Established 1826 — Oldest College Newspaper West of the Alleghenies
Mid-morning light filtered through the wide windows of the Oxford Community Arts Center, illuminating an unusual centerpiece of the room: row upon row of colorful bowls of all shapes and sizes.
Miami University Fashion and Design (MUFD) hosted their first clothing swap for non-members on Monday, Oct. 29. Attendees brought clothes they felt didn't suit them anymore in exchange for another attendee's, to refresh their wardrobe with equivalent pieces. Each attendee was granted a certain amount of tickets depending on how many items they brought in. Small items such as jewelry earned a participant one ticket, and larger clothing items traded for two or three tickets.
This weekend, the Miami University Department of Theatre is putting on a set of shows different than a typical performance. Echoes of Miami is a compilation of ten-minute plays written and directed entirely by Miami University students and alumni.
What is a sunflower festival without any sunflowers? Apparently, still a good deal of fall fun.
The rain is audible on the turf of Yager field and the sky is a shade of grey that would keep most people cooped up inside. Not rugby players, though. Not Miami University's Old Boys.
The Kentucky Derby has forever been dubbed "the most exciting two minutes in sports," and Churchill Downs is easily one of the most historic sporting venues in North America. But the nickname and common knowledge forgets the 10 hours before those exciting two minutes and the people who fill the venue.
"Hey y'all, let's square it up," Kevin Blakely said over the mi1crophone.
"Don't think," Lewis Magruder said to the line of a dozen cast members sitting at the edge of the stage, with their backs to the rows of seats that would be filled with audience members next week.
Coming home can be a very personal thing.
It was a beautiful sort of chaos.
