BY CLAY PACKELFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University women’s cross country team won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship, its third MAC title in the past six years.

The women’s team had four run-ners finish within the top-10 and narrowly beat out the University of Toledo, 48-45.

It is the first conference ti-tle since 2009 for the Red-Hawks, as Toledo had won the previous three.

In addition to winning the event itself, Miami head coach Kelly Phillips was named MAC Coach of the Year.

Junior Jess Hoover once again finished at the top for the Red and

White and finished third overall for the event.

Redshirt junior Melissa Girgis was the team’s second scorer, fin-ishing right behind Hoover in fifth. Since Girgis and Hoover finished in the top seven, they were both named First-Team All-MAC.

“Winning MAC’s was such a great experience,” Hoover said. “I crossed in third and turned around and saw my teammates coming in shortly behind and it was the best feeling.”

Two other RedHawks were named Second-Team All-MAC. Junior Anna Lamb and sopho-more Laura Bess finished back-to-back in ninth and 10th overall, respectively.

Junior Elisa Frazier was Miami’s final scorer, taking

18th overall.“For meets like this, you hope

that just 80 percent of your plan goes right. Well, today it all went according to plan,” Phillips said. “It was perfect and just awesome to watch.”

Miami will look to build off its first place finish when they line up for the NCAA Great Lakes Re-gional Championship Meet, which will be held Friday, Nov. 15 in Madison, Wis.

A strong performance could allow the women’s team to qualify for the 2013 NCAA Championship.

The Miami men’s team did not enjoy the same success as the women this weekend, finishing sixth out of a field of nine.

Having beat every team in the

MAC except for Eastern Kentucky University just two weeks ago, the men should have been prepared to challenge for first, but in the week leading up to the race redshirt se-nior Matt Marol and freshman Kent Ford suffered injuries.

Marol sustained an injury to his knee, while Ford had a back injury.

Both attempted to race, but Ma-rol finished an uncharacteristic 49th and Ford finished one spot behind him in 50th.

Freshman Stephen Biebelhausen did not have his best race, finishing 54th overall.

Two positives to take away from the race were the performances of senior Dave Wing and sophomore Joe Stewart.

Wing finished at the top for Miami, as he has all season, and

finished second overall. Despite the race being Stewart’s

first of the year, he managed to fin-ish second for the RedHawks.

Head coach Warren Mandrell said he was pleased with Stewart’s race, but that it was hard to watch some of his runners racing in so much pain.

“Joe had a tremendous race and I’m very happy about how he came out, but it was just so painful having to watch Matt and Kent struggle like they were,” Mandrell said.

With less than two weeks until the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship Meet, the men’s team will look to regain its health and bounce back in a race that will help decide whether or not it goes to the 2013 NCAA Championship.

BY SHANNON O’CONNORFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

A familiar name will be on the next Ohio ballot for the House of Representatives. Miami Univer-sity’s Director of Graduate Studies Thomas Poetter plans to run against incumbent John Boehner in the election Nov. 4, 2014.

While the day of voting is over

a year away, recall members of the House of Representatives have elec-tions every two years that determine whether they will be keeping their position or stepping down.

A Newsweek article published Tuesday said Boehner has won his Ohio House seat with at least 60 per-cent of the popular vote since 1990.

Last year, he ran unopposed. Poetter said there should always be options and debate in a democracy.

“It shouldn’t matter which side you’re on. The election is to choose a candidate to represent citizens in the most powerful body in the world,” Poetter said. “I’m running because someone has to run, and I believe I’m ready for what lies ahead.”

Poetter received a Master’s degree

in divinity from Princeton Theologi-cal Seminary, and said he believes his experience at Miami in the edu-cational field has qualified him for the position.

“I’m 50 years old with a wife and family, and I consider myself able-minded, passionate and compassion-ate,” Poetter said. “I’m not a lifetime

politician, but I’m a citizen who wishes to represent citizens.”

Poetter said the foundation of their diverging beliefs rests on the local issues in District 8. Poet-ter said his opponent and fellow Ohioan John Boehner’s seques-ter resulted in a shortage of food stamps and other essential servic-es, above all, damages to Ohio’s education system.

“Head Start and No Child Left Behind are very important educa-tional programs and mean a great deal to me because I am in this field,” Poetter said. “[Boehner] has shaved some programs and cut others altogether. Children not having proper services in a rising economy is a sign of the govern-ment working to push citizens back. This is not an accomplishment, it’s a disaster. Boehner has seriously hurt these policies with his work on Capitol Hill.”

If he is elected, Poetter said he in-tends to study and enhance his learn-ing of the political world.

“This is expected of a citizen can-didate,” Poetter said. “But I would not remain in Washington forever, it’s not a career goal of mine to

become a politician. I’d have every intention of coming back to Miami.”

Sophomore Olivia Braude said she is excited about what’s in store.

“I think it’s amazing our own di-rector of graduate studies is running for a position in Congress,” Braude said. “It shows that Miami faculty are concerned with more than just

academics. They are truly involved in the greater community.”

The student organization at Mi-ami, College Democrats, is hosting a rollout event Tuesday, Nov. 19 in Uptown Park. Students, staff, faculty and community members alike are encouraged to stop by for more in-formation about the milestone.

In 1971, The Miami Student reported that the construction of an asphalt sidewalk across East Quad was abandoned after students put together a petition in protest, gathering 484 signatures in two hours. One student involved, John Messervey, said the administration had good intentions, but the sidewalk would be asthetically displeasing. “It’s a case where they didn’t ask the students and they now realize the students care about the campus,” Messervey said.

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BY ALEXIS DEBRUNNERSTAFF WRITER

According to the Huffington Post, social media use in the class-room has increased 7.2 percent na-tionally within the past year.

Miami professors are not far be-hind on this trend as many of them use social media in their class-rooms. Media professor Anthony Gonzalez said he uses the micro-blogging website Tumblr in his COM 146 class because it provides a convenient way for students to organize their media journals for his class.

“Number one reason I started us-ing Tumblr was the ease of use,” Gonzalez said. “If Niihka had a convenient way of managing me-dia like Tumblr, I would use it, but Tumblr is just a great atmosphere for media students.”

Part of the reason it is such a compatible social media form for Gonzalez’s students is that it of-fers a platform for multiple media texts in an easy and simple-to-use format. While Gonzalez said he doesn’t require any design layout of students’ blogs, he does see stu-dents playing around with Tumblr and creating their own themes and

decorated pages.Assistant Dean in University

Libraries and IMS 201 teacher Lisa Santucci said one of the big-gest hurdles with her use of so-cial media in the classroom has been getting students excited about using sites like Twitter for academic purposes.

“In the past, I used Twitter and would have students tweet about things that related to class materi-als, but many students didn’t like the forced component of using

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Miami’s 20-year plan builds the future

Honors course hikes to new heights in Argentina

University discusses immigration reform

A new way to have #class: Professors incorporate social media in curriculum

TAYLOR WOOD THE MIAMI STUDENTRIDIN’ CLEAN Many universities have eco-friendly bike sharing programs, with strategically placed stations that allow students to bike from place to place as an alternative to driving. How would you feel about Miami, with help from campus club Net Impact, adopting this system? Respond to our poll at miamistudent.net and let us know.

BY ALLIE SHULTZSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Nearly all sections of campus have some sort of new construc-tion, renovation or remodel go-ing on at any given time, all of which is part of a 20-year plan for improving Miami’s campus, according to Senior Director for Auxiliary Planning and Facilities Matthew Frericks.

“Miami developed a compre-hensive Long Range Housing Plan (LRHP) starting in 2005 and was approved by the Board of Trustees in 2010,” Frericks said. “The plan addresses the complete renovation of virtually all existing residence halls and dining locations.”

Frericks said the plan is in place to address several different issues. Buildings must be updated to com-ply with the Americans with Dis-abilities Act, have up-to-date fire and emergency accommodations as well as have elevators installed.

Other improvements include updated heating and air-condition-ing, cable, electric and plumbing systems, as well as improving ex-terior insulation and adding more windows to existing buildings.

Associate Vice President of Facility Planning and Opera-tions Cody Powell said he agrees that the current focus is on residential buildings.

“We have focused pretty heav-ily on the renovation or construc-tion of academic buildings in the past decade, so now attention is needed with these other facilities,” Powell said.

Powell said most of the resi-dence halls at Miami are nearing 50 to 60 years old and are in need of significant renovations.

“We tend to build buildings well and try to maintain them, but at this age, it makes sense to mod-ernize and replace aging systems,” Powell said.

According to Frericks, the residential construction going on now includes the addition of three residence halls on Western Campus as well as Maplestreet Station and Etheridge Halls, and the renovation of Anderson and McFarland Halls.

Frericks said the construction of new halls allows for “swing space,” which means that extra living space is provided for on-campus students while other halls

are unusable due to renovations.Currently, Maplestreet Station

and Etheridige Hall are being used as swing space for Anderson and McFarland Halls until they can both be reopened next year.

Powell said the addition of the three new residence halls on West-ern Campus will also improve the amount of swing space for future construction.

“This will likely complete the

new construction and will give us the capacity to take existing resi-dence halls offline for renovation,” Powell said.

While the 20-year plan has tried not to disrupt student life, the con-struction is still affecting students’ experiences on campus.

First-year Brandilyn Wilkerson experiences the issues each day as a resident of Western Campus.

“If the new form construction

wasn’t going on I’d have a quicker walk to classes because I wouldn’t have to walk around the construc-tion,” Wilkerson said.

Wilkerson said safety has been a concern around the construction site.

“It kind of creepy at night hav-ing to walk home next to the

BY KAILA FRISONEFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The U.S. Senate passed im-migration reform legislation with a 68 to 32 bipartisan vote in late June 2013, but the bill is still await-ing action from the U.S. House of Representatives.

According to the White House’s official website, President Barack Obama’s “common sense” proposal has four key principles: strengthen-ing border security, modernizing legal immigration, providing un-documented immigrants a legal path to earned citizenship and holding employers accountable for hiring undocumented workers.

According to Bryan Marshall, a

political science professor at Miami University, the democratic party is much more supportive of the legis-lation than the republicans who con-trol a majority in the House.

“Republicans are going to be re-luctant, I think, to bring any kind of holistic or systematic immigra-tion reform on the House floor be-cause it’s going to have a very good chance of dividing the party,” Mar-shall said. “That’s not something you want to deal with going into the 2014 election.”

Marshall said his understanding is that the House wants to wait on an immigration reform package until after the 2014 midterm elections.

U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) was the first Republican

to co-sponsor the House immigra-tion bill introduced on Oct. 2, 2013.

Marshall said some Republi-cans oppose the bill because they believe it is granting amnesty to undocumented immigrants. How-ever, he said there are many re-quirements to meet in order to earn American citizenship.

“I think that those requirements are sufficiently productive in terms of people who would want to par-ticipate in the program would really have to be invested in the United States, American culture and Ameri-can society,” Marshall said.

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BY CARMEN WYMERFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

A group of Miami University honors students will be taking their learning experiences far outside the classroom this winter term with a 10-day backpacking trip through rural Argentina. The two credit hour course, HON 281: Outdoor Leadership in Argentina, requires students to meet once a week dur-ing the fall semester to prepare for the trip over the winter term.

According to former instructor Mark Freidline, the class was first offered in 2009 as an option to sat-isfy new honors requirements. At the time, the course was co-taught by Freidline and Mike Maxam, who currently teaches the course. The goal is to teach leadership and basic outdoor skills.

“We want to focus on leadership, and the outdoors is a means to do that,” Freidline said.

Students first stop at a large city, which will be Mendoza this year, to learn about Argentinean culture. Most of the students will have to overcome a language barrier and cultural differences during those first few days.

Miami sophomore Rachael White expressed excitement about this part of the trip.

“I hope to get out of my com-fort zone and try something new,” she said.

Argentina’s leisurely, family ori-ented culture contrasts America’s fast-paced, more distant culture, Maxam said.

“In Argentina, they like to sit around, just enjoy peoples’ com-pany and talk,” Maxam said. “It kind of takes all the crazy things students have going on and shrinks it down to your bare necessities. It

puts things in perspective. You re-ally understand what you need and what’s important in your life.”

The second and longest part of the trip is the backpacking portion, which usually takes place in a re-mote location. This year, students will backpack in the Patagonia region. During class time at Mi-ami, students learn how to use har-nesses, about mountaineering and how to take safety precautions for that portion of the trip. They look at possible dangers in case studies and discuss the solutions.

Despite these preparations, things can still go wrong, Maxam said. A student fell ill on a past trip due to a pre-existing medical condition. Her trip to the hospital took a 12-hour hike and a four-hour drive because they were in a remote location.

“We use those [case studies] as a discussion piece to learn that it’s beautiful in the mountains, it’s go-ing to be a fun trip and there’s lots of great things to see,” Maxam said. “But, yes, there’s a very real-istic side we need to prepare for.”

Everyday things can be more dangerous as well, simply due to the outdoor environment. When students are hours or even days away from the nearest hospital, the instructors are very concerned about safety.

“One of the most dangerous things in the backcountry is cook-ing because it’s not in a controlled environment,” Freidline said. “If the stove is on a wobbly rock, it can tip over and burn you.”

White said the backpacking por-tion of the trip is what she is most nervous about.

“I’ve never done anything like this,” White said. “But [Maxam] seems like a good leader.”

EMILY CRANE NEWS EDITORA view of one of the three new residence halls on Western Campus. The dorms are slated to be completed by fall 2014 and have been designed for the second-year experience living learning community.

CONTRIBUTED BY MARK FREIDLINE

Four students in Honors 281: Outdoor Leadership in Argentina backpack through the mountains of Argentina.

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Local reaps organic fruit of labor

Polls open for township trustee election today

POLICE

BEATAccused burglar laughs all the way to the ER

A late-night, Rocky Horror, window show

Nurses induce sleepi-ness in intoxicated man

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TEAR DOWN THIS WAL(MART)After years of dormancy, the long empty, former-Walmart building is being torn down. Once the building is leveled, the Lane Public Library will move in.

BY KATE GROTONFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Driving around Oxford, one might notice there are signs along the sidewalks encouraging citizens to vote for the Oxford Township Trustee.

Voting will be held for the Ox-ford Township Trustee elections today. This year, the three can-didates are Gary Salmon, Lary Frimerman and Cal Conrad. Only two of the three candidates will be able to serve as trustees.

Both Salmon and Frimerman are rerunning for the position, and Conrad is running with a background of Mayor and Ox-ford City Council Member.

All three candidates aim to improve the city of Oxford, and have different ways in which they are voicing their plans for the future.

Frimerman said if elected, that he hopes to bring together Miami University, the City of Oxford and the Talawanda School District.

“I’ve have been making voters aware of my campaign through articles in newspapers, door to door, and through college clubs,” said Frimerman. “I want to implement our comprehensive plan, one of the most forward plans in Ohio, which maximizes

the protection of farm land while permitting development.”

Conrad, the new face in the election, said he is opposed to the bypass of the Three-Mile River Valley. The Three-Mile River Valley Trust protects the nature and land in Oxford and the surrounding regions. Here at Miami, the trails and river be-hind Dennison Hall is part of the Three-Mile River Valley.

“I’m about retaining the rural aspect, supporting additional or new replacement construction in Oxford,” says Conrad. “The three mile river valley is gor-geous and I would hate to see that destroyed”.

Salmon is running for his third term as trustee. He works with other political leaders in differ-ent townships to discuss how to reduce spending. He said he believes the key to success will be cooperating and sharing the spending’s that are available.

First-year Meredith Kress said she has noticed the elec-tions going on by the many signs in Oxford.

“Not many students are aware of the elections, but while run-ning off-campus, I have noticed from the signs on the sidewalks that the people of Oxford really care about who gets voted as trustee,” Kress said.

BY KYLE HAYDENFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The leaves are falling and harvest has arrived for the first time at the “5 Oaks” organic farm since Kristi Hutchinson obtained its official organic certification. Located five miles east of Oxford at 2771 Oxford-Trenton Rd., 5 Oaks Organics offers produce to the community.

Hutchinson, from Riley, Ohio, is a descendant of farmers on both

sides of the family and has lived in Oxford for the past seven years. Hav-ing grown up on a Wisconsin dairy farm and a cattle ranch in Indiana, Hutchinson said she learned her work ethic at an early age.

“This is what I’ve always wanted to do,” Hutchinson said.

Hutchinson lives and works full time on her nine and a half acre farm with little help. The property, 177 years old and once 180 acres, is enjoying its first year as a certified

organic farm. For the last five years, she worked at another organic farm, part of that time as a manager, while waiting for 5 Oaks to earn organic certification.

“There’re no breaks; there’s no days off,” Hutchinson said. “No one is here to make me get up and go out-side when it’s pouring down rain.”

Without pause and despite the elements, Hutchinson grows leeks, beets, potatoes, asparagus, buck-wheat, watermelon, pumpkins, broc-coli, Brussels sprouts, arugula, okra, spinach, beans, cabbage, garlic and carrots. All of the above are com-pletely organic, Hutchinson said.

The difference between organic and traditional farming, according to Hutchinson, is that each year she must prove to a government inspec-tor that she’s improving the soil.

The prohibition of certain unap-proved pesticides defines organic farming. Hutchinson said she does not use pesticides. Rather, she uses manure to invigorate the soil, in ac-cordance with organic law. Manure is plentiful at 5 Oaks, where Hutchin-son cares for horses, sheep and one potbelly pig.

Hutchinson said she spends rough-ly two full days on the land each week, as she spends considerable time going to different regional mar-kets, such as the Oxford Farmer’s Market and gatherings in Hyde Park and Wyoming, Ohio. And when she

does work the land, she toils alone.Hutchinson makes all of her

income at those markets, which she said are changing, and not for the better.

“Everybody’s got food in their hand and nobody is cooking,” she said. “To me, it’s supposed to be a farmer’s market not a craft market.”

Hutchinson begrudged what she called “ready-made” food vendors that, she said, sometimes endanger the viability of a farmer’s market. Hungry people once went to market to buy food to take home to cook, but now, with the work cut out, they instead take ready-made items and leave farmers, and their raw ingredi-ents for sale, in the lurch.

“I’m not trying to begrudge any-body looking to make a buck,” Hutchinson said. “But this is my business, if I lose this business, I also lose my home.”

Hutchinson said she didn’t have a budget for any employees this year.

“It’s a fine line between prof-it and loss at the moment,” Hutchinson said.

She wouldn’t pay someone less than minimum wage, which, accord-ing to Hutchinson, some farmers do. She added that farmers should de-serve more for their arduous work, suggesting $10 an hour.

“It’s a lot of tedious work,” she said. “There’re bugs, there’s heat, wind, cold and rain.”

KYLE HAYDEN PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHER

Kristi Hutchinson, owner of 5 Oaks Organics, introduces manure to the soil in preparation for spring sowing. She works her small farm with very little help.

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‘MARQUEE’ YOUR CALENDAR FOR FRIDAYThe lit marquee above the Princess 4 Theatres advertises its opening this Friday. Tickets will be sold for $5.

At 8:26 p.m. Saturday, OPD officers responded to a report of a possible burglary in prog-ress at 116 W. Church St. After hearing uninvited people mov-ing around on the first floor, a female resident had locked her-self in a third-floor bedroom and called dispatch.

Responding officers found a male passed out on the first floor. As attempts to wake the unre-sponsive man were unsuccess-ful, OPD called the life squad. While paramedics were en route, officers discovered the male possessed a fictitious Maryland driver’s license, a real Illinois license and a Miami University student ID.

Two males, who claimed to be searching for their unconscious friend, were also found on the first floor.

Residents of the house said they did not recognize any of the males and they did not want to press charges, but wanted the males to leave.

While being transported to the hospital, the male awoke and began laughing uncontrollably, according to OPD. Through his laughing spasms, he uttered in-coherent speech.

He was brought to Mc-Cullough-Hyde Memorial Hos-pital and charged with sales to and use by underage persons, certain acts prohibited and disor-derly conduct.

At 1:12 a.m. Saturday, OPD officers arrived at the Hampton Inn, 375 S. College Ave., in re-sponse to a report of a passed out male lying on the lawn at the rear of the building. When OPD ar-rived, the life squad was already on the scene and had woken him up, but the male refused to talk to them or OPD.

The male then began profuse-ly vomiting and was transported to McCullough-Hyde Memo-rial Hospital, where he contin-ued to vomit. Once the vomit font dried, the male would fall asleep whenever approached by a nurse.

He was charged with offenses involving underage persons and disorderly conduct; public in-toxication.

At 1:31 a.m. Friday, OPD of-ficers responded to a report of property damage at the Evan’s Scholars house, 219 E. Church St. Residents of the house claimed that a red-shirted male smashed out a first-floor window and took off running.

A resident on the first floor at the time broke from the house and chased the suspect eastbound down East Church Street. Anoth-er resident joined in the pursuit.

MUPD eventually stopped the suspect on Tallawanda Road and noticed he had trouble bal-ancing and smelled like alco-hol. When asked for his ID, the male claimed he had none and was just walking home from a party. MUPD arrested him while OPD investigated the scene of the crime.

Officers discovered a large rock in the basement of the Scholar’s house, which they de-duced had been used to break the window. Officers documented the scene and the suspect was charged with criminal mischief, criminal trespassing and sales to and use by underage persons, acccording to OPD.

CRIME STATISTICS: November 1 – 3

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TOTAL INDIVIDUALS CHARGED: 14TOTAL CRIMES: 30

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ARTS@MIAMISTUDENT.NET4 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013

‘Much Ado’ about the new Shakespeare film

REVIEW

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BY BRITTON PERELMANFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

I love Shakespeare. That be-ing said, I think Shakespeare’s works are very difficult to adapt for the big screen. However, Joss Whedon, director of hit movie “The Avengers,” has absolutely no trouble adapting and directing “Much Ado About Nothing.”

Filmed in twelve days and en-tirely at Whedon’s Santa Monica home, “Much Ado About Noth-ing” is able to do what other Shakespeare adaptations have not: combine the carefully writ-ten lines of Old English with a modern-day setting. So many Shakespeare adaptations fall short in the modern-day when their directors bring in contem-porary aspects in an attempt to relate to viewers. Unlike Baz Luhrman’s failed revamp of “Ro-meo and Juliet” in present day Verona Beach, Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing” features just enough modern details to al-low viewers to connect. The cast wears modern clothes such as classy suits and dresses, listens to music on iPods, drives fancy cars and cooks in a kitchen full of electrical appliances. Combined

with the fact that the film is shot entirely in black and white, these details add up to a wonderfully modern Shakespeare classic.

So many of us have only been exposed to Shakespeare in the classroom setting where we were made to read aloud or listen to au-diobooks. We then get so caught up in trying to understand what’s going on and what the characters are saying that we lose the emo-tion, feeling and meaning behind the work itself. Though meant for the stage, “Much Ado About Nothing” is a perfect example of how Shakespeare is supposed to be experienced. While watch-ing the movie, instead of getting lost in the heavy and archaic Old English, we follow along with ease because we can see what’s going on. Instead of wonder-ing what the characters mean, we see it on their faces and in their actions.

The actors, most of whom are familiar faces from Joss Whedon’s other projects, take on Shakespeare with ease. They produce Shakespearean lines so convincingly, you forget while watching that people don’t ac-tually talk that way today. Al-though the acting is good on all

accounts, Beatrice (Amy Acker) and Benedick (Alexis Denisof), as I’m sure Shakespeare himself intended, steal the show with their wonderful onscreen chem-istry. They are the typical, in-love yet forever bickering duo, who have far too much fun pok-ing spite at one another to admit their true feelings to themselves or anyone else. Their trials and tribulations, all part the “merry war” and “skirmish of wit” that Leonato (Clark Gregg) describes between them, are hilariously fun to watch.

A happy reminder that Shake-speare’s works weren’t all trag-edies, this retelling of the classic comedic tale is a delightful treat. “Much Ado About Nothing” is exactly how Shakespeare should be experienced; if you watch only one Shakespeare adaptation, let this be it. I can only hope that Whedon and Shakespeare will meet again soon.

“Much Ado About Nothing” is on the MUvie Channel for the month of November.

Tuesday, Nov. 5

Romeo & Juliet Presented by the Cincinnati

Shakespeare Company at 7 p.m. in the Shriver Center Heritage Room. Free admission.

The Hot Summer of ‘63: Writer Wil Haygood Takes You There

Wil Haygood, a Miami alum (1976), will give a lecture on his famous Washington Post article that inspired the ground-breaking film “The Butler,” at 7 p.m. in Hall Auditorium. Free admission.

Friday, Nov. 8, Saturday, Nov. 9

Diwali 2013: Keeping up with the Kapoors

Miami’s Indian Student Association presents Diwali 2013. This year’s show includes seven different dances, on-stage acting, video screen acting and more. Come watch one of Mi-

ami University’s most popular shows, winner of 2011 Event of the Year, at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday in Hall Audito-rium. Tickets are $7.

Wednesday, Nov. 13

Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shin-ing,” Great Art and Global Warming

ABC Correspondent Bill Blakemore will give three talks in Psychology, Journalism and Great Art at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Benton Hall 102. Free Admission.

Miami University Steel Band Fall Concert

Steel Band performs at 7:30 p.m. in Hall Auditorium. Tick-ets are $5 to $7 and are avail-able through the Shriver Box Office.

Friday, Nov. 15

Guest Composer Concert: Mark Applebaum

A concert devoted to the works of Applebaum, including acoustic and electronic com-positions, an installation and participatory-guided improvi-sations at 7:30 p.m. in Souers Recital Hall in the Center for the Performing Arts. Free Admission.

Saturday, Nov. 16

It Gets BetterIn 2010, a single internet vid-

eo offered hope to young people struggling with their sexuality and inspired a world-wide sen-sation. Now a live performance, It Gets Better uses the perform-ers’ personal stories to tackle broader issues of tolerance and diversity with a narrative of pain, pathos, and comedy. The Miami University Performing Arts Series presents this produc-tion with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles at 7:30 p.m. in Hall Auditorium.Tickets are $9 to $18 and are available through the Shriver Box Office.

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With most underclassmen registering this week, the Edito-rial Board of The Miami Student wants to highlight some classes we have taken in the past that have proven to be worthwhile.

Especially for those students who enter college undecided in their major, it is important to branch out and take classes you may never have thought of taking.

Who knows? One of your classes next semester could possibly steer your five-year plan in a direction you’ve never thought of.

If you find yourself still miss-ing requirements that don’t sound too appealing, there are creative ways to take a class that will not only fulfill that require-ment but allow you to have fun while doing it.

If you’re not big into writing but can’t get out of taking an English class, we recommend taking ENG 226, Introduction to Creative Writing. In this class, you read and write differently than you would in traditional English classes. You study cre-ative writing work and then try it out yourself through a series of short stories that are sure to get your creative juices flowing. This is a nice break from English classes that require you to write essay after essay.

IMS 201 is also a popular class for a few obvious reasons. First, you study Twitter, blogging and other forms of digital media. In the highly digital world we live in, it is no secret that the skills you learn in IMS 201 will stick with you throughout your col-lege and post-college years. You not only learn the basic history of the Internet, but learn special skills that could give you the competitive edge in today’s job market. You do not have to take IMS 101 to take 201.

If you’d rather work with ani-mals than technology, we sug-gest taking KNH 150, Begin-ner’s Horseback Riding. This class provides a much-needed break in any schedule. When will you ever have the chance to ride horses for an entire semes-ter? If you try it out and find you love it, you can retake the class as many times as you want—but you’ll only get credit for it once.

There are a variety of KNH classes that are awesome sched-ule fillers, which range from ten-nis to broomball.

If you are like many students who still need a physical sci-ence credit, PHY 111 could be for you. The astronomy and space physics class studies space exploration, astrophys-ics, astronomy and cosmology. Watching space movies is surely a fun alternative to an ordinary physics class.

The Editorial Board also agrees that all students, regard-less of major, should take at least one philosophy class during their time at Miami. Philosophy classes teach students to think and reason like an expert. These classes also allow you to learn from classmates and professors through in-depth discussions on issues like morality, religion, the environment or death.

A couple philosophy class-es we recommend taking are PHL 131, Problems of Moral and Social Values, or PHL 211, Problems of God, Morality and Religion. These classes will surely challenge your beliefs and promote stronger critical thinking skills.

There are hundreds of classes available for students to take but with only four years to squeeze in all graduation re-quirements, the pressure is on to choose wisely. We hope these suggestions help.

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As I lead my tour groups up the path toward the seal, I like to take a moment and mention the build-ings surrounding us. I point to Upham and explain the legend of the Upham arch, and as we walk, I ensure no prospective student or parent hazards a step upon the seal. I discuss the history of Stoddard and Elliott Halls and then I face toward Roudebush.

“This is the main administra-tion building on campus,” I say, “And our president, Dr. David Hodge, has his office here. He has what I consider to be one of the best commutes to work, as his home is located just across the street.”

At this, I tend to get a few chuckles and smiles, but oc-casionally I’m asked, “What is he like, the president?” My re-sponse had always been this: “President Hodge is an incred-ibly friendly, personable guy. He really values all of his students and their accomplishments.”

Until this point, my only in-teractions with Hodge were short glimpses of him at cam-pus events: hearing him speak at convocation, seeing his fam-ily sit down to breakfast at 1809, and recognizing him a few rows ahead of me at a recent Glee Club concert.

So, to be honest, I never felt as though I could speak from personal experience when ques-tioned about President Hodge on tours.

I heard from friends about their interactions with him how kind and polite he was, but never had I had the pleasure of meeting him myself.

However, recently, my resi-dence hall had the privilege of hosting Hodge for an informal discussion over coffee. Our large group of residents crammed into the lounge of the hall and smushed against one another, one large armchair left empty in anticipation of our guest.

We chattered nervously until a hush fell over the room, as the man representing over 15,000 undergraduate students entered our crowded gathering place. He glanced around, sat down, and began an incredibly inter-esting conversation. And I now have a new perception of Presi-dent Hodge that I may discuss during my tour.

President Hodge is a Miam-ian. He speaks with confidence and passion about the univer-sity and its students. Any ques-tion we asked was appropriate, none he turned away. And for one with an important, serious position, he possesses and inter-jects a delightful dose of humor into conversation.

Between discussions of the perception of a Miami student, campus diversity, and the new Armstrong Student Center, we were exposed to a Brad Paisley fan, avid runner, and a vicious broomball player.

I don’t know if it surprised me more that Hodge was so down-to-earth, debunking ridiculous rumors that he and his wife do not reside in Lewis Place or the con-version of the Shriver Center into a residence hall, or if it shocked me that he is able to remain so genuine while staying informed and intrigued with the goings-on of the entire university.

He was well-aware of the prob-lems and improvements needed across the campus and was hon-est in his suggested approaches to them. And while I cannot quote him directly from his dis-cussion with us, I do remember one remark he made verbatim: “I may not have all the answers, but I know the questions that must be answered.”

Out of all that Hodge dis-cussed, I found this to be the most admirable.

I can only hope that other lead-ers across the university have this humble approach to criti-cism, suggestions, and ideas. It was with this general feeling of respect for President Hodge that I left from our discussion.

And while I understand that not every undergraduate has yet had the chance to ask Hodge questions directly, I hope that none will hesitate to speak with him should they see him. He has as much, if not more, love and honor as the rest of us. But be prepared, he takes no broomball survivors.

Like most little kids in the 90s, I was fascinated with SeaWorld. I fed the dolphins; I sat in the “Splash

Zone” and fell asleep on the ride home c l u t c h i n g my Shamu stuffed animal. “Blackfish,” drowned these warm and fuzzy memo-ries.

The docu-mentary fol-

lows the story of Tilikum, the largest orca in captivity, and one who is linked to three human deaths. His story opens up a larg-er debate of SeaWorld’s practices and the morality of keeping orcas in captivity.

I finished the film at 1 a.m., and found myself tossing and turning for the next three hours. I was dis-turbed, obviously by the horrific deaths attributed to Tilikum, as well as the treatment of orcas in captivity versus their behavioral practices in the wild.

But something under the sur-face of these concerns troubled me even more. It haunted me, and still lingers, floating in the back of my mind: how?

How did the egregious viola-tions of personnel and animal safety on the part of SeaWorld go undetected for so long? How does such a large corporation routinely endanger its staff and creatures, and keep it secret? How didn’t we see it? Most importantly, how de-termined are we to stop it?

When it first aired on Oct. 24 at

9 p.m. EST on CNN, “Blackfish” garnered over 1.4 million views, according to the New York Times. The success spanned demograph-ics, and placed CNN right behind FOX News for the most viewer-ship in the two-hour timespan.

Seeing these ratings the next morning in my sleep-deprived state, I was excited, and weirdly relieved. Over a million other people saw exactly what I did, and felt how I felt. With the viral

nature of the Internet these days, I figured a mass protest and Face-book warfare couldn’t be too far in the distance.

As the days passed, however, I realized that the response to the film was much more in the news and film critic realm than in the social media, “let’s fix this” one.

Many of the sites I visited

linked to the change.org petition entitled, “Ask SeaWorld to re-lease their orcas and dolphins to ocean sanctuaries.”

The week after the documen-tary aired, only a meager and de-pressing 300 people had signed the petition.

As of the time I typed this sen-tence, the petition had 8,815 sig-natures, of which is mine. In the documentary, both trainers and scientists attest to the incredible

intelligence and emotional com-plexity of the orca, and show that orcas have reactions to events very similar to our own. Their informational understanding of orcas completely altered my per-ceptions of their behavior and my experience in front of them. I felt angry, sad and strangely attached to these scary predators.

I’m not saying we need to go on a “peace, love, save the whales” rampage or that we need to sue the company that gave us some great childhood memories. But I am saying that it’s time to look back on these memories with a different lens, to prevent our chil-dren and our children’s children from being blind and naïve to the same injustices to which we were blind and naïve.

I do not want my kids grow-ing up in a world where, in or-der to see orcas, they travel to an amusement park, where the relationships and behaviors of both the people and animals are as fabricated as the environment in which they’re exhibited.

I want to be part of the creation of a future without exploitation of man and animal, where our children and our children’s chil-dren can see parts of nature up close, without endangering the

qualities that make these parts what they are.

The 1.4 million viewers of “Blackfish,” and the persist-ing negative media attention for SeaWorld may increase pres-sure to change the way orcas are kept, or whether they are kept at all in captivity. But this pressure can only reach a boiling point if these viewers move from passive viewership to active participation in the discussion. We must realize the interconnectedness, as both humans and animals are suffer-ing.

I firmly believe in the over-used Gandhi quote about being the change we wish to see in the world. So I encourage and im-plore you to see “Blackfish.” Bring some tissues with you, be-cause this is no “Free Willy,” but see it.

And when you do, think about the ramifications of the film, and of the experiences seen in it. The lives risked, the animals abused, and the lies spun. As the Sea-World-loving, 90s generation, we should take off our Shamu glasses and see these kinds of attractions for what they are.

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their personal Twitter accounts,” Santucci said. “Many of them cre-ated separate accounts just for the class, I think some of it has to do with that Twitter is the last frontier they feel they can be themselves.”

Santucci said she has now changed how she uses Twitter in the classroom so that students re-spond better, and do not feel forced to publicly mix their personal ac-counts with their academic work. She decided to ask students to picture where they see themselves in a few years and then follow famous people in those careers. Since she made this change, she said she feels students have a more active engagement on their personal accounts.

“The students were to go out and find these people and see what they communicate on their Twitters,” Santucci said. “I think it’s more rewarding for students to follow something that speaks to them personally, than to feel that they are being forced into social interaction.”

Something Gonzalez said he no-ticed among his students was that while their blogs were private, the accountability for doing their work was not there. So this semester, he decided to try something new by releasing the links to students’ blogs to the rest of the class.

“Before, students could just blow off assignments or not worry about them because they didn’t have the fear of being criticized or evaluated by others, but now they are being held accountable,” Gon-zalez said. “However, the blogs are still password-protected so their projects are just available to their peers for criticism within the classroom setting, which I think is where it should be. The public can be very mean, especially over the internet.”

Another issue Gonzalez said he experienced was people blam-ing the technology for late or missing assignments.

“You can’t just tell a student, no it was working fine,” Gonza-lez said. “Because you can never know for sure if it actually wasn’t working for them.”

Gonzalez’s student junior Gina Messeri said she thought the use of social media in the classroom was something that worked well with only some classes. The use of Tumblr makes sense in a media class because it’s a media website, but Messeri said social media in a zoology class doesn’t fit as well.

The only drawback Messeri said she saw was the gap be-tween the online platform and the classroom setting.

“I think that sometimes there can be a disconnect between the social media and the class itself,” Mes-seri said. “They almost act as two separate parts of class and don’t al-ways connect, it can be confusing at times.”

The system may currently have flaws, but Santucci made the point that teachers are still tracking the best way to use so-cial media in the classroom. She said it is all about finding the right instrument for their specific learning environment.

“We always have to make sure to use the right tool,” Santucci said. “A chalkboard, or white board and marker could be the right tool, it all depends on what works with what’s being taught and how it’s being taught.”

Santucci said she likes the in-stantaneous connections that so-cial media provide. If she wants to communicate something to her students, all she has to do is add the hashtag “#IMS201” and she can share with them content that relates to class material.

“I like social media because, from a librarian standpoint, I think it has incredible potential,” Santucci said. “We essentially are watching a live archive, we can watch events unfold in front of us and how media is taken and manipulated into new forms, like satire. It’s all happening right there instantaneously.”

construction sites,” Wilkerson said. “They’re supposed to be empty but we all know people go back there.”

With new construction com-plete after next year, the focus will move to renovation of existing buildings. Powell said East Quad will be renovated in summer 2014, when Dorsey, McBride, Collins, Symmes, Dennison and Erickson Halls are all updated. Frericks said residence halls will con-tinue to be renovated until 2026, when Peabody Hall is schedule to be renovated.

Powell said the reason for fo-cusing on renovation, rather than new construction, is often a cost and conservation concern.

“If we can reuse existing build-ings through renovation, this is

our preference as it usually saves us up to 30 percent of the con-struction cost versus building an entirely new building,” Powell said.

Frericks said cost is a sig-nificant element of the 20-year construction plan.

“The cost of implementing the LRHP is in the hundreds of mil-lions of dollars at its completion,” Frericks said.

Funding for the many construc-tion projects comes from several different sources. Powell said funding from the state of Ohio can cover only projects for academic buildings, but not residence halls and dining facilities.

These project can be covered using reserve funding from the university, as well as through bond money which can be paid of by the fees from Housing, Dining, Rec-reation & Business Services when

part of the fees are allocated to it.Powell said along with these

funds, gifts and generosity from supporters of Miami help cover the costs.

While residence and dining halls are currently the focus, Pow-ell said academic buildings have not been left behind.

“We want to continue renovat-ing academic spaces to meet the needs of our students and faculty,” Powell said. “This will largely be contingent upon funding from the state.”

Powell said the next academic buildings up for renovation are Kreger and Shidler Halls.

Powell said the 20-year plan will entail almost constant con-struction as it is carried out.

“With close to 200 buildings in campus, we will always have the need to be performing some level if renovations,” Powell said.

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given on Oct. 24 that the economy would grow by $1.4 trillion more than it would without passing this legislation.

“It’s not fair to businesses and middle-class families who play by the rules when we allow com-panies that are trying to undercut the rules work in the shadow econ-omy, to hire folks at lower wages or no benefits, no overtime, so that somehow they get a competi-tive edge from breaking the rules,” Obama said.

Obama also said that 11 million undocumented immigrants cur-rently reside in the United States.

“It would make sure that ev-erybody plays by the same rules by providing a pathway to earned citizenship for those who are here illegally,” Obama said. “One that includes passing a background check, learning English, paying taxes, paying a penalty, getting in line behind everyone who is trying to come here the right way.”

In terms of impacting Miami stu-dents and faculty, Marshall said im-migration reform has the potential to bring families together and help increase diversity among the stu-dent body and surrounding popula-tions in southwestern Ohio.

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and putting the game out of reach in the process.

“I think we started out a bit too loose,” Miami head coach En-rico Blasi said. “But I thought the third period was the best for all of our objectives; making sure we possess the puck and don’t force things, good puck management. And I thought our D-zone was a little tighter.”

Miami outshot their opponents 40-20 in the shutout effort. Soph-omore netminder Ryan McKay recorded his first shutout of the year, on a 20-save effort. Despite the loss, Asmundson recorded a career-high 37 saves.

Saturday’s contest featured five

power play goals between the two teams, with the RedHawks com-ing out on top 5-2.

Junior captain Austin Czarnik opened up the offense just 4:45 into the evening with a coast-to-coast, man-advantage effort that electrified the sellout crowd and put his team in the driver’s seat in the process. Canisius answered with a power play tally of their own at the end of the period, but Louis and sophomore forward Alex Gacek each tallied a goal to give the RedHawks a 3-1 lead after one period. Coleman got a playmaker (three assists) in the first 20 minutes of play.

Junior forward Jimmy Mul-lin notched his first goal of the year for the lone second period score, and after a Golden Griffin

power play effort brought the game to 4-2, Czarnik shut the door with his second snipe of the night at 11:54 of the final frame, effectively ending the game at a 5-2 final.

“I felt good this morning and it just carried over,” Czarnik said of his three-point night. “We knew we needed to come out hard be-cause last night we didn’t do it, and they took it to us a little bit. I thought we came out hard, and luckily I was able to get in the groove today and get two goals.”

With the weekend sweep, Mi-ami moves to 5-2-1 on the young season. Its next test will be a two-game series on the road against National Collegiate Hockey Con-ference opponent St. Cloud State University.

RedHawks faced Providence Col-lege and were able to find some stamina to battle through yet an-other overtime, as Providence tied the score in the second half at one.

The game was defensive-heavy for Miami as it defended 28 Friar shot attempts. The Friars also had more penalty corner opportunities, taking 14 attempts. Miami took 15 shot attempts and had eight penalty corners.

“We fought with everything we had, especially after yesterday’s game which was hard on our legs,” Mueller said. “What helped us win the game was us fighting for each other.”

In the first half, Froede was able to give the RedHawks a short-lived lead as she rebounded a deflected shot.

The RedHawks pulled out the victory shortly after the beginning of overtime, when senior mid-fielder Emily Gruesser regained her deflected shot attempt and sent the ball into the back of the net for a second straight overtime victory.

Mueller also tied her career-high

record with 14 saves in goal against the Friars.

“Sarah put together an outstand-ing performance today,” Puzo said. “I don’t think we see a goalkeeper playing better than she did today.”

Miami also celebrated their five seniors Sunday and recognized them following the game as it was their last regular season game as RedHawks.

“Being my last regular season game, the fact that I was able to put it away in over is awesome and was just a great finish,” Gruesser said.

Miami hosts the MAC Tourna-ment Friday. Miami finished regu-lar season play with a 10-9 record.

“We haven’t had a single over-time game this whole season, and so of course the last two games we had to make it exciting, but men-tally we were ready to get the job done,” Gruesser said. “But we went in thinking let’s end on a good note, and these were great games leading up to the MAC tournament as these help give us the mental-ity that every game is going to be a fight to the finish so we can’t let other teams push us off the ball and we need to just fight as hard as we can.”

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Miami Univeristy freshman midfielder/forward Geagy Pritchard fights for the ball in Miami’s 2-1 double overtime win over Central Michigan University. Pritchard played in 11 games, starting one, and recorded zero points on four shots for the RedHawks during the regular seaon.

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Zakrzewski. Walter cleaned up the deflection and found the net to put MU up 1-0.

Miami scored its second goal just over a minute later when ju-nior forward Kelsey Dinges took a pass from freshman midfielder Jenna Weiner and lasered the ball over the keeper’s head from 20 yards out.

The RedHawks tacked on a third goal when freshman mid-fielder Rachel Marble found the net in the 51st minute. Freshman forward Taylor Jackson’s corner kick deflected off the front of the goalpost towards Marble who bur-ied it in the back of the net.

Miami finished the game with

12 shots, four of which were on goal. NIU managed only three total shots, two of which were on goal.

Walter said Miami is hap-py to be advancing to the conference semifinals.

“It’s very exciting,” Walter said. “I think we’re finally coming to-gether as a team … Obviously [in] these games if you don’t play all out then it could be your last. So you just got to leave it all out there, play for each other because we have a great group of seniors and we want to go as far as we can with them.”

For the seniors, it was the last time they played at home. Kramig said it was important for the se-niors to earn one last victory in front of the home crowd.

“[I’m] very pleased to send our seniors off last home game with a good result,” Kramig said.

One of those seniors is team captain and forward Katy Dolesh. Dolesh said while she was cer-tainly aware of the fact that it was her last home game, she avoid-ed letting the moment get the better of her.

“It’s hard as a senior you al-ways think about the ‘last kind of thing,’” Dolesh said. “But I can’t dwell on it, kinda [have to] keep playing every game like you have in the past.”

The seniors will have at least one more game before their Miami careers are over. MU takes on Ball State Fri-day on the campus of Eastern Michigan University.

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FIELD HOCKEY, FROM PAGE 10

BY JOE GIERINGERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

It is November, meaning mid-week games are all the rage in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Miami University will be the first to play in one of these contests when they host Bowling Green State Uni-versity Tuesday.

The RedHawks (0-8, 0-4 MAC) have been losers of 12 straight con-tests dating back to Oct. 27 of last year, when they upset a Top-25 team in rival Ohio University, 23-20. Their next test is 5-3 BGSU, which comes into Oxford winners of the teams’ prior two meetings. Despite starting off with five wins in their first six games, Bowling Green has dropped its last two of games, including a last-second loss to rival the University of Toledo on Oct. 26.

This marks the first weekday kick-off for Miami this season, and for many of the players it is something special and exciting redshirt senior tight end and captain Steve Marck said.

“One of the selling points when they recruit you in the MAC is you’re going to get this national ex-posure in November,” Marck said of Miami’s remaining four games, all of which will be played on a week-night and will air on ESPN2, ESPN3

or ESPNU. “It’s kind of become the signature of the conference, ‘MAC-tion’ is I guess what they call it. It’s fun, and people from back home can watch me play because I’m not from around here. But I know the team en-joys it and you get used to it.”

The Falcons pose a real trial for the winless ‘Hawks, and have pounded it out on the ground quite well so far this year, amassing 1,593 yards on 328 carries through eight games. They average 4.8 yards per rush, and their top two running backs, red-shirt sophomores Travis Greene and Andre Givens, average 5.9 and 6.8 yards per rush, respectively. Greene has five touchdowns in 2013, and is closing in on the millennium mark this week, needing just 94 more yards to hit 1,000 yards.

Bowling Green’s passing attack is nothing to scoff at either. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Matt John-son has harassed defenses when the Falcons have decided to go to the air, completing 140 of his 218 attempts for 1,827 yards and a 9-3 touch-down-to-interception ratio. Miami’s 112th ranked total defense is going to have to come up big at home if they wish to extend BGSU’s skid to three games.

“Bowling Green is a good foot-ball team, they really are,” interim head coach Mike Bath said. “Coach

[Dave] Clawson does a great job with these guys and he’s been a very successful coach at three stops al-ready, and their coordinators are re-ally good. It’s always been a great ri-valry and this is one of our true three rivalry games. This is an important game and it will be a fun game. We had some flaws last week that we are really, truly hoping we’ll work through and I believe we’ll work through. I think this is going to be a fourth quarter game and we’ll see what happens.”

Even at 0-8, the RedHawks haven’t lost the enthusiasm seen in programs competing for a confer-ence title. Practices are still high-tempo and the spirits are still up, something redshirt senior defensive lineman Wes Williams attributes to the team rallying around experience.

“We’ve got a really strong senior class,” Williams said. “My true fresh-man year I ended up starting and we were 1-11, so we’ve been through this and it’s just kind of about keep-ing the morale up, keeping guys go-ing and being prepared. We still have something to play for, and we want to go out the right way.”

The Tuesday game is scheduled for an 8 p.m. kickoff and features a halftime treat – Rozzi’s Famous Fire-works is set to provide a fireworks show.

consecutive points. The Red-Hawks would not look back as they took the set 25-17.

Both teams continued to battle neck-and-neck with each other for much of the third set. With the score knotted up at 21-21, North-ern Illinois went on a 4-1 spree as it eventually took the set 25-23.

The fourth set was much like

the previous set, as neither team was able to gain much separation for most of the set. After being tied at 22-22, the Huskies closed out the match on a 3-1 run.

“We had opportunities to win,” head coach Carolyn Condit said. “[At times] we played hard, good volleyball. Our bad decisions and inexperience hurt us. They [NIU] got it done. We needed better de-fense in different scenarios. We didn’t have enough leadership

on the court... I was pleased with Jenny Ingle and Annie Reiswig also played well. Madison Dodd passed well and I was pleased with the play of [freshman setter] Krista Brakauskas. It’ll be good to get back to host Kent State on Friday.”

The RedHawks return to Ox-ford for their final home match-es of the regular season against Kent State University and Ohio University.

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as Raymond, Costea, Guerrazzi, Heerden, Rajkovic and Badileanu all fell in their matches.

“I think overall we had a good fall season,” head coach Anca Dumitrescu said. “Everyone im-proved from last fall and was more consistent throughout the season. We just need to keep building that strong foundation and continue to improve our ability to play high percentage tennis every match regardless of the opponent. We can still do

a better job with controlling the intangibles and as we improve that, we will become tougher and stronger competitors. Our suc-cess this spring will be a direct result of our ability to stick with the gameplan under pressure and our willingness to outcompete our opponents.”

Thurman echoed the senti-ments of her coach.

“Everyone competed really well this weekend,” Thurman said. “There were a few ups and downs, but overall I think it was a good end to the fall season. In-dividually, I was happy with win-

ning the back draw and finishing on a positive note. Every match was a tough one and I had to be in every single point. After this weekend, we could see that was the key to success. Some matches came down to just a few points. Being tough in those points are what it takes to compete at the next level which we are working towards.”

The tennis team returns to ac-tion Jan. 17-19 as they travel to West Lafayette, Ind. for the Pur-due Invitational prior to its regu-lar season opener Jan. 26 against Xavier University.

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FOOTBALL

’Hawks swim past foesSWIMMING AND DIVING

BY JORDAN RINARDSENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University men’s and women’s swimming and div-ing teams rolled this weekend as they downed Cleveland State Uni-versity and Mid-American Confer-ence (MAC) foe Bowling Green State University.

Against Bowling Green (1-2, 0-2 MAC) Friday, the women’s team (3-1, 2-0 MAC) earned vic-tories in 12 of the 16 events and overcame a 22-37 deficit after the third event to reel off its third consecutive victory of the season. Multiple RedHawks placed in nine events during the meet.

“We swam well,” women’s head coach Mark Davis said. “With midterms and the girls being stressed, we came around and had an improvement in our races. We had some adversity early on, but we took it in stride. It was a good meet. Bowling Green is a tough team.”

Senior Nikki Craft was the only player to take first place in mul-tiple meets as she triumphed in the three-meter and five-meter diving events. Fellow seniors Brianna Fu-jan and Nicole Wagner secured the top spot in the 200-backstroke and the 100-breaststroke, respectively.

“We came out strong,” Wag-ner said. “We did a good job with keeping up the energy and just swam our own race.”

The men’s team (2-0) also had a strong outing against Cleveland State (1-4, 1-0 Horizon League) in non-conference play, taking the top spot in 11 of 16 events.

Sophomore Evan Bader led the way for the ’Hawks with 31 points, which resulted from wins in the 100 and 200-breaststroke, placing fourth in 200-IM, and a first place finish in the 200-medley, along with senior Dan Nemeth, sopho-more Sean Neri and freshman Grant Stafford.

Also picking up wins for the Red and White were Stafford, senior Michael Cavanaugh, senior Sean Minderlein, junior Joe Baumgart-ner and sophomores Chris Dieter and Michael Nash.

“The team performed well Sat-urday,” men’s head coach Pete Lindsay said. “We have tied Cleveland State the last two meets in Oxford and knew that the meet would be tough as CSU won the Horizon League Championship last spring... 10 of 14 swimming races were decided by five tenths of a second or less and four by six one hundredths of a second or less creating a very exciting meet.”

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BY JORDAN RINARDSENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University tennis team had an inconsistent show-ing in the Memphis Invitational this weekend as no player took three matches in singles play and the doubles teams could not win more than one match. The invita-tional was the last tournament of the fall season.

On the first day of the invita-tional, two RedHawks emerged victorious in singles play as sophomore Ana Rajkovic and freshman Andreea Badileanu took 6-0, 2-6, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-4

decisions, respectively. Senior Christiana Raymond, junior Ra-mona Costea, junior Christine Guerrazzi junior Alix Thurman and sophomore Chloe Heerden all fell in two sets on the day.

The doubles team of Raymond and Thurman picked up the lone doubles win for Miami in an 8-7(4) decision, prior to fall-ing 1-8. Guerrazzi and Rajkovic dropped both their opening dou-bles match and their consolation match while Costea and Badilea-nu fell in the opening round and played their consolation match the following day.

In singles action on Day two,

Rajkovic and Badileanu won their matches 6-0, 7-5 and 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 respectively to advance to the finals on the final day of the invitational. Making their way to the consolation finals Sunday were Raymond, Guerrazzi, Thur-man, and Costea with each of their wins on the day.

Doubles play concluded for the ’Hawks with Costea and Badilea-nu falling 4-8 on the second day.

On the third day, Thurman was the only player that picked up a singles victory on the day

BY JORDAN RINARDSENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University vol-leyball team is now 2-13 in its last 15 matches after dropping a 1-3 (19-25, 25-17, 23-25, 23-25) decision to Mid-American Con-ference (MAC) West Division opponent Northern Illinois Uni-versity (15-11, 7-5 MAC). The RedHawks (10-14, 2-10 MAC) are 1-5 on the season against West Division foes.

“We played hard,” junior

libero Tori Clifford said. “We need to be more consistent and finish games... We need to be scrappy. We’re going to go in and practice hard this week and play consistent and stay focused.”

Sophomore outside hitter An-nie Reiswig had a strong out-ing with 16 kills, while redshirt sophomore Jenny Ingle posted 12 kills and a .571 hitting percent-age. Junior setter/outside hitter Meg Riley had a double-double with 11 kills and 23 assists, while senior libero Madison Hardy

tallied 28 digs. After falling behind 2-8 early

in the first set, Miami rallied to tie the score at 11-11. Northern Il-linois took control of the set with a 4-1 run to take a 16-13 lead the ’Hawks could not overcome as they fell 19-25.

The second set featured the two teams trading blows un-til the score was 13-13, and the Red and White reeled off four

BY JOE GIERINGERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

The No. 7 Miami University hockey team had a swell showing at home, taking both games en route to a sweep of the Canisius College Golden Griffins.

Friday night’s venture was a success thanks largely to the of-fensive play of junior forward Alex Wideman. The St. Louis, Mo. native netted two goals in the 3-0 Miami victory.

After the Golden Griffins

started hot with a majority of the scoring chances, the Red and White capitalized on a power play opportunity in which Wideman notched his third goal of the year.

“On that first one it was all [Blake] Coleman and [Cody] Murphy,” Wideman said. “They worked so hard in there and made my job a lot easier. Usually I’m a passer, but that time, I decided to shoot.”

He struck again almost eight minutes into the second period off a friendly feed from freshman

forward Anthony Louis making it 2-0 in favor of the RedHawks.

As the third period got under-way, it seemed as if Canisius was conceding the contest. As Miami poured it on with more offensive pressure, junior forward Blake Coleman was able to corral an awkward rebound off the boards and fire it over the shoulder of Griffin goaltender Keegan As-mundson, making the score 3-0

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KIM PARENT THE MIAMI STUDENTMiami sophomore forward Sean Kuraly skates up ice during Miami’s 5-2 win over Canisius College Saturday.

HOCKEY

Red and White ground Golden Griffins at home

RedHawks survive for pair of overtime victories

Miami advances to MAC Semifinals

I love attending sports games. Regardless of the level of play and venue, there are few things more fun than cheering on your team in the heat of battle. As a sports writer and broadcaster for several Miami sports, I’ve been luckier than many in being able to attend RedHawk sporting events. I’ve seen epic comebacks, disastrous drops and everything great Miami has to of-fer. Unfortunately, this means I’ve also seen the worst that the Red and White faithful have to offer as well. So, in honor of those freaky fans you love to hate, the following is a list of archetypes and accidental tropes that you sports-goers might fall into at Goggin or Yager, or anywhere Mi-ami sports are played.

The Know-it-all FanBy far the worst offender on the

list, this guy is somehow who I’m always stuck next to when I attend a game purely as a spectator. He’s smug, he’s confident in his decision-making and he’s always reaction-ary. Yeah, I can see that the pass interference call was right after I’ve seen it on the replay, too. Oh, Aus-tin Czarnik should have passed that puck earlier on the 3-on-2 chance? Maybe so, but he doesn’t have the luxury of watching the play break down to make a smart-aleck com-ment a few seconds later. But what’s worse than the constant yelling at no one in particular is when he makes a snide remark towards you or some-thing you say to your friends with you. No matter what you say or how elegantly thought out your opinion may be, this guy is going to dis-pute it. You have a degree in sports management? Great for you, buddy – I’m looking forward to Miami not hiring you in their sports department upon your graduation.

The Obscenely Drunk FanLet me preface this by saying if

this is a Bengals game and alcohol is served at the venue it is one thing. But this is Miami, and drinking isn’t allowed at the games. So do every-one a favor and don’t get wrecked at your dorm with your freshmen friends, only to throw up three rows up from the glass at a hockey game before the first period is even over. So don’t come to the game super-smashed, yelling obscenities and taking your shirt off – leave that to the 40 year-old, dead-end job fans you see on national television.

The Clueless FanThis one’s a little more forgiving

than the first two, but it still isn’t any less annoying. If you come to a game,

you should at least be somewhat educated in the laws of the land. It’s entirely too common to hear a “why was there a whistle?” when a three-second rule is called. I don’t know a ton about basketball, but I can at least not question everything the official is doing on the court. There’s no need to announce your ignorance to ev-eryone around you. Besides there’s more polite, subtle ways to express your ignorance: ask someone. It won’t hurt, and usually the guy next to you will be able to explain it in a way that even the most clueless fan can understand. He might give you a weird look for not knowing what is thought to be an obvious rule to the game, but at least you won’t be scorned for telling the scorekeeper to put two points on the board instead of three after Willie Moore knocks one down from behind the arc for the RedHawks.

The Fan Who Doesn’t Care You might not be into sports, but

that’s no excuse for vocalized apa-thy. It’s one thing to not understand a game like the previous entry, but it’s quite another to denounce a particu-lar sport as a waste of time, claiming that you should have stayed home instead. One rule is don’t talk down about the sport, venue or fan base that populates said sport and venue. You don’t like hockey? That’s your choice, and it’s completely fine. But just don’t say that in the student sec-tion on Friday night at Goggin. At best, you’ll be marked by the Red-Hawk faithful as an unwelcome imbecile. At worst, the obscenely drunk fan will follow you out af-ter the game, spin you around, and ruin your night with a well-placed sucker punch.

The Fan Who Gets in the WayThis one should go without say-

ing. Sir, it’s fine that you’re ex-cited about a play that’s developing downfield and I’m very happy that you’re excited. What’s not cool is that you’re 7-foot-1 and standing on the bleachers directly in my way, spilling popcorn all over my lap. Be polite, be courteous and be aware of those behind you – it goes a long way, and helps foster game day com-radely with those around you. The most inexcusable instance of the fan who gets in the way is the one who leaves early or comes late to a con-test and happens to be right in your way when a game-changing play oc-curs. With the frequency that this oc-curs I could make a separate column just about this guy, but you wouldn’t want to read it and I definitely don’t want to write it.

SOCCER

FIELD HOCKEY

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BY ZACH MACIASZEKFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The second-seeded Miami Uni-versity soccer team (11-6-3) com-bined a crisp offense with a stal-wart defense to shutout Northern Illinois University (6-11-3) 3-0 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) quarterfinals.

With the victory, the Red-Hawks secured a spot in the league semifinals next

weekend. MU will take on the Cardinals of Ball State University (11-6-3) Friday.

Head coach Bobby Kramig said the game exhibited his team play-ing its best soccer at the most im-portant time of the season.

“It was a comprehensive result,” Kramig said. “Good defending and good attacking. Three big goals and a shutout. I really feel like we’re playing good soccer at the moment. It’s nice to be going into

the conference tournament feeling good about the game you’re play-ing and what you’re doing.”

The ’Hawks struck first in the 30th minute on a goal by sophomore midfielder Haley Walter. Sophomore midfielder Jess Bronke’s throw-in from the sideline was deflected off the head of senior midfielder Kayla

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BY ALYSSA ZEDIKER STAFF WRITER

The Miami University field hockey team pulled out a victory in two overtime games to end its regular season. The RedHawks are now the No. 3 seed in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament, which starts Friday.

“The truth is that these games get you ready when you need to perform your best,” head coach Inako Puzo said. “And now going into the MAC tournament we can’t make mistakes and overtime is always an option.”

The first game for the weekend finished Miami’s regular MAC season play as it battled against Central Michigan University in a double overtime game that lasted 97 minutes and ended with a 2-1 final score.

“We kept bringing persistency every half and after every timeout, so we got the job done,” junior back Ali Froede said. “Both teams definitely brought some fight to the

game, and we showed character this game and kept fighting until the very end by getting shots even after shots weren’t going in.”

The RedHawks scored the go-ahead goal with two and a half minutes left in the second and fi-nal overtime. Froede scored the game-winning goal from the top of the circle by firing it into the back of the net for her ninth goal of the season.

Miami had a large advantage in shots for the game as it out-shot Central Michigan 27-8. It also had the advantage in penalty corners, 13-6.

“We left everything on the field,” senior goalkeeper Sarah Mueller said. “We showed persistency by taking what seemed like a million shots until we finally scored again and I think that is what this team is all about and why we want to win the MAC championship.”

In their game Sunday, the

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MU drops ninth straight road matchVOLLEYBALL

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’Hawks conclude fall season in MemphisTENNIS