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iPhone4-Steve?

iOS5 Notification Center

When new Apple announced the release of the newest version of their wildly popular iPhone, the iPhone 4S, there was a little bit of outrage within the smartphone community. For months, it was anticipated that the announcement made that day, October 4, would be concerning the iPhone 5.

However, at Tim Cook’s first press conference as Apple’s new CEO, Cook unveiled the next generation of the iPhone, and it wasn’t the 5.

Is graduate school posing burdens on students?

Caitlin Mazurek is a third- year senior status Dietetics major at Miami University. Upon coming to college Caitlin was not sure that she wanted to further her education into graduate school, but as she realized through her major that graduate school is not only necessary, but usually the minimum for her career path, she decided quickly to push herself to get started in the process. This has taken a great deal of planning ahead, managing her time, and a lot of studying for the intimidating GRE. Caitlin has recently received her test results and scored in the top 70^th

Living a Legacy

Justin Vaive was a standout in his four years as a RedHawk. The son of NHL veteran Rick Vaive had to find his own legacy at Miami playing for Coach Enrico Blasi.

By Hannah Miller

Escaping from their locker room as if it were ablaze, they fly onto the ice, a blur of red and white. The fire extinguishers below their bench send smoke cascading out ahead of them—as if they were in the clouds. The blades of their skates crash onto the frozen surface, forceful and graceful at the same time. All twenty players in unison, with their long playoff hair flowing behind them, skate the final pregame warm-up laps and assemble in a line at the mouth of their goal.

Tuition Impacts Diversity at Miami

By Jenni Wiener

Miami University’s “J. Crew U.” reputation is more than a just a stereotype.

Students who attend Miami tend to dress nice, drive nice cars, own brand name items and act rich, said numerous students.

“At first, freshman year was kind of a shock,” said junior Kim Rich. “”It was uncomfortable because everyone dressed the same way and I felt I had to prove myself. At my high school no one dressed up or cared, whereas when I came here, it was the total opposite.”

How Far I've Come

In the fall of 1973, a photographer came to Mary, Queen of Heaven School to get a picture to run next to a contest-winning poem a young girl had written. Tammy Schwartz and another girl were randomly pulled out of class by the teacher to be in the picture. The photographer took the girls to a field of Black-eyed Susans just down the street from school. During the shoot, he handed Tammy a red balloon tied to a long black wire. She held the balloon while she bent down to smell a flower. The picture ran in the Kentucky Enquirer and eventually led her back to her mother.

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

Driving down Fairfield Avenue in Bellevue, Kentucky is like driving through most small Midwestern towns along the Ohio River. The buildings are repainted to look just the way they did in the ‘70s. Small shops like Joann’s Hairstyling and Mrs. Teapots tea house fill the bottom of two-story houses. But for every booming local business there is a For Sale sign hanging in the window of an abandoned building.

HPV: The Unspoken Truth

Dr. Jessica Kahn is an HPV expert from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center says HPV is most prevalent during your adolescence and young adulthood.

By Amelia Carpenter

Telecommunications harassment poses problem at Miami

Miami's MARS (Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault) emblem

By Julianna Roche

Miami University

OXFORD, Ohio, Dec. 7, 2010— Earlier this semester in October, senior Adam Wanninger was enjoying dinner and drinks with his friends at Buffalo Wild Wings (better known as B-Dubs) uptown when he received a phone call from a restricted number.

Miami professor promotes sustainability through recycled art

By Brittany Schultz
Miami University

OXFORD, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2010 -- Miami University sustainability may be an issue that seems limited to LEAD certification and furture green initiatives, but Dr. Alysia Fischer, visiting assistiant professor of American and World cultures, is showing students that efforts can go beyound the administration.

With the help of local businesses such as Oxford's own Bike Wise, Fischer creates accessories, clothing anf scultures from previously used tires that would otherwise be on thier way to Rumpke without her help.

Teachers offer suggestions for improving schools

A special report for Mi-Whi News

Graduate students in Miami University's Educational Leadership Program recently examined what's working and what's not in our nation's schools, and they discovered several success stories as well as a range of suggestions for addressing problems.

Improving Achievement in Urban Schools

By Andrew Durket

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