‘This is not the country I grew up in’: Oxford community protests current administration
By Shannon Mahoney | April 9, 2025More than 100 people gathered in Oxford Memorial Park on Sunday afternoon to protest the current administration.
More than 100 people gathered in Oxford Memorial Park on Sunday afternoon to protest the current administration.
Twice a year, the JANUS Forum brings two panelists from opposite sides of the political spectrum to Miami University’s campus to discuss a topic relevant to students and the broader community. This semester, the organization brought two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Susan Brooks and Stephanie Murphy, to speak on the future of the two-party system.
Miami University’s College Republicans hosted influential conservative voices such as Ben Shapiro, former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno at the Future Leaders Forum on Thursday, Oct. 10.
On the evening of Aug. 28, the League of Women Voters of Oxford (LWVO) held an informational session about a proposed constitutional amendment that would implement a 15-member redistricting commission composed of “citizens, not politicians.”
Although Harrison Crone has attended Miami University for four years, he didn’t start calling himself a “Miami student” until he was in his second year.
College students across America are protesting, rallying and supporting activism movements on their campuses with threats of arrest looming over them. To do these acts of assembly, protesters on college campuses often rely on the First Amendment to support their actions, whether that’s holding up signs or more noticeable acts like encampments or volatile language.
As the 2023-2024 academic year nears its end, the current Associated Student Government (ASG) staff members will step down from their positions and incoming staff will take over.
The Department of Political Science hosted Mick Mulvaney, former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, and Tiffany Muller, president of End Citizens United and Let America Vote, on April 15 for the spring 2024 JANUS Forum. This semester, the forum was entitled “Bought and Paid For? Money, Speech, and Elections in America.”
The Ohio State Senate may have an Oxford “townie” sitting in its chamber next year.
Jon Stewart is exactly who we need for this upcoming election season.
David Pepper, the former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, discussed the threat to democracy in the United States and why Ohioans need to start making elected officials take accountability to ensure voter interests are kept at the forefront.
As a member of the high school class of 2020 and the college class of 2024, I’ve had a weird upbringing that’s been framed by the presidency of the time.
Was Ronald Reagan a muppet? One former writer at The Miami Student thought so, writing an editorial on the subject in the Sept. 16, 1980 print edition.
With Ohio Senate Bill 83 pending, there are many things students and faculty can do to have their voices heard. At a lecture in Williams Hall Monday night, students and faculty listened as Rosemary Pennington, a journalism professor at Miami, and Nathan French, a religion professor at Miami, discussed some of the actions people can take.
Is it time to kill the death penalty? That’s what this year’s JANUS forum aimed to answer.