Periodic nationwide protests are starting to take place. However, what’s interesting about these protests is the lack of young participants. Those taking to the streets are baby boomers who have experienced government excess in the past (i.e., The Pentagon Papers, Watergate, The Chicago Seven, etc.)
It’s no secret that literacy is the foundation of learning. It’s how children learn to think critically, solve problems and understand the world around them. Yet, national reading scores have dropped to levels not seen in decades. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, reading proficiency among 9-year-olds has declined significantly, with the most vulnerable students being hit the hardest.
When I decided to attend Miami, it was nationally respected, recognized for undergraduate teaching and research, known as a Public Ivy brand and promoted an emphasis on interdisciplinary study. I have seen much of that begin to fade. Will I regret “Miami University” showing up next to my degree?
Recently, I witnessed a student presenting to the class, empty eyes at the front of their face, and that distinct ChatGPT grey highlight glaring around the words on the board behind them. To make matters worse, the student struggled to pronounce all the long words, and they did so in such a way that when class ended, I left feeling deeply concerned.
We have seen big companies and corporations like Tesla face public criticism because of Elon Musk’s political alliances he has shared publicly. We can see this drop mostly among younger generations, who tend to not separate the product from the company owner, just as we do not separate the art from the artist.
To Mike DeWine, you have betrayed the community that built you. I am shocked that a Miamian would directly attempt to turn away a diversified group of people, ideas and experiences.
I therefore write – as an educator with two decades of experience at Miami, teaching geography and urban planning – to express profound concern about the proposal to build a new arena and corporate hotel on Cook Field, especially amidst a budget crisis.
On behalf of the university, I’d like to thank you for your generous donations to Miami’s Capital Campaign. With your help, we are well on our way to hitting our $1 billion goal! What’s that? You say that you didn’t make a contribution?
When S.B. 1 was being debated in our state legislature, you made no public comment expressing opposition, or even concern, about a law that will now dismantle initiatives you have said are core to our university and to your own values. Why were you silent about something you spent several years claiming was so important to you?
I had just dropped my little sister off at basketball practice when the first message on Instagram came through. “Are you that bitch who killed that little girl?”
Author Jamie Gowans has frequented both Scoreboard and MacCracken Market and argues that MacCracken is better
Despite the threats to cut funding or programing entirely, author Eliza Sullivan write about how foreign language departments continue to provide quality education
Author Landon Morrison never felt represented at previous career fairs, until Miami University hosted a Creative Career Fair
Alum Kay Lockridge writes about her time at The Student and why she's chosen to establish a scholarship for journalism students
Author Gabriel Slark writes about how society views someone posting for praise on their appearance and a sex worker doing the same for money, and how the two aren't that different.
Author Taylor Stumbaugh sees a correlation between weight loss drugs and eating disorder behaviors, and uses her family's experience to explain why.
My name is Olivia Patel, and I have taken over as The Miami Student’s new editor-in-chief. In other words, I will be working to lead a newspaper that best serves the student body, faculty, administration, alumni and other avid readers of our paper.
Author Gina Roth is a senior who has never participated in Green Beer Day and wonders if it's really worth it this year
In the past three years as humor editor, I have had so much to be grateful for. I’m sad my time is nearing its end, but I want to end my tenure by spreading some gratitude to those who have made my time with The Miami Student what it is.
It’s been almost three years since I joined The Miami Student. When I walked into the newsroom for the first time, I was a scared sophomore with only a few journalism classes under my belt and no idea what working in a newsroom was like.