A line of Miami University students stands in Armstrong Student Center, waiting their turn at a booth in front of the passing crowd. A student steps up with a reddened face, scrunching their nose as a cotton swab swipes their inner cheek.
Dana Cox, chair of the University Senate Executive Committee, begins each senate meeting with a sharp rap of her gavel on the front table.
For menstruating students, it can be a nasty surprise to be left with none of the needed supplies when an unforeseen period strikes. However, thanks to Periods Rock!, such surprises may be on their way toward becoming obsolete.
The interior of the Southwest Ohio Regional Depository (SWORD) is as quiet as a cathedral and cool as a cave.
Only one ticket filed to run for Miami University’s student body president/vice president by Friday's noon deadline, said Sarah Siegel, speaker of senate for Miami's Associated Student Government (ASG).
Tang Dynasty, a restaurant located on West High Street in Oxford and partially managed by a Miami University sophomore, neglected to pay its employees, according to court documents and the account of a former cook.
Since its construction in 2001, walking past and listening to Pulley Tower's tunes has become an everyday experience for students, professors and staff alike. Yet the tower’s history and how songs are selected to be played remain a mystery to many.
If you have a bunch of old books just sitting around in your room, International English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta has a solution.
After the accident, Sarah and Kathy also became more aware and constantly noticed people on their phones while driving. They would notice people checking messages at a stoplight and continuing to look down once the light turned green, and Sarah would receive Snapchats from her friends while they were driving. Sarah got annoyed when friends would say, “It’s not a big deal.
Benjamin Hizer, an 18-year-old Oxford resident accused of shooting a minor during a drug deal, pled guilty to felonious assault in relation to the incident.
During her time at Miami, Sparks is proud of the impact she’s made in organizing the UCM department and the restructuring of Miami’s website that will be revealed later this year. In addition to these projects, Sparks has also led the charge in creating the “From Now On” commercial campaign, which involved rebranding Miami for prospective students and alumni.
Miami University is considering tearing down Williams Hall in a plan to rearrange the campus by major. The idea, presented at the Feb. 12 faculty assembly, involves separating the campus into “corridors,” which would place similar disciplines together.
The Butler County Court of Common Pleas decided not to prosecute former Miami University first-year Mark Moraski, who was accused of threatening to kill police.
Miami University celebrated its 211th “birthday” on Monday, February 17. Today, it’s best known for its picturesque campus, strong undergraduate teaching and party scene. But, Miami also has a long, fascinating history that spans three centuries and includes more than 200,000 alumni.
Before making history here, Thomasson began her career at a small liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, called the University of Puget Sound. There, she remembers being one of two women in classes of only seven students. “Everyone talked about that picture of Nancy Pelosi in the cabinet where she’s the only woman, and I think I know what that feels like,” Thomasson said. “I’ve gotten used to it,” she added.
“We can't just sit in an office and make rules,” Vance said. “We've got to provide education and hear the voices of the students, the alumni, the various stakeholders in the community, and bring people together around common ideals. [We have to] help people focus on the fact that we’re values-based organizations, and what is it that we really value?”
Adam Sizemore sits in the dark. Down a narrow hallway of the Physical Facilities Department, behind a heavy door wired to a buzzing lock — one that can only be opened when an administrative assistant is at the window — Miami University’s Sustainability Director leans back in his office chair. The low afternoon sunlight comes through the blinds, dusting pieces of the room, the rest in comfortable shadow. “I figure, why waste electricity, right?” he said.
For several professors at Miami University, retirement doesn't mean the end of teaching; a policy known as retirement with rehiring allows tenured faculty members to be reemployed within the first three academic years following their retirement.
When he got the call, Perry Gordon was walking down Oak Street, braving the cold winter weather to write parking tickets on Miami University's campus. This wasn’t typically part of his job as the director of parking and transportation services, a position he had held since September 2007. That day, though — Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 — was a slow one. “You need to get to HR,” his wife, Kate Stoss, said, on the other end of the line. “You need to get to Roudebush right away.”
Miami University’s political climate has changed quite a bit over the past 20 years and, in turn, so has the way students discuss major current events, such as impeachment.