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Wiping out in a winter wonderland: sledding in Oxford

By Duard Headley | February 17, 2021

  There are few things more peaceful and serene than the world after a fresh snowfall. Wrapped in a blanket of white, the ground becomes a pristine canvas and the trees are draped gently in fluffy cotton. Days after a fresh snow are perfect for snuggling up inside and watching the world at rest.  Or, in the case of my friends and me, for whipping down a muddy hill at dangerous speeds on cracked pieces of plastic and tenuously-inflated Wal-Mart pool toys.

Two Ogden Hall residents began a Waffle Wednesday side hustle amidst the pandemic.
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Waffle Wednesdays: a sweet treat midweek

By Alice Momany | February 17, 2021

  After a three-hour Zoom call, first-year Abigail Van Drunen was starving, but all the dining halls were closed. With the cold winter snow falling, she didn’t want to go uptown, so her roommate, Peyton Kirkland, made her waffles.  The two roommates of Ogden Hall then offered to make more for other students in their hall, charging 50 cents a waffle, and a business was born. 

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Miami moves toward transparency with improved COVID-19 communication

By Sean Scott | February 17, 2021

Last semester, Miami University students received information on the COVID-19 pandemic through emails from President Crawford, the offices of the Provost, student life, residence life, student health services and university communications. This semester, the sources of information have been narrowed down to two: the division of student life and the COVID-19 response team. 

Whoever said fetch was never going to happen clearly did not meet Gretchen Wieners, the wiener dog.
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She’s not a regular dog, she’s a cool dog

By Hannah Horsington | February 13, 2021

Gretchen, a dachshund who turns 12 years old in March, is also referred to as Gretchen Wieners, after the iconic “Mean Girls” character. When she first came to live with Abbott, she weighed approximately 30 pounds, definitely overweight for a weiner dog. 

Though small in size, the flags in Armstrong have the potential to be deeply important to Miamians from around the world. Photo by Tim Carlin.
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New flags added in Armstrong to better reflect student body

By Hannah Horsington | February 12, 2021

Armstrong Student Center puts up flags to honor the home countries of students enrolled at the university. But the flags don't necessarily represent the nationalities and heritages of every student.   The very first time that Class of 2020 Miami graduate Andrew Devedjian stepped foot into Armstrong Student Center during a 2016 campus visit, he immediately searched for the Armenian flag hanging among others on the wall. He didn’t see it. Now he's looking to change that. 

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“In light of COVID, it’s the appropriate thing to do”: Students and faculty prepare for ‘wellness days’

By Madeline Phaby | February 12, 2021

  Miami University students and faculty must adjust to a different semester format this spring, as the traditional week-long spring break has been replaced with a series of “wellness days.” These wellness days occur roughly once a month and were implemented to prevent students from traveling to many different locations and bringing COVID-19 back to Oxford. Professors are not allowed to hold classes or assign work on these days.

A weekly update of Miami University's COVID case statistics.
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Miami University contact tracers hope to reduce COVID-19 spread one call at a time

By Taj Simmons | February 12, 2021

  Since May, a team of less than 100 Miami University public health students, faculty and staff have been working as contact tracers in an effort to help inform, educate and support those who tested positive for COVID-19 across Butler County. The main goal of the program is not only to help those testing positive for COVID-19, but also to give students in the public health field hands-on work and training in the midst of the pandemic.

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ASG elects eight new senators

By Madeline Phaby | February 9, 2021

Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) elected two on-campus senators, two off-campus senators and four senators-at-large at its Feb. 2 meeting.

Be it through Zoom or socially-distant, performing arts orgs are looking to overcome yet another semester in the era of COVID.
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From Zoom University to Zoom Productions: performing arts in a pandemic

By Maggie Peña | February 5, 2021

 If 2020 taught college students anything, it’s that, somehow, we can survive remotely. Classes, Greek life and even social gatherings can take place online.  But how do you rehearse songs over Zoom? How do you practice improv comedy when you’re miles apart? How do you put together an entire musical production through a computer screen?

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New Year, New You: Miami students tackle New Year's Resolutions

By Makenzie Knore | February 5, 2021

Throughout the past year, the nation endured a number of challenges. 2020 was the year that felt like the same day kept happening over and over again like in Harold Ramis’s movie “Groundhog Day.” Even as 2020 came to an end, the outlook of 2021 was still unclear. So what does this mean for 2021 New Year’s resolutions? Where does one even begin? 

Most of an Resident Assistant's job is living and communicating with on-campus students. But this winter break provided a very different experience for J-term RAs.
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J-term RAs make best of winter term experience

By Briah Lumpkins | February 5, 2021

Before the majority of the students came back to campus for the start of the spring semester, there were a few who returned to Miami early. Although COVID-19 provided record-low resident attendance during the winter term, resident assistants (RAs) made the best of the experience.  

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