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CULTURE

I did standby for ‘Saturday Night Live’: Here’s how it went

By Stella Powers | 6 days ago

Seeing “Saturday Night Live” live in the studio has been a dream of mine since I was 14 years old. However, it isn’t exactly easy to do.There are a few ways to be in the studio for the taping of the show, including the lottery and the standby process. At 10 a.m., the Thursday before the show, an online form opens to request standby numbers for both dress rehearsal and the live taping that weekend. The available spots fill up within seconds, so getting through this first step successfully is difficult.If you’re lucky enough to get through the form, you’ll receive standby numbers through email at some point that day that reflect where you’ll be placed in the standby line Friday night.

Josie Zimmerman, a TMS staff writer, has recently taken on the hobby of junk journaling.

CULTURE

Junk journaling: the origins and its rise in popularity today

By Josie Zimmerman | April 6, 2025

TikTok has a way of reinventing ideas as the “new” trend, bringing longtime practices to light, and junk journaling is no exception. I discovered the concept of junk journaling two months ago when I looked up ‘journal’ on TikTok. I expected ASMR videos of writing journal entries to pop up, but I found creators sharing the content of the pictures, drawings, stickers, wrapping paper and more in ‘junk journals.’ I love scrapbooking, so what struck me about this practice?

STYLE

Behind the curtain: The making of “Incandescence”

By Sarah Frosch | May 2, 2024

See Miami University Fashion and Design executive board members prepare for their 18th annual fashion show, themed Incandescence, which features the work of 19 student designers and 88 models.

This image was created by an AI art generator on Night Cafe using the prompt, "Picture for a news article about AI art."

A&E

AI in the World of Art

By Kennedy Withers | February 24, 2023

Artificial intelligence has been making waves across the nation. With its prominence in video games, application filters and script writing, AI is now trying to replicate pieces of art.

Catherine Donohue (played by junior Tammy Sanow) and her husband Tom (played by senior Drew Grant) embrace. These Shining Lives highlights Catherine and Tom's relationship as her health deteriorates after working for Radium Dial.

ENTERTAINMENT

Miami Theater’s “These Shining Lives” truly shone

By Evan Stefanik | October 13, 2022

The historical play centers around four women in the 1930s who got radium poisoning from their factory job.

SCIENCE

Can the science be separated from the scientist?

By Sam Norton | April 29, 2022

“Can we separate the art from the artist?” This debate questions whether it is morally correct to consume an artist's work if they have been accused or found guilty of a hateful or otherwise wrong act. I am taking it in a different direction: can the science be separated from the scientist?

CULTURE

The Gathering at the Poet’s Shack

By Jake Ruffer | November 21, 2020

On the evening of Nov. 16, Bishop Woods and Upham Hall were lit with the spirit of creativity — and an impressive number of lights and projectors — for a celebration of art and collaboration across a multitude of departments at Miami.