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(03/18/25 10:00am)
Miami University has set lofty goals to reach carbon neutrality by 2040, including funding renewable energy projects and constructing more environmentally-friendly buildings. These do well to reduce carbon use on campus, but lurking beyond the brick buildings and tree-lined paths are emissions that students are forced into from the second they step on campus, and which neither they nor Miami have full control over.
(03/13/25 4:00pm)
I was scared when I first walked into the newsroom as a first year, finally attending my first in-person opinion meeting. Scared to meet new people and scared I wouldn’t fit in.
(02/28/25 11:00am)
Students and faculty alike received news on Wednesday, Feb. 19 that Cook Field was going to be recommended as the site for a new multi-purpose arena. While Cook is a popular “green space” for student activities, damage to a more vulnerable green space nearby could cause problems for another realm of Miami recreation.
(02/18/25 11:00am)
I stare at my bank account, looking through my past transactions. I see -$400 on a flight to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to ski over winter break. Over $100 was spent on food, drinks and activities while I was there, and let’s not talk about the cost of the lift ticket package I paid months earlier.
(02/13/25 1:00pm)
A raucous men’s basketball crowd filled Millett Hall as the RedHawks took on the Toledo Rockets on Feb. 11. At the same time, in the background, a cohort of local and regional organizations worked to turn the game into a celebration of recycling.
(01/31/25 11:00am)
The steady sound of snow shoes trodding through freshly fallen snow echoes loudly in an otherwise silent valley forest. Above the pines, spires of stone and ice appear and vanish in the distance, cutting through a dense layer of fog. The trail eventually opens to a frozen lake, and three rugged, snow-capped peaks appear as the blue sky peeks through the gloom. Towering over the serene forest opening, the Teton mountain range finally greets its new visitors.
(12/23/24 1:40pm)
The leaves are gone, the walks to classes are getting colder and finals have come and gone. The end of the semester is here for students at Miami University and across the country. But with the semester in hindsight and winter break ahead comes another important time in many students’ lives: the holiday season.
(11/28/24 11:00am)
This article has a companion piece which can be read here
(11/11/24 10:00am)
It was the first day of the fall semester of 1969, and Sharon Mitchell was running late for class.
(09/19/24 10:00am)
As the planet continues to warm, some people look to change parts of their lifestyle to lower their carbon footprint. One way that has been promoted as a green lifestyle change is taking public transportation like buses, as they emit less greenhouse gas emissions than if all riders drove personal vehicles.
(09/07/24 12:00pm)
Sam Norton, Greenhawks and Opinion Editor
(09/08/24 10:00am)
What is a newspaper? What makes up news media? If you’re like how I was in my first year, you imagine the front page of The New York Times: breaking news, political drama, crime, war, sports and everything in between. News outlets should publish hard, sometimes brutal and always objective facts.
(09/09/24 10:00am)
Miami University students benefit from a widespread recycling program that is at their fingertips across campus. While the success of proper recycling on campus may not be outstanding, students are not short on options. From small bins in dorm rooms to AI systems helping sort recyclable waste, a waste-conscious student has the tools to make their best effort.
(05/06/24 10:00am)
At the end of the spring semester, Miami University students begin the mass migration from campus to their homes all around the country and even the world for summer. A byproduct of the end of the academic year is more than just empty dorms and off-campus housing: students also leave tons of “garbage” back in Oxford.
(04/25/24 10:00pm)
Words never die. Especially words written by 19th-century poet Walt Whitman. Miami University’s Literature Program in the English Department proved this with a 12-hour continuous reading of Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” on Wednesday, April 24.
(04/19/24 10:00am)
Each year since 1970, millions of people all over the country have celebrated Earth Day on April 22. Around the same time of year for over 15 years, the Oxford and Miami University communities have celebrated EarthFest, a festival celebrating community and collaboration between local environmental groups and businesses.
(04/06/24 11:00am)
Spring break in college has taken on something of a legendary status in our culture. It’s a time to get out of the cold and crappy weather on campus and catch some rays on a beach littered with White Claws and High Noons. If you’re cool enough, you may even be able to spend some time partying with cool frat dudes and sorority gals.
(04/06/24 4:00am)
The Donald W. Fritz Pavilion was crowded with students and faculty eagerly anticipating a lecture at 5 p.m. on April 4 from an acclaimed creative nonfiction professor from Brown University. This speaker was the eighth speaker of Miami’s 2023/2024 Altman Program in the Humanities, which this school year has followed a theme of environmental justice.
(04/04/24 10:00am)
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ll have heard about the solar eclipse on April 8. And if you are even somewhat connected to the happenings around Oxford and Miami University, you’ll have seen plenty of eclipse-related events being advertised.
(03/18/24 10:00am)
A lone bald eagle soars out of trees against a deep gray sky, high above a restored prairie full of legumes and big bluestem. A vintage but functional weather station creaks nearby, and in the distance, a red barn sits on the edge of a large grassy field dotted with vegetation plots.
