Opinion

OPINION

‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show:’ The performance worth waiting a year for

By Taylor Powers | 4 hours ago

Last year, two other The Miami Student staff members and I bought tickets to see an 11:59 p.m. Halloween showing of “The Rocky Horror Show” — a live, theatrical, interactive performance of the 1975 cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” — at The Carnegie in Covington, Kentucky. However, we didn’t think to double-check the date, and we ended up arriving a whole year early.This year, we were committed to making the most out of the night. Driving through pitch-black at 10 p.m. on Halloween night, singing our hearts out to keep us awake, we all hoped that the show would be worth our effort.Let me tell you, it was.

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OPINION

The pitfalls of choice feminism

By Karma Abboud | 10 hours ago

"As a kid, whenever anyone asked me what I wanted to be, I’d give the standard answer: Veterinarian. Writer. Pegasus. But above all, I wanted to be pretty."

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OPINION

What we can learn from Grubhub robots

By Maureen Wilson | Yesterday

"Grubhub robots, the colloquial name for Starship delivery units, are no different and have unintentionally become a part of campus culture at Miami University. But what lessons can we take away from Grubhub robots other than food?"

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OPINION

Cultivating my online experience: How I protect my peace

By Parker Green | 2 days ago

"Quite simply, I don’t have the energy to listen to another person's bigotry, not when that energy could be put to good use. It’s this line of reasoning that has led me to start unfollowing people, an effort I’ve proudly learned from my dad."

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OPINION

A bitter ‘first sip feeling’

By Joriana Gibbens-Egolf | 3 days ago

"Even if you are not a consumer of Starbucks coffee, this is a reality check to think twice about the corporations you support and the greater implications this has on the world around you. Our culture of consumption has led to disassociation and neglect of what is happening in the world around us."

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OPINION

The upcoming Oxford Amtrak station is good, but we can do better

By Charley Babb | 4 days ago

"The main issue is with the Cardinal Line itself. From low ridership, low speed and even lower frequency, it’s only just about better than no rail access. Barely."

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OPINION

Ohio can’t afford a patchwork of gun laws

By Karol Korotkin | November 14, 2025

"Fragmented local gun laws may feel empowering to city leaders, but they create confusion for residents, extra burdens for law enforcement and instability for the courts. Most importantly, they threaten to turn fundamental rights into privileges that vary by zip code."

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OPINION

When cities deserve a say: Why Ohio needs local gun control authority

By Kayla Williams | November 13, 2025

"When a community faces daily threats of violence, it should be able to decide how best to reduce those risks. We trust cities to make decisions about policing, zoning and emergency management, and firearm safety should be parallel among those listed."

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OPINION

A call to uniformity: Why gun laws should be left up to the state

By Gracie Cribbs | November 12, 2025

"The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution protects all citizens’ right to obtain and bear arms. If an Ohio city, or rather any lower level of government, were to enact its own gun laws limiting this freedom, it would be in direct violation of this amendment."

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OPINION

Individualized city weapon restrictions: Federalism in crisis

By Julia Rode | November 11, 2025

"Allowing cities to respond to their own public safety needs does not inherently conflict with state law; it complements it by enabling government at every level to function effectively for its people."

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OPINION

Ohio's unknown soldiers

By Lee Fisher | November 11, 2025

"I shared with Gary some of my Vietnam story with the 101st Airborne Division in 1969 and 1970, and I then asked him to share some of his WWII experiences. He disappeared into another room and came back and sat down with a manuscript."

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OPINION

Gun regulation at the local level is a waste of time and resources

By Sidney Zawila | November 10, 2025

"If people wish to own something illegal in the city, all they have to do is travel outside city limits, buy it and bring it back. For gun violence to be reduced, a statewide initiative that supports stricter gun regulations would have to be put in place."

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OPINION

USenate: Let’s end the commiseration and start building ourselves into something better

By Nicholas Barry | November 4, 2025

The problem isn’t the Board, ASG or Ohio’s laws; it’s the culture of animosity and complacency we’ve allowed to define USenate.

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OPINION

Bell Tower is a dystopian nightmare

By Abe Hagood | November 3, 2025

"GrubHub is completely distanced from the user and does not provide any direct methods of remediating an issue. Have a problem with an order? You can’t talk to a cashier, but you can report an issue in the app; maybe a chatbot or worker in a third-world country will get back to you."

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OPINION

Diet culture and the misinformation about nutrition on social media

By Maria Buzogany | November 1, 2025

"TikTok’s algorithm-driven content prioritizes short, engaging videos filled with buzzwords, eye-catching infographics and emotionally related content, allowing influencers to forsake evidence and credibility for views. This undermines the trust in public health professionals and science-backed interventions."

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OPINION

The gift of guilt

By Jacob Van Riper | October 31, 2025

"We’ve gotten good at not finding peace, but constructing illusions of it. We push out regret, sadness and uncertainty, but they don’t go away. Every emotion, no matter how nuanced or uncomfortable, exists for a reason, and therein lies a lesson to be learned."

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OPINION

The unavoidable politicization in modern space exploration

By Charley Babb | October 30, 2025

"I was fascinated by the company and dreamed of one day working there, helping to build that interplanetary future that it promised. But, as years passed, cracks began to show. While SpaceX has remained fairly apolitical and out of the spotlight, it became caught up in the absolute mess that was its founder, Elon Musk."

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OPINION

Kindness is free: Help spread it around campus by considering those with disabilities

By Whitney Wilson-Harris | October 29, 2025

"Too many times, I’ve waited way too long for the elevator, only to find it full of students who could have taken the stairs. Several times, when I’ve been eating in the dining halls, I’ve witnessed the able-bodied student workers go straight to the ADA stall in the bathrooms, despite me being in the process of maneuvering to it in my wheelchair."

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OPINION

Restoring the magic: Why our public libraries should not be defunded

By Layla Norris | October 28, 2025

"Libraries are a vital public service and play an important role in education. They offer free and easily accessible learning opportunities to the public, and they allow people who do not have the privilege of receiving adequate education or educational resources to find such opportunities in one place, for little to no cost."

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OPINION

Miami: You’re a liberal arts college, not a polytechnic institute

By Abe Hagood | October 27, 2025

"The new system changes how funding for departments is calculated. Now, 40% of instructional revenue will be given to a student's primary major, a large increase from the 25% set aside previously. This means that a department will get far less funding for offering courses to students from other majors, emphasizing ones that mostly offer courses to its own students and punishing ones that participate heavily in the Miami Plan."