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DEATH

MEMORIAL FOR MINGI Students, faculty and staff came together on Friday afternoon in MacMillan Hall to remember the life of sophomore student MinGi Kang

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016 MiaMi University — OxfOrd, OhiOvOlUMe 144 №44

POTENT MU CORNERBACK LOST

TO AUBURN

Redshirt junior Marshall Taylor swayed by relationships with

coaches, friends.

BOARD LAMENTS LOSS OF STUDENT-TEACHER BONDS

As reliance on contingent faculty increases, mentor-pupil

relationships suffer.

MIAMI ANNOUNCES VARSITY ESPORTS

PROGRAM

Gamers now have opportunity to earn scholarships, national

recognition.

ASG AMENDS RESOLUTION WITH PARTIAL MAJORITY

Controversial recognition of Columbus Day and Indigenous

Peoples Day passes.

NEW PROMOTION POINT PROPOSED FOR LECTURERS

University Senate committee examines promotion process for

lecturers and clinical faculty.

SPORTS p. 10OPINION p. 6CULTURE p. 4NEWS p. 3NEWS p. 2

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EMILY WILLIAMSNEWS EDITOR

Late Friday night, a dozen Shawnee Tribe members ar-rived in Oxford after traveling over 600 miles from Miami, Oklahoma to lead students, faculty, Miami tribe members and other community members at Miami University in a tradi-tional Stomp Dance.

The event, held on Satur-day, April 2 in the Armstrong Pavilion, was a collaboration between Late Night Miami, Miami Tribe Relations, the Myaamia Center, the Office of Residence Life (ORL) and the Center for American and World Cultures.

The Stomp Dance was planned in conjunction with the seventh biennial My-aamiaki Conference, an edu-cational event that celebrates the namesake of the university, the Miami Tribe, their current activity and projects and their relationship with the univer-sity. This year’s theme was eempaapiikinamankwi kineep-waayoneminaani, “We pick up the threads of our knowledge.”

The conference, which ran from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the John Dolibois Room in the Shriver Center, featured pre-sentations on everything from the launch of the Myaamia On-line Dictionary to the recover-ing of traditional tribe names

and naming processes to the implementation of Montessori teaching methods in Myaamia educational programs.

Among the conference at-tendees was Doug Lankford, the Chief of the Miami tribe, and Dustin Olds, the Second Chief, who also made the journey from Oklahoma to Ohio for the weekend. Many Myaamia families who live in Indiana were also able to at-tend. Ben Barnes, the Second Chief of the Shawnee Tribe, and Roy Baldridge, a Shaw-nee Business Council Member, also attended with the Stomp Dance performers.

Coordinator of Miami Tribe Relations for the university, Bobbe Burke, compared the conference to a large fam-ily reunion. She was especially excited to see many of the My-aamia alumni return to campus, some of whom were among the presenters at the conference.

“That’s what’s really fun for me to see,” Burke said. “We’ve had a really good track record of having people who are so engaged with the tribe here that they are able to give back in uniquely different ways.”

Over 180 Miami community members swiped their IDs at the Late Night Miami check-in table, and more than 250 peo-ple participated in the Stomp Dance that night.

Available at the entrance of the event was a card with

various challenges and ques-tions such as, “Participate in the Stomp Dance,” “Talk with a member of the Miami tribe” and “Where is the Miami Tribe officially headquartered to-day?” Each activity or question corresponded with an amount of points participants could use to win prizes such as imprinted mugs, plastic tumblers and “I am Miami” flags in the My-aamia language.

“We wanted it to be a means to encourage students to active-ly participate and learn some things about the Miami Tribe,” said Rob Abowitz, Associate Director of the Office of Resi-dence Life.

The chairs in the room formed a circle around the dance space where two groups of Shawnee tribe members alternated leading the stomp. Each dance proceeded in the same way — a male “caller” led the dance followed by a female “shaker.” The women set the rhythm of the dance by stomping and shaking the shells worn around their an-kles. Traditionally, the shakers were made from turtle shells but are typically now made from cans filled with small stones. The dancers, alternat-ing male and female, continued to form a spiral as more people joined the dance.

Although many of the

ANGELA HATCHERNEWS EDITOR

Natasha Quitano greets cus-tomers who walk into Krishna with a smile, telling them to grab a seat wherever they want. She’s been working there for roughly two months. She loves her coworkers, manager, cus-tomers, and she loves the food.

When Natasha turned 15 years old, her summer was not spent lounging on the beach like it had been for the past 14 years. Instead, she spent her time packing and prepar-ing for the 7,051 mile move from her home of Saipan to the United States.

Not Samoa, not Spain, but Saipan.

Saipan is the second larg-est island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a fourteen chain island, all of which are U.S. territories. It is located in the Pacific Ocean, near the Philippines and Guam.

The island is 12 miles long and 5.6 miles wide.

“It’s a dot on the globe,” Na-tasha said.

Home to the Chamorro peo-ple, the island’s population is roughly 48,000, according to the 2010 United States Census.

Natasha is half Chamorro and half Thai.

She has 14 half siblings and one full blooded sister, who

she grew up with. Out of her 16 siblings, she and her sister are the youngest. She didn’t grow up with her 14 other sib-lings because they had a differ-ent mother. Part of the reason she moved here was because her dad, who is Chamorro, and her mother, who is Thai, decided to separate.

Oxford, Ohio: A town her mother viewed as a package deal because of Talawanda high school and Miami Uni-versity. Saipan has only three high schools and one univer-sity which is more of a com-munity college.

“America just has more op-portunity,” she said.

And so the journey to

Oxford began.She is a first year art major.

Her main focus is studio art, rather than graphic design. Her favorite medium used to be graphite because she special-ized in portraits. But she paints a lot more nowadays.

“I sold more of my paintings than my portraits,” Natasha said. “I’ll just post stuff on my Instagram, and if people like it, they ask to buy it.

In Saipan, when she was little, the frequent power out-ages left Natasha bored and idle, itching for something to do to keep busy. She had a Tom and Jerry coloring book

AUDREY DAVISANGELA HATCHERALISON PERELMAN

THE MIAMI STUDENT

MinGi Kang woke up early on Thursday, March 25. His friends had a flight to catch at 7 a.m., and he was the only person willing to drive them. So his alarm went off early, he got dressed, grabbed the keys

to the car and drove his friends to the airport.

At 3:45 p.m., just eight hours later, MinGi climbed and fell from the radio tower at Williams Hall.

A couple weeks earlier, a pair of his friends had a flight at 5 a.m. No one wanted to drive them to the airport. MinGi woke up, got dressed, grabbed keys to the car and drove his friends.

He was always willing to drive his friends, no matter the time of day. He never asked for anything in return.

“He really knew how to take care of others,” said Ting Zhao, MinGi’s girlfriend of a year and a half. “He helped people every day.”

As the Miami community — both international and do-mestic — mourns the pass-ing of MinGi Kang, his com-

passion, humor and smiling face live on as reminders of who he was and still is to his friends and family.

MinGi was a gamer at heart — League of Legends was one of his favorites. He liked reading the Harry Potter series, playing soccer and listening to punk music. His favorite bands were Green Day and Nirvana, and he often played their songs on the guitar.

He missed his hometown food but loved going to a Kore-an BBQ place Uptown with his girlfriend. He was also a good cook — making real Korean stir fry and dumplings — and would often surprise Ting with breakfast when she woke up.

“There’s a lot of memories,” Ting said. “The memories are all good.”

Ting first met MinGi at Tea Cha House. They were both

first-years. She lived in Mor-ris; he lived in Stanton. They didn’t realize how close they lived to each other or that they had gone to the same international high school, HuiJia, in China.

Ting walked into Tea Cha House with a small group of friends and joined MinGi’s much larger group. The only

Remembering MinGi: Compassionate and dedicated

Stomp Dance and Myaamiaki conference celebrate Miami Tribe traditions

International student spotlight, Natasha Quitano: Not Samoa, not Spain, but Saipan

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EMILY WILDTHE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami’s chapter of Pi Sigma Ep-silon, a national marketing and sales fraternity, set a national record at the 2016 PSE National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Friday, March 25.

The group earned the Lewis F. Gordon Top Gold Chapter Award for the third year in a row and the twelfth time in the past 17 years. Before this convention, they were tied with The University of Wisconsin-Whitewa-ter for the most Top Gold Chapter awards at 11, and broke that record with this year’s win.

Along with this prestigious title, Miami’s chapter won the Top Man-agement Team award and placed second for Top Chapter Recruitment Campaign, Top Marketing Research Program and Top Client Market-ing/Sales Project. Additionally, they received the Sustained Excellence Award, which recognizes chapters who have maintained at least three consecutive years of gold status measured by the amount and value of activities they create and partici-pate in each year.

Out of the chapter’s 143 members, 38 attended the national convention to compete against PSE chapters from across the nation.

“It’s a lot of fun to be in a different

environment with people who also share the same passions as you do that aren’t necessarily from Miami,” said Blake Cortez, a first-year PSE member who attended the national convention for the first time this year.

Leading up to this year’s national convention, Miami’s PSE chapter worked on a total of 19 projects with clients including Luxottica, the But-ler County Veterans Service Com-mission, the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Cincinnati Reds, Dewey’s Pizza and Western & Southern Financial.

For senior Ben Arwine, PSE’s former chapter president, expecta-tions were high going into his final national convention.

“I wanted to make sure that we were continuing this tradition of winning and excellence, and I did feel some pressure,” Arwine said. “I wanted to put our best foot forward.”

At last Friday’s award ceremony, all 38 chapter members huddled to-gether and held hands as they ner-vously awaited the announcement of the Top Gold Chapter Award. When Miami’s Gamma Gamma chapter was announced as the winner, the group erupted into a mass of tri-umphant cheers and congratulatory hugs.

“There was so much energy,” Cor-tez recalled. “I had never been a part of something like that ... to know that you were a part of something great, that you had such an instrumental

part in winning such a big award and gaining this amazing honor. It was in-credible.”

Along with the group awards, Ar-wine was individually honored with the Whan Challenger Award which is given each year to a PSE member based on their chapter leadership, involvement in chapter projects, par-ticipation in recruitment and extracur-ricular or academic pursuits outside of PSE.

“While it is an individual award ... I was able to win that award because of the development and the support from the entire chapter,” Arwine said.

This recent success comes in the wake of another notable honor for Miami’s PSE chapter. In the fall, the Gamma Gamma chapter received

a resolution from the Ohio House of Representatives in recognition of their eleventh win at last year’s con-vention, as well as for their continued success at the national level and their dedication to educating and develop-ing young adults.

Arwine attributes the group’s con-tinued success to the determined ap-proach they bring to each competi-tion.

“We put so much time into prepar-ing, and every year we approach it like we’ve never won before, and that’s why we’re able to keep winning, be-cause we don’t take it for granted,” Arwine said. “We absolutely put our best work in every single year and we get rewarded for that.”

As for next year’s national conven-

tion, expectations remain high, espe-cially for PSE Miami’s new president Ryan Craig, who said he has every in-tention of maintaining the high stan-dards the group sets for itself.

“Seeing all of this go so well, for me personally, it adds some pres-sure,” Craig said. “But also, I’ve never been more motivated to win it again and to go for that grand slam of four years in a row.”

Donald Norris, PSE’s faculty ad-visor, believes that the true measure of next year’s success will simply be whether or not the chapter is able to be better than they are now.

“Every time we go, it’s to im-prove,” Norris said. “We feel that we

MEGAN ZAHNEISNEWS EDITOR

Non-tenure-track faculty mem-bers at Miami may soon have an-other opportunity for advancement within the university ecosystem.

The university has been hiring more instructors who are not re-search-focused, often at lower sala-ries. But those instructors — called lecturers, clinical and professionally licensed faculty, or LCPL — have in the past had only one promotion opportunity.

A committee has been commis-sioned by University Senate’s Ex-ecutive Committee to explore the possibility of adding a second pro-motion point for LCPL faculty, who currently may apply for “senior” status by submitting a dossier during or after their fifth year as an LCPL faculty member.

The committee examining the promotion process plans to present its findings to University Senate’s Executive Committee in mid-April.

Should a new promotion point be created, Senior Lecturer of psychol-ogy Peter Wessels said, the impact could be noticed in the classroom.

“The courses that are most likely to determine whether you stay in college or not are taught a lot by people in my positions,” Wessels said. “The chief departmental advi-sors for many departments are LCPL faculty. There’s a huge footprint on students that [people in] these posi-tions hold..”

Miami began offering the LCPL path for faculty members in fall 2005 as an alternative to the tenure track. College of Arts and Science As-sociate Dean Bob Applebaum said the LCPL line was created as a re-sponse to the financial commitment of hiring tenured faculty, who often devote less time to teaching than to research.

“[In] recognizing that when you have less money from the state, if we’re not going to make up for that less money by charging students more money, which we can’t always do, [in order to] deliver the univer-sity education at a lower cost, what are the model options that we can put in place?” Applebaum asked.

One of the options, he said, is to use lecturers.

“We can get these individuals who, essentially, can teach more, and it means that it’s a more efficient model,” Applebaum continued.

“The model itself, I think, makes perfect sense. And it came out of a desire and a necessity to make our educational services more efficient.”

Wessels said that his position was originally created as a stopgap of sorts.

“[The positions] were created out of necessity, not out of foresight,” Wessels explained. “[LCPL faculty] cost a lot less. I have a Ph.D., I teach in a lot of classes, I come from a research lab background. I’m not a bad investment for the money to be teaching classes with students, right? It’s a high quality thing.”

As LCPL faculty have become entrenched in campus culture, ac-cording to promotion process com-mittee member Janice Kinghorn, the need arose for a better understanding of the LCPL experience

“[The goal was to] try to under-stand a lot of things about faculty welfare, but in particular, how lec-ture and clinical faculty were doing,” Kinghorn said. “Did they feel val-ued? What were their needs? Out of that came the idea that, ‘Well, given that this is a career path, maybe it should be treated in a more parallel way to other career paths, includ-ing having a second promotional point.’”

In their evaluation this semester, Kinghorn, a senior lecturer of eco-nomics, and her colleagues are tak-ing up the work of a 2012 Faculty Welfare Committee formed with the same goals.

The committee’s work has largely consisted of a series of focus groups, conducted in March and attended by LCPL and senior LCPL faculty. Those attending the focus groups were asked to consider three ques-tions pertaining to their involvement at Miami, such as their opinions on their most valuable contributions to their departments, students and the university. Faculty were also asked what form a second promotion point for LCPL faculty might take and about barriers they perceive in reaching their professional and ca-reer goals.

Kinghorn said the majority of fac-ulty attending the focus groups were in favor of adding a second promo-tion point beyond that of a senior lecturer.

Since LCPL faculty’s areas of ex-pertise and day-to-day work vary so widely, Kinghorn said, focus group participants were adamant that a new

MAGGIE CALLAGHANSENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Butler County Sheriff’s Of-fice arrested two men last Thursday in connection with a reported theft at Miami University’s Cole Service Building, which occurred over the weekend of March 25.

David Hoelle, 43, and Christopher Lake, 45, of Darrtown, Ohio were arrested for receiving stolen prop-erty on Thursday, March 31 after the Butler County Sheriff Department recovered some of Miami’s reported stolen items, including a pickup truck and two leaf blowers, at the property of 4025 Darrtown Road.

The Butler County Undercover

Narcotics team also discovered the remains of methamphetamine lab at the scene, according to a press re-lease by the Butler County Sheriff’s office.

According to Lieutenant Jim Bechtolt of Miami University Police, who is investigating the incident, nei-ther of the men have any connection to Miami University.

An incident report was filed the morning of March 28 after Miami’s Physical Facilities staff reported to work and found that some of their equipment was missing. MUPD could not specify the property stolen because the investigation is ongoing.

According to Bechtolt, all three motor vehicles have been recovered. Along with the property in Darrtown,

one vehicle was recovered at an apartment complex in Hamilton, Ohio and another was found aban-doned in Riley Township, Ohio, ap-proximately two hours away from Miami’s Oxford campus.

“The likely scenario is that those who stole these items knew that mul-tiple [police] agencies were looking so they left them in different places,” said Bechtolt.

Tools were also reported miss-ing from Cole Service Building, but those have yet to be recovered. Cody Powell, associate vice president of facility planning and operations, ex-plained that those tools were stored inside the building at the time.

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FACULTY

CRIME

Seniority for LCPL faculty on horizon

CONTRIBUTED BY EMILY WILLIAMS

Miami’s Pi Sigma Epsilon chapter celebrates after winning its third consecutive Lewis F. Gordon Top Gold Chapter Award.

IAN MARKER THE MIAMI STUDENT

Costumed historical reenactors stage a sword fight during Miami University’s annual Renaissance Festival in the quad outside of McCracken Hall.

Two arrested in connection with vehicle theft

Pi Sigma Epsilon wins 12th top chapter award

AWARD

BETH PFOHL THE MIAMI STUDENT

All three Miami Physical Facilities vehicles stolen last Thursday have been recovered.

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LAURA FITZGERALDSENIOR STAFF WRITER

On the morning of March 22, as Miami University study abroad stu-dents were getting ready for class in Luxembourg, neighboring Belgium experienced the worst terrorist at-tacks in its history.

The John E. Dolibois European Center in Differdange, Luxem-bourg is about two hours away, by car, from Brussels, Belgium, where suicide bombers killed 32 people and wounded more than 300 others in attacks at Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek subway station.

Cheryl Young, assistant provost of Global Initiatives, said there are currently no faculty-led programs in Belgium, and there were no pro-grams planned for summer or fall 2016. However, students studying at the Luxembourg campus can travel on the weekends and breaks, so some Miami students were in Brus-sels recently before the attacks.

Sophomore Hannah Russell is currently studying abroad in Luxem-bourg and was in Brussels two days before the attacks occurred. She said she was upset when she heard the news because of her proximity to the attacks.

“I was terrified that morning. It is so scary to think I was just there, at that train stop, days before,” Russell said.

Russell said while she did not have to change any of her plans, many students canceled or altered their travel plans to avoid Brussels, which is a major transportation hub. She says the attacks created appre-hension about traveling in the Euro-pean Union.

“It makes traveling seem more terrifying. There is a lot of fear that you will be in the next city to be at-

tacked,” said Russell.Russell said she is not very con-

cerned for her safety, although she has been more afraid when flying into large airports because of the possibility of an attack.

Following the attacks, Global Ini-tiatives sent an email to all students studying in Europe that discouraged traveling to or through Brussels. All study tours and study trips outside the main campus in Luxembourg were evaluated for safety, and no changes were made to any programs.

As of now, no other study abroad programs were pulled due to a threat

of terrorism, Young said.“We just have to take it day by

day, and based on what’s happening and where it’s happening. It’s so un-certain now. Anything could happen any day, even in the United States,” Young said.

Young says she has not found that students have been deterred from studying abroad due to the fear of terrorism. According to Global

Initiatives Open Doors history, the number of undergraduate domestic students studying abroad has in-creased from 1,687 in the 2012-13 school year to 2,046 in the 2014-15 school year.

The Miami Global Assistance Program tries to minimize risks abroad by doing such things as re-quiring all students studying abroad to have HTH Worldwide supple-mental health insurance or equiva-lent insurance. Students must also register with the STEP program, which allows travelers to register with the state department so the fed-

eral government knows the partici-pants’ location at all times.

Global Initiatives also has a Crisis Response Team, which responds to emergencies using resources in Ox-ford and abroad with the student. Emergencies can range from a stu-dent who ends up in the hospital, a group of students that lost their lug-gage, or a student that needs mental health assistance.

“We support that student as if they were on campus, to the best of our ability,” Young said.

Sophomore Cali Ford is studying abroad this summer in Kosovo. She said after news of the attacks broke, she was not deterred her from study-ing abroad.

“[It wasn’t] that I was more afraid to study abroad in Europe. I was more afraid of my parents being uncomfortable with it. I was afraid for some of my friends in [Luxem-bourg],” Ford said.

Junior Emily Sabanegh is study-ing abroad at City University in London. She said the terrorist at-tacks will not affect where and when she travels, and she will not let the fear of another attack stop her from traveling.

“You can never predict when or where something like this can hap-pen, and living your life can make you miss out on so many opportuni-ties,” Sabanegh said. “As scary as these attacks may be, stewing in the corner in fear is no way to live.”

JESSI ZACHMANTHE MIAMI STUDENT

As a child, Yazhou Song sat by the tele-vision, mes-merized as he watched Jackie Chan soar nim-bly across the screen. Inspired by the powerful

yet graceful movements of Chan and other skilled martial artists, Song has been practicing kung fu ever since.

Song, 25, a kung fu instructor at Miami University’s Confucius In-stitute, has been studying the Chi-nese martial art for over 15 years. Though he is pursuing his degree in martial arts at HeBei Normal Uni-versity in Shijazhuang City, China, Song currently hosts kung fu work-shops, sprint classes and retreats for the Miami community.

As a part of his studies, Song is spending one year in the U.S. to gain teaching experience. This spring will mark the end of Song’s year teaching on Miami’s campus. He will then return to China to re-sume his martial arts degree pro-gram.

“It has become my hobby and become my life. I love it,” said Song, who also holds a certificate for kung fu teaching, judging and performance. The certificates are a physical representation of his skill level, as only those training

in higher level duans, or ranks, can obtain them.

Song trains in the sixth duan out of the nine total kung fu ranks. Reaching this proficiency level is no easy feat, as kung fu students must train for years in order to reach the next duan.

Chen Zhao, the director of the Confucius Institute, emphasized

Song’s high skill level. Due to the Chinese martial art’s difficulty, a kung fu student cannot reach the seventh duan until he or she is 45-years-old. This is a testament to Song’s skill, as he is in the highest duan possible for his age group.

“Chinese kung fu is hard. For the higher level, you need to practice for many years. Otherwise, you cannot reach such a high duan,” Zhao said.

Since its establishment on Mi-ami’s campus in 2007, the Confu-cius Institute has worked to share Chinese culture with domestic stu-

dents. Song sees his classes as a fun, interactive outlet to teach stu-dents the basic skills of kung fu.

Song begins a class by warm-ing up the head, neck, shoulders and back to prevent injury. While warming up is not unique to kung fu, Song’s method is different from a warm up found in a typical P.E. class. Students warm up according to a Chinese method, that involves running in a figure-eight pattern. Song demonstrates the criss-cross running pattern that is a paired with an occasional jumping twist movement.

“It’s very funny for other stu-dents. Maybe American people don’t do this movement, as every movement I teach is from China,” said Song.

Classes center around learning basic movements. Kung fu stances are the foundation, such as the horse stance. One must maintain a straight posture while bending the knees in a wide stance, with the ul-timate goal of getting the knees to form a line that is parallel with the floor.

Song teaches students basic stances, like hand placements, in short sequences. He often teaches the arm and leg movements sepa-rately at first and later demonstrates the finished product. This helps stu-dents retain the information more easily.

Senior Zach Berks enrolled in Song’s sprint class for this semes-ter because he was looking for something different. The kung fu style of taijiquan, more common-

ly known as tai chi, offers him a break from routine that is focused on movement.

“My favorite part about the class is learning how even the simplest movements can be complicated and the progress we see as a class every-day,” Berk said.

While kung fu is a martial art, combat is not the end goal of learn-ing kung fu.

Qiao Zheng, instructor at the Confucius Institute, breaks down the misconception that kung fu is an aggressive practice by ex-plaining the peaceful nature of the martial spirits. Kung fu is physical movement that is meant to deter fighting. The aim is to resolve or end fighting as opposed to initiating aggressive combat.

“The essence of the martial spir-its is no fight. The chinese character for martial arts means stop fighting, although it is fighting. The meaning of the word is stop fighting. Fight-ing for the aim of no fight,” Zheng said.

Song exemplifies these ideals through his teaching. Song respect-fully corrects his students’ place-ment as they execute exercises across the floor. He ends his class with a demonstration of the sa-lute, which shows respect to one’s instructors, elders and parents. In his classes, Song highlights the benefits that kung fu can bring to those who practice.

“I think that kung fu can improve my physical condition, relax my stress and anxiety, and cultivate feelings and emotions,” he said.

MARY SCHROTTNEWS EDITOR

ASG passed an amended reso-lution last month to recognize In-digenous People’s Day along with Columbus Day.

Contributing author of the reso-lution, junior Trevor Snyder, said the original unamended resolution supported recognizing Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day. The amendment, which modi-fied the language of the last line, changed the resolution to support recognizing Indigenous People’s Day in addition to Columbus Day.

“I viewed the amendment as unfriendly,” Snyder said.

Snyder believes the message still resonates with the original ti-tle: “A Resolution Supporting the Recognition of Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”

“The title is going to be first thing everyone sees,” Snyder said. “They didn’t really change anything but the very last line.”

According to ASG records, the amendment passed with 29 votes in favor and 15 votes against. This creates a 65.9 percent majority vote to pass the amendment.

ASG operates using Robert’s Rules of Order, which states a two-thirds vote, or 66.6 percent majority, is needed to pass an amendment to a resolution.

Nathan Callender, speaker of the ASG Senate, is responsible for deciding the resolution in close voting situations like this.

“It was a decimal point. It came down to my decision, so I put it forward to approve the amend-ment,” Callender said. “It was the interest of all the representatives at the moment — some of them had to leave for class.”

Rachel Poyfair, a junior My-aamia student, is also disheart-ened by the amended resolution.

“I don’t see how the two can be celebrated simultaneously,” Poy-fair said.

Recognizing an Indigenous People’s Day, according to Poy-fair, is essential to raising aware-ness of the indigenous people on campus and of the unique rela-tionship Miami University has with the Miami tribe of Oklaho-ma.

“If you want to celebrate [in-digenous people] and empower them, then celebrating the idea of colonization does not have a place in that message,” Poyfair said.

Magda Orlander, President of the Diversity Affairs Council (DAC), who supported the origi-nal resolution, said the amend-ment is incredibly problematic.

Columbus Day, Orlander said, celebrates the genocide involved with colonization.

“[Columbus Day] is wildly in-accurate and glosses over much of the atrocities of the colonization of this land,” Orlander said. “In-digenous People’s Day replaces that, and recognizes those who have been here since before the colonizers.”

Orlander believes Miami has a responsibility to critically engage with its history and applauds past ASG motions regarding diversity like declaring April Genocide and Holocaust Awareness Month.

“We know ASG is capable of doing these things, but we are re-ally disappointed [in the amended resolution],” Orlander said. “If our representation in student gov-ernment isn’t ready to support a disenfranchised community with something as simple and symbol-ic as this, are we going to be able to count on them to support our communities with more tangible changes when needed?”

The change of Miami’s mascot from “Redskin” to “Redhawk” is one way Miami has shown its support of the native community it is established on, Orlander said.

“When they changed the mas-cot they didn’t change it to ‘Red-hawk’ in addition to ‘Redskin,’” Orlander said.

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I was terrified that morning. It is so scary to think I was just there at that train stop days before.

HANNAH RUSSELLMIAMI SOPHOMORE

It has become my hobby and become my life. I love it.

YAZHOU SONGCONFUCIUS INSTITUTE INSTRUCTOR

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ASG voting

Brussels attacks shake students abroad

Kung fu expert shares his skills with Miami community

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TYLER PISTOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Students are enjoying warmer weather on campus this week. Blooming flowers give Miami the color it needs to spring into the summer.

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Yazhou Song

VINYL »PAGE 5The things we watched, listened to and streamed this

week as we settled back into our normal routines.

“THE INTERN”Since radio is cool again, I have to share my new favorite podcast, “The

Intern.” This show is about a young woman, Allison, who recently graduated college and is trying to make it on her own in New York City with a career in

tech and media. Allison talks about everything from her personal life to her work life to carrying a mattress on the subway because she doesn’t have a car and can’t afford a taxi to Ikea. This isn’t a scripted series — it’s real life. Whether or not you end up in New York after graduation, all new college graduates will be something of an intern — maybe not literally, but figuratively. It’s comforting to listen to her story and relate to another young person just trying to figure herself out. (Mary Schrott, news editor)

“COMMUNITY” Although I am keenly aware that there is a plethora of fantastic new

shows out there — to the point that it has started stressing me out — I keep finding myself logging into Hulu and watching episodes of the sitcom,

“Community,” instead. From “Rick and Morty” creator, Dan Harmon, this witty show about the eccentric students of fictional Greendale Community College is jam-packed with meta humor. The show is simply hilarious, and its immense self-awareness allows it to comment on the nature and structure of traditional American sitcoms. I’m one season in, and unless it starts to grow stale, “Community” will continue to keep me from the shows on my to-watch list. (Devon Shuman, culture editor)

“WHY WE CAME TO THE CITY” BY KRISTOPHER JANSMAFollowing his 2013 debut, “The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards,”

Brooklyn-based writer Kristopher Jansma returns with his second novel, “Why We Came to the City.” Whereas “Leopards” was a quirky bunch of chapters about a dysfunctional writer, “Why We Came to the City” centers on five friends try-ing to navigate New York City in their post-college years. The characters themselves are as real as anyone — full of oddities and characteristics and flaws that make them feel like my own friends. When Irene is diagnosed with cancer, they’re all forced to grow up in a way no 20-something should have to. With the same beautifully con-structed sentences that made me fall in love with his first novel, Jansma constructs a fully realized narrative, laced with humor, sarcasm, longing and grief. This coming-of-age story will stay with you long after you close its pages. (Britton Perelman, managing editor)

“THE STORYTELLER” BY JODI PICOULTWhether on the beach or in the car, I spent a good part of my Spring Break captivated by “The Storyteller.” The story revolves around Sage

Singer, a shy 20-something who befriends an old man with a dark secret. As Josef confesses his past as a WWII Nazi officer, Sage also learns the details of her grand-mother’s experience at the same death camp. Filled with detailed accounts of life at Auschwitz told from the points of view of both a soldier and a survivor, “The Storyteller” reads more like fact than fiction. It’s chilling, but it’s impossible to put down. (Marissa Stipek, outgoing opinion editor)

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DMITRIY KIZHIKINTHE MIAMI STUDENT

Rooms 207 and 213 in Benton Hall echo loudly with voices on a Saturday afternoon. Anyone enter-ing the building would wonder what the commotion is about. Is there a football viewing party?

In actuality, Miami’s Smash Club is hosting a “Super Smash Bros.” tournament -— a party fighter game, where you choose a character and face other players. Hunter Hersko-Fuggitt, a first-year at Miami, has been playing “Smash” since high school and is a regular at events like these. The soft sounds of controllers clicking are almost comforting for him.

For Hersko-Fuggitt, “Super Smash Bros.” is more than just a par-ty game. He attends local and state tournaments consistently, winning money and recognition for being a top player.

Ever since the game’s release in November 2001, tournaments have sprouted up around the world. The eSports scene started out un-derground, but it has grown into an industry with sponsors, professional players and major monetary prizes.

On March 14, Miami Univer-sity announced their varsity eSports program, which will begin next fall. Now, players for games like “League of Legends” and “Super Smash Bros.” can become nationally recog-nized and sponsored, and they have the opportunity to earn scholarships as well.

“Money is a rather big issue to at-tend tournaments,” Hersko-Fuggit said. “Unless you are completely certain you are going to be in the top eight of a 128-player bracket, there’s almost no reason to go out of state.”

Weekly tournaments occur in Cin-cinnati and Columbus. For Hersko-Fuggit and his friends, this provides an opportunity to practice with new players, as there is only so much to

be gained from playing with the same players over and over again. In the same way that traditional athletes need to face new teams in order to improve, eSports players must seek out new opponents if they want to become better.

The experiences necessary to grow and improve are not always easily accessible, however. The travel time and limited funding hinder growth. With the support of a varsity program at an esteemed university, students with passions in the evolving com-munity of eSports can now thrive.

“Last time I went to Big House 5, a tournament that national players at-tend, I gained so much experience,” Mitch Keller, another first-year, said. “I avoided anyone I knew and was able to play new players.”

Despite the growing popularity of eSports, many fans of traditional sports are still skeptical of them.

“I find it odd that sitting for hours and playing video games is legiti-mate means for a scholarship at some schools,” Susanna Smith, a first-year at Miami, said. “If video games can earn money, why are intramural sports not allowed to have scholar-ships?”

Players of eSports argue that there is a distinct difference between

playing video games casually and professionally.

“A friend of mine who plays sports competitively understands what it means to have your passion recog-nized,” Hersko-Fuggitt said. “Still, sports fans who don’t really under-stand the drive behind real sports think that eSports is just stupid. To them, it’s just video games.”

Competitive players like Hersko-Fuggit and Keller sometimes spend three to four hours a day studying and playing “Smash”. Not only is the game mechanically intensive, with inputs occurring every second, but there is strategy and depth in ev-ery match.

In the end, the opportunity for students at Miami to openly pursue their competitive interests with sup-port from the university will improve the gaming community. For many, video games are for more than just stress relief.

“‘Super Smash Bros. Melee’ lets me express myself in a way that I can’t otherwise,” Hersko-Fuggit said. “I have a freedom in the game to be and do what I want, showing others my effort and determination. It’s the best feeling when you are facing another player who is playing their heart out.”

KELLY BURNSTHE MIAMI STUDENT

The Caroline Scott Players com-pany is bringing the Tony-winning play, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?” to Oxford.

It will be performed on April 7, 9 and 10 at the Oxford Community Arts Center.

The Caroline Scott Players is a semi-professional theatre company founded by Miami University’s own Bill Brewer.

Because they are not a commu-nity theatre group, they are free to perform more difficult pieces of the-atre like “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

“If you were in community theatre, you wouldn’t get the

opportunity to work on plays that are this difficult very often,” Brewer said, “and that’s kind of the whole purpose of the whole group.

The group decided to perform “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” because of its iconic nature and dif-ficulty.

The play follows the story of an older, dysfunctional couple that in-vites a younger couple into their home. It deals with themes of reality and illusion and acts as a criticism of society.

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” destroys the perfect fam-ily picture that was prominent in the 1950s, and criticizes the falsely optimistic view of life that was also popular at the time.

Bill Brewer and Bekka Eaton play the older couple, George and Martha.

Vince Smith and Molly Wanko play the younger couple, Nick and Honey.

Both Brewer and Eaton are Miami professors. Brewer teaches in the Media, Journalism, and Film depart-ment and is the advisor for Strategic Communication majors.

Eaton is the director of the Theatre Department at Miami’s Hamilton campus. She has a working back-ground in theater and has worked with Second City, a prominent im-provisational theatre troupe, in the past.

“It’s an iconic piece,” Eaton said. “It’s a piece of American literature that’s not done incredibly often be-cause it is so difficult.”

The company has been working with the play since the fall. However,

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With a cast of over 50 ac-tors, “Street Scene” is by far one of the largest productions ever put on at Miami.

“It’s the hardest show we have ever attempted and the the most ambitious thing we have ever done,” director Ben Smolder said. “When it comes together, it will be really beautiful.”

“Street Scene”, which will be showing April 7, 8 and 9 at 7:30pm in Gates-Abegglen Theater, tells the story of five immigrant families in the 1940s, who all live in the same brown building and are struggling to find their own American Dream.

The main focus of the story is the family dynamic of the Maur-rants — the father, Frank, is abu-sive, the mother, Anna, is unhappy with her life and their daughter, Rose, is looking for a way out of the brown house.

Though the people in this fam-ily and the others are very different from one another, they are all con-nected by their current situation.

“They all identify in different ways but can relate because they are in the same slump,” graduate student, Travis Pearce, who plays Sam, the best friend and potential love interest of Rose, said. “They are all, in essence, trying to get out.”

With any performance where you take on another character, a crucial first step is deciding how you are going to play them.

“There are choices made for you, because it is a script, but then there are choices you can develop on your own,” Pearce said. “It’s about getting to know the script and then adding your own layer.”

One way to add this layer is by relating the character to your own experiences.

“I relate to my character through my mother,” recent Miami gradu-ate, Rebecca Herbst, who plays Anna Maurrant, said. “I come from a family of divorce, so I know what it looks like when someone doesn’t love someone anymore, so I tend to look at what my mom was feeling.”

On the other hand, many char-acters are much harder to relate to. Sophomore Steele Fitzwater, who plays Frank Maurrant, says that it is difficult getting into the mind of such a dark character.

“Being the villain of the show, he is a character very different from myself,” Fitzwater said. “You have to put yourself in a very dark and introverted mindset, mending your own experiences with the role you are playing.”

The events that occur in the show are not typically experiences that are easy to relate to.

“I have never had to live in a situ-ation as she is living her life,” junior Andrea Davies, who plays Rose Maurrant, said. “She has a cloud over her the entire time as she al-ways carries her family’s problems

with her.”Miami’s production of “Street

Scene” is unique because it has been double cast, meaning that each of the leading roles has two actors who will rotate nights play-ing them.

This is convenient as it gives the actors time to rest and relax, but it also means you could see two en-tirely different shows if you went on different nights.

Although the basics of the char-acters are there, each actor has their own take on their personality.

“I think as an opera singer you really draw from your own expe-riences,” Fitzwater said. “There are some actions that are different based on how you feel you would react in a given situation.”

“Street Scene” is a highly emo-tional show, full of many shocking moments, and this can take a toll on the actors.

“You have to reach that emotion-

al peak, but you can’t let it affect your personal life,” Davies said. “You have to find the line because you want to be able to get there when you’re performing but you can’t go all the way or its death by character.”

These emotions can also affect your voice, especially in such a singing-intensive show.

“To sing music that has such a high level of drama and inten-sity behind it is really good for a young singer to do,” Fitzwater said. “It teaches you how to per-form without letting the emotion affect your voice.”

The music in the show is not what you would typically expect when going to see an opera.

“The composers included jazz, blues, Italian opera and Wagnerian orchestral influences, all of these things because they represent the diverse types of people living in the building,” Allie Rose Hotz, who plays Rose, said. “They are immigrants and come from all different areas of life and it just blends it together.”

The themes that arise because of this are very relevant today.

“You can see there is a lot of racism, a lot of turmoil and fear against immigrants,” Smolder said. “This piece is not hidden un-der political correctness. It’s just raw and exposed, and it doesn’t cast judgment on anything. It just tells a story for better or for worse.”

Tickets for “Street Scene” are $10.

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due to a medical emergency in one of the members’ families, they decided to push it back.

Director Rosalyn Benson thinks that the cast has benefited from the delay.

“We’ve lived with the play for a long time,” she said. “But you don’t really live with it until you begin to rehearse.”

The cast does not rehearse ev-ery night. None of the members are exclusively actors. Each of them has an outside life that they do not neglect during the run of the play.

Another unique aspect of the production, according to Benson,

is the intimate setting. The parlor where the play will be performed only seats about 50 to 60 people.

“We create a theater space in a place that is not one,” Benson said. “You experience theatre in a whole different way. You’re part of the experience.”

Benson believes that this unique theater-going experience is one of the draws of the play.

In addition to the intimate ven-ue, the cast thinks that Oxford residents and Miami students alike will be interested in the themes and setting of the play.

“College students might not understand faculty politics but it’s funny. A lot of the faculty politics from the 60s are still very

true today,” Brewer said.According to Brewer, the play

will be especially interesting to English and theatre majors be-cause of the difficulty of the lines and the intricately written prose. The play is also comical despite its dark undertones and themes.

“I had one of my students help-ing me with lines and she said ‘Oh wow, this is really funny,’” Brewer said. “And it is very funny, but then it gets disturbing, puzzling and very intriguing.” Tickets can be purchased on-line on the Caroline Scott Play-er’s website. Tickets will be $5 off for Sunday’s performance if bought with the code STUB.

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are not as much competing with the other chapters as we are com-peting with who we were in the previous year ... the competition is an important part of this, but I think what’s even more important is the project and experience work that the students get while they’re doing this.”

According to Bechtolt, no staff were working in the building at the time, although there were Physical Facilities staff working on cam-pus that weekend. However, he explained that as the Cole Service Building has many adjacent stor-age buildings, it would be difficult for staff to monitor those buildings.

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The building is equipped with security cameras; however, Pow-ell said all property was stolen in areas where there are no security cameras.

Cole Service Building, located across from the equestrian center, serves as a storage and working facility for the Physical Facilities department, which is responsible for maintenance and operations on Miami’s Oxford and regional campuses. According to Powell, Miami owns approximately 30 motor vehicles which are parked at the Cole Service Building.

Powell, who has worked in the building for over 20 years, said equipment has gone missing be-fore, but never to this extent.

“Our folks take a lot of pride in their work, any time things like this happen it’s upsetting,” Powell said.

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BRETT MILAMCOLUMNIST

A few years ago, my parents put their house on the market and had an open house.

When I came home afterward,

I found religious material left in my room, encouraging me to find Jesus. No other bedroom was left with such a path to a Jesus how-to.

I still remember a handwritten note I received from a stranger years before that, when I worked for the Original Pancake House.

The stranger told me God was watching over my family and when my brother called him later in the day, the stranger had no recollec-tion of doing this, citing it as God’s will.

In the four years I’ve been writing this column, for one rea-son or another, I’ve had read-ers graciously give or loan me various religious books.

I should note: I took a break while writing this to go to Walmart. On the way there, I saw a car in front of me with the bumper stick-er, “Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the light.”

What is it about me that people seem to think I need Jesus? Do I give off that “I-need-salvation” vibe?

I’m being facetious. I like to think it’s because I’ve demonstrat-ed my openness to ideas contrary to my own.

But I’m not a religious person. As I’ve mentioned in this space before, I grew up going to Sunday school and reading the Children’s Bible, but neither stuck.

Yet, religion has long fascinated me and I’ve dived into the three monotheistic religions throughout the years, although not nearly as much as I would have liked to.

I also don’t identify with atheism as much as I used to. In fact, I’d go as far as to describe my identi-fication with atheism as a “phase.” Atheism never fit exactly right.

Science also isn’t enough for me — that’s why I’m a philosophy ma-jor. But even beyond questions of ethics, I’ve always felt a yearning for something spiritual, something more that I couldn’t quite put my mind (finger?) on.

I may have finally found it. It’s a tradition that’s captured my atten-tion lately and that’s Buddhism.

I recently finished Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering

into Peace, Joy, and Liberation, which I’d recommend as a great stepping stone into the subject.

I’ve flirted with mindfulness be-fore, which is essentially the core of Buddhism, as I understand it.

Of course, I did so in the most Western way possible: through an app called Headspace, which promises mindfulness in just 10 minutes!

So yeah, it’s a bit of Eastern tra-dition tailored to our Western sensi-bilities and need for immediacy, but the app is an easy sell when Andy Puddicombe talks to you with that soothing accent of his (To get a bet-ter idea of what Puddicombe is all about, I’d recommend his Ted Talk from 2012).

Even with Hanh’s book, I had a hard time relating to the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path and various other numbered truths and dharma seals.

In other words, I got a bit bogged down by that part of the book, al-though, more generally, the notion of trying to live in the present — practicing mindfulness — is one I relate to strongly.

As a socially anxious person, and one often filled with abundant worry, the idea of living in the pres-ent is a foreign concept. Either I’m distracted by social missteps and awkwardness in the past or worry-ing about trying to prevent them in the future.

No matter what, then, the pres-ent is lost in the wave after wave of anxiety and worry.

Much of Western philosophy is also concerned with striving to-ward something, like the way we ought to live. With Buddhism, ev-erything we could want is already right here within us.

As Hanh says, “Why wander all over the world looking for some-thing you already have?”

Apparently, I’ve spent the last 25 years wandering for something spiritual to connect to and it was here all along.

I also gravitated toward the no-tion that doctrine and the Buddha himself is not everything.

Consider this quote Hanh attri-butes to Buddha, “My finger can point to the moon, but my finger is not the moon. You don’t have to become my finger, nor do you have to worship my finger. You have to forget my finger, and look at where it is pointing.”

That’s a beautiful sentiment. Nevertheless, I quickly found

myself tweaking even my be-ginning immersion into Bud-dhism through the vehicle provided by Alan Watts.

Watts essentially Western-ized Buddhism and, in particu-lar, Zen Buddhism. As Tim Lott

points out in Aeon, Watts reject-ed prolonged meditation, karma and reincarnation.

Zen Buddhism is about “staying in the present.”

“It tries to have you understand, without arguing the point that there is no purpose in getting anywhere if, when you get there, all you do is think about getting to some other future moment,” Lott said.

When I think back on my life or think about what is to come, it is of-ten framed by, “What’s next?”

With the advent of social media, I’ve found myself more preoccu-pied with getting the right pictures for a Facebook post in the future than being “awake” to the present object of those pictures.

It is sort of warped, if you dwell on it for too long, how much we make ourselves a willing subject to the tyrant of time.

I also enjoy the flexibil-ity of Buddhism. Hanh points out that Muslims, Christians and Jews can come meditate and embrace mindfulness.

Even more interestingly, Bud-dhism allows for secularism. Ste-phen Batchelor, a secular Buddhist, was on Krista Tippett’s podcast On Being earlier this year discussing his views.

Batchelor talks about how rich the Zen Buddhist tradition is for just extrapolating our deepest exis-tential questions and enriching our curiosities, the things that baffle us and so on.

In that way, Zen Buddhism is not so much about a set of beliefs, but about “something to do.”

“It’s creating the conditions whereby we can embark on a way of life that is not dictated by our instinctive reactivity, our habits, our fears, and so forth and so on, but stems from an openness, an in-ner openness, that is unconditioned by those forces, and that allows the freedom to think differently,” Batchelor says.

I’m a philosophy major going into journalism perpetually inter-ested in religion and spirituality, society and politics.

At the heart of all of this is just curiosity and the desire to know. But maybe now I can mold it into the desire to marvel at the present.

When I took that drive to Walmart, I marveled at the sunset, as I do most days.

But I took a picture. The instinct to capture the present rendered it already the past and so it was lost.

I’m a work-in-progress.

Last Friday, an article in this newspa-per reported extensively on the adminis-tration’s dependence on contingent fac-ulty. A great number of professors spoke on behalf of themselves and their over-worked colleagues — that is, part-time fac-ulty (or adjuncts), instructors and visiting assistant professors (VAPs).

To recap, in Megan Zahneis article, John-Charles Duff, the story’s central figure, em-ployed the proverbial hamster-wheel meta-phor to allude to the endless cycle many of the aforementioned professors find themselves in. They are asked to play the game of academia, that is to say, they are asked to teach their cours-es — often three to four a semester — while simultaneously dealing with the uncertainty of their jobs, which are renewed on a yearly basis for up to five years, and attempting to of-fer some novel research to their field with the perilous hope that they will earn a position as a tenure-track professor.

There are two capital issues that stem from these circumstances. First, it is unjust for this group of professors to be asked all they are asked to do and, in return, earn salaries com-parable to full-timers at McDonald’s. We con-cede that the motivation for teaching students — for passing on the torch of knowledge to the incoming generation — should not be money. Incentive for instructing the youth lies within the action itself.

However, there comes a point when be-ing overworked and underpaid is simply not worth the effort, especially when you are a professor as seemingly “dispensable” as the contingent faculty are. This, in turn, propagates bad morale and the belief that

the professors are essentially worthless — a dime a dozen.

Furthermore, the responsibility of the school to educate students should encourage the administration to create the most condu-cive environment possible to fostering healthy relationships between students and professors. Clearly that environment is not being nurtured with the status quo.

In order to alleviate this stigma, the profes-sors do what got them here in the first place — study. As stated, this is an attempt to earn

a full-standing position at the university and earn tenure, which brings us to the second is-sue, one more pertinent to us, the students.

Whether their time is spent planning lec-tures, shuffling slides around, putting in re-search time, commuting or, gasp, sleeping,

contingent faculty often have not the slight-est iota of time to advise their students. Why, when there is so much else on the line, should a visiting assistant professor set up time to meet with students? For all they know, they could be gone by the end of the year.

As Gael Montgomery, VAP of Italian, puts it, “Everyone has to start, in theory, looking for another job even while they’re doing a full-time job. Because you don’t know if you’ll have another job.”

This uncertainty leaves students with-

out a prospective mentor for the com-ing years, not to mention the students’ resulting lack of trust in confiding in another faculty member.

Moreover, considering the bad morale among contingent faculty, it must come as a challenge to work up the confidence to even believe that they are qualified to advise stu-dents. The myriad pressures with which the contingent faculty deals on a day-to-day basis may seem inconsequential to us, as all we re-ally need are good grades. Right?

Well, if all you aspire to do in life is scoot by — with passing grades, without mak-ing connections — then the state of many of your professors is indeed inconsequential. Who cares?

If, on the other hand, you feel as if you are missing out on the full Miami package — an attentive staff and helpful faculty included — then heed this call:

You, as the student body, should be aware of the reasons some of your professors may scarcely be available. You, as inquisitive students, should raise questions as to the methods of madness employed by the ad-ministration (i.e. hiring and firing contingent faculty). You, as an academically aspiring group, should seek out your professors on a more common basis and form relationships that go beyond simply student and teacher, but mentor and protégé.

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Arrival of Starbucks on campus correlates with pH increase

JOEY HARTASSISTANT OPINION EDITOR

Butler County Water and Sew-er Department released a report Friday that showed the recent opening of Starbucks on campus directly correlates with an in-crease in pH levels of the ground water in Oxford.

BCWS Director Steven Thorn-ton said, although the situation is under control, the speed with which alkaline substances began to per-meate the water table following the coffee chain’s presence at Miami was alarming. In the span of two

weeks, the average pH level for lo-cal water jumped from 8 to 12, he said.

“We knew that the establishment of such a business at Miami might have this effect, but we didn’t antic-ipate the effect to be so immediate,” Thornton said. “It’s important now that everyone thinks twice about buying your tall, half-caff soy latte with cream every morning.”

Thornton added that this phenomenon was “almost unprecedented.”

“We haven’t seen this big of a spike since J Crew brought a trav-elling store-truck here in 2008,” he said. “We have a tradeoff when giv-ing up that quad Grande, no-whip café mocha with chocolate drizzle and two vanilla pumps in exchange for clean water, but it’s a tradeoff we have to face.”

Junior Rebecca Simpson said that as regular patron of the campus Starbucks, she can’t help but feel some responsibility for the envi-ronmental crisis.

“I was speechless when I learned about the effect that buying cof-fee had on our drinking water and the surrounding environment,” she said, wearing Lululemon yoga pants and a green North Face hood-ie. “I had no idea of the damage that getting my double, nonfat, Venti, two percent foam, extra hot Cara-mel Macchiato with skim could do so much damage.”

Sophomore Harrison Osbourne, another frequent customer of Star-bucks, said people should be will-ing to limit their coffee consump-tion to curb the problem.

“I can see we have an issue here, as clearly as I can see through my Gucci GG 1116 sunglasses,” Os-bourne said. “If foregoing my iced, one-pump, deep-fried, Mexican Frappuccino with a shot of mer-maid tears, dipped in the foun-tain of youth and served in the Holy Grail with whipped cream will help solve the problem, I’m willing to do that.”

Efforts by BCWS to reduce the effects of this problem are ongoing.

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RULE OF THUMBWOMEN’S UCONN BASKETBALL TEAM HEADED TO FOURTH STRAIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPThe Huskies come in having won 74 consecutive games and look to continue their cruising ways tonight and grab their 11th national title. Only the Syracuse Orange stand in their path.

INSTAGRAM TO BASE POSTS ON POPULARITYRather than organizing users’ feeds chronologically, Instagram will use an algorithm to sort posts based on popularity. This means they will display more from users you interact with — the more you like someone’s pictures, the more from that someone you will see. This takes away from free choice, but don’t we live in a democracy?

STUDENTS WHO SAY LIT, LITERALLY AND SQUADTo whom it may concern: avoid using these words in public. They induce a firey rage in most people’s heads. They force these people to grind their teeth, shaving off that much-needed enamel. They need not be spoken. Think of this mini-list as Lord Voldemort’s favorite things to say, as a list of an evil man’s go-to words. Please. Stop using them.

BEYONCE DROPS THE BALL, FORGETS TO RELEASE HER ALBUMAs if she were a modern-day Nostradomus, Beyonce alluded to the number “4” time and again, hinting at what fans believed to be the release date for her newest album. It was not, and all of the “Single Ladies” are losing their cool.

TRUMP URGES KASICH TO QUIT RACE Mr. Trump surprised, wait for it . . . a total of zero people with his pleading to Kasich. While Trump stayed true to his eye-rolling comments here, he has a point. One less Republican would ease all of our pain. C’mon Kasich, time to return to the windy weather of Ohio.

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Visiting Artist clarifies mission of cultural immersion project in India

Study abroad program not simply spring break trip

Former student body president endorses Reilly and Coulston

TO THE EDITOR:Thank you for your role in

bringing awareness to the vari-ous initiatives available in our Miami community.

I request you highlight a cou-ple of points.

1.The mission of the project focused on a cultural Immersion in India. This allowed members of Global Rhythms Orchestra (comprising members of Miami University Symphony Orches-tra) to be part of diverse musi-cal exercises held in Chennai, Kovalam (DakshinaChitra) and Pondicherry.

2. Dr. Averbach was the pri-

mary leader of this event. The presence of AR Rahman and his Sunshine orchestra added some wonderful touches to one of several events which took place at DakshinaChitra. Dr. Aver-bach went on to lead a series of events with his highly trained orchestra at several other ven-ues, including local colleges and schools. Several of us in India enjoyed hosting this team, giv-ing every visitor ample oppor-tunity to comprehend several aspects of India’s diverse and ancient culture.

3. This collaboration between Sunshine Orchestra and our Miami team allowed us to cel-ebrate the 100th Anniversary

of MUSO as stated in South India’s most widely read news-paper, with a circulation of around 1.4 million.

It was very thoughtful of your reporter to cover a story in a for-eign world, something that was transformational for several of us. Thank you once again for always being an important mem-ber of our community in spread-ing the positive measures taken by several departments across Miami University.

TO THE EDITOR:I would like to make a clarifica-

tion about the article titled “Miami musicians bring classical music to India” that appeared in The Miami Student of Friday, April 1, 2016.

Thank you for disseminating information about the recent trip of Miami students to India. It is important for the Miami commu-nity to learn about the outstand-ing projects that are undertaken within our campus.

We are deeply thankful to Srini’s hospitality, generosity and his cen-tral role in organizing many activi-ties in such a distant country.

I need to bring to your attention that this was not a spring break trip to allow a few Miami students to launch Global Rhythms in India. Your article detracts from the cen-tral nature of this project — a Facul-ty-led study abroad program under Global Initiatives that crowned the celebration of the centennial of the Miami University Symphony Or-chestra, which was not mentioned in the article.

While I wish more orchestra members could have been included in this program, its cost did not al-low. The perception of spontane-ity on the part of the students is in fact the result of careful planning,

daily work, meticulous prepara-tion and the silent performance of a number of people, including Miami staff and faculty working daily for several months in the background — and a few sleepless nights. This is what allowed, for example, two orchestras from distant countries to combine for a concert with only two rehearsals.

We are delighted that our centen-nial trip allowed Global Rhythms to emerge in India. The Miami University Symphony Orchestra is proud to have sent some of its rep-resentatives — including its Presi-dent, Marla Gigliotti, and me — to bring classical music to another country. We are also especially grateful to Srinivas Krishnan and all of our hosts who received us with open arms. They are too many to be included in such a short text.

The transformative element of this workshop certainly demon-strates the commitment of Miami’s academic study abroad programs, which are supported at all levels — from the classroom to a student organization within ASG, the De-partment of Music, the College of Creative Arts, the Division of Stu-dent Affairs through its Parents and Family Programs and Global Initia-tives.

TO THE EDITOR:This Wednesday and Thursday,

the student body will participate in the annual exercise that is the Student Body Elections. Many of you may regard this as unim-portant, or something that may not impact you.

However, I appeal you consider the importance of these elections on every student. Student Body Presi-dents and Vice-Presidents worked to get the Armstrong Student Cen-ter built, guarantee the cost of tu-ition for all future classes of Miami students, ensure that students aren’t prosecuted if they seek medical at-tention for a friend who is too in-toxicated and fought for changes in policies around academic advising, course requirements, dining, hous-ing, parking, the Rec center and much more.

I know first-hand that your vote matters and so do the people serv-ing you as Student Body President and Vice-President. That is why, when you vote on the Hub this Wednesday and Thursday, you should certainly vote for Maggie Reilly and Stu Coulston.

I served the student body in ASG for the entirety of my Miami career. I had the privilege of working with many competent and concerned students on a variety of issues, and I am proud to say that Maggie Reilly was one of them. Conversa-tions that will impact the future of Miami and your experience occur

every day among administrators. Few students are in the room. By electing Maggie and Stu you will ensure that a tactful, thoughtful and experienced team will be repre-senting your voice at the table.

Maggie Reilly is one of the most qualified people to run for Student Body President in the time I have known Miami. Her background working on the issues that impact students every day as Secretary for On-Campus Affairs, and work-ing to better ASG as Chief of Staff make her uniquely prepared for this position.

She understands the pulse of the students while possessing the abil-ity to work toward solutions with the Miami administration.

Stu’s work as IFC Vice-Presi-dent for Recruitment affords him the requisite knowledge necessary for very important conversations about the future of Greek life on Miami’s campus.

The broad range of experiences that Maggie and Stu bring to the table make for a dynamic team that will ensure continued success of ASG and the student body as a whole. Students should have the most capable and caring leaders, and that is why I wholeheartedly implore you to support Maggie Reilly and Stu Coulston for Stu-dent Body President and Vice-President.

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to heavy wind and rain, the Red and White dominated before the cancellation occurred.

Senior Kathie Wollney chased down first place in the 400-me-ter hurdles with a personal best of 1:02.08. It is the fastest time in the MAC.

“I felt really good, even though there was a lot of wind coming down the backstretch,” Wollney said. “I went in with the mentality that everyone was racing under the same conditions, so I just needed to go out and run like usual, regardless of conditions.”

In the women’s 3000-meter race, Miami swept the top three spots, with sophomore Alesha Vovk lead-ing the way with her 10:01.1 time. Not to be outdone, the men’s team swept the top five spots in their

3000-meter race. Sophomore Ryan Pitner narrowly outran fellow soph-omore Jake Brumfield by .24 sec-onds to win the race.

Freshman Alexis Szisan won the 1500-meter in 4:45.59, a personal best. Senior high jumper Peter Ste-fanski took second in the high jump with a leap of 6-4.75.

Because the meet was cut short, there were no official team scores.

“Even though we didn’t officially win the meet, I think the team feels great,” Wollney said. “It’s always fun to race at home, and so many people turned in great performances today in spite of rough conditions. I’m proud of our performance and toughness as a group.”

The RedHawks return to action next weekend at the Hilltopper Re-lays hosted by Eastern Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky.

off of a few-match losing streak. I think the key thing today that kept us going was our energy. Positive energy from one court can carry on to other courts and can sometimes turn around the outcome of match-es, and this definitely showed to-day.”

Miami faces University of Buf-falo (10-5) at 1 p.m. Friday and University of Akron (13-7) at 10 a.m. Sunday. Both matches are in Oxford.

“Going forward, I think we need to improve the way we close matches,” Rodriguez said. “I know a few of us struggle to close out matches when we are up on the scoreboard, but it is something we are working on, and I saw major improvement today. Although we got off to a rocky start, we are ex-cited to continue the MAC season and feel very confident going for-

ing the World Cup victory tour when a game in Hawaii was can-celed because the artificial turf was deemed unsafe.

“We want to play in top-notch, grass-only facilities like the U.S. men’s national team,” Morgan said. “We want to have equitable and comfortable travel accommodations and we simply want equal treat-ment.”

U.S. Soccer’s response, via a state-ment, said little more than that it has long been supportive of women’s soccer and that it was “disappointed’’ by the action taken by the players.

It’s truly shocking to hear the asso-ciation say it was disappointed by the players. The players are fighting for one of many injustices they face as female athletes – this is considered disappointing?

What’s actually disappointing is the fact that after all this time, wom-en are still paid less than men. U.S. Soccer claims to support the women, but has made no changes. Solo said she has been involved in countless

negotiations with the league, yet there has been little done to ensure equal treatment of women.

Like the rest of us working wom-en, these female athletes want what they deserve. But unlike most of us working women, they are the best in the world at what they do, so their case for being shortchanged could not be any more obvious.

Across the U.S., young girls, their little brothers, their parents, uncles and aunts adore the U.S. women’s national soccer team.

They are on target to win a fourth consecutive Olympic gold this sum-mer in Rio. They are undoubtedly better than the men’s team, but aren’t treated like it.

Kessler said her team is “justified to ask for more” pay than the men, but equal pay is an “easy step” for U.S. Soccer.

Let’s hope the association recog-nizes the injustice they have put on the women and correct the mistake.

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position be structured with the flexibility to recognize such achievements. Another wish was a concrete promotion timeline.

“It wouldn’t be something that, ‘Oh, just whenever you’re ready you could go up for promo-tion,’ but rather [there would be] some benchmarks,” Kinghorn ex-plained. “After you’re here for x

number of years, it would be ap-propriate to go up for promotion.”

Heeyoung Tai, a senior lecturer of biochemistry, is bullish on the prospect of further advancement, but expressed concern for how it might be executed.

“I’m not so sure it’s meaning-ful enough just to make another promotion point,” Tai noted. “I wonder, what would it include? Is it just a set of procedures that may

feel a little better about our posi-tion, or will it actually have some kind of content and quality [like] we would expect from having an-other promotion point?”

Kinghorn said her committee will report its findings from the fo-cus groups to the full senate body by the end of the semester, and, depending on the reception, any changes could be implemented by this fall.

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that she would sit with and color for hours on end, even when the power came back on.

“That sticks out in my mind as one of the moments when I realized this is something that I’m good at,” she said.

She is flourishing here at Miami, but that doesn’t make being away from her home any easier. She misses her friends. She misses her family. She misses the feeling of sand be-

tween her toes and the scent of the salty ocean air.

She’s far from home and she is re-minded of that anytime someone asks her “what” she is.

A lot of people don’t ask Natasha “what” she is, they just assume.

People assume Hispanic, oriental, Filipina, any kind of “Asian.”

People who do ask all get it all wrong and are then surprised when she says, “I’m from Saipan.”

“Wait, do you mean Spain?”

“No I mean Saipan,” she’ll re-spond, slightly amused, slightly an-noyed.

“People are just really funny some-times. I can’t blame them for not knowing,” she said.

“Is that like Samoa?”“Where is that?”“Wait, I’m sorry, where?”Saipan, she’ll say again. Or to Na-

tasha, home. “Oh, is that like Guam?”Yes and no. Guam is like Saipan,

they speak same language, Chamor-ro, but are more Americanized.

Saipan has a richer culture and clings to the world created and found-ed by the indigenous people, rooted in Chamorro tradition.

Life in Saipan was a walk on the beach, literally. A five minute walk out of Natasha’s back door led straight to her childhood wonderland, the beach, where she would go when-ever she had free time.

“I lived on a real life souvenir card

that peoplea send their families when they’re on vacation,” she said.

Thinking about home, Natasha’s voice is tinged with nostalgia and sadness.

“Saipan is home, my first home,” Natasha said. “But Oxford is my sec-ond home and I do love it here.”

But her childhood, family and friends reside on that tiny island 7,000 miles away. She yearns for the day she can return and be reunited with the place she calls home.

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thing she said to him the entire time was “leave” when he stole her chair.

“The second time we saw each other there were more words,” Ting said.

They were in the printing room in Armstrong, and he asked her if she was a HuiJia student. She said yes and the conversation began to flow effortlessly.

It wasn’t until their last night on a trip to New York for their anthropol-ogy class that they both realized they had feelings for each other. They didn’t sleep that night. They spent the whole time talking, playing cards and having a pillow fight.

At one point late that night, they left their hotel to go get something

to eat. Ting was nervous. New York could be a dangerous place at night, but MinGi walked behind her or by her side the entire time.

“He was always protecting me,” Ting said.

MinGi’s desire to protect Ting ex-tended far beyond staying by her side as they wandered the streets of New York. He was planning to enlist in the Korean army — an obligation for all men in South Korea — after his sec-ond year of college.

“He introduced me to his girlfriend a while ago, and we were talking about regular stuff,” said WonTaek Shin, his resident assistant (RA) from his first year. “I’m currently doing the long-distance thing because my girl-friend is in Korea, and he was about to leave for the army, so he was talk-

ing about how he was going to do the long-distance and how he was going to manage to balance the relation-ship.”

But MinGi decided he was going to wait until after he graduated to join so that he and Ting could be together.

MinGi was always helping his friends in any way he could — pick-ing them up when they fell on the ski slopes during their trip, cracking jokes and making them smile with his own.

“We talked about our regular daily lives, and whenever we talked, no matter what kind of day it was or what kind of day he was having, he always was positive, smiling,” said WonTaek.

WonTaek and Ting were among the many students and faculty who

attended MinGi’s memorial service on Friday evening in MacMillan Hall.

Only four tables were set up with eight chairs to a table. Soon after the service began, it became clear that there weren’t nearly enough chairs for the amount of people pouring through the door. The students work-ing the memorial rushed to get more chairs and, though around 30 addi-tional chairs were brought out, people still had to stand along the walls.

MinGi loved to smile — that was evident in the slideshow at his memo-rial. In group photos with friends, you could easily pick him out because he smiled the widest. Photos and videos on the screen showed some of the best moments of MinGi’s life here at Miami.

The video repeated over and over as people kept coming in. The end of the slideshow read “We love you. We will always remember you.”

Everyone in attendance got up from their seats and went over to a table near the entrance that held three vases filled with white flowers. Each person removed a flower from one of the vases and carried it across the room where they placed it on a me-morial table in front of a collage of MinGi. When the two-hour memo-rial concluded, the vases were empty and the memorial table overflowed with white flowers.

“Being around him was a privi-lege,” said WonTaek. “And I don’t use the word privilege a lot, but being around him was a privilege that any student can wish for.”

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Miami Tribe members did not hesitate to join in the first dances, some of the other attendees held back at first, watching the dance from the perimeter. However, as the night went on, even those who were hesitant joined in a dance.

In addition to the stomp, par-ticipants could also try their hand

at traditional Myaamia ribbon-work, play a game of Moccasin or browse through beadwork and paintings made by Myaamia art-ists.

Junior Jennifer Tassaro said that, with little prior knowledge of the tribe, she hadn’t known what to expect leading up to the event. Having the card of questions and activities helped motivate her to

interact with tribe members and participate in the hands-on activi-ties.

“I think it made students more aware of the tribe our school is named after,” Tassaro said. “Events like this increase aware-ness of different cultures and I think it’s important we have that knowledge.”

Miami has only hosted a Stomp

Dance twice — once in 1998 and once in 2000 — and both events were held outdoors. The fund-ing from Late Night Miami, the available space in the Armstrong Student Center and the support from ORL and the event’s other sponsors were essential to mak-ing this event possible, Burke said.

Both representatives from the

Myaamia Center and ORL have expressed interest in hosting more Stomp Dances in conjunction with future Myaamiaki conferences.

Senior Ian Young, a Miami tribe student, said the event went better than he could have anticipated.

“The people who came seemed genuinely interested,” Young said. “They were in the right place to enjoy it for what it is.”

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Headlines beyond Oxford: NFL defensive end denied Monday during a one-on-one interview with ESPN’s Adam Shefter that he has ever hit a woman, in reference to the 2014 domestic violence incident involving his former girlfriend Nicole Holder. Hardy remains an unsigned free agent.

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MIAMI ATHLETICS

How long have you been playing tennis?I have been playing tennis for 11 years, since I was 9 years old.

Do you have any weird pregame rituals?I listen to very intense heavy met-al music. Its strange because I am a girl, but it gets me prepared for my matches.

If you could spend the day with any-one, dead or alive, who would it be?I honestly can’t think of anyone. I love to be by myself with no one bothering me. I am most content when I am alone.

Who is your funniest teammate?Erin Rodriguez is the funniest be-cause she always has a way of mak-ing me laugh no matter what kind of mood I am in.

What is your favorite Miami memory?My favorite Miami memory would be winning the MAC tournament last year. It was our team’s greatest accomplishment and the excitement was through the roof.

If you were stranded on a deserted island, which teammate/coach would you want to have with you?Well, I would bring two people. I would bring Erin Rodriguez and Ana Rajkovic. Both of them are just so tough and fearless that I believe we would be able to stay alive and end up getting rescued.

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?All my life, I have always wanted to go to London. I have always wanted to see Big Ben, the London Eye and Buckingham Palace.

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MU cornerback Marshall Taylor transfers to AuburnGRACE REMINGTON

SPORTS EDITOR

Miami University cornerback Marshall Taylor decided to transfer to Auburn University over the week-end. One visit to the Auburn campus was enough to sway the redshirt ju-nior to commit on the spot and can-cel his visits to Michigan State and University of Florida.

Auburn’s status, his relationship with defensive backs coach Wesley McGriff and his childhood friend, current Auburn defensive tackle Montravius Adams, persuaded Tay-lor to make the quick switch, he said in an interview with AL.com.

“I’m done,” Taylor told AL.com. “I’m a Tiger. I’m done.”

The 6-foot-2, 199-pound corner was a standout during his freshman

year at Miami. He led all freshmen with 40 tackles and started five of the 11 games in which he played.

He redshirted the next year, but started all 12 games of the 2014 season alongside current Green Bay Packers cornerback Quinten Rollins. He totaled 30 tackles, one intercep-tion and nine pass breakups.

Last season, he played in 11 games, starting 10. He totaled 39 tackles and two interceptions, in-cluding a pick-six against Akron University. He had a collegiate career-high nine tackles against University of Wisconsin early in the season.

The Cordele, G.A. native gradu-ates from Miami in May and is eli-gible to play for Auburn this fall.

Though the absence of Jonathan Jones and Blake Countess leave openings in the Auburn secondary,

Taylor faces stiff competition for the starting position. Redshirt fresh-man Jamel Dean hasn’t played a snap of college football yet, but is moving up the Auburn depth chart after transferring from Ohio State. He’s competing with fellow redshirt freshman Javaris Davis for the start-ing spot. Freshman John Broussard is also catching the eyes of coaches.

As for the RedHawks’ secondary, there are several players who could fill the hole Taylor leaves behind.

Redshirt junior Heath Harding is participating in spring practice after missing most of the 2015 season with an injury, and Ole Miss defen-sive back Tee Shepard will transfer to Miami this summer to complete his final year of eligibility. Head coach Chuck Martin also signed four defensive backs on national signing day in February.

FOOTBALL

RedHawk runners dominate at home, away

BEN BLANCHARDTHE MIAMI STUDENT

Some runners shined in Califor-nia, others back in Oxford. The Mi-ami University men’s and women’s track and field teams gained confi-dence for the rest of the outdoor sea-son at two meets this past weekend.

Miami’s top distance runners – junior Andrew Dusing and seniors Joe Stewart, Zack McBride, Laura Bess and Megan Beaver – traveled to the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif. late Thursday. The meet included both professional and colle-giate athletes, giving the RedHawks stiff competition in the first outdoor meet of the year.

Stewart turned in a personal best of 29:03.79 in the 10,000-meter Friday night, good enough for 11th overall in the race and third among college runners. It is the fastest time of any Mid-American Conference runner this season and the second fastest time ever by a Miami ath-lete. Stewart now ranks fifth in the NCAA.

“I was a bit more nervous than usual, being across the country and

going against a lot of really top guys,” Stewart said. “But I was ex-cited to race against guys who I’ll hopefully see in the postseason, and I always try to focus on staying re-laxed.”

Bess ran her first career 5,000-me-ter on the track Friday, turning in a time of 16:40.95, the fastest time in the MAC this season. In the stacked race, Bess finished 15th overall, but her time was the fifth fastest time in Miami history.

In the men’s 5,000-meter, Dusing ran a 14:24.68 time for 19th place. It is the third fastest time in the MAC and automatically qualifies Dusing for the MAC Outdoor Champion-ships in May.

McBride competed in the 10,000-meter with Stewart. He clocked in at 31:07 to finish 39th overall. This is the fifth fastest MAC time this season.

Beaver ran the 1500-meter in 4:46.36, placing 14th.

Back in Oxford, Miami hosted the Miami Duals meet Saturday af-ternoon at the George L. Rider track. Though the meet was cut short due

TRACK AND FIELD

Miami tennis ends five-game losing streak

SCOTT SUTTONTHE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University tennis team (6-9) split the weekend with a 4-3 loss to Ball State University (16-2) Friday and a 6-1 win against University of Toledo (7-9) Sunday in Oxford, Ohio. The matches were the first of the season against Mid-American Conference rivals.

Miami started off strong with a doubles victory in the match against Ball State. The sophomore pair of Nelli Ponomareva and Anastassia Vasiukhina beat opponents Toni Ormond and Julia Sbircea by a 6-2 score. Junior Andreea Badilenu and freshman Anzhelika Shapovalova topped their opponents Carmen Blanco and Bethany Moore, 7-5.

The RedHawks didn’t continue the momentum in singles, losing four of six matches. Freshman Em-ily Struble added to her win col-umn, clinching her 21st win in a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 defeat of Julia Sbircea. Ponomareva defeated Ball State’s Audrey Berger 6-0, 4-6, 6-4.

Head coach Yana Carollo ex-pressed her concerns after the match.

“We have played ranked oppo-nents and came one point short,” Carollo said. “We have figured out our doubles teams for the remain-ing portion of the season. This loss hurts but we just need to play on every position, one through six, against MAC teams.”

Miami bounced back two days later, beating University of Toledo. The Ponomareva-Vasiukhina duo won 7-5, and senior Ana Rajkovic and sophomore Hannah Shteyn won their match, 6-2. Badileanu and Shapovalova’s match went un-finished.

The ’Hawks had a nearly flawless singles day, as five of six players – Shapovalova, Shteyn, Ponomareva, Struble and Vasiukhina – picked up victories. The lone loss was sopho-more Erin Rodriguez’s 7-6, 6-3 loss to Toledo’s Claire Aleck.

Despite her result, Rodriguez be-lieves the team is in the process of recovering from recent losses and is optimistic for the future.

“Today was a good win,” Ro-driguez said. “It definitely gives us confidence going forward, which is something we were lacking coming

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Women’s players correct in filing against U.S. Soccer

The U.S. women’s national soc-cer team has won four Olympic gold medals and three World Cups and stands as the reigning world cham-pion. Despite this success, the wom-en’s team players are not treated equally in relation to the U.S. men’s team players. Five members of the women’s squad – Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, Megan Rapi-noe and Becky Sauerbrunn – filed a lawsuit Thursday against U.S. Soc-cer’s governing body demanding equal pay.

The women are paid sometimes as little as a quarter of their male coun-terparts, depending on bonuses. The men are paid $5,000 for a loss, while the women receive only $1,350 if they win. According to the New York Daily News, the men’s World Cup championship bonus was set at $9.3 million, while the women’s bo-nus was $1.8 million.

The men have but a quarterfinal appearance in the 2002 World Cup to show for their last half-century’s travails. They won’t be in Rio for the next Olympic games, as they lost a

qualifier to Colombia on Tuesday. “We are the best in the world,”

Solo said. “[We] have three World Cup championships, four Olympic championships and the [men] get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major champion-ships.”

Solo is right. The men are paid simply to show up. The women have not only trophies to show for their ef-forts, but also the support of an entire nation. Last summer, the women’s championship game was the most watched game in U.S. soccer history.

Figures from the United State Soccer Federation’s 2015 financial report show the women’s team gen-erated nearly $20 million more rev-enue last year than the U.S. men’s team. The nation has the team’s back, yet their own association doesn’t.

Sadly, this suit for equal pay is not the first time the women’s team has had equality issues. Last year, before the World Cup in Canada, a group of players led by Abby Wambach filed a complaint about the artificial turf playing surface, noting the men’s World Cup is played on natural grass. The turf issue reappeared dur-

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MIKE ZATT THE MIAMI STUDENT

Former Miami cornerback Marshall Taylor was a standout defensive player his freshman year, leading all freshmen with 40 tackles.

TODAY IN HISTORY

1896The first modern day Olympic opening ceremony is held in Athens. In the first Games since 393 A.D., 280 participants from 13 nations competed. All competitors were men, and tourists who stumbled

upon the event were allowed to sign up.

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