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Fisher Hall, formerly the main building of The Oxford Retreat, was purchased in 1927 by Miami University.
NEWS

How the site of an asylum became Cook Field

Before Miami University bought the land where Cook Field sits today, The Oxford Retreat took up the prime real estate. The Retreat, founded in 1882, was an asylum for people with mental and nervous disorders and people with drug addictions. It was run by a man named Dr. Harvey Cook, who is the namesake for Cook Field.  


Rockefeller Center was decorated for the 50th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live."
CULTURE

'Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!'

It started out as a normal Wednesday — on Feb. 12, I woke up, went to my two classes, got coffee with my friend and went back to my apartment to take a nap before weekly The Miami Student production. Before I got the chance to go to sleep, my phone buzzed. I opened it to a notification from X (formerly known as Twitter) I never would have expected in a million years: “Saturday Night Live – SNL shared a photo.”








The largest crowd ever to gather in the Assembly Hall (over 11,000) witnessed the old and the new sounds of the popular Simon and Garfunkel guitar-vocal duo. Not shown in the picture is Paul Simon’s brother who appeared briefly on the stage in their “Hello, Love” which reminded many of the Everly Brothers
CULTURE

The stars that have visited Millett Hall

Millett Hall opened on Dec. 2, 1968 when the basketball team played against the Kentucky Wildcats; unfortunately, the Wildcats won. Since then, among many other basketball games, Millett has hosted numerous well-known performers.






Cook Field becomes filled with students when the spring semester starts warming up.
OPINION

Miami: Where are your priorities?

We ask for more transparency from the university. Perhaps the university stands to benefit commercially from the arena, but we struggle to see how the benefit to students will outweigh taking away Cook Field and enduring years of construction in the center of campus. 




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