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#TIMESUP Questions arise if movement will fizzle out before real change is enforced in society pg 20

Breaking down OU’s budget P12 Safety Javon Hagan’s new role P16 Exploring the world of animation P20 New program for LGBT youth P8

The backbone of OU research P12

Tom Pokorney’s return P16

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WRESTLING

Hitting the mat: shots of Ohio wrestling Ohio wrestling defeated Northern Illinois 34-6 on Sunday, but it lost to Kent State 1810 on Friday in The Convo. Here are some snapshots from the weekend’s matches.

TOP LEFT: Ohio redshirt senior Cullen Cummings takes down NIU’s Caden McWhirter during their match in Ohio’s 34-6 victory Sunday. (MIJANA MAZUR / FOR THE POST) BOTTOM LEFT: Ohio redshirt sophomore Kade Kowalski wrestles against NIU’s Nolan Baker on Sunday. Kowalski beat Baker in a 10-4 decision victory. (CARL FONTICELLA / PHOTO EDITOR) CENTER: Ohio redshirt freshman Nick Vestal wrestles Kent State’s Chance Driscoll on Friday. (CARL FONTICELLA / PHOTO EDITOR) BOTTOM CENTER: Ohio redshirt freshman Trevor Giallombardo wrestles Northern Illinois’ Kirk Johansen Sunday. (CARL FONTICELLA / PHOTO EDITOR) BOTTOM RIGHT: Ohio redshirt junior Austin Reese points to the crowd Sunday after pinning NIU’s Quinton Rosser in a minute and 15 seconds. (CARL FONTICELLA / PHOTO EDITOR)

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PODFATHER REVIEWS

Podcasts show a different side of mental illness Imagine if one out of every five people in the U.S. was born without opposable thumbs. Those people are friends, family and LIAM coworkers who one NIEMEYER sees on an everyday is a senior basis, struggling to studying pick up plates dropped journalism on the floor, open in Ohio University’s doors or even shake Honors other people’s hands.

Tutorial It’d be crazy if this College. were actually real. But one-fifth of the U.S. does struggle with mental illness, according to statistics from the National Alliance on Mental Health. Thankfully though whether it’s anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder or a multitude of other conditions, efforts are being made to talk about mental illness.

Some people point to TV shows, like Bojack Horseman or Shameless, for their portrayals of mental illness in making awareness of it more mainstream, but podcasts talk about it too.

And for the hosts of some of these podcasts, talking about mental illness can be even a bit cathartic for them.

‘THE HILARIOUS WORLD OF DEPRESSION’ Sadness can be funny, right? That’s what John Moe thinks in this incredibly frank yet charming podcast about how in the darkness of depression, some of the funniest thoughts can come about.

Moe interviews a wide variety of people ranging from radio celebrities like Peter Sagal to musicians like Jeff Tweedy from the band Wilco about their own struggles with depression, and the conversations always have a deep, reverent quality about them.

In one episode, musician Rhett Miller — who also wrote the podcast’s acoustic intro music — revealed details about his adolescent suicide attempt.

Even as dark as that time was for Miller, he and Moe still shared a laugh about how Miller sang “Blasphemous Rumors” by Depeche Mode — a song both of them agreed was terrible — when he woke up in the hospital room.

In any case, this podcast provides an authentic take on mental illness that is compelling to listen to. Give it a listen.

‘THE MENTAL ILLNESS HAPPY HOUR’ Paul Gilmartin tells listeners immediately what to expect: “This show is by no means a substitute for professional mental counseling. ... But instead, think of it as a waiting room that doesn’t suck.”

This podcast definitely doesn’t suck.

Each episode starts out with Gilmartin reading off listener-submitted surveys, one of them being “Struggle in a Sentence,” in which listeners describe their mental health struggles in a sentence, often making for hilarious results.

Gilmartin is honest with his listeners and guest interviewees as he struggles with his own habitual negative thinking, and it honestly sounds therapeutic for Gilmartin to be able to talk about his “shame spirals” of thinking that he gets trapped into.

First and foremost, his show is honest. It’s how Gilmartin builds a bond with his listeners, and he does this well. My only critique of the show is that each episode is pretty long — most are almost 90 minutes — so it may take multiple listening sessions to get through one episode.

Rating: 5 out of 5 earbuds

Rating: 4 out of 5 earbuds

‘THE DARK PLACE’ This podcast’s goal is to shine thoughtful and relatable discussion into “the dark place” of mental illness, and this interview-driven show has some very interesting elements.

The guests that Joel Kutz, the host, talks with on the podcast have backgrounds that are intriguing. One interviewee was one of 36 people to have survived a suicide attempt off the Golden Gate Bridge.

Yet this show lacks precise editing and production. There are many times one can become lost or disinterested in an episode because of the side tangents Kutz and his guest may get into.

Kutz isn’t a bad interviewer but could use a sharper ear to know when to cut out unnecessary parts of the conversation.

Rating: 3 out of 5 earbuds

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KASH.0

‘Changes’ to ‘Gucci Gang’: Hip-hop’s boring love of drugs Despite being nearly 20 years since the release of “Changes,” Tupac Shakur’s lyrics and message are still relevant today. Whether addressing AKASH issues of teenage pregBAKSHI nancy in urban commuis a freshman nities or slamming the studying harsh realities of rape journalism at culture, Tupac touched Ohio University. the hearts of many.

His music and compelling persona has inspired an entire generation of young listeners — including some of the most popular artists today, such as Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Jhene Aiko, Zayn Malik and countless others.

Some of today’s biggest names in music have a clear influence from Tupac.

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Then you have Lil Pump. “Gucci Gang,” the chart-topping single by 17-year-old Gazzy Garcia, better known by his stage name, lacks the same beauty and creativity that the majority of Tupac’s — and most other rappers — work includes. Regardless of sales and popularity, this guy says “Gucci gang” 53 times throughout the song.

Yes, “Gucci Gang” is a fun song to listen to, especially when you’re getting lit or whatever. The same can be said for any of the seemingly endless mumble-rap songs being released these days, consisting of trap beats and lyrics about consuming Xanax and lean. Lean is a concoction that combines prescription-strength cough syrup with soda and is consumed as a recreational drug.

Ultimately, that trend is becoming mundane and tiresome. It is also becoming quite disturbing, particularly after the recent

deaths of Lil Peep and Fredo Santana, both of whom died from Xanax overdoses.

Drug usage being openly discussed in hip-hop songs is not a recent phenomenon.

Illicit substances like cocaine, marijuana, lean and prescription pills have been recurring themes in popular songs released by rappers since the 1980s. Ultimately, the same artists have sadly been the ones who have suffered most from their actions.

Lil Wayne, who has openly rapped about his love for “sizzurp” — another name for lean — has been hospitalized on five separate occasions due to nearly overdosing on the highly dangerous concoction. Eminem has rapped about consuming copious amounts of Vicodin and was two hours away from death in 2007 when he nearly overdosed on methadone, a similar opioid.

And of course, the tragic deaths of Lil Peep

and Santana are all too sombering to hear, especially in the midst of the nation’s terrible opioid epidemic.

Yet artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Logic and Joyner Lucas are constantly producing music that is enjoyable to listen to and bringing awareness to serious issues today such as depression, racism and peer pressure. Hip-hop, just like any other cultural phenomenon, is continuously evolving into different forms and subgenres. So whether you’re debating to put Drake or Biggie Smalls on your weekend playlist, just go ahead and put both.

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WORDS I MIGHT HAVE ATE

The dark days are over for MGMT SHELBY CAMPBELL Shelby Campbell is a freshman studying journalism and political science at Ohio University.

After four years since its previous album, MGMT has returned with the release of three singles off its upcoming album, Little Dark Age. Those three singles, “Little Dark Age,” “Hand It Over” and “When You Die” are pleasantly different from 2013’s self-titled album. MGMT enlisted Connan Mockasin and Ariel Pink for work on the album, which may explain the more melodic, lo-fi influences that

the usually psychedelic band shows on the singles. The album is also produced

by Chairlift’s Patrick Wimberly and The Flaming Lips’ producer Dave Fridmann.

MGMT’s self-titled album was experimental compared to its two previous albums. The band, consisting of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, took a swift departure from its psychedelic pop roots and began experimenting with more noise.

The three singles MGMT has released so far have drifted away from the experimentation on the last album. The songs are easier to listen to and have more melody.

The three singles that have been re-

leased are lyrically typical for MGMT and the singles aren’t an unusual sound for the band. But as a follow-up to a disappointing experimental release, the songs are a refreshing return to MGMT’s familiar pop sound.

The album will return to the pop format heard in 2007’s Oracular Spectacular, according to a Stereogum report.

Despite both 2010’s Congratulations and its self-titled album being a swift departure from that pop sound, the new singles accept and embrace the format that originally made them famous with “Kids” and “Electric Feel.”

“When You Die” was co-written by Connan Mockasin and Ariel Pink, which

helped the song have MGMT’s familiar sound without making it sound stale and overused. The singles are groovier, with the singles all relying on a bassline more than in previous albums.

I have high hopes for Little Dark Age. Although MGMT’s previous album fell flat, the three singles from the upcoming album are the light at the end of the tunnel from the band’s four-year dark age.

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OSCARS ANALYSIS

James Franco is snubbed; ‘Get Out’ gets its well-deserved recognition GEORGIA DAVIS CULTURE EDITOR The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards were announced, but what do the nominations mean, and who are front-runners? Here are some things to know heading into the March 4 ceremony.

GET OUT RECEIVES THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES After the debacle at the Golden Globes in which Jordan Peele’s jarring horror satire Get Out was nominated as a comedy, the film finally gets the honor it deserves.

Peele’s ingenious look at how black people are portrayed in America received four nominations, including Best Picture.

Peele picked up nods for Best Directing and Original Screenplay, and Daniel Kaluuya is among the great actors up for Best Actor. It’s always great to see films that came out almost a year ago represented at the Academy Awards.

JAMES FRANCO DOESN’T RECEIVE AN OSCAR NOMINATION Just three weeks after James Franco took home a Golden Globe for his performance in The Disaster Artist, the actor didn’t receive an Oscar nomination.

There’s no telling why the actor didn’t pick up a nod, but allegations of sexual misconduct emerged just days after the Globes ceremony.

FIRST WOMAN NOMINATED FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Rachel Morrison became the first woman in the Academy’s 90 years to be nominated for Best Cinematography. Let that sink in.

Morrison was in charge of the camera work for Netflix’s original movie Mudbound, starring Mary J. Blige, who also picked up two nominations.

KOBE BRYANT WILL BE AT THE CEREMONY — AS A NOMINEE Who would’ve thought that Kobe Bryant would turn to movies after retirement?

The basketball star received a nomination for his animated short film Dear Basketball, which is based on a poem he wrote.

Only time will tell if he can score a statue.

GRETA GERWIG BECOMES THE FIFTH WOMAN TO BE NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR Many people were upset when Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig wasn’t nominated for Best Director at the Golden

Globes. But Gerwig became the fifth woman in history to be nominated and the first woman to be nominated for a directorial debut. Gerwig also received a nod for Original Screenplay.

THE FLORIDA PROJECT WAS SNUBBED FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The Best Cinematography category lacked some substance, especially because The Florida Project wasn’t nominated. Cinematography was the whole focus of Sean Baker’s masterful look into poverty in Florida. The shots were beautifully framed and captured the quirkiness of the buildings in Orlando. It’s a shame it wasn’t recognized.

well-represented in past years, but the latest addition did not receive a nod. It left a lot of people sending the Bat-Signal to find it.

PHANTOM THREAD IS ON THE OSCAR SURGE Phantom Thread did not pick up many nominations at the Golden Globes, but Daniel Day-Lewis’ final film earned a total of six nominations, including Best Picture. Day-Lewis’ retirement is surely helping this film along, but it could even push it to win in a couple categories.

WONDER WOMAN DIDN’T RECEIVE ANY NOMINATIONS It was unlikely that Wonder Woman was going to receive a Best Picture nomination, but it’s surprising the film didn’t pick up anything at all. It was the summer blockbuster and received a lot of buzz. It should have at least picked up a nomination for Best Costume Design or Set Production.

THREE BILLBOARDS IS THE FRONT-RUNNER FOR BEST PICTURE Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won Best Motion Picture, Drama at the Golden Globes and Best Ensemble cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

It’s obvious that it is the front-runner for the night’s biggest award. There’s no telling if the film will fizzle out, but if the past award shows are any indication of how the night will go, Three Billboards will be a big winner March 4.

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE DIDN’T GET A BEST ANIMATED FEATURE NOD The Lego Movie franchise has been

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POLICE BLOTTER

Snowball-throwing student arrested; intruder held at ‘gun and bow point’ BAILEY GALLION NEWS EDITOR Snowball fights are a great winter activity — except when they land someone in jail.

On Jan. 21, someone saw a student throwing a snowball at a window in Scott Quad.

A resident let the student into the building, and an Ohio University Police Department officer saw him shouting from an open hallway window, then slamming the window shut.

The officer found him lying down on his back on the second floor landing. According to the OUPD report, he smelled like alcohol and had marijuana on him.

The student was charged with possession of marijuana and underage drinking and was transported to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

GRAB YOUR BOW The Athens County Sheriff’s Office received a call Jan. 22 from a Glouster man who said two people had kicked in a door and were attempting to steal items.

When deputies arrived at the residence, the man and

a family member were holding the intruders at “gun and bow point,” according to a sheriff’s report.

The deputies determined that the owner of the property had sent the two people to pick up some items from the property and hadn’t told the tenants.

KEEP A SPARE OUPD received a call Jan. 21 about an intoxicated man in the second floor common area of Sowle Hall.

An OUPD officer spoke to the student and determined that he smelled like alcohol and “had trouble maintaining his balance.” The student was arrested for underage drinking and taken to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

After his arrest, two fake West Virginia driver's licenses were found.

FOX IN A HENHOUSE The sheriff’s office dispatched deputies to Alexander Township on Jan. 21 for a report of gunshots.

The caller told the office there were gunshots and was concerned because it was late at night. When the deputies arrived, they spoke to the caller’s neighbor.

The neighbor told deputies “a fox was messing with

his chicken coop,” and he had fired his gun to scare it away, according to the sheriff’s report.

CANDLE CONNOISSEUR Someone reported a breaking and entering at a workshop in Athens to the sheriff’s office Jan. 20. The caller reported hundreds of dollars worth of “candles and other items” missing.

Deputies interviewed a suspect and located the candles and a lamp. Charges will be sent to a grand jury, according to the sheriff’s report.

FARM PROBLEMS The sheriff’s office took a damage report Jan. 22 at a pasture field in Coolville.

The property owner told deputies his neighbor had driven across his cattle pasture without permission, leaving large ruts in the field. Deputies tried to speak to the neighbor but could not find him.

“Contact will be attempted again,” according to the sheriff’s report.

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NEWS BRIEFS

More forest up for lease; Wi-Fi boosts begin TAYLOR JOHNSTON DIGITAL PRODUCTION EDITOR It is week two, and, while students are starting to get used to their new schedules and workloads for the semester, catch up on what news you might have missed during the week: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TO LEASE PARTS OF WAYNE NATIONAL FOREST On March 22, the Bureau of Land Management Eastern States will hold an oil and gas lease auction.

Two parcels of land containing approximately 345 acres of the Wayne National Forest, Ohio’s only national forest, will be auctioned for oil and gas leases, according to a Bureau of Land Management news release.

Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, could be caused by those leases. Fracking is the process in which pressurized liquid fractures rock to release gas.

Oil and gas leases are valid for 10 years and can remain valid for longer if oil or gas is produced. Although parcels are being leased, developers have 10 years to apply to drill on the land, so development

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may not begin immediately.

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CORNER ON UNION BRINGS SOUTHERN COMFORT FOOD WITH A TWIST TO UNION STREET Athens' newest fine dining restaurant, Corner on Union, is located on 120 W. Union St. Ric Wasserman, the owner of both Corner on Union and The Pigskin Bar and Grille, 38 N. Court St., said the restaurant was a “natural evolution."

Wasserman said he is looking to go after a "narrower clientele," specifically adults who work in the area.

“At this point, we’re just a dinner place,” Wasserman said. “But I think once it warms up and people are out and about, they’ll see us more as a stop in for a quick cocktail or meet a friend after work to have a cocktail or a small plate.”

Wasserman said the restaurant plans to open an outdoor area in the spring.

Corner on Union is open for lunch Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner Monday through Saturday 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

IMPROVEMENTS TO OU WI-FI ARE UNDERWAY Students at Ohio University will be able to connect their wireless printers, streaming sticks, smart TVs and other devices to the campus Wi-Fi starting next fall. “(OIT receives) many questions about connecting consumer devices like smart TVs, gaming consoles, streaming sticks like Chromecast, Roku, and Apple TV, and smart speakers/smart hubs like Amazon Echo and Google Home to the university's Wi-Fi,” IT Communications Manager Sean O’Malley said in an email.

Residence halls across campus have already seen outdoor Wi-Fi improvements.

“We have added 52 outdoor wireless coverage areas near the South and East Green residence halls,” O’Malley said. “(We) will install an additional 28 areas near the West Green residence halls this semester.”

Other areas on campus will receive those upgrades as well, which will be completed by the Fall Semester also, O’Malley said.

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Tessa Evanosky, events coordinator for ARTS/West, sets up for a PRISM meeting Wednesday. PRISM is an after-school program aimed at local LGBT youth that is held on Wednesdays from 3 to 5:30 PM. (CARL FONTICELLA / PHOTO EDITOR)

After-school program for LGBT middle and high schoolers hopes to fill gaps in services MAGGIE CAMPBELL FOR THE POST Middle and high school LGBT youth now have a new after-school program geared specifically toward them at ARTS/West, an opportunity that has not existed for some of those students before, organizers say.

PRISM, an after-school program sponsored by ARTS/West, the Ohio University LGBT Center and United Campus Ministry, provides a space for LGBT youth to feel safe and participate in activities from arts and crafts to music, organizers said.

Tessa Evanosky, event coordinator for ARTS/West, spearheaded PRISM after another after-school program she led, Athens Rock Camp for Girls, for girls and gender non-conforming youth ended because of funding issues.

“We had about five kids still participating, and I was staffing the program by myself,” Evanosky said. “I still really wanted to serve those kids and also see who else we could be serving.”

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visiting assistant lecturer of women’s, gender and sexuality studies; and Jolena Hansbarger, event coordinator for ARTS/West.

Together, they came up with the idea to create an after-school program for LGBT youth.

Lacey Rogers, assistant director for United Campus Ministry, eventually joined, and the five of them developed staffing, programing and resources to create a space for those LGBT youth.

“I am hoping that it’ll counteract the sort of majority life of heteronormativity that most of these students are immersed in on a regular basis,” Marsan said. “I’m hoping that it will give (students) access to self-expression in a space where it’s OK, and they don’t have to worry about expressing feelings about being queer or trans or bi or any of those things, so they can use that space to really sort of flourish in that way.”

The program held its first meeting Jan. 10. Evanosky said about 10 students attended, all of whom were different ages and came from different schools.

All of the funding for the program has been reliant on donations. Examples of donations range from as big as ARTS/West do-

nating the space to the program to as small as snack donations from Athens residents.

Evanosky said the organizers are just looking at this year for the program and may look into grant writing if the program continues into 2019.

The ARTS/West building, 132 W. State St., is centrally located and close to Athens Middle School, 51-55 W. State St., so Evanosky hopes that will help make the program accessible to students. But she is concerned that it could be more difficult for students from more rural areas of Athens or other districts to make it to the program.

“We are going to work with people, and if a parent calls and their kid really can’t get there, then we’re going to do our best to help them find the opportunity to help them get there,” Evanosky said. bautista, who uses they/them pronouns and the lowercase spelling of their name, said the whole concept of the program was to find ways to fill in some of the gaps in terms of services and resources in Athens.

While the LGBT Center is open as a resource to residents as well as students, bautista said it can be daunting for residents who are not

OU students to use the LGBT Center.

“I remember after the Pulse shooting, a high school student reached out to me saying that they didn’t feel safe, (and) that they needed a space where they could come and vent and feel supported,” bautista said. “With that in the back of our minds, (we wanted) to do something that is accessible to young folks as well as the wider community.”

Most of the response from residents has been positive, organizers said. There have been a few negative comments from Athens residents, but in general, residents have been supportive and have offered donations such as snacks or books.

Evanosky has encouraged residents who would like to support the program to provide gift cards for Kroger, Joann Fabrics, Walmart or other stores the program can shop at for snacks and supplies. Donations can be dropped off at the ARTS/West building.

PRISM meets at ARTS/West on Wednesdays from 3 to 5:30 p.m.

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Maria Modayil, the president of Graduate Student Senate, speaks at Tuesday’s meeting.

She has worked with university administrators on the paid parental leave policy.

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OU announces new paid parental leave policy for graduate students JULIA EVERTSY FOR THE POST Ohio University President Duane Nellis announced Friday the creation of a new Parental Paid Leave of Absence policy for graduate students.

“The policy, which is anticipated to become effective Fall Semester 2018, will provide funded graduate students the ability to take up to a six-week leave of absence from their appointment responsibilities,” Nellis wrote in a news release. “(Graduate students will) receive 100 percent of the stipend and other benefits associated with their appointment, for the birth or adoption of a child.”

OU Graduate Student Senate President Maria Modayil said creating a policy like that one was a goal on her ticket while running for GSS president, and she has been working closely with Nellis and Vice President for Finance and Administration Deborah Shaffer on the policy. When brought to Graduate Council, Modayil said the original concern was who would fund the policy.

“In my conversations with (Shaffer), she

said the plan with administration was to fund that centrally through the president’s office or the VPFA’s office,” Modayil said. “I was able to go to that meeting on Dec. 8 with the knowledge that it would be funded. This is where there was a lot of pressure taken off of (Graduate) Council.”

Stephen Bergmeier, chair of both Graduate Council and the chemistry and biochemistry department, said he was excited about the university’s announcement.

“It’s an issue that has come up numerous times, where students have had to take parental leave and departments have to, sort of, backfill with whatever resources they may or may not have,” Bergmeier said. “I think the president deciding to put some additional money into this, I think that’s a great thing.”

Nellis wrote that the university would centrally fund replacement costs for assistantship support so OU’s colleges would not bear any additional financial burden because of the program.

OU’s Graduate Employee Organization has been advocating paid parental leave as one of its four core issues since Fall Se-

mester. Elliot Long, co-president of the Graduate Employee Organization, said he is thrilled the university is taking a step to support graduate parents.

“I am a parent of a 2-year-old, and this policy would have helped my family tremendously after he was born,” Long said in an email. “Being both a graduate student and a parent is difficult, but I am glad that graduate students who decide to become parents in the future will have more institutional support and will not have to make such difficult choices.”

In a Letter to the Editor published on The Post’s website in October, Long said the lack of policy caused him to work, rather than taking a leave of absence to avoid losing his student health insurance coverage as well as his assistantship. Fortunately, his professors allowed for him to receive incompletes in his courses while facing complications in the pregnancy.

“We had not planned on a long and difficult labor that lasted three days and resulted in a cesarean section,” Long said. “Four weeks after giving birth, still swollen and recover-

ing from surgery but with the incision mostly healed, I was back in the classroom teaching.”

The Graduate Employee Organization put out a report Oct. 1 comparing OU to its peer institutions and found that half of them provide paid parental leave for graduate students. The report also found that Ohio State University provided paid leave as well, Long said.

Long said he approached Joseph Shields, dean of the Graduate College, about the policy in September.

“Our report … requested that Ohio University use Ohio State’s policy as a blueprint for an Ohio University graduate paid parental leave policy,” Long said in an email. “The Graduate Employee Organization appreciates Dean Shields working so quickly with Graduate Council to draft and implement a policy in order to better support graduate students at Ohio University.”

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Solar panels at The Ridges. A proposed ballot issue would institute an opt-out program that would tax Athens residents $1 to $2, and those revenues would contribute to solar power projects at Athens’ public buildings. (HANNAH RUHOFF / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

Proposed ballot issue would encourage lower energy consumption with solar power funding program SHELBY CAMPBELL FOR THE POST Athens City Council members have proposed a ballot issue for the May 8 election that would encourage energy consumers to use less electricity.

The Retail Community Solar Program, introduced by Eddie Smith, an Athens township trustee and executive director of the Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council, is an opt-out program that would tax Athens residents who choose not to opt out a $1 to $2 per month carbon fee.

The tax revenues collected from that fee would be deposited into a fund that would contribute to solar power projects on public buildings in Athens. As Athens’ solar portfolio grows, renewable energy certificates that are 10 / JAN. 25, 2018

currently purchased from wind farms in Texas would be transferred to local solar options.

The City of Athens Energy Action Plan — a component of the Athens City Sustainability plan — calls for several major goals to accomplish by 2020, Smith said. The Retail Community Solar Program, the first of its kind in Ohio, would help accomplish those goals.

By 2020, the Energy Action Plan calls for a 20 percent reduction in residential energy consumption, a 20 percent increase in renewable energy resources in residential and municipal buildings and a 20 percent increase in installed solar technology.

“Folks in the community want clean energy but they may not have access,” Smith said. “The whole challenge is to

come up with a finance model to contribute to solar projects that would contribute to public solar.”

If enrollment in the program stays the same and citizens who choose not to opt out reduce electricity consumption by 20 percent, $200,000 will be collected for the Community Solar Program.

The program is through SOPEC, and although the council represents the entire southeast Ohio region, the program will only fund solar programs in Athens, Mayor Steve Patterson said at the Jan. 16 Athens City Council meeting.

Many Athens residents have spoken in support of the proposed ballot issue.

Mathew Roberts, info and outreach director for environmental group UpGrade Ohio, said the program would have many positive benefits for Athens.

“The program encourages people to be more energy conscious,” Roberts said.

“It’s based on how much energy you use.

The less energy you use, the less you pay.

The goal is energy conservation and the end result is community solar.”

Ohio University Environmental Studies Outreach Coordinator Loraine McCosker also spoke in favor of the program during Athens City Council’s Jan. 16 meeting.

“We’re really in a state of climate emergency,” McCosker said. “This is an investment not only for the City of Athens, but for the nation as well. Everything that we’re doing right now has this tremendous impact on our environment.”

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Athens residents work to help stray cats stuck in extreme cold JULIA EVERTSY FOR THE POST For Claire Eder, a graduate student studying English, finding a home for “community cat” Rooster was a challenge.

Eder said Rooster had been a stray ever since she moved to the west side of Athens three years ago.

“One of the first times I noticed him … he was jumping into a trash can for food, so he was pretty pitiful,” Eder said.

“I eventually started feeding him … along with a lot of other cats.”

Eder said she wanted to adopt Rooster, so she took him to a veterinarian and discovered he had feline immunodeficiency virus — similar to human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV — leaving her unable to adopt him. She then posted on Facebook, trying to find Rooster a loving home.

“I’d love to find him a home as an only cat (also he probably won’t do well with dogs),” the post reads. “He’s been pretty healthy despite the diagnosis, but he could develop health issues due to his compromised immune system.”

For community or feral cats like Rooster, it’s especially important during winter to receive additional protection, which some Athens residents help with by providing heated blankets or building cat houses.

Even in extreme cold, Alley Cat Allies, the “nation’s largest advocacy organization for cats,” never recommends taking a feral cat to animal pounds or shelters. Instead, it suggests building simple shelters and providing food and water.

“Feral cats (also known as ‘community cats’) may look like pet cats — and in fact, they are the same species — but feral cats are not socialized to people, and can’t be adopted into homes,” Becky Robinson, president and founder of Alley Cat Allies, said in a news release. “In animal pounds and shelters nationwide, seven out of every 10 cats are killed rather than adopted out — and for unadoptable feral cats, that number is virtually 100 percent.”

Eder said Rooster wasn’t the first community cat to show up on her porch.

She has posted about at least five different cats on her Facebook page in need of homes and said her neighborhood is home to at least eight different strays.

Kali poses for a portrait at The New Beginnings Animal Center on Saturday. The New Beginnings Animal Center is home to several cats that are ready for adoption. Kali has lived there since March. (EMILEE CHINN / FOR THE POST)

Fortunately, Meowsterspace Cat Rescue, an organization that hopes to decrease stray populations in Athens, Hocking and Perry counties, found a temporary foster home for Rooster, Eder said. It is still searching for another home, either foster or permanent, for him, though.

The New Beginnings Animal Center is home to many rescue cats, including Tex, who was rescued during a trip to Texas after Hurricane Harvey.

“Wayne and a crew took supplies down to Texas after Hurricane Harvey and came back with 13 different dogs from a couple different humane societies,” Mi-

chele Summers, vice president of New Beginnings Animal Center, said, referring to Wayne Boyd, who helps run the center. “He found Tex in a parking lot, so they brought him back, too.”

Erin Councilman, the cat coordinator at New Beginnings, said cat lovers can search online for instructions on building cat houses if they wish to help out cats during the winter months.

“If you’re going to start feeding them, don’t stop,” Councilman said. “Make sure they have a continuous source of food, because they’re going to come to depend on it.”

Jen Michaels, an Athens County Hu-

mane Society volunteer and board member, said the society has been reaching out in various ways, including building outdoor shelters for feral cats, to those in the area.

“We continue to maximize our efforts to offer low-cost spay and neuter clinics and offer a really great discount to community members helping to control the feral populations,” Michaels said in an email. “Which in turn helps to reduce the number of cats being left out in the cold.”

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The idea of librarians who sit behind desks is a concept of the past. Now, in the digital age, librarians have adapted to focus on the internet

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ibrarian Hanna Schmillen and many of her co-workers are often stereotyped as “introverted, due date stamping hoarders.” But that’s not the case for her. ¶ Their expertise is often perceived as limited to locating and labeling hard copies for the many bookshelves. In reality, Schmillen

said, the professionals on the seven floors of Alden Library have a variety of roles to fill. “Today is going to look different than tomorrow,” Schmillen, subject librarian for health sciences at Alden Library, said.

Though the building itself is situated in the middle of Ohio University’s Athens campus, those who keep the old building alive are usually overlooked. In the digital age, the avatar of the traditional librarian, cooped in narrow aisles between bookshelves, has evolved. As academic institutions continue to mature with the times in educating students so have the librarians in facilitating their educations.

“We do a lot of technical work now, and we do a lot of outreach and instruction so that people are as efficient and as effective as they can be,” Schmillen said.

The profession continues to attract public attention with a projected growth rate of 9 percent per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The general populace and those belonging to academia are increasingly turning to libraries not

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for its conventional services of checking out books and consulting librarians, but because they are more interested in accessing digital tools, according to a 2016 research by the Pew Research Center.

BECOMING RESOURCEFUL Modern libraries aren’t confined to housing tangible documents. Most of the transaction of information in the library happens online. The institution has started to develop more efficient online databases to aid users. Schmillen said a lot of librarians’ jobs entail finding online tools and purchasing and managing those electronic resources. They are invested in sifting through online information to help users identify credible electronic data.

At OU, faculty members often collaborate with librarians to raise awareness and

LATE-NIGHT CHATS In the pre-digital age, librarians were usually found heading the reception desk in the lobby of the library. But Chad Boeninger, head of user services at Alden Library, believes much of his interaction with students now happen over chat or email. Often, students will email him questions about their research instead of seeing him in person.

According to a 2016 study by the Pew Research Center, there has been nationwide fluctuation in the usage of libraries in recent years.

Schmillen believes, however, that there is more student-librarian engagement in Alden Library because of its virtual accessibility. Students are more keen on shooting a message over chat, which is relatively effortless, than arranging in-person consultations.

“In my experience, the response has been instantaneous,” Morgan Cappel, a senior studying English, said. “It’s like they were already in the process of

Kelly Broughton teaches an interior design class as it begins working on a “library of the future” project.

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searching what I just asked them about.”

Cappel said her day-to-day activities require her to frequently use the library services. A more digitized version has made the experience easier, but the plethora of information available makes it difficult for her to sift through and find specific material.

Schmillen said the subject librarians are skilled in finding the precise documents and evoking the eureka moment for the student.

“When the students have an idea about their topic and we help them get the information they’re looking for, that’s when they go ‘Oh!’ ” Schmillen said. “It’s an awesome moment.”

To achieve the “oh!” moment, the subject librarian has to put in a lot of effort, Broughton said — even more so during the digital era in which information is varied and endless. The possibility of false information propagated by fake news sites make their job even more challenging, Boeninger added.

To ensure the accuracy of the curated information, the librarians find themselves constantly researching and engaging with online associations, such as the Association of Research Libraries and Medical Library Association.

Broughton explained that the introduction of Google hasn’t limited their responsibilities but, in fact, has made it much more intensive.

“If you’re on campus and you go on Google Scholar (to find information), we have already purchased it, made it available, connected it to Google Scholar,” Broughton explained. “And

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One of the core things about a librarian is what we are interested in is teaching people to be critical thinkers and lifelong learners.

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encourage students to use the resources and services that Alden Library provides.

Schmillen said “one-shot sessions” are effective in introducing resources to the students. A one-shot session is when a professor asks one of the librarians to come into a class to familiarize students with the processes involved in accessing databases in the physical and virtual library, she said.

Additionally, the librarians can also help teach students how to identify the authenticity and relevance of the materials.

“It’s very activity focused,” Schmillen said. “We’ll talk for a little bit and work on structured in-class activities for the students to learn about this process.”

The halls of Alden Library are staffed with 48 professional staff members, 17 of which are subject librarians, who are in charge of one or more themes, such as health sciences, business and geography. In addition to subject librarians, there are metadata librarians, archivists, acquisitions specialists and student workers, who make information accessible to students.

Apart from helping the students and faculty in navigating the databases, Kelly Broughton, assistant dean for research and education services at Alden Library, said above all, the librarians are invested in prompting the ability to critically think in students.

“One of the core things about a librarian is what we are interested in is teaching people to be critical thinkers and life-long learners,” Broughton added. “We feel we are the bridges between critical thinking and the world of information that supports you in making a well-informed decision.”

-Kelly Broughton, assistant dean for research and education services at Alden Library

you get it and you don’t even know that we were involved.”

KEYWORD SEARCH All subject librarians are expected to have some experience in the field they’re covering, but Boeninger stresses that the factor that sets them apart is their ability to build good research strategies to sift through information.

“There is incentive ... that we are the expert in research and finding things,” Schmillen said. “There should not be the expectation that faculty know how to find everything in their field. It’s defi-

nitely a partnership.”

The strategies have become even more complex with the digitization of information. Broughton said earlier librarians mostly referred to a tangible database, but a profusion of information online demands much more advanced and polished research strategies.

Broughton believes that, in recent years, the requisites of the job have evolved into learning and managing metadata to find relevant content. In the past, librarians learned indexing, which would now be considered a limited skill.

The main entryways to Alden Library open to a multitude of computers scattered across the second and fourth floors. The subject librarians’ offices are stowed behind Café BiblioTech, away from the inviting illuminated screens.

Cappel believes one-shot sessions and online chats have been successful in making them more visible and accessible to the students. Schmillen found that more students would visit her later seeking help.

As a senior Honors Tutorial College student, Cappel is already familiar with the librarians, but she feels many students are still unaware of the abundance of aid they can access through librarians.

They have not only helped her find data but also prompted her to think freshly about her assignments.

“Just because we are quiet doesn’t mean we are not powerful,” Schmillen said.

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Highlights from January’s OU Board of Trustees meetings LAUREN FISHER ASST. NEWS EDITOR Tuition increases, capital improvement plans and conversations about the OHIO Guarantee dominated the January meetings of the Ohio University Board of Trustees.

Here are some of the major highlights from last week’s meetings: INCOMING STUDENTS ARE GOING TO PAY HIGHER TUITION AND FEES Students enrolling on the Athens campus in fall 2018 can expect to pay more for tuition, room and board, and dining.

Tuition is set to increase by 1.3 percent for Athens campus students. Housing, meanwhile, will increase by 3.5 percent and dining services by 2 percent.

The cost of attendance for the class of 2021 this year was about $24,500 per student. Tuition and fees for in-state students was about $11,900, housing cost an average of $6,800 and dining plans cost about $5,800.

Incoming students will also pay a new “career services” fee, which will cost $6 per credit hour to benefit career and leadership development opportunities and programming. The fee will cap at 12 credit hours, or $72 per semester, for full-time students.

Under the OHIO Guarantee, none of the increases will affect current students.

GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL SOON HAVE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE OU President Duane Nellis announced the creation of a paid parental leave policy for graduate students, after months of conversation and criticism.

The OU Graduate Employee Organization released a report last semester detailing disparities between compensation for the university’s graduate student employees and those at other schools in the state.

The paid parental leave policy will take effect during the 2018 Fall Semester and will allow graduate students who receive funding to take up to a six-week leave of absence while receiving all of their stipends and benefits. Spouses and domestic part-

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Ohio University President Duane Nellis opens the OU Board of Trustees meeting Jan. 19. (BLAKE NISSEN / FILE)

ners of the birth mother or primary caregiver will receive up to three weeks of leave.

TUITION GUARANTEE WILL EXTEND TO REGIONAL CAMPUSES The OHIO Guarantee program, previously offered only to students on the Athens campus, will soon extend to students at OU regional campuses. The initiative provides level rates for tuition, housing, dining and fees that remain unchanged for 12 consecutive semesters.

If the chancellor of the Ohio Department of Education approves the measure, it will add a 6 percent tuition increase to the first class of students. The tuition

increase would allow the university to “maintain the competitive rate structure” of OU’s regional campuses when compared to nearby two-year institutions, according to a university news release.

Nearly all public universities in Ohio are moving toward a guarantee this year, OU Vice President for Finance and Administration Deborah Shaffer said during a meeting Thursday.

THE BOARD APPROVED NEARLY $56 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS Projects the board approved include the $31 million renovation of the West Union Street Office Center and

upgrades to several residence halls, including Washington, Tiffin, Perkins, Bryan and Pickering halls.

The Ridges will receive $15.9 million for renovation and demolition. Buildings 13, 14 and 18 will be renovated to house administrative offices currently in the West Union Street Office Center and Human Resources Training Center.

The board identified Building 20 as a “noncontributing structure,” and the university will demolish it to make room for new green space and parking.

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‘Out At The Movies’ film series at Athena to show atypical LGBT narratives MEGHAN MORRIS FOR THE POST Uncommon narratives about the impact of LGBT identities in characters’ lives will come to Athens with the five-part “Out At The Movies” series.

Starting Jan. 25, The Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St., will show five LGBTthemed films with diverse casts. Each month, the theater will have free screenings followed by a discussion. The lineup includes Bayard & Me, Reluctantly Queer, Kiki, Princess Cyd, BPM (Beats Per Minute) and Saturday Church.

The series comes in the wake of the free screening of Call Me By Your Name that had a full house, delfin bautista, the director of the LGBT Center, said.

“Even though that wasn’t part of the series, we hope (the screening of Call My

By Your Name) has set a tone for the series that there is an interest in these types of films and discussion,” bautista, who uses they/them pronouns and the lowercase spelling of their name, said.

Alexandra Kamody, director of the Athena, said she enjoys telling unfamiliar stories and creating a LGBT-themed film series is the perfect way to explore those identities.

The Athena worked with Alden Library, Athens Center for Film and Video, the LGBT Center and the women’s, gender and sexuality studies program to make “Out At The Movies” a reality.

Organizers felt intersectionality of identities and diversity in casts were important elements in depicting the true experiences of LGBT-identifying people, bautista said.

In mainstream LGBT-themed movies, main characters are often gay, white males and supporting characters are reduced down to represent only the LGBT aspect of their identity. Most films don’t show the varying backgrounds LGBT-identifying people can come from, they said.

“We wanted to make sure we selected films that highlighted sexuality and gender but didn’t limit people to just those aspects of who they are,” bautista said.

Douglas Robinson, the communication director for the Southeastern Ohio LGBT Coalition, said he thinks the film series will have a “positive impact” on Athens and the local LGBT population.

“In the LGBT community, the more representations (means) the larger im-

pact it’ll have socially,” he said. “We have to not only come to terms with accepting ourselves through internalized homophobia, internalized transphobia (and) internalized biphobia, but then we have to be able to know who we are as people and sometimes represent that to others.”

Robinson said he’s most excited for Kiki. The film takes moviegoers into the lives of LGBT-identifying performers in modern New York City. They participate in a performance-based art form called Ballroom, which was popularized by the documentary Paris is Burning and a Madonna music video in the early 1990s. Fast forward two decades later and LGBT individuals, especially people who identify as transgender, still face many problems.

“Trans people are 10 to 15 years behind LGB people on social progress,” he said.

Kamody wanted the series to focus on coming-of-age narratives, mostly seen in Princess Cyd and Saturday Church, because the series will be shown in Athens, which has a large student population.

Many LGBT-themed films might be set in adolescent years because people who identify as LGBT could just start discovering that aspect of their identities at that time, she said.

“It doesn’t really become an issue in their life until they’re at that point,” she said.

Coming-of-age storylines in LGBTthemed films speak more about when a character comes out rather than specific years in their life, bautista said. People come out at all ages.

Robinson said coming out is an “ever-evolving process” because someone could think they identify with one sexuality and then realize that’s not true years down the line.

Some of the selections, like Bayard & Me and BPM (Beats Per Minute), give moviegoers a glimpse into parts of history they may not have known. Showing films that dig deeper into LGBT aspects of history was a conscious decision, bautista said.

“In five films, in 100 films, can we cover everything that needs to be covered? No,” they said. “But there’s an intentionality of trying to broaden the narrative that is presented around LGBT folk.”

The Athena Cinema will show five LGBT-themed films starting Jan. 25 as part of the “Out At The Movies” series. (CATHARINE EGLI / FILE)

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HOCKEY

Tom Pokorney’s prolonged return MATT PARKER FOR THE POST Tom Pokorney sat on the bench in front of his locker in Lindenwood Ice Arena’s visiting locker room as he slowly and calmly bounced his leg while listening to “Can’t Stop” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

There was only one thing on his mind.

“Keep things simple and don’t try to do too much,” Pokorney said.

It had been 299 days since the junior defenseman had laced up his skates and donned the green and white. He was more than ready to retake the ice with the Bobcat logo on the front and his name and the No. 4 on the back.

The reason he hadn’t played in a game for the last 299 days was frivolous, but rules are rules.

To maintain eligibility to play in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, you need to have a certain number of credits at the end of each academic year.

For sophomores heading into their junior year, that number is 48.

Pokorney had 47.

“I remember him coming up to me in the rotunda (at Walter Hall) and we were ready for our pre-camp meeting,” coach Sean Hogan said. “He told me, and I was just like ‘oh man.’ But I knew we were going to be better when he got back.”

The conditions of Pokorney’s ineligible status were simple: He could practice, but he couldn’t play.

And so he followed the rules of his ineligibility and was at practice every day, knowing that he couldn’t be where he wanted to be the most come Friday and Saturday nights. He couldn’t be where he needed to be the most.

“It killed me inside,” Pokorney said.

“It hurt because I wasn’t injured or anything. It was because of poor choices that kept me out of the games I should’ve been playing in.”

Ohio has experienced roster instability this season that could’ve seriously hurt it.

After the opening series against John Carroll, two players quit and a multitude of injuries made it so the team could dress only 19 players at one point. At the semester’s end, another player, Tom Evans, transferred.

Despite all the adversity, Ohio finished the first half of the season at 17-4-1 and ranked No. 3 in the nation.

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Tom Pokorney (#4) poses for a photograph after practice in Bird Arena. (MIKALA PETERS / FOR THE POST)

Perhaps one of it Ohio’s greatest victories came at the semester’s end, though, as Pokorney’s eligibility had been reinstated.

“It was awesome,” Pokorney said. “I was looking forward to this more than Christmas. I was just thinking about Jan. 6 every day.”

It was supposed to be a storybook return. Pokorney would return to the bench with his teammates, and they would leave Lindenwood with a sweep and a good standing in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League.

Only this storybook return wound up as more of a horror story than a fairy tale.

Ohio lost both road games by a combined 10-4 score. Pokorney only played in the first game of the weekend after being assessed a major penalty for head contact; as a result, he was suspended for the second game.

“The games didn’t go how I wanted to, but it’s all a learning process,” he said.

It’s been three weeks since Pokorney’s been back full time, and assistant captain and junior defenseman Grant Hazel has seen a big difference in the Bobcats’ game.

“Tom’s a really good hockey player.

He’s probably one of the best skaters in the league,” Hazel said. “He’s got a lot of

skill. He’s a versatile player.”

Not only has Hazel noticed, but Hogan has as well.

“He’s a utility player for us,” Hogan said. “He can play forward, he can play D, and he does a really good job at both.”

For Pokorney, it doesn’t matter whether he plays as a forward or as a defenseman. The only thing that matters to him is that he’s playing again.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Ohio coach Saul Phillips yells at an official during the Bobcats’ game against Akron on Tuesday. Ohio lost 71-68. (BLAKE NISSEN / PHOTO EDITOR)

Do the Bobcats need a go-to guy?

Saul Phillips said they don’t have one. Gavin Block said they don’t need one. How do they work around it?

JIMMY WATKINS FOR THE POST AKRON — The Bobcats don’t have a goto scorer, and they’re willing to admit it.

They view themselves more as a team filled with potential No. 1 options. Whoever scores the best on a given night is alpha for a day, then they re-evaluate for the next game.

“I think with this team, just because of how we are, I think it’s got to be by committee,” coach Saul Phillips said. “You ride the hot hand.”

In Tuesday’s 71-68 loss to Akron, Gavin Block had the hot hand. Block tied a career high with six 3-pointers and made important shots to keep his team within range.

But on the two possessions where Ohio needed him most, Block didn’t convert.

With 32 seconds remaining, the Bob-

cats ran a play designed to free Block for an open 3-pointer. Block caught the ball in the corner and tried to draw a three-shot foul.

The referees didn’t bite, and Block airballed a contested 3-pointer, which resulted in a shot clock violation. Block drove the baseline on the next possession and missed a contested layup under the rim.

After Tuesday’s loss, Ohio is 2-5 in games decided by five points or less. The Bobcats don’t have a consistent top choice to take shots at the most pressing points of games.

But do they need one?

“I don’t think so,” Block said. “Who’s got the hot hand is going to be who’s going to step out for us. I don’t think we need to clarify who’s going to take the shot in a game situation like that.”

Block could be right — seven games is not a large enough sample size to declare

anything a problem or solution.

The Bobcats could be a team that hasn’t had enough time to practice situationally because of roster turnover and injuries. Maybe they’re still learning the nuances of each other’s playing styles.

Maybe the Bobcats have been plain unlucky in close games.

But as Phillips likes to say, the conference standings don’t care about his team’s hardships. If the Bobcats don’t have an evergreen primary option, they’ll need to work around that.

Teyvion Kirk scored four points in the second half after shouldering the load with 12 in the first. Zach Butler, Kevin Mickle and James Gollon took two combined shots in 18 combined minutes in the second half.

Jordan Dartis and Mike Laster, who both have taken shifts as conductors of the offense this season, struggled to find a

rhythm after each sat out for long stretches with foul trouble. They combined for six fouls compared to five made field goals.

Which, as Phillips said afterwards, is not enough.

The Bobcats played like a high-powered offense again during the second half against Eastern Michigan on Saturday.

They solved a defense and soared offensively for the first time in two weeks.

Phillips hoped his team could continue that momentum into Tuesday’s game against a man-to-man defense.

The results?

“At times, very good,” Phillips said of his offense. “But again, in crunch time, when we needed to be able to generate a hoop, we weren’t able to do it.”

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Defining love between humans and mythical creatures in film The Shape of Water has fostered a dialogue about human-creature interaction on the silver screen BAYLEE DEMUTH FOR THE POST

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“It’s none of my business, and if whoever is involved is happy, then that is what’s really important.”

In certain films, movie directors have kept the attractiveness of their mythical creatures a top priority. For example, in James Cameron’s 2009 film Avatar, the main characters were human hybrids with smooth, striped electric-blue skin and large, mesmerizing eyes.

Kelsey Nelson, a freshman studying marketing and hospitality and tourism, believes there’s a reason why directors portray their mythical creatures with a certain level of attractiveness.

“Movie directors make their mythical creatures attractive to appeal to the obvious human audience,” Nelson said.

“I think of it like if I’m watching a horror movie, I don’t want the antagonist that’s supposed to scare me to be attractive, but

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I’m all for love, and people are allowed to love who they want to love. It’s none of my business, and if whoever is involved is happy, then that is what’s really important.

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Mythical creatures have appeared in movies for decades. From fire-breathing dragons to spell-casting elves, mythical creatures are no strangers to the big screen.

In Guillermo del Toro’s latest film, The Shape of Water, Elisa (Sally Hawkins), a government laboratory janitor who is mute, creates a special bond with a mysterious scaled creature, called the Amphibian Man (Doug Jones), being held for testing.

The Shape of Water is now playing at the Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St., and it earned 13 Academy Award nominations.

Caylah Awls, a freshman studying nutrition, said she is looking forward to working during those showtimes.

“I personally haven’t heard a lot about this movie,” Awls said. “But I know it has gotten some pretty good reviews, so I expect a decent amount of customers to come see it, but not more or less than usual.”

Despite the praises The Shape of Water has received, there have also been a few negative reviews of the fantasy-drama film as well. Allyson Huether, an undecided freshman, does not believe that the Amphibian Man is as attractive as he is portrayed.

“I know some people might find his overall physique attractive, but he’s still a sea creature,” Huether said. “He might still have the body of a man, but knowing that he’s still a monster of some kind just makes him unattractive.”

Huether does not find it wrong, though, that Elisa has fallen in love with the mythical creature, no matter what he looks like.

“It’s kind of like Beauty and The Beast,” Huether said. “(The Shape of Water) is a little creepier than the animated Disney movie, but I think it’s still OK that they fall in love.”

Awls also believes that it is OK for mythical creatures and humans to love each other. Knowing that the main character in The Shape of Water is mute is different, and who Elisa falls in love with is also not like other creatures in films, which Awls finds beautiful.

“I’m all for love, and people are allowed to love who they want to love,” Awls said.

if I’m watching something like Harry Potter and a unicorn comes into the scene, I’d want it to be nice to look at.”

Some may say that the attractiveness of mythical creatures in movies has played a major role in how well certain motion pictures perform at the box office. But the plot and the characters that are able to portray the story are what it boils down to.

“I think the true attractiveness of the creature — human or not — is based off of who they are,” Huether said. “It’s what’s on the inside that really matters, after all.”

- Caylah Awls, freshman studying nutrition

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TV, film fans must decide whether to continue to support accused sexual harassers ALEXIS EICHELBERGER STAFF WRITER In late November, Jordan Rose stood just steps away from then-NBC anchor Matt Lauer.

Rose was visiting New York City with the Marching 110, which would play in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade the next day.

On the previous Wednesday, part of the band performed on the Today show with the celebrated Ohio University alumnus.

Although Rose did not personally perform, he finds it odd looking back on the experience now.

That’s because, a week later, Lauer was fired.

“That was super bizarre,” Rose, a senior studying child and family studies, said. “He’s an alumnus, and that makes us look bad.”

Lauer is just one of many high-profile men who have lost positions or the public’s favor in recent months because of allegations of sexual misconduct. As the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements grow, their messages are clear: Sexual harassment and abuse will no longer be tolerated.

Now, as more accusations surface, fans of the accused have to decide if they can or should continue to support those men.

Rose said NBC was right to swiftly fire Lauer for his alleged inappropriate behavior. By doing so, the network demonstrated a no-tolerance attitude toward sexual offenses. Likewise, the general public seems to be moving toward a similar attitude. Rose said he would likely feel uncomfortable seeing movies or watching television shows in which an accused man was involved.

“I feel like if I went and saw them, people I knew would be like, ‘You’re going to go see a movie with that person in it?’ ” he said. “I feel like they would assume I supported them regardless of what they did.”

When entertainers are accused of such acts, the real importance obviously is with those who were harmed directly by their actions, Patty Stokes, an assistant professor of women’s gender and sexuality studies, said. Nevertheless, society feels a certain loss when talented men sully the enjoyment of their works because of their alleged misconduct.

“There are these sort of collateral losses to all of society when somebody has gifts and they blow it by doing something wrong,” Stokes said.

Consumers of media may decide to react differently to different kinds of accusations — as they should, Stokes said.

ILLUSTRATION BY CLAIRE HANNA Some accusations carry more weight than others, depending on the number of instances and to what degree the accused abused their position of power.

“Not all offenses are created equal,” she said. “I do think we will have to find, as a society, a way to deal with them in a somewhat nuanced way. I think there should be consequences that might not always be the nuclear option of ending somebody’s career.”

There are some accused men whose careers in the public eye seem to be over, though. Producer Harvey Weinstein and actor Kevin Spacey may be examples of such entertainers, Stokes said. Their alleged behavior is seemingly unforgivable.

But Stokes said there could be ways others might make amends for their misconduct. An important step is giving a genuine apology — a self-reckoning that

is not self-justifying. Another helpful act might be to dedicate their time and money to causes that work to change the culture of media to one that keeps people safe from sexual misconduct.

Stokes was happy to see the many women in black and the Time’s Up pins on male celebrities’ jackets at the Golden Globes on Jan. 7. The attention and money being given to bring awareness to the reality of sexual harassment and the protection of those most vulnerable to it has the potential to promote real change. But pins on jackets must be backed by lasting commitment, she said.

“That kind of symbolism needs to be backed by action in the long run, and it needs to be backed by integrity … otherwise, it is just a publicity stunt,” she said.

Hannah Verne, a freshman studying early childhood education, was disappointed

when allegations of sexual misconduct were made against actor James Franco. She enjoyed his movies and feels unsure about how to continue to support him.

Despite her disappointment, Verne said she hopes the movement against sexual misconduct continues to draw attention on a national level. She believes it will promote change beyond high-profile cases and benefit women in all areas of the workforce.

“I think it’ll give a lot of women a lot more confidence to see all these women in Hollywood standing up and bringing out their stories,” Verne said. “I think it’ll give women in business jobs or any job the confidence to stand up.”

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be a ‘let’s deal with this issue,’ and then people can see where you stand based on your behavior, not just what you said.”

When sexual misconduct allegations involving Harvey Weinstein surfaced in October, women in Hollywood started speaking out against big-name celebrities and politicians.

Since then, 120 men have been accused of sexual misconduct — and the number is growing every day.

Time magazine put some of the women speaking out on its cover and highlighted the #MeToo movement.

It’s no surprise the conversation has taken over award season.

Kamody expects the topic of sexual harassment to dominate the 90th Academy Awards on March 4, but it remains to be seen if it will bring about lasting change in the film industry.

The Time’s Up movement is not the first of its kind in the film industry.

There have been conversations surrounding race and gender and their representation at the Academy Awards.

Whenever a movement gains attention from critics, the Academy finds a way to appease people that specific year but doesn’t institute real change, Houston said. It happened with the #OscarsSoWhite, so Houston is apprehensive the “spectacle” taking place right now will have a lasting impact.

Kamody noticed a lot of men sitting back at the Golden Globes ceremony and not engaging in the conversation.

“Maybe it’s just time to listen,” she said.

But Houston says men must be willing to speak about sexual misconduct and more importantly, hold other men accountable.

“I think to really transform, the least impacted have to be the most outraged,” Houston said. “It means men having conversations with other men, and I frankly like to see less just women taking over symbolically and more men taking responsibility.”

The Time’s Up and #MeToo movements have woken a lot of guys up, Andrew Hohman, a senior studying journalism, said, because people did not really understand the magnitude of sexual harassment until more women started coming forward.

Most of the conversations have involved women speaking out, but being part of the conversation is something everybody needs to consider, Hohman said.

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Franco avoided the red carpet at the Screen Actors Guild Awards but sat through the ceremony alongside many people wearing a Time’s Up pin.

Franco did not receive an Oscar nomination for his role in The Disaster Artist, and Ohio University student Molly O’Brien couldn’t help but think that had to do with the allegations.

“It’s kind of sad that he wasn’t nominated,” O’Brien, a freshman studying journalism, said. “I think (Time’s Up) is a positive movement that is uniting females together, but we have to realize allegations are allegations and not all facts.”

The allegations surrounding celebrities will lead to more scrutiny of those nominated for awards, Alexandra Kamody, the director of The Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St., said.

“It’s definitely changing who is going to be celebrated and who is going to be shamed or ostracized from the community,” Kamody said. “We’re seeing a lot of change right now.”

Franco is the not the first Oscar nominee to be accused in recent years.

At last year’s ceremony, actress Brie Larson refused to clap for actor Casey Aff leck when he won Best Actor for his role in Manchester By The Sea. Larson said it was in response to sexual harassment allegations, but not much more was said after the ceremony.

The allegations against Aff leck would have caused more of a commotion in today’s climate, Akil Houston, a pop culture expert and an associate professor of cultural and media studies at Ohio University, said.

“As a man, you know, it's time to grow up because a lot of us have just sort of lived in this privileged space where women can be objectified and insulted and we don't have to do anything,” Houston said. “Now … because women are naming names and people are telling stories, we all have to be accountable.”

Aff leck did not address the allegations following his win, but Franco did on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Houston said the men do not need to make an eloquent speech or even publicly apologize.

“I don’t think you need a big public speech,” Houston said. “There needs to

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that’s open to everyone, but it’s a decision you need to make to be a part of,” he said. “If you’re a man, you want to be a part of the conversation. … You need to be against what has happened.”

Because men are the people mostly in charge of film companies, Hohman said most of the change will have to come from the men. Bringing more women up to positions of power will also help “make it easier” for women to get the job done, he added.

One way to make sure fewer women are harassed is to put women in charge, Houston said, but it is more than just putting women in a position of power. If the women in charge have the same viewpoints as the men be-

fore them, there won’t be any change, he added. There have to be people who can point out when women are being objectified.

“If Hollywood is true to form, we’ll see a lot of the symbolic change, but we won't see a lot of substance change,” Houston said. “To me, it's great that people are speaking up and this is a public conversation, but what's more impressive is if behind the scenes (more work is being done).”

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the weekender The Longest Walk to spread women’s voices AJ BAUMANN FOR THE POST Women, nonbinary, and female-identifying people are invited to participate in The Longest Walk on Thursday. The walk aims to reclaim the contested site of the female body while providing a platform for intersectional feminism.

Intersectional feminism is advocating for the rights of others including women of different races, classes, ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations, according to USA Today. That is in opposition to white feminism, which focuses more on issues that are expressed by white women while ignoring the issues that affect people of different races, classes, ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations.

The walk will be held on Howard Green, which is at the intersection of Union and College streets, from 5:45 to 6:15 p.m. The movement includes a “group of participants holding space for a period of 20 to 30 minutes with stylized cycle of forward and backward steps,” according to the walk’s Facebook page.

Athens held its own Women’s March, in which more than 300 residents marched and chanted through College, Union and Court streets on Jan. 20.

The walk follows the Women’s Marches taking place across the country. The walks aimed to “harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social chang,” according to the Women’s March website.

Participants are invited to personalize their walk by writing their intentions on printed posters that read “We Hold Space For ____” from previous events will be placed on display in the Ohio University Art Gallery as part of the Temporal Corporeal Exhibition.

Megan Young, an educator and artist, coordinated the event, which first took place in 2016 at the Republican National Convention. It was initially a monument constructed in response to all the groups that were being exclusionary.

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Demonstrators march down College Street during the Athens women’s march Jan. 20. (BLAKE NISSEN / FILE)

IF YOU GO WHAT: THE LONGEST WALK WHEN: 5:45 P.M., THURSDAY WHERE: HOWARD GREEN ADMISSION: FREE visual art not just performance,” Young said.

“This is almost like erecting a monument for half an hour.”

The prime objective for the walk is to make a space for women’s bodies and conversation. Young does not consider the walk a formal protest.

“One of the things that’s different is that it is an art installation, so there is an aesthetic or a thing that looks a certain way and it has a look and the look is important,” Young said. “Secondly, I’m considering myself to promote a framework rather than an answer, so I’m not coming up with a platform and not promoting one particular perspective but promoting that I do believe that women’s voices should be heard.”

Young collaborated with Angela Davis Fegan, who created print artifacts for the event, which will be on display.

By using the posters, “people can take it upon themselves and fill it in what they feel like they need to make more space in public and political settings,” Young said.

People are welcome to join the walk or watch the 20-minute performance. People can also watch and join if they feel comfortable, as the steps are easy to learn.

“I feel like it’s very important for us to have these events,” Gabriella Schoch, an undecided freshman, said. “It is important for women all around the U.S. to come together and fight for what’s right.”

Schoch said she considers herself an intersectional feminist. She believes it’s important for people to come together and educate others on issues that people face in today’s society.

“We just have to educate people and get not only women involved, but also men, people of different races and just fight for everybody,” Schoch said.

Lily Gephardt, a freshman studying media arts, said it is “fascinating to see people coming together for a common cause and supporting one another.”

“I think that these movements are great and we should keep doing them, because it’s

helping to spread the word,” Gephardt said.

“Especially through social media because other women, and just people in general, are hearing about this and it’s really empowering to hear about.”

Gephardt also considers herself a feminist because she believes that women should be treated the same as men.

“Not even just women but also minorities, especially in the workplace or other places where there’s still issues like the wage gap and things like that,” Gephardt said.

Gephardt noticed that gender inequality still happens today, even though it may appear to be becoming more equal.

“I think gender inequality in today’s society is pretty prevalent,” Gephardt said.

“Some people could argue that it’s getting better, but there’s still definitely more things to be done, and there’s still clearly unfair treatment that’s still happening.”

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WHAT’S GOING ON? MAE YEN YAP CULTURE EDITOR Friday Voice of the Child Tour at 11:30 a.m.

hosted by the Athens County CASA/GAL Program, 1 S. Court St. Athens County Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children invites people interested in getting involved and making a difference in the lives of local children by giving a behind-the-scenes look of what the program does. Light snacks and giveaways will be provided during the event. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required.

We’ll Take What We Can Carry Art Reception at 6 p.m. at ARTS/West,

132 W. State St. Hand-printed artwork, posters and woodblocks by Bobby Rosenstock, JustAJar Design Press owner, will be displayed and on sale at ARTS/West. Admission is free and beverages from Little Fish Brewing Company will be available for attendees ages 21 and above.

Kids Night Out at 6 p.m. at Ping Recreation Center. Ohio University Campus Recreation invites parents to enjoy a night out while their children enjoy a night in filled with games and movies at Ping.

Admission is $30 per child and only available for the first 30 children. Registration is available online at the center’s website.

Men’s Basketball vs. Buffalo at 7

p.m. in The Convo. Support the Bobcats as they take on Buffalo.

Tickets can be purchased through

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the Ohio Athletics page. Admission is $15, and students can get in free with OU student ID. Diane Coffee with Water Witches at 9 p.m. at The Union Bar & Grill, 18 W. Union St. Shaun Fleming has many talents from skateboarding to voice acting. But now, Fleming will take center stage as popular musician Diane Coffee with special guest Water Witches. Admission is $10 to $13. Discounted tickets are available at TicketFly.

Saturday Pork and Pickles at 6 p.m. at Athens

Uncorked, 14 Station St. Enjoy a night with music, food and fine wine at Athens Uncorked. Admission is free.

Caitlin Kraus and Julia Martin at 7

p.m. at Little Fish Brewing Company, 8675 Armitage Road. Local singer-songwriters Caitlin Kraus and Julia Martin will perform for a night at Little Fish. Food will be provided by The Cajun Clucker.

Admission is free.

Magnolia Child at 8 p.m. at Donkey

Coffee, 17 ½ W Washington St. Local indie-folk duo Magnolia Child will play with Valerie Mash at Donkey Coffee. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $3.

Rockstead and The Tangled Roots at 9 p.m. at Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Experience a night filled with music as Cincinnati-based rock band Rockstead returns to Athens and

is joined by West Virginia-based electro-funk octet The Tangled Roots. Admission is $3 for ages 21 and above and $5 for ages 18-20.

Sunday Athens Uncorked Well Red Bookclub at 6 p.m. at Athens Uncorked.

Athens Uncorked is hosting a book club session on the final Sunday of every month. Discussions, snacks and wine tasting will be provided.

This month, the book club will discuss Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. Membership for the book club is $25 and participants are required to pay beforehand.

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