BONNIE MEIBERSSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Miami’s herd of Greek organi-zations, one of the largest in the country — especially for an in-stitution of its size — became a little smaller after investigations last spring.

The Miami chapters of Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi and Sig-ma Nu fraternities are now un-recognized by Miami and their national organizations.

Sigma Nu and Phi Kappa Psi underwent officer investigations last semester, both resulting in multi-year suspensions.

Sigma Nu was suspended for violating two sections of the Mi-ami University Student Code of Conduct — hazing and a viola-tion of sanctions. The fraternity was already on probation from an alcohol policy violation last fall, according to Tim Braddick, director of Fraternal Operations at Sigma Nu’s national headquar-ters. The fraternity is suspended

through March 2018.Phi Kappa Psi also violated the

Miami Code of Conduct: com-mitting mental abuse, prohibited use of alcohol and disorderly conduct. The organization is sus-pended through May 2019.

Kappa Sigma’s charter was

revoked, but the Miami chapter of Kappa Sigma has the option to appeal this action. If the orga-nization were to win the appeal, the chapter could work toward rebuilding.

According to Mitchell Wilson, executive director of the Kappa

Sigma national headquarters, the organization is still in the judicial process and reviewing the alle-gations. At this time, the Kappa Sigma chapter at Miami is unrec-ognized indefinitely.

As unrecognized fraternities, these organizations receive no

funding from the university, can-not use campus facilities for re-cruitment or meetings, post fliers on campus or participate in any Greek-related programs.

The Cliff Alexander Of-fice of Fraternity and Soror-ity Life played a large role in the investigation processes for all three fraternities.

According to Colleen Blevins, associate director of the Cliff Al-exander Office, the university and the national headquarters of a fra-ternity work together in situations like this.

“If a chapter should lose rec-ognition by the institution or national organization, it is [Cliff Alexander Office’s] goal to work in partnership and support the decision that has been made,” Blevins said.

Although almost all privileges have been revoked from these organizations, the Interfraternity Council sees this as an opportuni-ty to learn and change, according to the council’s president, senior

BRETT MILAMONLINE EDITOR

Campus police are under re-newed scrutiny after officer Ray Tensing of the University of Cin-cinnati Police Department killed motorist, Samuel DuBose, dur-ing a traffic stop on a month ago.

The high-profile case, which garnered national attention, brought to the forefront issues like police body cameras, cam-pus police jurisdiction and an individual’s rights when deal-ing with the police during a traffic stop.

Miami University has its own police department with 24 sworn police officers, under the Ohio Revised Code for state university law enforcement officers, mean-ing they go through the same ba-sic peace officer training as any other police agency in Ohio.

Last April, after nearly two years of research, Miami Uni-versity Chief of Police John Mc-Candless instituted a policy of body-worn cameras for the of-ficers.

“I think that they come in a time where people want transpar-ency, and the cameras help keep

everyone on their best behavior — not only citizens, but police offices, as well,” McCandless said, in a previous Student report.

The body camera worn by offi-cer Ray Tensing was instrumental in Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters charging the officer with murder. In the graphic vid-eo, after Tensing stops DuBose for a missing front license plate, the officer can be seen shooting DuBose in the head, killing him.

Deters, in a July 29 press con-ference announcing the charge, said the University of Cincinnati should “get out of the law en-forcement business.”

“Being a police officer shouldn’t be the role of this uni-versity,” Deters said.

Prior to releasing the video, Deters argued that the police body camera was not a public record. The Cincinnati Enquirer and other local media sued the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s office for the release of the video and the case will be heard by the Ohio Supreme Court.

At Miami, it is possible to file a records request to see an MUPD officer’s body camera. The only stipulations, according to depart-

EMILY TATEMANAGING EDITOR

When Starbucks Coffee comes to campus in January, it’ll be Mi-ami University’s first fully licensed franchise, but it will not be the last.

This fall, Dining Services will conduct several in-depth student surveys to identify one or two ad-ditional national brands to bring to campus, said Jon Brubacher, director of procurement and food purchasing.

This is a move Miami began considering in 2000, when cam-pus coffee shops started brewing Starbucks coffee beans. But Din-ing Services feared a fully licensed store was outside its means.

“We looked at it, did analyses on the franchise and saw what it would cost us,” Brubacher said. “We didn’t think the benefits would be enough to justify the expense.”

But as survey results and student requests poured in, dining staff found it hard to keep saying no.

“It all boils down to enough stu-dents asking for it, and we are here to serve the students,” he said.

The transition from Patisserie to Starbucks requires renovating the space to accommodate the Star-

bucks atmosphere, equipment and design — a job that will cost the university an estimated $325,000.

Dining Services will also incur a one-time flat rate of $25,000 to purchase a license to the Starbucks franchise, according to David Creamer, senior vice president for finance and business services. Be-yond that, the university will return a small percentage of the sales ac-tivity to Starbucks.

The money for Starbucks is coming directly from Dining Ser-vices. Like any self-serving busi-ness, Brubacher said Miami Dining uses the profits from its existing restaurants and stores to invest in new operations like this one.

The Starbucks store, to be lo-cated at Maplestreet Station, will honor student meal plans. So, for on-campus students using the Mi-ami Diplomat plan, the 30 percent discount will apply, making the campus Starbucks location less ex-pensive than the Uptown location.

Starbucks Coffee Company has 22,519 locations worldwide, ac-cording to an update on its site from June 28.

Of those, about 300 have reached college campuses in the United States (out of about 4,700

Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Nu are no longer recognized due to violations

In 1953, The Miami Student reported that a bill to build a new student center had passed the Ohio General Assembly. The new student center, now known as the Shriver Center, was opened in 1958.

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The university has suspended Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Nu due to violations of the University Student Code of Conduct, including alcohol infractions and hazing.

MEGA SUCCESS Students flocked Mega Fair Wednesday evening on Central Quad to scope out the various student organizations on campus. More than 400 student organiza-tions exist on campus, ranging from gymnastics club (middle) to LARPing (right).

MAGGIE CALLAGHANTHE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University students now have a variety of opportunities to experience first-hand the land of white sands, rolling mountains, cigars and rum.

This summer, Miami an-nounced two new study abroad programs to Cuba, one through the Farmer School of Business (FSB) and the other with the jour-nalism program.

These new programs come in the wake of the United States re-storing diplomatic relations with Cuba, ending a financial, com-mercial and economic embargo between the two countries that lasted more than 50 years.

FSB announced they will take 24 students to Cuba during J-term. Students will take two classes, focusing on supply chain and economics, and will earn six credit hours.

According to the FSB inter-national programs website, stu-dents will focus on the business

implications, economic changes, financial factors and marketing opportunities in Cuba.

“Students will be able to see the country in its current state … before it begins its transi-tion into the global market … and will be able to identify all of the business opportunities,” said Kim Suellau, director of FSB international programs.

The journalism program also announced a study abroad trip to Cuba. It will be divided into three parts. The first week, stu-dents will take an online course to familiarize themselves with Cuban history. Then, they will spend a week in Cuba, where they will take morning class-es, go on excursions and do reporting in the afternoon.

According to Patricia New-berry, journalism professor and one of the faculty members leading the trip, students will be searching for stories that relate to Southwest Ohio. When the students return home, they will spend a week writing a story based on their reporting.

“This is very much a global issue and we are localizing it,” Newberry said.

The Latin American Stud-ies program also offers a trip to Cuba during the winter term, which will convene this January for the third time.

This is a rare opportunity for Miami students, and they are ex-cited about the unique and his-toric opportunity.

“College is about learning, and there is a lot we can learn from Cuba,” said Dylan Oncken, a sophomore in FSB.

Suellau visited Cuba this sum-mer and elaborated on the variety of culture students will experi-ence while abroad.

“You won’t see a Starbucks … no track lines from planes, no ships,” said Suellau.

Newberry also visited the country this summer, and de-scribed the same opportunity for journalism students.

“It’ll be interesting [for stu-dents] to go in 2016 and then watch what happens in Cuba,” Newberry said.

LAURA FITZGERALDTHE MIAMI STUDENT

Jackhammers and cranes dot Miami University’s cam-pus, as construction projects give a little attention to some long-neglected sites.

Shideler HallShideler will provide a new

home for the departments of Ge-ology and Environmental Earth Science and Geography and the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability.

Shideler will also provide many new classrooms as seven regis-trar-controlled classrooms will be housed in the building. Registrar classrooms are classrooms as-signed by the registrar office, not the individual department.

“I can tell you that almost ev-ery Miami student will at some point take a class in the new Shideler Hall,” said Connie McCarthy, project manager.

Shideler’s infrastructure had fallen out of date, and was un-able to keep up with 21st century technology, said Elisabeth Widom, professor and chair of the depart-ment of Geology and Environmen-tal Earth Sciences.

About $21 million will be pro-vided to build Shideler by the State of Ohio, while another $4 million will be provided by the university, McCarthy said.

Reflecting Miami’s architectural style, the prominent location of Shideler at the entrance of Miami’s campus will provide a “gateway” to the university, McCarthy said. The façade will provide a pic-turesque background as visitors enter the university.

Shideler is scheduled to be com-pleted by spring 2016.

North QuadAnother project is the renova-

tion of North Quad, including Brandon, Flower, Hahne and Hep-burn Residence Halls, and Martin Dining Hall.

The renovations will update student rooms, bathrooms, study spaces, kitchenettes, recreational and lounge spaces. Renovations will also include replacing the roofing, plumbing, mechanical,

electrical, insulation and other in-frastructure in the buildings, Proj-ect Manager Ted Christian said.

“The entire university benefits from improved facilities that have lower energy and operating costs, are safer, improve community in-teraction, and that also contribute to attracting the best and brightest students from around the world,” Christian said.

Funding will come from both university funds and the sale of bonds.

The project is on schedule to be completed by August 2016.

Hayden ParkThe baseball team will find its

new home in Hayden Park, a string of coaches’ offices, team rooms, training rooms and sports medi-cine facilities, built along the third baseline of McGee field, Project Manager Kevin Morris said.

The site is due to be completed by Sept. 10.

Bishop WoodsWhile most of it has already

been completed, Bishop Woods received its own makeover this summer.

The major goal of the project was to recreate a mature forest ecosystem. That included remov-ing invasive plant species and dead and diseased vegetation, and plant-ing over 40 native plant species, University Landscape Architect Vincent Cirrito said.

New pathways, pathway light-ing and a center lawn were already installed over the summer to allow students to gather in the space, rather than simply walk through it.

“Watching congregation occur in there is fantastic, it’s what I was hoping for,” Cirrito said.

The space also serves as an interactive classroom, as stu-dents can watch native plant spe-cies and the forest ecosystem grow and develop.

Installation of native plant spe-cies and clearing of invasive species is set to be completed by Oct. 31.

Whether it be from age or a need for new space, all those cranes and scaffolding will beautify Miami’s campus as each building or park will receive needed attention.

ABBEY GINGRASNEWS EDITOR

Swipe right or swipe left? A question many have pondered while examining a profile of a po-tential love interest on the popular dating app Tinder. As it turns out, Miami students love to swipe right.

According to a newly published data set from Tinder, Miami ranks high among the top universities where people “swipe right,” or in-dicate positive interest on a match.

For campuses with the most right-swiped females, Miami is ranked 16th in the nation, beating out universities with student bodies nearly double in size.

As for the male population, they’re highly right-swiped, as well. Miami made the list at 21st for men. Data for the study was collected during the spring 2015 semester by Tinder and released this week.

Sophomore Morgan Mittler was unsurprised by the poll-ing results, although she doesn’t like the app herself.

“I think it’s gross because peo-ple just use it to hook up,” Mit-tler said. “I think [Tinder] is basi-cally a breeding ground for the hook-up culture.”

Unlike most lists revolving around appearances, Tinder’s data found few similarities be-

tween right-swiped males and females. The two lists feature no commonalities in the top 10 except for the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).

The top female schools tended to be large, public universities while the top male schools tended to be

private or Christian affiliated. Mi-ami was one of few schools where males and females had similar rankings, echoing other lists featur-ing the university.

A list published by college re-view website, “Niche,” named Miami University women the most attractive in the country in a poll of 739 colleges. “Niche” also named Miami men the most attractive out of 588 colleges. Additionally, Busi-ness Insider named Miami 14th on a list of schools where students are both “hot and smart.”

Senior Nichole Blachowicz noted she has a love-hate relation-ship with the appearance-based

app, but explained that she had better experiences with it outside the college environment.

“I think on a lot of college cam-puses, it’s much more of a hook-up app than a dating one,” Bla-chowicz said. “But when I lived in a city, it was good for dating and meeting people.”

Dating apps and online dating continue to grow in popularity among millennial daters. Some, like Blachowicz, are more support-ive of the movement than others.

Tinder specifically made head-lines earlier this month for engag-ing in an angry Twitter exchange with writer Nancy Jo Sales, who has negative feelings about the app, like Mittler. Sales wrote a scathing article for Vanity Fair entitled “Tinder and the Dawn of the ‘Dating Apocalypse,’” which condemned the app that allows you to judge others almost entirely on appearance.

Although it has its critics, the app boasts more than 50 million active users and over 8 billion matches since its founding in 2012.

Blachowicz argued the dating social network is better than its poor reputation.

“I know plenty of people who have met their boyfriend or girl-friend on Tinder,” Blachowicz said. “Tinder has this taboo about it but I think a lot of people have a good experience on it.”

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SARAH KNEPPTHE MIAMI STUDENT

Visitors traveling to Oxford dur-ing the next month will want to re-think their route. The heavily traf-ficked U.S. 27 northbound left turn lane at Chestnut Street and Patterson Avenue is closed.

The construction has been met with frustration from students and commuters who must now take a slower route to campus.

The project to lengthen U.S. 27 began Aug. 17, the Monday of move-in week for first-year stu-dents and others living on campus. The closure of the turn lane from U.S. 27/Patterson to Chestnut began Aug. 24, the first day of classes for the fall 2015 semester.

The project, which be-gan last year, is expected to be completed in July.

According to the City of Oxford, the stretch of Chestnut from Maple Street to Patterson closed on Aug. 26. Drivers are instructed to take a detour from Spring Street to Cam-pus Avenue if they would like to ac-cess the open portion of Chestnut.

The construction stretches from Southpointe Parkway to Chestnut Street, a distance that measures 1.05 miles.

The particular lane closure at U.S. 27/Patterson and Chestnut is due to the construction of a bridge that will cross Collins Creek and the new roadway on the east side.

According to a memo from city engineer Victor Popescu, addressed to City Manager Doug Elliott, the project’s start time had been delayed several times due to heavy rain and

other weather issues.With Chestnut closed, traffic

from U.S. 27 is now funneling through the intersection of Patter-son and Spring Street. This shift in traffic is expected to cause delays, especially when Miami hosts big events on its campus.

Closure of the left turn lane and Chestnut is expected to last around

30 days.Senior Erin Antonelli is frus-

terated by how the long-term construction project impacts her commute to campus.

“It has really made a difference in my ability to get to class,” Antonelli said. “It’s annoying to have to leave an extra 20-30 minutes early to just sit on campus until my classes start.”

In the meantime, Miami has pro-vided detour directions for visitors who would otherwise take U.S. 27.

One of the alternative routes instructs drivers to take Stillwell Beckett Road to SR 732, and to get on Chestnut Street and then Campus Avenue. The other route directs driv-ers to take less-traveled state route roads to High Street.

KELLY HIGGINSONTHE MIAMI STUDENT

The renovated Phi Gamma Delta, or FIJI, fraternity house lo-cated on High Street is gearing up for its complete opening Oct. 3. The historic house, built in 1828, burned down from arson in May 2013. The identity of the perep-trator remains a mystery.

According to FIJI member Ross Chaifetz, FIJI Nationals im-mediately planned to demolish and rebuild the home and have students living in the house by the fall 2015 semester.

Besides the historical front pil-lars of the house, everything in-

side is renovated. The old house had community showers, bath-rooms and about 35 bedrooms. The new house has around 48 bedrooms, a kitchen, common ar-eas, jack-and-jill style bathrooms, storage closets on each floor, laundry services, a library and a new chapter room.

Chaifetz was one of the frater-nity members living in the house during the summer of 2013 when he and his friends noticed from an above rooftop blocks away that the house was engulfed in flames.

“We called 911 right away, but it took them 20 minutes to get there, and by then the house was not salvageable,” Chaifetz said.

According to City of Oxford Mayor Kevin McKeehan, the

fire started in the storage room, which was used for students’ mattresses and room furniture over the summer.

McKeehan said when the planning began for the new structure, the first goal was to make the house less prone to catching fire again.

“The entire structure has sprin-kler systems around if anything like that were to happen again,” McKeehan said.

Once planning began for the new house, funding became an-other issue for the members of the fraternity. According to Chaifetz, only some of the damage was covered by insurance and FIJI Nationals, but the rest was up to the members.

“We did more alumni and fun-draising events to raise money for it than I’ve ever done in years past,” Chaifetz said. “We only had so much time to raise enough or the house was going to get sold.”

Popular donut shop, Dunkin’ Donuts, was one of those poten-tial buyers, but the FIJI fraternity managed to raise $1.5 million and the planning began in fall 2013.

Although FIJI members are excited to be back in their own house, some miss the tradition that the old house had. The old house, just like many historical places, had stories connected to every room that FIJI alumni in generations past had lived.

“The old house was so unique and had so much tradition with

it,” Chiafetz said. “Now we have to completely restart everything in this house that just feels like a cookie cutter house that no one has lived in.”

Chaifetz and around 40 other members have moved into the house this fall and the final tweaks are being made.

“There’s only a few things left until the official opening ceremony for Oct. 3,” McK-eehan said. “It’s going to be a big weekend for alumni and the current fraternity boys.”

In addition to the opening of the house, Bill Isaacs, a FIJI alumnus and former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), will speak about his ca-reer with the FDIC.

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Before Jahwar Glass started rapping, he wrote short stories and poems. His mother played rock and soul albums and taught him new words that he collected in his stanzas and paragraphs. At 9, he wrote his first rap.

“I haven’t stopped since,” said Glass, now known as Illogic, the Columbus-based hip-hop art-ist who has produced six studio albums and collaborated with many of rap’s underground favor-ites like Aesop Rock, Vast Aire, Eyedea and fellow Columbus native Blueprint.

He started performing Chris-tian rap in churches when he was about 12. Before he was old enough to legally go to clubs, Illogic performed at an open mic night called Groove Shack on every other Friday. He competed in freestyle bat-tles and, in 1997, became the Columbus champion.

He found friends who had a recording studio, and in 2001 his cassette tape “Unforeseen Shadows” became the inaugu-ral release from the independent record label, Weightless Record-ings, headed by his friend and fu-ture collaborator, Blueprint.

“At that time, there were a lot of up-and-coming hip-hop art-ists coming out of Columbus,” said Glass.

Although he noted that the hip-hop scene in Columbus is not as vibrant today as it was in the mid-90s and early 2000s, his most re-cent performance was at the 2X2 Festival in late July. The festival was the first annual Columbus hip-hop festival and nearly 1,000 people attended.

Even after traveling all over the country to play his music, he said he has never considered leaving his home city.

“The fact that people know of Columbus because of the things that we’ve done is something that can never be taken away from us and I take pride in that,” he said.

Since the start of his career Il-logic’s lyrics have been known for their elevated vocabulary and exploration into the themes of meaning and purpose. Listverse.com, cited him as one of the Top 10 Intellectual Rappers.

“I would consider myself more

of a poet and a writer than a rap-per,” he said. “My poetry just happens to fit very well to beats.”

He said he’s always felt a little different. He didn’t speak like his peers growing up. One day in middle school, his then-girlfriend told him he was, “illogical.” He liked that, and the name stuck.

In college he enjoyed read-ing the theories of philosophers like Plato and Immanuel Kant or the rhetoric of activists like the Black Panthers. Reading those helped him find his own voice as a writer, he said.

“I believe that everything I write is gifted to me,” he said. “I’m a vessel and I’ve been given this gift to write and express my-self because some other people can’t express themselves.”

Right now, he’s working on

multiple projects, writing and creating more music, but he does not have a clear plan for where he wants his music to go next.

“If people dig it, they dig it. If they don’t, they don’t,” he said. “But I’m going to make sure I’m happy doing what I’m doing and satisfied with the result of it.”

He said he admires new rap-pers Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole, as well as artists from oth-er genres such as experimental R&B artist FKA Twigs, Afro-Cu-ban synth jazz duo Ibeyi and the Norwegian indie-folk act Kings of Convenience.

“I try not to limit the mu-sic I listen to so I don’t limit myself as an artist,” he said.

Illogic is the first musician in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Series events for the new Late Night Miami initia-tive, a series of free events open to all students held every Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday night of the semester.

TERRA COLLIERTHE MIAMI STUDENT

With the College of Creative Arts’ new musical theatre minor, anyone can sprint from business class to ballet or be the test subject for stage makeup — after an audi-tion, of course.

The addition of the new minor is partly due to the large presence of Stage Left, a student-run musi-cal theatre organization with more than 300 students across all majors involved in or attending the orga-nization’s productions.

Co-director of the musical the-atre minor Alison Acord predicts many of those students take their interest one step further and add the minor.

Accepted students are given a foundation in music theory, as well as acting and voice prin-ciples. Classes will then get more focused, concentrating on skills like stage makeup application and ballet. Students also participate in at least one production, be it a mu-sical, opera or concert.

As with any music theatre pro-duction, admission into the new

minor requires a live audition. Vo-cal auditions take place Oct. 6 and dance auditions Oct. 7.

Miami vocal performance alumna (’15) Emily Farnell said students should not feel nervous going in for the audition.

“I know there were a lot of people, at least in the vocal depart-ment, that didn’t feel they could audition because of the dance portion, but that couldn’t be fur-ther from the truth,” Farnell said. “The professors just ask you to do the best you can. Basically, if you want to audition but think you shouldn’t because of one aspect of the audition, don’t let that stop you. They aren’t looking for a fin-ished product, just potential.”

The integration of majors and non-majors may serve to enrich the minor.

“It’s good for our students to collaborate with students of other majors. It’s good for everybody,” Acord said.

Farnell is hoping the minor will have a positive impact on the Mi-ami theatre community.

“There are so many talented people at Miami that opening up the minor will only make it better,” Farnell said.

Jeremiah Plessinger, a ju-nior currently in the minor, praised the professors heading the new program.

“These classes have allowed me to add even more tools to my per-formance toolbox and gain a better understanding of the professional theatre world,” Plessinger said. “In fact, I feel that my most use-ful experiences in the minor have been in the areas where I’m weak-est. The vocal coaching given by the music department is like noth-ing I’ve ever experienced.”

The techniques learned and risks taken through the minor may lead students to take a life risk like Far-nell, who said she learned how to market herself through the minor and is now an au pair in Germany. Or, it may just take a bit of pres-sure off the collegiate lifestyle.

“It’s a good creative out-let if you’re in a lab all day,” Acord said.

An information meeting will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 3 in 114 Center for the Perform-ing Arts. There is more informa-tion available on the College of Creative Arts’ website, includ-ing sample schedules for varying paths of study.

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NPHC & DAC Welcome Back Dance9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Armstrong Pavilion

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Since mainstream Hollywood has become primarily “lock” sequels and branded franchises, there is little room left for films not in those categories to vault out of obscurity and become national box-office suc-cesses. With the extreme cost of tech-nology required to give a film supe-rior visual effects, those that want to make money must have a base level of quality to even be noticed by crit-ics and audiences alike.

The surprise hit of the sum-mer, “Straight Outta Compton,” not only meets this base level of quality, but also exceeds it from a filmmaking perspective.

“Straight Outta Compton” tells the story of revolutionary hip-hop group NWA, as they emerge from the violent streets of Compton to worldwide renown. It provided a pleasant mix between dramat-ic, racially-charged scenes and

comedic asides that also helped develop the plot.

The first thing that stood out to me in this film was the brilliant cast, particularly those who played the four core members of the group. O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s performance of his father, Ice Cube, was uncanny; from his subtle micro-reactions to a flawless delivery of his father’s lyr-ics. One of the few veteran actors in the film, Paul Giamatti, shined in his performance as sleazy band man-ager, Jerry Heller. While his morality in the film is often called into ques-tion, he confirms his prowess as one of Hollywood’s best character actors.

This film did a great job of captur-ing the energy behind the music — beginning with the basic beats used as the cornerstone of a new and in-novative sound. While I loved how the film started with the origins of the music, I thought it could have done more to explain the techni-cal aspects of why the music was so revolutionary.

Unfortunately, “Straight Outta

Compton” pulled certain punches when it came to the moral themes it was trying to portray. While it did a fantastic job of displaying police brutality by racist white cops at the hands of innocent African American youths, it shied away from portray-ing the brutal treatment of females by certain members of the group, mainly Dr. Dre. I’m not usually one to criti-cize the agenda of a film, but I feel that if you are trying to change the world with a story, you must include ALL the modern issues associated with the story, not just the ones that benefit the members of the group.

Regardless, I believe “Straight Outta Compton” did a fantastic job of portraying one of the most revo-lutionary groups in the history of music. Thanks to this film, a good slice of America will now know the story of the sound that forever changed our nation.

‘Compton’ has everyone coming backFILM

One day in middle school, his then-

girlfriend told him he was, “illogical.” He

liked that, and the name stuck.

DEVON SHUMANTHE MIAMI STUDENT

In the second season of “True Detective,” showrunner Nic Pizzo-latto’s decision to have his murder victim’s eyes burned out with acid turned out to be a dark piece of fore-shadowing: halfway through, many of his viewers wanted to have theirs burned out as well.

When the first season of the mys-tery drama aired last year, viewers were mesmerized by Rustin Cohle’s (Matthew McConaughey) and Mar-ty Hart’s (Woody Harrelson) hunt for “The Yellow King.” It was visually stunning, expertly directed and noth-ing short of a television masterpiece.

This made the downfall of sea-son two that much more surpris-ing. Viewers were excited for the

new season with the new, all-star cast (like “American Horror Story,” “True Detective” is an anthology series), but by episode four it was almost universally hated. As quickly as they had latched on to season one, everyone turned against season two.

So how did Pizzolatto fall so hard? The premise of an investiga-tion into the murder of a city man-ager, which, in turn, uncovers much about the dark, corrupt underbelly of Los Angeles, actually had a lot of potential. Additionally, all of season two’s characters, with the exception of Vince Vaughn’s Frank Semyon, were incredibly intriguing and bril-liantly acted. So what went wrong?

The main issue was that it was just too confusing. Even re-watching every episode, I still felt that I had to lock myself up in Rust Cohle’s stor-age unit and map everything out just

to figure out what was going on.There were too many small de-

tails, complicated relationships and loose ends. It’s no secret that most television panders to a least com-mon denominator audience. It’s why shows like “The Big Bang Theory” stay on air while “Arrested Devel-opment” gets canceled. It’s refresh-ing when a show comes along that makes you think. But this was too far. Einstein could have watched this and even he wouldn’t have been able to piece it all together.

If we can put aside the complex-ity and accept the fact that we won’t understand it all in the end, the next issue is sheer boredom. Season two moved slower than the clock during a three-hour lecture. During the first season, there were at least two or

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SAMANTHA REIN, senior, falls in love with Cher, one of the many kit-tens up for adoption at the Animal Friends Humane Society pet adop-tion event on Wednesday

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Over the summer, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Nu and Kappa Sigma fraternities joined the ranks of six other Greek organizations who are unrecognized by Mi-ami University. The reason for at least two of those: violating the Miami University Code of Stu-dent Conduct for hazing.

The Miami University Code of Student Conduct — 2.1.I says: “Coercing another, includ-ing the victim, to do any act of initiation into, or as a condition of participation in, a student or-ganization, fraternity or sorority, or activity that causes or cre-ates a substantial risk of caus-ing physical or mental harm to any person is prohibited.”

According to Miami these violations could include, but are not limited to, “forced drinking of alcohol or water, paddling, creation of fatigue, physical shocks, degrading or humiliat-ing games, physical harassment, branding, public stunts and forced tattoos.”

Quite the example to be set-ting, as an institution known as the Mother of Fraternities (how many of those Alpha chapters are still recognized?).

In response to the fraterni-ties’ degradation, Interfraternity Council president and senior Zach Scheid said, “We are going to learn from past mistakes and solidify who we are as fraterni-ties on this campus.”

We know it isn’t just fraterni-ties that haze. Marching bands, choirs and a host of other clubs also participate in the brutish initiations. Yet, the history and pervasiveness of hazing in Greek life warrants its more acute ex-amination and critique. What is it about fraternities, specifically, that demands such violent and testosterone-pumped hazing?

This pattern is certainly not new. What about the countless other past mistakes? Beta Theta Pi wasn’t enough of a warning?

Following Beta’s banishment in spring 2014, an onslaught of

rumors arose around campus as students attempted to work out what happened. Some, like the story about Beta locking their pledges in a basement with a live alligator, were absurd. Others, like the rumor that the fraternity brothers who beat two pledges after they second-guessed their wishes to rush, more serious.

Other rumors in past years have included making pledges kneel or do pushups on broken glass, chain-smoke packs of cigarettes until they vomit, eat a chewing tobacco sandwich, kill a puppy and waterboarding them with vodka.

The only thing that has pre-vented the same guessing game this time around is the fact that these fraternities were kicked off over the summer — free from the prying eyes of students, fac-ulty and (cough) donors (cough, cough).

Whatever the acts entailed, these fraternity members were not having a slumber party or back-

yard barbeque. Whatever they did was severe enough to warrant virtual removal from this cam-pus and disassociation from their national affiliates.

And more than an unsatisfied curiosity or an eagerness to par-take in the buzz that circulates with an event such as this, the fact that we, as students of this university, are all left in the dark about the events that led these or-ganizations to lose recognition is a problem.

Following the Wells Hall incident last year, where two freshmen males graffitied a bulletin board with racist, sex-ist, homophobic and anti-Se-mitic smut, President Hodge condemned the immature and incensing actions in an all-university email.

“I am deeply disappointed that any of our students would choose deliberately to behave in such a reprehensible way,” Hodge said.

We respect Hodge’s reaction to that incident, but where was

the email condemning the frater-nity hazing of last spring?

Both of these issues repre-sent a serious problem with the overriding culture on cam-pus — a culture that domi-nates and is controlled by the very student organizations that are no longer recognized by the university.

If past experience can tell us anything, it’s that these fraterni-ties are not going to learn from their mistakes. Hazing is as in-grained in the Greek system as beer bongs and “late-nighters.” The only way to learn anything from this event is to inform stu-dents about the nature of the acts and the punishment that ensured. Transparency from our univer-sity, its administration and its most pervasive organizations is absolutely necessary.

The Miami Student is cur-rently pursuing a public records request regarding the specifics of each organization’s violations. More information to come.

SAM HUNTERTHE MIAMI STUDENT

Donald Trump’s run to the top of the polls has been a wild ride. I’ve gone from saying he would never file paperwork to realiz-ing the slim potential for Trump to claim not only the Republican nomination but also perhaps the White House. I’ve denied his chances of becoming the nominee for so long; it is now incredibly scary to admit the possibility of a racist, sexist blowhard who has never held public office becoming Commander in Chief. “You’re fired,” takes on a whole new meaning considering President Trump would control the world’s second-largest nuclear arsenal.

Conventional wisdom sug-gests Trump won’t come close to either of his goals. Jeb Bush has amassed a formidable amount of money in his Super PAC. Marco Rubio is much younger and infi-nitely more charismatic. Even Jim Gilmore has at least held public office, and no one even knows who he is. In the general election, the Democrats would be sure to throw all their resources behind their nominee. But in an election where conventional wisdom has failed at every turn, trusting it now would be incredibly dangerous for those who abhor the very thought of a Trump administration.

To a degree, Trump’s lead in the polls is exaggerated. His support is very narrow, even by the warped standards of the 2016 Republican primary. Twenty to 30 percent of potential voters is far from a com-manding lead in a general elec-tion. But because no one else has presented himself or herself as the anyone-but-Trump frontrunner, he has been allowed to dominate the field. Despite the Republican Par-ty’s “deep bench,” few of their 17

candidates can muster double-dig-it support among their own party. Conventionally viable candidates have paled in comparison to The Donald. Scott Walker collapsed to single-digit support and lost his lead in Iowa following a poor debate performance. Marco Rubio has failed to take off in the polls regardless of how far he shifts his policy to the right. Jeb Bush can’t present a coherent opposition to Trump as his recent disaster of an immigration speech revealed.

There is still a chance for an-other candidate to break through. Barack Obama was able to topple Hillary Clinton’s first frontrunner campaign in 2008. Currently less successful Republican candidates like John Kasich or Carly Fio-rina could end Trump’s reign at the top. Trump is also performing miserably in the endorsement pri-mary, failing to secure the backing of a single Republican governor, senator or representative — al-though he does sport an endorse-ment from David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Every pundit, columnist

and registered Democrat in the country has declared the end of his polling streak with every new gaffe, but his expected poll plunge hasn’t happened. He has offend-ed multiple voting clocks, from Latinos to veterans to anyone who menstruates without losing

ground, so perhaps it will never happen. Maybe instead of inevi-tably failing, Trump’s support will grow, or at least carry him through to the nomination. Primary victo-ries don’t require massive majori-ties. George McGovern secured the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination with only 25 percent of the primary vote.

Of course, McGovern went on to be crushed by Richard Nixon, who won 49 states and the larg-est popular vote margin of victory in history. But the Democratic Party of today is not as strong as Nixon was in 1972. Frontrun-ner Hillary Clinton is embroiled in continuing scandals that could damage her long-term electability, while Bernie Sanders remains ut-terly unelectable outside of liberal strongholds. The other declared Democratic candidates can’t even hit 5 percent, while Joe Biden is far from an ideal candidate with his past campaign failures and inclination toward Trump-style gaffes without the Trump bravado.

If conventional thinking is re-jected, a disturbing possibility be-gins to emerge. If Donald Trump can win the Republican nomina-tion, even with minimal support, he gains the immediate backing of most Republican voters. Cur-rent polling claims Democratic victories if Trump runs against Clinton, Sanders or Biden, but polling is sometimes terribly in-accurate, especially over a year from the election.

It could only take one signifi-cant scandal to irreparably dam-age the Democratic nominee, or one significant high profile left-wing third party challenger to split their vote. Donald Trump becoming president would be an incredible subversion of the entire convention of American electoral politics. But if Donald Trump be-comes president, that would be the least of the world’s problems.

CARLEIGH TURNERWEB DESIGNER

In the wake of various publi-cized claims of sexual assault, Chicago is taking a positive step toward empowering victims to report their rapes.

As of Jan. 1, 2016, victims of sexual assault in Chicago will not be billed for purchasing a rape kit, allowing those who were un-able to afford the evidence for the crime committed against them a voice and a chance to get the jus-tice they deserve.

According to an article by CBS News titled, “For some sex as-sault victims, ordeal carries price tag,” a college student who was raped two nights in a row said her rape kit cost her around $2,000,

none of which which covered by her insurance.

This service is integral for potential legal action and will hopefully allow all those af-fected by sexual violence to be less likely to forego jus-tice for the crimes committed against them.

Miami University has its own definition for forcible sex offenses:

“Any sexual act directed against another person, forc-ibly and/or against that person’s will; or not forcible or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent. —Forcible Rape, Forcible Sodomy, Sexual Assault with an Object and Forcible Fondling.”

A rape kit, or sexual assault fo-rensic exam, consists of bags and paper sheets for evidence col-lection, a comb, documentation forms, envelopes, instructions, materials for blood samples and swabs. If one plans on getting this exam, it is imperative that they do everything in their power not to destroy any evidence.

Bathing, showering, using the restroom, changing clothes, combing hair and cleaning up the violated area could make evi-dence invalid.

During the exam, a doctor or nurse will check for any injuries or evidence of force. If there are visible injuries, you may give consent to have pictures taken. These images can be used in trial in case any injuries have healed.

Fingernail scrapings, as well as foreign matter on the body and clothes the victim was wearing, are also important evidence if the victim decides to continue with an investigation.

The rape kit may also include an internal exam where samples would be taken from the vagina, mouth or rectum to test for any remnants of sperm or semen.

According to the Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), 68 percent of sexual assault cases go unreported, making it one of the most under reported crimes from 2008-12.

Yet, these staggering statistics are not the whole story.

When someone experiences the trauma of a sexual assault, many chemical reactions occur in the brain, often making it dif-ficult for a victim to remember

what exactly happened to them. In traumatic events, it has been

said the most effective way to cope is to relive the trauma then communicate it to others. How-ever, the adrenal glands saturate the brain with opioid-boosting hormones in order to protect it from physical and emotional trauma, greatly affecting the victims’ memory, according to a Huffington Post article titled, “What Sexual Assault Does To The Brain.”

Because of this, it is of ut-most importance that any vic-tim of sexual violence takes all precautions necessary immedi-ately after the assault. Acquir-ing these records will give the victim’s case its strongest chance at obtaining justice.

The recent influx of publi-cized sexual assault cases and the firestorm they have caused is enough to make anyone nervous about reporting their own experi-ence. However, not reporting an assault only perpetuates the no-tion that it is possible to get away with rape.

It is going to require much more cooperation between medical fa-cilities, media outlets, victims and law enforcement if this issue is ever going to be dealt with. If society began to treat rape like it did the victims of shootings, the statistics mentioned earlier might look much different.

Just because somebody is breathing, does not mean they are alive.

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MARY WILLIAMSTHE MIAMI STUDENT

It’s been taken down, reposted, blogged, tweeted, shared and watched to the point where the majority of the United States pop-ulation is sick of hearing about it.

The Alabama Alpha Phi fall recruitment video first cre-ated controversy when it was the subject matter of an article written by A.L. Bailey a few weeks back, describing the vid-eo as “worse for women than Donald Trump.”

Spectacularly clever, Alpha Phi’s video featuring lively, beautiful women having fun to-gether has the ability to offend those who find such combina-tions demeaning. With that be-ing said, the video is not in any way a step backward for women and how they wish to be per-

ceived in America’s shifting patriarchal society.

Due to public outrage of the so-rority video, a major, contradic-tory flaw has been revealed with what America views as the social norm. Recent opinions through-out the country and world are dominated by feminism, of which the main argument is for women

to be able to do what they want, how they want.

We can’t make progress toward equality with men when women are judging other women for how they chose to portray themselves and live their lives. For all the public knows, those women are doctors, lawyers and rocket sci-entists. To judge them on a video in which the goal is for them to show how much fun they are hav-ing in one another’s company is ludicrous, especially when the judgment is creating an issue with how they look and doubting their intelligence.

Men are celebrated for look-ing good, but when females, or a group of women like the Alpha Phi members, make a video in which they look stunning, or God forbid wear a bikini, it is criti-cized as being ‘oppressive’ and ‘moving backward for women.’ Attractiveness is now a crime? Flaunt it if you got it.

As for the homogeneity, or overwhelming whiteness, of women in the Alpha Phi chapter, one could argue that the women in the video consciously chose to be there. In going through re-cruitment, those girls showed a specific interest in that particular sorority, for getting along with that group of women.

Nobody should judge women joining a group they felt comfort-able with. If anyone is throwing blame around it should be on the recruitment process, and not the girls who are required to follow specific procedures to recruit girls they will get along with and see on a daily basis for the next three to four years of their life? In judging the women in this video, those who voiced their opinions to this group of women are doing exactly the opposite of what feminism and women’s rights have been fighting to elimi-nate in the past few years: Judg-ing women for their decisions.

I’ve written my fair share of nega-tives about Miami University, rang-ing from budget issues to construc-tion woes. I’ve crusaded against the

universi ty’s old-news deci-sion to have controversial writer George Will speak at the Farmer School of

Business. I’ve sat and marveled at the gaudy décor in our young Arm-strong Center and remembered with a little twinge of nostalgic sadness the old food court in the basement of Shriver.

Sometimes I even get tired of hav-ing to say “in Ohio” after every time I tell people which college I attend. But as I sit and type this article from my home on the East Coast, I just want to be back.

Studying abroad has its ben-efits — meeting new people and seeing new places, having differ-ent things to learn and using differ-ent techniques to learn them. I am thankful for the opportunity and excited to embark on my impending journey in September.

But I am still so jealous of all of my fellow peers back home (and yes, class of 2019, after some time, Miami really does start to feel like home).

I’m jealous of my fellow juniors who are suddenly discovering what it’s like to live in their own cleverly-named house. I’m jealous of the little things they’re about to experience, like how many groceries they can buy on a budget and finally having their own driveway so they don’t have to worry about Miami’s brutal parking services.

I’m jealous of the classes they will take now, that they really have the chance to dive into their majors. I’m jealous of our new students as they discover just how insightful and extraordinary our professors are, and I’m jealous of the few students who will discover the magic of Miami’s regional campuses.

I want to be with my friends who, as the week and the weekend start to blend together, will be walking down High Street with Bagel & Deli in one hand and a cell phone in another, calling each other to figure out which connections are at which parties or bars. It makes me laugh as I think of them shaking their heads as they watch girls struggle over the red-brick streets in heels and swap-ping stories the next day.

I’m jealous of the little morn-ing moments that the new fresh-men will begin to have, throwing on big sweatshirts and hitting First Stop or Western’s brunch in a small, unsure group.

I’m jealous of everyone able to walk around Miami’s immaculate grounds, and I admire those who take the time to explore Western campus’ little treasures. I’m even envious of people as they go through trivial parts of their routines, like shopping at little MacCracken Mar-ket after they hit the gym.

I’m jealous of the freshman who will soon discover which bars to go to (and which ones to avoid).

I want to be one of the students strolling through Upham Arch to get to class and I wish I was among my fellow co-workers at the Howe Writ-ing Center as they continue to ensure that one of the most useful resources on campus stays up and running.

I’m jealous of the people walking through the shadow of the sundial and of the few and the brave who host radio shows at Miami’s student-run radio station, WMSR.

Even more, I am jealous of ev-eryone who gets to see the leaves change. There’s really nothing like it.

Like every other institution, Mi-ami has its flaws and stereotypes. Similar to many freshman classes before them, the class of 2019 is overwhelmingly white (with just over 13 percent of the class made up of multicultural students and an ad-ditional 9.6 percent made up of inter-national students).

But they are also even more aca-demically accomplished than any class before them (and so, accord-ing to news articles on Miami’s website, was the class of 2018, and 2017, etc.).

And despite its in-state reputation as “J Crew U” and its sometimes-negatively viewed affinity for Greek life, Miami also is keeping its out-of-state reputation polished, maintain-ing its spot as the top public universi-ty in the country for its commitment to undergraduate teaching (accord-ing to U.S. News & World Report).

In the race to be the biggest, best and brightest that American institu-tions seem to be competing in, Mi-ami is holding its own.

So, to the friends I leave behind and the new students just beginning, appreciate your time there as yet an-other fall rolls around. Miami is a special place filled with interesting people. Know, as you hold The Mi-ami Student in your hands and read this sentence somewhere on campus, that I envy you.

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GRETA HALLBERGTHE MIAMI STUDENT

I got paid to have fun this summer.

This summer, my job description included singing and dancing, tub-ing with kids, playing kickball and making too many friendship brace-lets to count. My coworkers are my best friends and my boss is more like my mom. I got paid to have fun this summer. I got paid to play.

Yet somehow, my three summers at a church camp changing the lives of kids doesn’t feel like enough on my résumé. Acting as a cowboy in a skit isn’t a transferrable skill to my future journalism career. Play-ing capture the flag isn’t prepar-ing me for sitting at a computer all day. While I’ll rock the tie-dye shirts I made to class, they aren’t exactly office attire.

With a competitive job market awaiting us at graduation, we are told that we need a summer intern-ship if we want to be successful. But I didn’t even apply for the per-fect internships landed by my peers and friends in exciting new cities. I chose instead to work in a small town in northern Minnesota on a lake. Here is what I learned that will be valuable at my future job:

I learned how to be patient with people.

I was assigned to teach kids how to make tie-dye shirts for every ses-sion of camp. There’s a lot of prep work involved — soaking shirts and mixing colors. While trying to set up for tie-dye, anywhere from 20 to 90 kids asked me when I’d be ready for them to get started. It would be easy to get angry answer-ing the same question over and over. But my job description de-

manded that I treat kids with love, so I would smile and tell my camp-ers it will be another 10 minutes.

Once our craft for the day is fi-nally set up, we have the real chal-lenge of helping 9-year-olds make a T-shirt. Kids swarm the arts and crafts area. It’s chaotic — shirts and hands and rubber bands every-where. I’m asked infinite questions about T-shirt size, colors and if they really have to wear gloves. Most kids need help designing the shirt. It would be infinitely easier to wrap the rubber bands around the shirts myself, but part of being a camper is learning a new skill. So I teach kids, one at a time, how to pinch the center and twist the shirt into a perfect spiral.

I spent six afternoons getting chemical burns and turning my hands permanently purple. (It’s been over a month and I still have dye in my nail beds.) I answered the same questions week after week. It’s intense and you feel pulled in a million directions sometimes, but I had to practice keeping my cool and responding kindly instead of snapping at impressionable kids.

I learned to fake it until you make it.

Most of our program at camp re-peats week to week. I play the same games, watch the same skits, eat the same food, and make the same

crafts. I have the same discussions and hear the same messages. I sing the same songs and do the same dance moves.

There are times when it feels like I can’t make another bracelet or my fingers will fall off. There are times when I’m convinced that if I eat la-sagna and garlic bread again I will turn into pasta myself. There are times when I don’t think I can mus-ter the energy to laugh at the same jokes and get excited for another game of volleyball.

The work can feel monotonous after a while. It gets tiring to do the same thing day in and day out. It’s important to remember that for each new session of camp, it’s these kids’ first time making friendship bracelets, eating lasagna, hearing the jokes and playing volleyball. Since it’s a new experience for each group of kids, I have to dig deep within myself to find enthusiasm and the last stores of energy I didn’t know I had.

I’m going to have to do this in the real world too, we all will. Our jobs will get repetitive and we’ll be tired. We won’t want to give the same presentation again or look at the same spreadsheet or whatever else it is that our positions entail. Just like I’ve learned to do at camp, I’ll need to fake the energy and get the job done.

There’s more. I could fill up the entire paper with stories of camp. It’s been a valuable experience that taught me about how to work with people. From any summer job or experience, you’ll learn im-portant skills that will translate to a professional setting. Internships aren’t everything. You have the rest of your life to work in an of-fice. You might as well get paid to play while you can.

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I’m going to have to do this in the real world, too ... I’ll need to fake the energy and get the job done.

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accredited institutions), making its presence on Miami’s campus one of relatively few.

As for the franchises to follow, Dining Services will look to Mi-ami students for feedback this se-mester before reaching a decision.

Brubacher said they are open to hearing options, but certain names come up again and again — Pane-ra Bread is a favorite, and Chick-fil-A is popular, too. Ultimately, though, he said the decision comes down to company values and standards.

“We want to be very care-ful,” Brubacher said. “Anyone we do partner with, the main thing is ensuring quality, safety and cleanliness.”

Miami Dining chose Starbucks as its debut franchise store, in part, for those very reasons. In addi-tion to student requests, Starbucks shares many values with the uni-versity, Brubacher said.

The university will hire and pay Starbucks employees, treating it like any campus dining location. In this case, the only difference is a designated Starbucks staff will train employees at Miami’s campus location.

Since announcing the change, Dining Services has re-ceived positive reactions from Miami students.

“Starbucks, historically, has been the one franchise students continue to ask for on campus, far more than any others,” Brubacher said. “It has been the one that, continually, over and over, was re-quested most frequently.”

ment records clerk Melissa Kennel, is if an uncharged suspect is in the video, then they can redact that part of it or if the case in question is an ongoing investigation.

So far, they’ve only had to make out requests to attorneys, but to turn the police body cam-era into a record — a DVD — costs the requester $1.

To make a record request, go to the police department’s site at miamioh.edu/police and find the necessary form under the Services tab. Under Ohio Pub-lic Records law, the requester does not need to fill out their name.

Lieutenant Jim Bechtolt of MUPD oversees the body cam-eras. Body cameras, he said, are another tool that enhances and strengthens the relationship be-tween MUPD and students.

“It’s definitely geared to-ward that relationship factor — strengthening our transpar-ency,” Bechtolt said.

Aside from redacting an un-charged suspect’s image from the cameras, there’s no editing of the tapes, Bechtolt added.

So far, Betchtolt has not field-ed any complaints from his of-ficers or citizens about the use of the body cameras.

“It benefits officers to have documents … to have records,” Bechtolt said.

Another problem was that DuBose was killed during a pa-trol of off-campus streets. Days after the shooting, the city of Cincinnati and UC ended their agreement: UCPD is no longer allowed to make traffic stops in off-campus areas.

Captain Benjamin Spilman of MUPD said their primary ju-risdiction is Miami’s property. However, MUPD does have a working relationship with the Oxford Police Department (OPD), where overlap may oc-cur.

This agreement is part of the broader Butler County In-tra-County Mutual Police Aid Agreement. Under which OPD “retains primary responsibility for enforcement on City of Ox-ford streets,” and MUPD like-wise, retains primary respon-sibility on Miami University streets and property.

The agreement was effec-tive July 2012 and expired at the end of June of this year. On Aug. 17, an extension of that agreement was signed, lasting until the end of October.

In other words, Spilman said,

criminals don’t respect juris-dictional boundaries. Both po-lice agencies work together on investigations, if necessary, and coordinate resources when responding to emergency situa-tions.

“We owe each other the cour-tesy of knowing when we’re in each other’s property,” Spilman said. “When it comes to our of-ficers off-campus, we need to fulfill the needs of the univer-sity.”

The DuBose traffic stop es-calated after officer Tensing asked DuBose to step out of his vehicle, raising questions about what an individual’s rights are in that situation.

According to Spilman, if an MUPD officer asks the driver to exit the vehicle, like any-where else in the country, the driver must comply.

In the 1977 Supreme Court case, Pennsylvania v. Mimms, the Court set the precedent for complying in this regard. Thereafter, the driver does not have to consent to a search of the vehicle or their person, un-less the officer has reasonable suspicion that the driver is armed and/or dangerous.

Likewise, students living in dorms on campus also have the same rights as anyone off-campus, i.e., an officer wanting to come into a dorm room must have a search warrant.

“Look at it like an apartment building,” Spilman said.

With policing of all kinds re-ceiving extra attention due to a spate of high-profile cases, Spilman said optics are a prob-lem a lot of the time. Police agencies that outfit themselves with military-grade equipment and gear, like grenade-launch-ers and tanks.

The Ohio State University Police Department has a mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicle, for instance.

Spilman said for MUPD, things like foot patrols, where officers walk through the build-ings and talk to people is about outreach since Miami is a learn-ing center, after all. He said he wants students to be able to communicate with the officers.

“We’re approachable enough to walk up and ask a question,” Spilman said.

Zach Scheid. “I am confident with the uni-

versity’s decision,” Scheid said. “We are going to learn from past mistakes and solid-ify who we are as fraternities on this campus.”

With these three added to the

mix, eight fraternity chapters are now unrecognized on Miami’s campus. Others include Acacia, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Tau Gamma, as well as Alpha chapters of Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Chi.

Twenty-three fraterni-ty chapters remain in good standing at Miami.

three “Oh sh*t!” moments every episode. This season had maybe four total (most notably, however, a spectacularly gritty and raw shootout scene). The rest was filled with tedious interview-ing and detective work, which, while necessary in small doses, does not need to dominate the whole show.

Season two was not all bad, however. In fact, ignoring the confusing plot, we’re left with a cast of fascinating characters who have absorbing personal sto-rylines, storylines that make the season worth at least one watch-through. Colin Farrell leads the pack as Ray Velcoro, a detective in the fictional city of Vinci. Vel-coro is an incredibly troubled and broken man. He loves his son, but his paternity is questioned since his ex-wife was raped around the time of conception. Now, due to his violent, sporadic, alcoholic behavior, she is pushing for full custody of their son. Through his compelling struggles, both per-sonal and professional, Velcoro becomes one of the best charac-ters across the entire series, sec-ond only to Rustin Cohle from season one.

Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch also take on compelling roles. McAdams plays LA CID officer Ani Bezzerides who is

unsettled, but not frightened, by the dangerous world around her. Kitsch plays Paul Woodurgh, the young CHP officer who discov-ers the city manager’s body and is thrust into a daunting investigation while dealing with his own inner demons. Both play their parts with a subtle sense of darkness and se-riousness, fitting perfectly into the “True Detective” universe.

The biggest disappointment was Vince Vaughn, who plays career criminal and businessman Frank Semyon. Vaughn’s performance was atrocious, and the worst part was that it didn’t have to be. Rath-er than channeling his strengths as a fast-talking and comedic actor into the role of a mobster (think Joe Pesci in “Goodfellas”), he plays it overly stiff and serious. It was a gross waste of talent.

As a whole, season two was a bust. In addition to the poor sto-ryline, Pizzolatto’s complex and borderline pretentious writing simply did not translate well to his new characters. We loved to hear Rust Cohle wax philosophi-cal, but when you hear things like, “Sometimes your worst self is your best self,” come out of Frank Semyon’s mouth, it seems forced and ends up being laughable.

The ending wraps things up better and more realistically than the first season did, but it was too little too late. Back to the drawing board, Pizzolatto.

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three “Oh sh*t!” moments every episode. This season had maybe four total (most nota-bly, however, a spectacularly gritty and raw shootout scene). The rest was filled with tedious interviewing and detective work, which, while necessary in small doses, does not need to dominate the whole show.

Season two was not all bad, however. In fact, ignoring the confusing plot, we’re left with a cast of fascinating characters who have absorbing personal storylines, storylines that make the season worth at least one watch-through. Colin Farrell leads the pack as Ray Velcoro, a detective in the fictional city of Vinci. Velcoro is an incredibly troubled and broken man. He loves his son, but his paternity is questioned since his ex-wife was raped around the time of con-ception. Now, due to his violent, sporadic, alcoholic behavior, she is pushing for full custody of their son. Through his compel-ling struggles, both personal and professional, Velcoro becomes one of the best characters across the entire series, second only to Rustin Cohle from season one.

Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch also take on compelling roles. McAdams plays LA CID officer Ani Bezzerides who is unsettled, but not frightened, by the dangerous world around her. Kitsch plays Paul Woodurgh,

the young CHP officer who dis-covers the city manager’s body and is thrust into a daunting in-vestigation while dealing with his own inner demons. Both play their parts with a subtle sense of darkness and serious-ness, fitting perfectly into the “True Detective” universe.

The biggest disappointment was Vince Vaughn, who plays career criminal and business-man Frank Semyon. Vaughn’s performance was atrocious, and the worst part was that it didn’t have to be. Rather than chan-neling his strengths as a fast-talking and comedic actor into the role of a mobster (think Joe Pesci in “Goodfellas”), he plays it overly stiff and serious. It was a gross waste of talent.

As a whole, season two was a bust. In addition to the poor storyline, Pizzolatto’s complex and borderline pretentious writ-ing simply did not translate well to his new characters. We loved to hear Rust Cohle wax philo-sophical, but when you hear things like, “Sometimes your worst self is your best self,” come out of Frank Semyon’s mouth, it seems forced and ends up being laughable.

The ending wraps things up better and more realistically than the first season did, but it was too little too late. Back to the drawing board, Pizzolatto.

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When he was 15 years old, Jack Roslovic led the Ohio Blue Jack-ets midget hockey program in goals (23), assists (30) and points (53). By the time he was 18, he had won two gold medals and one title in interna-tional tournaments. At 19 years old, he became a first-round pick in the NHL Draft.

Now at Miami University — a re-nowned hockey school with two con-ference titles and 10 NCAA tourna-ment appearances — Roslovic hopes to continue his own success and con-tribute to Miami’s.

During the recruiting process — which took almost three years, head coach Enrico Blasi said — Roslovic visited several schools. Similar to other places, MU appealed to the Columbus native for its location, the team members, the schooling and people around campus. But Miami stood out to him for one specific reason: the Brotherhood.

“It’s one thing just to say that you’re a brotherhood. I really felt there was something different with this team,” Roslovic said. “At some schools the freshmen and seniors don’t necessarily

get along too well and there’s cliques on the team, but this team is a pretty tight-knit group. Especially the seniors, they’re really supportive of us because they know that we have four more years here and they want to keep their eye on the program and see the program compete, so they help us out. They’re all great guys … those are the type of people we attract.”

As the RedHawks rebuild its of-fense after losing threats like Austin Czarnik and Riley Barber, Roslovic will have the opportunity to step into the Miami line-up and see significant playing time.

“You know our freshmen play,” Blasi said.

Blasi emphasized that for Miami recruiting, strengthening the team comes first, and Roslovic was recruited to fill a void on that team.

“When we recruit, we never re-cruit the same type of player, we’re recruiting a team,” Blasi said. “So to say he stands apart from other players is kinda unfair because everybody is different.”

However, the rookie’s star power doesn’t go unnoticed.

“We felt he was a Miami-type player and fit our culture very well,” Blasi said. “Jack brings a tremendous amount of skating ability, he can really

fly. He’s got a great shot, a good vision for the ice. So all those things he brings to the table obviously play a big role in his part on the team.”

And Roslovic is ready to play that part.

“We lost some good players, and I think all of our freshmen will help re-place the Czarniks and Colemans and

Barbers,” Roslovic said. “I’m gonna come in here and play with high tem-po — you know that’s kinda how they play — fast-pace, and try to help pro-duce on the offensive side and work well with all these players.”

Roslovic knows he has big shoes to fill and is prepared to satisfy any role the team may need, whether it’s in scoring or in support.

The right-handed center is no stranger when it comes to scoring. Roslovic paced the Under-18 team in the U.S. National Team Development Program with eight power play goals and 79 points (25 goals, 52 assists) in the 2014-15 season. In the World

Junior Championship gold medal game, Roslovic scored the game-tying goal in the third period of their eventual 2-1 overtime win. He totaled 11 points (6 goals, 5 assists) in seven games during the tournament.

Before that, he claimed a gold medal with the U.S. team at the U-17 World Hockey Challenge, scoring six

points (2 goals, 4 assists) in six games.On the other hand, Roslovic

shows the ability to mesh well with other high-profile players, which is something he’ll have to do at Miami. During his time in the USNTDP, he benefited from playing with two strong linemates, Auston Matthews (55 goals, 61 assists) and Matthew Tkachuk (38 goals, 58 assists).

“I expect a lot from myself,” Roslovic said. “I really want to help these guys and help our team be the best we can whether that’s playing a role that’s getting a lot of points or a lot of goals or if that’s playing with energy and doing the little things it

takes to make the team really bond and become successful.”

Blasi expects the same.“My expectation is that he will

continue to work hard every day and conform into our team and what we do as a team and play his role as whatever we decide his role to be on the team,” Blasi said.

The 19-year-old was home for most of the summer with draft, combine and camp commitments. In July, the Winnipeg Jets selected Roslovic 25th overall during the 2015 NHL Draft. The pick made Roslovic the first-ever Columbus native to be taken in the first round.

“I went in there, and that first night I said this is the last time I’m ever going to be able to do something like this,” Roslovic said. “I kinda just sat back, hung out with my family and enjoyed the moment, and when I got the call I got up and the rest was pretty special. It was definitely a fun night.”

Roslovic began his practices with the RedHawks Monday and already feels a connection to the program.

“I already feel a part of the team, I already feel a part of the school,” Roslovic said. “It’s definitely been a welcoming place.”

The 2015-16 hockey season begins October 9 against Providence College.

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Illini Classic an early test for young RedHawks

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The RedHawks volleyball squad, which was the winningest team at Miami last year with an overall record of 21-10 and a conference record of 12-4, isn’t just looking to continue its suc-cess from last season. The team plans to build on it.

The Miami University wom-en’s volleyball team is gearing up for its first competition this week-end in Champaign, Illinois at the Illini Classic.

“We really focused on the de-tails of things,” All-MAC junior middle hitter Paige Hill said. “Last year we did really well, but we want to make sure that we per-fect everything we are doing with our defense and our offense.”

This first competition serves as an early test for Hill and the RedHawks, specifically the Saturday matchup against the tournament-host Fighting Illini. Star libero Brandi Donnelly and Second Team All-American Joc-elynn Birks lead Illinois, which also boasts the nation’s top re-cruiting class. The American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason poll lists Illinois as the

eighth-best team in the country. A high-ranking school might

concern a young team such as Miami, which is riddled with developing underclassmen and only returns two seniors this year. However, Caroline Condit, who is in her 32nd season as head coach of the team, is no stranger to hard competition. In fact, she welcomes it.

“I think we are the underdog. We are probably going to be out-sized,” Condit said. “I think we are going to learn a lot and play well against them. We have a good ball control team. We have a lot of power at the net. The key is to stay in system. It’s going to be tough, we are going to learn a lot and anything can happen. I just know we go in to win. We really have an attitude of competing as a Division I program.”

The RedHawks embrace the

opportunity to show that a young team does not equate to an undis-ciplined team, and that despite their inexperience, they are ripe with leadership and heart.

“What’s special about this year is that we are a core of young women that really have a great chemistry,” Condit said. “They’re playing to win, they want to be their best. Sometimes you have

years where you have one bad egg and sometimes it’s just subtle and you can’t put your finger on it, but it hurts the chemistry. We don’t have that this year.”

MU opens the regular sea-son at 4 p.m. Friday against No. 36 Creighton University, which is led by Big East Player of the Year Jess Bird. Miami plays Il-linois at 11 a.m. Saturday before rounding out the weekend against University of Louisville at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

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After back-to-back wins to start the season, the Miami University women’s soccer team (2-0) looks to keep the momentum going as it hosts Valparaiso University (0-2) in the season home-opener on Friday and travels to Evansville University (0-2) on Sunday.

It is the fifth time in six sea-sons the volleyball team has started 2-0. After last weekend, the National Soccer Coaches of America Association ranked Miami No. 5 in the Great Lakes Regional standings.

Junior goalkeeper Vic Ma-niaci seeks to keep her scoreless streak intact after an instrumental

performance against Vanderbilt last weekend, in which she saved or influenced all 22 Vandy shots that came her way.

Miami’s offense has been a group effort so far this season with five different players scoring each of MU’s five goals.

Head coach Bobby Kramig wants to keep the team’s focus away from the opponents they face this weekend and towards improving fundamental weak-nesses in practice.

“It doesn’t really matter who we play. I don’t want to be fo-cused on our opponent,” Kramig said. “I think for us to be success-ful we have to do the things that we’re set up to do really, really well. The things that we’re work-ing on are the things that we need

to do better.”Valpo is coming off a 6-0 loss

to No. 9 Notre Dame University and a 2-0 loss to Northwestern University. The Crusaders were outshot 40-6 total in both match-ups. The ’Hawks have faced Val-paraiso once before, beating them 1-0 in 2013.

Though Evansville returned nine starters this year, it dropped two 3-2 losses to Xavier Univer-sity and University of Tennessee at Martin last weekend. This is the first meeting between MU and the Purple Aces since 2011. Miami has won two of the previ-ous three games.

MU faces Valparaiso at 4 p.m. Friday in Oxford, Ohio. The ’Hawks play Evansville at 2 p.m. on Sunday in Evansville, Indiana.

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MU soccer takes Valparaiso, Evansville

Sometimes you have years where you have one bad egg and sometimes it’s just subtle and you can’t put your finger on it, but it hurts the chemistry ... we don’t have hat this year.

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Position: Wide Receiver

Year: Senior

Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina

How long have you been playing football? Have you always been a receiver?Since 7th grade. In middle school, I was the tight end and the defensive end. Receiver is my favorite, but tight end taught me how to block and defensive end taught me how to be physi-cal and hit people.

Favorite Miami MemoryThe game last year where we broke the losing streak. It was crazy, we started off really bad. We were down, like, 41-14 at the half, so that was pretty discour-aging. But we came back. We just kept fighting, defense kept stopping, offense kept driv-ing the ball down the field. It literally came down to the last minute. It was weird because they were on our 5 and could’ve called a timeout and kicked a field goal and won the game, but they tried to go for the touch-down and one of our guys made the tackle and they barely made it. We all rushed the field, it was pretty nice.

If you could spend a day with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?Either of my two favorite artists. Lecrae or Toby Mac.

Funniest teammateWe’ve got some characters. Funniest overall is probably Orlando Davis. He does it all. He tells jokes, he raps, he tries to sing.

Pregame ritualsAfter breakfast I’ll sleep a little bit, take a shower. I always take a shower before we leave. That’s it. I’ll listen to music, chill. I’m not superstitious.

Secret non-sports-related talentI like to cook. I don’t consider myself a chef, but I can make some good stuff. I know my way around the kitchen.

What do you cook?Anything, really. Mostly pasta, baked stuff. Whatever comes to mind, really. Whatever I have in the fridge.

SuperpowerTeleport. Being able to be any-where, anytime.

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