The year was 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy had both been assassinated. Turmoil spread across the country, but in Columbus, Ohio, a segregated high school came together around two all-star athletic teams and stood in the face of diversity.
Earlier this summer, the City of Oxford's streets and maintenance division installed new intersection markings on Locust Street to make the area safer and more accessible for cyclists.
Miami President Gregory Crawford, Oxford Mayor Kate Rousmaniere and guest speaker, Wil Haygood welcomed the class of 2022 at the August 24 Convocation ceremony. Over 4,000 people crowded on the lawn around the Freedom '64 Summer Memorial on Western.
The National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency that funds projects and programs in the humanities across the country, awarded Daryl Baldwin, director of Miami University's Myaamia Center, a grant to fund a project on indigenous language revitalization on Aug. 8.
Oxford's Tim Hortons location has closed its doors after operating for less than a year.
Melissa Howard, a Florida Republican running for a state House seat in the 73rd District, withdrew her candidacy on Tuesday, Aug. 14 after admitting she lied about graduating from Miami University.
Oxford families gathered in the shade beneath the stage and trees in Uptown Park on Saturday morning, weathering the heat to attend a rally against child separation and detainment at the border.
Enjoy Oxford, a destination marketing organization formerly known as the Oxford Visitors Bureau, posted an apology to their Facebook page last Thursday after receiving a number of one star reviews due to a lack of racial diversity in the Uptown Music concert series lineup.
Bruce Drushel will replace Richard Campbell as Miami University's Media Journalism and Film (MJF) department chair in August at the start of the 2018-2019 school year..
Miami's chapter of Phi Mu was placed under social probation by the university last month on April 20.
Names have been changed to protect the identities of students.
Two weeks ago two cases of sexual assaults were reported to the Oxford Police Department (OPD) and the Miami University police (MUPD) by female students on Tuesday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 18.
If you've been keeping up with us from the beginning, you know that Lilly and I have been through our fair share of trials and tribulations over the past four months. For 14 weeks, I've used this column to cover topics such as depression, anxiety, alcoholism, fear of adulthood, assuming responsibility and, in our most harrowing ordeal, Lilly running into the woods and remaining missing for five hours. If you'd never actually met us in person, I couldn't fault you for thinking we lead somewhat of a gloomy or cheerless life.
The Kentucky Derby has forever been dubbed "the most exciting two minutes in sports," and Churchill Downs is easily one of the most historic sporting venues in North America. But the nickname and common knowledge forgets the 10 hours before those exciting two minutes and the people who fill the venue.