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Parker Green


Not all students want to drink on Halloween weekend.

Things to do on Halloweekend that’s not drinking

For a lot of people, Halloween weekend in college means wearing your skimpiest costumes, gathering friends and getting absolutely wasted three days in a row. It’s great for some, but not everyone wants to do that, or is legally allowed to do that. So, here are some events, activities and ideas to keep your Halloween weekend as under 21 friendly as possible.



Assistant Campus and Community Editor Parker Green reviews Taylor Swift's new album "The Life of a Show Girl."

Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” is pop perfection

Taylor Swift dropped her highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” on Oct. 3, and I haven’t been the same since.Full of cheeky double entendres, glitter-gel-pen pop and high-profile interpolations, this album is a sharp departure from her more melancholy previous release, "The Tortured Poets Department.” It’s also everything I could want out of an album, especially one Swift said came from an “infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place.”






Antonia Lofaso visited Miami University on Sept. 29 as part of the school's lecture series.

Antonia Lofaso talks burnout and single-motherhood in lecture series

Celebrity chef, author and restaurateur Antonia Lofaso might be known for winning TV cooking challenges, but she was once a single mom, simply hoping to land a job in a restaurant.Lofaso visited on behalf of the Miami University lecture series, which brings in celebrities to give a talk of their choosing a couple of times a semester.