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Trixie, Chloe Southard's ESA, is a delightful treat. But, a dog is a bigger responsibility than most people realize.
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So you want a dog at college? Here’s what I’ve learned from a semester with my beagle

By Chloe Southard | November 4, 2023

If you ever see me around campus, chances are I’m being accompanied by the cutest beagle puppy. That puppy would be Trixie, my emotional support animal (ESA). During my first two years here at Miami University, my mental health was quite a mess. After talking with my parents, doctor and adviser at Student Disability Services (SDS), I decided an ESA would benefit me immensely.

The American Dream is a long-standing ideal. But, does it have any meaning for our generation?
OPINION

Waking up from the American dream

By Kiser Young | October 31, 2023

If hard work directly correlated with success, the exorbitantly wealthy would be seen paving roads or bussing tables. Why is it acceptable for an institution, let alone an entire nation, to condemn the hardest of its workers and justify it by hanging an unreachable dream above their heads?

We’ve come a long way when it comes to normalizing menstruation, but more can be done. We need period products in every building on campus.
OPINION

We need better access to period products. Period.

By Meredith Perkins | October 30, 2023

With recent economic inflation making period products even more expensive for students, the university could significantly improve the lives of students by updating its period dispensal system — or even adding period supplies in all vending machines like residence halls do — in its academic buildings.

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From the editor’s desk: Vote!

By Sean Scott | October 29, 2023

For students whose only goals at college are to get a degree, network and land a job after graduation, caring about local government may not seem worth it. Plenty of students go their entire academic careers at Miami without ever knowing who sits on Oxford City Council, and more than a few probably couldn’t tell you that the Talawanda School District exists. These institutions matter, though, to students as well as residents.

The reality is that drugs affect many Americans. Having preventative measures readily available is important.
OPINION

Naloxone: A scary but necessary reality

By Bode Freese | October 24, 2023

Ohio has the third highest rate of opioid overdoses per capita in America. In Butler County, that rate is even higher than the state average. This puts Miami University squarely in the epicenter of the opioid epidemic.

Aramark will leave Miami after a short two years as the dining provider, a decision that Anastasija Mladenovska believes does not benefit students.
OPINION

Aramark needs to stay

By Anastasija Mladenovska | October 13, 2023

When I heard about Miami University’s decision to part ways with Aramark, I was shocked. This decision was made without any prior student or Aramark staff consultation and is unjust and lacking transparency.

Professors are split on using AI. Some love it, some hate it. What should Miami's policy be?
OPINION

Does higher ed know what to do about AI?

By Meredith Perkins | October 7, 2023

The widespread accessibility of AI writing tools, combined with a lack of research as to what ethical use of these tools looks like, has created panic among some members of the Miami University community and has intrigued others.

Miami University is not giving all its faculty the 2% raises it budgeted for. FAM believes this to be steps taken against the union, and wants the raises they say they were promised.
OPINION

The costs of denying faculty raises

By Faculty Alliance of Miami | October 6, 2023

In the last few years, faculty and librarians at Miami have faced pressures that make it harder for us to do our jobs well: increased class sizes, extra service demands and stressful calls for reinventing, restructuring and closing down academic programs. 

OPINION

First-year Shock: Climbing

By Benny Farbstein | October 6, 2023

As a child, I loved to climb. We had a creek in my neighborhood, as many Midwest neighborhoods do, and one of my favorite pastimes was taking my bike down to the creek and climbing the surrounding trees. 

OPINION

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: In support of humanities, don’t give up on the study of ourselves

By Jerome Stanley | October 5, 2023

An article in the Sept. 29 issue of The Miami Student referred to “heartbreaking” news that Miami University is considering the elimination of majors in the humanities. On one level — the level of fiscal priorities — this might seem understandable. However, as the article mentions, one of the contributing factors to current fiscal problems is the position of the Ohio state government. The question is whether the state is doing enough to support educational institutions in need of assistance.

OPINION

First-year Shock: First class

By Drew Varney | October 4, 2023

I start the walk to the other hallway, the one that should have 1023, and continue down until I realize yet another mistake: The room doesn’t exist. Where I thought room 1023 would be is actually the janitor’s office.

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