I will preface this with an admission that the majority of my prior Bruno Mars listening time comes from the radio in Target and my mom’s dinner-cooking playlist.I didn’t even realize the drought that his fans have been in waiting for new music.
My memories of The Miami Student start with wax, not words. In the mid-1980s, when Bruno’s Pizza slices were 50 cents and dinosaurs roamed Oxford freely, student journalists burned fingers twice a week applying hot wax to two-inch wide strips of news copy spat out of a phototypesetting machine and trimmed with X-Acto knives. We literally bled for, and often on, our work.
During my stint as The Miami Student’s editorial page editor in 1974, I put considerable energy into opposing the university’s proposal to build an ice skating rink. I was paying my own way, and considered a $20 student fee for an ice rink to be an extravagant waste.
"If it weren’t for the relationships I’ve built through this newspaper, I don’t think I would still be at Miami today. When I say joining The Student is the best thing I’ve ever done, I mean it."
The Miami University Senate reviewed the community arena survey and discussed the implementation of Student Workday and Online Library Video Educational Resources (OLiVER) during its meeting on Feb. 23.
In small towns and news deserts like Oxford, there are times student publications are the only form of journalism a community has access to. Local student journalism serves as the backbone for sharing information to both students, faculty and the surrounding city.
Miami University released its updated biannual report on hazing violations for the fall semester of 2025. The report cites all violations five years prior to Dec. 1, 2025.
Mitski began her music career at Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music. She recorded her first two albums there: “Lush” (2012) and “Retired from Sad, New Career in Business” (2013). These began as piano-based student projects that she self-published on Bandcamp (an online platform and store for independent musicians to sell their music and merchandise) before signing with record label Double Double Whammy for her third studio album, “Bury Me at Makeout Creek” (2014).
"The Student is where I found my friends, but also a passion. It has given me a pastime, an outlet, connections, a place on the sidelines, an awesome team and, above all, my best friends in the world."
If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about Miami University’s past, research the history of Western College or find the first copy of The Miami Student, chances are you’ve ended up at the university archives, a collection of Miami’s 217-year-long history. Behind this complex collection, one woman is at the center of it all: Jacky Johnson, head of special collections and archives.
"The Student has driven me to make college what I want it to be and has taught me not to let myself stick to what is comfortable and easy. Being creative while also working on something that is bigger than myself and can truly mean something has been such an amazing experience that I hope to continue until graduation."
The Miami University men’s golf team divides its season between the fall and spring semesters. The team used the fall season as a foundation for growth, and though the RedHawks began the spring with a losing record, they plan to use the experience to prepare for the rest of the season and for the MAC championship in May.
Despite six-straight losses to open its spring season, the Miami University women’s tennis team remains optimistic.
After the 2025 Miami University baseball team made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years, the current RedHawk squad intends to replicate last season’s success.
The Associated Student Government passed a bill titled “Sense of the Senate: A resolution to condemn antisemitism” at its meeting Tuesday evening.
While The Miami Student has always published a physical newspaper for the past 200 years, a lot of the steps within the publication process have undergone changes.
"But as 'the Instagram guy,' I’ve seen the value in capturing many of the behind-the-scenes elements that have kept a publication such as The Student around long enough to celebrate 200 years."
Miami University’s Board of Trustees met to discuss campus development and approved plans for a new basketball arena on Cook Field, while also addressing administrative changes and regional campus expansion at its meeting last Friday.
It is correct, but no one verifies it, until one day someone says, ‘Wait a minute, you're not the oldest. We're the oldest.’
