As the sun set Thursday night, Miami University students and Oxford residents gathered outside Armstrong Student Center waving Palestinian flags. Members of the crowd held signs of support, handed out flyers with information on the attacks in Gaza and the Israel-controlled West Bank and provided information on how to call members of Congress.
The Oxford Police Department (OPD) reported several incidents of underage drinking and theft between Oct. 30 and Nov. 6.
On Tuesday, Oxford residents and Miami University students headed to the polls to cast their ballots on statewide issues and local races, contributing to Butler County’s nearly 46% reported voter turnout.
Ohio voters passed two ballot measures Tuesday. Issue 1 creates a constitutional amendment to protect abortion and reproductive rights, and Issue 2 legalizes marijuana statewide. Both issues also gained support in Butler County, and especially in Oxford.
On Nov. 7, Ohio voters passed Issues 1 and 2 which enshrined abortion rights and legalized recreational marijuana respectively. Out of the three student housing precincts, 76 of the 1,720 registered voters participated.
Today is Election Day in Oxford, and voters are turning out across three polling locations: the Marcum Hotel and Conference Center, Talawanda High School and Kramer Elementary School. On the local ballot this year are three seats on Oxford City Council, one Oxford Township Trustee position and three seats on the Talawanda School Board as well as Issues 1 and 2.
Tucked away in the back corner of the Center for Student Engagement, Activities and Leadership in Armstrong Student Center is the Wilks Institute for Leadership and Service headquarters.
The community manager of a residence hall at Miami University,sent out an email containing provocative wording to advertise a safe sex education event.
The LGBTQ+ student organization held an event of trans joy to protest a speaker on campus promoting bans on gender-affirming care for minors.
The weekend before Halloween, Oxford Police Department (OPD) issued several open container and underage drinking violations and driving while under the influence citations.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) learned about the Democracy Bus and participated in DEI training at its weekly meeting on Oct. 31.
On Wednesday, faculty, students and staff gathered in the east wing of the Armstrong Student Center at Miami University, eager yet hesitant to learn about the current and future landscape of artificial intelligence.
Following a meeting between the Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM) and Miami University administration, it was announced that the All-University Faculty Committee for the Evaluation of Administrators (AUFCEA) has been suspended by the Board of Trustees.
Since he was a kid, professor Mike Crowder bonded with his family over bourbon. He brought this bond to Miami with his fermentation class and relationship with other professors.
The bus will depart from Shriver Student Center at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, to bring students to the Butler County Board of Elections.
Miami University seniors and staff may remember having five “wellness days” — days without classes — sprinkled throughout the spring 2021 semester in place of a spring break. Or, given the craziness and collective exhaustion of the pandemic, they may not.
Power outages at Miami have affected students across campus.
This fall, the number of first-year international students at Miami has declined partially due to factors outside the university's control.
The event was staffed by student and community volunteers and informed students on voter ID laws, current issues on the ballot, gerrymandering in Ohio and more.
In the basement of Miami University’s Hughes Hall, below the classrooms and past the various whirring machines, is a small laboratory where Michael Weeks works. Here, machinery for all different departments is created, made and repaired.