By Erin FischesserNews Editor

Miami University students and Oxford residents have more places where they can grab a cold drink in the city as the number

of liquor permits have increased and others have changed hands.

Most recently, LaRosa’s Pizzeria was approved for a liquor permit by Ox-ford City Council at its Oct. 5 meeting. The permit, however, only allows the

business to serve liquor by the glass for on-site consumption.

LaRosa’s owner Melissa Engelhart, who heads up the business alongside her hus-band, said the restaurant should begin serv-ing liquor Nov. 1.

“As of right now, we’ve got probably 12 to 16 different drinks that we’ll probably be serving,” Engelhart said.

According to Engelhart, many of the drinks will be LaRosa’s originals that have been tweaked, including a lemoncello of-fered in various flavors that is similar to margaritas.

For now, Englehart said LaRosa’s will serve a limited number of drinks.

“We’ll always have the option to

expand,” she said. “I’d rather start out small and then expand.”

The restaurant may soon be able to serve beer and wine as well, as Engelhart said plans to expand the restaurant in early 2011 to include a banquet room would qualify it for an extended permit. Engelhart said this may happen as early as March or April 2011.

According to Oxford Economic Devel-opment Director Alan Kyger, the number of liquor permits allowed in the city is limited under a quota system based upon population, but a number of businesses have recently acquired licenses through

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FOOTBALL FRENZYGet the low down on the RedHawks’ 2010-11 season.

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RUNNING AHEADMiami’s cross country teams race toward national rankings.

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Sophomore Eben Paxton Wildman died Saturday in a car accident. Wildman graduated from Southeastern High School in South Charles-ton, Ohio in 2009. He lived in Hanhe Hall and was a dedicated ROTC midshipman. Anyone who knew Wildman is welcome to attend a local memorial service to be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, in the Sesquicentennial Chapel.

Last second heroics give MU first away victory since ‘08

LaRosa’s receives liquor permit, businesses serving alcohol increase

By JM RiegerStaff Writer

After leading for much of the game, the Miami University foot-ball team found itself in another tight battle with Central Michigan University Oct. 16 with the game tied at 20 and less than five min-utes remaining in regulation.

Enter redshirt sophomores Zac Dysert and Andy Cruse. The dy-namic duo connected for Cruse’s ninth reception of the game and a game-winning 71-yard touch-down pass with just 19 seconds

remaining that propelled the Red-Hawks past the Chippewas and improved their record to 4-3, in-cluding a 3-0 undefeated mark in conference play.

“(Central Michigan) was play-ing a cover eight (defense) … and the defensive back really didn’t get a good jam on (Cruse),” Head Coach Michael Haywood said. “It was either one or two series before that (DeMarco Paine) was running down the sideline open, and (Dysert) recognized that and when he stepped up in the pocket he hit (Cruse) on a

71-yard touchdown.” The victory is Miami’s first on

the road since 2008, while Central Michigan falls to 2-5 on the sea-son and 1-3 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

The RedHawks got another great performance from Dysert, who finished the day 29-47 for 399 yards to go with three touch-downs. He has not thrown an interception since the Missouri game, and his consistency has been one of the keys for the of-fense this year.

Meanwhile, Miami’s receivers

had another impressive day.Cruse finished the game with

nine receptions for 179 yards and two touchdowns, while senior wide receiver Armand Robinson had another solid performance, catching nine balls for 102 yards.

In addition, freshman wide re-ceiver Nick Harwell had eight re-ceptions for 97 yards and a touch-down. Harwell had six receptions the previous week at Cincinnati and has continued to improve for the Red and White this season.

“(Harwell) has stayed focused on getting better each and every

week and (has tried) to be the best at his position,” Wide Receivers and Assistant Coach Alex Wood said. “We need to show up and play hard (every week). Every team presents different issues and we need to play winning football, meaning no drops or turnovers.”

Miami took a 10-7 lead into halftime against Central Michi-gan following the first of two interceptions by sophomore line-backer Evan Harris, which led to a field goal by senior kicker Seth

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By Taylor DolvenSenior Staff Writer

The amount of funding per student in the state of Ohio for colleges is below the national average, according to David Creamer, vice president of finance and business services at Miami University.

Creamer said Ohio is 36th in per pupil fund-ing. Miami has found difficulty in balancing af-fordability and quality against less state fund-ing, Creamer said.

Low funding has serious implications for Miami, Student Body President Heath Ingram said.

“The reduction in the budget means Miami has to make up for the shortfalls,” he said. “We can’t go around like business as usual.”

Making up for these financial shortfalls is es-pecially difficult in the slow economy. In the past, state funding has helped cover what tuition does not. Now, Miami has to look at other options to cover the gap, Creamer said.

Higher tuition, fewer staff members and in-creased class sizes are all related to the reduction in per student funding.

“It is a matter of priorities for Ohio leadership,” Creamer said. “They determine the amount that will be appropriated to higher education.”

Currently, Ohio spends $1,067 on each student.

To raise this amount, the Ohio Board of Re-gents has been working on a strategic plan for higher education since 2007.

The goal is to increase per student funding in Ohio to the national average in the next 10 years, according to Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut.

Fingerhut said the board has made some prog-ress, increasing per student funding by $23 over the last two years.

“This is a very challenging time because of the reces-sion,” Fingerhut said.

Ohio universities have put together a campaign for Ohio leadership to encourage more funding, Creamer said.

The Inter-University Council (IUC) is comprised of presidents of Ohio’s 13 four-year public universities and two freestanding medical colleges.

The IUC is working to help the Ohio legisla-ture understand the positive impact higher educa-tion has on Ohio, such as generating revenue for the state, Fingerhut said.

“We cannot forget that the state of Ohio has done a lot to preserve and enhance the higher education system more than most other states,” Ingram said. “Now Miami has to handle a lack of sate support that we haven’t had to deal with

in the past.”Fingerhut said some of the preservation in-

cludes funding new buildings at Miami. Miami students often complain to Ingram

about the university’s decline in rankings.What students often do not realize, he said, is

those rankings are tied directly to the amount of money Miami receives from the state.

“Our ability to compete as a national univer-sity is at the very least intrinsically tied to the state of Ohio because we are a public university,” In-gram said. “There are things we can do better, but we are trying to respond to things that are out of our control.”

Fingerhut said Ohio is proud of Miami and without state support, a lot of Miami’s new buildings and improvements would not have been possible.

“Miami is a very highly respected school across the country,” he said. “There is no ques-tion about that.”

Bag checking available for Dalai Lama visit

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A bag checking service will be avail-able for Thursday’s Dalai Lama lecture at Withrow Court in the south gym be-ginning at 11:30 a.m. Lecture attendees must arrive between noon and 2 p.m. to pass through security screening at Millett Hall.

Only small purses are allowed at the event and they will be searched. Attendees will pass through screen-ing more quickly if they do not carry a purse.

Miami University club sports team members will check large bags and backpacks for students, staff and faculty who cannot leave large bags elsewhere before entering security scanners in Mil-lett Oct. 21.

Students, staff and faculty members who plan to check bags will enter With-row at a marked door at the southwest corner of the building near Tallawanda Road. They will receive a numbered ticket to reclaim their bag before 5 p.m.

Staff and student volunteers will stay with the bags and make the room as se-cure as possible during the lecture.

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Ohio lags in student funding

By Lee JonesStaff Writer

Most young adults are looking for a way to get rich and famous. College is usually not the best method for accomplishing the latter, but a new study says the former may not be such a distant dream.

Miami University was ranked 13 out of 300 Midwestern universities and 21 nation-ally for best post-graduation salary potential by payscale.com.

Payscale.com, a global compensation data website, posted Miami graduates with a bach-elor’s degree earn $45,800 as a starting salary and $91,400 mid-career.

The only Midwestern colleges above Mi-ami in the national listing were University of Illinois and Missouri University of Science and Technology.

While he agreed with the numbers as a ballpark estimate, William Froude, associate director of Miami Career Services, was not familiar with payscale.com. He said Miami relies on information from the National Asso-ciation of Colleges and Employers as well as salary.com for its internal data.

“The numbers appear to be about right, but that’s subjective opinion,” he said.

Froude had not come across any mid-career estimates and did not comment on them, but the high ranking did not surprise him.

“Miami is a good school,” he said. “It has a great reputation with employers. In general it has a good history with the job market.”

Raymond Gorman, associate provost and vice president of academic affairs, said the numbers were an accurate reflection of Miami’s reputation.

“Historically, Miami graduates have done well in the job market because of its strong grounding in liberal arts and good education skills,” Gorman said.

First-year Mike Flores was pleased with the rankings.

“Sounds like you don’t have to go to an Ivy League college to be a success anymore,” Flores said.

Froude said the numbers can be skewed due to location because “$45,000 in Chicago is different than in Oxford.”

Due to that variable and a few others, in-cluding employers or job descriptions, there is some slight fluctuation in actual earnings. As a whole, Froude said the payscle.com numbers are relatively solid.

According to the methodology page on pay-scale.com, the company has a stringent pro-cess for picking interviewees. They only se-lected graduates who had received bachelor’s degrees and were working full time in the U.S. They chose from public and private colleges from across the country. There is a “90 percent confidence level on the median (income pro-jections),” according to the website.

Alumni earn high salaries after graduation

By Shannon PesekFor The Miami Student

With the current semes-ter nearly halfway over, it is time for students to begin registering for their spring semester courses.

Course registration began Tuesday, Oct. 12 for honors students and other students with priority registration such as students in athletics, study-ing abroad or with disabilities. Registration times are based upon how many credit hours students have earned.

Students were concerned the course registration list was released later than usual and did not follow guidelines promised by the Miami Uni-versity Bookstore in accor-dance with the Higher Educa-tion Opportunity Act.

University Registrar Dave Sauter dismissed these ru-mors. He said the course registration list was released on time and “they release the list at approximately the same time each semester.”

He said the list could not be released until all preparations had been made, such as “pro-fessors teaching the course, the room they will be in and the materials they will need.”

However, the release date of the course list was not the only aspect of registration worrying staff and students. After spring 2010, federal legislation included in the Higher Education Oppor-tunity Act, was designed to increase transparency when it came to materials students needed for their class.

Under the new law, course materials, especially costly textbooks, have to be listed with costs when class registration begins.

“The technology for the

book list and book prices is in place,” Sauter said.

However, Sauter also said it is temporarily down due to the extreme traffic on the bookstore website.

Normally, if students were trying to access this informa-tion while registering, they would enter BannerWeb, research courses to add and click on the course title. This would then take the student to the bookstore express text-book site, which lists the book price, whether it is optional to purchase it or if it is required and a link to put the text into the shopping cart, according to Sauter.

Despite concerns over the release date of the registration list and book prices, most stu-dents and advisers agree there was enough time to register all the classes necessary for spring 2011.

First-year Adviser Kayla Jerome said none of her hon-ors or first-year students were experiencing anxiety over the course registration list.

“(I have) confidence that the bookstore will follow through with the book list as they did for fall semester,” Jerome said.

Megan Teeples, a first-year honors student who experi-enced the process of register-ing for spring classes for the first time Oct. 12, said book prices were not on her mind when registering.

“I knew which classes I had to take to fulfill my major and my honors requirements, so the book prices did not really matter to me,” Teeples said.

She said the most stressful part of the process was not the release of the course list because “a week was a suffi-cient amount of time,” but the process itself was difficult.

Students experience course registration setbacks

Kappa Delta and Pi Kappa Alpha will co-host a Twister tournament at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 23.

The annual tournament will take place at Tailgate Town before the Mi-ami University v. Ohio University Homecoming game.

Teams will work in groups of four in a bracket competition of Twister.

To participate in the event, e-mail Patrick Srsen at srsenpj@muohio.edu with the names of participants. Walk-on teams are also welcomed. The cost is $20 per team. All proceeds will go to CancerFree KIDS. Gift cer-tificates and prizes will be given to winning teams.

The charitable event has raised more than $4,000 in the past for CancerFree KIDS.

Miami’s Naval ROTC unit is spon-soring an event to raise money and awareness for the Wounded War-rior’s Foundation. The annual event, called the Red Brick Run, will be Thursday, Oct. 21.

Wounded Warrior’s Foundation aims to raise awareness and enlist the pub-lic’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, help severely injured service members aid and assist each other and provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members.

All of the midshipmen in the NROTC (Navy and Marine ROTC) unit at Mi-ami University will participate in the all-day event.

Participants from the ROTC unit will run through Miami University’s Oxford campus, starting at the Phi Delta Theta gates. Each team will carry a red brick. The teams will each run a mini-mum of five laps per midshipmen. Each lap will be approximately 1.2 miles.

Throughout the day, local U.S. Ma-rine Corps recruiters will be stationed at the gates to pass out information about the Marine Corps as well as to collect money for the foundation.

Greeks pair up to offer Twister tournament

NROTC run benefits ‘Wounded Warriors’

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Amount Ohio spends per student

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By Jennifer SmolaFor The Miami Student

Despite recent program cuts many have experienced at Miami University, the Recreational Sports Center (RSC) has increased the number of fitness classes it offers to the community.

According to Mindy Stephens, associate director of fitness, the RSC not only offers the same num-ber of classes as in the past, but of-fers more now than ever before.

Some classes are cut if they don’t attract enough participants, but that happens every semester and is not unusual, Stephens said. Accord-ing to the group fitness policy, at-tendance is reviewed regularly and classes with an average of less than four participants for five weeks in a

row may be cancelled. Sometimes a class isn’t eliminated from the schedule completely, but the num-ber of times it’s offered during the week may be reduced.

“We’re still offering the same amount of classes,” Stephens said, acknowledging the recre-ation staff is trying to be smarter with its budget. “We’re trying to make the best decisions in terms of programming.”

The classes are generally well at-tended, with class sizes averaging in the high teens to low 20s. Accord-ing to Stephens, the most popular classes tend to be toning, spinning and yoga classes, which are offered an average of three times a day. Maximum class size depends upon the class itself. Some classes, such as spinning, offer fewer spots due to

limited equipment.Senior Danielle Darah usually

attends classes at the RSC twice a week. In addition to a spinning class, she goes to a yoga-pilates class on a regular basis. Darah said she not only likes having the routine of the workout classes, but the atmosphere as well.

“It helps keep me in shape and I really like the group dynamic,” Darah said.

Students aren’t the only ones who are pleased. Oxford residents who utilize the RSC also take advantage of the fitness classes.

Oxford residents Marilyn Elzey and Ruth Overly said they utilize Miami’s RSC and attend classes of-ten. In addition to spinning and total body workout classes, they espe-cially enjoy daily yoga classes.

“I’m addicted to this class,” Overly said, referring to the yoga-pilates class she had just finished.

Elzey said she is challenged by the classes at the RSC.

“As a retired teacher, (this class) is the hardest thing I have to do all day,” Elzey said. “If I can accom-plish that, I can do anything.”

Occasionally, the RSC offers special event classes as well.

At 4 p.m. Oct. 25, the RSC will

be offering Pink Pilates on the patio. For $5, participants can take a pi-lates class and enter to win various door prizes. All proceeds will go to breast cancer awareness.

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Students exercise in a Jazzercise class at the

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OPD cites junior for passing out in car

At around 3 a.m. Saturday, a bystander reportedly flagged down an Oxford Police Depart-ment (OPD) officer at McDon-ald’s in reference to a vehicle that had run off the drive thru.

The officer reportedly found a red Buick with two tires off the drive several feet from the build-ing. The car was reportedly still in drive with a female driver passed out behind the wheel.

The officer reportedly entered the vehicle, turned off the car and put it in park. While the officer was looking for her identification, the driver reportedly woke up and was identified as Miami Univer-sity junior Olivia Mann.

Mann was reportedly asked to step out of the car, where she told the officer she had “a few drinks.”

Mann reportedly had the odor of alcohol on her breath and performed poorly on field sobriety tests.

Mann was arrested and taken to OPD, where she was admin-istered a breath test and found to have a blood alcohol content of .145.

Mann was cited for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and reckless driving.

More Butler County voters go to the polls before Election Day

Community4 EditorBethany Bruner

community@miamistudent.net

TuesdayOctober 19, 2010

Early voting draws record numbers

By Matthew CicconeFor The Miami Student

If the idea of a big burning pit of old rubber tires ripping a hole in the at-mosphere keeps you up at night, Butler County Recycling and Sol-id Waste District is giving you a reason to sleep easy this year.

From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-urday, Nov. 6, Butler County is hosting its annual Tire Recycling Day at Ross High School.

Members of the commu-nity can bring in busted or old bicycle or automobile tires in any condition. The tires must be off their rims or spokes, according to Mamie Lynch, administrative assistant for the Butler County Recycling and Solid Waste District.

The program is free, but participants are limited to 10 tires. Lynch also said Rumpke will collect tires to shred them.

The event, which is hosted in a different area of Butler County each year, was held in Oxford two years ago, according to Dave Treleaven, environmental specialist for the City of Oxford.

Treleaven said the city has no plans for collection separate from the event.

For those citizens who cannot participate in the event, Mi-ami University provides options for recycling tires on campus, according to Joe Workman, assistant manager of the Physical

Facilities Department. “Currently Rumpke comes and picks

up our tires for recycling … but that is just for the motor pool,”

Workman said.For students, Treleaven said local tire and car mainte-

nance shops will dispose of tires, but there can be fees for the service.

“I’d be curious to see how many students ac-tually have their tires changed in Oxford as opposed to having them done at home,” senior Judd Schwab

said. “It’s a good idea, but I don’t know if it

would be applicable to Miami students.”It’s not just the thought of

burning tires that has some stu-dents in support of this event.

“It is unfortunate to throw some-thing of such a large volume into a land-

fill,” said sophomore Brittany Murphy, a member of Green Oxford.

Butler County to hold tire recycling event

The sidewalk connecting College Suites to Miami University’s cam-pus along U.S. Route 27 is only temporary, according to City Manager Doug Elliott.Elliott said having a sidewalk is a permanent fixture, but the actual sidewalk in use now will be replaced. The sidewalk is part of an agree-ment between the City of Oxford and the Talawanda School Board as part of the construction plans for the new high school, accord-ing to Elliott. Talawanda wants the sidewalkto be completed by the fall for students attending the newly constructed high school. The developers of College Suites also had an agreement with Oxford to have a sidewalk put in place, according to Elliott.Having a sidewalk will allow stu-dents to walk from College Suites to campus. Elliott said the official concrete sidewalk will be put in place at the beginning of the Route 27 construction project, which will likely start in 2014. This project is funded through the Ohio Depart-ment of Transportation.

Sidewalk connects College Suites to MU campus

By Melissa TacchiSenior Staff Writer

More than 15,000 Ohio voters have elected to cast their ballots early in this year’s guber-natorial election, a recorded increase from the 2006 election.

After a change in the Ohio state law in 2005 that allowed for any registered voter to cast an early ballot in person or via mail without rea-son, the Butler County Board of Elections has observed an increase in pre-Election Day vot-ing, according to Butler County Board of Elec-tions Director Betty McGary.

“Prior to the law change, voters had to meet certain requirements in order to partake in early or absentee voting,” McGary said. “Registered voters had to be 65 years or older or had to prove they were going to be out of town on Election Day to name a few contingencies.”

According to McGary, the state recog-nized the need to generate an increase in voter participation.

The law was established in order to make voting more convenient for those who are un-available on Election Day or prefer to vote in the privacy of their own home.

For sophomore Danielle DeFrancisco, the absentee and early voting law has al-lowed her family to become more involved in state elections.

“I haven’t voted in this year’s election cycle yet, but I know my parents have,” DeFrancisco said. “They like to vote early so that they can do so when they have the time. My parents are very active, so I am sure that they appreci-ate the change.”

According to the Butler County Board of Elec-tions, the 2006 gubernato-rial election held the re-cord for early voters, with 14,786 ballots cast. This number accounted for 11 percent of Butler County’s total voter popu-lation. McGary emphasized the importance of 2010 voting results compared to previous gubernatorial elections.

“Last year’s election was considered to be an odd year election,” McGary said. “Of course the number of early voters this year will be

drastically higher because the gubernatorial election is the second largest turnout after the presidential election.”

For Ron Irvine, regional field director of the But-ler County Democratic Party Campaign Team, early or absentee voting is important to the party for several reasons.

“I absolutely encourage early or absentee voting,” Irvine said. “Early voting allows for those who have to run the polls and work on Election Day to place their vote ahead of time so that they do not have to stop helping others to

go and vote. It’s also a great way for us to see where we stand as far as the democratic uni-verse. An early vote is a vote in the bank.”

Early or absentee votes may be cast any time before Nov. 1, according to McGary. For Ox-ford community members, votes may be cast in the ballroom at the Oxford Community Arts Center at 10 S. College Ave.

Campaign crunch time

SCOTT ALLISON The Miami Student

Jeffrey Mims, Jr. answers questions at the Candidate Forum held Monday night at the Knolls of Oxford. Mims is running for a position on the Ohio State Board of Education. Election Day is Nov. 2.

“Prior to the law change, voters had to meet

certain requirements in order to partake in early

or absentee voting.”

BETTY MCGARYDIRECTOR

BUTLER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

For more information on recycling in Butler County or for directions to the tire recycling event, visit the Butler County Recycling and Solid Waste District website at:

http://www.butlercountyrecycles.org/index.cfm?page=collectEvents.

First-year runs around house, breaks window

At around 11 p.m. Saturday, of-ficers were dispatched to 100 W. Church St. in response to a male trying to enter the residence.

A male described as wear-ing a white shirt and white hat was reportedly banging on the front door then running around the house and banging on the back door.

The male also reportedly broke a window in the front of the residence.

When officers arrived, they re-portedly found a male matching the description in the rear of the house. When he saw officers, the suspect reportedly ran around to the front of the house.

Officers reportedly told the male to stop running, but he con-tinued to run around the house. The male was reportedly cornered in the front of the house, where he was identified as Miami Univer-sity first-year Conor Mathews.

Mathews reportedly had blood on his clothes and hand. A resident of the house came outside and re-portedly identified Mathews as her roommate’s brother.

Mathews reportedly had the odor of alcohol on his breath and slurred speech.

He was arrested and taken to the Oxford Police Department, where he reportedly told officers he knew his sister was not home, but he wanted to get into the residence anyway.

Mathews also reportedly told officers he did not know why he ran, but he guessed he “was just scared.”

Mathews reportedly refused medical treatment and was trans-ported to Butler County Jail. He was cited for underage intoxica-tion, criminal mischief and ob-structing official business.

Drugs found in off-campus residence

After obtaining a search war-rant for 303 Brookview Ct., detectives reportedly searched the residence.

Detectives reportedly found a small amount of marijuana in the residence along with pipes, scales and other drug paraphernalia.

Miami University first-year Christopher Martin was arrested and cited for drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Reporting by Bethany Bruner

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Phillip. Phillip was forced to fill in for senior kicker Trevor Cook following an injury earlier in the game.

The RedHawks extended their lead to 17-7 on their first drive of the second half after Dy-sert hit Harwell on a 24-yard touchdown pass. The Chippewas responded with a touchdown of their own at the end of the third quarter,

cutting Miami’s lead to three entering the fourth quarter.

Field goals from both teams in the fourth quarter eventually tied the game 20-20 before Dysert hit Cruse for the game-winning score.

The defense did a good job of bending but not breaking against the Chippewas, according to Haywood. After driving the ball inside the Miami 15 yard line twice in the fourth quarter, the Red and White held Central Michigan to two field goals, giving the offense a chance to win the game.

Coming off of a tough defeat at Cincinnati where the RedHawks gave up 384 yards on

the ground, Miami bounced back by only al-lowing Central Michigan to rush for 72 yards on 24 carries. Although the Red and White al-lowed the Chippewas to throw for 329 yards through the air, Haywood continues to see im-provement in this team.

This was a big win for the RedHawks, who now sit alone atop the MAC East Division en-tering the rivalry game with Ohio University Oct. 23.

“This is a huge win and is huge for the pro-gram,” Cruse said. “We realize (Ohio) is a huge game, especially with it being on home-coming weekend.”

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other means.Kyger said based upon the

quota system that allows one permit for every 2,000 resi-dents, Oxford receives 12 D5 liquor permits, which allow businesses to serve beer, wine and liquor by the glass on site. Because of the population re-quirement, he said students have a significant effect on the number of permits.

“With our huge influx of students, it depends if they declare themselves residents here in Oxford or back home,” Kyger said.

While all of the allotted per-mits are currently in use, new permits have been given to Fi-esta Charra, Patterson’s Café and a number of other new or relocated businesses through-out the city based upon pur-chase of old liquor permits or issuance of new ones.

According to Kyger, Fiesta Charra received a permit based upon its new location because it met state stipulations. The requirements allow for a new restaurant of at least 4,000 square feet that cost more than $750,000 with seating for 140 or more people in an area with a population less than 100,000 to receive a permit.

“It’s the state saying a good restaurant needs to have alco-hol to be a good restaurant,” Kyger said of the additional stipulations. “Fiesta Charra couldn’t have gotten it at its old location.”

Another business that recent-ly received a liquor permit is The Woods Bar. The business’ license was purchased from the owners of Church Street Station when the bar closed. Morning Sun Café also re-cently received a liquor license after purchasing an existing one from The Balcony after it was closed.

“Since there’s only so many of them, they have value,” Ky-ger said. “You typically sell it to the highest bidder.”

Other permits, however, are transferred between businesses in different ways.

For example, Patterson’s Café received the liquor per-mit from the uptown restaurant Pedro’s because it had not been used within a year at the busi-ness’ former location.

Similarly, Wild Bistro re-ceived a liquor permit when the assets of the former LaRo-sa’s owners were liquidated to cover the business’ debts.

Quarter Barrel Brewery was approved for a liquor permit to manufacture and sell beer at its Church Street location under other stipulations from the state imposed upon microbreweries.

“Their hope was to buy the old Church Street Station li-quor license, but that got sold off to The Woods, so they had to get creative,” Kyger said.

Still, more businesses are on waiting lists for the next avail-able liquor permit. Kyger holds these files and monitors the businesses allowed to sell alco-hol throughout the city and the transfer of these privileges.

For more information on Ohio liquor permit laws, visit the Ohio Department of Com-merce at http://www.com.ohio.gov/liqr/.

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HANNAH MILLER The Miami Student

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It’s 7 a.m. and the field is cold and wet with dew from the previous night. The players are walking onto the field one by one, beginning their stretching. Each player dawns red and white uniforms with a thick layer of padding that gives the illusion of Superman-like muscles. Practice begins exactly at 8 a.m. with everyone warmed up and ready. For the next two to three hours, the stadium is filled not with people, but with cheering and high-fives of encouragement from the players and coaches. Everyone is hustling. There is no waiting around. As the offense practices a new play, the defense is discussing the one it just practiced. It is a complicated system that provides benefits for everyone.

This is a typical practice for Miami University’s football team, much like other university football teams. Somehow though, this American college tradition of Saturday tailgates and full student sections at football games hasn’t connected at Miami.

Sophomore Cooper Garrity said his sentiment is similar to other students’ about Miami football. “They’re not good, but I have a lot of respect for them,” said Garrity, who attends at least one game each year. “If they were good — or at least had a winning record — I would go to more games and support the team more.”

A winning record is important to most students, along with the fans and culture surrounding the game.

“Football is just not fun here,” junior Anna Riley said. “I pre-fer to go to OSU for a game because everyone is excited for it.”

The fans of Ohio State University football are just as notori-ous as the team they are rooting for. “If Miami had the same excitement surrounding the games, I would attend more,” Riley said.

Miami has been making a few changes in the last couple of years. One of which involved the hiring of a new head foot-ball coach in 2009. Coach Michael Haywood has brought a new culture to Miami football, with the players living in residence halls scattered across campus and new strategies on and off the field.

“The attitudes of the players needs to be the same on and off the field,” Haywood said.

On the field, the team has a flawless choreographed practice and games of unity. Every minute of practice is structured and strict. Everyone is focused.

Off the field, the boys live a similar life. Everything is regu-lated from curfews to the way they dress.

“Division I football is a full-time job,” student equipment manager Jordan Valente said.

The players have to stay focused with both football and school. “It’s tough to keep up with the demands of football and

school,” sophomore wide receiver Jason Earle said. “The greater challenge, though, is trying to mix in a social life too.”

Along with being a student and an athlete, Earle is also an ac-tive member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and a part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

“I’m just a typical student,” Earle said. “I don’t get any special treatment for being on the team, especially not from my friends, but I do think that being on the team affects my friends’ atten-dance at the games.”

Some football players say the lack of student support is disappointing.

“All you hear about is hockey,” Earle said. “However, the more we win, the more people are talking.”

Support from the students is very important to the players. “When over half of the stadium clears out at halftime, it’s de-

moralizing,” sophomore wide receiver Luke Swift said.The lack of support affects the team as a whole, according

to Haywood. “We appreciate the students and their support,” Haywood

said. “Hopefully we can earn more support by showing them how hard we worked.”

The team’s hard work and dedication can be seen on the field and in the stat books. With a 4-3 record, the team is giving the students more of a reason to be supportive.

“It wasn’t until I started working with the team did I realize the effect that the fans have on the players,” Valente said. “When the team is down a few points, it’s hard to keep their spirits up and to stay motivated. When half of the stadium just walks out, it becomes twice as difficult.”

Valente’s not the only one who feels this way.“In the years past, the team has had little support,” said

sophomore Christian Trapp, a member of Campus Activities Council (CAC).

Trapp has been encouraging support of athletics through Facebook events for upcoming football games. CAC has been active in raising student support for the team, according to Trapp.

Fan support plays a huge role in the team’s performance. The Miami football team is looking for all of the support it can get, especially for home games.

One of Miami football’s biggest supporters is senior Natasha Davis.

“It’s been a tradition with my family and friends to tailgate before all the home games,” Davis said. Every home game, the Davis family and friends meet in the Millett Hall parking lot to enjoy both good food and company. “Tailgating is something I always look forward to since it’s always been a tradition.”

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Content of “Police Beat” must be screened

A Miami student is arrested for underage

drinking or public urination and the story is published in The Miami Student’s police beat column.

As if students weren’t embarrassed enough to deal with the police, be arrested, possibly jailed and reprimanded by their parents, they have to read about the story in The Miami Student along with 17,000 other students, professors and staff members. Don’t beat someone when they’re down. It doesn’t make sense for The Miami Student to print this information. Stories of this nature that mention specific names and details are embarrassing, not informative.

This column only calls unwanted attention to a student who made a poor decision. If this column printed information about a child molester living in Oxford or an increase in thefts around Oxford, that would be useful, print worthy information. The police beat articles that mention individual students getting in trouble with the law are not informational in the same way.

We, the Miami University community, don’t have to be on the lookout for an 18-year-old first-year who was arrested for underage drinking or a fraternity brother who was caught publically urinating. This newspaper is doing neither the university nor the student body a favor by printing this information.

Articles like these don’t represent our university well. I would venture to guess the president, some members of the Board of Trustees and other high-ranking administrators read The Miami Student. If you ask them how they feel about reading such articles, I’ll bet you they wouldn’t say “very informative,” “vital Information” or “I’m glad I read that.”

Newspapers have a right to obtain police reports and print such articles. Because of this, I cannot point a finger at this newspaper’s right to print this information. However, it is still the newspaper’s choice to print such content. Being on the executive board of the student newspaper of my undergraduate institution, I am grateful that we did not print such information. I was shocked to see The Miami Student have a specific column for such a purpose.

I realize that police blotter columns are printed in many public newspapers, but the environment that this newspaper is printed in and specific population that it reports on and reports to makes it a bad decision. College is supposed to be a supportive environment to learn and grow, not to be publically humiliated. We aren’t in college to poke fun at or publically identify those who made mistakes, that’s what bullies do.

This newspaper can print this information, but it doesn’t have to. A reasonable solution should be to draw a metaphorical line at embarrassment. Once the content of these articles crosses into public embarrassment and humiliation for the parties involved, it shouldn’t be printed.

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Payscale.com, a compensation data website, ranked Miami

University 13 out of 300 Midwest-ern universities and 21 nation-ally for the highest post-graduation salary potential.

According to the site, Miami graduates earn an average starting salary of $45,800 and an estimated salary of $91,400 mid-career.

The editorial board of The Miami Student commends the achievements of Miami gradu-ates, whose motivation and hard work have allowed them to excel in the workplace.

Miami has a reputation among employers for excellence and it is evident through this rank-ing students are being adequately prepared to succeed and pursue career goals.

Along with the educational train-ing offered in the classroom, Mi-ami University should be proud of the exceptional career planning provided through Career Services.

Students are able to pursue guidance when searching for jobs, working on resumes, learning interview tech-niques and much more.

These services are invaluable to those preparing for life be-yond Miami and hoping to earn high-paying positions.

The ranking is certainly admira-ble, but the board hopes students will remember high-paying jobs are not guaranteed after graduation.

Especially in the current economic environment, stu-dents should continue to work hard to prepare for their future and be open to all types of employment. It takes time and hard work to suc-ceed in any field.

Miami must continue to instill strong work ethics and attitudes of achievement in its students. As a uni-versity with a first-rate reputation, Miami should strive to maintain the quality education and services that have made graduates so successful in the workplace.

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TuesdayOctober 19, 20108 Editors

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Students must change drinking culture

We support the points made in the recent edito-rial “Underage drinking must be stopped before it starts.” Underage drinking, and especially high-risk drinking, is a problem at many colleges, and Miami is not an exception.

Over the past 10 years we developed a Strategic Plan to Address High-Risk Drinking based upon what research indicates is effective. Examples in-clude increased enforcement by the Oxford Police Department, comprehensive alcohol education programs for students about legal, low-risk choic-es and implementation of new campus policies. We encourage and support legal, low-risk choices about alcohol.

The only way student culture will change is for students to change it. This article is a first step for students to acknowledge the issue of alcohol abuse and misuse and identify how they want to “reinvent red.” Let’s start by envisioning a safe, well student body and a campus culture that embraces legal, low-risk alcohol choices.

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Students should participate in Homelessness Awareness Week

I had the opportunity to travel to Over-the-Rhine to participate in the Homelessness Awareness March put on by the Greater Cincin-nati Coalition for the Homeless. Having never participated in such an event outside of Miami and its immediate surroundings, I was curious as to what kind of situation I was getting myself into.

While I was feeling excited, I could not help being just a bit nervous about participating in a march — nervous my peers might see me as a political extremist and worried other marchers might be aware of the privileges I have had in my life and therefore question my very pres-ence in the march.

I was surprised to find that many of the marchers were there for the same reasons that convinced me to go — that prevalent negative attitudes and misconceptions about the home-less and the poor in our society only deepen the issues we are facing and that there must be a general awareness about the structural compo-nent of homelessness and poverty in order to begin working to solve them. Without aware-ness of the systemic, institutional and structural barriers facing the homeless and the poor, the public often blames individuals for their situa-tions and misses the complexities of the issues.

I feel too many Miami students miss out on experiential learning opportunities that might educate them and transform their perspectives about pressing social justice issues. While I now know the march was indeed more educa-tional than political or radical, I do understand the hesitation of students in exploring issues they have not “touched” before.

However, I want to send the message to students that one can get involved at Miami and in Oxford, and one way to do so is through Hunger + Homelessness Awareness Week (H+HAW) happening this week on campus. By participating in just one event this week, stu-dents can deepen their understanding of these issues to a degree with which they are comfort-able, and later may be inspired to delve deeper into such issues through service, activism and engaged citizenship.

At Miami, events such as H+HAW are great opportunities for students to take the first step in a transformational journey of their own, and

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The spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, Ten-zin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is visiting Miami University soon. The issue of the status of Tibet is an emotional issue for many Chinese, Tibetans and Westerners. You may feel threatened by his pres-ence or be unwilling to listen to him. For the sake of the future of your country, I urge you to listen to what the Dalai Lama has to say and be willing to adjust your views of him and Tibet.

I studied in China for two months this summer, and I have an understanding of and appreciation for the Chinese viewpoint. I am currently studying alongside Tibetan exiles in Dharamsala, India, so I am familiar with Tibetan views as well. I believe China and Tibet can have an amicable relationship beneficial to both peoples, but mutual understand-ing is desperately needed.

Centuries of conflict make discussion of Tibet highly contentious, so I will deal only with the pres-ent circumstances, in particular one undeniable fact — most Tibetans are not happy under Chinese rule. The Chinese government reasons this is due to the interference of malicious outside forces, the exiled Dalai Lama and his allies in the west. Given the extremely limited access the world has to the flow of information into or out of Tibet, this is highly unlikely. After 60 years of controlling the politics, economics, law and culture of Tibet, the Chinese central government and the communist party have failed to win over the hearts and minds of Tibetans. Even after decades of re-education and forced eco-nomic re-organization, the overwhelming majority of Tibetans inside Tibet and in exile do not identify themselves as Chinese and want some form of true autonomy or independence.

The Chinese government is currently carrying out the only policy it feels can pacify Tibet, mas-sive migration of Han Chinese into ethnically Ti-betan areas. In Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, Tibetans are already outnumbered. Infrastructure projects such

as new roads and a railway linking Lhasa with Bei-jing, supposedly built for the benefit of Tibetans, are actually instruments of Tibetans’ cultural and linguistic undoing. Thousands of Chinese migrate to Tibet daily, leading to the degradation of Tibetan language, culture and religion. After suffering at the hands of imperialism for more than a century, China is doing much the same thing to Tibet.

China already plays a central role in the global economy. In the coming decades, Chinese influence will be felt more throughout the world. What kind of a superpower will China be and how will China be viewed by the world? Until it is resolved, the Ti-bet issue will continue to be a thorn in China’s side.

The bottom line is this: the Tibetan government in exile has abandoned calls for independence. Since the 1980s, the Dalai Lama has only called for autonomy for Tibet. He is willing to say Tibet will henceforth be a part of China and Tibet’s defense and foreign policy be conducted by the Chinese central government. If true autonomy is granted to Tibet and the Dalai Lama is able to return, the deep ill will felt by Tibetans will dissipate. Further destruction of culture, however, will alienate Tibet-ans and increase the animosity between Tibetans and Chinese.

Challenge your views. Analyze what you have been told by your leaders, teachers and parents. You have a duty to learn about the world and formulate your own opinions. Perhaps you would enjoy some of the freedoms and liberties being called for by Ti-betans for yourself. With an open mind and critical thought, we can bring positive change to China. Be willing to stand up to authority and question accept-ed facts. Remember the words of Deng Xiaoping — be willing to “seek truth from facts.”

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Seek truth in factsSAM KAY

KAY is editorial editor emeritus for The Miami Student

Eleven million people. That’s an esti-mate of how many undocumented work-ers are currently residing in the United

States, according to the Pew Hispanic Cen-ter. To put it into per-spective, that’s more than the population of metropolitan Chicago. Therefore, the issue of how to handle such a large population of “illegal aliens,” which I will refer to herein as undocumented work-

ers, is a controversial issue.The two main opinions regarding the

status of undocumented workers are that one side believes undocumented work-ers serve as necessary additional labor in America and their right to self-determi-nation should be respected by allowing them a process for obtaining citizenship, while the other side believes undocu-mented workers are criminals and should be arrested and deported for breaking the law by entering America illegally.

What troubles me about the debate is that it often comes down to economics. News such as “Each year, state govern-ments spend an estimated $11 billion to $22 billion to provide welfare to immi-grants” and “Undocumented Workers pay $7 billion into Social Security” is often touted to the public.

Both sides of the debate are arguing about all of the wrong things. I oppose undocumented immigration not on an economic basis, but on a humanitarian basis. Any practice that surrenders peo-ple into a life of dependency, exploita-tion, fear and abuse should be opposed. This is currently happening in the U.S, and people are turning a blind eye to this underground economy. Undocumented workers are being denied their basic hu-man rights for economic and personal gain. The two largest violations occur-ring are exploitative employment prac-tices and the inability to utilize public safety services.

Exploitative employment practices are widespread among companies that knowingly employ undocumented workers. Undocumented workers are denied minimum wages, are made to work unsafe hours (some workers have reported working 17-hour days without overtime) and work in unsafe and un-healthy conditions. This is all because employers know the worker will not report the working conditions to authori-ties because those authorities would then arrest the worker for not having valid work documents.

The employers know they have this power over undocumented workers and they knowingly abuse and exploit it. The Center for Urban Economic Develop-ment reports of all workers fired for having invalid Social Security numbers (which most undocumented workers), twenty-five percent said they were fired for complaining about unsafe work-ing conditions and 21 percent say they were fired for union activity. It seems when workers start complaining about conditions, employers begin running more thorough background checks as an excuse to fire or report the workers to immigration authorities.

Another basic right undocumented workers are not given is the ability to utilize public safety services like calling the police, reporting a crime or reporting domestic abuse. This places these im-migrants in a constant state of fear. If a crime is committed against an undocu-mented immigrant, he or she is not likely to report the crime because of the risk of discovery. Immigrants who witnessed or have suffered a serious crime are some-times eligible for a U-Visa, a visa that allows the immigrant to remain in the USA to testify in court. However, there is a high chance the U-Visa may not be rewarded in some cases. Undocumented workers are very vulnerable to being victims of crimes for the simple reason their attackers or exploiters know they will likely not report the crime to police. Feeling you cannot safely talk to the po-lice is morally deplorable.

While I recognize that these individu-als broke the law when entering our country, we cannot surrender them to the abuse and exploitation they are cur-rently experiencing. Regardless of your opinion on undocumented “illegal alien” workers, I hope everyone recognizes the suffering this “underground class” of Americans is experiencing.

Immigrant workers sufferlabor abuse

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Why can’t they all get along?Why can’t they all get along?

It’s a question many of us would like to answer. Is conflict in the Middle East destined to be om-nipresent? According to the In-stitute for Economic Democracy, the region has seen conflict for the past 1,300 years. The problems are largely rooted in control over resources. Religious differences and geopolitical issues have come into play as well. Perhaps part of the reason the region is so rife with conflict is because those who are trying to solve it do not understand the history of the area and the people living there.

First, we must differentiate be-tween the terms nation, state and nation-state. In global context, a nation is a group of people who share the same ethnicity, culture and language but are lacking an independent government and are without borders. A good example is the Kurds, an ethnic group with populations in Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria. A state is an indepen-dent, organized political commu-nity operating within set borders.

A nation-state is comprised of a single ethnicity, culture and lan-guage. Nation-states are extreme-ly rare. The closest states to 100 percent homogeneity are North Korea, Iceland and Portugal.

I mention the Kurds as a pre-lude to greater discussion of Middle Eastern diversity. If we define the Middle East to include Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Ye-men and Qatar, or 14 states, we’re talking about more than 20 ethnic groups that speak more than 15 languages and practice more than 11 different religions. This is a gi-ant departure from the common perception that everyone in the Middle East is ethnically Arabic, they all speak Arabic and are all Muslims. Understanding this di-versity is important. Additionally, note that Afghanistan and Paki-stan are not considered part of the region.

Another part that is essential in understanding why the region

seems fated to war is the way people relate to their government. Especially in the areas in which we hoped to “spread democracy,” people do not feel a sense of par-taking in government the way we do in the U.S. This, in part, has to do with religion and that people should be governed according to Sharia law, the sacred law of Islam. It is unreasonable to think implementing a democracy in Iraq, for example, would be effec-tive. I use Iraq as an example be-cause many scholars argue it is an artificial state — the borders still reflect those drawn by the World War II victors and do not actu-ally reflect the will of the people trapped within the borders.

Understanding all of this in depth is necessary before further peacemaking attempts are made. One cannot hope to lead a people to what one deems is a better fu-ture without understanding the peoples’ past.

Mary halling

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010 ♦ 9

Oct. 14, 2010 marks one of the greatest rescue achievements of all time. Thirty-three miners in Chile were trapped inside an underground mining shaft for 69 days. At the beginning of their trouble they only had enough food for about two days. It took nearly three weeks for engineers to drill a small opening that allowed for messages and food to be passed down to the miners. The first message was that all of the miners were alive.

To people watching all around the world this sto-ry was incredibly uplifting as all 33 were rescued and returned to their families. Approximately 2,000 feet below the earth’s surface they had to deal with little food and water, little air and a terrible question of whether or not they would make it out alive to see their family and friends.

It is nothing short of a miracle. I’m no miner or engineer, but I know 20, maybe even just 10 years ago, this might not have been the case. The resolve of the miners and the Chilean government as well as support from around the world allowed these miners the chance to get out of the collapsed shaft alive. It was an incredible feat of the human race that all men were returned safely. The efforts of not only those in the rescue mission but also the faith and teamwork the miners were able to show should be praised.

People from all around the world watched this

story unfold. It united the hearts and minds of so many different cultures and religions. A sigh of relief has indeed spread throughout the world that these men have all been returned to the earth’s sur-face to see the light of day once more.

This effort shows people who are united to reach a common goal will reach it if they have the true de-sire to work together. New technologies and innova-tions will spur from this inspirational story. Young children who read about the heroic efforts to rescue these men will allow their imagination to further the human race.

These men should be applauded from all around the world. With all of the reality television on today, I know that it is time for stories that have actual merit. These men should be able to tell their stories around the world to inspire us and allow us to re-member when life gets tough, or when you feel as though you’re trapped, there is always a solution. There is always hope. They should be allowed to remind us we are all here on this earth to work to-gether to improve the lives of those around us. Let that be the lesson we learn from this truly magnifi-cent story because it truly is a breath of fresh air.

Chris DEniCOlaDEniCOCJ@MUOhiO.EDU

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➤ ATLANTIS LIFEGUARD

Time to cut the stringsWe text, we tweet. We post and

poke. We e-mail, e-vite and e-ignore. We surf and search and send with the

click of a keyboard or the push of a button or the tap of a screen. But my Dr. Seuss-inspired attempt to list tech-nological jargon should hopefully serve a greater purpose than just whimsical allitera-tion. I actually want

to draw your attention to the vastness of the realm of 21st century commu-nication and, more importantly, the extent to which constant communica-tion is pervading the identity of our college experience.

Like any story, this one needs a be-ginning, and it starts with our parents. They were the founding fathers and mothers of a new movement of par-enting — a hands-on, incredibly in-volved approach that provided an en-vironment completely antithetic to the laissez-faire latchkey childhood ex-perienced by Generation X. Whereas those Gen-Xers, now in their 30s and early 40s, were defined by a sense of loneliness and disillusionment (à la Reality Bites), we, the Millennials, grew up surrounded by people and ac-tivities and opportunities. Our parents were deeply invested in us, shuttling us from piano lessons to soccer prac-tice to play rehearsals. They corrected our homework and proofread our col-lege application essays and made sure we got trophies just for participating.

This helicopter parenting style, dubbed “iParenting” by psychol-ogy professor and New York Times contributor Barbara Hofer, has been enhanced by the rapid expansion of technology like cell phones and computers. Buying into the pitch that cell phones were a necessary safety measure, parents were now able to monitor the position and status of their children and teenagers around the clock. For the most part, we re-ciprocated the connection. Shopping for that new North Face fleece at the sporting goods store at 2:37 p.m.? A photo was easily sent to mom in a text. Having trouble finishing a paper for class? Just forward the document to dad and he will e-mail it back with his revisions.

We were so enveloped in this pro-cess that it simply spilled over into our college lives. According to Hofer, col-lege students are communicating with their parents 13.4 times each week. Anything from roommate troubles to concern regarding a class to confusion about reading a bill can be easily con-veyed home for instant feedback and advice. It is this cycle that is impeding our growth as young adults.

As much as it may hurt to hear, college is about more than the Miami Plan, weekend parties and hockey games. College is the first chance most of us have had to practice living on our own and being totally respon-sible for our own lives. It’s about mak-ing mistakes and learning to fix them by ourselves. It’s about learning to be self-sufficient and taking pride in that independence. It’s essentially a prac-tice run for being a grown-up without all the pressures of the real world.

Of course it’s important for college students to maintain healthy relation-ships with their parents, but the cur-rent trend of over-communication is stunting our maturation. Rather than sending our parents every triviality of our lives, we need to learn how to deal with our victories and our failures on our own.

I said before that college is like a safety net. There are dozens of re-sources here for us if we’re stuck. Part of developing into a mature and functional adult is recognizing those resources and seeking them out when we need support. Our success once we leave here — whether in seven months or three years and seven months — will depend on that ability.

Just because we have constant ac-cess to communication doesn’t mean we need to always be using it. It’s time to cut the strings, or in our case the cords and plugs. Dr. Seuss once marveled at all the places we’ll go. It’s about time we figured out how to get there on our own. We can video chat with dad and Facebook message mom later.

JensenHenry

By Drew McDonell Staff Writer

The Miami University field hockey team is currently tied with Kent State University for first place in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) after taking on Kent State and Ohio universities.

The RedHawks remained in Ox-ford as they took on the Kent State Golden Flashes for the second time this year. Previously this season, Miami defeated Kent State in a close 4-3-overtime match.

The Golden Flashes presented more of a challenge to the Red-Hawks in the most recent match, defeating Miami 3-2.

Head Coach Jill Reeve at-tributes the loss to Kent State outperforming Miami.

“The result of the game was due to our performing less than 70 min-utes,” Reeve said. “We need to put 70 minutes together against a great team like Kent.”

The first period started out even-ly matched, with both teams taking several shots on goal. Kent State

took the lead 16 minutes into the game when one of the attempted shots was successful. Full of mo-mentum, the Golden Flashes con-tinued to strike at Miami’s defense. Kent State landed another goal at the end of the half, bringing the score to 2-0.

The Golden Flashes wasted no time af-ter halftime and scored the third goal of the match two minutes into the second period.

A l t h o u g h the RedHawks were down by three, they did not give up. Senior Christine Brightwell re-taliated, scoring the first goal for Miami.

The RedHawks continued to at-tack the Kent State defense when senior Kate Snyder finally broke through, adding another point to the scoreboard for Miami. The

team made several more shot at-tempts but was unsuccessful at the end of the 70 minutes, bringing the final score to 3-2.

Miami remained at home to host its biggest rival, the Ohio Universi-ty Bobcats. Previously this season,

the RedHawks lost to the Bob-cats in a close 1-2 overtime match. The Bobcats also knocked Mi-ami out of the championship game in the 2009 season.

“There was no lack of de-sire to beat Ohio, that is for

sure,” Reeve said. “We used emo-tion that was inherently present and used it in a positive way.”

The RedHawks came out to seek revenge from the Bobcats. Miami wasted no time, as senior Mary Hull sent the ball to freshman Em-ily Gruesser. Gruesser sank the

ball into the net within the first two minutes.

Gruesser was on fire and con-tinued to attack the goal until she scored again 27 minutes into the game. The Bobcats then began to fire at Miami’s goal relent-lessly for the remainder of the pe-riod, but the RedHawks’ defense remained strong.

Miami dominated the field of-fensively during the second period. Hull scored five minutes into the half with an assist from Gruesser. The RedHawks continued to gain momentum as Brightwell scored the fourth and final goal for Miami. The team continued to shoot at the goal for the remainder of the game and sealed the win 4-0.

Junior Amanda Seeley is glad her team finally defeated the Bobcats.

“Our team showed our true colors and fighting spirit,” See-ley said. “When we can accom-plish something like this, we have the image in our head and we know we can come back from anything.”

SportsTuesdayOctober 19, 201010 Editor

Katie Giovinalesports@miamistudent.net

There comes a time in every stu-dent’s academic career when they

have to come up with an excuse. The dog ate my homework, all the print-ers on the entire campus were down or the classic illness excuse. These excuses can get a bit old after a while, but luckily our favorite professional athletes provide a litany of excuses to use for an easy way out of any sticky situation.

Most recently, Alberto Contador, the winner of the Tour de France, tested positive for Clenbuterol, a substance that is popular among body builders that happens to be banned by every doping agency in the world. Clev-erly though, Contador has attempted to deflect criticism by claiming the substance came from a contaminated piece of meat he ate. If that’s the case, then I would love to see the cow the meat came from. However, at pres-ent, chances that Contador will get his two-year ban lifted appear to be slim.

In 1999, Dieter Baumann, the gold medalist in the 5,000-meter in track in the 1992 Olympics, tested positive for Nandrolone, which is an anabolic steroid. An East German (albeit for-mer) on steroids? Not quite as far fetched as you may think. Baumann claimed someone spiked his tooth-paste with the banned substance, which caused him to test positive. He must have been using much more than the amount recommended by the American Dental Association or happened to get the one tube filled with steroids that slipped by Crest. Either way, he was handed a two-year ban and was (surprisingly) never the same again.

One of my favorite excuses of all time was from Tyler Hamilton, anoth-er professional cyclist. I know what you’re thinking, these cyclists come up with the darndest excuses! Af-ter testing positive for blood doping in 2005, Hamilton claimed his extra red blood cell count was due to blood from a twin that died in the womb, a condition known as chimerism. I know this is a real disease because I saw it on House. Hamilton certainly gets points for creativity, but he was banned for two years anyway.

Before Justin Gatlin tested positive for steroids, he held the world record in the 100 meter, was an Olympic gold medalist and was paid millions of dol-lars to run for less than 10 seconds. Unfortunately, he happened to hire a masseuse with a grudge who suppos-edly rubbed oil that was spiked with steroids onto his legs. I hate when that happens! As I’m sure you’re noticing, the common theme is that everybody gets punished, and Gatlin was no dif-ferent. He chalked up a four-year ban from track and field.

So, next time you’re trying to think of an excuse to use, try something clever like these athletes did. The key aspect of the excuse is that it wasn’t your fault. Remember that, and you’ll never run out of excuses. That is, un-til you get caught and then you’re on your own.

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CROSS COUNTRY

’Hawks finish weekend in top fiveBy Melissa Maykut Staff Writer

The Miami University men’s and women’s cross country teams went their separate ways for the first time this season to run in one final meet before the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Champi-onship.

The women’s team placed fourth in the 6K Penn State University (PSU) National Meet, while the men’s team raced to a third place finish in the 8K Falcon Invita-tional at Bowling Green State University.

At 11 a.m. Oct. 16, the women’s cross country team laced up at PSU’s Blue and White Golf Course with 31 other schools, including No. 1 ranked Villanova. The RedHawks chose to skip Pre-Nationals to try out the Penn State Meet, wanting to earn some national recognition.

“Pre-Nationals has too many teams,” Head Coach Kelly Phillips said. “It just becomes a mess and we’ve never had a good experience. Penn State was a great opportunity to get ranked nationally, and this should do it.”

The RedHawks placed fourth, earning 155 points.

“We weren’t lost amongst all the run-ners,” freshman Kate Carter said. “We knew where we had to be and what we had to do.”

Senior Rachel Patterson placed 12 overall, while fellow senior Amanda Mi-rochna ran a personal best and placed 23. Juniors Kelley Miller and Maggie Bing-ham placed 32 and 33, both with personal best times. Senior Katie Lenahan placed 55, Carter finished 57 and junior Jillian Dickman finished 88th.

The men’s team raced at Forrest Creason Golf Course at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 16. After some confusion following the collapse of the meet’s

electronic scoring system, the men’s team finished with 55 points, just one point behind

defending MAC champion Kent State University, and placed three runners in the top 10.

Like the women’s team, the men’s team schedule didn’t include Pre-Nationals for two reasons. First, the Falcon Invitational meet consisted of mostly flat ground with only one hill. This is similar to what the RedHawks will run at the MAC Cham-pionship. Second, the Falcon Invitational offered a competitive environment for the RedHawks and allowed Head Coach Waren Mandrell and the runners to see everyone and know how everyone is do-ing, exactly how the MAC Championship will be.

“It was a dog fight,” Mandrell said. “Practices were tougher this week due to midterms and projects, so the guys were just kind of worn out from trying to do well in school. We wanted to make sure we got out in front at this meet. It was ex-traordinarily close between the top three teams. It was quite a meet.”

Sophomore David Eichenberger placed fifth overall and had a personal best, while seniors Robbie Fisher and Michael Perry finished eighth and ninth. Sophomore Jar-rod Eick finished 15 and freshmen Blake Dircksen and David Wing followed with personal best times. Junior Chris Denison finished after them. Freshman Matt Ma-rol, who usually finishes in the top five for the RedHawks, was sick and ran a weaker race than usual.

“It wasn’t our strongest effort as a team,” Fisher said. “Some of the guys were just under the weather, but we had a nice pack up front and a few personal best times. It was a good build up meet before MAC and regionals.”

The RedHawks return to action Oct. 30 to run in the MAC championship at Kalamazoo, Mich.

Freshman Erin Riley keeps up the pace at the Miami Invitational Sept. 11.

MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student

RedHawks secure tie in top MAC spotFIELD HOCKEY NEXT GAME: 12 p.m. Sunday at Missouri State

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