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1 month ago | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
Each year since 1970, people across the globe have banded together to celebrate our planet on April 22, better known as Earth Day. While some confine themselves to just one day, Miami University students are able to celebrate for a week. Miami’s 2025 Earth Week will be from April 21-27, culminating in the annual Earth Fest in Uptown Oxford on April 26. Before that, the week will be filled with sustainability-focused events for students to attend across campus.
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1 month ago | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
The first few months of President Donald Trump’s second term have come a flurry of government workforce layoffs, agency downsizing and federal grant slashings. One of the most hard hit areas of the government has been recreation and conservation, with agencies such as the National Park Service and Forest Service experiencing layoffs and budget cuts.
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1 month ago | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
Miami University has set lofty goals to reach carbon neutrality by 2040, including funding renewable energy projects and constructing more environmentally-friendly buildings. These do well to reduce carbon use on campus, but lurking beyond the brick buildings and tree-lined paths are emissions that students are forced into from the second they step on campus, and which neither they nor Miami have full control over.
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2 months ago | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
Miami University has set lofty goals to reach carbon neutrality by 2040, including funding renewable energy projects and constructing more environmentally-friendly buildings. These do well to reduce carbon use on campus, but lurking beyond the brick buildings and tree-lined paths are emissions that students are forced into from the second they step on campus, and which neither they nor Miami have full control over.
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2 months ago | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
Students and faculty alike received news on Wednesday, Feb. 19 that Cook Field was going to be recommended as the site for a new multi-purpose arena. While Cook is a popular “green space” for student activities, damage to a more vulnerable green space nearby could cause problems for another realm of Miami recreation. Miami’s Natural Areas run right along the northeast edge of campus, close to the Cook site.
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2 months ago | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
I stare at my bank account, looking through my past transactions. I see -$400 on a flight to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to ski over winter break. Over $100 was spent on food, drinks and activities while I was there, and let’s not talk about the cost of the lift ticket package I paid months earlier. I glance at an itinerary pulled up on my computer. I had over $300 calculated for a round-trip train ride to Flagstaff, Arizona over spring break.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
A raucous men’s basketball crowd filled Millett Hall as the RedHawks took on the Toledo Rockets on Feb. 11. At the same time, in the background, a cohort of local and regional organizations worked to turn the game into a celebration of recycling. As fans scanned their tickets, they were immediately greeted by a table from the City of Oxford, where Sustainability Coordinator Reena Murphy was giving away recycling and composting bins.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
The steady sound of snow shoes trodding through freshly fallen snow echoes loudly in an otherwise silent valley forest. Above the pines, spires of stone and ice appear and vanish in the distance, cutting through a dense layer of fog. The trail eventually opens to a frozen lake, and three rugged, snow-capped peaks appear as the blue sky peeks through the gloom. Towering over the serene forest opening, the Teton mountain range finally greets its new visitors.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
This article has a companion piece which can be read hereIt’s 8 a.m. on the fourth Thursday of November. My eyes fly open, and adrenaline courses through my veins. It’s the day. By 9:30 a.m. I’ve made my way to the field behind the local elementary school. I step out of the car, adorned with tights, knee-high socks, bright yellow cleats, way-too-small gloves and my friend’s jersey from peewee football (worn backward, of course). Eye-black will come later.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
miamistudent.net | Sam Norton
It was the first day of the fall semester of 1969, and Sharon Mitchell was running late for class. She lived in the freshman female dorm at Ox College (now home to the Oxford Community Art Center) and had a journey across the brick-paved streets of Uptown and tree-lined sidewalks of Miami University’s campus to reach her chemistry lab in Kreger Hall. The room was packed full of students by the time she arrived, and the only open spot was next to a tall, witty boy wearing glasses.
