Miami-Community

Clothesline Project lifts survivors’ stories out of email inboxes

Last semester, during a shift at Paesano’s Pasta House, junior Alyssa Burnett went in the back to check her phone and saw two safety bulletin sexual assault report emails. After realizing that she had to walk home alone, Burnett began making plans. There would be no headphones, no stops in Armstrong and, even though her calves ached from standing all evening at work, no loitering.  She is not alone in her realizations or in her fear. 

Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity to return

Miami University’s Phi Delta Theta (Phi Delt) fraternity has begun the process of “recolonization” after being suspended in the fall of 2017. An informal recruitment process is beginning this fall, and formal recruitment for freshmen will take place during the spring of 2020. 

$4.5 million in funding approved for pre-design of Health Sciences Building

Miami University is building a new health science facility, which will house the current Nursing and Speech Pathology/Audiology programs, as well as the inaugural Physician’s Assistant program. 

Miami responds to student's victim-blaming tweets

On Thursday, Sep. 26, Miami University tweeted a statement in response to a student’s actions on Twitter, identifying him only as a member of the community.  

'Days of old and days to be'

Two years ago, Jaylen Perkins and dozens of other students in the Black Action Movement (BAM) 2.0 demanded action from the university on diversity and inclusion. Only after several demonstrations did they get a meeting with administrators. But today, Perkins does not have to demand a seat in the rooms where decisions are made. He’s the student body president.

Sanjay Gupta says medical storytelling is key to improving knowledge, health care conditions

“The dance, sometimes, between medicine and media can be a bit awkward and emotionally challenging,” Gupta said.

Miami students join in global climate strike, Crawford reconsiders signing carbon neutrality agreement

A group of nearly 300 students, faculty and Oxford residents swarmed the sidewalk in front of Miami University President Greg Crawford’s house, Lewis Place, sweating in the early heat on Friday morning, chanting “Systems change, not climate change … Miami must do more!”

Institute for Food hosts open house at farm

The Institute for Food at Miami University hosted an open house on Friday, Sept. 20 at its farm. The event coincided with the United Nations Global Climate Summit.  During the open house, attendees could pick their own cherry tomatoes, purchase salsa and posters at a table in the front of the farm and tour the farm. A handful of people participated in the first hour of the event.

‘Rather than thriving we are trying to survive’

Over 200 people gathered in Wilks Theater to participate in the Diversity Affairs Council’s (DAC) second annual Inclusion Forum on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The forum served to create a dialogue between administration and the student body concerning issues about diversity and inclusion at Miami University.

ASG holds election for steering and student trustee selection committees

Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) held its first internal elections of the year on Tuesday, Sept. 17, electing two students to both the steering and student trustee selection committees. 

Lightning never strikes in the same place twice

They called him “Red Lightning” in college. Red for short. Back home, in State College, Pennsylvania, they called him Sky Thomas. See, Matthew Robert Thomas was the kind of man who demanded a nickname.

4 more sexual assaults reported, bringing total number to 11

Four more sexual assaults were reported to Oxford and Miami police, bringing the total number of incidents made this semester to 11. During the first month of 2018-2019 school year only six sexual assaults were reported.  

RedHawk Ventures plans for $1.5 million fund

Miami’s student-led business organization RedHawk Ventures announced in early August plans to raise a $1.5 million fund this school year. RedHawk Ventures allows students to invest in start-up businesses, helping them get off the ground using venture capital (the practice of funding early stage firms based on high growth potential).

Record-breaking freshman class puts a strain on housing and dining services

Miami University welcomed its largest freshman class in history this fall, with an enrollment of 4,300 students, 400 more than last year. This increase has placed a strain on Miami’s housing and dining resources, prompting the Campus Services Center (CSC) to take new measures to deal with the influx.

New center for student diversity and inclusion highlights the importance of intersectionality

The Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion (CSDI) debuted on campus at the beginning of the semester since the reconfiguration of their office over the summer. The new office, which was formerly known as the Office of Diversity Affairs (ODA), combines many multicultural spaces into one space in order to collaborate more effectively.  

‘I never walk back alone:’ Students react to sexual assaults on campus

ASG launches satellite counseling service for more access to mental health support on campus

New GradU8 program created to help retain in-state students

License plate scanning technology replaces physical parking passes

Proposed reporting arrests policy sent back to University Senate