The Miami Student Oldest university newspaper in the United States, established 1826 VOLUME 140 NO. 55 FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013 MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1981, The Miami Student covered author Lisa Birnbach’s visit to Miami on her nationwide tour after writing, “The Official Preppy Handbook.” Birn- bach said the book, which poked fun at the ‘prep’ community, was a hit at Miami despite it being one of the ‘preppiest’ schools in the state. “They love it,” Birnbach said. “I did not think this group of people would be prepared to laugh at themselves.” Administration attempts to curb student drinking BY JANE STREETER “I used a lot of the three day week- instruction scheduled. Sauter, how- FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT ends to travel to Chicago and New ever, said students should accept Fri- York to make connections and do job day classes as reality. Students who registered for class- interviews. It helped me land an in- “A work week is five days a es on their assigned dates may have ternship and gave me a leg up in this week,” Sauter said. “I work Fridays. noticed both the times and days of tough job market.” Students should understand that the week that classes are normally He’s not the only one with doubts. that is what is expected of them in offered have been altered. Students Junior Nate Williams, a pitcher on the real world.” may attribute this to several factors, Miami’s baseball team, is concerned Conversely, cheek said he does including the switch to the January the change will negatively affect not think it should be a reality. term (J-Term), or the fact that 8 a.m. all student athletes. “Students learn just as much out- classes were unpopular. However, “Most games are scheduled on side of the classroom as they do in what students might be unaware of is weekends, meaning that for away it,” cheek said. “That’s what great that the Miami University adminis- games, Fridays are often used for about the world of academia. It’s a tration is actively trying to keep them travel,” Williams said. “I try to avoid protected environment where stu- from drinking Thursday nights and having classes then so I don’t have to dents have a chance to explore and sleeping in on other days. miss them and fall behind.” try things they would not be able to According to university registrar Students are not alone in their otherwise. Attempting to homog- Dave Sauter, an alcohol task force worries. cris cheek, creative writ- enize the university to fit the mold conducted in 2006 determined that, ing chair in the English department, that certain people in the administra- because less than 10 percent of said he thinks the change will end up tion have decided is best, one from classes were being offered Fridays, harming both teachers and students. 8-5 Mondays through Fridays, is not student drinking on Thursdays was “This will essentially punish the the way to go.” becoming a problem. research culture of faculty,” he said. Sauter said one of the other re- “A driving factor we had when “Conferences where professors both quirements of the new system has making the requirements was to get present their work and hear from col- to do with the reworked time blocks. more Friday classes to avoid this leagues normally start on Thursday Starting at 8:30 a.m. each day, there KIM PARENT [alcohol] problem,” Sauter said. night, so the options the teachers are now only twelve time blocks to THE MIAMI STUDENT “Because we didn’t have many be- are being given are to either cancel choose from, and each department FIRE IT UP! ing offered or taken, we had stu- class or not be on the cutting edge must offer at least one class in each Junior Michael Mellott works the grill at the chilli cookoff event dents having four class-days and a of their discipline. Either way, stu- time block. He said he wants this to put on by Alpha Delta Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma, Saturday, at three-day weekend.” dents then won’t get to see the best force more classes out of the middle Uptown park. The requirements he mentioned of the professor.” of the day and into the morning involve the stipulations each depart- Also, cheek said he has is- or evening slots, to avoid what he ment is expected to adhere to starting sues with the reasoning behind claims are issues with teachers all this coming fall. These adjustments registrar’s decision. wanting to teach from ten to two, re- Students face fierce hussle include the new rule that there must “Not everyone here drinks on sulting in scheduling difficulties. He be as many Friday classes offered as Thursdays, and it’s not fair to label also wants to cap force adds to these Monday classes. What this means is them as such,” cheek said. “I don’t ‘prime time’ classes. to find off-campus housing that MW classes are no longer a vi- think the university should be pun- “Often times, we were seeing able option to be offered, instead, stu- ishing all students and putting them classes at 8 a.m. with low enroll- BY LIBBY MUELLER month than ours.” SENIOR STAFF WRITER dents will see courses being taught in this category. It’s also important ment, which results in them being RE/MAX real estate agent Jason MF, WF or MWF. to note that if a student really wants cancelled,” Sauter said. “If there is Reynolds said there is competition Although Sauter said that through to drink, they are going to drink. If a requirement that two classes ful- As first-year and sophomore among students as well. the Associated Student Government they don’t do it Thursday they’ll do fill, the teacher teaching the later Miami University students begin “It’s competitive in the hot (ASG) and the Board of Regents, it another day, so we’re really just class should not allow so many to think about leaving behind the locations,” Reynolds said. “It’s all student and faculty were involved spreading out the drinking days. Or people to force add their class. Stu- world of bunk beds and commu- about the locations, proximity to in every step of the decision mak- maybe they’ll still do it Thursday dents would then have to sign up nity bathrooms in the residence campus and Uptown.” ing, students such as senior Tay- and I’ll have hungover or absent for the 8:30 section, creating a more halls, they may start searching Property manager of Uptown N lor Fenech are skeptical about the students Friday.” equal distribution.” for off-campus living in a highly High Rentals April Myers said the benefits of the changes. cheek noted that all students would This idea bothers students like competitive market. two-year on-campus residency re- “I’m about to graduate, so it won’t suffer, stating that many students use junior Melissa Burke, who said Will Conroy, property manager quirement has pushed back the time directly affect me, but for most of my their Fridays to work, volunteer or at Cardinal Group Properties, a real when students typically start looking undergrad I only scheduled classes go home. None of those would be CLASSES, estate company in Oxford, said the for off-campus housing. She said Monday through Thursday,” he said. possible if a student has a full day of SEE PAGE 5 off-campus housing market has sophomores usually look for hous- gotten more competitive among ing options for their junior year in realtors because of a university August and September. policy change that came about three “But now it’s starting to have Red and White rewrite: Head Hockey or four years ago. freshmen looking for two years “[The off-campus housing market in advance, which is ridiculous,” is] definitely competitive,” Conroy Myers said. Coach’s contract extended by 10 years said. “It’s gotten more competitive Myers said she has seen room- since the university has instituted mate issues arise because of how BY JOE GIERINGER active coaches in Division I to mentor future editions of the the sophomore living rule, so there’s early students decide upon off- SENIOR STAFF WRITER NCAA hockey. He won the Spen- Brotherhood. Sophomore for- less demand and a lot of product campus living arrangements. Situ- cer Penrose National Coach of ward Austin Czarnik and fresh- on the market which leads to more ations may change from students’ Following a Central Collegiate the Year Award for the 2005-06 man forward Sean Kuraly pro- competition among the real estate first year at Miami to the time they Hockey Association (CCHA) season, and has won the CCHA vided vocal support for the leader agents and the local property man- move off campus. regular season championship, an Coach of the Year Award five of their program and his future. agement places to find people to live “People transfer to other schools NCAA playoff berth and a CCHA times, which is second-most in “Everyone is happy about it, in their houses.” or other people will study abroad Coach of the Year award, Miami CCHA history. and obviously guys coming in Level 27 property manager Rob- and they don’t know what semes- University has rewritten hockey Under the conditions of the later years will be happy about ert Brinkman said the main way ter they’re going and they have to Head Coach Enrico Blasi’s con- previous agreement, Blasi’s fu- it, too,” Czarnik said.