By Kaler HazenStaff Writer

The Miami University Senate meeting Monday brought new issues and fresh information to the table with regards to uni-versity policy and opera-tions in the coming semes-ters, as well as several votes for actions related to the academic calendar in coming years.

The Senate voted against the proposal to add a day to Thanksgiving vacation on the Monday following the holiday and approved the measure to institute a J-term. A coming change addressed during the meet-ing was the reorganiza-tion of some programs within the College of Arts and Science.

The proposed changes could likely affect many departments within the

college including biology, communications, classics and several of the foreign languages. The changes would serve to streamline curriculum while main-taining autonomy between the different majors in each department.

According to Phyllis Callahan, dean of College of Arts and Science, there is a need for a more formal representation of biology on campus, as many in-coming students find the distinctions between the different branches hard to follow, and raise ques-

tions regarding the mac-roscopic values of the biology program.

A similar approach has been proposed in the communications depart-ment by Interim Chair of Communications Richard Campbell.

As of the current date, no overall dollar savings have been established and how the plan will affect uni-versity staff is unknown, however, there is no plan to eliminate staff positions. The University Senate also addressed a plan called the IT Rationalization and Services Transforma-tion, or SSIP-IT. The plan will be governed by an IT leadership team as well as Accenture, a third-party consulting company.

A financial breakdown of the plan listed $2.6 million of savings in personnel costs, as well as $1.24 million

worth of non-personnel based savings.

Accenture was paid $3.2 million to come up with the cuts.

Wenxi Liu, associate professor of history, asked whether there was “an evaluation of the reduction of money on one side ver-sus the improvement of IT quality on the other.”

“Quality is more impor-tant,” Liu said. “This is what I’m worried about.”

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By MicHelle ludWinfor tHe MiaMi Student

Bryan Watkins, Thomas White and Adam Guerra educated and performed in drag to a sold out crowd at Leonard Theatre in Pea-body Hall Friday evening. Miami University’s Cam-pus Activities Council’s Global Fusion board and Spectrum brought Mor-gan McMichaels (Thomas White), Venus D’Lite (Adam Guerra) and Shan-nel (Bryan Watkins) as part of Divas of Diversity. The three drag queens were part of RuPaul’s Drag Race, a reality show, and now are ambassadors for Hope’s Voice. Divas of Diversity is a division of Hope’s Voice, a charity advocating educa-tional programs about HIV, the LGTQB community and other minorities. The queens spoke about their coming out stories and be-ing discriminated against for their lifestyle.

Miami is the first campus to have more than one queen perform in one evening. EJ Corporan, co-chair of Glob-al Fusion, found out about Divas of Diversity through a national conference.

“I attended a national stu-dent activities conference last year and came across Hope’s Voice’s booth,” Corporan said. “I talked for awhile with the president of the company and fell in love with their Divas of Diversi-ty event. I knew it would be something that could make a significant impact on Miami’s campus.”

Corporan said the choice of having more than one queen for the event would bring more insight and per-spectives for the audience.

Morgan McMichaels, the first to perform, spoke about growing up in Scotland and

having little acceptance from her community. Mc-Michaels said her commu-nity was not as accepting with sexuality as people are in the United States. She engaged with audience ask-ing members to talk about their experiences of being bullied, whether it was for their weight, sexuality or skin color.

“So when I decided to accept who I was and my sexuality, I took back the power,” McMichaels said. “And when people talked about me, I let them talk it because I know who I am.”

McMichaels encour-aged anyone that sees or

hears someone being bul-lied to stop it or else they are becoming an enabler to the situation.

Shannel also spoke about her childhood and the path that led to her becoming an entertainer.

“I was that fat, shy, quiet, introverted child growing up and it was really sad,” Shannel said. “I didn’t feel all that quite accepted not because I was the token gay kid but because I was the fat kid.”

Shannel spoke about throwing herself into paint-ing, drawing and losing weight at the age of 13. She said her turning point

was taking a speech and de-bate class and beginning to win competitions.

“I thought, ‘wow I have a voice, people are listen-ing to me, I have something to say,’” Shannel said. “So instead of feeling like that fat, horrible, shy, quiet kid, I finally came out of my shell.”

She said the media has allowed people to believe others have to be a certain way to be perfect, but they are expectations impossible to live up to.

Venus D’Lite, the last

By JuStin reaSHcoMMunity editor

World War II veteran and retired Oxford Police Department (OPD) officer Marvin Sizemore received 14 overdue medals for his service and conduct Mon-day in the Graves Lounge at NROTC office. Con-stituent Services Liason Rachel Miller, from the office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and NROTC Command-ing Officer Colonel Patrick Malay awarded Sizemore with the med-als. Amongst the numer-ous medals, Sizemore received the Navy Good Conduct Medal, along with four Bronze Stars and the Prisoner of War Medal.

Amidst a celebra-tory atmosphere, Miller kicked off the presenta-tion. After her, Provost and Executive President for Academic Affairs Katie Bailey spoke on behalf of the university. After her speech, Col.

Malay addressed the crowd before beginning the official pinning of the medals.

Following military cus-tom, Col. Malay placed the highest medal, the Prisoner of War Medal, on Sizemore’s uniform first. Sizemore briefly spoke during the pinning. The celebration contin-ued after the half-hour presentation with friends and family congratulating Sizemore and enjoying doughnuts with coffee.

Sizemore, 89, served as a Chief Petty Officer on the USS Houston, also know as the “Gal-loping Ghost of the Java Coast,” according to one of Sizemore’s four daughters, Claudette Garapic. The Houston, a heavy cruiser, took part in the Pacific theater. On Feb. 28, 1942, the cruiser engaged Japanese ships at the Battle of Sunda Strait. After an intense

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miss Shannel, one of three drag queens who performed at Divas of Diversity, stays fabulous during the event. Divas of Diversity sought to educate and inform students about minority issues, HIV and the LGTQb community.

andreW Bray THE mIAmI STUDENT

World War II veteran and retired Oxford police officer Marvin Sizemore is congratulated after receiving 14 medals, includ-ing four Bronze Stars and a Prisoner of War Medal for his service and conduct in the Pacific theater of the war. Sizemore was held as a prisoner of war from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. Sizemore retired from active duty in 1959. Two of Sizemore’s four daughters have also served in the armed forces.

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Miami mourns passing of ‘Mama Jazz’

By patrick mccoyFor thE miami studEnt

A new initiative of Miami University’s Office of Ad-missions will lean on student and faculty bloggers as a new form of promotion.

Although blogging is a relatively new tool to Miami, it has been around in the ed-ucation space for some time. In fact, StudentAdvisor.com, a college information gateway, has been gather-ing data and ranking schools based on social media us-age and mastery for the last few years.

At present, Miami is not even in the top 100, pal-ing in comparison to our Ohio counterparts — Ohio State University ranked fourth overall.

Universities have begun a social sprawl from the likes of blogging to more recent adoptions of Foursquare.

Meredith Smith, an ad-missions adviser at Miami said, “There has been a large shift over the past 10 years in college admission and we are always searching for new ways to show prospec-tive students what Miami has to offer.”

The initiative will ben-efit more than just admis-sion statistics. It can cut down on isolation between administration and the stu-dent populous by providing transparency; it can amplify

passion by facilitating con-nections between students with similar interests and provide valuable student perspectives on topics rang-ing from food to professors, Kelton Kosik, an admissions counselor overseeing the project, said.

Social media such as blog-ging enables engagement, according to Smith. Read-ing about your school — or the school you are thinking about attending — from a student’s perspective adds an element of validity to the decision process.

“You can only say so much in brochures, catalogs and tours,” Smith said.

The blog will furnish an insider view of life at Miami from the perspective of cur-rent students who volunteer to share their experiences, giving incoming students a unique look into what the “Miami Experience” entails, Kosik said.

Students like senior Bryan Fries said even those not as integrated with social media believe that this is a step in a good direction for Miami.

“As someone who doesn’t really use social media, I rec-ognize that I am more of the exception than the rule, and think that using social me-dia to interact with prospec-tive students will likely be

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By samantha callEndErstaFF WritEr

Miami University is mourning the death of Phyllis Campbell, known to many of her listeners as “Mama Jazz.” Mama Jazz died Nov. 26, in Eaton, OH at the age of 89.

Mama Jazz hosted a popular radio program on Miami’s WMUB 88.5 sta-tion from 1979 to 2006. The show was four hours long, five days a week and was broadcast throughout south-western Ohio and the sur-rounding areas, including Indiana and Kentucky.

While WMUB played nationally syndicated pro-grams through National Public Radio, Mama Jazz’s local radio program drew a large and loyal fan base.

“I really believe Mama Jazz’s show put WMUB on the map,” said Miami University Archivist Bob

Schmidt. “Over the years, she acquired a large fan base from all over the Southwest region of Ohio.”

“I first heard Phyllis Campbell’s voice during an early days fundraiser at WMUB,” said Miami Uni-versity Alumni Bill Utter. “I happened to be on an-other floor, and as I heard her talk about jazz, I sensed right away that she would be simply great doing a jazz program for us. She did, and it was simply splendid, and continued every night for years. ‘Mama Jazz’ as she became known, did more to increase the audience for Miami’s station than anyone before or since. She was an original.”

According to John Hings-bergen, former Program Di-rector of Mama Jazz’s show, Phyllis Campbell earned the title “Mama” as she took so many people under her wing and essentially evange-lized them regarding what

she considered the world’s greatest music.

“In addition to the many thousands who enjoyed, and learned from, her program, there are hundreds of stu-dent board operators who, under her tutelage, learned about the music while they honed their skills as broad-casters,” Hingsbergen said. “One thing I constantly heard from people when I told them that I worked for WMUB, ‘Oh, that’s the Mama Jazz station!’”

Those who worked with Mama Jazz have fond mem-ories of her in a professional setting, but also on a person-al level as well.

“I worked with Mama Jazz from 1993 to 1998. What I found most impres-sive about her was how she was truly passionate about jazz music, and about the people she worked with,” said Bob Long, current Mi-ami University journalism faculty and former news

director of WMUB.Mama Jazz was also

known for her love and ex-pansive knowledge of jazz.

“She was very knowl-edgeable in all aspects of jazz. You could tell she was very passionate about shar-ing her love for and knowl-edge about jazz with her au-dience,” Long said. “Mama Jazz knew a lot of famous jazz musicians personally.

She was just a personable woman, made you feel like you were a part of her fam-ily and loved to share jazz with everyone. I think that’s why everyone loved her.”

Joe Sampson, a former student of Mama Jazz’s and current clinical faculty at Miami has fond memo-ries of his experiences with the DJ.

“I was an undergrad from 1990-94 and I worked as a student board operator in

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pi kappa phi members bike across america, raise money for disabledBy chElsEa davisFor thE miami studEnt

For some Miami Univer-sity students, the summer of 2012 will mark a time of amazing experiences and charity.

This summer, four Mi-ami students will partici-pate in charity events asso-ciated with the organization Push America.

This organization is a non-profit outreach pro-gram owned and operated by the Pi Kappa Phi frater-nity. All students partici-pating are members of Pi Kappa Phi.

Three of the students, sophomore Jake Magary, junior Jameson Lowery and

sophomore Scott Rice, will take part in a cross-country bike ride, called the Jour-ney of Hope.

The ride will begin in June, in San Francisco, Los Angeles or Seattle and end in August, in Washington D.C.

“I will be starting in San Francisco and biking over 4,000 miles, through 13 states ending up in Wash-ington, D.C. 65 days later,” Magary said.

There is a minimum fund-raising fee of $5,500 that is mandatory for the fraternity brothers to participate.

All of this money plus any additional money raised will go towards the people that these students

are riding for. “Every cent of the mon-

ey that team members raise goes directly to the people we serve,” Magary said. “In every place that [we] stop, a donation will be made to help improve facilities and make the en-vironment safer and more handicap accessible.”

The money that is raised comes from a variety of sources.

“The money we raise comes from … sending mass letters and emails to family and friends,” Low-ery said. “I have earned the majority of my current to-tal. I hope to gain the rest from sidewalk-events and corporate donations.”

The three men, along with 70 other Pi Kappa Phi fraternity members from across the US, will stop in over 50 cities throughout their journey.

“I will be stopping to make friendship visits, hold dances or play games with individuals with disabili-ties,” Magary said.

All three participants are preparing themselves for what will, no doubt, be a grueling, yet reward-ing summer, according to Magary. Each is training in their own way.

“I am currently training using an indoor cycling trainer and also cross-train-ing through various other activities such as running,”

Rice said.Junior Zachary Horn-

berger is taking part in another aspect of the Push America organization.

He will participate in the Build America cross-country summer construc-tion event, beginning and ending at roughly the same time as the Journey for Hope.

“Build America spans across the country, stopping for a week at a time to help make camps more acces-sible for their campers with disabilities,” Hornberger said. “Build America typi-cally starts with an orien-tation in Denver, I believe, and will end this year in Washington DC.”

Hornberger participated in a smaller biking event last summer, called Gear Up Florida, where the par-ticipants biked from Mi-ami, Fla. to Tallahassee. This event left him wanting to do more.

“The trip spanned over 800 miles and left me with a feeling of wanting to be more involved in Push America summer events,” Hornberger said. “The more personal interactions with the people that we are working for, that is offered by Build America, just seemed really appealing.”

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A grant provided by the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati to the Oxford-College Corner Clinic will match donations to the clinic 2 to 1 until the end of the year, Senior Program Director for the Health Foundation Francie Wolpin said.

The clinic received the Challenge Grant, which will help to defray costs that would not otherwise be made up because of the clinic’s non-profit structure, according to Wolpin.

“The Challenge Grant was given to the clinic to help develop individual fundraising, help it stay

in business and try to in-crease the donor base,” Wolpin said.

With the Challenge Grant, any donations made to the clinic by Dec. 31 will be matched 2 to 1 by the Health Foundation, up to a goal of $3,500. Next year, the donations will be matched 1 to 1 up to $13,000, according to Wolpin.

Ernest Cawvey, executive director of the clinic, said the grant will serve the two-fold purpose of energizing people to make donations to the clinic and encourage existing donors to continue their contributions.

“The match grant was given in recognition of effort for rural care,”

Cawvey said. While there are similar

clinics in more urban areas, such as Hamilton, the need for patients in rural areas to have accessible healthcare

backed the creation of the clinic in 2006, according to Cawvey.

“We provide a whole host of services,” Cawvey said.

Those services include

medications, diagnostics and social service referrals.

“In comparison to other clinics, we really go above and beyond their level of care,” Cawvey said.

For a patient to visit the clinic, he or she must be be-low 200 percent of the pov-erty line, Cawvey said.

“Unlike some other clin-ics, we don’t require that

someone in the household be out of work or that they are not receiving public aid. We’re really quite generous with assistance,” Cawvey said.

The clinic is open on the first, second and third Wednesday of each month. The clinic operates in the McCullough-Hyde Medi-cal Building on the first two Wednesdays, and moves to the First United Presbyterian Church on the last Wednesday. The clinic is run through the Health Foundation of Greater Cin-cinnati. However, numer-ous practicing doctors from McCullough-Hyde Memo-rial Hospital act as prac-titioners when the clinic is open.

By Jenna PiliPovichfor the MiaMi student

The line to get into the Ox-

ford Community Arts Cen-ter’s (OCAC) Potluck Con-cert Series on Thursday night may have smelled a little bet-ter than usual. This is because in addition to a $20 admission price, attendees were encour-aged to bring their favor-ite food or drink. The night provided not only entertain-ment for those attending, but support for the local musi-cians who performed. This year, two musical perform-ers, Laurie Traveline Neyer and Tracy Walker, were the headlining acts.

“There’s a dual purpose for the event,” Oxford Com-munity Arts Center Executive Director Caroline Croswell said. “Our mission is to sup-port the arts and art educa-tion in the community. It’s to entertain and also support the artists all while educating people about local art. For this event, the main focus is on the musicians.”

The event had a warm, holiday feel to it as the room was filled with white Christ-mas lights and two large dec-orated Christmas trees. The

atmosphere was very calm and Both Neyer and Walker were extremely personable towards their supporters. The audience smiled and some even bobbed their heads and moved their bodies to the rhythm of the music.

This is the second time OCAC has held such an event.

“Last year was a huge suc-cess,” Croswell said.

The hope is that each year more and more local artists will get involved, according to Croswell.

Neyer, a local musician, approached Croswell about performing at the event this year. Neyer has been very supportive of the Arts Center, and even has her own studio in the building, according to Croswell. She performs in musical productions and pot-luck series at a place called The Big Song House located in Oxford. But Neyer wanted to share her talents elsewhere.

A friend of hers, musician Tracy Walker, decided to perform at the event as well. Walker is known across the country for her music, which is heavily centered on jazz, blues, country, folk and even some rock. Both musicians are regionally known for their

talent, which coincides with their passion to perform.

Both musicians connected their songs to personal sto-ries, making for a very distinct connection between the audi-ence and performer. The set-ting was laid back in that there was no actual playlist simply because Walker said, “I don’t make a playlist, I try to play what I often think will fit. Jokingly, she said, “ I always start with something safe.”

Both performers write their own music as well as perform that of others. The concert was set up for each musician to perform their own individual songs as well as some songs together. It was clear to see

that both musicians played not only with great talent, but with great passion as well. When duets were performed, smiles were exchanged between Neyer and Walker, making the atmosphere even friend-lier not just for those perform-ing, but for those listening as well.

Laura Buchanan, presi-dent of the Miami Mergers a capella group, said it is im-portant for local musicians to get attention.

“I think it’s wonderful that local musicians are getting the chance to perform and show-case their talent to the com-munity as well as the universi-ty. It’s often times so hard for

musicians to gain recognition, so I think this concert is really a great thing,” Buchanan said.

“I think it is important that local musicians are given the chance to share their talents with the great Oxford com-munity,” sophomore Kelly Conway said. “It’s also a great way to get the name of the Oxford Community Arts Center out to students and residents as well.”

Laurie Traveline Neyer will also be performing Dec. 9 at the Songs of the Seasons Benefit Concert, where per-formers donate their time and the admission of $10 goes to-wards the Oxford Community Arts Center.

Potluck concert series showcases local musicians

Developer begins construction on new Hampton Inn hotel site

Oxford prepares for new businesses

Free clinic receives donation grant

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Laurie Traveline Neyer performs for the Oxford Community Arts Center’s Potluck Concert Series on Thursday, Dec. 1.

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Construction began in November at Stewart Square, off South College Avenue, as ground was bro-ken for a new Hampton Inn hotel that will be owned by Stewart Developers.

According to Alan Ky-ger, Oxford’s economic development director, the hotel was originally zoned in 2005; the plan was approved and has been developed in three phase stages.

Pam Lindley, Stew-art Developer’s business operations administra-tor said the building will take advantage of pur-chasing a franchise with Hampton Inn and will still be owned by Stewart Developers LLC.

“After great success at the Elms Hotel that is up-town; with Stewart Square,

it made sense to have a hotel in the square,” she said. “It will be great for families to be able to stay in the same area with students liv-ing already in the square, now parents will be able to stay in the hotel right along with them. It will be a great finishing asset to Stewart Square.”

Kyger said the ho-tel will only replace a limited space.

“The only thing the ho-tel will replace is a parking lot, parking for the hotel will be tight but there will be parking in the basement of the hotel.” Kyger said.

The building will have three stories with four floors, including the base-ment garage. The footprint of the building is around 15,000 square feet with the total building space to be around 60,000 square feet, according to Jung-Han

Chen, Oxford’s community development director.

Lindley stated that the hotel will have many amenities.

“The hotel will have a pool, fitness center, and spacious meeting areas; the hotel’s entire cost will be around $7.2 million,” she said.

First-year Taylor Hin-kley thinks the hotel will be a good idea.

“I really like the idea of another hotel in Oxford. It will be good for peo-ple who plan to come to visit both Miami Univer-sity and the community,” Hinkley said.

Kyger does not antici-pate any problems with traffic flow on either South College Avenue or Spring Street during the course of the construction.

Lindley said the ho-tel should be finished by July 2012.

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35 and 43 e. church street: new Mexican restaurant to Move in

The backside of Darbar Indian Restaurant will be the home of a new Mexi-can restaurant called La Pi-nata, according to Kyger. The owners have already opened the restaurant in West Chester and Cincin-nati. Because the restaurant will be over 4,000 ft., the restaurant will qualify for an additional liquor license from the state of Ohio.

325 s. college ave.: stewart square to get steakhouse and Wine Bar

Mike Patterson, owner of Patterson’s Café and part owner of Paesano’s Pasta House, is moving forward with a steakhouse and wine shop. He hopes to open

Michael’s Steakhouse and Wine Bar by August. Pat-terson is currently securing financing, but hopes to be finished by January so that he can begin construction. He plans to put the busi-ness in the previous site of Dubois Bookstore in Stew-art Square, according to Kyger. The restaurant will have a small area where patrons can purchase wine to take out of the store or to take back to their table at the steakhouse. It will also offer a wine bar. Accord-ing to Kyger, Patterson’s new venture is aimed at targeting the more mature Oxford clientele.

“Moms and dads are a huge part of the Oxford economy,” Kyger said. “[For example], between Thanksgiving and Christ-mas, [parents] aren’t

Around 3 a.m. Saturday, an Oxford Police Depart-ment officer responded to a report of a vehicle crash in the vicinity of North Lo-cust Street and West Vine Streets. The officer report-edly heard the crash and saw a female going away from the scene on foot. The officer saw a car and sign damaged in the area, as well as McDonald’s scattered on the ground. The driver, 21-year-old Miami University sopho-more Courtney Henry, approached the officer and then “ran home to get her roommate.” Henry told the officer later that she didn’t know why she didn’t call her roommate or 911.

Henry had no personal items on her. The offi-cer smelled alcohol on Henry’s breath. Initially, Henry told the officer she had not had anything to drink, but later said she had consumed a beer, be-fore telling the officer she had only had Hi-C.

The officer noted that Henry was wearing house slippers and her sweat-pants backwards. Henry failed several field so-briety tests before blow-ing a .156 blood alcohol concentration. She was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle under the influence and failure to control.

Around 1 a.m. Sunday, an Oxford Police Depart-ment officer observed a male walking alone unsteadily and almost falling over. The officer approached the male, identified as 19-year-old Miami University sopho-more George Clark, and asked him to stop. Clark was reportedly unable to answer questions and had heavily slurred speech. When the officer asked Clark how old he was, Clark said he was 23 years old. The officer noticed a New Jersey driver’s li-cense and saw that Clark was only 19 years old.

The officer smelled a heavy odor of alco-hol on Clark. Clark was cited for underage drink-ing and transported to his residence.

Around 2 a.m. Saturday, police were dispatched along with the Oxford Life Squad in regards to a male passed out in the lob-by of the Elms Hotel. The male was on the couch in the upper lobby and was unable to be awakened by the life squad. The male was then transferred to the McCullough-Hyde Me-morial Hospital emergen-cy room. The male had a strong odor of alcohol on him and was identified as 19-year-old Miami Uni-versity sophomore Peter Nelson. Nelson was cited for underage drinking.

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The spirit of the holi-days is in the air as stu-dents and faculty mem-bers alike finish up the final week of the first se-mester. Yet before Miami University’s population jets off for winter break to celebrate the season with family and friends, students are offered one more opportunity to get excited for the upcoming holidays. Three student a cappella groups known as the Cheezies, the Mis-fitz and the Remnants are performing in Hall Audi-torium at 7:30 p.m. Satur-day for the last concert of the semester.

By its very definition, “a cappella” translates to “without instrumental accompaniment.” What’s unique about this form of musicality is in the way the music is presented. “A Cappella music is so different,” Michelle Sander, a member of the Misfitz, said. “We’re able

to recreate instruments with our voices, and can incorporate so many dif-ferent sounds to a song. There’s something really amazing and beautiful about that.”

“The distinction be-tween the groups lies in the personality and dynamics of the groups as well as the way each approach mu-sic making and song selection,” Cheez-ies music direc-tor Chris Walsh said. All three a cappella groups have prepared se-lections of both holiday and non-holiday pieces, and some of these pieces will be performed for the first time Saturday night.

Since the fall a cappel-la concert back in mid-October, the groups have all been hard at work rehearsing and learning the music for this event. The majority of the songs have been arranged by in-dividual group members or inspired by versions from other a cappella

groups.“There’s going to be a

high level of energy from all three groups and this is [an] event that’s just always entertaining,” Cheezies members Mi-chael Bearer said

On top of this Satur-day’s show, all the a cap-pella groups have many

other events and

opportunities currently in the works. Plans for new CDs, summer tours and collegiate competi-tions are being reviewed and finalized, which leaves much to look for-ward to in the Miami a cappella community.

“An a cappella concert is something everyone should experience at least

once,” Remnant Josh Car-ey said. “No matter what your musical background is, everyone can have a lot of fun. Great songs are performed and there are always laughs. It’s a nice study break right be-fore finals and just a good end to the semester.”

Sander, Bearer and Carey all agree the con-

cert is sure to be the per-fect method of stress re-lease before finals week, and is a wonderful oppor-tunity to support fellow students and have a great time enjoying music right before break. Tickets can be bought at the Shriver Box Office or online. Tickets are $5 for stu-dents and $7 for adults.

By ALi CLymErFor thE miAmi StudEnt

Controversial, exciting, in-triguing. These are all words that encompass what Miami Univer-sity Student Radio’s new show, The Absolute Show, is all about. The three hosts, Vince Krevas, Dominic Randazzo and Patrick Bacon, talk about anything and everything from 9 to 10 p.m. every Tuesday night.

“It’s a variety show,” Krevas said. “It’s separated into dif-ferent sections: entertainment, Miami topics from The Miami Student, sports, music or basi-cally anything newsworthy.” The Absolute Show tries to bring guests each week to address cer-tain topics, whether it is a con-troversial act of the local police, or new and unfamiliar topics to both the hosts and the listeners. According to the hosts of The Absolute Show, their diver-sity in topic selection separates them from most other shows on the radio that focus on one spe-cific area or play music during the majority of the show.

The three hosts are friends and came up with the idea for The Absolute Show at a Cleve-land Indians game this past summer. After some brain-storming and preparation, the three set up a meeting with the radio station’s general man-ager to get the ball rolling. According to Randazzo, it only took two weeks to develop a nice flow and comfort level on the air.

This can definitely be heard while listening to the show. The three are honest in every sense of the word, letting the general public get a sense of who they are and what they believe. All of the hosts enjoy the discus-sions and lively debate, and being able to hear their ex-citement and passion makes the show even more en-tertaining and intriguing. The Absolute Show can be followed on Twitter @The-AbsoluteShow, Facebook and at RedHawkRadio.com Tune in on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. to hear the show.

By LAurEn KigginSFor thE miAmi StudEnt

Beyond the trees on West-ern Campus lies Kumler Chapel, the venue in which Chapel Voices will host their second concert.

Daniel Moody, a former Miami University student, founded the ensemble in the spring of 2011 to focus strictly on classical music.

“I felt like if a group was student run, the students would have more oppor-tunity to take it in a direc-tion that they wanted,” Moody said. “The biggest

thing I wanted to do was be attentive to quality and respective genre.”

Starting a student-run organization had its struggles.

“Getting people to commit was difficult, es-pecially without an atten-dance policy. So, I was nice, but kept bugging people to come because I knew what I needed to do to get my idea to work, ” Moody said.

This semester, the ba-ton has been handed to junior Chris Walsh.

“It’s truly a huge honor and privilege because the

level of musicianship is so high,” Walsh said. “It was like being handed the keys

to a new Ferrari and being told to go drive.”

Walsh has experience

conducting Miami’s a cap-pella group the Cheezies and student-conducting Men’s Glee Club.

Over the past year, Cha-pel Voices has grown into a 54-person ensemble.

“I asked basically every-one I knew at Miami who sings if they would be in-terested, and through word of mouth we were able to grow pretty quickly,” Walsh said. “A lot of [the growth] is owed to the people sing-ing in the group. They did such a good job of talking up Chapel Voices. For awhile, I had a new person every day asking if they could join.”

“Chapel Voices is the epitome of the Miami un-dergraduate experience: Daniel had an idea and was able to create something amazing,” Lara Wolford, assistant conductor, said. First-year student Sarah Lil-ly has been a member of the group since the very begin-ning of the year.

“I think so many people have jumped on board be-cause everyone is really passionate about the suc-cess of the group. I love the dynamics of the group and I’m excited to see the progress that we make,” Lilly said.

“Chapel Voices provides an open environment for ar-tistic expression.”

Wednesday’s concert will feature both holiday and classical repertoire.

“I tried fitting in pieces to match the old English aes-thetic we aimed for and the beauty of Kumler Chapel,” Walsh said. “Anyone that comes out to this concert will be able to feel the en-semble’s passion.”

Chapel Voices at Kum-ler Chapel begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday with a reception to follow. There is no admission fee or tickets required.

By dAn hAmLin SEnior StAFF WritEr

Fresh off stellar per-formances of The Pirates of Penzance, Miami Uni-versity Opera has anoth-er success to celebrate. Their 2010 production of Massenet’s Cinderella was recently awarded the second prize in the 2011 Opera Production Com-petition sponsored by the National Opera Associa-tion (NOA).

“It’s fantastic to be rec-ognized. For such a chal-lenging production, there was a lot of effort put into it,” Professor Mari Opatz-Muni, director of the opera program, said.

According to Opatz-Muni, the competition is completely blind; the judges have no clue which organization is performing or where they are from.

Major universities across the country enter DVD submissions that are then reviewed by a panel of judges. Miami won in the Category IV group, and will be rec-ognized at the NOA National Convention this upcoming January. The categories for awards are based off of a num-ber of different items including production budget, size of the pro-gram and other logistics.

Other universities that en-tered include Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, the University of North Texas, the Univer-sity of Kansas and Temple University, among others.

“The fact we are com-peting against much larger schools and still coming out in second is simply fantastic,” Opatz-Muni said.

Stefanie Wagner, the stage manager for the production and 2010 alumnae, echoed that sen-timent: “[The award] is completely deserved. All of the hard work paid off,” she said. “Miami Univer-sity Opera is one of the best companies that I have worked with. They are an amazing team that is on top of what they do.”

This isn’t Miami’s first award from the NOA. The 2008 production of Paul Bunyan was awarded sec-ond prize in the Category III group.

“The [opera] program is primarily comprised of undergraduate stu-dents, and to have this production at such a high level is phenom-enal. We may be small, but we sure are mighty,” Opatz-Muni said.

This award is another accolade to display dur-ing Miami’s Year of the Arts.

Passion for music fuels student initiative

A cappella all stars to rock out at hall

Miami Opera hits another high note

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dAnCE thEAtrE WoWS CroWd Under the direction of Lana Kay Rosenberg, the members of Miami University Dance Theatre shone at their concerts Friday and Saturday. The group performed eight dances by both guest choreographers and student choreographers.

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This past weekend, Campus Activities Coun-cil’s Global Fusion board and Spectrum hosted three drag queens for “Divas and Diversity,” a division of Hope’s Voice, which is a charity advocating educa-tional programs about HIV, the LGTBQ community and other minorities. Mor-gan McMichaels (Thomas White), Venus D’Lite (Adam Guerra) and Shannel (Bryan Watkins), originally from Ru Paul’s Drag Race, educated students in Leonard The-atre about the importance of accepting others for who they are.

The Miami Student editori-al board believes that Miami University, the first campus to have more than one queen

perform in one evening, should have more events like this to improve knowledge of acceptance on this campus.

Events like “Divas and Diversity” give insight to anti-bullying campaigns and bring hope for any student struggling with discrimina-tion. In light of students and young teens taking their lives because of bullying, it is im-portant to always be educated and create conversation that respects differences.

Even the smallest advanc-es hold a significant mes-sage: the faculty flash mob, titled “Making it Better at Miami U” in King Library last month also ties into aid-ing those who feel marginal-ized — by no means should students feel uncomfortable

among the “Miami mold.”The editorial board hopes

Campus Activities Council and or any other student or-ganization urging to promote campus-wide discussion on such matters will bring in more speakers like White, Guerra and Watkins. The event should be well pro-moted, and held in a larger, more accessible hall so more students can attend.

As a university, it is impor-tant to see that one, three, or even a community of people can make a difference with the power of positivity. It is essential that students can both learn and discuss what it means to be accepting of others, no matter what their race, gender, or sexual pref-erence may be.

anti-bullying events encourage respect for diversity on campus

facts matter in spending debateWhile we, like many Mi-

amians, are deeply concerned with some of the issues ad-dressed in the recently pub-lished letter, “Miami’s spend-ing should be questioned, not dismissed,” we were disap-pointed by the use of misin-formation and sensationalist language to address these is-sues. The appropriate use of university funds, student en-gagement and university mar-keting practices are important issues worthy of a real conver-sation, rather than arguments based on hyperbolized claims of “bamboozlement on an epic scale.”

Professors Brock, Cottell, Hall, Hart and Miller errone-ously stated, “The administra-tion counts sections of classes with 200 students as includ-ing 10 sections of 20 students each, because there is a once-a-week breakout session with a graduate student — an obvi-ous distortion downward of an official measure of class size.” The Common Data Set Initia-tive set the guidelines used by Miami University to calculate class size and are the same guidelines used by universi-ties across the country.

Contrary to Brock et al.’s

assertion, a class of 200 students who meet together would be counted as a class of 200. Breakout sections, where students are indeed meeting in classes of 20, would be count-ed separately as 10 sections of 20 students each.

Brock et al. also provide an absurdly simplistic explana-tion of the methods used to measure student engagement when they wrote, “the meth-odological legerdemain un-derlying this claim [of student engagement] is to tell students constantly how engaged they are, and then ask them if they feel engaged.” Offices and departments across the university use a variety of methods to examine students’ engagement with their edu-cation, with an emphasis on students’ behaviors and the activities they participate in. Measures of student engage-ment address questions such as: What type of activities do students participate in in the classroom? How many hours do our students spend prepar-ing for their classes? What type of activities do students participate in outside of the classroom? How many of our students complete internships,

work on research with a facul-ty member, or study abroad?

We support conversations about whether we, as an insti-tution, are creating an environ-ment that encourages and sup-ports our students as well as whether we accurately com-municate to all those involved with Miami the features that constitute a Miami education. However, we hope these con-versations will be based upon accurate information, and we invite all who are interested in learning more about course enrollment size or measures of student engagement to visit Miami’s Office of In-stitutional Research website (www.muohio.edu/oir) or to email Institutional Research at institutionalresearch@ muohio.edu.

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acupuncture offers legitimate reliefI was sadly surprised to

see Professor Susan Hoff-man’s baseless attack on acupuncture and toward the author of a previous article informing Miami Univer-sity students and staff of the availability of acupunc-ture at McCullough-Hyde Wellness Center. Hoffman claimed that acupuncture has been debunked by sci-entific studies and is merely a placebo effect, rendering it a useless and ineffectual medicine. The tragedy here is that many people will see this statement, take it to be true since an academic wrote it and may never try acupuncture.

The other surprise here is that a professor from my esteemed alma mater, Mi-ami University, apparently has formed an opinion not based on the majority of cur-rent research. Even the most rudimentary Internet search yields the World Health Or-ganization’s website, the Federal Government’s web-site and many presitgious medical universities such as John’s Hopkins University,

Northwestern University, Stanford University, etc., which cite hundreds of con-trolled scientific studies on the benefits of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine for a variety of health problems.

A Mayo Clinic article even points out how com-paring “sham acupuncture,” which is the stimulation of points on the skin to induce the illusion of acupuncture, versus traditional acupunc-ture is a poor way to evalu-ate its application. Stimu-lating acupuncture points on the surface of the skin (acupressure) still yields sig-nificant positive results and is actually one of the many techniques a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine can utilize. Furthermore, in November 2008, a joint Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Harvard Medi-cal School clinical study published in the journal Be-havioural Brain Research proved beyond any doubt that traditional acupuncture has a stronger therapeutic ef-fect than “sham acupuncture”

and goes well beyond any perceived placebo effect.

I hope that whoever reads this will do his or her own research, as it is not difficult to see that leaders in West-ern science have embraced traditional Chinese medicine as a complimentary medi-cine to speed up the recovery and cure rate for hundreds of ailments. Of course there are still those like Hoffman, who will refuse to accept that which is out of their comfort and belief system. However, science demands that we take the evidence and embrace the results despite what we want or wish them to be.

My biggest concern is for those who may be seeking relief for symptoms connect-ed with sleep, stress, pain, digestion, PMS, allergies, in-jury, etc., to know that there is a reliable, safe and effec-tive solution in acupuncture.

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Business majors are like everyone elseI would like to briefly re-

spond to a column that was published in Friday’s edition of The Miami Student by Karli Kloss titled, “Stripping it down: A few more realities about the post-Miami Uni-versity job market.” The ar-ticle, worthy in its pursuit to lessen fears of potential post-graduation unemployment, asserts that given Miami’s reputation (via state and na-tional rankings), the school expects a “different standard” for its students’ career paths. Kloss admits that she, like many Miami students, have a tendency to acquire a “snotty and privileged” perspec-tive regarding the assumed advantages that Miami stu-dents bare, and the subse-quent utility that offers in our job search.

However, what is most off-putting about this colum-nis that after making these unsupported claims, it deci-sively segregates The Farmer School of Business (FSB) students from the major-ity, creating an “us vs. them”

mentality to make the “privi-leged and pampered FSB children” appear coddled and isolated from the whole. The article continues by implying that merely the FSB name on a resume will incur a starting salary of “$50,000 and im-mediate relocation to the Up-per East Side.” While many highly reputable employers have a long history of hiring from Miami, it is this type of stereotyping that is particu-larly frustrating to read as a business student. All business majors do not end up on Wall Street, in New York, making upwards of $50k, just as all pre-med majors do not be-come neurosurgeons, and all political science majors the next John F. Kennedy.

The Farmer School of Business equips its students with quality education and programming, highly accom-plished faculty, outstanding student organizations and the promotion of strong business ethics. It is because of these demanding expectations that give our business school its

reputable name, not the atti-tude among its students.

I ask that before accusing fellow classmates of acquir-ing unfair advantages via ex-aggerated stereotypes, please first examine the terms in which you define yourself.

Furthermore, I would like to mention that all students are free to choose their major or area of study, and we are fortunate enough to have the liberty to do so in this country. Attacking, on any level and to any degree, a part of an insti-tution that will one day be our alma mater is neither produc-tive nor advantageous. So to all students: know that you have all been equipped with the necessary skills to not only find a job, but to excel in your respective areas of inter-est. Also know this ability is not rooted in predisposed ad-vantages, but rather by your own talent, merit and the knowledge you have gained while at Miami.

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Universities nationwide need cost reform to maintain education opportunity

The current state of our country leaves economists, analysts and politicians to question, “what are we doing wrong?” and “what can be done to fix it?” One thing that many neglect to factor in is the poor and declining education system all across the U.S.

The content of class work needs to improve, but at least those who choose to have an education of any value pur-sue it because they can afford to. If education was more af-fordable, this country could easily see reduced ramifica-tions produced from less than average choices.

According to a CNN ar-ticle, “Why does college cost so much?” back in 2009, “spending by Americans for post-secondary educa-tion totaled $461 billion, an amount 42% greater than in 2000, after accounting for inflation. This $461 billion is

the equivalent of 3.3% of total U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and an amount greater than the total GDP of coun-tries such as Sweden, Norway and Portugal.”

And it’s only gotten worse. The American higher educa-tion system needs cost reform, as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addressed in a speech earlier last week. Sure, many of us at Miami Univer-sity attend because our parents have made arrangements to pay for our tuition, but in the long run, when those students are paying back loans on their own in a few years, we will all see just how much and how ridiculous some of those fees are.

The article also stated that, “College seniors who bor-row to finance their educa-tion now graduate with an average of $24,000 in debt, and student loan debt

now tops credit card debt among Americans.”

The number of college graduates goes beyond the number of job opportunities — students are resorting to taking a job just “to settle,” but not what they’re really quali-fied for. While I may only earn a bachelor’s degree here, it is more suitable for me to co-incide with a profession that highlights what I’ve studied at Miami for the last four years; I would never and could never settle for a job being a retail employee or working at a res-taurant just because it “pays the bills,” but unfortunately, that is what most Americans have settled for.

Bottom line, students, faculty and staff should al-ways ask questions about university spending. If you run a university like a busi-ness, you should value the customers, in this case, the

students. Just because you’d like to be “selective” doesn’t also mean pleasing constitu-ents such as university trust-ees, alumni, etc., needs to be a major priority in university spending — think of the stu-dents who are here to learn and what their finances are going to.

If these problems aren’t ad-dressed, not only at Miami but also all over the country, we will have an America with an increased rate of uneducated people, leading to an increased crime rate, increased number of people living on welfare, etc. The repercussions are devastating. Education is and should always be the number one value for all — it doesn’t ever hurt to learn, but if people are discouraged because it will hurt their bank accounts, then America should no lon-ger be valued as “the land of opportunity.”

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On Friday, I participated in the “Innov8” for Health contest to pitch ideas to solve problems involving healthcare transitions at the GE Aviation Learning Centre in Cincinnati. It was a contest and opportu-nity for students from Miami University, Xavier Univer-sity, Northern Kentucky Uni-versity and the University of Cincinnati, in addition to start-up businesses.

I was proud to see many stu-dents from Miami, roughly 12 out of all 32 students invited. I even saw several fellow en-trepreneurship students there as well. I was glad for such an experience, and I think such opportunities can offer Miami students a competitive edge while also bettering the greater Cincinnati area and the state of Ohio.

A key sentence in this idea contest announcement defined the problem: “When patients move from one care setting to the next … many things can and often do go wrong caus-ing difficulties for patients and caregivers and increasing costs to the entire healthcare system.” My proposal was to apply a business methodology known as “Lean Six Sigma” to the healthcare system in order to increase efficiency and eliminate waste, which is defined as any cost that does not benefit the patient. Simi-lar to how a good economy functions when the consumer not the producer is in control. A proper healthcare system operates best when the patient not the provider is in control.

For example, Stan-ford University Hospital

implemented “Lean Six Sig-ma” when insurers informed the hospital that their Coro-nary Artery Bypass Graft sur-gery was too expensive and that their clients would be referred elsewhere for treat-ment. By using “Lean Six Sigma,” the Stanford Univer-sity Hospital lowered the cost of the surgery by 70 percent and cut the number of associ-ated deaths by 52 percent. Not only would “Lean Six Sigma” reduce cost and cost variation, putting the patient back in con-trol, but it would also identify areas in need of improvement, which may present opportu-nities for other innovations to be invented. Applying this idea would be a generator of future innovation.

Part of my proposal would establish a “Lean Six Sigma”

department as part of the Farmer School of Business at Miami University with three primary objectives. The first objective is to create a cur-riculum that teaches basic eco-nomics in addition to “Lean Six Sigma” techniques to Mi-ami students and to individu-als living in the greater Cincin-nati area and businesses. This would give Miami and its stu-dents a competitive edge. For example, a recent job posting on LinkedIn from Valspar in Chicago asked for a person with a mastery of “Lean Six Sigma” techniques. It would be great if Miami became known for educating such “Lean Six Sigma” experts. Also, this knowledge would keep Miami competitive with other universities such as the Ohio State University, which

already has a “Lean Six Sig-ma” program at their Fisher College of Business.

The second objective would be for the department to have a consulting unit that could work with businesses, and especially hospitals, to advise, implement and monitor “Lean Six Sigma” techniques. One of the main focuses of this consulting unit would be to coordinate knowl-edge and resources with For-tune 500 companies such as GE, Bank One and Xerox that have pioneered and utilized these “Lean Six Sigma” and economic concepts.

When I listened to some of the great ideas at Innova8, I re-alized that we have innovative students, faculty and alumni representing Miami. While In-nov8 is limited to holding one contest on one healthcare topic

per year, the Miami program would perpetually be open to and even recruit ideas for various topics.

This leads to the third objec-tive of this department, which would be like a quasi-“think tank.” When the consulting unit identifies areas for im-provement it can notify Miami students, especially in depart-ments such as entrepreneur-ship, thus giving students the chance to be innovative.

Furthermore, ideas and innovations can constantly be brought to the “Lean Six Sigma” department. It will be continuous and collaborative and open the door for Miami University and Miami stu-dents to lead Ohio. I would be excited to participate now and in the future to help make this idea a reality.

In the course Commu-nications 354: “Media and Society,” our class was as-signed with identifying a problem in society that is partially caused by or in-creased by the media. Then we were sent to find a so-lution to the problem. This final 10-page research pa-per led to many interesting papers with many diverse problems and causes. In-terestingly, many were rel-evant to Miami University life today. One student’s paper in particular grabbed my attention when he dis-cussed excessive underage drinking and the media’s positive portrayal of that image being the problem, and naturally our class discussion turned directly to Miami.

Let’s face it, it is an issue we have all dealt with and deal with on (at the very minimum) a weekly ba-sis. But before we divulge, some terms must be cleared up. By excessive, we refer to drinking enough to get drunk to the point where you need friends to rec-ollect the events of one night. And for the most part, college students were obviously found to do the most drinking on week-ends, which could qualify them as binge drinkers: essentially alcoholics who get excessively drunk once a week.

My classmate’s re-search attributed a Harvard School of Public Health study of more than 14,000 students in more than 119 national colleges and uni-versities. From the study, 44 percent of the students were found to be excessive binge drinkers.

I do not think it needs to be argued the direct, causal judgment effects alcohol clearly has besides its im-pairment of peoples’ abili-ties to think or talk clearly. However, it also should not be expected that stu-dents will necessarily stop drinking, especially if it is a cultural trend. The real interesting question is why do we indulge in exces-sive drinking, and why is it so intriguing?

The answer to that ques-tion will lead to the solu-tion. Part of the problem I think is going away from home and the availability of alcohol at colleges ev-erywhere, with the com-bination of “everyone”

engaging in an activity, which is against the law. It makes drinking more fun because the risks have increased. Ironically, so do the amount of risks we take when we engage in the behavior.

Granted, the issue is much more diverse than this because it is also im-possible to argue with the amount of increased sexual behaviors drinking causes and the rampant amount of STD’s amongst college students, which is spread-ing because of it. We also don’t have time to start talking about the positive image media portraits of underage drinking and pre-marital sex (Jersey Shore, anyone?). So there are oth-er motives than just being away from home. But if the drinking age were low-ered, would it allow high school students to drink under the legal supervision of adults and thus be safer in actuality?

We’ve all heard the stories in eighth grade health class when adults go outside or go away to be “cool,” knowing their kids are drinking and then something detrimental happens at the party. As a result, the parents are pinned for allowing ille-gal activity in their home. I think if the alcohol age is lowered, it has a better shot of lessening the “rebel effect,” which might moti-vate some people to exces-sively binge drink. Sud-denly, they are just doing in excess what they did with mom and dad and all their friends not in excess. Then they will be able to be monitored by (hopeful-ly) more mature adults and would be able to quickly realize the benefits of truly drinking “socially” (a loose term in our culture) versus drinking excessively (as defined previously.)

The reverse argument that all we would be do-ing is enabling kids to do legally what they shouldn’t be doing illegally, is true and must be considered. Lowering the drinking age will certainly not be the end of excessive binge drinking; however it could be the start to making al-cohol less of an agent of rebellious stupor and more an agent of a social and personal pleasure taken in moderation.

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Expansive history of chicken deserves consumers’ respect, loyalty

Which came first, the chick-en or the egg? For 150 million years, poultry have roamed the earth as an important part of the animal world and the food chain. Today, chicken and all chicken byproducts have not only become common in every home, but essential to our diet and well-being. The chicken, alone, changed how the world ate. Agricultural technology shaped the bird into the planet’s most efficient meat producing machine and a symbol of mass consumer culture. Yet, do we really ap-preciate the chicken? Do we give it the credit it deserves?

The history of the chicken is long and expansive. The practice of raising chickens for food is ancient, with the first domestication occurring in Asia more than 4,000 years ago. The spread of the chicken throughout the world was the result of global expansion. As explorers sought to define the world’s “empty spaces,” set-tlers moved in, and with them, they brought chicken.

In the midst of the Great Depression, during the 1928 presidential election, President Herbert Hoover promised a

decade of prosperity, with a “chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” Even though some now debate the origin of the phrase, it still signifies that chicken played a vital role in the home and symbolized prosperity.

Chickens have even played a role in spirituality, serving as a religious symbol for Hindu-ism, and being mentioned in ancient Greek texts and the Christian Bible. In addition, the chicken is one of the Zodi-ac characters for the Chinese calendar. President Abraham Lincoln once said, “The hen is the wisest of all the animal creation because she never cackles until after the egg has been laid.”

Although we think of chick-en today as a cheap meat, it was not always so. For much of its history, chicken meat was considered a delicacy. It was only after farmers could independently raise chickens that the meat became more readily available. The intro-duction of modern refrigera-tion methods and rapid trans-portation also helped increase the consumption of the meat after World War II.

Not only do we use chicken meat for protein, the eggs pro-vided by the bird seem to be present in every aspect of life. Eggs are used to make may-onnaise, cakes, biscuits and waffles. In addition, egg pro-tein can be used in cosmetics, shampoos and even serves as the base for many important medicines and vaccines, in-cluding the flu vaccine.

Yet, for all they provide, chickens are the brunt of many jokes, the inspiration for the sappiness of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, and even the focus of the “Chick-en Dance,” played to polka music. An old person is “no spring chicken,” it’s bad judg-ment to “count your chick-ens before they hatch” and “putting all your eggs in one basket,” shows inadequate planning. Not to mention the negative connotation of some-one being called “a chicken.”

Although the movie Chicken Run, helped to gen-erate awareness of this great bird, so much more needs to be done to really appreciate what the chicken has done for the world. In Versailles, Ohio, thousands “flock” to the

traditional annual “Poultry Days” festival, where the chicken is celebrated. Every-day, millions of chickens pro-vide meat, eggs and feathers to make the world a better and tastier place. Moreover, Ken-tucky Fried Chicken should be especially grateful.

Today, the commercial egg laying industry is comprised of more than 273 million lay-ing hens, which produce 237 million table eggs. In 2000, the average American con-sumed 67 pounds of chicken and 250 pounds of eggs per year. Knowing this data, how could we not be extremely grateful for the chicken? How would we survive without it? We would be running around like “chickens with our heads cut off.”

So the next time you eat a chicken sandwich or a chick-en finger, say a little thank you to the bird in front of you. Remember its contribution and be thankful not only for its sacrifice, but for the life giving food it provides. We can all agree that it’s always a good thing when it “tastes like chicken.” So thank you, Mr. Chicken, we salute you.

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to perform, came onto the stage doing a Madonna impersonation. Venus said she was called names and abused at her school. Com-ing from a broken fam-ily, Venus joined a gang for protection from bul-lies. But after high school, Venus moved to Holly-wood, started dressing like Madonna and had her own drag show for over six years.

“There are many speed bumps in life. There are many obstacles in life. Life is not easy,” Venus said. “I had no clue 10 years ago I would be standing her to-night as Madonna doing something I like to do.”

After each queen

performed, they took the time to answer questions and pose for photos. Cor-poran said he has heard nothing but positive re-sponses from people that attended. He said people found the speeches inspir-ing and learned more about how to view themselves and treat others.

Junior Brooke Warren, marketing executive for Spectrum, said she learned from the divas.

“It’s so motivating and inspiring to hear about all the obstacles they had to overcome,” Warren said. “They brought us a great message about the power of positivity when it comes to bullying and that sometimes life is un-fair, but you have to keep pushing through.”

CONTRIBUTED BY MICHAEL SCOTTI AM A BANANA!Senior Mike Scott (on timpani) is accompanied at his senior percussion recital by sophomore David Beeder (the banana) Saturday. “Endangered Banana No. 3.” by Robert Pierzak is written for “dancing/vocalizing banana and timpani.”

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battle, the cruiser was sunk and many of its sailors were taken prisoner by the Japa-nese, including Sizemore. After spending three and a half years as a prisoner of war, Sizemore was lib-erated in Sept. 1945. He retired from active Navy service in 1959 and joined the OPD one year later. After 20 years at the de-partment, Sizemore retired in 1980.

Retired OPD Sgt. Jim Squance took part in the ceremony and recounted his times with Sizemore.

“He was my training of-ficer when I first joined the department,” Squance said. “As an experienced officer, his attitude was very calm-ing. He taught me not to sweat the small stuff and was respectful to every-one which in turn gained him respect.”

Though everyone knew about his military past, no one knew he had 14 med-als waiting to be awarded to him.

“He never spoke once about it,” Garapic said.

According to Garapic, the first mention of his lost medals occurred when Sizemore and one of his daughters went to a reunion in Houston for the original members of the ship.

“One person came up to my sister and asked if she was aware of our father’s history,” Garapic said.

After learning of a few of

the lost medals, Sizemore’s family contacted the Vet-eran’s Affairs office, which in turn caused Sen. Brown to pick up on it.

According to Miller, Sen. Brown’s offices routinely awards lost or never received medals to Ohio veterans.

“Our office is alerted either by the armed forces or by families who be-lieve one of their family members has not received a medal,” Miller said. “In this case, it was one of his daughters who initially contacted us.”

Garapic believes it is just like her father to keep to himself about his service and not take the spotlight for what he did in the war.

“He is not an extraordi-nary man,” Garapic said. “He was amongst a gener-ation of men who returned from the war and had to get going on with their lives.”

Sizemore did indeed con-tinue his life of service. He had four daughters, two of whom served in the armed forces, including Garapic who was a specialist E4 in the Navy from 1967-1969. Furthermore, four of his grandchildren have served their country as well.

“Look at it this way,” Garapic said. “He is a man who served for his country and who raised four daugh-ters, two of which served for our country. His grand-children are serving their country and undoubtedly their children will continue to do so.”

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Morgan McMichaels, one of three divas from Ru Paul’s Drag Race who spoke at Divas of Diversity, speaks to the audi-ence about growing up gay in Scotland.

Marvin Sizemore is presented with his 14 overdue medals from his service aboard the USS Houston during World War II. Sizemore joined the Oxford Police Department in 1960 and retireed in 1980.

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said the project was still in the data gathering and planning stage of operation and that there will be more time for committees to comment on the initiatives after more information has been gathered.

Other issues addressed by the University Sen-ate included a reminder to the faculty that timely grade submission would cut down on the number of missing grades reported to students at the end of the semester.

According to Provost Bobby Gempesaw, ac-tions like determination of

ineligibility, scholar-ship retention and post-ing of degrees for gradu-ating students can all be delayed by slow grade posting.

Gempesaw said the uni-versity had also recently cut the number of unre-ported grades from 3,000 to 1,000, but that further efforts would be needed in hopes of shrinking that number even further.

The University Senate also voted to recommend the pursuit of a J-term, which would extend the winter holiday and al-lows students more time to study abroad and pursue academic opportunities in the winter months.

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15 S. Beech: Oxford Press Building Being Developed

The Oxford Press moved out of their build-ing on South Beech Street and moved into an office space above LCNB Bank last week. Stewart Square Developers has purchased the one story building and plans to tear it down and build a new building with additional floors for residences, according to Kyger. The building was owned by Cox Publish-ing, the company in charge of The Oxford Press, The Hamilton Journal-News and the Dayton Daily News, among other publi-cations. Cox has recently downsized many of its regional offices.

“When these were in-dividual papers, they all had printing presses on site,” Kyger said. “Their new model involves con-solidated printing, so Cox Publishing had all these older buildings in old downtown areas and they didn’t need all that space anymore. They needed far less space than a big build-ing that does printing and shipping and deliveries. So they’re selling all their big brick-and-mortar facilities and moving into small-er ones to cut down on their overhead.”

Kyger also indicated that the Oxford Press might move back into

their former building after the construction, which is scheduled to be finished in August.

“It wouldn’t surprise me to see the Oxford Press move back into the old site, but only in a small part,” Kyger said.

15 N. Poplar: Wood’s Neighbor Finally Gets Facelift

Years ago, the now va-cant storefront next to The Wood’s Food and Spirits was a pizza joint called Tony’s Pizza. The own-ers ran the shop on the first floor and lived on the floor above it. Then it be-came a department store called Lazarus, which merged with the Macy’s shopping conglomerate. Macy’s remained un-til about five years ago. The business left town, and the store sat vacant while Macy’s paid out the lease. The lease expired about a year ago, which prompted the develop-ment of The Wood’s, as half of that building was also leased by Macy’s. Now, the original owners of Tony’s Pizza are plan-ning to remodel the build-ing, and once again make it available to the Oxford community, according to Oxford Economic Direc-tor Alan Kyger. Kyger has no indication of what commercial business will occupy the new space, but in accordance with Ox-ford’s uptown mixed-use building policy, the second floor will likely available for residential purposes.

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By Taylor DolvenassT. Campus eDiTor

College humor websites are becoming more and more popular and as of Oct. 25, Miami University has one of its very own — Youmofo.com

Senior finance major Charlie Matthews is the brains behind the operation. Known as “Chuck” on the site, Matthews approves all published content and is in charge of updating the site daily.

Matthews is a fan of col-lege humor sites and cre-ated Youmofo.com for a class project.

“I thought it would be funny and interesting if people could have that same thing at Miami’s campus,” he said.

Since its creation in Oc-tober, the site has continued to grow, Matthews said. The site gets the most hits on the days that feature the new MOFO Babe-O of the week.

Girls are nominated through the website’s Fa-cebook and Twitter sites and their last names are not published, according to Matthews.

Grace is a senior and was chosen as Babe-O of the

week in November.“At first I was a little

hesitant,” she said. “But it is a funny thing and meant to be a joke so I just did it.”

Grace likes the social aspect of the site and the bar specials.

“I understand some of it might be vulgar, but it is meant to be funny not to be a serious hard-hitting news publication,” she said. “A lot of schools have similar sites and it is cool that Mi-ami has one now too.”

Abbie was also nomi-nated as Babe-O of the week in November and said she was already a reader of the website.

“It’s all for fun so I was hesitant at first but I did it for fun because it’s a joke,” she said.

Abbie said that if read-ers have a sense of humor, there is nothing wrong with it.

“I think it is just for en-tertainment,” she said. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.”

When finding a name for the site, Matthews toyed with a few ideas.

Hawk Talk and Miami’s ridiculousness were among the final contenders, but Matthews settled on You-mofo which stands for you

and Miami of Ohio.“I want it to stick in stu-

dents minds and I thought this was the best way to do that,” Matthews said.

Matthews is looking to expand the site and recruit more writers. Junior Saxon Baum heard about the site from one of his friends and contacted Matthews about contributing content.

“We sat down and I wrote a piece for him and he got

back to me and published it,” Baum said.

College humor sites like Barstool and Total Frat Move are the models for Youmofo, according to Baum.

“It’s an outlet for kids to go read funny stuff that isn’t the norm,” he said. “It brings the community together.”

Both Matthews and Baum want to see the site become more interactive.

“The coolest feature of the site hasn’t been

explored yet by the stu-dents,” Matthews said, “The coolest part is that you can submit your own content and comment yourself.”

Students are able to cre-ate a username on the site, according to Matthews. There are forums for Mi-ami sports, gambling and other events.

“If we get that rolling, the site could really take off,” Matthews said.

Baum said the You-mofo team has a lot of new ideas coming within the next month.

“Everybody can re-late to it,” he said. “We just want to get more people involved.”

If Matthews can find a large enough staff to keep he website going, he plans to pass it down to the class below him while still serv-ing as manager.

Students can follow You-mofo on Twitter @You_MOFO and on Facebook.

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As jobs become ex-tremely competitive and the market for employers is rapidly declining, Miami University ensures its stu-dents are well prepared by continuous assessment of student learning.

Assessments are tak-en very seriously and give feedback about the university.

They help the adminis-tration know how students feel about the university and if they are learning the required skills that employers want.

According to the Andrea Bakker, assistant director of institutional research at Miami, the Office of Insti-tutional Research at the uni-versity provides assistance to individuals, departments and officials who are con-ducting surveys of Miami University’s students, fac-ulty and staff for research and assessment purposes.

It also helps people seeking to compile data for external surveys for their depart-ment of program.

Student assessments are given all throughout the year inside and outside the classroom to help the ad-ministration get a feel for how students are reacting to the university, according to Bakker.

Making sure students

are happy and also learn-ing are important factors in running a university, Bakker said.

“Many focus groups fo-cus on finding out what makes students successful, we are the support side of teaching,” Bakker said.

Assessments are done in a number of ways includ-ing surveys, focus groups and evaluating students’ work, Bakker said. Unfor-tunately, many times stu-dents feel overloaded with the amount of surveys they are asked to respond to, and according to Bakker, stu-dent response is declining, making it more difficult to know how students feel.

“No assessment lets us know if we are do-ing well or poorly,” Bak-ker said. “It just provides helpful feedback.”

Student reflections on the effectiveness of activities and learning help profes-sors evaluate what needs to

be done in order for students to get the most out of there experience. Tools like the Small group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID) are de-signed to help instructors gain feedback from stu-dents during the end of the semester and term.

Assessments also pro-vide helpful information during the accreditation process. Every few years, Miami is accredited by the Higher Learning Commis-sion (HLC) of the North Central Association of Col-leges and School. Assess-ments help prove that stu-dents are learning to a high degree and the university is teaching as it should.

The new accreditation process involves assess-ment every three years instead of 10.

“Assessing a univer-sity every ten years is too long but it seems like ev-ery three doesn’t give the University time to make changes,” first-year Briana Freeman said.

By Jenni WienerCampus eDiTor

Miami University will be the site of the Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) 2012 May Hill Ar-buthnot Honor Lecture.

Every year, ALSC, which is part of the American Library Association, holds this lecture in honor of May Hill Arbuth-not, a woman with a passion for children’s literature. A dif-ferent guest speaker is chosen each year to talk about a topic of children’s literature, said Brenda Dales, professor of teacher education.

This year, Dales said she saw that the guest speaker would be Peter Sís, an inter-nationally recognized author who grew up in Czechoslo-vakia, and she decided to ap-ply for the lecture to be held at Miami.

There is only one Arbuth-not Lecture a year and the ALSC chooses an institution to host it. That institution could be a library, a school, etc., Dales said.

“I basically sent a proposal suggesting why Miami is a good venue for the lecture,” Dales said. “We have stu-dents here who participate in activities related to the top-

ics Peter Sís will talk about, so I thought he would be a great speaker.”

According to Dales, stu-dents in teacher education, theater studies, public librar-ies and even the local school district have connections with schools in the Czech Repub-lic, which makes Sís a rel-evant speaker.

Her application was no-ticed by the organizers, who selected Miami to host the lecture.

“Sís is a terrific illustrator and his books not only apply to children, but to all ages,” Dales said. “His books cross ages and borders.”

Miami senior Kimberly Rich said she is excited that the lecture will be held at Miami.

“I think it is great that Mi-ami faculty care enough to apply for these lectures,” Rich said. “It’s so exciting that we were chosen and I would definitely want to attend the lecture.”

ALSC May Hill Arbuth-not Honor Lecture Endow-ment will fund the event, said Dales.

The lecture will be held April 4 in Hall Auditorium. To attend, tickets are required but are free to the public.

the control room for Mama Jazz’s radio show,” Samp-son said. “I would play her records, take her phone calls and do other various duties. Mama Jazz made what could have been very long and difficult work nights really enjoyable. She was like the grandmother of the place.”

“Mama Jazz was like the grandmother to the students she worked with,” Long said. “I think not only did she provide them with good

experiences in a profes-sional setting, but she made it personable. She really en-joyed working with young people. She understood and supported them in all their endeavors. She made the workplace fun and im-promptu, all the while pro-viding them with great pro-fessional experience. We were like a family.”

“Sometimes, she would have us (the students) drive her home if it was re-ally late at night,” Sampson said. “It was like a family. I think her fans liked her grandmotherly touch too. We would get calls from all over and Mama Jazz would hold conversations with them live on the air about not only music, but other life aspects as well.”

“She was a lovely per-son, so friendly and accom-modating to all who knew

her, and to her listeners who surely felt they did. She was fun to be with in person, or on the air. Her knowledge of jazz music and players was wonderful,” Utter said.

Mama Jazz’s program was known for being fun and lively. With Campbell’s exquisite knowledge and passion for jazz, her loyal listeners tuned in to the pro-gram regularly to talk live on the air with Mama Jazz about music, and about life in general.

In addition to the live talks, one of Mama Jazz’s most famous aspects of her show was the weekly

“Request Night” which al-lowed her even more direct contact with her listeners.

“I really believe this is were her audience re-ally loved Mama Jazz,” Sampson said.

In addition to the radio program, Campbell also held a full-time job in the Graduate School as she be-gan her radio show. Later in retirement from Miami, she continued to enjoy do-ing just radio, according to Utter.

“Phyllis ‘Mama Jazz” Campbell was one of Miami’s treasures,” Ut-ter said of the beloved radio personality.

Hingsbergen will always remember the unforgettable Phyllis Campbell, “Rest in peace, Mama Jazz. I’m thinking the heavenly cho-rus is now swinging to a different beat!”

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They said they know that it is through the help of friends, family, businesses and others willing to do-nate, that this opportunity is even possible.

They also said they know that a lot of children will be helped through this.

“The Journey of Hope gives students such as my-self the ability to make a real difference, and I be-lieve that this will help de-fine my college experience during my four years here,” Magary said. “My goal is to spread a message of accep-tance and understanding of those with disabilities.”

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number of media outlets to garner readership; Twitter, Facebook and mailing lists of perspective students are in the mix. The blog is set to be up and running early next year and it is not certain

whether it will be a part of an existing Miami page or a new entity.

In addition, 10 to 15 stu-dents will be participating on a volunteer basis rang-ing in academic year and blogging about a variety of topics. Specifics on how to participate were not dis-closed, however, contacting the admissions office is a good start.

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sports@miamistudEnt.nEt18 SPORTSTUeSDAY, DeCemBer 6, 2011

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BY Brian GaLLaGhErFor thE miami studEnt

As a kid, what was better than getting out of school early? If you answered get-ting out of school early and getting to watch the Miami University women’s bas-ketball team, then you are correct! Over 1,800 stu-dents from the Talawanda school district’s elementary schools were lucky enough to experience this, and the RedHawks responded to the raucous crowd by blow-ing away the Gaels of Iona College by a score of 92-77 to improve their record to 4-2.

“[Our team] did all the extra things: outwork-ing the other team, getting rebound put-backs, hit-ting free throws, all those little things, what we call easy points, really stood out,” Head Coach Maria Fantanarosa said.

Iona opened up with a two point lead just seconds into the game, but Miami took control of the game soon after and responded to all of the Gaels’ comeback attempts. Two consecu-tive three-pointers gave the Gaels their last lead of the game, 17-15, halfway through the first half.

Sophomore guard Han-nah Robertson scored two of her 15 points to give the ’Hawks their biggest lead of the first half 33-28 with six minutes remaining.

Iona would not go away quietly though, clawing

back to a 37-37 tie at the 3:14 mark following a 12-4 run. Led by Robertson and sophomore forward Erica Almady, each of whom had 11 points in the first half, Miami was able to regroup and took a 42-41 advantage into the locker room.

The team that came out of the tunnel at the beginning of the second half looked the same as they did at the beginning of the game, but things were different.

Miami put the hammer down early. They extended their lead to 11 to make it 54-43 after senior forward Lillian Pitts hit a layup just under four minutes into the half.

Iona would pull within nine with just over 13 min-utes remaining, but the RedHawks had their foot on the gas pedal and were not slowing down. The Red and White extended their lead to 20 with just under two minutes to play before Fantanarosa cleared the bench with the victory clearly in hand.

“When you score 92 points you can’t complain,” Fantanarosa said. “But the nice thing was that we got it in different ways: with three-point shots, attempts in the paint, second-chance points and [with junior guard] Courtney Osborn finding open people.”

Senior forward Rachael Hencke led the RedHawks with 17 points and always seemed to provide points when needed, stopping multiple Iona comebacks

with her clutch shooting. Osborn tied her career

high in assists, dropping 12 dimes that helped set up five players scoring in dou-ble figures. Junior forward Kirsten Olowinski picked up a double-double, snatch-ing 10 rebounds to go along with 14 points.

Thanks in part to Olow-inski, Miami was able to hold a 48-34 advantage on the boards, taking Coach Fantanarosa’s season-long goal of controlling the glass to heart.

Although she had an ex-ceptional individual per-formance, Olowinski was most proud of the way the team performed in the second half.

“The first half was close but in the second half we came out, knowing that we had to dominate and try our hardest to pull away, and we were able to do that,” Olowinski said.

Friday’s game showed what the RedHawks are ca-pable of when they click on all cylinders.

“If we can stay in the game with our defense and rebounding, and take care of the ball, with everyone contributing, we’re go-ing to win a lot of games,” Fantanarosa said.

Miami’s next test will come on the road as they travel to the Steel City to take on the Duquesne University Dukes Tuesday.

BY tom downEYFor thE miami studEnt

Northern Michigan Uni-versity (NMU) swept the Miami University Red-Hawks hockey team this weekend. Miami lost the first game 2-1 and lost the second game 5-1. It was the first time the Wildcats had swept the RedHawks since 2002.

The sweep drops the RedHawks to 8-8-2 overall and 4-6-2-1 in Central Col-legiate Hockey Association (CCHA) play.

In the first game, the Wildcats took a 1-0 lead on a goal at the 9:39 mark of the game. Senior goalie Cody Reichard saved the original shot, but the Wildcats man-aged to get the loose puck past Reichard.

After the goal, senior goalie Connor Knapp

replaced Reichard. Knapp was held out of the first 10 minutes due to a violation of team rules.

The RedHawks would tie the game back at one just over two minutes later. Junior defenseman Steven Spinell scored the goal while being assisted on the play by senior for-ward Alden Hirschfeld and senior defenseman Cameron Schilling.

Neither team scored in the second period, despite both sides having good opportu-nities. The Wildcats took a 2-1 lead with 2:10 left in the game on a redirected shot past Knapp. The RedHawks pulled Knapp one minute later but failed to score the game-tying goal.

The RedHawks lost the game despite leading in shots 26-17. This included a 14-4 margin in the final

period. Knapp finished the game with 13 saves. The RedHawks killed two of the three power play opportuni-ties NMU had but failed to convert their three power play advantages.

In the second game, the RedHawks committed a season high 14 penalties en route to a 5-1 loss. The Wildcats jumped out to a 1-0 lead 7:42 into the game.

The RedHawks were then whistled for a pair of penal-ties giving the Wildcats a

5-3 advantage. The Wild-cats capitalized and went up 2-0 at the 12:36 mark of the first period.

Nine seconds later, the RedHawks scored a short-handed goal to trim the lead

to 2-1. Freshman forward Austin Czarnik scored the goal and was assisted on the play by junior defenseman Joe Hartman.

It was Czarnik’s first career shorthanded goal and the RedHawks fourth of the year.

“I shot through the guy’s legs, got lucky and found the back of the net,” Czarnik said.

With 6:38 left in the sec-ond period, the Wildcats extended their lead back to two as they went up 3-1. However, the Wildcats got another 5-3 chance and cap-italized on it 48 seconds into the final period, giving them a 4-1 advantage.

The RedHawks had a great chance to score when the Wildcats were called for a five-minute major, but failed to capitalize on the advantage. NMU would go up 5-1 when they scored on yet another 5-3 power play in the final period.

The RedHawks killed all of the Wildcats 5–on-4 pow-er plays, but the Wildcats capitalized on each of their three 5 to 3 advantages. The RedHawks finished 9 for 12

on the penalty kill and were 0 for 4 on their own power play chances.

“It throws off our game, trying to kill all the pen-alties and we can’t get anything going when we’re on the penalty kill,” Schilling said. “It hinders our offense.”

The RedHawks outshot the Wildcats once again in the second game 29-27. Reichard finished the game with 22 saves.

The RedHawks will likely drop out of the rank-ings after entering the week at No. 18 in the USCHO poll. The Red and White return to action this week-end against Ohio State University (OSU).

Miami will play at OSU on Friday and host the Buckeyes at the Goggin on Saturday. Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m. both nights.

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Senior guard maggie Boyer is averaging 8.5 points per game this year. Miami has won four of its last five games.

A recent Atlanta Public School System scandal in-volved a cheating ring and resulted in the revoking of eight teacher licenses and those of three Atlanta area academic administrators.

Motivated by the incen-tives and benefits reaped based on their students scoring high on standard-ized tests, these educators conspired and erased many students’ wrong answers to fill in the right ones. They would even give students the answers before the tests were administered at times.

This abhorrent demon-stration of character can serve as a valuable lesson to many people, but espe-cially for former Pennsyl-vania (Penn) State Univer-sity head football coach Joe Paterno, as far as the sports realm is concerned.

Beverly Hall, the recent-ly retired superintendent of this school system, said she didn’t know anything was going on and didn’t think she should have done anything differently, and wouldn’t have done any-thing differently, to prevent such behavior.

This despite a state in-vestigation concluding that she either was aware or should definitely have been aware of the misconduct.

Sound familiar?That’s right, Paterno

was allegedly told of the sexual assault that former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky committed by graduate assistant coach Mike McQueary, who has stated that he told Paterno exactly what he had wit-nessed: the defensive co-ordinator showering with a young boy.

However, Paterno has denied knowing specifi-cally what happened when McQueary told him about the incident.

As NBC’s Brian Wil-liams reported on Rock Center about the Atlanta public schools, there is problem of accountability in today’s American soci-ety, and it couldn’t be more evident here.

The bloodsuckers on Wall Street that took peo-ples’ hard-earned money and contributed to the 2008 financial meltdown and many of the politicians that serve their interests,

would likely be the grand-est examples of lack of ac-countability in society, but Paterno is sports’ Exhibit A on the problem.

Where is the account-ability in college sports in general? In Paterno’s case, wasn’t it too late?

There is a reason these al-legations against Sandusky weren’t looked into more seriously: Paterno essen-tially knew of them years ago, but since it wasn’t “his job” to handle that sort of serious issue, the repug-nant alleged actions of Sandusky continued, and more young children were scarred for life.

Even though law isn’t listed in his job description, Paterno built the house that is Penn State football, and he did absolutely nothing to address such a serious potential crime that could create such a bad name for the program … mainly due to his selfishness.

The people at the top in society need to be respon-sible for the dirt that goes on under their watch. Sim-ply letting corruption slide by the way side at the top of an athletic institution such as Penn State will only create stronger blow-back down the road.

The greater the trust and stability built, the harder the fall. Letting corrup-tion slide also creates the slippery slope that can create phony legendary figures like Joe Paterno, who has been revealed to be a fraud.

It’s fairly obvious that he favored his status, wealth, power and influence in the world of sports more than the moral foundation he dictated to his players in his many decades as coach in order to build such a suc-cessful program.

What happened to so-called “integrity,” one of the pillars preached by many successful sports coaches? What is the hon-or in what Paterno did by remaining silent?

Riddle me this: who ut-tered these words: “Suc-cess without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won’t taste good.”

Answer: Joe Paterno. How does that taste, JoePa?

scott aLLison THe miAmi STUDeNTSenior forwards Alden Hirschfeld and Trent Vogelhuber along with freshman forward Blake Coleman scramble for the puck Nov. 19 against Bowling green State University. The ’Hawks were swept for the third time this season against the Wildcats.

it throws off our game, trying to kill all the penalties and we can’t get anything going when we’re on the penalty kill. it hinders our offense.”

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