Since its beginnings in 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated and honored by Miami University students. From early pushes to recognize the event locally to a vibrant annual celebration, students have been at the center of promoting the holiday.
The Miami Student has hosted a staggering number of student members, each doing their own part to get every issue out on time. This consists of writers, photographers, designers, section editors and then the editor-in-chief (EIC) at the very top; the captain steering the whole ship.
"While anniversaries like The Miami Student’s bicentennial mark years of impressive tradition, they also act as a benchmark of the evolution of the news industry today. With an estimated 136 local newspapers closing in the last year, anniversaries of long-standing newspapers serve as a significant reminder of the importance of print journalism."
The proposed Cook Field arena district project has left Miami University students, faculty and alumni wondering why that green patch on the eastern part of campus is significant to the Miami experience.
Oxford is constantly welcoming new restaurants. Between Ohana Island Grille, Sushi King andPaseano’s Pasta House, we seem to have it all. But there was a time when there were no coffee shops or late-night pizza spots. Historical information about these early buildings and businesses comes from records compiled by the Oxford Historic and Architectural Preservation Commission.
Western campus -- and its surrounding natural areas -- hold deep roots in Miami University history.
It’s 1827, and students are in between classes or sitting in the student center on campus reading the paper. They’re not holding The Miami Student, though. Instead, they’re leafing through The Literary Focus.
In the warm fall of 2020, I stumbled my way to Miami University, green behind the ears, eager to get away from home and terrified of where I was going.
From student performers to big names like Billy Joel and Seth Meyers, Miami University has been home to a vast variety of performers over the years. Performers from all genres — comedy, music, theater and more — have filled different venues on campus, providing entertainment to students, faculty and community members for over a century.
Associated Student Government (ASG) discussed multiple safety and transportation concerns, including a non-functional crosswalk light and the dangers of e-scooters on campus.
During my final night as editor-in-chief of The Miami Student, we achieved a rarity.
Miami University athletics holds a storied history, both with its player and coach development in Oxford and with the RedHawks’ notable matchups from the past 150 years. Here are seven of the best games in Miami University history.
A media outlet making a mistake probably won’t surprise anyone who’s ever worked on a student publication or followed the news closely. Media is created by people, and people get things wrong.
For all of the 1800s, and almost half of the 1900s, men ran the newsroom.
Here are five players from Miami whose numbers the athletic department should consider retiring next.
Immortalized in the iconic Red and White in both basketball and volleyball, these players make up the monsters of Millett.
When The Miami Student published its first edition as The Literary Focus in 1827, it only included three things: literature, poetry and philosophical thought. Now, 200 years later, The Student has sections covering everything from sports and opinion to culture and environmental news. What The Student calls the Culture section today has undergone many iterations since it’s first appearance 47 years ago.
From the first print issue of The Miami Student 200 years ago to today’s ever-accelerating technology-driven landscape, the media has consistently demanded our attention. To explain its full evolution would require a substantial encyclopedia — thousands of pages cataloging inventions, platforms and formats now taken for granted. Yet to understand the media, it isn’t necessary to recount its entire history. At its core, media reflects a persistent human impulse: the need to create, to record and to communicate.
Even though I was just a sportswriter at the time as a junior on campus, The Student editor-in-chief Sue MacDonald ran my column on the front of the entire paper. It was well-read, especially by Crum, his assistant coaches and players. They fumed with every syllable.
As a 1973 first-year student, I decided to major in education just like my grandmother (who attended Oxford College for Women in the early 1900s), my two teacher sisters and my mother, who was administrator at a local school.
