By Alex Randall, randala2@miamioh.edu
By Vincent Cirrito, cirritv@miamioh.edu
In reference to the effects of Greek Life at Miami, the more resonating notions proposed by The Editorial Board seemed to be in regards to identity: how first-years' clean identity slates are "crushed" by Greek Life. The piece assumes a more unified campus would be the result of scrapping unnecessary Greek organizations altogether.
I am a second semester senior at Miami, and up until about a week ago, I was in a sorority. Full disclosure: I haven't gone through the complete deactivation process, so I have yet to "officially" join the ranks of Miami's GDIs.
By Katie Taylor, Editor in Chief
By Eric Kettinger
I remember the first conversation we ever had at Phi Sigma Pi's speed dating recruitment event. We talked about her passion for the environment. Traveling to Africa. The woes of having untamable, frizzy hair.
By Carly Kimiecik, Senior, Health Promotion and American Studies
By Julia Ward
By Beau Barley
In the wake of the killing of Michael Brown and the continued uprisings in Ferguson as well as others unpublicized, Dominique C. Hill, Stephen John Quaye, and Mahauganee D. Shaw (faculty members in the College of Education, Health, and Society) organized a town hall to bring the Miami community together to make sense of these events. The purpose of the town hall was to examine the creative potential of this moment. Structured as a working session, this event offered insights into this particular moment in the United States, while brainstorming what we (as individuals within higher education) could do to actively engage in and shape this moment.
As a journalist for 15 years and as a teacher of journalism at Southern Illinois University and Miami University for more than 25 years, I believe I have the expertise to comment on The Miami Student's decision to publish an anonymous letter that, to me, seemed a blanket condemnation of international students, particularly those from China.
By Megan Pender, Junior Early Childhood Education Major
What do the Middletown and Hamilton campuses look like? What kinds of courses are taught there? Have you ever met a Middletown or Hamilton student? I have been a student at Miami Oxford for all of one semester, so you may assign appropriate weight to my comments, but I would assume 90 percent of Oxford students have never even seen the Middletown or Hamilton campuses, let alone met a student or taken a class at either of these campuses.
In response to Nov. 4 letter to the editor, "Admitting international students for the wrong reasons brings down the university," the Editorial Board would like to clarify, the original letter was sent via anonymous forum. We are unable to confirm the author was a faculty member at Miami. Please email your comments, concerns to eic@miamistudent.net.
In response to Nov. 4 letter to the editor, "Admitting international students for the wrong reasons brings down the university," the Editorial Board would like to clarify, the original letter was sent via anonymous forum. We are unable to confirm the author was a faculty member at Miami. Please email your comments, concerns to eic@miamistudent.net.
We, the undersigned faculty of the Asian and Asian American Studies Program and other concerned faculty, staff and students at Miami University, unequivocally disagree with the anonymous faculty member who wrote the opinion piece, "Admitting international students for the wrong reasons brings down the university," published on Nov. 4, 2014, in The Miami Student. We also join our colleagues in the English Department and other Miami faculty, staff, students and alumni, to express our enthusiastic support for all international students, whom we see as an invaluable resource for a university committed to offering a global education based on four principles: thinking critically, understanding contexts, engaging with other learners and reflecting and acting. However, international students face many challenges that need to be addressed in order for their skills, experiences and backgrounds to be fully realized for all members of Miami, and for them to be welcomed as full Miamians.
By Youxuan Lucy Jiang, Senior, Computer Science and Psychology
By James W. Brock, Miami University Faculty Member
By Colleen Bunn, bunnc@miamioh.edu