Miami’s airport, where the plane is housed, was created in 1944 during World War II. It was used as place to train students to fight in the war. “It was called Civilian Pilot Training where they would train college students to fly and then they would go off and join the military and become military pilots,” Director of Business Services for Aviation Services, Paul Allen said. He said the training ended about 1995. Unlike commercial airports like Cincinnati or Dayton, the Miami Airport’s security is not on the same level. “Unlike the Cincinnati Airport, our security is an unlocked gate,” Allen said. The gate doesn’t even encompass the entire premises.

Issue 2, Ohio’s redistricting proposal, failed to receive a majority vote to pass. Just more than 63 percent of Ohio voters voted Issue 2 down, according to the Ohio Secretary of State election results. Ohio’s redistricting process will not be amended and will continue to follow the process in Amendment XI of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. In a majority of Ohio counties, No on Issue 2 received over 70 percent of the popular vote. In Butler County, No on Issue 2 received 69.4 percent of the popular vote, according to the Secretary of State election results.

McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital is currently independent but is considering an affiliation with a larger health care system. According to Bryan Hehemann, president and chief executive officer of the hospital, McCullough-Hyde began to consider this affiliation in August 2010. “We’ve been talking about it for two years now,” he said. “[It’s gone from] less formal to more formal. That’s what we just started doing this week.” Hehemann said it is going to take eight to 12 months before a decision is made, but by next fall he hopes to have a definite decision to move forward one way or another.

Trying that new recipe, buying that space heater for your freezing old Oxford house or lighting that pleasantly smelling candle may seem like a good idea, but it could lead to disaster if taken lightly. Two students from the University of Cincinnati (UC) were killed after a house fire Jan. 1 and in 2005, four of six students perished in a house fire in Oxford, according to Sgt. Jon Varley of the Oxford Police Department (OPD). The last reported Oxford house fire was in 2005, when a lit cigarette caught a sofa on fire, Varley said. He said the fire could have easily been prevented and the house should have had more smoke detectors.

National conversations about school shootings and gun control are ongoing. Middletown Christian School will be addressing this sensitive, yet pertinent topic in the form of a play portraying the shootings that occurred at Columbine High School in April 1999. “It’s Not Too Late” is a play about the day of the Columbine shooting. The story follows Cassie Bernall, a Columbine High School student who was killed and known for her faith in God, according to co-director Hillary Young.

Two former Miami University students were charged with first-degree misdemeanors Monday for unauthorized use of a computer system, according to Miami University Police Lieutenant Ben Spilman. The issue was brought to Miami University Police Department’s (MUPD) attention in October 2012, when a faculty member alerted an MUPD officer when she noticed a discrepancy in what grades she had entered in Niihka with what was being displayed, according to Spilman. After investigation, MUPD determined th

In recent election cycles the youth vote has been given increasing attention and is becoming increasingly important.

Like Janis Ian said in “Mean Girls,” seeing a professor outside of class is like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs. But about 60 percent of Miami University full-time faculty live in Oxford, so students will have to accept that seeing their professors Uptown is a real possibility.

Students who are animal lovers might find it difficult to own a cat or a dog while living in a college town with the restrictions rental companies put on owning pets.

This year, a Miami University class will take their skills outside the classroom, working to develop a documentary about The Mississippi Summer Project, Freedom Summer, which will celebrate the involvement of the Oxford community in the civil rights movement.