Culture

CULTURE

Comedy meets cannibalism in Netflix's 'Santa Clarita Diet'

By Sam Keeling | February 21, 2017

In Netflix's horror-comedy "Santa Clarita Diet," Joel and Sheila Hammond (Timothy Olyphant and Drew Barrymore) are realtors that have built a nice, if not routine, life in beautiful suburban California, complete with gossipy neighbors and an eternally ungrateful teenage daughter. That routine is quickly thrown out the window when Sheila begins vomiting an absurd amount, coughs up a strange red ball and falls unconscious.

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SCIENCE

Psychology lab researches the science behind regret

By Jake Gold | February 21, 2017

Everybody has regrets. And nobody knows that better than Dr. Amy Summerville.

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CULTURE

'Slant Show:' Students plan variety sketch show

By Kelly Burns | February 21, 2017

Ross Tague and Corinne McGoldrick sat facing each other in their usual booth. They added their voices to the cacophony inside Pulley Dinner, talking about late night television. Both of them wanted to go into TV when they graduated. After talking for a while, they came to a conclusion that there was nothing like late night TV.

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CULTURE

Miami Opera to perform 'A Little Night Music'

By Hannah Williams | February 21, 2017

Senior Kyra Klontz knows that opera is not one of the most popular modes of entertainment nowadays. But she also knows that the Miami Opera Theater's performance of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" is far from the typical opera.

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CULTURE

Humans of Oxford: Will Geers: The curious incident of the boy in the nighttime

By Maya Fenter | February 21, 2017

Quiet hours have long since fallen upon Emerson Hall. The door to room 53 swings open slowly and out walks freshman Will Geers.

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CULTURE

New albums: Future delivers 'sluggish' songs, Ryan Adams plays it safe

By Sam Keeling | February 21, 2017

Future, "FUTUR"

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SCIENCE

'Seven Brief Lessons' reignites love for science

By Devon Shuman | February 21, 2017

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.

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CULTURE

Punk rocker Alice Bag speaks at annual symposium

By Kristin Stratman | February 21, 2017

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.

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CULTURE

"BLISS" to premiere at Miami

By Hannah Fierle | February 21, 2017

"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.

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CULTURE

Sigma Chi aims to redefine itself with recolonization

By Jim Zedaker | February 21, 2017

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.

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ENTERTAINMENT

This Valentine's Day, open your heart to the big screen's lesser-loved couples

By Haley Miller | February 14, 2017

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.

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CULTURE

Therapy dogs help students having ruff days

By Kristin Stratman | February 14, 2017

Elly Tarnowieckyi, a senior mechanical engineering student, hasn't lived with a dog since her family's beagle died when she was young.

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CULTURE

Photo exhibition highlights Oxford's African-American communities

By Devon Shuman | February 14, 2017

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.

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CULTURE

Performing Arts Series to host 27th Annual Wine Tasting

By Hannah Fierle | February 14, 2017

On Saturday, Millett Hall will transform into an upscale vineyard worthy of the finest sommeliers.

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CULTURE

Art Museum opens programming for seasonal exhibition

By Sarah Emery | February 14, 2017

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.

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CULTURE

Humans of Oxford: Jake Schultz: A man of many fish

By Angela Hatcher | February 14, 2017

For a large guy, Jake Schultz drives a tiny car.

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CULTURE

Humans of Oxford: Kayla Bergmann: Popular pup sitter

By Kelly Burns | February 10, 2017

The pair strolls through Central Quad and everyone's heads turn to stare as they pass. The girl looks so content.

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CULTURE

Ringing in the Year of the Rooster at the Chinese New Year's Gala

By Devon Shuman | February 7, 2017

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).

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SCIENCE

Earth Fest, sister March for Science combine

By Devon Shuman | February 7, 2017

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.

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CULTURE

Humans of Oxford: Justin Heintz: Abroad in America

By melendak | February 7, 2017

When people first talk to Justin Heintz, most of them pick up on his accent. But very few know where it came from.