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Martin's contract extended through 2020

By Brady Pfister | March 13, 2018

Following a breakthrough 2016 season in which the Miami RedHawks football program won six straight games to reach bowl eligibility, many expected the 2017 campaign to bring a Mid-American Conference Championship to Oxford. However, following an underwhelming 5-7 season full of missed opportunities and disappointing losses, the Red and White failed to take the next step many were hoping to see.

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Torn between two worlds: Visiting professor balances work and family, continents apart

By Megan Zahneis | March 13, 2018

The projector in 235 Upham Hall isn't working. That means Karim Ibrahim has to summarize the "Seinfeld" clip he'd planned to screen for his Professional Communication for Business students himself. In the scene, Jerry criticizes a car rental agent who can't accommodate his reservation for a midsize car.

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New group looks to analyze student body elections

By Ceili Doyle | March 12, 2018

Over the course of the past semester, junior Nick Froehlich, sophomore Molly O'Donnell and first-year Craig Beurelein have been developing a polling analysis organization for the Miami community, inspired by Nate Silver's national website "FiveThirtyEight" (538).

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Nursing courses to be offered at Oxford campus in the fall

March 9, 2018

This fall Miami's nursing program will be coming to the Oxford campus.

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ASG unanimously approves 50 percent budget cuts for student orgs

By Andrew Tilbe | March 8, 2018

Miami's Associated Student Government (ASG) unanimously approved a budget plan that will cut student organization funding in half

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Social suspensions lifted for 12 fraternities

March 6, 2018

A week and a half after Miami's Interfraternity Council (IFC) announced a sweeping social suspension due to hazing allegations, 12 chapters are now cleared to operate as usual.

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Student presidential candidates face off in debate

By Andrew Tilbe | March 6, 2018

Three of Miami's student leaders discussed dining issues and the university's approach to combating sexual assault, among other issues, at Monday's Associated Student Government (ASG) Presidential Debate.

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Student counseling services director retires after 33 year career at Miami

By Ceili Doyle | March 6, 2018

A little over 40 years ago, Kip Alishio spent his days walking through Earlham College's campus, in Richmond, IN, listening to The Moody Blues, his favorite band.

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ASG supports student agriculture movement

March 6, 2018

Behind Miami University's Marcum Center are two greenhouses. Both look old and worn down. Grimy windows are covered with declarations of love and graffiti written in sloppy handwriting. Behind locked doors are empty flower trays -- the metal crates which used to hold green foliage are now home to spider webs and excess tools left behind.

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Diversity Events This Week: March 6

By Editorial Board | March 6, 2018

Events to catch this week on Miami's campus and in Oxford

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Tammy Kernodle 'national treasure,' mentor and friend

By Lynn Ocharoenchai | March 6, 2018

As a little girl, she wanted to be a cowboy. If not a cowboy, Tammy Kernodle wanted to become a teacher. In an old photo, a young Kernodle stands in front of an aluminum Christmas tree with her younger brother and her present, a chalkboard twice her size.

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In second semester on campus, Haven continues to expand

March 6, 2018

When they started working to establish a substance abuse outpatient center at Miami, Sherrie Kleinholz and Janae Arno were shocked at how much the process dragged.

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City council passes SPIN bike share, university support for program undetermined

March 6, 2018

After a series of back-and-forths and requests to table the discussion, Oxford's city council moved to pass a resolution allowing a six-month pilot bikeshare program with SPIN -- a San Franciso-based dockless bicycle sharing company.

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Miami participates in Parkland demonstrations

March 6, 2018

Miami University students plan to add their voices in the upcoming demonstrations in response to the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. School walkouts and marches, organized by students across the nation, will peacefully for an end gun violence.

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Proposed regional tuition promise will cut costs for students

March 6, 2018

The Miami University Board of Trustees has approved the extension of Miami's Tuition Promise to the Hamilton and Middletown campuses -- a move that will reportedly save students almost 8 percent on their tuition costs.

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Miami Student Health Survey opens for student input

By Andrew Tilbe | March 2, 2018

Students looking to help the university better understand the Miami community will have the opportunity to do so through the Miami Student Health Survey.

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ASG advocates for lower laundry fees in dorms

February 28, 2018

ASG unanimously passed a bill to lower laundry prices in the residence halls last Tuesday.

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University investigates reports of hazing as IFC suspension continues

By Editorial Board | February 27, 2018

Miami University's Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (OESCR) is bringing in outside help to investigate reports of hazing in Miami fraternities.

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'City Matters' Forum Talks Alcohol and Hazing

By Julia Arwine | February 27, 2018

The Miami Student hosted a public safety forum, City Matters, last Wednesday, attended by Oxford and Miami officials. The event, moderated by assistant news editor Ceil\0x03AF Doyle and editor-in-chief Emily Williams, covered topics including the Good Samaritan policy, recent hazing allegations against Miami fraternities and town-gown relations in Oxford.

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Former Miami trustee reflects on term

By Julia Arwine | February 27, 2018

In August 1962, 10-year-old Dennis Lieberman walked into the bathroom of an Alabama rest stop.