In 1725, Louis XV welcomed four Native American chiefs and a Native American woman from the Mississippi Valley for a diplomatic visit to France.
After classes end for the week, it’s not uncommon to see Miami University students put on their “going-out” outfits and make their way Uptown to bars and off-campus house parties.
On Friday, protestors against President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown climbed through a foot of snow while holding resistance signs in their gloved hands to reach the Miami University seal, located in Academic Quad. These demonstrators demanded for ICE to leave Ohio and had the goal of standing in solidarity with protestors in Minneapolis following the recent fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
“Leading a university is kind of like overseeing a small city.”
As students at Miami University settle into the spring semester, it’s no secret that they are dreading the rising costs of each semester. While national headlines tend to focus on the rise in food and housing prices, there is a unique cost faced by college students alone: the price of textbooks.
Uptown Blends, a specialty beverage business in the mile square area, closed at the end of January after first opening in October 2024.
During Miami University’s winter break — from Dec. 8, 2025, to Jan. 26 — police officers responded to 47 different incidents, according to an Oxford Police Department report.
As students make their way to Miami University’s campus by car, train and plane from across the state and country each semester, a small number must return through the international immigration process.
Just after 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, the first snowflakes of a major winter storm began to fall in Oxford. What had seemed like a typical winter weather system just days ago would soon produce record-breaking snowfall.
The initial findings of a student-led community survey reveal that a large majority of respondents oppose the construction of an arena district on Cook Field, a current recreational green space. The results, based on over 3,347 responses, challenge the Board of Trustees’ historic decision from Feb. 2025.
The Miami University Board of Trustees adopted resolutions to remove four buildings on Spring Street during the summer of 2026 and approved the Morris, Emerson and Tappan Hall renovations during the Dec. 12 meeting.
Oxford City Council approved a resolution to make parking Uptown free over Miami’s winter break and discussed the enforcement of Oxford’s snow route ordinance.
A small town surrounded by cornfields, Oxford is often considered to be a tight bubble. Yet, 869 commuting students slip in and out of town largely unnoticed.
At the final University Senate meeting of 2025, the body discussed proposals to merge two departments, teacher evaluations, the regional campuses restructuring to polytechnic and potential new engineering majors.
The first of 11 topics debated on the evening of Nov. 19 between the Miami University College Republicans and College Democrats was the role of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in K-12 and college. The two sides gathered for a debate in Wilks Theater, located in Armstrong Student Center.
Vivek Ramaswamy, an American entrepreneur and politician, visited Miami on Wednesday, put on by Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and staffed by Miami’s TPUSA chapter and College Republicans, to talk about his bid to be Ohio’s next governor.
Two of Miami University’s residence halls have experienced antisemitic and racist language and graffiti since September.
Along High Street, a large white house sits across from Miami University’s front lawn. With its open-air porch, supported by tall white columns and black shutters framing every window, Lewis Place has become a campus staple and a symbol of the university’s history.
More than 17% of Miami’s undergraduate population is identified as disabled by the Miller Center for Student Disability Services – that’s nearly 3,000 people. Most able-bodied people focus on the visible aspects in academic buildings; accommodations like ramps, elevators and braille signs. But there’s one question very few people tend to ask: Where do they live in Oxford?
Miami University is governed by the Board of Trustees. Within the ranks of the 17 members are two enrolled students meant to be the voice of the student population.