Celebrating 200 Years

Evelyn Dugan



Ellie Davis painting a French tip nail design on a client in her dorm room

Booming business: Miami’s secret side hustlers

Junior primary education major Georgia Palko worked at Bagel and Deli, but was looking for some extra cash. After calling her dad with a bright idea, she moved forward with her plan to sell sweet treats on Valentine's Day. With around $50 worth of strawberries, a college house kitchen and a side hustler mindset, she sold 300 strawberries to mothers and lovers.




Students enjoy the warm weather by tanning on Cook Field.

The $281 million question: Who’s paying for the arena project?

The new arena project on Cook Field has raised questions around the Miami University community since it was first announced in February 2025. While ROTC students worried about their facilities being moved, intramural sports teams debated a replacement location choice, students raised concerns over tuition impacts and faculty rattled about program cuts, the underlying question remained unclear: who will pay for the new arena?



Students gather together on the university seal to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

‘ICE OUT’: Demonstration against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement takes place at Miami

On Friday, protestors against President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown climbed through a foot of snow while holding resistance signs in their gloved hands to reach the Miami University seal, located in Academic Quad. These demonstrators demanded for ICE to leave Ohio and had the goal of standing in solidarity with protestors in Minneapolis following the recent fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.