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Letter to the Editor: Why I am opposed to faculty unionization at this point in time

(05/05/22 3:00pm)

There seems to be increased concern about the faculty’s voice in university governance and a concomitant rise in calls for faculty unionization in response.  What are the reasons for this at this point in time?  From the Faculty Alliance of Miami website, these reasons seem to be:





Can the science be separated from the scientist?

(04/29/22 7:00pm)

As a first-year biology major, I have learned about many different scientists who made groundbreaking discoveries in my introductory bio classes. Moreover, to my surprise, I also recently learned about a scientist in my art history class. That scientist was Louis Agassiz, a 19th-century biologist and geologist who was born in Switzerland but worked in the United States.


Letter to the Editor: DORA expansion proposal Op-Ed

(04/25/22 5:00pm)

Those of us in Miami’s Division of Student Life have had many conversations with students, colleagues and Oxford residents in recent weeks about the City of Oxford’s proposal to expand the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) policy from a summer initiative to a year-round practice. DORA allows establishments in an area of Uptown to sell alcoholic beverages in designated cups that can be consumed outdoors in the DORA area from 11 a.m.- 11 p.m., seven days a week. Our understanding of the city’s motivation for this change is to bring more “vibrancy” to Oxford and to encourage more people to spend time Uptown.