Miami has two popular Snapchat accounts. One is controlled by the university and spotlights on-campus events and study abroad trips. The other tends to depict things the university does not endorse -- chiefly, nudity, illegal drug use and illegal alcohol use amongst students.
On Friday, Miami's Board of Trustees is convening for their bi-monthly meeting to vote on expansions to the university's parking lots and quasi-endowments for the College of Education, Health and Society.
Students, faculty, and others struggled to find a seat on Thursday, March 30, for the History Department's signature event of the year: Soviets, Sans-Culottes and Zapatistas. Featuring multiple guest speakers, the event looked at the effects the French, Mexican and Russian Revolutions had on society and their significance to modern life.
Eyewitnesses report that a female pedestrian was hit by a vehicle this afternoon on E. High St., near Laws and Hughes halls. Miami University and Oxford police departments reported to the scene. MUPD told The Student it received a call at 12:39 p.m, but could not confirm the victim's identity or the extent of her injuries. The victim was transported to McCullough-Hyde Hospital, where officials have not yet returned The Student's request for comment.
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Spinal injury caused loss of feeling for WSU basketball player
Matt Myers, current dean of the Farmer School of Business, will leave Miami University at the end of June to become dean of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Since the opening of Oxford's first tavern in 1816, patrons have packed Uptown's drinking establishments. There was a time, however, when bar owners in Oxford were not excited to have their establishments filled with upper-class white women: the 1880s.
Panhellenic Pride and Greek Service Week will cap off a successful semester for the organization.
If Rebecca Guan could do it all over again, she wouldn't choose to come to Miami.
With the investigation into the alleged Russian hacking of the 2016 presidential election in full-force and Trump's ordered missile strike in Syria complete, it poses the question -- will the United States ever be able to make amends with Russia?
"We're not super-geniuses," sophomore Brennan Hoeting promised.
Throughout the months of April and May, Silvoor Biological Sanctuary in Oxford's Peffer Park will host guided wildflower walks. The walks are scheduled to take place every Sunday at 1 p.m. from April 2 to May 14 and are free to the public.
A drinking town with a college problem
An audience member asked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for three pieces of advice he could give to students and athletes. Abdul-Jabbar turned to a full Hall Auditorium and picked one: "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail"
Over the past months, Miami has gained a reputation for its drinking behaviors. Niche, a college ranking website, rated Miami as the number three party school in the country in 2017.
Decline in book purchases hurts humanities
Some students have had difficulty voting for student body president on The Hub.
The McCarthy-Creber campaign violated their Election Committee sanctions by campaigning on March 13-14. According to sources close to the topic, the Election Committee became aware of this infraction on March 30, but denied to act -- voting 5-3 against elevating the violation, which could result in another sanction on campaigning, or even full disqualification.