As a culture, we have a tendency to separate science and language. We celebrate the value of a liberal arts education, and yet we funnel students into distinct math/science courses and English/arts courses, rarely bothering to combine the two disciplines. As a result, each individual tends to consider himself either a "numbers" person or a "words" person.
With fluorescent pink hair and a matching shade of lipstick, Alice Bag is not your conventional chicana woman in her 50s. She was born in east Los Angeles in 1958, and was the lead singer in The Bags, a punk band formed in the mid 1970s.
"BLISS (or, Emily Post is Dead!)" will make its world debut at Studio 88 Theater this week. The Miami Department of Theatre will put on the play for five shows, beginning on Feb. 22.
In recent years, several Miami fraternities have been suspended for hazing and prohibited use of alcohol. With some facing such a checkered past, recolonizing a fraternity may seem a difficult task. Yet, that is exactly what the new faces of Sigma Chi are attempting.
Ever start watching a movie or TV show and realize you couldn't care less what happens to the main character because you're suddenly way more invested in the supporting storyline? With love in the air this week, here are a few couples who manage to be funnier, cuter and more loving than their film's main relationships despite considerably less time onscreen.
Elly Tarnowieckyi, a senior mechanical engineering student, hasn't lived with a dog since her family's beagle died when she was young.
When Miami junior Raechel Root took the podium at the Oxford Community Arts Center last Friday, she immediately asked former Miami professor Hugh Morgan to stand for recognition. All eyes turned to the back of the room.
On Saturday, Millett Hall will transform into an upscale vineyard worthy of the finest sommeliers.
Last Wednesday, approximately 25 Miami students, professors and community members, as well as one 4 Paws 4 Ability dog, gathered at the Miami University Art Museum to learn about the many uses of propaganda in World War I.
For a large guy, Jake Schultz drives a tiny car.
The pair strolls through Central Quad and everyone's heads turn to stare as they pass. The girl looks so content.
This past Saturday in Hall Auditorium, Miami hosted a Chinese New Year Gala to celebrate the Year of the Rooster. The event was a collaboration between the Performing Arts Series, the Confucius Institute (CIMU) and the Chinese American Cultural Association (CACA).
A lack of activism at Miami University has been a sore spot in the school's recent history. In light of the current rhetoric surrounding the field of science and climate change specifically, educational leadership graduate student Dustin Hornbeck decided something needed to give.
When people first talk to Justin Heintz, most of them pick up on his accent. But very few know where it came from.
M. Night Shyamalan is known for his captivating horror movies such as "The Sixth Sense," "Signs" and "The Visit." So, I was excited to see how his most recent addition to the world of psychological horror films, "Split," measured up to his chilling predecessors. However, "Split" ultimately fails to deliver the suspense and thrill promised by this genre, and resorts to using a mental disorder and childhood sexual abuse as plot devices to add shock value.
Migos, "Cultur"
A girl sat next to the brightly colored table, her hair being pinned up and covered with one of the cloths. The woman doing the styling twisted the fabric until it looked like the hijab on her own head.
Two Miami students won third place in Walt Disney Imagineering's 26th Imaginations Design Competition. Juniors Erin Socha and Casey Liptak from the department of architecture and design were named finalists in the competition in December and traveled to Imagineering headquarters in Glendale, Calif., from Jan. 23 to 27 for the final stage.
I'd been in Europe for two weeks, and I still hadn't had that wow moment. The moment that's supposed to jump out at you and say, "Hey! You're in another country! Isn't this amazing?"
Rome has two sides.