Ian Banks is always surprised when people ask what it is that he chose to have etched into his forearm with permanent ink.
As the bright, swirling Technicolor background lit up Hall Auditorium, the audience was instantly pulled in. Dancers in long, medieval gowns began to twirl from behind the curtains until they were interrupted by a young man in full 1970s hippie garb, carrying a boombox playing "Stayin' Alive"
Brandon Fogel darts around Pearson 128, setting up the next improv game by fielding suggestions from the audience. He is boisterous and charismatic, talking to the audience as if they were his old friends. His sharp wit and quick jabs at random spectators only add to this feeling.
"One thing we all have in our lives is creativity," Dr. Elizabeth Lokon told the gathered crowd at the Oxford Community Arts Center last Friday. This is the key principle that drove her to start the Opening Minds through Art (OMA) program at Miami back in 2007. Through OMA, Miami students work with those who suffer from dementia in and around Oxford, allowing these patients to become artists.
Michael Braegor Strickley and his friends worked two jobs for over a year, saving up to afford the pre-college trip of their dreams.
Well, it's not the same as painting eggs with my family, but it's pretty close. It's a close second.
From Broadway to high school theatre productions to a feature film starring Johnny Depp, the musical "Sweeney Todd" has taken on many different forms. At Miami, the student theatre group Stage Left will perform the musical on Thursday night.
Anyone interested in the feminist movement doesn't have to go very far to find real pieces of its history. They just need to look in the Miami University Library's new digital archives.
Following a months-long process, Miami University's summer reading committee selected J.D. Vance's memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy" as the summer reading book for incoming freshmen.
When a show starts with three princesses gyrating and swearing at their princes, it becomes immediately clear that Disney had no hand in this version of the company's beloved "Princess Line" franchise.
There's something about small talk that gets easier in the spring.
Hobbs started off the meeting by walking around the room with another member on staff. Forty college students surrounded them.
On Thursday, L.A. Theatre Works will perform "Judgment at Nuremberg" at Hall Auditorium. The play, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of World War II, questions the circumstances of war and the interests of the country during a time of conflict.
Miami students may have noticed posters hanging around campus advertising the arrival of "The Latest Show," a talk show stopping in Oxford as part of its College Tour. Those who attended the showings, however, realized that this was not an actual filming of a real talk show, but a play made to appear like one.
Everyone's acquainted with the ampersand. You might have even tried to draw it from time to time but can't get a firm grip on its intricacies. Perhaps you've mastered it and plastered it all over your notes. Whatever your relationship, the swirling, symbolic form of "and" is almost everywhere - just check a book, advertisement or your professor's PowerPoint.
College students will remember with nostalgia the days of popping in their favorite Disney movie on VHS tape. Favorites might include the magic of "Sleeping Beauty," the fierceness of "Mulan" or the elegance of "Cinderella." On April 5, these regal beauties will undergo a serious change in the production of "Disenchanted"
Luke Schroeder, Columnist
The way to a reader's heart is easy. Much like film buffs who gush over movies about filmmaking, devoted readers will melt in the palm of the author that can write well about their own relationship with words, stories and authors.
To be a pop trendsetter is to have the weight of an industry on your back. Music's biggest pop stars -- Taylor Swift, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry--have been taking huge amounts of time crafting new albums, fighting against the tide of copycats and determining which sonic trends are simply fads or the next big thing. Drake doesn't have that problem. His new albums are almost an annual affair, each release breaking streaming records and amassing hordes of fans.