in a

perpetually gridlocked Congress. However, when seeing this situa-tion through the eyes of the inter-national community, it must por-tray itself as an even bigger joke.

More than a few times over the last few months, we have heard Obama refer to the idea of American exceptionalism. Rus-sian President Vladimir Putin has responded stating, “It is ex-tremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as excep-tional, whatever the motivation.” And maybe Putin is right. In the context of our currently flawed government in Washington, can we still embrace the American

exceptionalism mentality? Let’s be honest with ourselves.

Congress has been continuously gridlocked, our nation’s lead-ers are bickering like children, our government is shut down, and the nation is about to default on its loans, all while the world watches with big, judgmental eyes. No matter how the situa-tion in Washington plays out this time, one thing is clear: the United States is not as “exceptional” as it used to be.

Last week, the Editorial Board of The Miami Student announced their decision to no longer print

s u s p e c t s ’ names in the Police Beat. This change is misguided and will not have the ef-fect the Edi-torial Board hopes.

It is an unfortunate

direction of journalism in this coun-try that instead of offering readers the news they desire, news outlets too often get soft and refuse to do so because powerful figures would prefer they not.

Consultations with the Oxford Police Department (OPD), as well as the University’s Office of Student Wellness and a local de-fense attorney are highlighted in a news story on the front page of last week’s paper, along with an edito-rial explaining the change.

The Office of Student Wellness has a vested interest in keeping re-ports like the Police Beat out of the public square as much as possible. The OPD appreciates the Police Beat’s effect. A defense attorney sees problems with having stu-dents’ names out there if records are sealed at a later date.

In the editorial, the only time such a balancing of these outside stakeholders’ interests is discussed is when the Editorial Board says deterring crime is not The Stu-dent’s prerogative. A commend-able admission, but the readership of this publication deserves an ex-planation of each of these groups’ interests, and why in the end, they helped to inform, or not to inform, the decision made.

These are hard decisions, but decisions like these must be made with newsworthiness and reader

interest as the factors of highest import—not making sure a stu-dent engaged in lawless behavior Uptown can someday get a job de-spite their mistakes.

With this in mind, the most im-portant consultation for the Edi-torial Board should be their own poll’s results. 67 percent of respon-dents believed the names should be included. Though online polling is unscientific, respondents to The Student’s poll are likely interested readers of the publication. Here we have a perfect example of ig-noring what your readers consider newsworthy while appeasing those in power and making sure every-one gets a trophy, or in this case, a job, the ultimate trophy in a dream world where past mistakes are simply hidden away or forgotten.

The Editorial Board’s 500-plus word write-up does not mention news value once—instead off-handedly referring to the Police Beat as a collection of “snappy vignettes” as if it provides no real news to the community. The Police Beat is painting an essential por-trait of what college life ends up like for some when lived to excess, only a fool would see such be-havior as the norm. And based on their poll results, the readers want more of it.

The Student’s job is to cover the Miami University community. The Police Beat is a longtime, well-liked aspect of this cover-age. The opinion of a defense at-torney, and the need to protect students from the consequences of their foolish decisions are not compelling enough reasons to de-viate from the past practice of the Police Beat.

Even if we move off of the newsworthiness and instead to a moralistic view, accepting at face value the Editorial Board’s view of their responsibility to students, it’s thinking like the Editorial Board promulgates that leads to less

responsibility taken by students for their actions. This is harm-ful, not an enhancement to students’ futures.

The Editorial Board wants to make sure arrested students can someday get a job—that’s high-lighted as the main purpose of tak-ing the names out. If records are sealed on a Police Beat covered event, they argue, the publishing of the student’s name is the way this secret information can be found and hurt that student’s chances to get a job.

The nature of the Internet and the deep research companies do into their candidates make this highly unlikely. If companies want to find out about past mistakes of possible hires, they will. Not put-ting a student’s name in the Police Beat is not saving them from an embarrassing moment during a job interview.

No anecdotal evidence exists proving that students have lost out on their dream job because they peed in an alley or drunk-enly yelled obscenities at police officers. And if that’s what these 18-22 year-olds deem “youth-ful mistakes,” it’s time to grow up, and take responsibility for your actions—breaking the law is breaking the law.

The Editorial Board acts like the fact that college is a new envi-ronment and a difficult transition is reason enough to say mistakes made here should be hidden away, and that the student newspaper should help in this process.

Protecting students from the consequences of their mistakes is not the role of a student newspa-per. Covering the Miami Univer-sity community is. It’s unfortunate that the Student will be doing that job in a less complete manner as a result of this decision.

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Republicans may have damaged U.S. economy, but individualism truly cripples society

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DAVID SAYLER: BOLDL Y GOING WHERE NO MIAMI AD HAS GONE BEFORE

MU extends unbeaten streak to five ’Hawks fall to UMass in Bath’s first game as coach

PHILL ARDNT THE MIAMI STUDENT

Redshirt sophomore middle hitter Jenny Ingle spikes the ball during Miami’s 3-1 loss to the University at Buffalo.

VOLLEYBALL

SOCCER FOOTBALL

RedHawks spike skid with win over Akron

David Sayler understood that sometimes boldness is needed, and the Miami University foot-ball team needed boldness.

Sayler made a move no Mi-ami athletic director has ever done; he fired a football coach mid-way through the season.

In a way, there was po-etic justice in the move. Don Treadwell, anything but bold in his demeanor and play-calling, was fired in the boldest move an AD can make.

It’s never good to see such a move, but it had to be done. Treadwell went 8-21 during his time at Miami and his last win was an upset victory over then-ranked Ohio University Oct. 27, 2012. That’s just not good enough for the Cradle of Coaches.

Sayler has never shied away from the bold decision. He fired women’s basketball coach Ma-ria Fantanarosa after a disap-pointing season and just one Mid-American Conference (MAC) title in 15 years. He hired a 29-year-old baseball coach in Danny Hayden. Most importantly, he has grand plans for Miami athletic facilities, which are lacking compared to other MAC schools.

Sayler came to Miami from South Dakota with a background in fundraising, including a $20 million donation, the largest in the school’s athletic history.

He’s hit the ground running, as Miami set a record for cash donations in a single year. I suspect that won’t be the only time the record is broken during Sayler’s tenure.

The fundraising Sayler is do-ing will pay for much-needed upgrades to Millett Hall, Yager Stadium and the construction of an indoor practice facility. The practice facility is some-thing Miami has needed for a

long time, but was something that never got off the ground. When he first took over, Sayler said it seemed like Miami never had a master plan; it changed whenever a new coach came in. That’s changed now that it’s Sayler’s show.

All of these changes reflect a culture change at Miami. The well-being of the student-ath-letes will always be the No. 1 priority, but winning and com-peting for MAC titles is no lon-ger just desired; it is expected.

Fantanarosa and Treadwell, although good people, didn’t win and were let go.

The moves reflecting the cul-ture change aren’t just negative ones though. Tennis head coach Anca Dumitrescu received a new contract from Sayler that will keep her in Oxford through the 2015-2016 season. The ex-tension was likely due to Miami losing just one regular season MAC match since she took over. Hockey head coach Enrico Bla-si also received a new contract from Sayler. The 10-year deal will keep Blasi at his alma mater through 2022-2023 season. The moves reward two of the best coaches at Miami for winning.

Miami has won MAC titles in the past, and will win more in the future. But in football, the banner sport for most schools, Miami has struggled. Usually, it’s football that gets the most media attention, the most public attention and donor attention. Yet Miami has just one winning season since 2006.

There is no reason Miami should not be competing for a MAC title in football every year. Ohio is a hot-bed for tal-ented recruits and Sayler needs to find the right coach to mold those players into a team that can compete and win. It’s now the expectation.

BY JORDAN RINARDSENIOR STAFF WRITER

After snapping a seven-match losing streak in a 3-0 (26-24, 25-13, 25-22) win over the University of Akron Friday night, the Miami University volleyball team struggled against another Mid-American Con-ference (MAC) East Division op-ponent in the University at Buffalo in a 3-1 (10-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-17) loss. The RedHawks (9-9, 1-5 MAC) are 1-3 in home conference matches this season.

The first set against Akron (6-11, 0-6 MAC) was a tight-knit affair un-til Miami reeled off a 4-0 run to go up 24-22, on its way to a 26-24 finish.

The RedHawks had an easier time in the second set, jumping out to a 17-6 lead, on their way to a 25-13 set win.

The Zips made things interest-ing, rallying from a 4-1 deficit and would keep it close until the Red-Hawks went on a 4-0 to take a 20-16

advantage. They never looked back as they took the set 25-22.

Junior setter Meg Riley and fresh-man middle blocker Paige Hill both had a team-high eight kills. Riley recorded 12 assists and six digs. Red-shirt sophomore Jenny Ingle had a strong outing with seven kills, a .500 hitting percentage and a solo block. Freshman setter Krista Brakauskas registered 20 assists on the evening.

The RedHawks brought their of-fense to the first set against Buffalo (15-4, 3-3 MAC) as they jumped out to an 8-2 lead they would not relin-quish as they won the set 25-10.

Buffalo turned the tables on the ’Hawks in the second set as it took a 9-2 advantage that the RedHawks would not recover. Miami stayed with the Bulls in the following set until a 7-2 run by Buffalo put Miami in a 13-6 deficit and Buffalo went on to take the set 25-21.

In the final set, the teams were tied at 4-4 before a 7-2 Bulls run eventu-ally ended up in a 25-17 decision.

“We served well in the first set and we took them out of the game,” head coach Carolyn Condit said. “We just didn’t have the experience or the confidence that we needed. They were a good team... We need to go back to the drawing board as they say and work on basics and work on a faster pace. We need to find a new level and beat good teams.”

Four players had a team-high seven kills for the ’Hawks: Riley, Ingle, Hill and sophomore outside hitter Annie Reiswig. Riley and Brakauskas accounted for 24 of Miami’s 27 assists and senior libero Madison Hardy registered 18 of the team’s 43 digs.

“[Akron] was a much better game,” Redshirt sophomore out-side hitter Sarah Chaney said. “We were a little bit off tonight. We need to be more of a team. We need to work on skills and playing togeth-er with chemistry. We need to be more consistent with our play and figure out who we are.”

BY JOE GIERINGERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University foot-ball team is still searching for its first win of the season, af-ter falling 17-10 in Gillette Stadium to the University of Massachusetts Minutemen.

This was the RedHawks’ (0-6) first outing under interim head coach Mike Bath, who was hired last weekend after former head coach Don Treadwell was fired. Miami went down by a score in the first quarter, but answered early in the second when red-shirt senior quarterback Austin Boucher found his classmate and co-captain Steve Marck in the endzone for a 13-yard touch-down strike. Miami took a sec-ond-half lead for the first time all season after a 45-yard field goal by sophomore kicker Ka-leb Patterson, but that was it for the RedHawk offense. A tip-drill touchdown and a fourth quarter field goal by Massachusetts put the proverbial nail in the coffin on what could have been a road win for the ’Hawks.

After a roller coaster of emo-tions all week, from the lows of seeing a friend lose his job, to the highs of running out on the field as the head coach of his alma matter, Bath said this past week was a challenge for him and his team, both physically and emo-tionally. That didn’t stop him from cherishing the moment.

“It was exhilarating, just to lead the team out on the field – a Miami team, a team that I care about and a team I love,” Bath

said. “It was special, and it was something I won’t forget.”

Though the result was a loss, the elevated offensive and de-fensive play is something this RedHawk team won’t likely for-get either. They finished with a season-high 290 total yards on offense and 19 first downs.

“There were a couple drives that we were able to put to-gether and you could see the potential in it, but obviously within a week not everything is going to be crisp,” Boucher said of the offensive chang-es that took effect against UMass. “There were a lot of mistakes out there especially on my part that we have to clean up. I don’t want to make any excuses, but at the same time it’s a new offense and we’re go-ing to be that much better in the following week.”

The defense allowed 17 points, the second lowest of the season behind their Sep. 21 contest against the University of Cincinnati.

Sophomore linebacker Kent Kern registered his fourth dou-ble-digit tackling effort of the year, and Miami recorded a season-best 11 tackles for loss. Freshman safety Jay Mastin also contributed 14 tackles on the af-ternoon to lead the RedHawks, with seven of those marked as solo tackles.

Miami has another week of practice to prepare for an after-noon game against the Univer-sity of Akron. The homecom-ing contest is slated for a 1 p.m. start Saturday.

BY ZACH MACIASZEKFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University soccer team (6-6-2) beat the University of Eastern Michigan 1-0 (7-6-1) and tied the University of West-ern Michigan (6-3-2) in a pair of double overtime battles.

The results extended Miami’s unbeaten streak to a season high five games. The RedHawks are now 3-1-2 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC), placing them second in the East division.

The ’Hawks beat the East-ern Michigan Eagles Sunday in double-overtime on a goal by senior midfielder Kayla Zakrze-wski in the 108th minute of play. Junior midfielder Kelsey Dinges controlled the ball on Eastern Michigan’s end line and sent it to the top of the penalty box where Zakrzewski was waiting to put it away for the deciding score.

The goal was controversial because the Eagles thought the ball had gone out of bounds be-fore Dinges gathered it. Eastern Michigan’s players had stopped defending, allowing Zakrzewski a clear shot at the goal.

“You’ve got to play to the whistle,” said head coach Bobby

Kramig said. “That’s the rules. We did and their kids didn’t.”

Miami had four shots on goal during the game compared to Eastern Michigan’s six. Zakrze-wski and senior forward Katy Dolesh had two each.

The last-minute victory over Eastern Michigan came on the heels of another double-over-time battle against the Bron-cos of Western Michigan. Both teams struggled to find offen-sive momentum and the game ended up being a scoreless tie after 110 minutes.

The Broncos and RedHawks took eight shots each. Western Michigan placed only three of its shots on goal. Miami managed to place five shots on goal, but never found the back of the net.

The RedHawks have now re-corded three straight shutouts. Senior goalkeeper Allison Noren-berg said the defense is playing in sync right now.

“Each individual played re-ally well and won their indi-vidual battles,” Norenberg said. “We looked really good as a team defensively. We communicated, that was a major thing today. We were just playing for each other.”

Norenberg became Miami’s

all-time career leader in shutouts with her 17th against the Bron-cos. She added to that total Sun-day with her 18th shutout.

Norenberg said the credit should go to her teammates for the accomplishment.

“I don’t really see it as an in-dividual accomplishment,” No-renberg said. “It’s like more of a team accomplishment. I’m really proud of my teammates in front of me. I’ve played with great backs like [senior] Sam Parrish and [junior] Courtney Za-notti in front of me for the past three years and I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this without them.”

Kramig said the team is play-ing the best it has all season.

“This has been a really great weekend for the team,” Kramig said. “To come up here and go against a couple of teams that were both 4-0 coming into this weekend in the MAC and to come out of here with a draw and a win speaks volumes about our team’s character. We’ve gone through our share of tough times this sea-son and the kids have hung in there, kept working, never quit competing and were starting to reap some of the reward of that.”

FIELD HOCKEY RESULTSMIAMI................7BALL STATE.........0

In its Mid-American Conference opener, the Miami University field hockey team claimed a 7-0 victory over the Ball State University Cardinals. Freshman forward Grace Leeker recorded a hat trick. The full story is online at miamistudent.net.