The Miami Student

1 month ago | miamistudent.net | Eliza Sullivan

Sometimes we can’t live up to our promises. Sometimes we commit to things we can’t carry out.  In my first semester at Miami University, I have noticed a few contradictions between what Miami says it values and the reality of its actions. I felt the best way to show these contradictions would be through photos – to let Miami’s actions speak for themselves. When I walk past Upham Hall, I read the engraving on the wall that praises the “beautiful trees” of Miami. Then I look around.

1 month ago | miamistudent.net | Sam Norton

Since the start of the 2024-25 school year, Miami University has succumbed to substantial, and often controversial, changes. Administration increased faculty workload, a new arena will dominate student gathering spaces and changes to higher education in Ohio will no doubt be felt from Columbus to Oxford. Yet, someone passing through campus would have no clue of the physical and institutional changes that will soon descend upon Miami.

1 month ago | miamistudent.net | Eliza Sullivan

Get a sneak peak into the terrifying day in the life of Poli-Sci student Eliza Sullivan.

2 months ago | miamistudent.net | Eliza Sullivan

9 a.m. - I wake up in a cold sweat from a dream where Nancy Pelosi my demons are chasing me down a long, windowless hallway — the usual. I grab my phone and immediately open the AP News app, where I doomscroll for a good 45 minutes. Once I feel a sufficient amount of crushing hopelessness, it’s time to go to class. I live on Western Campus, so the first thing that meets me when I step out the door is the lovely stench of dead fish coming from Western pond.

2 months ago | miamistudent.net | Austin Smith

Between April 21 and 28, officers responded to 11 different incidents, according to Oxford Police Department (OPD) reports. On April 25 at 11:31 a.m., in the 5300 block of University Park Blvd., officers responded to a Talawanda High School special needs student who reportedly struck his teacher and an administrator. He was cited and released to a parent. Later that day, at 1:29 p.m., in the 600 block of S.