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Miami in three-way tie for first in NCHC MEN’S HOCKEY

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A sweep of Colorado College was enough to launch the Miami University men’s hockey team to the top of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The RedHawks are tied with North Dakota University and the University of Nebraska Omaha for first place with 35 points with three weekends left in conference play. After a 3-1 win Friday night and a 2-1 win Saturday, the RedHawks (18-9-1, 11-6-1-1 NCHC) jump to the No. 6 spot in the USCHO. com poll and USA Today polls. It is the RedHawks’ first regular season road sweep since joining the NCHC last year. Junior forward Sean Kuraly picked up yet another gamewinner in Saturday’s contest. It was his ninth of the season, a school record. “I think the record is really cool,” Kuraly said. “That’s just something that has come along with doing some of the things correctly … but I know there’s a lot of area I can improve in my game. I’m just trying to get better every day.” Kuraly is now just one game-

stackingUP With three weekends left in NCHC play, the race for the Penrose Cup is heating up. The top five teams are separated by just six points.

Miami:

vs. Duluth at Denver vs. North Dakota

Omaha:

at St. Cloud at Duluth vs. Colorado

1st Place 35 pts. each 4th Place 31 pts.

5th Place 29 pts.

North Dakota:

at Western Michigan vs. St. Cloud at Miami

Duluth:

at Miami vs. Omaha at Western Michigan

Denver:

at Colorado vs. Miami at St. Cloud

winner shy of matching the NCAA single season record. Freshman defenseman Louis Belpedio and junior goaltender Jay Williams took home NCHC honors for their efforts. Belpedio was named Rookie of the Week and Williams was tabbed Goalie of the Week. William stopped 48 of 50 shots over both nights and

improves to 16-4 on the year. Five different RedHawks scored in both games. “Any time you go on the road and are able to get a couple of wins, that’s a pretty good deal,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. The Tigers (5-21-1, 1-16-1 NCHC) were first to draw blood Friday night, but Miami scored

three unanswered goals to skate away with the win. MU outshot Colorado 34-23 and went 1 for 4 on the power play, while killing off all three CC man advantages. Saturday’s game brought much closer play. After a scoreless first period in which each team mustered only five shots, a power play goal from Belpedio put Miami on

the board at the 5:01 mark. Kuraly then came through on another power play with his 14th goal of the season. The ’Hawks outshot the Tigers 33-27 for the night and converted on 2 of 4 power plays, while killing of 1 of 5 Tiger man advantages. The sweep extends the ’Hawks season-long unbeaten streak to five games (4-0-1). “We’re getting into the crunch of the season,” Blasi said. “It really is important to focus your attention on preparing well and playing your best on the weekend … at this point you don’t look at anything but your game and what you’re capable of doing. And all the teams are going to do that. So again, our focus is being ready to play on Friday, and we’ll go from there.” Miami returns home for the first time since Jan. 24 for a two game series with No. 7 University of Minnesota Duluth. Friday’s puck drop is 7:35 p.m. and Saturday’s is set for 7:05 p.m. “Obviously it’s really important, first place is on the line,” Kuraly said. “The last six games for us will be huge. There’s so much that can be determined with these last six games. We’re excited for it, it’s really important to keep this momentum going.”

Spectrum fights for increased gender identification awareness at Miami MEMORIAL SARAH EMERY

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Members of Spectrum — a student-led organization devoted to raising awareness of all sexual and gender identities, which has experienced low participation as of late — spent Feb. 14 not on a date at Paesano’s Pasta House or with a pint of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, but at the annual Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Ally College Conference. Held at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, the conference included many workshops and speeches covering a wide breadth of subjects related to the conference theme of “Narrating a New Normal.” Sophomores Jackie Heikes, Angel McCabe, Amalia Stevens and Spencer Aitken said Spectrum attended the conference to help build stronger leadership within the group and to diversify educational materials and leadership strategies that will help the organization in the future. “The biggest takeaway from the conference was the amazing feeling of being accepted for who you are, whatever that is or how you define it, and knowing that everyone around you was understanding … one impact this had on all of us was the re-

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alization of how heteronormative this campus is and feels to us as LGBTQ+ students at Miami, and it strengthened any want we each had to change the Miami community for the better,” the group said. Sophomore Anna Lucia Feldmann said she attended sessions

The current executive members of Spectrum cite many issues that have impeded the organization from making the impact that similar organizations have had at other college campuses. Although the organization has 85 members on the Hub and a few hundred recipients on their List-

Not a single professor has [asked how I would like to be referred to] in four years here at Miami” TROY FLEISCHMAN

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on topics such as intersectionality and hookup preferences and was particularly impressed with the keynote address by actress and black transgender actress Laverne Cox. “I gained a deeper understanding of a lot of gender and sexuality topics and how our identities and social positions are shaped by many different factors, like race, class and ability level,” Feldmann said. “Trans women of color are at an astonishingly high risk for violence and murder, and the queer community is trying to support and center their stories.” Feldmann said she hopes to take what she learned at the conference to help create a tighter and more trusting relationship for all students at Miami.

Serv, only about 15 to 30 members regularly attend meetings. The lack of participation, along with a loss of connections with other campus organizations over the years, has made recruiting new members to the organization difficult. Current members also attribute the conservative nature of Miami University and the state of Ohio to why participation in Spectrum and other LGTBQ+ are lower than other universities. Aitken, Heikes, McCabe and Stevens said that many students at Miami have no conceptualization of LGBTQ+ issues, and they hope to create events that reach out to many communities across campus, particularly Greek orga-

HARD IN THE PAINT Junior Geovonie McKnight takes it to the rim against an OU defender. McKnight finished with 17 points, helping Miami to a 77-66 victory over their rivals.

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In 1945, The Miami Student reported the death of former university president, Alfred H. Upham. He died after being rushed to a local hospital on Miami’s 136th anniversary. After 52 years of service at the university, he was planning on retiring at the end of the school year. COMMUNITY

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Students break the ICE with potential employers CAREER LIBBY MUELLER

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Between 1 and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, Millett Hall was full of freshly pressed suits, reams of résumés and bright eyes eager to make eye contact with potential employers. The annual Spring Internship and Career Expo (ICE) was in full swing. For help with job placement, Miami’s fall Career Fair and

Goldman said. “And you’ll have not only employers that come to the fair but more that just post on CareerLink. We have about 5,500 postings each year on campus and we conduct about 5,500 on-campus interviews as well.” According to Marketing professor Pat Lindsay, Miami has a reciprocal relationship with the employers who come to Career Fair and Spring ICE. “It’s a push-pull model,” Lindsay said. “The pull is Miami’s overall promotional activity:

We’re constantly developing new relationships with employers that we’ve targeted because students are interested or the employers are in emerging markets.”

MIKE GOLDMAN

DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES

Spring ICE bring well over 250 and 175 employers respectively each year. There were 211 participating employers at Spring ICE this year, a record high, according to Director of Career Services Mike Goldman. “This is very encouraging to our students,” Goldman said. “It means the market is very strong not only for internships but fulltime as well.” Goldman said between 2,000 and 2,500 students attend Spring ICE depending on how many students found opportunities in the fall at Career Fair or elsewhere. A post-graduation survey conducted by the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) reveals the percentage of students who are employed after graduating from Miami. Although last year’s survey has not yet been released, data from the 2012-2013 school year showed that 91 percent of graduates were employed or in graduate school by the fall of 2013. This percentage does not come solely from Miami’s job fairs, but they do provide many students with opportunities. “We have some of the largest career fairs in the country,”

some advertising, public relations and publicity communicating Miami’s many national rankings and achievements. Companies are then compelled to approach Career Services and say they want to come recruit on campus.” The push, Lindsay said, is Career Services and corporate relations departments within each individual school at Miami working to build relationships with employers. Goldman said Career Services also develops a target list each year of companies they know students are interested in. “We’re constantly developing new relationships with employers that we’ve targeted because students are interested or the employers are in emerging markets,” Goldman said. “In talking with faculty, students, development and alumni, we’ve developed a target list each year of new employers. Amazon is a good example. They have come for two years now.” Career Fair and Spring ICE are open to all majors, fields and interests, although most of the representatives are from forprofit corporations. Lindsay said

he would advise, before attending job fairs, sitting down and outlining what it is you really want to do. “Always start with what you want to do,” Lindsay said. “You don’t necessarily have to do that in your very first job, but I ask every student, if you could choose any company, position and location, what would you answer? Set the bar high. Ask yourself what you want to do and start there.” Lindsay said it is also important to take advantage of the online resources Career Services offer. “Use the online information that Career Services does an excellent job providing,” Lindsay said. “Do some homework and see if any of the companies coming fit that profile. Then do more research on that company to give yourself the highest chance of impressing them.” Sophomore Tio Liang attended Spring ICE on Wednesday. He said he did his homework as Lindsay and other professors advised. “Before I went to Spring ICE this year, I did some research on the companies that I might be interested in or fit my major,” Liang said. “When I got there, at first, I was actually nervous. However, after talking to some companies, I felt more and more comfortable. It was a process of learning for me, learning how to behave more professionally.” According to Lindsay, one of the best parts of seeing students attend job fairs like Spring ICE is talking with employers who have decided they want one particular student, not only because he or she is qualified, but because of a bond with the student. Lindsay said getting a job is not only about qualifications; it is about relationships. “These companies are here and have a choice of hundreds of qualified students,” Lindsay said. “But companies don’t make decisions, people do. It all comes down to developing some level of trust and rapport.”

President Hodge to speak on university Merit at national conference EVENT LIZ GREVE

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University president David Hodge will speak next month at the annual conference Promise to Keep: Higher Education and the Public Trust, sponsored by the American Council on Education (ACE). This will be ACE’s 97th Annual Meeting and the first time that a Miami University official has been asked to speak. Hodge will be among other noteworthy speakers. Some of these speakers include award-winning historian Michael Beschloss and Mitchell E. Daniels, president of Purdue University and former governor of Indiana. ACE’s Annual Meeting brings together nearly 2,000 of the top higher education leaders to discuss, learn and network with one another while tackling some of the most prominent issues in higher education today. According to the ACE website, the meeting will honor and reflect on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, the Higher Education Act and the Voting Rights Act. Hodge will discuss strategies in running a university and, more specifically, a new movement called “Merit.” Merit emphasizes the importance of college education by highlighting accomplished students at universities nation-wide.

Throughout the country, people are beginning to question the value of a college degree. Merit combats these uncertainties by building a public, verified record of students’ accomplishments. Miami is a user of Merit, but has yet to make the movement widely used and known. “It is my hope that Merit soon becomes more popular among students,” said Ritter Hoy, university media relations coordinator. “Through your own personal online Merit page, you can add your activities, your affiliations,

It is an honor to be included in this conference.” DEEDIE DOWDLE

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where you’ve worked, and it is all verified by the university. It’s a great place to send employers or to use if you are applying for graduate school, medical school or law school.” Hodge has been working with 160over90, the agency Miami uses to help with major branding initiatives. This agency does a great deal of work with universities; therefore, they were asked to present at the conference and invited Hodge to present with them. The president will be

speaking with Ryan Brown, the account director for 160over90, and Tammo Walter, the vice president and executive creative director for the agency. This partner session is called “Falling in Love Again: Rekindling the Public’s Relationship with Colleges and Universities.” The university considers it a great honor to be included in the ACE conference. “Miami University was asked to speak because of its focus and absolute dedication to its vision for undergraduate students and its commitment to undergraduate teaching,” said Deedie Dowdle, associate vice president of university communications. “They were looking for an example of a university that has stayed with their focus over time, and Miami is a great example of a university that has done that.” Miami has stayed committed to its original mission of providing students with the best possible undergraduate experience in the country. This commitment can be seen in Miami’s procedures and marketing strategies. Many presidents and university leaders attend the conference every year. “It is an honor to be included in this conference as it is the national conference for the American Council of Education,” said Dowdle. The conference will run from March 14-17, 2015 in Washington, DC.

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SNOWPLACE I’D RATHER BE With freezing temperatures and accumulating snowfall, Miami’s campus has gone quiet. Classes were canceled last night after 6 p.m. due to weather conditions.

University looks to fill vacant dean positions ADMINISTRATION MARIAH SCHLOSSMANN THE MIAMI STUDENT

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the College of Education, Health and Society (EHS) are looking for candidates to fill vacant dean positions. Raymond Gorman, Associate Provost at Miami University and head of the search committee for dean of CAS, said the process is a tedious, but important. “On average, the entire search process, from putting together the committee to extending an offer to a candidate for dean, can take anywhere from six months to one year,” Gorman said. The formation of search committees is normally headed by another dean at the university and is overseen by the provost. Through formal elections or appointments by the office of the provost, the committee typically consists of around 10 individuals. There are usually at least four members from the respective division on the committee, a department chair, a member from the outside advisory board and most times an undergraduate and graduate student. The committee is tasked with creating an advertisement that is placed in both online and print publications. “This advertisement qualifies the search as a national one, and one that does not limit it to only internal members at Miami, although there are usually a few internal members selected as candidates,” Gorman said. Aside from creating the advertisement, the committee’s primary responsibility is dwindling the candidate pool from the initial applicants, usually 50-100, to 10 semi-finalists and finally, to three candidates. The three finalists are then invited to visit Miami before the university announces its decision. “Although it’s hard to pinpoint the actual timeline of things, we’ve put out the advertisement and are hoping to have both deans in place to begin fall semester in August,” said Tamise Ironstrack, member of the search committee for the dean of CAS. The Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity, as well as the Office of Internal Affairs, work with the committee to

evaluate their various actions. The main point of these evaluations is to make sure they are complying with creating a diverse pool of candidates and using the right placement and language of the advertisement to attract a diverse pool of candidates. The Chronicle for Higher Education is the number one source where candidates will look for open positions and where employers will place their advertisements, Gorman said. “We don’t limit ourselves to just the people who are looking for jobs,” he said. “We have to be aggressive and go after the candidates that are qualified and comfortable in their current positions, but suggest to them that there is a position that they could be even happier in.” As outlined in the advertisement created by the search committee, successful candidates must have a proven record of developing, communicating and implementing a vision and strategic programs in an academic setting as well as hold a terminal degree (usually doctorate) and qualify for appointment at the rank of professor. Gorman explained that good candidates are also good leaders and good team players. “It’s important to find someone who has vision for their own division, leadership skills and someone who can successfully work with other deans and cooperate within academic affairs,” Gorman said. While the search committee could fulfill their responsibilities perfectly, it does not necessarily secure a successful outcome. “Searches are often times successful, but can sometimes fail,” Gorman said. “Sometimes the market, the people who are looking for jobs, has to change in order to make it more successful.” The process requires a certain amount of aggressiveness on the side of the committee. It requires people who are able to seek out individuals and not those who simply wait for responses after placing the advertisements. “The search process as a whole is an extremely long and tedious one, but it is very important for us to be confident in knowing that the selected candidate is the right person for the job,” Gorman said.

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POLICE BEAT Repeat offender found in bathroom At 2:33 a.m. on Feb. 11, officers were dispatched to 36 E. High St. for a female that had passed out in the women’s restroom. Upon arrival, he observed a female inside a toilet stall with her pants down and the door shut. The female was asleep on the toilet after the bar had closed. The officer opened the stall door and immediately recognized the female from a prior incident where she had once again been too intoxicated to leave the bar at closing time. The female’s words were slurred and she smelled strongly of an alcoholic beverage. The life squad was called to take her away. Once at the hospital, she was cited for Public Intoxication.

Knife fight between males uptown

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PLANS SET FOR PRINCESS After the historical Princess Theater located on the corner of Beech and High Street shut down several years ago (and was then briefly reopened last year prior to a fire in March), plans have at last been finalized for its official reopening. Local property owners Matt Rodbro and Ted Wood currently co-own the property and plan to reopen the theater to its original glory. Current plans call for keeping the original exterior of the building, including its traditional marquee sign and white arch above the awning. The interior will be gutted and replaced with two larger theater rooms with stadium style seating and modern cinema capabilities. The concession stand will also be upgraded. In addition, Rodbro and Wood plan to build student housing above the theater. Construction on the theater and apartments is set to begin in the next year and re-open its doors during summer 2016.

Comedy club in works ENTERTAINMENT

Nearby casino offers alternate nightlife activity

joying the show, customers will also be able to enjoy a complete menu of foods and drinks. So far, the information about other tenants of the Liberty Center remains unknown. The new center is a massive project with the goal of bringing attention to the Butler County area. “We hope to bring as many first-to-market retailers as we can, but there are also some very well-known brand names not in Butler and Warren counties yet that we hope to bring as well,” Mastin said. According to Mastin, the purpose of the Liberty Center is not only to attract customers with new high-end clothing brand options, but also to offer customers a great place to enjoy time with friends and meet new people. “People like to be around other people,” she said. “They like to be in an environment where there is an entertainment component and they can have a cup of coffee outside and watch children play in the pop jet fountains and go grab something to eat. It’s that need to be a part of a community that really sets us apart from other kinds of shopping venues.” Although the Liberty Center remains unknown for most students of Miami University, some of them admitted that once Liberty Center has its grand opening, it will be their main destination to go to for the weekend. “I have read about this Liberty Center,” Freshman Lingyun Yang, said. “I hope it is going to be bigger than Kenwood mall. I can’t wait for the opening.”

Among its nearly 40 casinos and resorts located around the world, Caesars Entertainment has a casino in downtown Cincinnati. Guests visit Horseshoe Casino for slots, table games and dining. Horseshoe is located approximately 40 minutes from campus. However, according to Public Relations Specialist for Horseshoe Cincinnati Gayane Makaryan, since gambling is for guests ages 21 and over, Horseshoe does not do any marketing to college students. Those who do visit Horseshoe Cincinnati have seven options of dining ranging from an upscale steak restaurant to a burger palace. Dining options include Jack Binion’s Steak, Vintage 51, The Spread Buffet, Cafe Italia, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, Bobby’s Burger Palace and a Starbucks. According to Horseshoe Cincinnati’s official website, two of these restaurants face outward so guests can enjoy the surrounding downtown Cincinnati landscape. Horseshoe’s poker room holds games including Texas Hold ‘em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud and Razz. According to its website, Horseshoe Cincinnati is, “home to Ohio’s first ever World Series of Poker Circuit Event.” In addition to the poker room, guests will find nearly 2,000 slots ranging from penny games to a $500 win. Through a touch-screen technology included in the slot

machine, guests are able to order a drink at any time throughout their round as well. Video poker is another option for guests at Horseshoe Cincinnati. This includes Bonus Poker, Deuces Wild, Super Times Pay, and All Star Poker, to name a few. Horseshoe’s website boasts their wide variety of denominations of video poker, including high-limit machines. Horseshoe Cincinnati offers 87 table games. Among these are table games such as Blackjack, Roulette, Craps, Baccarat and Mississippi Stud. Gamblers are offered games with high table limits as well. “Horseshoe is known as the home of the highest table limits, and at Horseshoe Cincinnati you can play High-limit Slots and Blackjack at up to $50,000 a hand,” Makaryan said. In addition to its wide variety of slots, table games and poker room options, Horseshoe Cincinnati also is booking events with their space. These include banquets, meetings, weddings and VIP parties. This attraction is a recent addition to the Horseshoe experience, beginning in the spring of 2013. Due to its location in the downtown Cincinnati area, a Horseshoe visit can also be a family-friendly experience. Local attractions around the casino include the Cincinnati Art Museum, Kings Island, the Cincinnati Zoo and Washington Park, with free events and concerts year-round. Whether enjoying the nightlife of gambling, visiting local attractions, or just enjoying time at the resort, Horseshoe Cincinnati has much to offer its guests.

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Butler County hit hard by weather conditions

One dead after crash on I-275 Sunday morning

Teen killed in Maryland shootout

Egypt bombs targets in Libya

The 16-year-old was killed while running from police. His parents were later found dead in the teen’s home. –CNN

The attack occurred after ISIS released a video last week showing the beaheadings of Christians. –CNN

NADYA KORYTNIKOVA THE MIAMI STUDENT

Liberty Center, a $350 million project that will feature a Flip Side gourmet burger restaurant and a Funny Bone Comedy Club is currently under construction in Butler County and will soon open as the biggest development in Butler County history. The Liberty Center, comprised of 1.2 million square-feet of space began construction in January and should open Oct. 8. The structure will be located in Liberty Township at I-75 and Ohio State Route 129, which is about a 30 minute drive from Miami University. Flip Side is just one of many restaurants that will occupy the 63,000 square feet dedicated to restaurants and eateries in the new center. The Flip Side chain restaurant will offer beer, milkshakes and a huge variety of hamburgers. It is a location many are most excited about. “There’s so much competition in that [restaurant] category, so we wanted to make sure we have the right burger spot for Liberty Center,” Anne Mastin, the vice president of Steiner and Associates Retail Real Estate said. The company is in charge of construction for the Liberty Center project. Funny Bone Comedy Club will join Liberty Center as part of the entertainment options. Five nights a week, Funny Bone will offer a stand-up comic as live entertainment. While en-

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At 2:16 a.m.on Feb. 13, officers responded to 210 S. Campus Ave. to a report of a fight in progress. Upon arrival, the officers observed a shirtless male yelling and screaming at another group of males in an alley next to the residence. The officers recognized the male offender from a crime committed an hour earlier that night where the male had been suspected of forced entry and assault. The officer recognized the other group of males involved in the fight as the victims in the home the male offender had broken into approximately an hour earlier. According to everyone involved, the males whose home had originally been broken into took it upon themselves to go to the original offender’s home and initiate a physical altercation. The male threatened the group of males with a knife, at which point the police were called. One of the males involved captured the incident on video. The knife was recovered on the porch of the male offender’s home. The male was taken into custody for his threatening behavior. He was charged with Aggravated Menacing, Criminal Mischief, Public Intoxication and Disorderly Conduct. He was taken to Butler County Jail.

Male found “digging for lettuce” At 2:15 a.m. on Feb. 14, officer was dispatched to Best Western on East Sycamore Street in reference to a male passed out near the rear door of the hotel. The officer arrived and found a white male in the flowerbed near the back door digging at the mulch with his hands. The officer asked the male what he was doing and said “getting lettuce.” The male was hard to understand due to the severity of slurred speech. He was only able to stay on his feet with the officer’s assistance. The officer tried to find out from the male where he was going or if he was a guest at the hotel, but he was unable to speak coherent words. The officer smelled a strong odor of alcoholic beverage on the male’s breath and called for the Oxford Life Squad to come for an evaluation. The male was transported to the hospital due to extreme intoxication and hypothermia. The male was cited for Sales and Use by Underage Persons and Disorderly Conduct.

IN OTHER NEWS

Heavy snowfall across Butler and Warren counties Monday caused hazardous road conditions. –Journal-News

The victim, travelling westbound around 3:30 a.m., lost control of the vehicle. –The Enquirer

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COUNTRY CHORDS The Cadillac Three, a country trio from Nashville, performed Wednesday at Brick Street Bar. The group released their first album “Tennessee Mojo” in May 2013 and appeared on ABC’s “Nashville” in January 2014.

Local cooks up plans for sports bar Ted Wood plans opening of two restaurants Uptown CUISINE EMILY HANHART THE MIAMI STUDENT

The restaurant scene in Oxford is adding a new contender in early April. Ted Wood is opening an all-things-sports restaurant with an Americana-style menu, complete with 15 different grilled cheese dishes. Renovations for the new restaurant have been underway for the last few months, but Wood anticipates the opening to be around the timing of spring break. The corner space next to O’Pub is deceivingly small from the outside, but the split-level interior is the perfect space for a college town restaurant.

The old building was a roller rink in the 1930’s where people were free to skate Monday through Friday, but Saturdays were reserved for dancing only. The sports bar is the focal point of the restaurant where students and locals can come to cheer on their favorite sports teams to a victory. However, Wood stresses that he does not want the restaurant to be an extension of the late-night bar scene. Wood is eager to get the restaurant up and running. “We want to encompass a fun atmosphere with a venue that caters to locals, families and students alike,” he said. As for the menu, Chef Bement is striving for a local connotation with modern American food in-

cluding burgers, fish entrées, salads and a wide selection of beer and wine. The prices will be reasonable and comparable to other Uptown restaurants. The unnamed restaurant will also have an outside seating area, which is something most restaurants Uptown lack. The back patio is enclosed with a seven-foot tall wooden fence to create a relaxing backyard dining experience in the warmer months. Wood has another project in the works at the former Smokin’ Ox location. He bought the space in September and has been renovating it into a pub for students and Oxford locals. The bar will be called Corner Grill and Drinkery and will open before the sports restaurant in three to four weeks.

Gilligan returns with “Breaking Bad” spinoff TELEVISION DEVON SHUMAN THE MIAMI STUDENT

Rarely does a spinoff series come around that reaches the same level of success as the show it was born out of. “Joey” tried to ride the coattails of “Friends” by continuing the story of Matt Leblanc’s lovable character, but it couldn’t survive two seasons. Rainn Wilson attempted a spinoff of “The Office” called “The Farm” that

school chemistry teacher who begins cooking and selling crystal meth after being diagnosed with cancer, was called the “Best Show Ever” by Forbes magazine, and probably by many others who binge watched all 62 episodes on Netflix. With incredible attention to detail, Gilligan created a world filled with eccentric, three-dimensional characters capped off by his flawed and maniacal, yet genius, protagonist, Walter White. One of the things that made “Breaking Bad” so great was its

Fans of ‘Breaking Bad’ never knew that they wanted a spinoff. But, now that it is here, it’s hard to imagine a world without it.” would have focused on the home life of his character, Dwight, but NBC cancelled it before it even debuted. The world of television is overflowing with these spinoff pilots, but normally when a show tries to piggyback a successful predecessor, it fails miserably. Enter Vince Gilligan, a man whose work is anything but normal. His previous show, “Breaking Bad,” which followed a high

brevity. Instead of floundering around for 10 years and introducing unneeded storylines, it stopped after five seasons, allowing it to finish with a distinct beginning, middle and end. Without all the extra fluff, it had a crisp and clear plot. So when it was first announced that Gilligan was planning a spinoff series, many fans asked why. Why taint the legacy of “Breaking Bad” with what will most

likely be just another failed spinoff series? Well, if there is anything Vince Gilligan does not do, it is fail. “Better Call Saul” is only three episodes into its first season, and it is already clear that it is bound to be just as good, if not better (yes, I said it), than its predecessor. Gilligan’s spinoff takes place several years before the diagnosis that kicked off Walter White’s tragic storyline. It follows the early career of Saul Goodman, the criminal lawyer who Walter eventually hires for legal counsel. Goodman, played by Bob Odenkirk, is marked by his sarcastic wit, his keen ability to never shut his mouth and his persistence to win at all costs even if it means bending the rules. As Walter’s assistant Jesse Pinkman says before they hire him, “You don’t want a criminal lawyer. You want a criminal lawyer.” However, when “Better Call Saul” begins, Saul is much more lawyer than he is criminal. In fact, he is not even Saul at this point; he still goes by his actual name, Jimmy McGill. He does still have that fast-talking wit about him as we see when two skateboarding SPINOFF »PAGE 9

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It is the Chinese New Year; the Year of the Goat, Sheep or Ram. In honor of the event, the Confucius Institute Miami University (CIMU) is hosting a celebration from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 18 at McGuffey Hall Room 126. There will be various Chinese games, snacks and cultural booths with the theme of art and paper. The booths will comprise of the Chinese technique, woodblock printing, which is used to print large texts, patterns and images. There will also be a lesson on paper folding and a conversation about the meaning of the Chinese zodiac animals. “I wish more people would come, not specifically Chinese; have other people come to experience the culture,” psychology and entrepreneur student Ying Liang said. “It’s a really big celebration in China.” While the Chinese acknowledge the Western form of the New Year beginning in January, the traditional celebrations do not start until February.

I wish more people would come, not specifically Chinese; have other people come to experience the culture.”

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This has to do with the lunarsolar calendar, comprised of 12 zodiac signs. Each New Year represents a new sign such as the dog, monkey, and horse, among others. The Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is a family oriented event. Businesses slow down and it becomes a day to honor the household and heavenly gods and goddesses as well

as the ancestors. During the night of New Year’s Eve a huge feast occurs. In northern China the traditional dish is dumplings, while in southern China the traditional dish is a cake made of rice flour, or niangao. “A lot of these international students, especially Chinese students can’t go home for this dinner,” associate director of CIMU and host of the Chinese New Year celebration Leng Hui said. “It’s very sad for the parents and very sad for their children as well.” Unlike American dinners where the meals are organized by course, during this feast all the plates of food come out at once and are arranged on a Lazy Suzan. “The meal is called in English ‘family reunion’ but the reunion in the Chinese sense suggests a wholeness, suggests a full circle, suggests a perfectness, suggests this endlessness,” Hui said. CIMU is an outreach program that promotes the study of Chinese language, culture, philosophy, and furthers the understanding of China today. CIMU has hosted a Chinese New Year party since 2007 when it was founded. In fact CIMU is the first institute in Ohio that corresponds with Haban, which is a branch of the Ministry of Education in China. Haban stands for Chinese teaching office, it’s the headquarters of all 500 Confucius Institutes worldwide. According to Haban’s national website, its goal is to “contribute to the development of multiculturalism and the building of a harmonious world.” Because of the demand for wanting to learn about the Chinese culture and language, Miami now offers three Chinese classes for the staff and two cultural classes. The free event is open to Miami staff, faculty, students and Oxford residents.

‘Whiplash’ goes beyond teacher vs. student FILM JACK RYAN

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On the wall in Andrew Neiman’s dorm room, there is a poster of his idol, Buddy Rich, adorned with the quote: “If you don’t have ability, you end up playing in a rock band.” This quote is inherent of Andrew’s biggest fear. For Andrew, fame and success are merely temporary traits. No, Andrew doesn’t want to be famous; he wants to be great, one of the greats even. As he crashes into life, his drum set and his malicious, yet motivating teacher, “Whiplash” skillfully highlights Andrew’s ultimate struggle to unleash potential and overcome the impending hell of normality. “Whiplash” begins with Andrew (Miles Teller), a struggling freshman drum student, practicing on his own. He’s introverted, friendless and isn’t respected by friends nor family. His mother left him as a child and his father is the kind of guy whose version of fun seems to be putting Raisinets in his popcorn. When we first see Andrew, he is nothing more than average. During this practice, he is surprised with an interruption by notorious conductor Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons). Their first encounter is brief, but very revealing. Andrew is nervous, yet eager to succeed; Fletcher is brutal and militaristic in his demeanor. Despite this awkward introduction, Andrew is soon recruited into Fletcher’s top tier studio

band, and becomes subject to his direct instruction. This is where “Whiplash” takes off. Throughout their practices and concerts, Fletcher pushes Andrew beyond his limits emotionally, psychologically, and even physically. We begin to see changes in Andrew. He goes through a metamorphosis of passion; from graciously turning pages for his peer, to outperforming those around him, to seething with loathing when that same drummer steals his hard-earned spot. He sheds most of the people he holds close for drumming and his furious eyes and bleeding hands illustrate his desperation for greatness. While this film could have easily been a motivational coming-of-age film in other hands, director Damien Chazelle packs “Whiplash” full of Kubrickian dread and anxiety, because Andrew doesn’t just want to be great; he despises the idea of being normal like his father. This dread is mainly facilitated through Fletcher, whose manipulation of his students is sadistic, but calculated. Chazelle has admitted that he took major inspiration from Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull” for this film, but the fights aren’t necessarily between Fletcher and Andrew. Rather, these melees are most prominent when Andrew is alone in his practice room, anxiously slamming every ounce of his being into his drum kit. Like a boxing match, the drums hit him right back, wearing him down mentally and physically, while creatWHIPLASH »PAGE 9

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Miami puts style before substance, and we’re paying for it EDITORIAL

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It’s a crisp autumn afternoon as tour guides lead flocks of potential RedHawks in and out of pristine brick structures. With the leaves falling, the campus looks just like the brochures. But there’s an unexpected crunch. What are those fancy remodeling plans costing students? Do guides tell people they’re going to be paying for it? Is that a part of the recruiting spiel? At this point, signing on for four years at Miami comes with some baggage, in the form of $656 million. This number is startling and worrisome. We’re pretty sure we learned something in Introduction to Economics about avoiding those negative balances. But with remodeling projects and construction and brand new residence halls on every corner, we can see the

dollars wilting away everywhere we look. The debt has worsened drastically in the last decade. In 2002, it was $53.2 million. That fancy schmancy student center with a $53 million price tag is the prized gem of the debt. A second phase of Armstrong will cost $18.8 million. And here’s the catch — we’re paying for it. Miami began charging undergrads for Armstrong before the paint was dry. An extra $9.16 per credit hour — or $110 for a full-time student — was added to Bursar accounts when Armstrong opened a year ago. We don’t remember getting a heads-up about that; but, to be fair, we didn’t ask. We all thought Armstrong was paid for and we didn’t think it would be our responsibility to come up with the

extra change. Back in July, complaints about these extra fees led Miami to repay $205,244 to students taking summer classes. Miami reimbursed those fees because students didn’t know where their money was going. Our student fee will add up to $880 over four years. As much as we adore our student center, as much as we brag about the fake Panera and the comfy chairs, it’s a bit extravagant. But, that’s the Miami way. The Miami way is building up an elaborate physical appearance, spending an extra $12,000 to reupholster chairs and buying lamps that each cost $1,035. We get it; we know Armstrong has a purpose. We know student centers cost money. We know Ohio University spent $60 million on their new student center in

2004 and Ohio State University’s student union cost $119 million back in 2010. Both charge students a fee, but neither are as high as Miami’s fees, according to an article in the Dayton Daily News. We question what else could’ve been done with that huge budget. Maybe we should’ve looked for coupons for the lamps. In that same article, James Brock, a Miami economics professor, says the budget for Armstrong struck him as “obscene excess.” “It’s just a matter of balance here,” he said. “There’s got to be some reasonable middle ground on this between spending every last nickel and spending nothing.” We agree. Where’s the balance? Since out-of-state students at Miami pay more than double

what Ohio residents pay for tuition, we wonder if more will be recruited. We wonder if college tuition will continue to go up because of spending like this. Miami is a non-profit, which is worth highlighting because it often reads like a business. The mission is not to make money. The purpose is to educate. Staying afloat financially is important, but the focus should be on academics. The big problem we’re seeing is that the conversation always seems to be about the image of Miami, how pretty it is and how we can make it more pretty. But, is that what our education is really about? We shudder at what’s coming next. What’s the payment plan? We’d like to know before any more comes out of our pocket.

A very PC place that doesn’t read Jonathan Chait POLITICS A few weeks ago, Jonathan Chait published an essay in New York Magazine accusing the left of being the very opposite of liberal. Citing the negative impact political correctness is having on liberalism, the article — which at times painted leftists more as fascists than liberals — sparked a lot of debate. Still, for all of the discussion, and there was plenty on the blogosphere, there seems to have been a lack of conversation in the places where the article mattered most — college campuses. It was here, at some of America’s “finest institutions of higher learning” that Chait found the majority of his examples of “pc policing” run amok. It is also on these campuses where it appears Chait’s larger point failed to come across. A quick glance at the campus papers of Rutgers, Haverford and

silence one needs to look no further than the red brick building here on Miami’s own campus. Just last October, members of the Miami faculty demanded that George Will be uninvited from speaking at the annual Anderson Lecture. Deciding that Will was a rape culture apologist, the thought police numbering seventeen hundred strong (roughly 10 percent of the total campus community), decided to circulate a petition as a show of force. And, before getting to another instance where the thought police got up in arms at Miami, I want to quickly point out that Will was guilty of the heinous crime of supporting this little thing in the Constitution called Due Process. Another instance that Chait could have very easily cited happened several months before Will came to campus. It was then that graduate students and faculty members in the English Department demanded

In fact, to use the general willingness on the part of some in academia to browbeat and bully those who think differently into silence one needs to look no further than the red brick building here on Miami’s own campus.” Brandeis — all cited as examples in Chait’s piece — reveals that no columns or editorials were dedicated to a discussion of the criticism leveled at those institutions. Surely this is because the members of these communities are busy being social justice warriors and not because they do not know who Jonathan Chait is or what he has written. And, regardless of their reasons for not discussing Chait’s essay, the examples from these campuses show just how badly a discussion about the state of academia and its role in thought/ speech policing is needed. At Rutgers and Brandeis, graduation speakers have had their invitations to speak rescinded on account of hurt feelings and ideological disagreements and trigger warnings are attached to anything and everything that might offend someone [read provoke thought]. In the case of Haverford, you get everything you’d expect at Brandeis and Rutgers but you also get members of the campus trying to prevent the transphobic “Vagina Monologues” from performed because the play is not inclusive of “women with penises.” The silliness of these examples should be enough to indicate that thought and speech policing is a real problem on college campuses, but sadly these things are more the norm than the exception. In fact, to see this general willingness on the part of some in academia to browbeat and bully those who think differently into

that the President of the Graduate Student Association be removed from office after they disagreed with a satirical piece he wrote for Her Campus. Since the members of the faculty’s sensibilities seemed offended by Due Process and satire, it’s no wonder that the support of free expression and free thought Chait is looking for from academics and self-described liberals, remains absent to some extent on Miami’s campus. Still, the similarities between the campuses cited in Chait’s article and the actions of members within the Miami community don’t end there, Miami has also curiously had no apparent discussion of Chait’s essay in the classrooms that encourage students to act out in effort to silence those they disagree with. When I asked several of my peers involved in the WGS program if they had read the Chait piece, none of them had. Meaning there has very likely been no discussion of Chait’s essay within the either of the Departments. Perhaps, if more members on Miami’s campus were to read Chait’s critic of “pc policing” there would be less people who see silencing others as a useful tactic. Perhaps then too, certain members of academia would start to appreciate the principles they pretend to care about — freedom of speech and diversity of thought. GREG DICK

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Mastering one thing is better than being average at many things When a great new opportunity presents itself, it’s easy to say yes right away. Maybe you get an email about a campus job or you see a poster for club sports and before you know it, you have seven meetings written down on any given Tuesday. The overachiever in all of us wants to commit and wear our jam-packed schedule on our sleeves. We can’t imagine saying no. So, when something new comes along, you’re stuck. Should you add another commitment to your schedule? The advantages of a unique experience, increased resume line and the attitude of “I’m only in college once” seem to prevail. Then the decision becomes more difficult as the disadvantages are released back into the picture. An added responsibility will leave you with less time for school, sleep and friends. But, is it worth it? It’s important to try new things and find what you might be passionate about, but only to a certain degree. If you’re a freshman, then I encourage you to try out different organizations and clubs. Try everything like you’re going on a shopping spree. But after a trial run, it’s in your best interest to narrow it down to one or two main areas (ideally one) where

you spend your time — and do it as soon as you can.Why? Because society values the top achievers, commonly known as masters of their field, disproportionately to the people who are average in multiple fields. It’s better to be a master of one thing than to spread yourself too thin. A top achiever is valued because their production to their companies is unmatched compared to average employees. Because of this production, the master is given more opportunities to excel. Also, top achievers are indispensable to organizations and therefore can make demands that have to be met. They have more leverage and more power. But as an employee with only average production, the company can make demands on you because you are replaceable. If you’re thinking that you will go for mastery in different fields, stop right there. It’s impossible to compete at the same level as top performers when you spread yourself out with many focuses. Not to mention how frustrating and exhausting it is; there aren’t enough hours in the day. So, let’s again visit the difficult question from the start about taking on another responsibility. First, ask yourself what career do you want? What are you most

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passionate about? Where do you want to be next year or ten years from now? What will help you get there? After thinking about this, think about that new opportunity and determine if it helps you become a top performer in that field. In fact, think about each activity you’re involved in, if it helps you reach your main goal then keep doing it. Otherwise, don’t do it. Invest your time in things that put you on path to mastery, not being average. Do you want to be a lawyer? Develop the skills lawyers need and then get a high GPA and high LSAT score. Do you want to be a CEO in the future? Start learning from current CEOs and building connections. Each field requires a certain set of building blocks. Instead of being a secretary, treasurer and general member of three student organizations, lead as president of one organization that aligns with your future career. Or pick one organization to devote your time to and work your way up. You’ll learn far more, have more fun and walk out of college with real experience.

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Parks & Recreation offers no apologies, and neither do I LIFE DEAR ABBEY Anyone that knows me well knows that I’m always hooked on a particular TV show. Currently, I have a deep love for the show Parks & Recreation which follows a group of wellmeaning, small town government employees. The show has evolved a lot over the years, and with its final season underway I feel more connected to it than ever. Last week’s episode struck a chord with me, particularly in reflection to events happening at The Miami Student. I’ll provide a brief summary, but I encourage you to watch the whole episode — if not to understand my column, at least to enjoy a lot of laughs. Ben Wyatt has begun his campaign for a seat in the House of Representatives, aided by his wife Leslie Knope. However, the two come under fire when Leslie declines to enter the “Pie-Mary,” an antiquated and sexist pie making contest for political candidates’ wives. When Ben enters the contest in her place, hoping to calm the angry crowd, they receive more backlash. Inevitably, their campaign advisor informs them to simply put on their most boring outfits and offer a public apology to satisfy the media. Of course, the ever-fiery and opinionated Leslie objects to apologizing, having done nothing wrong. The episode concludes with them offering a passionate and heart-felt speech about living life the way you want, only to receive half-clapping and halfbooing from the crowd. Last week, The Miami Student received this same 50/50 reaction when we published a staff editorial exploring the possibility of a campus without Greek life. In our minds, this non-Greek campus would have the potential to be more inclusive and possibly have less division amongst students. Some of our readers were furious that we would speak ill of a community involving nearly one third of our student body, not to mention numerous alumni. Many acted as if we were carrying torches to the fraternity houses,

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ready to burn the Greek system to the ground. Others responded more positively, understanding that we were simply contemplating whether or not campus would be better off without Greek life. After all, we aren’t unaware of all the wonderful things Greek life provides for students and the campus. Last year, the angry Facebook comments, tweets and letters to the editor might have bothered me. Like Leslie Knope, I strive to make everything around me perfect and I want to make people happier. However, in this metaphorical Pie-Mary, I wasn’t trying to make people happy. Just as we hold our political candidates to an impossibly high standard by various critics, sometimes the newspaper is caught in a crossfire of opinions. If we never commented on the negative aspects of Greek life, we would undoubtedly receive criticism for being too soft or for ignoring a somewhat problematic institution. When we do offer opinions about it, we are suddenly painted as an anti-Greek group of bitter, GDI students. Although I’m pleased with the conversation our editorial began amongst alumni, students and other student publications such as The Odyssey, I’m here to say that I’m not very concerned as to whether or not our paper fails or exceeds expectations of what others think it should be. Some readers might like an apology for having offended them and their affiliation with Greek life, but I won’t be offering one. Our editorial wasn’t perfect, by any means, but it did fulfill its intention of sparking debate in our community. This was the only editorial I actually had people asking me about— there were students caring enough to read the newspaper. Maybe your opinion wasn’t the same as ours, that’s okay— we’ll never all agree on something (except maybe that Miami needs more snow days). Like Leslie and Ben, I’ve succeeded in angering about half of you with the help of my fellow editors. But that means half of you approve, so I’ll choose to focus on that. After all, you can’t please everyone. ABBEY GINGRAS

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Following the incident at Chapel Hill, we need to know that Muslims deserve our respect CULTURE MILAM’S MUSINGS If three Muslim students are shot in the head in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is it rhetorical to ask if #MuslimLivesMatter? If a fire is deliberately started in an Islamic Institute in Houston, Texas, does anyone see the smoke? If an old Muslim woman stands up to Islamic militants in Syria, quoting the Qur’an and saying, “Turn back to God. What you are doing is forbidden,” do the Sean Hannity’s of the world listen? I should preface that the Chapel Hill shooting and the Houston arson events, respectively, are still being investigated, but no matter how the investigations pan out, the way in which these events are characterized and discussed is instructive. Do I even have to exhaust explanation on why, if Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha, the victims of the shooting, were Christian rather than Muslim and killed by a self-proclaimed atheist, the coverage would be different? If they were Jewish? If the Islamic Institute set ablaze was a church or a synagogue? Could you imagine, as Arsalan Iftikhar does in The Islamic Monthly, “... if 300 million of us Americans woke up one morning to the news that a gun-wielding brown Muslim man had killed three white college students in cold blood, execution-style?” I shudder to think. Given that Bill O’Reilly on his show called the shooter, Craig Stephen Hicks, “disturbed,” I think so. As others have pointed out on Twitter, it ought not be inconceivable that the shooter killed these three Muslims over a parking dispute and hatred of their religion. After all, despite it being a sad meme at this point, it should be obvious that a brown-skinned shooter is seen as a terrorist, a black-skinned shooter a thug and a white-skinned shooter a “disturbed lone wolf.” If it’s not so obvious to those who may be reading this, then ask yourself why it took so long for the Chapel Hill shooting to

receive saturated national media coverage (the #MuslimLivesMatter started from the lack of coverage). Ask yourself why the fire in Houston still hasn’t. Muslims are dehumanized, whether here in America or abroad. Islamophobia is indeed a real facet of American culture, especially post-9/11 with a potency than can and does turn violent. In 2014, according to the Arab American Institute, only 27 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Muslims. Compare that to 58 percent favorable for Roman Catholics, 60 percent for Presbyterians, and 65 percent for Jews, respectively. The reasoning for that may be 52 percent of respondents feel they need to know more about Islam and Muslims. Ignorance of the “other” breeds hatred.

Meanwhile, Sean Hannity bloviates about how Muslims need to do more from his posh studio in Rockefeller Center. If these three examples of the problem with how we discuss Muslim Americans and Islam more broadly has left you with rolling eyes, let me turn to 13-year old Mohammed Tuaiman of Yemen. He was killed in a Jan. 26 American drone attack. While we rightly condemned and are repulsed by ISIS burning alive Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasasbeh, our government’s own missiles burned alive a kid. From The Guardian: “I saw all the bodies completely burned, like charcoal,” Mohammed’s older brother Maqded said. “When we arrived we couldn’t do anything. We couldn’t move

Muslims are dehumanized whether here in America or abroad. Islamophobia is indeed a real facet of American culture, especially post-9/11 with a potency that can and does turn violent.” On the flip side, the better side of American culture can envelope those like one of the shooting victims, Yusor Abu-Salha, killed at the tragically young age of 21. Just last year, she recorded a conversation for the storytelling project StoryCorps where she said, “Growing up in America has been such a blessing, you know, although in some ways, I do stand out, you know, such as the hijab I wear on my head, there are still so many ways I feel embedded in the fabric of the culture.” Deah’s last Facebook post was posting about an event held in Durham where he and others provided free dental supplies and food to over 75 homeless people in the downtown area. The group American Atheists have already denounced the shooting, although they didn’t need to. Nor do Muslims when a Muslim commits violence, but the Sean Hannity’s of the world demand otherwise. In a newly released video going viral in the Arabic-speaking world, it shows a small, old woman talking with Islamic militants in Syria. “It’s all shit (making us go backward) none of you is good. You’re not (good) neither is he,” the old woman said in the video. Her courage to stand up in a war-zone to the ones doing the warring brought tears to my eyes.

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the bodies so we just buried them there, near the car.” Don’t expect much ado about it in mainstream news coverage. Tuaiman told The Guardian before he died that he “lived in constant fear of the death machines.” “I see them every day and we are scared of them,” said Mohammed Tuaiman, speaking from al-Zur village in Marib province, where he would be killed, according to The Guardian. His father and teenage brother were also killed by a drone attack in 2011 while they herded the family’s camels. Sure, Yusor may look different than us with the hijab atop her head or Mohammed may sound different than us speaking in Arabic, but they are still human beings, whether 8,000 miles away in Yemen or an 8-hour drive to Chapel Hill. They. Are. Human. I turn to Mohammed for the last word: “In their eyes, we don’t deserve to live like people in the rest of the world and we don’t have feelings or emotions or cry or feel pain like all the other humans around the world.” BRETT MILAM

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ing a cacophony of sound and pain. There is no emotional release in his music, just the boiling of ambition. “Whiplash” is visually pleasing, filled with unorthodox editing that coincides with the different tempos and charts of its score as the camera moves all over the stage, the drums, and the faces of the characters. J.K Simmons and Miles Teller both have their career-best performances, through unhindered ferocity and contained emotion. They are phenomenal respectively, and watching their on-screen chemistry is the filmic version of mixing Mentos and Coke. At the center of Fletcher’s teaching ideology rests the opinion that “there are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job.” This belief is reflected not just in the characters, but in the structure of the film itself. There were at least three times where I thought Whiplash was about to end, and I would still have enjoyed the film if it had ended there. But it didn’t. To elaborate without spoiling, this film concludes by launching and landing a cinematic haymaker in what might be one of the best endings I’ve ever seen. It’s a gutsy call, but it pays off exponentially. “Whiplash” truly achieves greatness because it passes up on its blatant opportunity to be average. “Whiplash” is nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture. It comes out on DVD and Blu-ray on Feb. 24.

hipsters attempt to con him out some money: “The only way this car is worth $500 is if there’s a $300 dollar hooker sitting in it,” he says. However, while he might still be the sarcastic lawyer we know and love, Jimmy McGill is nowhere near the same as Saul Goodman on the inside. Goodman projected an image of success: luxurious office, multiple cell phones, regular massages and pedicures. The highlight of McGill’s day is when he finally gets his car to start. He is living out of his office, crippled by debt and cannot seem to catch a break. He’s used to losing. In much the same way that “Breaking Bad” chronicled the transformation of Walter White into Heisenberg, “Better Call Saul” will follow the transformation of Jimmy McGill into Saul Goodman. This is where the genius that is Bob Odenkirk gets put to good use. Odenkirk is not simply continuing to play the same lawyer he has carefully crafted over the past few years; he has to completely reinvent his character. Saul always knew what to do, but Jimmy struggles with his confidence. Odenkirk shows that he knows how to switch hit, playing both of these roles with ease and attention to detail. As “Better Call Saul” begins he is in the bathroom of the courthouse, reciting his opening argument over and over in front of the uri-

nal while the people in the courtroom wait silently. With a sweaty brow, a wavering tone and a nervous, unsure expression on his face, Odenkirk makes McGill perfectly vulnerable. Gilligan makes it clear that “Saul” takes place in the same universe as its predecessor. Along with the return of some familiar faces, several subtle references are dropped that diehard Breaking Bad fans will pick up on, but newcomers will not be required to notice. Additionally, Gilligan uses a lot of the same filming techniques that made “Breaking Bad” so unique: quirky opening sequences, eccentric cinematography, long flash-forwards and flashbacks. However, despite all of these parallels, “Better Call Saul” is not “Breaking Bad.” It has its own distinct tone. Walter White was an extreme – a man driven by a fatal diagnosis to enter the dangerous world of drugs in order to make money for his family. Saul is a much more accessible antihero. He’s simply a down-on-his luck lawyer who is going to begin reaching deep down and utilizing his strengths to do whatever it takes to survive and succeed. After experiencing such an enjoyable and successful series, fans of “Breaking Bad” never knew that they wanted a spinoff. But now that it is here, it’s hard to imagine a world without it.

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campus, particularly Greek organizations and other social groups. Senior Troy Fleischman said he hopes Spectrum will also focus on Miami’s administration to help inspire a top-down approach toward making a change in attitudes towards LGBTQ+ students on campus. “Not a single professor has [asked how I would like to be referred to in] four years here at Miami,” Fleischman said. “When professors use the wrong pronouns for their students, it’s a form of discrimination and only reinforces a system of gender binaries in our society.” He was quick to note, though, that a number of faculty members are active allies of the queer community and cited President David Hodge as a supporter of Spectrum. Fleischman, along with other members of Spectrum, feel that Miami needs to focus on adding more gender-neutral restrooms in buildings throughout campus. As a whole, the members of Spectrum hope to shape the organization into one that is accepting and inclusive to all members of the Miami community. “Ideally, we would like Spectrum to be a place where anyone

can come and feel open about themselves and who they are, along with having a strong focus on advocacy. We would like to inspire all Miami students to be more accepting and understanding of LGBTQ+ students with our presence on campus,” Aitken, Heikes, McCabe and Stevens stated, adding they especially want to expand to a point where more allies will attend meetings and become more educated on LGBTQ+ issues. To learn more about Spectrum, the members encouraged students to participate in Awareness Week from March 2 to 7, where there will be speakers and performers throughout the week. “[My ultimate goal is] to leave Miami a better place than what it was when I first arrived,” Fleischman said. “There is so much change needed here that can’t all be done in four years … but if I can help make Miami a safer and more inclusive space for queer people while I’m here, then I have done my part.” Note: The word “queer” has been used in this article as it has been reclaimed by much of the LGBTQIAA (etc.) community as a way to identify all members in an acceptable and inclusive manner, as defined by the LGBTQ Glossary from John Hopkins University.

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never want to stop chasing, even when he might as well get off the treadmill that is the race to the top in American life. Peyton Manning should just realize he’s already there — he and Brady may be peers, but they’re not equals. Still, I can’t help but have greater respect for Peyton Manning. We should all respect the one who appears to have it figured out over the one who is chasing for a top of the mountain that doesn’t really exist.

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charity stripe 17 times, converting on 12 attempts. Six of the 12 came from freshman guard Baleigh Reid, who went 6 for 8 on the night. Reid led all scorers with 16 points. “I’m better at reading defense,” Reid said, talking about her progression throughout out season. The fatal flaw in the game came from the RedHawks shooting percentage. The team went 1 for 14 from deep (7.1 percent), and shot only 32 percent from the field. After the defeat, the RedHawks have a shorter than usual break before the next game. Eastern Michigan University comes to Millett Hall Tuesday night. The game is a reschedule from an earlier game. The Eagles (12-10, 5-6 MAC) have gone 3-3 since the last meeting with Miami. The Eagles beat the RedHawks 56-38 Jan. 21. Eastern dominated Central Michigan University on Saturday, 85-64. Four Eagles were in double figures at the end of the night. Leading scorer, senior guard Jamaica Bucknor, had 24. “They like to play a lot of zone,” Wright said. “We’ll have to attack it.” Tip is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday night at Millett Hall.

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walked to load the bases with no outs. Senior catcher Max Andresen singled in a batter to put Miami on the board, but a double play ended the rally and the inning for the RedHawks. Senior Ryan Powers was handed the loss after giving up five runs on five hits in 3 innings

of work. The RedHawks managed just five hits in the game and were silenced offensively after scoring their only run in the fourth inning. “I think the strength of our team will be our offense, and that was the glaring weakness this weekend,” Hayden said. “If our pitchers can do what they did this weekend, I think we’ll

be just fine in terms of getting plenty of wins this year. I know offensively we’ll have better weekends ahead of us than we had this weekend.” The RedHawks are back on the field on Friday against UNC Asheville in the opening game of the Wofford Tournament. First pitch is set for noon in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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The number of game-winning goals this season by Sean Kuraly. It’s the most in Miami single season history and just one back of the matching the NCAA mark. However, Kuraly doesn’t have the most in the NCAA this season. Nebraska Omaha sophomore Austin Ortega has 10.

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GOING LONG WITH GEISLER In life, how do you define rich? A common reply: whoever has more money than you. The same tends to be true in sports. Who is better, athlete x or athlete y? Our favorite way to decide: whoever has won more championships. This paradigm can be good for quick simplistic comparisons. Snap judgments are easy with a quick look at the bottom line. And on this snap judgment it is clear who the better NFL quarterback of this generation is: Tom Brady. Brady has now won four Super Bowls, and very nearly six. He and Montana are at least tied as the greatest of all time now. There’s no real way to debate this credibly. But, there’s the problem of Peyton Manning. Peyton Manning is the master. Then, he chokes in December and January. Manning is most of us. We work hard. We prepare to the best of our ability then we go out and do what we can. Tom Brady does the same, and then some. The man is a true maniac about football success. Don’t believe me? Read the recent New York Times magazine piece about his training regimen. The man’s entire life is shaped around football and being the best. There is nothing else in his life. He is excellent. Brady’s brand of narcissism is impressive, but also annoying. Doesn’t he ever just want to eat some ice cream and cut loose? Manning’s brand of greatness is

what’s easier for most to get behind. He eats chicken parm sandwiches on Nationwide commercials. He owns a bunch of Papa John’s franchises. He seems like a nice guy. Brady is the intimidating freak of nature. Manning is the successful guy who also appears to have a nice life. Both are maximizing something, but one lacks balance. Still, this sports greatness paradigm — that Brady is far superior to Manning because of his singleminded quest for success — means Manning, who made it clear he should retire when he his body failed him down the stretch this season, probably will not retire. Part of it is because athletes never really know when to hang it up. What will they do next? But part of it is also the chase that Manning can never really catch Brady in. Philosophers may tell us we should give more respect to the balanced one, but sports is where some of our base impulses can simply run wild. Tom Brady is the greatest — 13 for 15 on the last two drives of his latest Super Bowl great. Manning is probably the smartest quarterback we’ve ever had. Somewhere he lacks the indescribable it factor Brady so clearly has. That’s why even though I’ll be rooting for the Manning-Kubiak marriage to work out and get Peyton one more Super Bowl — so he at least ties his goon of a brother in total titles — there’s almost no chance of it happening. There’s a better chance the insanely driven Brady and his diabolical coach will get another Lombardi trophy. It will cement their place in history as the two best. The problem is Manning will COLUMN »PAGE 9

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On a day when the late Charlie Coles’ jersey was retired in Millett Hall, the Miami University basketball team honored him with a 77-66 victory over Ohio University. The backcourt led the way offensively for Miami (9-16, 4-8 MidAmerican Conference). Senior Will Sullivan scored 15 points, while juniors Geovonie McKnight and Eric Washington scored 17 points each. Freshman Zach McCormick contributed 10 points off the bench to provide a spark to the RedHawk offense in the second half. In a season in which the RedHawks have struggled with turnovers, they committed only six while forcing the Bobcats (9-14,

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In its first two games of the season, the Miami University baseball team fell 3-1 to the University of Cincinnati Friday and fell again 7-1 to Mississippi State University the next day. In the season opener against Cincinnati, the RedHawks could not overcome an early Bearcat lead in which the Bearcats went up 2-0 in the bottom of the first after a twoout single by junior infielder Devin Wenzel. This came after Miami sophomore starting pitcher Jacob Banks (0-1) hit two consecutive batters to load the bases. After the first inning, the

Miami pitching staff settled down and surrendered only one run the rest of the way, which came on a solo home run by junior Ian Happ, who finished 3 for 4 on the day. Banks lasted 4.1 innings before being relieved by sophomore Brad Schwartz. Banks struck out seven batters, but also walked two batters while hitting a pair of batters as well. The effort out of the bullpen from Schwartz, junior Brian Thene, senior Clay Cinnamon and freshman Gus Graham combined to surrender just three hits in 3.2 innings of work. Thene’s appearance marked his first game action since 2013 after sitting out the 2014 season due to injury. “We left so many guys on base and so many opportunities to score a lot of runs in that game,” head coach Danny Hayden said

“We decided to go small and go with the pressure. As it played out, that group brought us tremendous energy,” head coach John Cooper said. “We were able to score off of their turnovers. We were able to convert those. We didn’t turn the ball over, which was really important because they’re very good in transition.” Three players scored in double figures for the Bobcats, including sophomore forward Antonio Campbell, senior guard Javarez Willis and senior forward Maurice Ndour. Campbell led the Bobcats with 17 points, followed by Willis with 14 and Ndour with 11. The win snapped a three-game skid for the RedHawks, who are back on the court on Wednesday at Bowling Green State University. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

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The Miami University RedHawks were flying high coming into the rivalry game against Ohio University. But that ended quickly after Ohio (20-3, 11-1 Mid-American Conference) dominated Miami (4-19, 1-11 MAC), 67-45. The RedHawks proved no match for the MAC East leaders. Ohio got off to an early 21-6 lead with 8:37 to go in the first half and that would be par for the game. The Red and White climbed to within five, but sophomore guard Quiera Lampkins took over.

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4-8 MAC) to cough it up 12 times. “We just wanted to come out and be aggressive, as aggressive as possible,” McKnight said after the game. “Usually, turnovers come when you’re indecisive, so we just decided to be aggressive and let it play out.” After trailing by as many as 14 in the first half and 41-38 at the half, the RedHawks came out in the second half with a much more physical style of play by attacking the basket and creating quality shots. They used a 17-2 run to go up 64-50 with 9:29 remaining in the game. With the more aggressive play style, the RedHawks made over half of their shots, finishing the game with a 55.1 shooting percentage. On the other side, the Bobcats made 45.8 percent of their shots from the field, including 10 makes from beyond the arc.

in reference to his team leaving 12 runners on base. “We did a very poor job of hitting with runners in scoring position.” The next day, the RedHawks were victim to another early deficit when the Bulldogs scored five runs in the first two innings. With two outs in the bottom of the first, redshirt first baseman Wes Rea smacked a grand slam giving his team an early 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the second, senior outfielder Jake Vickerson extended the lead to 5-0 with a solo home run. The RedHawks had a chance to get back into the game in the top of the fourth when junior outfielder Jake Romano, sophomore second baseman Steve Sada and junior designated hitter Gary Russo all

She pushed the lead back to 10 at the half after a late seven point scoring burst. “We had a really good effort on the defensive end,” head coach Cleve Wright said. “We struggled on the offensive end.” He was pleased with the first half play and said that had a few shots dropped for Miami, it may have been a different story at half. However, the 10 point deficit would quickly grow for Miami in the early minutes of the second half. Junior guard Kiyanna Black, the Bobcats leading scorer, had zero in the first. She hit two back-to-back 3-pointers to push the lead back to 12. That ended Miami’s run and killed all momentum.

“I don’t think we responded well,” Wright said. “We need to mature as a team.” Miami was able to keep it within 15 until the nine minute mark. Redshirt junior guard Kat Yelle banked a layup home and Ohio turned that into a 9-2 run, pushing the lead to 24 and sticking the dagger into Miami. Ohio was able to score 25 points off turnovers and added 16 second chance points. “I don’t know that we responded to the emotion of the game the way I would like us to,” Wright said. “We were very quick to put our head down.” WOMEN’S BBALL »PAGE 9

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