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Taylor Powers


 (from left to right) Taylor Powers, Stella Powers, Shannon Mahoney and Sarah Frosch attended "The Rocky Horror Show" at The Carnegie on Oct. 31.

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

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.




Twenty One Pilots performs “Jumpsuit,” the first song off their album “Trench,” on Sept. 18 at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati.

Twenty One Pilots kicks off new tour in Cincinnati, and the emo kid in me has been healed

The first time I attended a Twenty One Pilots concert was in 2017 at the KFC Yum! Center in Kentucky for their “Emotional Roadshow World Tour.” I was 11 years old.Now, at 20 years old, I have seen them five times. You could say I’m a dedicated fan.Twenty One Pilots kicked off “The Clancy Tour: Breach” on Sept. 18 at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati. The band’s eighth album, “Breach,” was released on Sept. 12, with the tour starting almost a week later.



Political cultural shifts are harming our youth

Assitant Opinion Editor Taylor Powers beleives recent executive orders and political shifts are trying to fundamentally change what we call normal. We’re creating a culture that forbids children from experiencing, accepting and expressing other ways of life.


Political cultural shifts are harming our youth

Assitant Opinion Editor Taylor Powers beleives recent executive orders and political shifts are trying to fundamentally change what we call normal. We’re creating a culture that forbids children from experiencing, accepting and expressing other ways of life.




Why can’t we keep our children safe?

Author Taylor Powers argues that our society and government fails to prioritize children's safety and wellbeing by looking at issues with schools, the foster care system and the troubled teen industry