Finding a roommate in a pandemic
By Taj Simmons | April 9, 2021With Miami University announcing a mostly in-person fall semester, some students are resorting to Facebook groups to find housing for the 2021-2022 school year.
With Miami University announcing a mostly in-person fall semester, some students are resorting to Facebook groups to find housing for the 2021-2022 school year.
The last five Miami University Police Department (MUPD) safety bulletins have been reported sexual assaults from North Quad. The rise in this area of campus has led some students to wonder what caused the increase and if they are safe on North Quad.
In the weeks leading up to Green Beer Day (GBD), students reserved their tables at Uptown bars and decorated with green shamrocks. They also prepared hats, masks and sunglasses to hide their faces from police body cameras and, possibly, drones, as rumors spread throughout the city.
Members of the Miami University and Oxford community gathered Saturday, April 3 to mourn the deaths of those killed in the Atlanta spa shootings, an action widely regarded as a racially motivated attack against the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
Miami University gave eligible students up to $1,500 in federal aid beginning Monday, March 29. Funds came from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA). Miami was allocated just less than 6.5 million dollars in total.
In an email sent to the Miami University community on Monday, April 5, Miami announced the distribution of 3,500 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to students starting April 10.
At its March 30 meeting, two members of Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) presented a resolution to reduce the number of mail deliveries residence halls receive each week.
A weekly update on Miami University COVID-19 statistics.
The tenth annual National Civil Rights Conference will be held at Miami University this summer.
For Miami University photographers Jeffrey Sabo and Scott Kissell, typically their job is to document Miami’s year-to-year history. But this past year, the abnormally empty spaces that filled their pictures emulated the experience of living through a once-in-a-lifetime event.
President Joe Biden’s latest stimulus package did not include forgiveness for student loans, but it did include legislation that could open doors for student loan forgiveness in the future.
Ashutosh Pitkar, a senior mechanical engineering major and winner of Miami Activities and Programming (MAP)’s chess tournament, has been playing chess since he was 7 years old.
Students living on campus at Miami University received an email on March 16 from the Office of Residence Life warning them that they will lose access to their residence hall and meal plan if they fail to comply with the school’s COVID testing policy.
It was a karaoke night at Brick Street Bar and Grill on March 23.
While students have used various methods to get themselves vaccinated, a vaccination plan at the university level has yet to be seen besides a scheduled clinic for selected students, faculty and staff.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) passed a sense of senate resolution condemning the recent rise in anti-Asian violence at its March 23 meeting.
At 9 a.m. on Thursday March 25, Miami University students were already participating in Green Beer Day (GBD) festivities.
Between the Miller Center, Office of the Dean of Students and the BCare program, many resources are available to injured students who need accommodations.
Although students fill out evaluations each semester, they don’t have access to what other students have submitted in previous semesters.
Miami University is one of nine universities to receive the inaugural Jesse L. Moore Supplier Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.