Maggie is an Asst. Campus & Community Editor and Asst. Entertainment Editor.
As a writing scholar, Maggie found a home in the newsroom during her freshman year. Maggie is a journalism and American studies double major with a film minor, and hopes to continue her writing career in the entertainment and culture fields.
In addition to writing for the food, entertainment and campus & community sections, Maggie is the Vice President of Choraliers (treble choir) and a member of the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega.
In her free time, Maggie loves to spend time with her family, go to the movie theater and bake delicious treats.
This week on Pop Culture Convos our entertainment editor David Kwiatkowski sits down with assistant entertainment editors Sean Scott and Maggie Peña to discuss who is the music industry.
Miami University’s COVID Response Team announced a pause in surveillance testing for both students and employees.
Senior students who plan on attending graduate school have to juggle completing capstones, enjoying their last year on campus and applying for grad school - and it's all easier said than done.
Mountain Dew is the love of my life.
After a rocky two years of falling enrollment and restricted travel, Miami University education in Luxembourg and across the globe is back in full swing.
Every year, my mom and I would come home after trick-or-treating, and we’d drink hot chocolate while going through my haul to make sure none of the candy was tampered with. But my favorite part of this night was always watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”
First-year psychology major Isabella Fordyce had more than a couple reasons to be crying on September 13. Her mom, Jessica Fordyce, was far more than an arm’s length away. In sunny California, 2,500 miles away, there was little she could do to comfort her eldest daughter, the first she had sent away to college.
The connection between artist and audience can’t be found online. Even a live streamed concert doesn’t produce the same energy as a concert in a dimly-lit stadium with flashing neon lights and bass notes you can feel through the floor.
The food editor of The Miami Student, Madeline Phaby, is a dear friend of mine. We laugh together, we cry together, we eat together. We enjoy each other’s company. But boy, do I have a bone to pick with her.
Miami University’s 18th annual Latin American and Caribbean Unidiversity Festival made its 2021 debut on Friday, Sept. 17 in Uptown Park.