Opinion

OPINION

Letter to the Editor: Faculty, Staff, Students Should Have the Right to Teach, Learn, and Work Remotely

By Letter to the Editor | June 13, 2020

In an earlier message to the university community, the Provost “empower[ed] deans, chairs, and faculty members to make decisions...for how they will meet the needs of their classes for fall.” Let’s follow through on that promise, empowering each of us to teach, learn, and work in the way that works best for us.

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Letter to the Editor: "We must do better moving forward"

By Letter to the Editor | June 12, 2020

We, in MJF, have not confronted racism as fully as we could have. We could have listened more closely when People of Color described the unwelcoming environment they sometimes experience at this institution. We could have and should have done more, but did not. We must do better moving forward. 

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Don’t talk about it, be about it

By Editorial Board | June 3, 2020

Saturday, Miami University released a statement of solidarity, condemning racism after the murder of George Floyd. The statement is a good start. But what’s next?

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OPINION

The unspoken shade of black

By Varno Harris II | June 3, 2020

“Do you have any idea how it feels to be dubbed the whitest black kid by your own people?” Varno Harris II does, and today he’s speaking up about it.

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Letter to the Editor: We are heartbroken for Miami's visiting professors

By Letter to the Editor | May 13, 2020

Through these last few weeks of separation, many of us have been thinking about what it means to have “Love and Honor.” Being away from Oxford has been more difficult than many of us anticipated, causing us to reflect on what makes being a Miami student so great in the first place.

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OPINION

“Journalism is dead.”

By Somnia Keesey | May 6, 2020

I saw journalism not as dead, but as the perfect platform for me to inform and give a voice to the voiceless.

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OPINION

Problematic parental problems

By David Kwiatkowski | May 5, 2020

As the late, great comedian George Carlin said in his last stand-up before his death “If you’re worried about your children, leave them the fuck alone.”

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OPINION

Thoughts from Quarantine: Uncertain Summer

By Madeline Phaby , Briah Lumpkins and Chloe Murdock | May 2, 2020

This is “Thoughts from Quarantine,” a weekly series in which three of our editors will answer a variation of this simple question: “How are you feeling?” This week’s prompt is, “How are you feeling about your summer internship/job plans?

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OPINION

Once quarantine ends, make “yes” your new favorite word

By Patrick Donovan | April 29, 2020

Like the groceries we buy at the store, we can either say yes to all these invigorating experiences and make the most of them, or we can squander them.

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OPINION

No, I didn’t block you: quitting Instagram during quarantine 

By Jenna Calderón | April 28, 2020

When I wasn’t scrolling through my feed, I felt like I was missing out. When I was scrolling through my feed, I felt like I was missing out. I couldn’t win. 

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OPINION

Thoughts from Quarantine: Listless Learning

By Duard Headley , Tim Carlin and Sydney Hill | April 25, 2020

This is “Thoughts from Quarantine,” a weekly series in which three of our editors will answer a variation of this simple question: “How are you feeling?” This week’s prompt is, “How are you feeling about online classes?”

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OPINION

Reconciling the realities of college classes with life at home

By Nick Wasserstrom | April 22, 2020

Although I internally stressed over the encroaching perils to my grades, I couldn’t motivate myself to properly study.

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OPINION

Living through a pandemic while living with a mental illness

By Megan Miske | April 21, 2020

I know that I’m young and healthy, so the chances of me dying from the coronavirus are slim, but I still find myself going over the what-if’s late at night. 

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Thoughts from Quarantine: Socially Isolated

By Rebecca Wolff , Lukas Nelson and Jenna Calderón | April 18, 2020

This is “Thoughts from Quarantine,” a weekly series in which three of our editors will answer a variation of this simple question: “How are you feeling?” This week’s prompt is, “How are you feeling about being apart from your Oxford friends/significant others during self-quarantine?" 

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It’s not “if I get corona, I get corona” to all of us

By Ames Radwan | April 15, 2020

Is it killing me that I’m in Florida, literally a five-minute drive from the beach, and I can’t go soak up the sun and splash in some waves? Absolutely. But I won’t risk my health or the health of others just to get some rays.

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OPINION

I moved in with my boyfriend a month after we started dating

By Emily Hickman | April 14, 2020

The nice thing about Miami is a good amount of its students live relatively close to campus, including my boyfriend who lives two-and-a-half hours away in Columbus. By the title, I’m sure you see where this is going.

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OPINION

Letter to the Editor: on Liberty and Amorous Relationships

By Letter to the Editor | April 11, 2020

The Miami University Senate is considering a policy to ban all amorous relationships between faculty and students and between graduate students and undergraduate students. Although well meaning, the proposal poses a threat to the liberty and associational rights of faculty, staff, and students; and it infantilizes students. 

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Thoughts from Quarantine: Broken Routines

By Emily Dattilo , Chris Vinel and Julia Arwine | April 11, 2020

This week, we’re introducing a new series called, “Thoughts from Quarantine.” Every week, three of our editors will answer a variation of this simple question: “How are you feeling?” This week’s prompt is, “How are you feeling about the differences between your previously normal routine and new reality?”

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OPINION

Grind Guilt in Quarantine

By Rebecca Wolff | April 8, 2020

Quarantine has exposed the toxic cracks in the fitness and diet culture. Problems with body image and eater's remorse in those who take the health grind seriously has become an entire movement on social media in the past few weeks.

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OPINION

Why Positivity Reframing is More Important Now Than Ever

By Patrick Donovan | April 7, 2020

I’m obsessed with the idea of positivity reframing and I’ve been advocating for it on social media for some time now. Basically, you take your present situation, reflect on the good that can come out of it and change your outlook to a more optimistic one.