When Miami University President Greg Crawford announced the return of residential students and face-to-face classes in a Sept. 9 email, he started a trend of conflicting messages about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic on Miami’s Oxford campus.
I received the all-too-familiar email on a Monday evening.
It is unclear whether the student contracted the virus at the university or after returning home for remote learning in mid-September.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has faced many challenges this year, from increased mail due to the pandemic to the loss of federal funding. So what does a day in the life of a postal worker look like during these turbulent times?
Despite Miami University’s ever-changing fall semester plans, students still went on to study abroad in three different countries.
Miami University’s COVID-19 Oxford campus dashboard has been active for nearly two months. But some students have raised concerns about the information provided by Miami.
As COVID-19 cases spiked once again among Miami University students last week, fingers are being pointed at who is and isn’t following the rules.
Taking advantage of online classes, some Miamians are leaving Oxford behind in favor of traveling around the country this year.
One month after Miami students moved onto campus in September, the process of dealing with COVID-19 remains uncomfortable and unfamiliar, and for many, it hasn’t gotten any easier.
Many events have been canceled this year, but Halloween won’t be one of them.
Juiquetta Harmon, aka Kiki the Barber, has been cutting hair ever since her dad suffered a stroke in 1998 and she had to shave his head for him. Up until then, Harmon had been working with troubled teens and for in-home health companies. It was never her intention to cut hair for a living until one of her friends gave Harmon a moment of clarity.
As students are still confined to dorms and houses, the video game 'Among Us' provides some community and distraction during a trying semester.
The Office of Residence Life (ORL) at Miami University recently announced that Bell Tower Commons will be closed to all students not under the university’s remain-in-room (RIR) advisory, and Western Dining Commons will be closed to non-RIR students on the weekends.
So why are maskless students and staff still a constant presence on campus? If Miami students are following the same trends as the rest of the country, the reason may be politics.
The newly introduced GET app allows students to skip the long lines in Armstrong and pick up their food to go.
Miami University’s acceptance rate increased from roughly 65% to 75% in the last two years, as confirmed by Bethany Perkins, Miami’s director of admissions.
On a crisp October weekend in years past, the Oxford community gathered together to hike. Families and students perused the booths that lined the entrance to the trails near the stables. Some people socialized while picking up pamphlets; others would grab a map and hit the trails. Instead of gathering for one day of hiking, this year's Hike-A-Thon experience has been expanded to the whole month of October.
A lot of people turn to their religious communities for support through tough times. That sense of connection is different as people are navigating through the unprecedented time of 2020, but it’s not lost.
A mask creates a cozy little nook to hide from everyone else, just a bit. Little insecurities like this get to be kept secret, just between you and your mask.