BY EMILY CRANECAMPUS EDITOR

Miami University first-year Sean VanDyne remains in critical con-dition, as of Monday night, after a single-vehicle accident on a rural, hilly road in Butler County. The crash Saturday night resulted in one fatality and two severely injured, according to Butler County Sherriff Richard Jones.

The sheriff’s office’s ongoing investigation has revealed that VanDyne was driving the vehicle, Jones said.

VanDyne is an accounting major in the Farmer School of Business and was recently married to Rachel Hildebrand VanDyne, also a first-year Miami student.

Rachel and Sean VanDyne both attended Hamilton High School, along with Ben “Big Ben” Flick, a University of Cincinnati (UC) foot-ball player who died in the crash on Saturday. VanDyne and Flick played on the high school football team and, during their time in high school, were known not only as hard-working players, but as icons in the school community, accord-ing to the team’s former head coach Bob Jacoby.

“I spent a lot of time with [Sean] in the workout room and watched him in the school community,” Ja-coby said. “[VanDyne is] a highly respected kid, a very hard worker.”

In addition to being an athlete, VanDyne was elected as the Vice President of the National Honors Society (NHS) his senior year of high school. As such, Chris Napier, one of the NHS advisers, got to know him well.

“[VanDyne is] a great kid, a leader,” Napier said. “He wasn’t your quintessential jock; he put a lot of time in the classroom as well. I remember last year, we took all the [NHS] officers on a trip to Colum-bus and we didn’t expect him to be the one to take his homework with him, but he brought a book and read it the whole way up and the whole way back.”

In addition to his classes and his position on the football field, Van-Dyne worked nearly full-time at Skyline Chili all throughout high school, Napier said.

“There was nothing that Sean got that he didn’t work for,” Napier said.

Hamilton High School held a vigil for the two students on Sunday, and will host a visitation Tuesday evening for Flick from 5 to 9 p.m.

Dean of Students Mike Curme expressed his sadness at seeing the Miami community struck by this tragedy.

“The Miami community is deep-ly saddened,” Curme said. “We just wish there was more we could do to support the family and the loved ones involved.”

BY ALLIE SHULTZSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Students looking for a place to express concerns about issues in the student body now have an out-let. Student Body President senior Charlie Schreiber and Vice Presi-dent senior Courtney Bernard are starting “Tuesdays with Charlie and Courtney,” a weekly meeting in which they will discuss the con-cerns and comments of any Miami University student.

“This is an hour and a half ev-ery week that you can count on for us to be accessible,” Bernard said. “We want to hear from students and show them that we’re normal students too.”

Schreiber added that from the very beginning, he and Bernard knew they had to change the

relationship between students in-volved in the Associated Student Government (ASG) and those who are not.

“Courtney and my buzzword during the campaign was ‘discon-nect’ between the student body and student government,” Schreiber said. “We found a lot of times stu-dents will voice complaints to each other, but then they don’t know how to get to us or don’t feel com-fortable coming to the ASG office.”

According to Schreiber, they plan to hold the meetings in loca-tions like dining halls and Uptown restaurants for student convenience.

Senior Samantha Kent said she is skeptical students other than those with negative opinions will show

up for the meetings, but that she does respect the motivation behind the concept.

“I think it’s a good idea, but the only people who will come talk to you in that setting are people who want to be negative,” Kent said.

Kent went on to explain that peo-ple who would make time in their day to spend an hour and a half talking about something will most likely feel strongly about it. Kent said she thinks only extreme opin-ions, rather than constructive ones, will be expressed at the meetings.

Senior Anna Miller said a spon-taneous setting, like a table set up outside where people could casu-ally walk by could also help.

“The appointment aspect of it will give people a lot of time to think of things they don’t like,” Miller said. “But if you just walk by

and give a quick suggestion it will be more positive.”

ASG’s Vice President for Pub-lic Relations senior Andrew Bair explained the thought process be-hind the format for “Tuesdays with Charlie and Courtney.”

“The first meeting will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m., I think the idea was to do something between lunch and dinner time so they’re present at a good time,” Bair said.

Bernard added that this time is right before student senate meet-ings are held, giving student an opportunity to talk personally with her and Schreiber and then attend a student senate meeting after.

“All students are welcome to come and sit in the gallery and see

what is being discussed in student senate as well as if you want to address senate they can feel more comfortable after they get to know us,” Bernard said.

Schreiber added that the visitors’ section of the student senate has al-most always been nearly empty.

“Courtney and my goal was to have at least three-fourths of that sections full by the time we leave office,” Schreiber said.

Bair explained that he will be present at the first several meetings as well and then will be involved less in person, but more within the social media awareness aspects of the meetings by updating Facebook and Twitter to let students know when and where “Tuesdays” will take place.

Aside from “Tuesdays with Charlie and Courtney,” the ASG representatives are work-ing on several other projects to improve transparency.

Schreiber explained that he and Bernard will visit a different club each week to experience a variety of on campus organizations, as well as letting club members ask ques-tions if they would like to.

Bair added that the team is work-ing on a larger social media pres-ence, word of mouth on campus and partnering with the Athletic Department to have more presence in student athletics.

“It’s never going to be one single thing,” Bair said. “We want stu-dents to be able to see and under-stand what we do and the culmina-tion of a lot of little things will get that done.”

Bernard and Schreiber both ex-plained that providing students more access to them and their gov-ernment as a whole is the main idea behind “Tuesdays with Charlie and Courtney.”

“The big part of this is letting students know we’re there for them and giving them access to their gov-ernment,” Schreiber said.

In 2000, The Miami Student reported that the Miami University Individual Events Team traveled to Paris, France over sring break and won second place in the International Forensics Association Tournament. Team member Alyssa Wright said, “It was an amazing cultural experience and an unparalleled opportunity to compete.”

The Miami StudentTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Oldest university newspaper in the United States, established 1826

MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIOVOLUME 141 NO. 8

TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY

Student government gives students the floor with weekly Tuesday meetings

Car crash: MU student in critical condition

LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR STRONG-ARMING THE COMPETITIONMiami University sophomore linebacker Josh Dooley attempts to tackle University of Cincinnati sophomore wide receiver Chris Moore during the RedHawks’ 14-0 loss Saturday to the Bearcats.

KATIE TAYLOR EDITOR IN CHIEF

A cross sits on Stahlheber Road where a fatal car accident killed University of Cincinnati football player Ben Flick Saturday night and severely injured three others, including Miami University first-year Sean VanDyne.

BY CHRIS CURMECOMMUNITY EDITOR

The now former head of the McGuffey Montessori School, 60-year-old Alfred Allen, has been arrested on 20 counts of child por-nography, according to a statement released Friday by the Oxford Police Department (OPD).

According to the statement, Al-len had been suspected of misus-ing the school’s credit/debit card last spring and was charged with theft.

“In the course of the investiga-tion into the theft, evidence of other criminal activity was found,” the OPD statement read.

Alfred Allen was taken into cus-tody Sept. 19, for 20 felony counts relating to child pornography.

As an active investigation, OPD said no further information is be-ing released at this time.

McGuffey Montessori School re-leased a statement regarding Allen.

“Mr. Allen was terminated in May because of his failure to perform the duties of Head of

School,” the statement read. “Oth-er than suspecting misappropria-tion of funds, we were not aware of any criminal activity at the time of his termination.”

McGuffey Montessori has been working with OPD to assist in the investigation, according to the school’s statement.

The statement ends noting that Allen was hired by standard pro-cesses of the Board of Trustees, had passed a criminal background check and been validated by his references.

“As always, our school’s first priority is its families, and we are working diligently to keep them informed,” the statement said. “We are grateful that our students were not harmed in any way.”

The McGuffey Montessori School was founded by staff and parents of the old Miami Univer-sity Lab School, which closed in 1983, according to its website.

It is a privately run school, educating students in preschool through eighth grade at 5128 Westgate Drive in Oxford.

This is an hour and a half every week that you can count on for us to be accessible ... we want to hear from students.”

COURTNEY BERNARDSTUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT

Former head of McGuffey Montessori school arrested

BY LIBBY MUELLERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

It is a familiar sight on the Miami University campus: a student mean-dering across a crosswalk with head down and thumbs frantically typing a text. Recent research findings sug-gests this may not be wise.

A 2013 study entitled “Pedestrian injuries due to mobile phone use in public places” by Jack Nasar and Derek Troyer revealed that from 2004 to 2010, although national es-timates of total pedestrian injuries decreased, estimates of the percent-age of cell phone-related pedestrian injuries increased.

According to the study, in 2004, the national percentage of total pedestrian injuries related to cell phones was 0.58 percent. In 2010, the percentage was 3.67 percent.

The study revealed that most pe-destrian injuries occurred for people under the age of 31, with the larg-est amount of injuries concentrated within the age range 16 to 25.

The study was published in the Accident Analysis & Prevention journal. It used data collected from hospitals across the U.S.

However, Lt. Ben Spilman of the Miami University Police Depart-ment (MUPD) said cell phones are not typically a factor in pedestrian accidents at Miami.

“I don’t think that I’ve seen any crash reports where that’s been listed as a factor,” Spilman said. “Inat-tention is generally always a factor whether it’s on the part of the driver

or pedestrian…I think in a lot of cas-es we can say a cell phone is to blame but there’s lots of other distractions.”

Spilman said the number of pedes-trian accidents at Miami is actually relatively low. Since Jan. 1, 2010, there have been 51 traffic crashes reported to MUPD, of which three were pedestrian-related, according to Spilman. The reported summa-ries of the three pedestrian crashes made no mention of cell phones as a contributing factor.

“Our numbers are fairly low,” Spilman said. “There is not going to be anything you can assign any sta-tistical significance to.”

However, Spilman said MUPD has focused on enforcing pedes-trians’ right of way, which has in-cluded the addition of signs along the crosswalks reminding drivers to yield to pedestrians. These were added last year.

“It’s an educational component to put those there where crosswalks are but to serve as a reminder too,” Spilman said. “Our officers do take action when vehicles fail to yield to pedestrians. [A vehicle] might find itself stopped by police, particularly at the uncontrolled crosswalks, the ones that don’t have the walk/don’t walk signs.”

Spilman said even at the con-trolled crosswalks, pedestrians can be unobservant.

“Unfortunately pedestrians don’t pay attention to those controls,” Spilman said. “That can cause some serious traffic problems here in town. Pedestrians aren’t always aware

how their presence in the cross-walk can impact the flow of traffic in the town.”

Spilman said there is a lot of work done in the physical facilities depart-ment to promote crosswalk safety.

Landscape architect Vinny Cirrito said the principal project is making sure crosswalks are perpendicular to the curb.

“[We] try to have everything per-pendicular to the curb so pedestrians can look one way and another and not look behind,” Cirrito said.

He also said the main issue at crosswalks is the amount of people crossing the street.

“We’ve worked with the city to reduce Patterson and High Street to 25 mph,” Cirrito said. “Last year, was the first year that those streets were 25 mph.”

Cirrito also said the number of traffic accidents involving pedestri-ans is surprisingly low. He said he would attribute it partly to the re-duced speed limits.

The 2011 Master Circulation Plan on the Miami physical facilities de-partment website lists other design principles, plans and recommenda-tions for improving crosswalks, in-cluding leading building entry walks to major crosswalks and removing and consolidating other crosswalks on campus.

First year Josh Stothfang said he has seen students using cell phones while crossing crosswalks.

EDITORSEMILY CRANE

VICTORIA SLATERCAMPUS@MIAMISTUDENT.NET2 CAMPUS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

DAMIEN WATSON THE MIAMI STUDENT

Two students text and walk into incoming traffic. While national trends indicate that the percentage of cell phone-related pedestrain deaths is increasing, cell phones typically do not play a substantial role in pedestrian accidents on Miami’s campus.

Street safety: MUPD ups pedestrian security

Sophomore skates her way to USA hockey team

President shares Hodgepodge of updates

BY HANNAH STEINFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Sophomore defender Morgan McGrath has joined Team USA for the World University Games in women’s hockey. McGrath will travel to Trentino, Italy in December to represent her country.

Miami University women’s hock-ey assistant coach Jim Stearns said McGrath excels in defending and playing people one-on-one.

“She’s very tough to beat,” he said. “Her specialty has always been stopping the other team.”

Team captain and senior left wing Nikki Stancampiano said it is not just McGrath’s playing skills that make her a great player.

“I would say she is extremely dedicated and hardworking,” Stancampiano said. “In addi-tion to her talents, her hockey tal-ents, she is very positive and has a strong work ethic; she gets along with everyone.”

McGrath, who has been play-ing hockey for 16 years, said she is excited, but the news has not sunk in yet.

“When my coach told me last sea-son I was nominated, especially as a freshman you don’t let yourself think it’s going to happen because what are the chances,” she said. “So then when I got the call the beginning of this year…I was just elated and it was an incredible feeling.”

McGrath said, as far as she knows, the only time Team USA will be able to practice together will be while they are in Italy, leaving the U.S. on Dec. 3.

“I assume we’d have a few practice times before we play be-cause you’re taking girls from all over the country, but I don’t think any of that happens in the States,” McGrath said.

Stearns said McGrath’s success is a huge step for her, and also a benefit to the Miami team.

“This is a huge accomplishment for us,” Stearns said. “Our program is going into its third full year and to have someone picked this early is a significant accomplishment. For those better players who are think-ing of coming to Miami they know it can be done out of Miami so it’s very important.”

Stearns added, of all people, Mc-Grath is the most deserving of an ac-complishment this huge.

“This is an example of great things happening to great people,” Stearns said. “She’s a great player, she is unassuming, humble, she’s just a great person and I think

that’s the best thing for us. We’re just thrilled to see something like this happen to someone like her.” However, McGrath said that without her team she would not have made it to where she is now.

“I could never have been in this position now if it weren’t for my team last year,” McGrath said. “I couldn’t have done it without all of them and I wish I could bring them all with me. As excited as I am for Italy I really can’t wait for our season to start. Our team is growing every year, this season is going to be just as fantastic if even more so.”

Although this is a huge accom-plishment for her sports life, Mc-Grath said this will mean she will miss a couple of games for the Mi-ami team, finals and a good chunk of the last part of the semester.

“My professors were more than understanding about it, it’s not some-thing I’m ever going to get to do again and this is pretty cool,” McGrath said. “All of them have said they’ll figure something out, don’t worry about it, congratulations. I couldn’t have asked for a better response.” As a biophysics major and neurosci-ence minor, McGrath said she does not have a light workload, but this is

a once in a lifetime opportunity and she will have more classes and more exams in the future.

The Miami team members will miss her, but also understand the significance of her accomplishment. “We will definitely miss her but we’re so proud of her and it’s such an honor to have someone on our team that’s named to Team USA,” Stancampiano said. “We’re just re-ally proud and excited for her, this is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity.”

McGrath said she would like to go to medical school after graduat-ing and that college will likely be the end of her hockey career.

“College is kind of it, you get your four years to play and you make the most of them,” she said. “Spend-ing my December playing for the United States is certainly something I’m going to remember and it’s kind of a great way to wrap up my hockey career.”

Afghani Fulbright scholars to attend FSB seminar BY DOUG MILLERFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University will soon host its third annual seminar for Ful-bright students from Afghanistan.

The seminar, which will be held from Sept. 25 to Sept. 28., is host-ed by the Farmer School of Busi-ness’ Center for Social Entrepre-neurship. It will provide visiting Afghani students the opportunity to engage with social entrepre-neurs, professors and profession-als who have experience in the developing world.

The Princeton Review recently ranked Miami’s entrepreneurship program education as the 12th best in the country. Miami was selected among dozens of other universities competing to host this program, according to assistant director for the Center of Social Entrepreneur-ship Brian Bergman.

“The Fulbright seminar was a grant from the US Department of State, and Miami was one of doz-ens of schools that applied to host the seminar,” Bergman said.

The seminar is sponsored by the Fulbright program, which was created in 1946 and sponsored by the US Department of State, Berg-man said. Since then, more than 307,000 participants have been

chosen to observe each others’ po-litical and economic institutions and exchange ideas on the im-portance of general welfare of the world’s inhabitants. This coincides with the Fulbright mission state-ment, which hopes to increase mu-tual understanding between people of the U.S. and the other countries.

The Afghan participants are in a two-year master’s degree program through Fulbright and are study-ing at various institutions across the US. This year, approximately 70 Afghan participants will be part of the seminar. According to Berg-man, the participants will come from 39 different universities.

During the seminar, Miami stu-dents will play the role of “men-tors” for the Fulbright participants, according to the FSB website. This will help students get experience providing ad hoc social enterprise consulting with the Afghan par-ticipants. The students serve as li-aisons between the university and the Fulbright students.

One of the students who partici-pated last year was senior Michelle McVickers. She is returning as a mentor for this year’s program af-ter also being a mentor

When I got the call the beginning of this year…I was just elated and it was an incredible feeling.”MORGAN MCGRATH

MIAMI SOPHOMORE

PEDESTRIAN,SEE PAGE 8

FULBRIGHT,SEE PAGE 8

BY KAILA FRISONE FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Among the array of administra-tion iniaitives David Hodge is estab-lishing this year, the 21st president of Miami University has exciting personal news to share: he is going to be a grandpa.

President Hodge and his wife Val-erie Hodge are expecting their first grandchild in March 2014.

Valerie said their son Gene and his wife will celebrate six years of mar-riage in November. Gene is a con-struction executive and his wife is a reference librarian. They currently reside near Denver, Colo.

Both David and Valerie Hodge said they are very excited to become grandparents.

Meanwhile, their daughter Mer-iem Hodge is living at home in Ox-ford while finishing her dissertation for her doctoral program through the University of Georgia.

Though the expectation of a grandchild is hard to beat, David Hodge also said he was excited about some of the new initiatives on cam-pus, such as the “I Am Miami” initia-tive this year. He said it is a way for Miami students to come together and live up to these common values.

President Hodge explained that Miami has a culture of expectations created and sustained by the students. He said it is a highly competitive, but also very collaborative environment.

Using the Armstrong Student Cen-ter as an example, President Hodge said the university must be dedicated to seizing opportunities to make the academic and co-curricular experi-ence at Miami increasingly special.

Of all the events this year, Valerie Hodge said she is most excited for this grand opening.

“I know everyone is trying to imagine how fantastic it’s going to be, but it is just beyond anything you can imagine,” she said.

President Hodge agreed with his wife, saying the project will be trans-formative for students. He said he is eager for the opportunity the new building presents to students and student organizations to unite in a

common space. “I’ve come to understand in the

deepest way how the whole student experience is so critical to Miami – not just for the experience itself, but I really believe that it contributes to the success of our graduates,” President Hodge said.

While many projects are occur-ring on campus, both President Hodge and his wife are active in the Oxford community. Valerie Hodge has worked with the Oxford Com-munity Foundation for seven years. She is a board member for this foundation that gives out money

HODGE,SEE PAGE 8

JALEN WALKER THE MIAMI STUDENT

President David Hodge and his wife, Valerie, pose for a picture outside their home at Lewis Place on High St.reet. The couple is expecting a grandchild.

BY SHANNON O’CONNORFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Princess Theater on High Street is officially on track to reopen her doors to Oxford, though future owner Lindsay Myers said the spe-cific date remains unknown.

First established in 1911, an icon-ic keystone of Oxford’s Historic Up-town District closed Nov. 25, 2012. Oxford’s Economic Developer Alan Kyger said this occurred when Al-liance Entertainment, the company presiding over the Princess Theater, sold 25 of 26 movie houses to Regal Cinemas.

Based in Albany, Ind., semi-re-tired owner Anne Ragains said she wished to turn the multiplexes over to the “big boys.” But the Princess and her four screens was half the size of the others.

“A local movie theater wasn’t ex-actly what they were looking for,” Kyger said. “But since Oxford has been so supportive over the years, it

was a serious consideration to just donate the theater to the city.”

But before this became reality, a number of investors realized the Princess’s historical and financial value. Despite the usual difficulty of reselling and reusing movie the-aters, Kyger said various offers were quickly coming in.

Alliance originally hoped to se-vere all ties with the theaters at the end of 2012, but waited for an offer they couldn’t refuse.

Four investors at Red Brick Prop-erty Management in Oxford thought it worthwhile to resurrect the his-torical landmark, and purchased the property for an undisclosed sum. While there is a great deal of uncer-tainty about the future, Myers said they are excited for what lies ahead. According to Myers, architect has been hired to assist in updating the Princess to current standards.

“We intend to replace the previ-ously reel-to-reel screens with digi-tal, as well as update the seats and the menu,” Myers said.

As for the future films shown at the Princess, Myers said he is excit-ed over the number of options.

“While we will definitely be showing current releases, it is also possible we will offer a number of older classics,” Myers said. “We are also considering bringing foreign films to the house. Specifics are still

3COMMUNITYTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Dietitian offers thought for food

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BY SANAM SAHNIFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Grassroots Nutrition LLC came to Oxford with a mission: to edu-cate the community on how to stay healthy and happy.

Grassroots Nutrition LLC was founded by Holly Larson, a registered dietitian who pro-motes healthy lifestyles among Miami University students and Oxford residents.

“My goal is to make people be healthy and to look good and feel good and to give them the tools they need to actually do that,” Larson said.

Along with counseling ses-sions, Larson offers cooking les-sons and grocery store tours. The cooking lessons take place in her office, suite one at 5176 Morning Sun Rd.

“I have small groups come to my office,” Larson said. “I have all of the ingredients purchased already from the store.”

These classes are different from regular cooking classes, accord-ing to Larson. Participants do not simply watch someone cook, they sit together, learn together and have a full meal.

“I have vintage aprons for peo-ple to wear and I put on some fun music and then we completely cook the meal from start to finish together,” Larson said.

Larson gives participants tips relating serving portions. After the session, Larson said she emails the recipe to all of the participants.

Tours of the grocery range from simple things, such as identifying a ripe avocado, to reading nutri-tion labels properly, according to Larson.

However, she tries to fo-cus on how to buy healthfully and affordably.

“There are some great foods that are affordable even for col-lege students and I can help peo-ple find those,” Larson said.

Larson said she understands every college student has differ-ent needs and knows counseling a student who is training for a sport or a marathon is different from one who is trying to lose weight.

All three aspects of her busi-ness, cooking lessons, tours and counseling are priced separately, but she is willing to adjust based on a person’s needs.

“I would be happy to work with someone if they are interested

in doing more than one thing,” Larson said.

Larson said she also offers stu-dents simple tips, one being to eat a good breakfast everyday.

“I try to help people understand that it doesn’t have to be compli-cated or hard to be healthy and successful,” Larson said.

She recommends an easy earl-morning meal such as hard-boiled eggs and a banana.

“I encourage people to pack healthy snacks like a small bag of almonds or an apple,” Larson said.

According to Larson, these snacks keep one going if it has been long since they had a proper meal.

Miami senior and nutrition major Katie Arlinghaus is cur-rently interning with Grassroots Nutrition. She recently switched career paths and decided to become a dietitian.

According to Arlinghaus, Lar-son also gives suggestions about what to do before someone gets sick.

“She does a lot of like pre-ventative things and she’s pro-moting a healthy lifestyle,” Arlinghaus said.

As a college student herself, Arlinghaus understands the chal-lenges people face when it comes to consuming healthy foods and maintaining a proper diet.

“I think it’s really easy to get a lot of quick and convenient foods that are heavily processed which is not the most healthy option,” Arlinghaus said.

Athough Miami provides many healthy options on campus, stu-dents still need to know what they are eating, Arlinghaus said.

“There’s a lack of education I guess and Holly can fill that gap,” Arlinghaus said.

Sophomore James Rooney said the service provided by Lar-son is something he might be interested in.

“When I’m on campus, I try to eat extra healthy,” Rooney said.

Larson’s blog is easily accessi-ble, and she regularly posts recipe ideas and shopping tips.

“I’m just trying to empower people with all the tools that they need to be successful,” Larson said.

Anyone interested in learning more about Grassroots Nutrition LLC can find links to the websites at The Miami Student online.

We intend to replace the previously reel-to-reel screens with digital, as well as update the seats and the menu.”

LINDSAY MYERSFUTURE PRINCESS OWNER

Sleeping beauty is kissed awake by capitol investors

Patterson produces pasta and pancakes in OxfordBY MATTHEW RIGALIFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Paesano’s Pasta House owner Mike Patterson said the restaurant business has been in his blood since age 14. But it wasn’t always his life’s work.

“I did a lot of radio,” Patterson said. “I was in radio for 12 years.”

A job opportunity with a large communications company brought Patterson from New Jersey to Ox-ford. But after twelve years in the industry, Patterson had enough.

“I commuted to Cincinnati, and one day I came home from work and

said, ‘I don’t like it,’” Patterson said. According to Patterson, it was

then he knew it was time to get back into restaurant business. In Decem-ber 2003, Patterson bought the Up-town Café, now Patterson’s Café, in Stewart Square.

“I was a short order cook when I was 16, doing breakfast and lunch, which is what led me to Patterson’s,” he said.

“At the time we moved in, there was no Italian restaurant,” Patter-son said, “The one big question you always come across is ‘Where’s a good Italian restaurant in town?’ We

thought it was an opportunity.”One year later, Patterson said,

a golf game between he and two neighbors got the ball rolling.

“On the third hole, we got caught in a thunderstorm,” Patterson said. “I told them what I wanted to do: to open up an Italian restaurant. And they said, ‘We’re in.’”

Patterson bought the old Mary Jo’s Cuisine, at 308 S. Campus Ave., and got right to work.

“We rebuilt the whole place and opened it up in November 2004,” Patterson said. “I just wanted to call it ‘The Pasta House’.”

But friend and business part-ner, Pat Lanni, had a different idea, Patterson said.

Lanni suggested the restaurant be named ‘Paesano’s Pasta House,’ be-cause paesano means friend or coun-tryman in Italian. Patterson agreed.

Today, Paesano’s offers doz-ens of pasta selections, including a create-your-own option, for those who want to mix and match various pastas and sauces, Patterson said.

“It’s the best Italian food in Ox-ford. You can pick anything on the menu and you know it’ll be good,” said Miami sophomore Davis Staley.

As far as his choice for best item on the menu, Patterson shows no hesitation.

“I always say the alfredo sauce,” Patterson said. “We don’t just make a big, 10-gallon batch of alfredo. We

make it to order every single time. It’s the perfect Alfredo sauce.”

Patterson acknowledges his repu-tation for having high standards.

“I think we’re probably perceived as difficult people to work for, be-cause we want it right. There’s a reason we have lines: we do a good job,” said Patterson.

Paesano’s employee Drew Re-uss knows these high standards make the customer’s experience all the better.

“Everybody’s trained, everybody knows what they’re doing. They’re really nice guys to work for,” Reuss said.

For Patterson, the best part about working in the restaurant business is seeing customers excited about his establishments.

“It’s a very gratifying effect to see that people actually want to come and eat at your restaurant,” Patterson said. “People line up to eat at Pat-terson’s; people line up to eat at Pae-sano’s. It’s very redeeming.”

Patterson is preparing to open Cru wine bar immediately next door to Patterson’s Café in Stewart Square. He said he is very excited to be-gin yet another culinary adventure in Oxford.

Paesano’s Pasta House is located at 308 South Campus Ave. and is open Tuesday through Thursday and Sundays from 5 to 9 p.m., and Friday through Saturday from 5 to 10 p.m.

LENO DAVIS THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami senior and football cornerback Austin Boucher and girlfriend Lexi Kryriakedes relive their first date at Paesano’s Pasta House.

RYAN HOLTZ THE MIAMI STUDENT

Princess Theater, the sleeping beauty, rests with a dormant marquee awaiting her prince charming (i.e. an investor).

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BY BRITTON PERELMANFOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Based on Miami alum Will Haygood’s article, “A Butler Well Served By This Election,” Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” boasts a star-filled cast and an inspir-ing story that is bound to be seen again at the Oscars in February.

The film chronicles the life of Cecil Gaines, a butler who served in the White House for eight presidential administra-tions that encompassed the civil rights movement.

The acting, on all accounts, is spot on from the lead charac-ters to those with roles so minor they only get seconds of screen time. Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey shine as Cecil and Glo-ria Gaines, bringing to life both the hardships and love of this rock-solid relationship.

A delightful and sometimes amusing cast of Hollywood’s finest portrays five presidential administrations. From Robin Wil-liams, John Cusack and Live Sch-reiber, to Jane Fonda, Alan Rick-man and Vanessa Redgrave, all are aged to perfection with superb costuming and makeup.

The film moves at a steady pace, one that does not make the final running time of just over two hours feel long at all. With Whitaker’s smooth, grandfatherly voice as narration, the story is told in fragments and short scenes from the Gaines family’s life. These snippets of memory are the gems, the heart and soul of the film. Through them, we see Ce-cil’s interactions with presidents and their families as the White House methodically ushers them in and out. Figureheads from

history that oftentimes do not seem like normal people are dis-played with complexities and de-tails that make them come alive. We see Eisenhower (Williams) painting for relaxation, Johnson (Schreiber) cozying up with his dogs late at night and Cecil’s gen-tle kindness as he assures a young Caroline Kennedy that her doll is not broken.

With such a large cast to cover the many aspects of the story and the civil rights movement, some critics have said the film lacks a consistent point of view, yet I dis-agree. Cecil Gaines is the constant in a movie who depicts the reality of a rapidly changing world. So-ciety changes dramatically, presi-dents and their families are cycled through the White House and his own children quickly grow up be-fore his eyes, yet Cecil remains a steadfast fixture essential in the lives he touches, as well as the film depicting him. Cecil learns to serve in silence, to blend into the background of a crowded room. He is told, “you hear nothing; you see nothing; you only serve.”

The Butler’s consistent point of view is Cecil’s and, through it, the viewer experiences the movie in much the same way Cecil experi-ences his life: as an outsider who must contend with simply watch-ing history pass before our eyes. This is not a fault as some critics are calling it, but is, instead, an accomplishment of the narrative. The true beauty of “The Butler” is in the unassuming way it tells the story of a single man who witnessed history being made from the inside.

BY ERIC MOENICH FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The seventh annual Hike-A-Thon is coming to the Oxford area this Saturday to celebrate the beauty of Miami Universi-ty’s campus and the surrounding natural areas.

With over 1,000 acres of land and 17 miles of hiking trails, there is certainly a reason why Rob-ert Frost said that Miami is “the most beautiful campus that ever there was.”

The Miami University Natural Areas Department is dedicated to raising awareness for all of the beauty that Oxford has to offer.

“Many students will graduate not knowing about these areas until later in life and wish that they experienced them before,” Field Manager Jim Reid said, who takes care of the entirety of the natural areas and started the first Hike-A-Thon about six years ago. “We hope that this event

will allow students to discover a place for exercise, solace or just appreciating beauty.”

With last year’s event bringing in nearly 800 participants from the Indiana, Hamilton, Cincinnati and Oxford areas, Reid said he and his crew are very excited for this year’s Hike-A-Thon. Some of the events included in the Hike-A-Thon are one to five mile walks, nature hikes, Audubon-led Bird Walks and free neck massages. There will also be refreshments provided by Moon Co-op.

“Generally, about half of the attendees have never been to the natural areas before,” Reid said. “We hope that these students can discover a place of joy and beauty that they can enjoy during their time at Miami.”

David Russell, a Zoology pro-fessor at Miami, said he is also involved with the project and sees it as an important opportunity for Miami students to appreciate the world around them.

“Many people are unfamiliar with the natural beauty here on campus,” Russell said. “We have a chance to experience this beauty in the world around us. Anybody who has the opportunity should go. Not only is it a fun way to get the community together, it’s worthwhile to see the gorgeous trails and nature here at Miami.”

Russell leads the bird walks at the Hike-A-Thon during which he introduces community members to the wide variety of migratory birds that pass through Oxford on their way to warmer climates such as those found in South America.

In addition to the faculty and staff taking part in the Hike-A-Thon, many students also volun-teer to make the project possible. Sophomore zoology major Ben Glazier maintains and grooms the eastern half of the trails on cam-pus as a field worker and said he hopes to see more people com-ing out to appreciate Miami’s natural areas.

“From time to time I see differ-ent athletic teams using the trails, and I’d like to see more people on them,” Glazier said. “We hope to get students involved, interested

and aware of these areas; many students don’t realize what is out there. Also, I spend a lot of time keeping the trails pretty.”

The natural areas themselves were gifted to Miami from Ox-ford families that wanted to pre-serve the beautiful landscape. Since then, many clubs, athletes, photographers and researchers on

campus have used them. The Mi-ami University Natural Areas De-partment is eager to bring students and community members alike to participate in the event.

The Hike-A-Thon will take place Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m 0.7 miles east of South Pat-terson Avenue on Rt. 73, past Dit-mer Field and the Equestrian Cen-ter. The event is completely free and open to everyone, including friendly dogs on leashes, no regis-try is required and all participants also receive a free t shirt.

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‘The Butler’ serves up a wonderful cast and story

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AND THEY CAN DANCE TOOThe Miami University Marching Band entertains the crowd before Saturday’s game with a perfor-mance on the Millett Lawn.

Many people are unfamiliar with the natural beauty here on campus. We have a chance to experience this beauty in the world around us. Anybody who has the opportu-nity should go.”

DAVID RUSSELLMIAMI UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

Miami encourages students to take a hike

Family Weekend stirs up fun for the whole family with festivities for all agesBY BILLY RAFAELARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

With the semester just about a quarter way through already, those feeling a little homesick can take comfort in Miami Universi-ty’s Family Weekend coming up.

Beginning on Friday Oct. 4, Miami students are encour-aged to invite their whole family down for a weekend of activities hosted by Miami Activities and Programming (MAP).

According to senior Emily Hertel, Family Weekend co-chair, MAP focused on creating as full of a schedule as possible, keeping people on campus, giving them multiple options to spend their time and minimizing the breaks between events.

“Something we want to empha-size this year is making events open for all families, particularly younger siblings,” Hertel said. “We wanted there to be a cohe-siveness to the weekend.”

The weekend will kickoff at Uptown Park Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., with free food and live music. The Miami University Student Foundation will be hosting its 12th annual

Auction & Dinner from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Shriver Heri-tage Room, raising money for student scholarships. Families are then invited to a 9:30 p.m. bonfire at the patio behind Garland Hall, where there will be s’mores, pop-corn and a magic show.

For Saturday morning, MAP has teamed up with the Oxford Farmer’s Market, bringing in a petting zoo and a face painter in addition to the market’s weekly offerings. Tailgate Town will then start up 11 a.m. on the lawn out-side Millett, complete with food, inflatables and entertainment, leading into the football game against Central Michigan.

At halftime there will be a pre-sentation for “Family Member of the Year,” an award selected through an application process where students can submit a short essay on a family mem-ber who has made a substantial impact on them.

Saturday’s festivities will con-clude with food-loving comedian Jim Gaffigan putting on an all-ages show at Millett.

“I’ve seen him live before and he had me dying,” sophomore Brian Mochtyak said. “I can’t wait to see him again. The show

[at Family Weekend] should be great.”

Gaffigan is known for his clean comedy, going along with MAP’s focus on making the whole week-end family-friendly. Tickets for Gaffigan’s show are $38 and available through the Shriver Box Office.

Sunday morning there will be a closing brunch in Goggin Ice Center from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., featuring a keynote address from former head ice hockey coach Steve Cady.

“Our main goal was to engage everyone,” senior Abby Pautz, also co-chair for the event, said. “Even if you family isn’t com-ing, you can still come out with your Miami family, the friends you’ve made here, and have a good time.”

If your family cannot make it down this weekend MAP has other opportunities to expose them to the Miami atmosphere planned for the near future, in-cluding Homecoming Week starting Oct. 14 with the theme “Follow the Red Brick Road.” In the meantime, tell your par-ents and siblings to dust off their red and white and prepare for an exciting weekend.

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to come, but when everything is finalized, we hope to give Oxford a movie theater like no one has seen before.”

Kyger said, despite the location and relative lack of available parking spots, he looks forward to having a theater in Oxford again.

“Oxford teenagers and Miami University students without cars

will be able to enjoy a theater right here on High Street,” Kyger said. “The Princess Theater is the fabric of our community and we want to keep it that way.”

Miami students are also excited about the return of the Princess. Ju-nior Haley Wright, a graphic design major hailing from Oxford, said she looks forward to the return of her childhood theater.

“The princess has created so many great memories in my life. I saw my

very first movie there, and my love for all aspects of cinema has only grown since then. I intend on using my degree to create movie posters and title sequences because of my experiences at this theater,” Wright said. “Oxford really lost something special when it closed last year. I’m so happy to hear it will be up and running back where it belongs.”

For more information and future updates, people can like “Save the Princess Theater” on Facebook.

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double-double with 38 as-sists and 12 digs, and senior li-bero Madison Hardy had 24 digs while Reiswig got 11 kills on her way to being named to the All-Tournament team.

“Without Below, we had a dif-ficult time with our ball control and passing,” head coach Caro-lyn Condit said. “Our serving er-rors hurt us [against Northwest-ern]. We struggled with some high level teams. I believe we learned a lot against good com-petition. [Freshman middle hit-ter] Paige Hill was able to play some this weekend and played great when she was in. Riley’s ability to play defense was en-couraging and Reiswig played

solid the whole weekend.”Hardy spoke of what can be

taken away from this weekend moving forward.

“It was a learning experience,” she said. “We saw what our weaknesses are and we saw what great role players we have, espe-cially Reiswig. We faced more experienced, stronger teams this weekend. We weren’t as good as we can be and we’ll learn to fight. There’s strong competi-tion in the MAC, so the teams we faced will have prepared us for them.”

The RedHawks make their return to Oxford this week-end as they open MAC play against Bowling Green State University 7 p.m. Thursday and Western Michigan University 5 p.m. Saturday.

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It’s office hours with the presi-dent and vice president of our student body. The door is open and they’re there to listen. And if you’re reading this before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, you should head over to Bell Tower’s Caribbean Room to talk one-on-one with your new student body president and vice president Charlie Sch-reiber and Courtney Bernard.

With their ultimate goal to be “accessible to every student on Miami’s campus,” this reoccur-ring office-hour type event will give any student, first-year or super-senior, the ability to sit down and talk with these key decision-makers about anything and everything.

Throughout their spring cam-paign, Charlie and Courtney, a.k.a Empower Miami, stressed the importance of closing the gap between the student government and the student body.

Their Twitter and Facebook pages were highly-used re-sources for communication be-tween Empower Miami and Miami students during their spring campaign and these first weeks of school.

The Editorial Board at The Mi-ami Student is glad we are seeing some changes in ASG’s attempts to connect with their students. “Tuesdays with Charlie and Courtney” is a great leap forward in creating transparency between the student body and ASG.

A lot of students don’t realize the importance of ASG and their impact on things such as tuition, on-campus events and Miami’s 400 plus student organizations. ASG also oversees Miami Ac-tivities & Programming (MAP), Residence Hall Association (RHA) and club sports’ budgets.

The big picture: they have a lot more decision-making power than the average student may realize.

Though it may seem intimi-dating we encourage every-one to attend these events and speak up about issues they have on campus.

“I think its certainly something people will go to later on, but maybe not the first one. People might be intimidated because they don’t know what to expect,” Senior Madeline Broda said.

Though we may be a bit anx-ious sometimes when approach-ing our professors during of-fice hours, we hope “Tuesdays with Charlie and Courtney” will be different.

Students should feel encour-aged and comfortable approach-ing these two; they are our peers after all. For example, on their Facebook event page, they write, “Grab a snack and just introduce yourself or get din-ner and spend the entire time with us - we want to get to know you!”

They’re already setting a total-ly-approachable tone, which we think is necessary to get students to attend.

There is a physical place for students to meet with Charlie and Courtney in a casual environ-ment which is important to the well-being and connectivity of ASG’s executive board and Mi-ami’s 15,000 undergrads.

We see a lot of things worth praise with Charlie and Court-ney’s new Tuesday night initia-tives. Though if you’re like us, this is probably the first you’re hearing about this.

The first “Tuesdays with Char-lie and Courtney” definitely has the potential to see a line out the door though we’re not sure how many students really know about the event—outside of ASG-fa-natics and friends of the duo.

“I started following their cam-paign last semester and that is how I knew about [Tuesdays with Charlie and Courtney],” Broda said.

Other than those recently ex-posed to their campaign just a few months ago, word-of-mouth may contribute to higher atten-dance later on in the semester.

Currently, the Charlie and Courtney Facebook page has 566 likes and their Twitter page has 340 followers. Enrollment at Miami is about 15,000 under-graduates, so that’s 3.7 percent of the student body connected with them on Facebook and 2.3 per-cent of the student body follow-ing them on Twitter.

If Charlie and Courtney can manage to inform more people about this event, they can have an impact on Miami that we’ve needed for quite some time.

It’s no secret that Vladimir Putin had an Op-Ed published in the New York Times on Sept. 11, speaking

directly to the Ameri-can people about Rus-sia’s stance on Syria, titled “A Plea For Caution From Russia: What Putin has to say to Americans about Syria.”

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi slammed the New York Times for publishing the col-umn, saying “It’s, I guess, a lobbyist who gets him that big space in the New York Times.”

Sen. John McCain also lashed out against the Op-Ed, citing in his own column on English.Pravda.ru “He is not enhancing Russia’s global reputation. He is destroying it. He has made her a friend to tyrants and an enemy to the oppressed, and untrusted by nations that seek to build a safer, more peaceful and prosperous world.”

The column even wanted to make Sen. Robert Menendez “vomit” when it almost ruined his dinner, ac-cording to CNN. What exactly was so revolting about Putin’s column that almost caused Menendez’s per-fectly good meal to be ruined?

For starters, Putin stated, “The United Nations’ founders under-stood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by

consensus, and with America’s con-sent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter.”

Where was the consensus with Russia and Chechnya? What hap-pened to international consensus in 2008 when Russia went to war with Georgia along the break-away regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia?

“Not only did Russia invade Georgia, it carved out two parts of Russia,” Director of Havinghurst Center for Russian and Post-So-viet Studies at Miami University Karen Dawisha said. “Russia just set up Ossetia and Abkhazia, and they are the only country that has recognized them.”

Putin wrote in a 1999 column to the NYT about his motivation to move into Chechnya stating “But when a society’s core interests are besieged by violent elements, re-sponsible leaders must respond. That is our purpose in Chechnya, and we are determined to see it through. The understanding of our friends abroad would be helpful.”

Putin can go into Chechnya re-gardless of what the rest of the world thinks, but then says the U.S intervening in Syria should only happen with international con-sensus. I guess only some rules apply to Russia.

He goes on to state the war in Syria is “an internal conflict fueled by foreign weapons supplied to the opposition,” and “Russia has advo-cated peaceful dialogue enabling Syrians to develop a compromise

plan for their own future.” According to Reuters, in Au-

gust, President Bashaar al-Assad had been settling his bills for arms orders through the Russian bank-ing system. Assad’s payments have increased in recent months. Accord-ing to a Syrian defense ministry defector, Russian weapons have accounted for 50 percent of Syria’s

arms imports before the uprising against Assad in 2011. When pro-tests began, Russia sent almost $1 billion in arms to troops. Putin’s claim of Syria being an internal conflict fueled by foreign weapons is dripping in hypocrisy, consider-ing they are one of the major inter-national players.

Asaad also ordered the use of chemical weapons against his own people. This is the same person Russia whole-heartedly defends while they cite the rebels as the is-sue. According to The Telegraph, Brigadier-General Zaher al-Saket, a former chemical weapons chief in

Asaad’s army, said he was ordered three times to use chemical weap-ons by the president.

Moscow also claims it was the rebels who perpetrated the Gh-outa massacre, where 1,400 people were killed by Sarin gas according to a UN Report. The report how-ever contained damaging evidence against the Assad regime for be-ing responsible. This isn’t peaceful dialogue, and Russia isn’t funding a protagonist in this twisted story.

The almost laughable element is when he ends the column with “We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal,” after chastising President Obama for saying the U.S. is exceptional.

In June, Russia passed a bill in the lower house of parliament against “homosexual propaganda” which bans non-traditional sexual relations among minors according to The Guardian.

“If you walk down the street holding hands, that is considered propaganda,” said Dawisha. In July, Putin also signed a law banning the adoption of Russian-born children to gay couples according to The New York Times. Life in Russia seems certainly equal.

Editorial page editor of the NYT Andrew Rosenthal was asked by many how this column was re-ceived, and why he published it.

“It is not the purpose of the Op-Ed pages to help or hurt the American government. It is to present a variety of interesting and newsworthy points of view, at

least some of which will be con-trary to The Times’s own point of view, expressed in its editorials,” Rosenthal said, which was posted on Margaret Sullivan’s blog on the NYT website.

Why is it very few heads of state have had their own columns pub-lished, but Putin has been published twice? Even Rosenthal admitted to this about the opinion section. Ketchum, an American public rela-tions firm who represents Russian interests in the United States, ap-proached the editorial department about the column, which was pub-lished the same day it was received.

“What are the forces behind our media?” Dawisha asked. “Should this make people think about the media in general? What about other firms? How many times does the NYT sit down with other prime ministers and heads of state? How many times has the White House stopped something from being published?”

These are also questions many others have raised, including Pelosi. If a reader takes a look at Putin’s column about Syria and doesn’t dis-sect it, they will leave the opinion page with merely just an opinion concocted by a PR specialist, and not actual truth.

Columns and Op-Eds should provide opposing view points as Rosenthal states, but in the case of Vladimir Putin’s piece, readers need to go beyond the written word and research before they make accurate judgments on an issue based off Op-Eds, especially on issues like Syria.

With the fine fall weather and everybody back at school, there are a lot more bicycles on the road— across campus and across town. This is a good time for stu-dents to review standard laws for bicyclists and cars.

Here are some best practices for those of us in cars and on bikes.

Both cyclists and car drivers must obey traffic signals and stop signs and should ride on the right side of the road. Riding on the left is illegal and dangerous for both cars and bikes.

By Ohio law, bicyclists may ride on sidewalks in certain areas, but it’s not a good idea. Accident studies show that even low-speed sidewalk riding has about double the accident rate as riding on the road. The danger increases with speed. If you ride on the side-walk, every intersection and even every driveway is a potential collision site. Motorists crossing your path do not look for conflict-ing traffic on the sidewalk, espe-cially if you are coming from the “wrong way.”

Bicyclists are prohibited from riding on sidewalks in the Oxford Uptown area.

The rules for turns are exactly the same for bicycles as for other

vehicles – merge to the appropri-ate position (right for right turns, left for left turns), yield to any traffic that has the right of way and then turn. For cyclists, getting into position for a left turn may involve merging across lanes of traffic. If traffic is heavy, cyclists should start doing this early to take advantage of gaps in traffic. Make sure you are visible to all cars as you move into the turning lane, use hand signals indicating your turn and try to get eye con-tact with drivers of cars. Begin-ning cyclists may want to make pedestrian-style turns instead by dismounting and walking the bi-cycle through the intersection

Like car drivers, bicyclists should never turn or change lanes without first yielding to any traf-fic that has the right of way, and give a signal if possible.

In addition to legal guidelines, cyclists should follow general best practices.

Be safe. Wear a bike helmet! Be predictable: make your inten-tions clear to motorists and other road users. Ride in a straight line and don’t swerve between parked cars. Signal turns, and check be-hind you well before turning or changing lanes. Be Visible: ride where drivers can see you and wear bright clothing. When rid-ing in the dark or twilight, cy-clists should always use both a headlight and blinking taillight. Many cyclists also use a blinking taillight in the daytime. Lights, reflectors, and bright colored bik-ing shirts and tunics are avail-able at any bike shop. Anticipate: consider what drivers, pedestri-ans, and other bicyclists will do next. Watch for turning vehicles and ride outside the door zone of parked cars. Look out for debris, potholes, and utility covers. Cross railroad tracks at right angles.

For automobile drivers, there are also a number of best prac-tices to be aware of when sharing the road with cyclists.

Move to the center of the road when passing a cyclist. Don’t honk at a cyclist as it could scare the cyclist into a fall. If you want to gain a cyclist’s attention, tap your horn lightly. After parking your car, look carefully in your rearview mirror before open-ing your car door so that you do not injure a passing cyclist. Drivers might consider turn-ing their head lights on, to make it easier for cyclists to see you coming, both ahead and in their rearview mirrors.

For more information, see the League of American Bicy-clists for additional informa-tion. www.bikeleague.org/ and the Ohio Bicycle Federation www.ohiobike.org/

In addition, the Ohio Depart-ment of Transportation provides a number of helpful handbooks on smart bicycling, Ohio bike-ways, information about biking to work, and funding opportuni-ties for local governments and private citizens to encourage, ed-ucate, and design pedestrian and bicycle facilities. www.dot.state.oh.us/bike.

Oxford’s local bicycle shop, Bike Wise, located at 9 North Beech St. http://bikewiseoxford.com/ sells new and used bikes and a lot of bike safety equipment, in-cluding helmets and lights.

Share the road!

Kate Rousmaniere is a profes-sor in the Department of Edu-cational Leadership, an elected member of the Oxford City Coun-cil, and a bike enthusiast.

Share the road: Rules all drivers, riders should know about bicycle safety for the fall season

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Mega Fair was overwhelming. I remember first walking through the gaggle of groups as a fresh-man and feeling frightened. How could I possibly narrow my inter-ests to fit my schedule? Boasting nearly 600 student clubs and orga-nizations, there seems to be a niche for everyone.

Now, after participating in Mega Fair as a sophomore, I have seen things from the other side. I ex-amined fearful freshman, clinging to their roommates, relinquishing their unique ID to student groups as though it were a badge of honor.

They seem to wonder, which or-ganization do I belong in? Which organization will be my namesake? It’s as if we all believe the smallest, most quantifiable facets of our life on campus will define us, when in fact, isn’t it simply Miami Univer-sity that holds us all together?

From the moment of your arrival on campus, you are your major, your residence hall and your past. After all, you will be asked the same four questions for your first week in Oxford.

“Oh, you’re a philosophy major? So is my roommate!”

“You’re from Chicago? What high school?”

Your name, major, dorm and hometown are your identity. Stu-dents utilize these components as they attempt to make surface-level connections. Such is understand-able of course, as one is forced to make hundreds of introductions throughout the first semester.

Slowly, you forge connections through your residence hall, wheth-er it is through run-ins at the water fountain, initial hall meetings, or greetings to those with an open door. You share camaraderie with your fellow residents, as you partake in various hall events, including the dreaded fire safety workshop, and you will never believe another hall could rival your own.

Then Mega Fair approaches and your companions become those within your chosen organiza-tions. Rush takes place and your new brothers and sisters are your selected confidantes and entertain-ment. Classes are now regular and your preferred study group develops a routine.

As freshman year draws to a close, most feel assimilated within the student population. We return sophomore year with a sort of

righteousness, returning to greet friends, revisit old haunts and domi-nate our new schedule.

And though we’ve undergone the same experience, it feels simi-lar to a rite of passage to shout at clusters of young underclassmen, “Freshmen!”

It is only natural that small sib-ling-esque rivalries should form on campus, between classes, residence halls, and even student organiza-tions. Truthfully, we can’t expect the College Republicans and Col-lege Democrats to agree on every-thing. But even between colleges, alienation occurs. Before the ad-dition of my marketing major, the Farmer School of Business seemed to glisten behind its gates, with op-portunity beyond all imagination, just out of my reach as a member of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Of course, now a Farmer student, I don’t see why I ever felt so ex-cluded from the school, yet I know of similar mindsets held by oth-ers, feeling as though their college is its own entity.

These attitudes, these silly psyches that our majors and orga-nizational involvement on campus define us, disregard the overwhelm-ing fact that we are all RedHawks. Each of us has gone through the same process of applying to Miami, exploring the campus and determin-ing our favorite study spots.

Our differences aside, we all take part in the Miami experience. Each of us has walked past President Hodge’s house and marveled at its beauty. We have hastened our steps around the seal, rubbed the sundial and remarked at the picturesque quality of MacCracken’s quad.

Truly, whether a student orga-nization or club, residence hall or house, major or college, takes up the majority of your time on cam-pus, we must all remember, we are all Miami. Bound together by his-tory, academia and tradition. And if in the future, I happen to be walk-ing through an airport, train station, mall or event, and I have the good fortune of spotting someone in Miami apparel, I won’t be fazed if they were a freshman when I was a senior. We are both Miamians, and even with our differences acknowl-edged, we share a commonality of true love and honor.

To define a Miamian, look past the surface to find deeper unity

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President Hodge has also worked to foster collaboration between the university and the community to mu-tually promote each other.

“I’ve been disappointed in the past that you walk Uptown and you often don’t see that Miami pride,” he said.

Because they are so involved in the community, the Hodges said they thought the rumor floating around that they had moved out of their home at Lewis Place on High Street was absurd.

“It’s remarkable – we keep hear-ing that we live in Cincinnati or other places and we’re befuddled as to how to explain that,” David Hodge said.

President Hodge also said he wanted to deny the rumor that he dis-likes students involved in Greek life in light of issues in past years.

“Another rumor is that I hate Greeks, and that is absolutely positively not true,” President Hodge said.

He said it is to be expected that feelings of frustration and disap-pointment will arise when members of the Greek community make poor decisions. However, he also said the ideals and lasting friendships in the Greek community are admirable.

“We have always said our goal is to be a model Greek system for people across the country,” President Hodge said. “We want people to say ‘Miami has it right – people live up to their values, they have a great time and have a strong philanthropy.’”

the past two years. “As a mentor, I help the Fulbright

participants feel welcome at Mi-ami and answer any questions they might have,” McVickers said.

The seminar will start Wednesday with a trip to the CityLink Center in Cincinnati, which is where people come to break free from poverty, McVicker said. The CityLink Cen-ter offers employment services and

financial resources under one roof, according to their website. The Af-ghan participants will be able to see what poverty looks like in an urban U.S. environment.

Thursday and Friday, faculty from Miami’s Social Entrepreneur-ship center will lead workshops on social enterprise, Bergman said. The Fulbright participants will then split up into social enterprise workshops to develop a product or service designed to solve social problems in Afghanistan.

“It’s quite like zombies just walking around,” Stothfang said. “They’re engulfed in their phones, they just don’t know what they’re doing.”

First-year Nathan Anneken said he also sees students using cell phones while crossing streets.

“It can be annoying sometimes,” Anneken said. “I think it’s more

dangerous when they’re texting than when they’re on the phone because they’re not really paying attention to what’s around them.”

Stothfang said he would guess other colleges and universities also have a large number of students distracted by cell phones when crossing crosswalks.

“I would say it’s a problem [at Mi-ami], but it’s most likely a problem at every other college in the U.S.,” Stothfang said.

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The Miami University soccer team’s (3-5-0) offense was stifled Sunday as they were shutout by Mar-shall University (5-2-1) 1-0.

The loss was the fourth in a row for the RedHawks, all of them by a single goal.

Head coach Bobby Kramig said he was disappointed in his team’s ef-fort, which he called “lethargic.”

“I didn’t think that we played par-ticularly well today,” Kramig said. “I think we were very slow starting the game. I don’t think we had a very good, productive first half. I think we were better in the second half, but we did not put a complete game together today and I think losing to Marshall was a fair result.”

Marshall junior forward Myke

DeMarco provided the lone goal for the Thundering Herd in the 23rd minute of the first half. Freshman for-ward Sydney Arnold passed the ball from the right corner to a wide-open DeMarco at the top of the penalty area. DeMarco fired the ball into the top of the net for the score.

The ’Hawks dominated posses-sion in the second half but were un-able to capitalize. They managed only one shot on goal, a laser by ju-nior midfielder Kelsey Dinges that was easily handled by Marshall se-nior goalkeeper Lizzy Lemons.

Miami’s offense was rolling re-cently despite the losing streak, scoring eight goals over its last three contests. However, they were unable to mount any kind of attack against Marshall’s stingy defense. The shut-out lowered the Thundering Herd’s goals allowed average to 0.62 per

game this season. It was the first time MU has been shutout since Septem-ber 14, 2012.

Kramig said he accepted the blame for the ’Hawks’ lack of energy.

“I don’t think that we were pre-pared for this game the way we needed to be,” Kramig said. “I don’t think that we had the right mentality, and that’s my fault. My job is to make sure they are prepared, and clearly we were not.”

One area in which the RedHawks showed improvement was on de-fense. The ’Hawks had allowed 11 goals over their previous three matches, but they only surrendered one goal and held Marshall to just five shots total.

Team captain and junior de-fenseman Courtney Zanotti at-tributed the improved defense to a new team mindset, especially from the back four.

“I think the difference was our at-titude about defending,” Zanotti said. “We went out there with a lot more intensity and passion and it showed.”

Kramig made several lineup changes before the game in the hopes of sparking the defense. Among the recipients of more minutes were freshmen defenders Rachel Marble and Dana Miller.

Outside of the defensive break-down that led to the game’s only goal, Kramig said he was pleased with his team’s improved defensive effort.

“Certainly it was better,” Kramig said. “We changed up our lineup … and I thought those kids played pretty well. I thought that Rachel Marble did a nice job at right-back, I thought that [redshirt freshman midfielder/defenseman] Shannon Stearns and Dana Miller both played well. Hopefully we’re on the right track defensively now.”

The loss to Marshall was the Red-Hawks’ last non-conference game. Miami begins Mid-American Con-ference play when they travel to the University of Akron (3-3-2) Friday.

BY JOE GIERINGERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

In what was nearly a monumental upset, the Miami University foot-ball team fell just short, allowing only two touchdowns in the last five minutes of the game en route to a 14-0 shutout loss at the hands of the University of Cincinnati.

The RedHawks (0-3) entered Saturday’s rivalry matchup allow-ing 46.5 points per game, which ranked in the bottom 10 nationally. But it was their defense, as well as special teams, that gave the ’Hawks a chance to steal their first win out from under the Bearcats’ noses in the 118th Battle for the Victory Bell.

“The defense did an outstand-ing job, obviously keeping them off the scoreboard,” Miami head coach Don Treadwell said in the post-game press conference. “Offensively, we had some opportunities and at the end of the day, we’ve got to be able

to make the big catches, and when we have those opportunities we’ve got to be able to make the throws and protect the quarterback, and be bal-anced and run the football.”

The RedHawks offense gained just 84 total yards on 45 plays. They managed only four first downs, and seven total rushing yards on 27 at-tempts, landing them at 0.2 yards per carry. Miami ranks last in the FBS in yards per game.

“You can’t ask a defense and a special teams to play any better than they did and give you a chance to win,” redshirt senior co-captain and quarterback Austin Boucher, who was visibly frustrated after the game said. “That’s the offense’s job to put up points and we didn’t do that. That one hurts. I didn’t make enough plays, we didn’t make enough plays, and we didn’t execute.”

In the special teams department, redshirt senior punter Zac Murphy was a bright spot for the RedHawks.

Murphy averaged 52.4 yards per punt on eight attempts, including an 84-yard boot that set a new school record. He currently leads the nation with a punting average of 49.8, and garnered Mid-American Conference (MAC) Sepcial Teams Player of the Week honors. Senior defensive back Dayonne Nunley also received kudos as he was named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week for his 10 tackles, interception and three pass breakups.

Treadwell said the loss hurts, but expects his team will move forward and focus on the rest of the season.

“We’ve got three games behind us, certainly all disappointing,” Treadwell said. “This one always hurts a little more as you know it’s the rivalry game. We’ll learn from what we’ve done and what we con-tinue to do, because there’s a lot of football left in front of us, and our team knows that. We’ll be able to bounce back and move forward.”

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FOOTBALL

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Miami suffers shutout against Marshall

BEN TAYLOR THE MIAMI STUDENTMiami University midfielder Kelsey Dinges winds up to strike the ball in the RedHawks’ 4-3 OT loss against the University of Purdue Sept. 15.

BY JORDAN RINARDSENIOR STAFF WRITER

In its final tournament be-fore Mid-American Confer-ence (MAC) play, the Miami University volleyball team fell to Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IU-PUI) 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-22), Northwestern University 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-15) and the University of South Florida 3-1(25-15, 26-24, 20-25, 25-17) in the Wildcat Classic. The RedHawks (8-4) are now on their longest losing streak of the season and are without the ser-vices of freshman middle hit-ter Maris Below due to a stress fracture in her leg.

The first set against IUPUI (6-8) was a tight-knit affair for the majority of it until sophomore outside hitter Annie Reiswig posted back-to-back kills to clinch the set 25-23. The Jaguars tied the match 1-1 off of a 25-22 win, which saw an 11-3 run that Miami could not come back from. In the third set, the story was the same as the Jags got on a 10-4 run on their way to win-ning the set 25-17. The ‘Hawks held the advantage for the early part of the fourth set, holding a 19-14 lead until IUPUI went on a 6-2 run to tighten things up. The RedHawks could not mus-ter enough offense as the Jaguars took the set and the match 25-22.

In the match, junior setter/out-side hitter Meg Riley recorded her second triple-double of the season with 14 kills, 27 assists and 13 digs while freshman set-ter Krista Brakauskas posted a double-double with 25 assists and 10 digs.

Against Northwestern (7-4),

the ‘Hawks would hold their own in the first set until Wildcat runs of 5-2 and 4-1 would even-tually put the set away at 25-22. The second set started out much like the first with the two teams trading blows until the Wildcats mustered an 8-2 run to take the set 25-19. After falling down 2-7 in the third set, Miami generated a 7-2 run of its own. It would not be enough, however, as Northwestern reeled off a 10-4 run from which the RedHawks could not recover from, as they fell 25-15.

Reiswig led the RedHawks with eight kills during the match to go with her five digs and two assisted blocks, while Riley was not far off from a triple-double with six kills, 11 assists and six digs and junior libero Tori Clif-ford had a match-high 13 digs.

In the first set against USF (6-8), the RedHawks would quickly fall behind 3-7 and would not recover, as the Bulls would take the set 25-15. The second set was much more competitive as the teams would trade points until the set was tied 24-24 and USF put the set away off of a kill and an attack error by Riley. The ’Hawks would jump out to a 9-3 lead in the third set and would not give the lead up as the set was won 25-20. In the fourth set, Miami tied it at 3-3 before a Bulls run of 5-2 proved to be too much as USF took the set 25-17.

Riley recorded her third tri-ple-double of the season with 14 kills, 10 assists and 17 digs while Ingle posted 13 kills, a .480 hitting percentage and three blocks. Brakauskas recorded a

SOCCER VOLLEYBALL

’Hawks stumble in final non-conference tourney

One short year ago, Zac Dys-ert was busy preparing the Red-Hawks offense for a homecoming showdown with the University of Massachusetts Minute Men. Fast forward to this week, and nearly 1,200 miles west, Dysert sits next to Peyton Manning prepping for a completely different opponent: the Oakland Raiders.

Dysert said the past year has been nothing short of a childhood dream come true.

“It is crazy to think about still,” Dysert said. “Going from work-ing hard at Miami, to learning the NFL game from the best quar-terback to ever play the game is simply crazy.”

Selected in the seventh round by the Denver Broncos this past April, Dysert was the second to last quarterback in his class who received a call to the pros during the draft. However, Dysert and his down-to-earth Midwest per-sonality had no problem waiting for the phone call of a lifetime: An offer from John Elway to join his Denver Broncos.

“I feel so blessed for this op-portunity to come to Denver and to be a part of this team,” Dysert said. “I have always loved the game of football because it truly is a team sport. This organization from day one has preached the importance of team, and I believe it is the perfect situation for me.”

Dysert joins Pittsburgh Steeler Ben Rothlisberger as the only former RedHawks who will line up under center in the NFL this season. Dysert graduated as Miami’s all-time leader in pass-ing attempts, completions and yardage. Just as impressive, he left his alma mater with a rock solid reputation, respected by his teammates and classmates alike.

“Zac was the most humble player I have been around since I joined the staff,” student as-sistant coach Joey Bowen said. “He took care and respected ev-eryone from his coaches to the equipment staff.”

Denver management saw Zac’s refreshing values translate to the gridiron throughout training camp and solid preseason play (12-23, 179 yards, 1 TD) earned him a spot on the final roster. Keeping Dysert off the practice squad meant the Broncos would carry three quarterbacks on their opening day roster, a rarity in to-day’s NFL.

“Ever since I was a kid I have never played football for the pub-licity or individual praise,” Dys-ert said. “Winning games and pushing myself in the film room, weight room and on the practice field to make my team better is why I play.”

John Elway and head coach John Fox have told the media Dysert “earned his spot on the roster” and “has tremendous up-side as an NFL quarterback.”

With the ink on the RedHawks’ football record books still fresh, Miami’s all-time leading passer views his rookie season much like his freshman redshirt year for the ’Hawks. A new playbook, a new city and learning from Peyton Manning’s every move are sure to have the Ada, Ohio native busy in the mile-high air.

“Denver is a great city, al-though one of the biggest things I miss about Oxford is the late night food,” Dysert said. “If I do not get to the store by 9 p.m. in Denver, I am not eating dinner.”

Substituting late-night Sky-line stops for an NFL contract? Not bad Zac.

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