An underground battery: Miami’s latest geothermal plant conversion
By Ava Kalina | February 4, 2024Miami will begin drilling more than 500 wells almost 850 feet into the earth as the university’s next step toward carbon neutrality.
Miami will begin drilling more than 500 wells almost 850 feet into the earth as the university’s next step toward carbon neutrality.
Miami University’s “J-term” this year was a three-and-a-half week term pushing the spring semester to Jan. 29. This means a long winter break for Miami students: six weeks in total. The break can sound daunting, but it’s extra time for students to work, travel, study or simply relax after a grueling fall semester.
Changes in how methane waste from landfills is harnessed could completely change the energy landscape. We need to capitilize on this energy source now, argues columnist Ava Kalina.
So, you’re thinking about collecting household organic waste? As a student, parent or professor, you can take easy action in properly disposing of organic waste.
Columnist Ava Kalina offers insight into the benefits of incoporating composting into her off-campus student house.
We were born into consumer lifestyles, we ingest the advertising everyday in our media and we face the struggle of feeling the need to be ‘in style’ all the time. Don’t blame yourself, but don’t fall into the trap of fast fashion.
I’ve been surprised — and, honestly, really disappointed — at the amount of casual dialogue surrounding suicide I’ve heard here at Miami University. Casual dialogue, not in a comfortable conversational way, but in an inconsiderate, joking manner.
The sticky, warm air of the DC Metropolitan area has always been a haven for the precious Lampyridae, commonly known as fireflies, lightning bugs, glowworms or moonbugs (even though they are technically beetles).
“If you’re craving sweets all the time, then you’re not giving yourself enough love,” the woman said. Her words changed my life.
We’re not lost — if anything, we’re found. The restrictions of the pandemic gave us the time to slow down. Although we felt alone, we weren’t. We were given time completely to ourselves, our deepest thoughts and the people, plants and animals around us.