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Ever since Donald Trump was elected president one year ago, Patrick Haney, an associate dean in the College of Arts and Science and former chair of Miami's political science department, said he's been adding three words to each of his lesson plans -- "or maybe not"
Miami's only on-campus student-run theatre organization, Stage Left, will be putting on its fall musical, "Cry-Baby," this weekend at the Wilks Theater in the Armstrong Student Center. With 21 cast members, this will be one of the largest musicals Stage Left has produced in its history, and the biggest production to go up in the Wilks Theater to date.
On a weeknight when most students are studying, relaxing or hanging out with friends, members of the Indian Students Organization, or ISA, are devoting their time to dance practice. They spend hours perfecting their timing, coordination and dance moves in preparation for their annual Diwali show.
She takes down any pictures of him hanging on her dorm room wall and tucks them away in a neat pile where she can't find them.
When Lauren Martyn first met him, she thought he was too short. He didn't look like he could do anything special, and he wasn't particularly pretty either.
In the open space of Armstrong's East wing, Delta Tau Delta members had set up 12 tables with two plastic plates, two red solo cups and a small stack of napkins each. A table in the middle held the main feature of the event: two metal serving dishes full of hot wings.
Just off the rainy Oxford streets, warm, inviting and smelling of freshly baked treats, is Insomnia Cookies. The jingle that plays each time the door opens mixes with the mellow tones of soft rock in the background, creating a welcoming environment for its night-owl patrons. For the employees, however, the scene isn't always as inviting.
A Facebook post made on Wednesday, Nov. 1 has raised significant attention to the issues of racism and discrimination at Miami with over 500 likes and shares in the past five days.
Students were informed via an electronic campus crime alert from the Miami University Police Department that a sexual assault was reported in Heritage Commons on Oct. 12. The initial email, sent out on Oct. 19, indicated that MUPD was still investigating and searching for a college-aged, Asian-American male with brown eyes and brown hair, around 6 feet tall and 180 pounds.
Scapegoating -- blaming all societal ills on one group -- is not new. Neither is targeting persons of Muslim faith, according to author, activist and human rights attorney, Arsalan Iftikhar.
The Campus Climate Survey closed on Nov. 3, after an extended deadline due to lack of participation. Despite the extended time, the survey only received a 24.2 percent response rate, making it ineligible for an official analysis.
Butler County's Women Helping Women activist organization is looking to implement the Cincinnati chapter's bartender training program with regards to sexual assault and harassment.
Nine candidates -- including two incumbents -- are running for four open seats on Oxford city council, making 2017 Oxford's most competitive city council race in recent history.
Torrential downpours in Oxford on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 5 resulted in a broken window, several dozen damaged books and other damages to two Miami libraries.
The Diversity Affairs Committee within ASG is making an effort to promote a sense of greater inclusion between domestic students and the international students on Miami's campus.
David Eyman is right-handed, but last summer he painted his entire deck with his left hand. Next year, he wants to do his whole house. He's not a professional painter. He just likes a challenge.
Wilson Hall stands in the quiet corner of East Quad, set back behind giant trees that make the building's stone face almost impossible to spot from afar. The hall has a quiet eeriness about it, as it has not hosted students under its red tile roof for the last two years. It's not just the lack of residents, however, that contributes to the Wilson's eerie feel.
Actress Jodie Sweetin was 13 years old the first time she got drunk. She was attending the wedding of her "Full House" co-star Candace Cameron, and she was allowed to have some wine. After the first sip, she couldn't stop herself.
Miami hosted two well-respected economic experts -- Alice Rivlin, Brookings fellow and former vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board and David Walker, candidate for Connecticut governor and former U.S. comptroller general -- to discuss a low-profile political issue with an inflammatory spin: "Is the national debt the new road the serfdom"