Staff-Editorials

OPINION

Five improvements the Miami community can make in 2024

By The Editorial Board | January 8, 2024

The beginning of every new year is a time for New Year’s resolutions. It’s a time for people to think ahead and find ways to make their lives better, by being hopeful and optimistic about the future. In that spirit, The Miami Student editorial board has compiled a list of changes and improvements we hope to see implemented both by Miami University’s administration and by its student community throughout 2024.

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OPINION

Students and faculty are under attack; SB 117 will limit educational freedoms

By The Editorial Board | July 3, 2023

College campuses have become a new political battleground for the right, and educational freedom is under attack. S.B. 117 is poison for higher education.

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OPINION

Do not silence our teachers; S.B. 83 must be stopped

By The Editorial Board | May 22, 2023

S.B. 83 aims to eliminate bias in higher education classrooms. Its effect will be quite the opposite.

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OPINION

The framework for change: The Miami Student’s endorsement for Student Body President

By The Editorial Board | March 9, 2023

The Student recognizes its important role in both covering the election and endorsing a candidate and does not make the decision lightly. In The Student staff meetings on Sunday, March 5, our staff met with Nyah Smith (SBP) and Jules Jefferson (VP) as well as Cameron Tiefenthaler (SBP) and Grace Payne (VP). 

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OPINION

We have not done justice. Today, we take steps to change that.

By The Editorial Board | March 3, 2023

The Miami Student's editorial board believes we need to change our coverage for the better when it comes to diversity on campus and in Oxford. 

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OPINION

We need proactive transparency from Miami

By The Editorial Board | October 18, 2022

It has come time for Miami to be a great deal better when it comes to the handling of staff and faculty concerns. 

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WOMEN'S SPORTS

The chicken and the egg: the cycle keeping women’s sports out of the limelight

By The Editorial Board | September 29, 2022

Fifty years ago, the infamous then-President Richard Nixon signed into law what is today known as Title IX, leading to a 545% increase in women’s collegiate sports participation since its inception. The only problem? Hardly any of us have noticed.

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OPINION

Sexual Assault — More than a Safety Bulletin

By The Editorial Board | September 4, 2022

We’re asking Miami to focus on a more holistic approach with sexual assault issues on- and off-campus — prevention, follow-through, punishment and communication are all integral to this process. 

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OPINION

Skipping out on our education

By The Editorial Board | May 9, 2022

In the end, it’s up to all of us — students, professors, everyone — to make sure we are getting the most out of our time at Miami together. Next semester is our fresh start.  

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OPINION

Another year, another election, another TMS endorsement

By The Editorial Board | March 14, 2022

The Miami Student has consistently been reporting on the race for SBP and the three pairs of candidates. We also feel that it is also important to give our opinion on who we believe will represent the Miami community best. 

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OPINION

Don’t pick a fight that leaves no winners: Let faculty members unionize

By The Editorial Board | February 10, 2022

Don’t make this a war and waste tuition dollars battling a cause that aims to improve the student experience in the long run.

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OPINION

We wish it would go away, but it’s here to stay

By Editorial Board | January 27, 2022

Students are becoming careless about wearing masks inside campus buildings, most professors are allowing students fewer absences, surveillance testing has become optional and Miami University is set on having a “robust” semester. 

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OPINION

It’s too soon to pause surveillance testing

By Editorial Board | November 8, 2021

In our last editorial, we asked the administration to make these decisions with extreme care and consideration. This feels rushed and inconsiderate. 

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OPINION

It’s complicated…

By Editorial Board | October 25, 2021

Miami University is the largest employer in Butler county, and because of that, this decision will set a precedent for COVID culture throughout the region. 

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OPINION

It’s on students to end hazing

By Editorial Board | October 15, 2021

If you see something, say something – if you don't, it could be a misdemeanor. But it would also make you a contributor to a needless, toxic cycle.

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OPINION

Rudeness isn’t reason enough for a recall

By Editorial Board | September 13, 2021

It’s reasonable to be upset by the fact that community leaders are bad-mouthing the student sector of the community, but throwing a tantrum only proves the point they were trying to make. 

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OPINION

Protecting our community is not up for moral objection

By Editorial Board | August 30, 2021

The Miami Student Editorial Board is calling on university officials to remove the conscientious objection from the vaccine mandate policy.

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OPINION

If Miami wants to proceed with Love and Honor, it must mandate vaccines

By Editorial Board | August 24, 2021

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been fully Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for more than 24 hours, and despite Miami’s COVID-19 website stating the university would be prepared to mandate vaccination once it achieved this status, officials have been silent.

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OPINION

Put your money where your mouth is

By Editorial Board | April 27, 2021

We understand that the markets act as a business, but they are also an essential student service. They should be catering more toward the latter. 

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NEWS

The Lecture Series has failed Miami Students, and it's time for accountability

By Editorial Board | April 13, 2021

Not only was this choice a complete disregard of people’s lived experiences, but it shows that for the Lecture Series, a documented past of sexual harassment is not a nonstarter.