BY REIS THEBAULTCAMPUS EDITOR

Miami University sophomore *Jerry George walks down High Street, stopping to let his glassy eyes linger on The Wood’s bar. Bombastic bass leaks out and drifts down the street, creat-ing the soundtrack for a typical Saturday night out.

As he approaches, two lines confront Graham. He confi-dently chooses the left and pres-ents his driver’s license to a burly bouncer who nods, returns the ID and sends him through to a second bouncer who out-fits his right arm with a bright blue wristband.

Graham is in. What those two bouncers do

not realize is that Graham’s Il-linois driver’s license, listing his birth year 1991, is off by two years. The 19-year-old just used a fake ID.

Researchers working with the University of Missouri and the Midwest Alcoholism Re-search Center (MARC) found in a study published in 2010 that Graham is far from alone. Of the 1098 college students sur-veyed, 21 percent admitted to having a fake ID of some kind. Furthermore, the study read that one in three of those students are caught using them.

Police officers and bar bounc-ers, as well as students, re-port a drastic improvement in the authenticity of fake driver’s licenses.

Miami University’s promi-nent bar scene compels underage students to look past the conse-quences of being caught with a fake ID. At most bars Uptown, under 21-year-olds are charged a $5 cover fee, while those 21-and-up get in for free.

“It saves time and money,” Graham said. “I looked at [get-ting a fake ID] as an investment and I thought to myself, ‘$70 up front [for the ID] would save me $5 every time I go out, so that would pay itself off really quick-ly.’ And it’s more convenient and allows you to buy alcohol with-out having to ask someone else to do it for you.”

To Graham, the risk-reward ra-tio tips heavily in his favor.

“I use it every time I go out, so three times a week on aver-age,” Graham said. “It works every time.”

Getting ThemThe same survey, “Methods

of fake ID obtainment and use in underage college students” breaks down how those 230 un-derage students obtained their fake IDs.

According to the survey, only 36 percent of students buy their fake ID, while the rest get them from a relative or friend. The difference is that a purchased ID, typically from a website or some other dealer, is not a valid license. A relative’s or friend’s old ID is valid and comes com-plete with a valid license num-ber that matches the license’s information, something that not even the best fake IDs can accomplish.

Graham chose to have a fake ID made, saying that one with his actual picture would be more ef-fective at the bars.

Sergeant Gregory Moore of Oxford Police Department (OPD) said finding a way to obtain a fake ID is not difficult.

“Just like being 19 years old and trying to get yourself a 30-pack of Natty Light, it’s just as easy nowadays to get a fake ID,” Moore said. “If you don’t know somebody, you prob-ably know somebody who knows somebody.”

Graham followed that exact path to obtain his fake ID.

“I got it from a friend of a friend who goes to [Ohio Univer-sity],” Graham said. “I never met him before and I took a pretty big

risk. I sent money in a birthday card to his dorm address, and I paid $70 for one ID and had to provide my picture and informa-tion and he shipped it to me.”

The Miami University Police Department (MUPD) works with the Department of Homeland Security to monitor packages coming to and leaving the Cam-pus, according to MUPD Detec-tive Walt Schneider who works with Homeland Security to limit fake ID use.

“Homeland Security is con-stantly monitoring those things,” Schneider said. “I had one pack-age that had 28 IDs in it and we ended up arresting the kid that ordered them.”

ID Chief, a foreign website, was a popular source for these shipped IDs.

“ID Chief is based out of China and it’s an American citizen that’s running the company and he’s made millions of dollars selling IDs and getting people arrested,” Schneider said.

The website, however, is no longer active, forcing underage students to seek other ID manu-facturers as Graham has.

Using ThemThe same survey, “Methods of

fake ID obtainment and use in un-derage college students” depicts the ways in which the 21 percent of students use their fake IDs.

In 1948, The Miami Student announced the homecoming king and queen to be Mary Riley and Paul Brinkman. It was the first time in the event’s history the results of the campus-wide vote were released early to ensure press photographers a chance to capture a shot of the royalty on the day of their reign.

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY

Unders identify ways to fake-out the legal system

JAKE BRENNAN MANAGING EDITORData taken from a 2010 study by the University of Missouri and the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center.

BY CHRIS CURMECOMMUNITY EDITOR

“We got surrounded.”This is how Oxford resident

Warren Mandrell described his family’s situation on Oberlin Court in 2006 as the neighboring homes, once family dwellings, became Miami University stu-dent rental properties. They were nearly the last to leave.

“It used to be, when we first moved there [in 1995], the entire little neighborhood was pretty much families,” Mandrell said of the small neighborhood off Main Street. “Wooster, Oberlin Court, Rose and unconnected Poplar

were all regular people.”According to Mandrell, when

the first house on the edge of the neighborhood was sold and be-came a student rental, the rest fell like dominoes.

“The guy that owned it just up and sold it as a student rental, which was a disappointment,” Mandrell said, adding he believed the owner could have easily sold to a family. “Everyone in the neighborhood had said to every-one else, ‘if you want to move, let us know, because we know peo-ple who want to buy a house in the neighborhood, because it was close to campus, nice and quaint.”

The new, young neigh-bors made their presence quickly known.

“The people that lived next to them all of a sudden had people parking in their yard,” Mandrell said. “They had people throw-ing beer cans in their yard and had people driving 40 miles per hour down this little tiny street with their daughter trying to ride her bike.”

This was enough for some, Mandrell said, and families quickly began pulling out.

“You know, with parties next door, they get pissed off; they move,” Mandrell said. “The

resident of the neighboring house had her windshield broken out twice. And she got mad and then she moved. It was a domino ef-fect, and the next people would get mad and pull out.”

The problems quickly crept into the heart of the neighbor-hood, according to Mandrell, which once was a playground for at least nine kids.

“The people next to us kept getting mad because the people across on Main Street would have these really, extraordinarily loud music parties until four or five in the morning,” Mandrell said. “She kept calling the police,

and they never really did any-thing. Finally they got pissed off and they left.”

Mandrell said as the years went by and the students got nearer, the vandalism got worse. Throughout the final three years, he said the family was actively looking for a new place to live.

“We had a fence around the backyard and they would kick in the fence,” Mandrell said. “It was like a weekly thing, repairing the fence. I don’t know why, but they would just kick the fence down,

Oxford residents lament as student rentals take over Mile Square

FAKE ID,SEE PAGE 8

RENTALS,SEE PAGE 3

TAYLOR WOOD, KATIE TAYLOR, DAMIEN WATSON THE MIAMI STUDENT

THE HAWKS GO MARCHING INMiami Activities Planning (MAP) holds an array of school spirit events to welcome home alumni during the 2013 homecoming week.

*Name changed to protect source from legal or employment ramifica-tions.

BY CARMEN WYMERFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

One of Student Health Services newest hires, the director of the Student Health Center, Dr. Mi-chelle Naegele, brings in 15 years of experience after working in Mc-Cullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital’s emergency department.

Naegele said she came to Miami University in July to help improve Student Health Services and its col-laboration with McCullough-Hyde.

Since she started working at the health center, Naegele has observed several changes, one being quicker service. Bedside tests, such as mono-nucleosis and strep tests, were previ-ously sent to a lab to be analyzed. In addition, physicians are now allowed to conduct urine tests in their own of-fices, which makes the process faster, according to Naegele.

“We would like to improve [stu-dents’] experience by having their time spent here go a bit quicker,” Naegele said.

The health center’s hours have been extended Mondays and Wednesdays. Previously open until 5 p.m., the doors now close 7 p.m. It is also now open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Naegele said students are filling extended hours quickly and Saturday appointments have be-come particularly popular.

“[The Student Health Center] is such a valuable resource to the students and we want to be more accessible to them,” Naegele said.

“We want to make sure that students know that it’s here for them.”

The changes were made with-out the need to hire additional staff. Naegele said this was only pos-sible due to the quality of the cur-rent staff, two physicians and four nurse practitioners.

“This is a very kind-hearted, very experienced, quality staff,” she said. “The staff that makes the health department up is what makes it unique.”

Janae Arno, Student Health Ser-vices’ practice manager, said Naegele is taking great initiative as their new director. Naegele even makes herself available by giving her cell phone number to staff and personnel. Arno said Naegele is quick to address any issues that arise, a characteristic she has not seen in past directors.

“She’s wonderful. She addresses any and all issues immediately… which is something that I’m not used to,” Arno said. “I have had to wait days for a response but I can expect to get a reply [from Naegele] within a day.”

Sophomore Sarah Bohn went to the Student Health Center early last year for a bad cough. She said her ex-perience was brief and effective.

“I went in, got a prescription and I left,” Bohn said. “I would say that minus waiting, the whole appoint-ment lasted about five minutes. With waiting, maybe 15.”

According to Bohn, the medi-cation prescribed took care of her symptoms right away.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013

MU ‘public in name only’ New director operates on health center policy

Halloween hauntings creep into campus-wide events

Miami junior GIVEs back in Nicaragua

KIM PARENT THE MIAMI STUDENTETCH-A-SKETCH(Left to right) senior Lauren Hook, first-year Sam Hausfeld and first-year Sam Streicher, members of Miami’s Improv Club, Sketched Out, performed their first show, “Off the Chain!” Oct. 19.

BY JACOB ZALACFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Former Miami University presi-dent James Garland called Miami University “public in name only,” in his book, “Saving Alma Mater,” published in 2009. In his book, he argued that public universities should be autonomous and deregu-lated by their states.

Miami University in fact, does receive partial funding from the state, classifying it as a public uni-versity, however, Garland said he found it was not often perceived as one.

“I have talked to people from outside of Ohio that are genuinely stunned to find out that Miami is a public institution,” Garland said.

The problem lies in the catego-rization of a school as public or private, Miami’s director of Stu-dent Financial Assistance, Brent Shock said. This leads to the issue of accessibility of the university to prospective students requiring financial aid, who are under the as-sumption that private institutions tend to have exceptionally higher tuition rates.

Less than ten percent of this year’s budget came from state funding, according to vice presi-dent and treasurer of Financial and Business Services, David Creamer. Public funding is a key characteristic of a public univer-sity. However, this public funding has not been prevalent enough to solidify the perception of Miami as a public school.

He emphasized this as one of the main characteristics that lead to the perception that Miami is a private institution.

“Although Miami maintains steady attendance rates which are mainly derived from our marginal value of return on investment, ex-pensive tuition tends to be gener-ally accepted indicator of a private school,” Garland said.

A student can qualify for finan-cial aid depending not only on his household income, but also the size of the household and how many of the household are enrolled in college. According to Shock, the most recent data shows that out of students at all campuses, 24 per-cent qualify for the Federal Pell Grant. Shock added how there is no limit to the amount of stu-dents Miami accepts that require financial aid.

Similarly, the ratio of out-of-state to in-state students at Miami is significantly higher than that of public universities. Accord-ing to data collected from Col-legeXpress, Miami’s student base consists of 32 percent out-of-state students, whereas Ohio State Uni-versity comes in at only 12 percent.

In regards to this, Garland conveyed that this accumula-tion of out-of-state students has had the effect of increasing mar-ket strength in offering of finan-cial aid to low-income and out-of-state students. This is due to the state taking into account the marginal return on investments.

“The market strength Miami has built up allows us to appeal to low-income students and out-of-state students that pay a significantly higher tuition. Reason being that they see an opportunity for re-turn on investment in Miami,” Garland said.

Garland also outlined a more tangible quality about Miami that makes it similar to private schools.

The consistency of Miami’s architecture across campus, with each building designed with simi-lar features in the same color of red brick, is a quality similar to many well-known private univer-sities, Garland said. Such simi-larities can be seen in the consis-tency of the buildings at schools such as Harvard University, one of many schools to incorporate the Collegiate Gothic architec-tural style throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

Sophomore Joe Hendy said he notices the private-school feel of Miami.

“Having gone to a private high school, I recognize the feel of a school being private,” Hendy said. “Even though I realize that we’re a public institution, I complete-ly get the perception of Miami being private.”

He said he attributes the pri-vate-school atmosphere to lack of diversity.

“There’s such a lack of student diversification that you’d normally find at a bigger public school,” he said.

BY ALLI SCHULMANFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

For 11 weeks of her summer, junior Samantha Rothney taught English to children in buildings composed of recycled plastic bot-tles in the small town of Little Corn Island, Nicaragua.

Growth International Volunteer Excursions (GIVE), the organization that facilated her trip, is a volunteer-based program. Rothney first heard of it during a class announcement her sophomore year. The program’s unique methods and determination to change the lives of children in underdeveloped towns in Nicara-gua and Tanzania motivated her to get involved.

Rothney said she liked GIVE’s approach to making every change as sustainable as possible.

GIVE begins each project by con-structing schools out of plastic bot-tles recycled by the local community.

“Before GIVE, these bottles were thrown away or sitting in piles of waste, but now they have turned it into a solution, killing two birds with one stone,” Rothney said. “They urged the community to be proactive, implementing recycling routines and producing a school building.”

The organization then provides the schools with teachers, materials and support.

“GIVE gives the community ownership of the project by al-lowing them to be in control of the valuable outcomes,” Rothney said. “The people of Little Corn Island take part in the recycling, helping to build the school and running the

school that their families will directly benefit from.”

While Samantha did not take part in the construction process, she was selected as the education coordina-tor for the entire project located on Little Corn Island. She assisted the Nicaraguan teachers, disciplined stu-dents and led her own after-school program, The Reading Room, teach-ing English to children between four and 13-years-old. All of the kids who attended The Reading Room came voluntarily, driven by their desire to learn what they called “the language of prosperity,” according to Rothney.

“The biggest source of income for the island is tourism,” Rothney said. “So the best jobs are tourist-related, which require the workers to know English.”

Rothney recalled when a local mother came in asking for help with her English so she could become a waitress and provide for her family.

“It was shocking to me because most people would feel embarrassed to go to a children’s place to receive help, but she had to do this for her family,” Rothney said.

Rothney’s trip this past summer was her first experience with the GIVE organization, which is still developing. She is currently adapting her position and curriculum to bet-ter cater to the children’s needs. She has plans to return to Nicaragua next summer and to work full-time for the organization after she graduates.

As an early childhood educa-tion major, she is collaborating with some of her professors to fur-ther structure and adjust her lesson

plans to create the most beneficial curriculum possible.

“I want to create lesson plans that allow the kids to set goals for themselves and allow them to reach those goals in their desired time span,” Rothney said. “I think that this will increase attendance for the after-school program and the kids’ confidence in knowing that they are learning.”

Her commitment to helping oth-ers rang true when she said, “It doesn’t matter to what degree people need help, it’s just the fact that they need help.”

While GIVE taught Rothney teaching skills, communication skills and compassion, she said it also taught her about relationships.

“What I would do with my friends there was much different than what I would do with my friends here, in the United States,” Rothney said. “I didn’t waste my time texting people all the time. There was not much to do, so we would sit on the porch and just hang out with each other, with-out any distractions.”

Rothney said she also valued learning about the unfamiliar culture.

“The people on the island had all been there and known each other their entire lives, so when I would walk around with them, they would point out places and tell me old sto-ries about everyone that I had met,” Rothney said. “I felt connected to the place and now a part of their history that was so special to them.”

BY RYAN HEBEINFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Halloween, the spookiest time of year, is also a very eventful time for Miami University. On campus, there is everything from Zumba and Rock Climbing in the Recreational Sports Center (REC) to an organized haunted trail on Western Campus.

On Monday, Oct. 28, there will be a free Zumba event for all students and community mem-bers that can join in on a zombie costume theme.

The Zombie Zumba dance will be held at the REC in Room B from 9 to 9:45 p.m. The REC’s staff is decorating the room with a zombie theme while the six Zumba instructors are collaborating on the choreography and music. Accord-ing to Mindy Stephen, associate director of Fitness and Marketing for the REC, the main focus of the day is to have fun and coordinate the event with a Halloween theme.

“It is our third year coordinating the event. The main focus is to have fun and fit the event in with the sea-son,” Stephens said. “We like to offer different themed events and this year we chose to work with a Halloween theme. All that dress in a zombie costume is welcome to join in on the fun for free!”

On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the REC’s Outdoor Pursuit Center (OPC) will be coordinating a free Halloween-themed rock climbing competition in which costumes are mandatory. The competition is divided by gen-der and by difficulty, according to sophomore Joe Maglich, an OPC student manager. Within each gen-der division, there is a choice to climb in the beginner, intermediate or advanced division. The number of times to complete the route will impact the score. The wall will have a new assortment of routes giving no participant an unfair ad-vantage above the rest.

“The event is a climbing com-petition divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced divi-sions along with male and female divisions,” Maglich said. “There will be all new routes. The differ-ent routes will result in different amounts of points, if you complete the route on your first try you will get more points than if you succeed on the second and third try.”

Maglich added at the end of the night the winners of the competi-tion will receive rock climbing themed prizes, but all participants will be involved in a raffle when they sign up for the competition.

“Different routes are worth a dif-ferent amount of points, and if you complete it on your first try you get the more points then if it were com-pleted on the second or third try but either way you receive points,” Maglich said. “Everyone that signs up in placed into a free raffle where you can receive prizes from stickers to DVDs.”

On Western Campus, Thompson Hall will be keeping up a 30-year tradition. Traditionally, on Oct. 31, Thompson Hall staff members and students collectively coordinate a haunted trail intended to thrill and chill any student that dares venture upon the spooky themed creation, according to Colin Brand, a se-nior Residential Adivser (RA) of Thompson Hall.

The spooky trail is setup near Thompson Hall on Western Cam-pus and the only request from the Thompson committee coordinating the event is that each guest must pay a $3 admission fee. Brand, along with other members of the Thompson committee, decided that all the money raised would be donated directly to St. Jude Children Research Hospital for cancer research

“The haunted trail is spooky fun for students and it’s a great way to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital,” Brand said.

According to Brand, the students living in Thompson Hall handle the entire planning process. The actors and ghouls of the trail have no professional help at all. The decorations and spooky tools for the trail are either provided by the students or recycled from the previ-ous year’s collection.

Overall, the trail will be filled with a wide variety of spooky props. Anything from Halloween-themed decorations, lighting, sound effects and actors will be spread throughout 15 to 20 minute trail.

“The 15 to 20 minute haunted trail is going to be haunted with decorations, lighting, sound ef-fects and actors,” Brand said. “Plus your mind makes walking around a forest at night scarier than its really is.”

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EDITORSJANE BLAZER CHRIS CURMECOMMUNITY@MIAMISTUDENT.NET 3COMMUNITY

TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2013

LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORTHERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOMEThe Miami Dance team poses in front of their house on Bishop Street for the community house decorating contest.

Marajuana discussion burns onPOLICE

BEATSmall sips and big lies: Driver arrested for OVI

BY SANAM SAHNIFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

According to the Office of Na-tional Drug Control Policy, mari-juana is legal in the states of Col-orado and Washington for adults 21 and older.

“In Oxford and anywhere else in Ohio it’s illegal,” Sgt. John Varley of the Oxford Police De-partment (OPD) said.

According to the Oxford Codi-fied Code (OCC), “No person shall knowingly obtain, possess or use a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog.”

Possession of marijuana is a minor misdemeanor depending on the amount of drug involved. If the amount of drug involved equals or exceeds 100 grams but

is less than 200 grams, the posses-sion of marijuana is considered to be a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, as stated in the OCC.

However, Varley confirmed that marijuana is still used in Ox-ford and many users of the illicit drug are trying to legalize it.

“I know there are people push-ing to legalize it but at this point it is still illegal,” Varley said.

Chief Robert Holzworth from the OPD said he agrees.

“I wouldn’t be surprised that there is a small number of people that are interested in legalizing marijuana, I just didn’t know this was an ongoing issue in Oxford” Holzworth said.

Even though he said he is not sure what might happen in the fu-ture and cannot predict it, he does

not see marijuana being legalized in Ohio in the near future.

“It’s changing around the coun-try, but we live in the heartland here where change comes kind of slow,” Varley said.

Marijuana use is not a preva-lent offense in Oxford, according to Holzworth.

“Our biggest drug abuse is al-cohol in its various forms, and that’s not to say that we have significant marijuana use in town and we are aware of some of the locations but it’s not our num-ber one problem at this point,” Holzworth said.

People might not be charged that often for this offense but it is still a problem, Holzworth said.

“It’s not that big of an issue from an enforcement number

perspective, I wouldn’t say it’s not a big issue from the societal perspective,” Holzworth said.

Marijuana use might not be the focus of the OPD right now be-cause of other offenses that call for more attention, according to Holzworth, but it is still an issue.

“I think overuse of all kinds of substances are problematic,” Holzworth said.

Senior Jasmine Sandhu said she supports the use of medical marijuana as it could help control symptoms of AIDS, cancer and other conditions.

“Even though it is not FDA ap-proved thousands of people use it anyways but at least legalizing medical marijuana could help ease the symptoms of the pa-tients,” Sandhu said.

Organization lends helping paw for animal rightsBY KATIE MARKFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Pet owners need to provide food, water and shelter for com-panion animals, according to Facility Manager Kassie Jadin at the Progressive Animal Wel-fare Society (PAWS) Adoption Center in Middletown, 2790 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd. Jadin said 75 percent of their animals were found as strays or handed over by their owner.

“I think we’ve had about five in the last three month,” Jadin said. “It really depends. Sometimes we don’t see it for months and some-times we see it a ton.”

According to Jadin, animal cru-elty in Ohio is a misdemeanor.

“In 45 other states, it’s a felo-ny,” Jadin said. “This is something that we’ve been trying to change

in Ohio for awhile.”Jadin said the consequence of

being charged with a misdemean-or can range from a small fine to probation or community service. The possibility of jail time de-pends on the situation, the judge and the severity of the case.

“It could be something like the dog didn’t have shelter or some-thing severe like the dog was not fed for a month,” Jadin said. “So it really varies.”

During the last three months at PAWS, Jadin said they have had four animals come through that have been severely abused and those animals come to PAWS through the Butler County sheriff’s office.

“We don’t go out and get them necessarily, so they go through the sheriff and then we get them,” Jadin said.

PAWS does not get all animal abuse cases because there are many shelters and rescues in the surrounding areas.

“If we do get them, we take them to the vet to get them as-sessed, make a treatment plan and then go from there to rehabilitate them,” Jadin said. “Eventually we adopt them out to homes.”

According to Jadin, PAWS han-dles both dogs and cats, but animal abuse is more prevalent in dogs.

“Cats are a little bit easier to get away,” Jadin said. “They’re easier to hide out so it’s not really no-ticeable if something’s happening to a cat.”

Miami University psychology professor Dr. Elizabeth Kiel said she was not sure if the psychology field knew whether punishment for animal cruelty would prevent the individual from committing

animal cruelty again in the future.“There is a pretty good rela-

tion between cruelty to animals and later externalizing type be-havior such as conduct disorder,” Kiel said.

Miami University senior An-drew Hogan volunteers at numer-ous animal rescue centers and said he has helped care for sick, injured, dying or neglected ani-mals because owners fail to do re-search before buying an animal. He said elevating animal cruelty to a felony is a great step forward because often people get a pet and don’t realize the commitment that brings many responsibilities and it is upsetting to see what people have done to them.

“We need to raise more aware-ness about this,” Hogan said. “It will help reduce suffering endured by pets and other animals.”

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At 10:36 p.m. Friday, OPD officers were working a sobriety checkpoint on College Corner Pike when they noticed a car acting suspiciously. A black SUV pulled into a drive-way just before the beginning of the checkpoint and three people got out, OPD said.

The officers approached the car on foot and asked the occupants what they were doing. The driver said they were picking up a friend who lived at the address, but when asked where she thought she was, the driver said “at the Sig. Ep. [Sigma Phi Epsilon] house,” which is well over a mile away, according to OPD.

At this point, the resident of the house came outside and told the of-ficers she did not know the people in the SUV and she would like for them to leave. The officers said they could smell alcohol on the driver’s breath and asked her if she had been drinking. She said she had a “small sip,” OPD said.

The driver consented to a search of the car, which smelled of burnt marijuana, according to OPD. An of-ficer conducted a field sobriety test which the driver did not pass. She subsequently blew a .066 BAC. The driver admitted to being 18 years old, and was taken to the station. The legal BAC limit for minors is .02. She was charged with OVI and sales to and use by underage persons, and was re-leased to her friends.

At 1:25 a.m. Saturday, OPD re-

sponded to a report of a male passed out in the road in front of Walmart. Upon arrival, OPD said they found a shirtless male asleep in a section of College Corner Pike with little to no lighting.

After being roused when asked how he got there and where he lived, the male said he did not know how he got there but that he lived “just down the road,” according to OPD.

Officers reported that the suspect’s eyes were glassy and his breath smelled of alcohol, and, due to his confusion, they called the life squad. After the life squad arrived, the male refused to be transported to the hos-pital and told the officers he lived on South Main Street.

He was brought to the address, but the apartment was found to be dark inside and locked. Just then, the male shoved the officer with him and took off running down the alleyway, ac-cording to OPD.

Four officers joined the chase. Throughout the pursuit, OPD tried to subdue him twice to no avail. During the struggle, an officer was hit in the face and bled from his nose.

The male escaped but not soon after, officers found him passed out in a yard on West Collins Street. He was taken to Butler County Jail and charged with obstructing official business and resisting arrest.

break off posts, rip off fencing, kick the gate in.”

Mandrell said he assumed al-most all the incidents to be alco-hol-related, including a particu-larly grizzly incident in which a drunk, confused student ripped the hubcap off their family car and used it to punch through the window of a neighboring student rental, once a professor’s home. That was enough, Mandrell said.

“Most of the time, it was fine; they were kind of oblivious,” Mandrell said of the students awareness of families next door. “But you don’t need very many people to break out windshields

or kick the fence down to make the neighborhood not a very good place.”

One of the last residents on Oberlin Court has purchased a neighboring house, according to Mandrell, and will only rent to grad students or non-students. Assistant women’s basketball coach Colleen Day currently lives in that property.

“In fact, we have a cookout at the beginning of the year for all the students,” Day said. “We in-vite all the students; and I think that helps, because then they real-ize that they’re not the only ones who live here. They’re great; they’re always pretty respectful of us.”

While the Mandrells were one

of the last families to leave their home, now named “RedFox,” there are some Oxford residents in the Mile Square who intend to stay put.

Roy Young moved back into his childhood home W. Withrow Street 20 years ago and said he enjoys having students as neigh-bors. At first glance, one might think his property is another stu-dent rental. Affixed to the white siding is a red sign reading, “Grandpa’s House.” But rather than an ironically-named student residence, the home is, in fact, grandpa’s house.

“My granddaughter made me put it up there,” Young said. “She said ‘everyone else’s got a name, you have to have one.’”

Young said that after 20 years, he is used to his neighbors having parties.

“The kids on the street are just like regular neighbors,” Young said. “The kids in the apartments behind—they get a little carried away every once in a while. Other than that, no, I’m not bothered.”

Young’s only complaint is against the landlords.

“They don’t take care of their properties,” he said.

Likewise, Mandrell said he finds it somewhat difficult to drive through his old neighbor-hood these days.

“We drive through pretty regu-larly and it’s sad because it’s not taken care of.”

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One of this past summer’s hid-den gems, “The Kings of Sum-mer,” perfectly embodies the re-siliency of friendship and teenage spirit. This movie, filmed almost completely in Cleveland and nomi-nated for the Grand Jury prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festi-val, delights in every way with its witty, funny dialogue, beauti-fully-designed shots and genuine acting performances.

As their first year of high school ends and their parents grow more and more annoying, best friends Joe Toy (Nick Robinson) and Pat-rick Keenan (Gabriel Basso), with tag-along friend Biaggio (Moi-ses Arias), run away to the woods. There, with random parts accumu-lated from their homes and other spots around town, they build a house as the ultimate act of rebel-lion and independence.

Joe and Patrick are believable characters because, at some point in our lives, we were them. We know what it’s like to want to run away and we envy them because they had the determination to do something we’ve all dreamed of doing. In Joe and Patrick, Robin-son and Basso capture the angst and attitude-filled, frustratingly awkward time between the teenage and adult years. Biaggio, the odd-ball of the trio, provides the comic relief in some of the funniest mo-ments of the movie and, in many ways, steals the show.

As their parents search for them in vain, the boys make a life for themselves in the woods. They spend their days swimming and cliff jumping, racing each other through fields, slicing things with swords and pounding rhythms out on an abandoned pipeline. They’re on the cusp of adulthood, just

beginning to figure out who they are. Although they’re desperate to be adults, especially in their par-ents’ eyes, they still view life with the innocence of children who haven’t been exposed to the re-alities of life yet. The naivety with which they navigate their time in the woods is evident of a time that we all wish we could get back to now and then; a time before the harshness of college, real relation-ships and finding a job set in.

The story, told through beauti-ful and visually captivating cin-ematography, is energetic and full of life. The montages of the boys building the house and their days together are wonderful, and the more experimental and interesting slow motion and fast motion shots are a breath of fresh air in contrast to the typical summer blockbuster editing formats. The close ups in the film - a candle being blown out, a bee pollinating a flower, a single Monopoly piece - are well shot.

Everything about “The Kings of Summer” is wonderful; it is the es-sence of what a “feel-good” movie should be. In just ninety-five min-utes, we are taken back to a time of innocence, when our parents were too overbearing, but we loved them anyway. When we thought we were falling for someone, but learned the hard way how fragile our hearts can be. A time when friendships were tested by the smallest things and we witnessed the true resiliency of those friendships for the first time. We run away with Joe, Patrick and Biaggio, build a house in the woods, and watch the sunset while we wonder idly, when, if ever, we will grow up.

“The Kings of Summer” is on the MUvie Channel for the month of October.

BY LAUREN KIGGINSSTAFF WRITER

Miami University junior jew-elry designer, Joe Plecha, will be competing in the finals of the 43rd Mid-States Craft Compe-tition this winter with a collar designed for an event in partner-ship with Miami University Club of Fashion Design’s (MUCFD) Spring 2013 fashion show.

Specifically Plecha’s competi-tion piece is a two-part, black and transparent, acrylic collar con-nected by metal fasteners.

“Aesthetically, I am inspired by many things,” Plecha said. “My ideas usually come out of the blue or from a significant change in my life that I then sub-stantively interpret in my work.”

Plecha began studying metal work in 2007 at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and continued his training at Cranbook, a board-ing school that offered metal

studies, in 2009.“Once I got started on jewelry,

it became my main outlet,” Ple-cha said. “I like the material. The metal can be made into whatever you want.”

At Miami, Plecha is in his third year studying International Business and French, but con-tinues to develop his metal skills through a minor.

“The metals program has had a long history of success.” chair of the Department of Art Peg Faimon said. “Much of that is due to professor Susan Euwing. Now, Geoff Riggle is carrying on her tradition.”

Plecha has been studying with Riggle for roughly two years.

“So far, most of his work is technically oriented, focused on processes and creative problem-solving,” Riggle said. “However, it is safe to say Joe’s designs are typically formal with an empha-sis on line, shape and space and

how it relates to the body. Of course I say this, and then he’ll surprise me in next critique.”

The Mid-States Craft Exhibi-tion, where Plecha’s collar will be displayed, will run from Dec. 8 to Jan. 12 at the Evansville Museum in Evansville, Ind.

“It conveys that Joe is of great caliber as an up-and-coming de-signer,” Riggle said. “This exhi-bition draws submissions from a six-state area. He’s among the best in the area.”

A portfolio of Plecha’s work can be found on his website, www.josefplecha.com. He will also be participating and sell-ing his work in the 29th Miami Metals Annual Jewelry Sale, a student-led design practicum where students design and manu-facture their own line of jewelry items for retail. The event will be in the Farmer School of Business November 19th and the Shriver Center November 20th and 21st.

EDITORBILLY RAFAEL

ARTS@MIAMISTUDENT.NET4 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTTUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013

‘Kings of Summer’ reigns triumphant through fall

The Frightening Tale of Charlie Dud

Metals minor makes it to finals of craft contest

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FAN GIRLS AT THEIR FINESTStudents rush the stage for Sam Hunt’s final song after a special Country Night Wednesday at Brick Street.

JOSH ZAK THE MIAMI STUDENTCOLLABORATIVE CONCERT CAPTURES CULTUREMiami instrumentalists perform with musicians from around the world in the Global Rhythms concert Saturday night at Talawanda High School.

BEN TAYLOR THE MIAMI STUDENTTHE ACA-POCALYPSE IS NIGHThe Miami University Treblemakers hit a high note at the opening a cappella concert of the year, “The

BY KATIE TAYLOREDITOR IN CHIEF

In the spirit of Halloween, the following is a short work of fiction that will be published in two instal-lements this week and next Tuesday.

At this very moment, somewhere down deep inside the mind of Char-lie Dud, there is a war taking place. His hand clutches the knife that hangs in mid air; the tip of the unfor-giving blade shakes ever so slightly. Once disguised by sweet, brown remnants, the steel’s desire for blood is now unmistakable. With clenched teeth and knotted muscles, Charlie Dud fights the evil that has begun to consume him. With his rogue brain winning the battle and taking control once again, the only hint of Charlie’s conscience hides behind stale, remi-niscent eyes. As he glares down at her helpless state, her pleading ex-pression seems to spark something inside of him. He had been doing so well. If only he had been given a choice when it all began.

At first, his illness hadn’t been any trouble at all. In fact, for the first seven years of Charlie Dud’s life he hadn’t known he existed inside of

him—the bad man, that is. At seven, when he was old enough to know, but not yet old enough to compre-hend, that’s what he would call him. If his mother were around today, and if you had the courage to question her about the past, she would tell you about when it all started. She would tell you about the day she first realized there was something wrong with her only son. She would tell you about his first episode, how she had just pulled a tray of sizzling brownies out of the oven and told her son to go play while they cooled on the counter. She would tell you how she peered out the kitchen window and saw him sitting on the rain-soaked grass. She would try to describe her only son’s face, its contortion, twisted and foul. She would tell you about how she ran out to him. She would try to ex-plain the state of his eyes when she bent down to stare into them, how they seemed to be ignorant of her presence, how their cold, grey sur-face twitched as though a battle was taking place behind them; and she would have told you about how in an instant he glared up at her, piercing her heart with venomous hatred. She could nearly see the flames burning

behind his pupils, and then, his face was suddenly wiped clean. He shook his head as if to drain what remained of the malicious thoughts that had flooded his mind. She would have told you about how he then opened his puzzled, sweet mouth and asked, “Can I have a brownie now?”

If the boy’s mother were still alive today she would have told you all of this, but she isn’t. It was only a year later that she lost her life to the cruel force of gravity. Of course, no one suspected the eight year old boy was responsible; it was deemed an acci-dent. Although Charlie was present at the time, he had no recollection of what had happened. Until later in life, he couldn’t figure out how she had fallen from the second story balcony of their home. All Charlie could re-member was looking down over the railing at his mother’s figure, twisted like the old garden hose that lay be-side her, and her pale neck, which had snapped at the base. It wasn’t the boy’s fault. He wasn’t in control. The real Charlie Dud was as innocent as the air he breathed. He would never come to accept this as an excuse, but who would?

To be continued...

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A recent opinion piece in The Miami Student, “The arrogance of the far right has left undoubt-able harsh scars on democracy” blames the Tea Party for all the dysfunction in our government. I’d like to set the record straight.

The United States Congress is comprised of 535 voting mem-bers: 435 Representatives and 100 Senators. Members of Con-gress who affiliate with the Tea Party total 47 members, roughly 9 percent of all votes. To claim that 9 percent of Congress is re-sponsible for a government shut-down is absurd.

While the author of the opin-ion is calling for negotiation and compromise to solve our nation’s problems, the lack of negotiation and compromise on the part of Democrats is why we’re at this impasse. The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, was passed without a single Republican vote from the House or the Senate.

To this moment, Democrats refuse to consider any plan that Republicans put forth, not even to delay the individual mandate for one year. As I write this, Americans are still struggling just to get on the Obamacare site. We face the real possibility

that Americans will be penalized for failing to sign up for a man-datory product from a website that doesn’t work. Where’s the fairness in that?

The right is serious about tackling our country’s financial crises. Yet, they are being made villains for speaking out about our unsustainable spending and increasing debt.

Moreover, the Senate, con-trolled by the Democrats, has not passed a budget since April 2009. We’re going on five years of fiscal irresponsibility, but now the left is concerned with making sure we pay our bills? Give me a break.

To be sure, Republicans, mod-erate and conservative, want to reform health care and to reduce the deficit. No member of Con-gress would agree that some-one should be denied affordable healthcare because of a pre-ex-isting condition. Likewise, as-tronomical debt is a threat to our national security; it’s not an issue we take lightly.

The only person who doesn’t appear to be taking the nation-al debt seriously is President Obama, whose campaign prom-ises to reduce the debt by 50

percent have failed miserably. With our national debt a stagger-ing $17 trillion, we’re on a fast track to double the $10.6 trillion debt when Obama took office.

Indeed, the president’s approv-al ratings are at an all-time low. Congress’ are weaker yet.

However, it’s not solely poor leadership that is to blame for their dismal approval ratings. The rhetoric coming from the left is inexcusable, and the coun-try knows it.

Representatives on the right have been branded as “terror-ists,” “racists,” and “economic hijackers” for disagreeing with their colleagues on the left. Not only is this rhetoric violent and hateful, it is, as Iraussi says, “ar-rogant and ignorant.”

Making villains of Re-publicans won’t cure our na-tion’s ills. Neither will crying “Arrogance! Ignorance!”

Tea Party types, like Sena-tor Ted Cruz, refused their sal-ary during the shutdown. They held themselves accountable. It’s time to see the same kind of accountability on the other side of the aisle.

I wanted to share a quick story about an outdated Miami Student ID. A few nights ago, a friend and I planned to go support the Miami hockey team against the University of North Dakota. We were denied entrance to the event based on the fact that our Student IDs were no longer valid. Apparently the old, white IDs issued in 2010 to this year’s senior class are not accepted at Miami sporting events any more.

While I have had many dining hall employees look at me like a firefighter standing outside the FIJI house because my ID swipes instead of taps, this is the first time it was actually turned down. Maybe it’s just me, but this seems like an odd way to re-ward students for being respon-sible enough to keep the same ID for four years. But then again, at $30+ an ID for 16,000 students, why not take the extra cash?

Any Miami student with their ears and eyes open is aware of the gross misspending from the overhead administration, which starts at the very top. And if it truly costs more than $30 to re-place a small piece of plastic, I’d be happy to start up a side busi-ness creating Miami ID’s. I can start Monday.

EDITORSEMILY ELDRIDGE

NICOLE THEODORE EDITORIAL@MIAMISTUDENT.NET6 OPINION

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

PATRICK GEYSER THE MIAMI STUDENT

EDITORIALThe following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

Rule of ThumbKing under constructionReplacing the carpet of the most high-traffic area in the building is sure to make us fume.

Fake ID use popular, regardless of first-degree misdemeanor

Nation-wide problems can’t be 9 percent’s fault

ID upgrades: another way for Miami to collect cash

Being public in name onlyMiami is too pricey, not diverse enough and too uniform..oh and only 9.5 percent of it’s funding from the state. p. 2

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ASC semi-openThe Shade Family Room is open for admission tours, and the fence is also down on Spring Street; we can finally see it coming together!

PAWS Adoption CenterThey keep animals off the streets, but 75 percent are there after having been lost, abused or given up. p. 3

Underage college students are getting into bars more easily, and fake ID distributors around the country are cashing in ma-jor bucks. The rise of fake IDs at Miami University and other colleges is nothing new, but the consequences haven’t changed. College town bars, including those in Oxford, could be facili-tating the increase of thousands of doppelgangers.

Just this September, a 19-year-old New Jersey man was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud while working in a Virginia-based operation that sold fake IDs around the country, reportedly rak-ing in more than $3 million total. According to the Pennsylvania Li-quor Control Board, 48 percent of alcohol abuse among college and university students is committed by those who are underage, and incoming first-years were twice as likely to secure a fake ID after arriving on campus. With high de-mand, and a business that gener-ates a lot of cash, fake IDs are not going to decrease any time soon.

At Miami, the Uptown bar scene may be part of the reason why fakes are so prevalent. With $5 cover charges at almost all bars for those under 21, many see a fake ID as “paying for itself” and the fact that most bartend-ers and door men are not trained to spot them makes it extremely easy, especially for good ones, to be used frequently. Bars also don’t always confiscate fakes when they initially spot them either. Even though those turned away with a fake are asked to leave the line or the bar, that doesn’t stop them from using it somewhere else. Sgt. Gregory Moore of the Oxford Po-lice Department said if bars col-lected more fakes and turned them in, they would be able to catch more offenders.

The Miami Student Editorial Board understands that fakes IDs may never be fully combatted, but the board believes that bars Uptown can take more preventa-tive actions toward spotting and confiscating fakes. Even though all students are not looking to intentionally hurt someone or themselves by using a fake, the consequences they face if they

are caught are anything but pleas-ant. What’s more, if they get too inebriated and hurt themselves or someone else due to this new lib-erty, it could cause them physical and emotional pain that could ruin the rest of their college experi-ence, or even their life.

Being caught and charged with selling fakes is just as bad, if not worse than having one and active-ly using it. According to Moore, if charged with ordering an ID or facilitating an order, it is a manda-tory 10-year sentence in prison.

Being caught with a fake ID can result in being charged with a “Certain Acts Prohibited” cita-tion, which is a first-degree misde-meanor, and is the same offense as an Operating Vehicle Impaired ci-tation (OVI) or an underage drink-ing offences. If you plan on getting a job or working for the govern-ment and can’t get this off your record, you might have a pretty difficult time.

Having a fake ID and being caught also results in disciplin-ary action with Miami. Accord-ing to the Miami University Stu-dent Code of Conduct, “Using or possessing a false or altered identification (including driver’s licenses and Miami University identification cards) is prohibited.” It is charged as a Code One Of-fense with Miami, which stays on your record as long as you attend the university, and offenders may face suspension if they have pre-viously committed another Code One. If you have study abroad plans, good luck trying to explain that one on your application.

It is up to the discretion of the student to buy IDs or sell them, but the board believes students should be aware of the imminent conse-quences that will follow if they are caught. We understand the need to blow off steam on the weekends, but when you weigh the conse-quences of having a fake or selling it, compared to getting a job after college, it may not be worth it in the end for a year or two of “legal” alcohol consumption. Bars Up-town that employ college students should also keep these things in mind and contemplate training employees for spotting fakes in order to decrease them on campus.

Weekend over-spendingTrying to recover our bodies and our wallets from Homecoming Weekend isn’t as easy as it seems.

On any given day, the pages of this paper will be plastered with headlines that read “Blood Stains on Our Hands” or “The end of ex-ceptionalism.” These articles, all critical of the United States, un-fortunately misstate the accurate nature of American exceptionalism and fail to recognize our true place in the world.

The United States is exceptional because we continue to be a shin-ing example of democracy in ac-tion. Unlike Egypt, when our gov-ernment recently reached a major inflection point, our nation did not take to the streets, no coups were hatched and no blood spilled. Our government shut down but that was it—the rest of the country con-tinued to work as hard as ever and our markets reached new highs.

For those who write that the sky is falling, we cannot forget that, while we worry about debts and deficits, there are people in this world who struggle under the rule of tyrannical dictators. In Iran, while President Rohani tweets about nuclear negotiations, his people have their right to speech

restricted. And in Kenya, just a few weeks ago, a mall was made into a battlefield by radical extremists.

The United States responded to the latter, sending in two separate teams of Special Forces to carry out raids in both Libya and Somalia. In Libya, members of the Delta Force successfully captured Abu Anas al Libi, an al Qaida leader with con-nections to the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies. In Somalia, Navy Seals were deployed to cap-ture a leader of the terrorist orga-nization Al-Shabaab, credited with carrying out the mall shooting.

For those who say that the blood of innocent people is on our hands when we carry out these raids, let me provide you with the rest of the story. In Somalia, during the raid, the commander of Seal Team Six pulled back his forces after realiz-ing that Ikrima could not be taken alive and that there were a number of children in the compound.

While the United States did not successfully capture Ikrima, the pressure applied and the lack of casualties shows that we can come down on terrorist organizations at

a moment’s notice. It sends a mes-sage that the United States is will-ing to defend the principles that guide its existence and protect the rights of those in faraway places.

At the end of the day, that is why we fight the war on terrorism. That it is why we carry out raids – be-cause terrorism and democracy are at odds with one another. As the world’s most successful democ-racy, we understand that freedom is every man’s natural right and that wherever terrorism thrives, democracy is suffocated.

Whenever we get weary of the fight, let us remember the words of Ronald Reagan, “Freedom is never more than one genera-tion away from extinction. It has to be fought for and defended by each generation.”

This is the spirit that propelled the greatest generation as they stormed the beaches of Norman-dy, and as our parents’ generation stood opposed to communism for more than 40 years. It is in this same vein that we must stand op-posed to terrorism and preserve democracy for the generations to

come after us. Instead of apologizing for pro-

tecting our principles, more should embrace our role as an exceptional nation. We should look out at the

world and see opportunity to lift up those less fortunate than ourselves. By being exceptional, we can take on breast cancer in Africa like we took on AIDS. By being exception-al, little girls in Afghanistan have had the chance to go to school.

There are plenty of examples of how the United States re-mains exceptional and steadfastly committed to the principles that make it great.

In closing, I ask that my friends

who write for this publication con-sider the true meaning of excep-tionalism and not the definition peddled by the communications team of Vladimir Putin.

If it is words you are looking for to help guide this nation, let me of-fer the English translation to my favorite prayer in Hebrew, “Cause us to see clearly that the well-being of our nation is in the hands of all its citizens; imbue us with zeal for the cause of liberty in our land and all lands.”

I can only imagine that walk-ing through the streets of New York, everything appears to be a blur. Movement is chaotic, sounds echo through the space and one must feel generally on edge.

With numerous boroughs, side alleyways, shops, fire escapes and brownstone stairs, people are found all around, each going through their daily routine. Most of us wouldn’t take the time to stop and notice each person in or-der to get his or her story, thoughts and advice. But Brandon Stanton does, in quite the unique manner.

Stanton is a University of Geor-gia graduate with a degree in history, and upon graduation, re-ceived a job as a bond trader with the Chicago Board of Trade. Af-ter three years with the company, Stanton claims the job went south, and after losing his position, he promptly moved to New York City, ready to pursue a new job: taking portraits of random strang-ers in the streets.

What seems like a rash de-cision, and what admittedly came as an unwelcome shock to Brandon’s mother, has ulti-mately become one of the most well-known and highly-followed photography projects of the past decade.

Simply titled “Humans of New York,” Stanton’s photography project began on Facebook, but was then introduced to Tumblr, where it has blossomed. The proj-ect has now garnered over 1.5 million likes and followers. His fans span the globe, where the project has even sparked simi-lar initiatives, such as Humans of Iran, Humans of Paris, Hu-mans of India, Humans of Rome, and more.

While the simplicity of the project makes it seem akin to a scientific catalogue of Homo sapiens, those that view the photographs can’t help but feel emotionally jarred by the life,

love and reality of the subjects. From the proud posers to those

shying away from the camera lens, each photo tells a story. A fa-ther stops to hug his child tightly, a woman sits against the wall of the train station, a group of men lean against a graffiti-covered wall and a bearded man crouches on the side of the street.

Admittedly, yes, each is an in-triguing moment caught in the click of Stanton’s camera, but what really tugs at the heartstrings are the captions Stanton provides with each post.

After gently asking each sub-ject for permission to take a photo, Stanton holds conversa-tions with those he photographs. they are surprisingly candid with their thoughts.

The father hugs his child and admits that they must go to the hospital four times a week for her treatments, but he doesn’t mind, as she is his blood. The woman with her back against the wall laments the recent end of her engagement. The men along the graffiti brick admit to their iden-tity: members of The Forbidden Ones, a Puerto Rican biker gang based in Brooklyn. Meanwhile, the bearded man smiles. He is homeless.

“Do me a favor,” he says, “Send this pic to every model-ing agency in town, and tell them you’ve found a face that will re-ally make people stop and stare at their products.”

It is this honesty, this hopeful-ness, which truly embodies Stan-ton’s work. This sort of work can only remind us to examine humans as individuals, as each possesses a unique backstory, full of personal tragedy and tri-umph. Each of us, traversing Ox-ford’s campus, holds experiences that have shaped us into who we are today.

We are united as Miami Uni-versity but divided based on our ethics, reasoning and beliefs.

We never know who has been touched by divorce, cancer, natu-ral disasters or mental illness, just as it may not be readily evident who is celebrating a birthday, re-ceiving a paycheck or delighting in a recent exam grade.

Though we do not currently possess a “Humans of Miami University” photo project like Brandon Stanton’s, it would do well to look upon others as indi-viduals, apart from their crowds. It is the diverse set of interests and passions that makes this campus, and this world, so great. Bran-don Stanton and Humans of New York makes sure to remind us of exactly that.

New York photo project proves every individual has worthy story

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“Do me a favor,” he says, “Send this pic to every model agency in town, and tell them you’ve found a face that will really make people stop and stare at their prod-ucts.”

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According to the same study, 86 percent of students use their IDs to get into bars, raising the question of whether or not the doormen or bouncers are doing their jobs.

Moore acknowledged that there are many rogue doormen who let in friends and ladies no matter what they present. He said he sympathizes with the ones who are committed to keeping fake IDs out because many look so realistic.

“I can’t necessarily fault the doormen, the few who are actu-ally trying to do a good job,” Moore said. “I can’t really

fault them.” *Junior Derek Johnson spent

over a year working as crowd control and as a doorman for The Wood’s.

“Basically, we’re not really trained on what fake IDs look like versus the real ones,” John-son said. “We use common sense. If you’re not sure, then you let it go, but if it’s obviously fake then we don’t let them in.”

Johnson said the more a bounc-er works the door, the more fa-miliar he becomes with the nu-ances of each state’s ID, such as specific reflective holograms.

“If there is a hologram out of place or if it looks nothing like the IDs of that state that we have seen, we know it’s fake,”

Johnson said.However, Lt. Stephen VanWinkle

of the MUPD pointed out that find-ing each fake ID’s flaw still may not stop every underage student from entering the establishment.

“It can be a real ID that looks like you from a family member or a cousin or a sorority or fraternity member or just someone that you know that’s passed down their ID to you and it’s a real ID,” VanWinkle said.

Johnson is aware of the volume of students, just like Graham, who continue to get away with using false identification.

“Tons of people, hundreds of kids,” Johnson said. “A lot of them are hard to identify, not just at [The Wood’s] but at bars across the campus.”

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The Miami University soccer team (8-6-2) extended its winning streak to seven games as they toppled Northern Illinois University (4-9-3) and the University of Toledo (5-10-1) both 2-0 over the weekend.

The win over Toledo guaranteed the RedHawks a spot in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) tour-nament. Miami now sports a 5-1-2 record in the MAC, placing them atop the East division and tied for second place in the conference.

Head coach Bobby Kramig said he was pleased with his team’s work-manlike effort over the weekend.

“Just a good professional effort,” Kramig said. “The thing that I’m most pleased with on the weekend

is our mindset in terms of going for-ward and attacking the other team’s goal. We’ve been very tentative up until this point … We worked really hard on it this week in practice and four goals in two games is doubling our normal output.”

The RedHawks came out aggres-sive in the first half against Toledo, outpacing the Rockets in shots (6-2) and corners (7-1), but they were un-able to capitalize and find the net.

The match remained scoreless un-til junior forward/midfielder Kelsey Dinges struck in the 61st minute. Dinges scored on a long shot from about 30 yards out to the left corner of the goal. The ball deflected off sophomore keeper Sam Tiongson’s outstretched hands into the net. Dinges tacked on a second goal with one second to go.

The win against Toledo was pre-ceded by a convincing win against NIU Friday. Freshman midfielder Rachel Marble scored her first career goal at the four-minute mark. The score came off a corner pass from ju-nior forward Hailey Pleshakov.

Dinges added another goal in the 64th minute to put the game away. Sophomore midfielder Haley Walter provided the assist.

Dinges’s three goals over the weekend doubled her output for the season; she now has six goals on the year. Dinges recently made the tran-sition from midfielder to forward and relinquished her starting spot in the lineup while doing so. She leads the team with 17 points on the season.

Kramig praised Dinges’s effort in the two games and her attitude about the position change.

“It’s been an interesting two weeks with Kelsey,” Kramig said. “What a response [this weekend]. A lot of kids would go into that [saying] ‘I don’t want to do this, its new, its different, change is bad,’ but Kelsey handled it like a pro, had a good attitude the whole time and what a response. Good for her.”

Dinges said the position change has been difficult for her, but has been made a little easier with the help of her teammates.

“It’s been a tough transition,” Dinges said. “But I’ve gotten a lot of help from Hailey Pleshakov and other girls stepping up and making things happen. I play with my back to the goal a lot more now, so it’s just very different, but I am still able to do things I like to do in center mid.”

While the offense has improved, the RedHawks have relied on thier defense to shut down the opponent, a startling change from a few weeks ago when it was springing leaks like a rusty faucet. MU has now shutout five opponents in a row. It appears the ’Hawks are playing their most complete soccer as they head into the homestretch of the regular season.

BY JOE GIERINGERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

It appears there is a new rivalry shaping up in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), and it features two of the hottest programs in the country.

Miami University (3-1-0) dropped to No.3 in the country after splitting its first full home series with No. 6 University of North Dakota.

The team, previously-known as the Fighting Sioux got on the board first Friday night at 7:55 of the first period, when a wrist shot by UND junior forward Michael Parks took a funny bounce by sophomore goal-tender Jay Willliams. In the twilight minutes of the first frame, UND add-ed another to end the period up 2-0.

After a mishandled puck behind the net by Williams led to an early second period goal for North Dakota, it looked as if they would run away with the game, but Miami battled back on a pair of goals by sophomore forward Sean Kuraly and freshman forward Anthony Louis

Despite the comeback, the game ended in a 4-2 loss and Kuraly said the team did not play to its potential.

“We weren’t happy with the way we played,” Kuraly said. “We didn’t

play a full 60 [minutes], and our pro-cess wasn’t as good as it needed to be. We have some mistakes that need to be fixed for tomorrow.”

A rejuvenated RedHawk squad took the ice Saturday night. Head coach Enrico Blasi has never shied away from changing up the lines, and this past weekend was no dif-ferent. Led by a new front three of junior captain Austin Czarnik, class-mate Cody Murphy and sophomore Riley Barber, the ’Hawks jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 2:24 into the game on a Murphy one-timer. Junior forward Blake Coleman notched one of his own with minutes left in the opening frame on a solo effort from of a face off.

Miami didn’t let up on the gas as it poured in three more goals in the second period, starting with Barber’s rebound strike at the 3:40 mark for his fifth goal on the year. Coleman added two tallies throughout the frame for his first career hat trick to bring the game to 5-0 at the halfway mark, and the RedHawks held on to capture a 6-2 win with a late Czarnik tally in a dominant performance.

“I thought everyone in our lineup contributed tonight,” Blasi said. “Ev-eryone was focused and ready to go.”

The players noticed a significant difference from Friday to Saturday as well. Coleman, who was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct Friday, bounced back for the aforementioned hat trick in a +3 performance.

“I think we followed the process a little more tonight,” Coleman said. “We played within our system and we had a little more jump, a little more energy. We always talk about staying in the moment and I think our team responded really well.”

Two new faces, freshmen for-ward Devin Loe and defenseman Johnny Wingels, got significant ice time. Loe contributed two assists in his collegiate debut, and looked poised and collected out on the ice. The game was a physical one, and Miami outhit UND by a wide mar-gin. Loe’s 6-foot, 190-pound frame helped acclimate him to this lumber-laying affair, and the freshman joked that he did not mind throwing his weight around.

“I just wanted to get in there and introduce myself,” Loe said.

The RedHawks will return to ac-tion next week in their first full week-end away from Oxford when they face Providence College.

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BROTHERHOOD ALUMNI UPDATE: NHL EDITION

RedHawk rally comes up short in loss to Akron

LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORMiami freshman forward Anthony Louis looks to skate past the University of North Dakota defense.

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Miami University senior midfielder Kayla Zakrzewski tries to volly the ball past a Nothern Illinois University defender.

Reilly SmithSmith was a big part of the

RedHawks’ success the past few years, including a Frozen Four run in 2010. He put up 66 goals and 56 assists in his three years at Miami, averaging just over a point per game. He played his rookie year for the Dallas Stars in 2012-13, totaling nine points in 37 games. After being involved in a blockbuster July trade that involved seven players, Smith moved to the Boston Bruins or-ganization and currently has five points through seven contests this year. His older brother, Bren-dan Smith, is a part of the Detroit Red Wings organization.

Dan BoyleThose who aren’t devoted

hockey fans might not know Dan Boyle, the alternate captain and seasoned veteran for the San Jose Sharks. A 1998 graduate of Miami University, Boyle has en-joyed a lucrative career on NHL bluelines for the Florida Pan-thers, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and since 2008, the Sharks. Last Tuesday, Boyle was checked into the boards illegally by St. Louis Blues forward Maxim Lapierre and was carried off the ice on a stretcher, adding to the increas-ing debates on physicality and vi-cious hits in the NHL. He was re-leased from the hospital the next night and hopes the recovery will be speedy. Boyle has accumu-lated 528 points in 879 games in the NHL.

Alec MartinezThe most recent Stanley Cup

winner to have skated on Gog-gin’s ice (‘06-’08), Martinez is one of the more notable Red-Hawk alumni of recent years.

Martinez accumulated 67 points in 113 games with Miami, and has netted 12 goals in 142 NHL games. He won a Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings dur-ing the 2011-2012 season. He has appeared in You Can Play videos, a campaign dedicated to combat-ing homophobia in sports.

Tommy WingelsA three-year Miami University

starter and captain of the 2009-10 RedHawk squad, Wingels was a star in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and net-ted 42 goals in 44 games of his senior campaign. He’s the third line right-winger for the San Jose Sharks, a team many have picked to win the Stanley Cup this year. Wingels has netted 22 points in 80 regular season games with the Sharks, and has contributed three points in 16 playoff games. His little brother, Johnny, made his first career collegiate appearance for the RedHawks this past Sat-urday against the Univeristy of North Dakota.

Ryan JonesA Hobey Baker finalist and

All-American in his days as a RedHawk, Jones became a go-to third and fourth liner for the inju-ry-riddled Edmonton Oilers. He has notched 94 goals in 284 ap-pearances since graduating from Miami in 2008. Though he has only appeared in two games this season and hasn’t found a spot on the regular roster, “Jonesy” has developed a reputation around the league as being one of the premier Twitter users, which is why it’s sad that he discontinued his feed at the end of this sum-mer. Bring back the blue bird messages, Ryan!

BY JOE GIERINGERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Despite a furious fourth quarter comeback, the Miami University football team fell 24-17 to the Uni-versity of Akron Zips on a chilly homecoming afternoon.

The ’Hawks found themselves in a hole early after a blocked punt set up a score at 12:09 of the first quarter by Akron redshirt junior run-ning back Jawon Chisolm, but they bounced back with a sustained drive that ended in a touchdown catch from junior wide receiver David Frazier a few minutes later.

The third quarter was a leaky one for the injury-plagued Miami defense, who were without redshirt senior defensive tackle and co-cap-tain Austin Brown, among others. Chisholm scored two rushing touch-downs and the Zips powered a chip shot field goal through in a three-minute and 14 second span.

The RedHawks refused to go away though. In the final six minutes, they picked up 105 yards, recovered an onside kick, and put up 10 points, which included a game-long 44-yard touchdown pass from redshirt senior quarterback Austin Boucher to junior wide out Dawan Scott on a designed roll out to Boucher’s left. It was not enough and Akron improved to 2-6 as it ran out the clock after a failed second onside kick attempt.

Though the outcome was disap-pointing for Miami, the RedHawks recorded a season-high 303 yards of total offense, and nabbed 18 first downs on the afternoon. The defense also forced two fumbles on its own goal line, denying the Zips a touch-down twice. Savvy red zone play kept Miami in it until the last sec-onds, but time, was not on its side.

“There’s a lot of positives that we can pull from this but again, it’s

got to be about getting wins,” in-terim head coach Mike Bath said. “I thought from a quarterback perspec-tive, in the last two series of the game our decision making was as clean as it’s been the past two weeks and al-most the whole season.”

Boucher finished the game with 226 yards through the air, two touch-downs and a pick. He completed 23 of his 34 passes. Akron sophomore quarterback Kyle Pohl had eerily similar numbers, with 227 yards and 23 completions on 32 attempts.

Though Boucher finished with a solid performance, he was sacked six times and hurried many more. The offensive line struggled to con-tain the blitz packages and stunts that were thrown in their faces all after-noon. Boucher said that “two weeks are better than one” with the new of-fense, but it’s still a work in progress.

“I think everyone’s picking this of-fense up a lot better,” Boucher said. “We were able to move the ball and the plays we wanted were there. We had those opportunities … we just need to capitalize when we’re there.”

With the loss, Miami is now dead last in the Mid-American Confer-ence (MAC) East and tied for last place overall in the MAC with Eastern and Western Michigan University who are 0-3 and 0-4 in conference play, respectively. Their next attempt at a win will be on the road next weekend in Athens, Ohio, when the RedHawks take on rival Ohio University.

Though the going is tough, Bath said he is sure his team is still com-mitted to the season – no one is giv-ing up on this football team.

“To sit [in the locker room] and walk and talk and see multiple kids wiping tears out of their eyes, that tells me that these young men are still in; they’re fine,” Bath said.