Riley Peters
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How Oxford balances college-resident relations
The partnership between a campus and community in a college town is vital for the two groups to not only coexist, but also to thrive.
Combined TOPSS and FRC to provide ‘wraparound service’ to residents
With the merger of Talawanda Oxford Pantry & Social Services and Oxford’s Family Resource Center (FRC), a stronger, united organization will provide Oxford-area residents with new and improved services, as well as a new building on the TOPSS campus at 5445 College Corner Pike.
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Videography by Riley Peters
Community members voice concern on external investigation in OPD use of force case
At a boisterous city council meeting April 16, residents and members of the local NAACP chapter aired grievances about an internal investigation which exonerated police in the violent arrest of a Miami football player.
Looking in the rearview
I’ve been known to romanticize the past, to look back with rose-colored glasses. As nostalgia leads me through my memories of the last four years, I notice that the moments start passing faster and faster, like trees in a passing train window. Clear, unique, specific at first...
Lithuanian journalist discusses America’s role in the Ukrainian war
Rita Miliūtė, 55, started her journalism career in 1991 with the fall of the USSR. She has spent the past two years reporting on the war in Ukraine.
The U.S., Miliūté said, has always had a role as “a defender of democracy and a defender of those who are weaker.”
The U.S., Miliūté said, has always had a role as “a defender of democracy and a defender of those who are weaker.”
New Data Science building opens to students this semester
Miami University’s newest campus addition, the $58 million McVey Data Science building, will have its grand opening March 14.
Miami students map, catalog local cemeteries
Oxford residents will soon be able to find graves lost to history online.
Since last semester, Miami University geography students pursuing a Geographic Information Science (GIS) Certificate have collected information on headstones in the Oxford Cemetery, located on US-27.
Since last semester, Miami University geography students pursuing a Geographic Information Science (GIS) Certificate have collected information on headstones in the Oxford Cemetery, located on US-27.
Ohio’s Road to Marijuana Legalization
EDITOR’S NOTE: While elements of this story were revised following the outcome of the Nov. 7 election, the reporting and sourcing for this story was completed prior to the election.
Dishes
I’m over the sink with a sponge in my hand doing my least favorite chore. I’ve always hated doing the dishes — wet food left on the plates, milk rotting in cereal bowls. My mother actually enjoys it. She says it’s “calming.” That never made sense to me.