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here in this little town, and it’s kind of like a little bubble,” she says. “Nothing that awful ever happens and you know all your friends and family are here, so I like it.” centresj@miamioh.edu to leave her role as advisor for GreenHawks, she’s excited to see it start a new chapter.

The Patterson family not only owns Patterson’s Cafe, but Paesano’s Pasta House and Cru Gastro Lounge as well.

When she isn’t swimming or doing homework, she spends her time working at one of the restaurants in town. Her go-to meal is the fettuccine carbonara at Paesano’s, which she highly recommends.

As much as she loves her time here, Patterson does plan on moving to New York City in order to pursue more fashion-related opportunities.

“In schools, there’s not a lot of fashion stuff going on yet and that goes for a lot of smaller cities too. So you kind of have to branch out into those bigger cities with more opportunities,” Patterson said.

Although Oxford has brought these three student-athletes together, the city serves as a place for them to create their own unique stories to tell.

“I am so thrilled that GreenHawks is joining TMS,” Blair said. “As I retire, that just makes me happy and confident that it’s going to continue to be successful.”

Blair said merging with The Student will allow GreenHawks to achieve its aims.

“GreenHawks has always been about elevating the student’s voice on campus on sustainability and environmental science issues,” Blair said. “There is certainly enormous student interest out there, so I think the visibility of The Miami Student will really help the stories get more traction.”

Sean Scott, editor-in-chief of The Student, said he hopes the merger will boost coverage of sustainability issues and help localize national climate discussions.

“We’ve run stories like that in the past in our news section, but if you look at The New York Times or The Washington Post and all of these national news organizations, they have dedicated environment and climate sections now,” Scott said. “So being able to have that in our publication will help us stay on top of issues that are very important moving forward.”

Scott said having GreenHawks as

“When you run them with [Campus & Community], you run the risk of them getting lost with all the other news, and you run the risk of everyone coming at it from a journalistic standpoint instead of a scientific one,” Scott said. “As a dedicated section, I’m hoping we’ll attract more writers who are interested in science and come from that background and can improve the accuracy and breadth of our coverage.” The GreenHawks section will also bring more consistent, focused coverage of local efforts around sustainability, including what Oxford and Miami are doing and what could be improved. Rather than being written on an as-pitched basis, an entire page will be dedicated to these kinds of stories in every print issue.

Katie Gabe, a junior biology major and sustainability co-major, said she is looking forward to seeing what The Student does with GreenHawks.

“The only reason I knew about [GreenHawks] was because I was searching for green organizations to join, but I think if they’re in a bigger platform like The Student, which most people on campus know about, they’ll be able to have a wider reach,” Gabe said.

Blair said she’s confident in Norton’s ability to successfully lead GreenHawks through this transition.

“[Norton] is a student of mine right now in journalism [JRN] 201, and he’s just done an outstanding job in that class,” Blair said. “He has a gift for storytelling, and that’s going to serve him well with GreenHawks and with The Student, so it’s the best of both worlds.” rudere@miamioh.edu