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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Catching up with ‘Post’ alumni I

ELLEN WAGNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

t’s usually current and former Posties’ favorite time of year when we all gather for the yearly alumni reunion in Athens. This year, our typical reunion changed due to the coronavirus.

Within the few days that Ohio University started canceling events and moving classes online, the alumni and I began discussing plans for what we would do for the alumni reunion. We realized that unfortunately, we would have to cancel it out of the health and safety for everyone.

A typical alumni reunion would have The Post staff spending a Saturday with alumni in Scripps Hall 111, where we share our favorite Athens lunches, catch up on the past year and talk about the future of The Post. We have an alumnus or alumna as a speaker and then several alumni as panelists for a different topic each year. This year, we would have been discussing sports journalism.

On Sunday morning, we all meet in the newsroom to talk about internships, jobs and life after graduation. Alumni are able to see what’s the same or different in the newsroom. It is more casual and is a great opportunity for current Posties to hear from alumni.

Since the event was canceled, we decided we still wanted to do some form of reunion.

We had a virtual reunion last week over Zoom a few days after when the alumni reunion weekend was supposed to be. We took several days worth of events and put them into about an hour.

Alumni had questions and concerns about how The Post planned to move forward, including how we were functioning on the day-to-day plans for the summer and next year and if The Post had enough financial support.

The virtual reunion included an update on the past year of The Post as well as how the publication was continuing to move forward for the remainder of the year. Next year’s editor-in-chief, Molly Schramm, was able to discuss her plans for next year and how the transition into next year will be different. Our business manager, Andrea Lewis, was also able to give alumni an update on The Post’s financial situation since plans had changed as a result of business closures and event cancellations.

The alumni were also able to answer questions that current staff members had about what life was like reporting some-

where outside of Athens.

The Post’s Alumni Society President, Tristan Navera, reminded our staff that although there are a lot of uncertainties, journalists are needed now more than ever. Whether it is working at The Post or working somewhere else after graduation, the work journalists are doing right now is so important.

The virtual reunion was a great reminder to all Posties that no matter what everyone is going through, we have our own group within The Post to look out for each other.

It is a time of uncertainty for everyone, so it was great to see everyone come together even just for an hour.

Current and alumni Posties all know that next year’s reunion will be even more special than the normal reunions we have. We will all be able to come back to Athens and the newsroom. It will be great to see how everyone has changed throughout the year and to be reunited with our Post family once again.

Ellen Wagner is a senior studying journalism at Ohio University and the editor-in-chief of The Post. Have questions? Email Ellen at ew047615@ohio.edu or tweet her @ewagner19.

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COVID-19 causes many summer internships to be canceled EMMA SKIDMORE STAFF WRITER Some Ohio University students have been forced to change their summer plans after many internships have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

All study abroad trips have already been canceled for the coming summer, but an internship credit is required for graduation from some programs at Ohio University.

In the meantime, students who have lost an internship or study abroad opportunity can use the time to take an online class in the summer, Eddith Dashiell, the next director of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, said in an email.

“If you had a summer internship but it was canceled, consider taking some online summer courses,” Dashiell said in an email.

“This could free up some time so that you could complete your internship in fall 2020 or spring 2021.”

Bethann Huges, a junior studying health services administration, said she was “devastated” to find out her internship with Mercy Health was canceled.

“I am hoping I can go back to my old summer jobs working at pools and concessions stands home in Cincinnati,” Huges said. “There’s no other internships

really in the health care (field) due to the danger of coronavirus.”

Huges said her internship was canceled because of the uncertainty for current employees caused by COVID-19. However, she said they have offered her an internship after graduation.

“I really think the university should just waive the internship credit for the juniors who need it to graduate in 2021, like myself,” she said.

Some companies have also offered remote internships in place of in-person internships, which the university said it would approve.

“Remote internships in my opinion would not be successful due to not even being able to immerse yourself into the environment you may work in,” Huges said.

“Mine was in a huge health system headquarters so I really wanted that professional experience before I graduated.”

Imants Jaunarajs, Career and Leadership Development Center assistant vice president, said summer internships being canceled is a reality for many students right now.

“I think students have to be much more proactive in terms of seeking those (remote internships) out,” Jaunarajs said.

“But there are companies who have iden-

tified remote work options or internship options for students to get their hours. It really is depending on the organization or company and how they have approached it.”

He said some of the difficulty in planning for internships comes from the fact that no one knows when the COVID-19 pandemic will end or when things will return to normal.

“I think the big message is to continue to work as it relates to your own personal career development,” Jaunarajs said. “What is a really good strategy is to start thinking about what you can control and how you can move the process forward.”

He said that during the recession in 2008 and 2009, the university expected more students to reach out for help with career development. However, students did the opposite of that and instead felt hopeless and did not engage until prospects looked better, Jaunarajs said.

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The Pub on Court Street uses an outdoor sign to advertise its carryout and delivery services. As a part of Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio’s state-wide response to the coronavirus threat, all bars and restaurants are now only providing carryout service. (ERIN BURK / FOR THE POST)

Emergency rule to allow restaurants, other establishments to sell and deliver spirits TAYLOR BURNETTE FOR THE POST The Ohio Liquor Control Commission passed an emergency rule Tuesday to allow restaurants with liquor permits to sell alcohol, including high-proof liquor in limited amounts, for take-out consumption.

Customers cannot purchase over two drinks per meal, according to the emergency rule. High-proof liquor must be purchased with food from permitted establishments. Those spirits must be placed in a sealed container and cannot be accessed or opened until in a private residence, as open container laws are still applicable.

Low-proof products, like beer and wine, can be carried out without a food order, but open container laws still apply.

For many businesses in Athens, that rule increases opportunity during a time of economic struggles.

“We will be doing something, but have not figured it out just yet,” Art Oestrike, president of Jackie O’s Public House Restaurant, said in an email.

Oestrike said he is hopeful that sales will increase.

“We have everything we need to do something like this.

We are upping our beer to go game next week as well and this could all play into it,” he said in an email.

The Pub, 39 N. Court St, has experienced decreased

business during the pandemic. Cait Edwards, a daytime manager, also said she hopes the emergency rule means an increase in business.

“It’s just kind of been hit or miss right now, so I’m hoping that now people realize that you can actually get beer to go … (and) it’ll help us out a little bit,” she said.

The Pub has had a few people call and ask if they are serving beer, but no one has asked about high-proof spirits.

“We mostly do just the bottle of beer,” she said. “We don’t have the stuff to be able to do growlers or anything right now, either.”

Other restaurants, like Casa Nueva Restaurant and Cantina, 6 W. State St., have received calls about getting mixed drinks and are now able to offer them to their customers.

Grace Corbin, marketing coordinator at Casa Nueva, said the restaurant made margaritas to put in jars and sell after getting many requests.

“We have gotten a lot of calls about it, people saying ‘We would really like a margarita with that,’” Amber Bodi, a front-

of-house worker at Casa Nueva, said.

The margaritas will be served to customers in glass, screw-top jars the restaurant had on hand to package and sell salsa, Corbin said.

“The lucky thing for us is that we have an almost endless supply of empty jars … We bought for our salsa line that we just discontinued,” Corbin said. “We were sort of twiddling our thumbs wondering what we should do with them anyways, and now we have a use for them.”

The price of margaritas will remain the same, but it will require some assembly.

“The instructions are for the customer to just add ice because they don’t fill up very much of the jar for single drinks,” Corbin said. “Fill up the jar with ice, put the lid back on, shake it real well, and then bam, you have a margarita.”

The packaging of the margaritas fits perfectly with Casa’s no waste mission.

“The fact that we are able to sell them in jars rather than a disposable container I think is really awesome,” Corbin said.

“The jar, it’s made of glass. It’s reusable, dishwasher safe. I think that our customers will really appreciate that, too.”

Corbin said there is a chance Casa would also expand to serving more types of margaritas as well as Bloody Marys.

Bodi said the workers at Casa are very excited about the prospects of being able to serve high-proof liquor.

“It would feel like a return to normalcy,” Bodi said.

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Board of Elections grapples with Ohio primary changes ABBY MILLER NEWS EDITOR

The Athens County Board of Elections has faced unprecedented challenges at its office after the coronavirus pandemic altered the procedures for the Ohio primary.

Ohio’s March 17 primary election was suspended until June 2, and board of elections offices across the state were given a directive by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose explaining what offices should do moving forward.

Now, however, the election will conclude on April 28.

Athens County Board of Elections Director Debbie Quivey said the date was moved up after a vote from the Ohio legislature.

Quivey also said the Board of Elections has received a lot of questions about the true date of the primary. She said the date of March 17 has remained the same, and the primary is now simply active for a longer time period.

“All they’ve done is expand that primary to April 28 because that gave more people the opportunity to vote absentee,” Quivey said. “And that’s that period where they’re giving everybody that would have voted in-person at the polls the opportunity to vote absentee because there will be no polling locations open. This is going to be an allmail election.”

To vote through an absentee ballot, Athens voters can apply for a ballot on the Board of Elections’ website. On Monday alone, Quivey said the office received over 700 absentee ballot applications.

The Board of Elections has changed its regular procedures to deal with the influx of absentee ballots. The office has called in its full staff of seven employees and has dedicated teams working through the absentee ballot ap-

A sign that states the primary election has been postponed until June 2, 2020, following the COVID-19 outbreak is hung on The Athens County Board of Elections office. (MEAGAN HALL / FOR THE POST)

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Our phones ring from the time we come in until the time we leave, and it’s usually people wanting to request absentee applications so that they can receive a ballot.”

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plications and sending ballots back to the post office, Quivey said. Once the office receives official ballots, they are locked in a double-secured room and filed in precinct order.

No ballots have been taken out yet, Quivey said. Ballots cannot be tabulated until April 28 after 7:30 p.m.

“That evening after 7:30 … everything will be counted up, and it will be very fast, and they’ll have results,” Quivey said. “But we’re keeping track of everything that we have, everything we do, and we’ve always done that.”

Even with a full staff on board, the coronavirus is posing other difficulties for the office. The Board of Elections has been locked down, and no in-person activity is permitted. As a result, voters can mail in their absentee voter applications, fill out a form in the office’s lobby next door or put their application in the

building’s drop box.

Without being able to seek guidance in person, Quivey said more people have been calling the Board of Elections.

“Our phones ring from the time we come in until we leave, and it’s usually people wanting to request absentee applications so that they can receive a ballot,” Quivey said.

While Ohio legislators voted for the election to end in the coming weeks, not all Ohio officials agree. Secretary LaRose has recommended for the Ohio General Assembly to extend the election through passage of the Ohio Voters First Act. The act would suspend the election until June 2 at the earliest and authorize LaRose to produce and mail a postage-paid absentee ballot request form to every eligible Ohio voter who has not yet voted.

“Despite speculation to the contrary, June 2 is the earliest date by which (the

primary) can be done due to the logistical realities of conducting a vote-by-mail election, the ever-evolving health realities of protecting against the spread of Coronavirus and the sacred responsibility we have as public officials to preserve the integrity of our election,” LaRose said in a letter to the Ohio General Assembly.

Quivey said the passage of such an act would elicit mixed effects, as it could benefit election offices on tight time frames but further confuse voters.

Grant Perry, a freshman studying political science and environmental geography, said the act could be a beneficial way to spark political engagement.

“If you’re sending a ballot to everyone’s house, it is going to be a lot easier to get them to participate because then it’s already in their hand, and all they have to do is fill it out,” he said.

With so much happening, Quivey said she’s unsure of how voter turnout will look.

“I hope this doesn’t discourage people from voting because we have an excellent staff here. We’re on top of it,” she said. “And you know, everything is running very smoothly for what we’ve been handed.”

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Arrests made for stay-athome order violations; city to get local art on street control boxes ABBY MILLER NEWS EDITOR LOCAL ARRESTS MADE FOR VIOLATIONS OF OHIO’S STAY-ATHOME ORDER Four Athens residents were arrested over the weekend for violating Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s statewide stay-athome order.

Two calls were made in connection to reported nuisances or nuisance parties on Mill Street.

One call was for a nuisance party on Friday. Matthew Goepffert, of Rocky River, and Michael Townsley, of Cincinnati, were charged with violating the order.

Alexa Sicilian was also charged in connection with a nuisance at an additional house on Mill Street.

The Athens Police Department also responded to a house on North High Street for a nuisance party. David Pavlik, of Strongsville, was charged with violating the stay-at-home order.

In total, five people in Athens have been arrested for violating the stay-athome order.

On March 31, Andrew Wagner Ohliger, of Amherst, was charged with violating the Ohio director of health’s order after APD was called to 112 E. State St. for a nuisance party.

The stay-at-home order went into effect on March 23. It is a mandatory, state-wide order from Gov. DeWine that restricts people from leaving their homes, except for essential business. Social distancing is also recommended. The order has been extended to May 1 since being implemented.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVES ART RECOMMENDATIONS, APPOINTMENTS Athens City Council approved recommendations Monday from the Athens Municipal Arts Commission’s Art Outside of the Box initiative to add more art to the streets of Athens.

The recommendations include adding 10 new pieces of art to street control boxes throughout the city. There are currently already 20 street control boxes in Athens with art on them, Mayor Steve Patterson said.

He also said the art will start going up around the end of summer and early fall

and hopes the pieces help cheer up people amid the coronavirus epidemic. The art will be sticking around long after the pandemic, as each piece lasts on a box for about three to five years.

All the art featured will be provided by local artists.

City Council also approved multiple appointments to city commissions.

Jasmine Facun was appointed to the Environment and Sustainability Commission on Monday in order to fill a recent vacancy.

Facun was considered for the commission last year but was unable to be appointed due to residency requirements.

Councilman Sam Crowl, D-3rd Ward, said Facun is the perfect person for the commission due to her experience with wetland and stream remediation.

The current chair of the Shade Tree Commission, David Ingram, was also reappointed.

HOCKING HILLS STATE PARK CLOSES Hocking Hills State Park closed Friday after sunset due to the escalating danger of the coronavirus pandemic.

The terrain at the park contains narrow trails, and stepping off the trail is prohibited. That makes social distancing of at least 6 feet nearly impossible, according to a news release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Stepping off the trail could also result in injury.

The decision was also made because the park has limited staffing, which could lead to poor response times in the case of injury. The park also does not want to place an extra burden on local emergency responders if an injury occurs, according to the release.

Hocking Hills is currently the only full park closure in Ohio’s state park system. Part of the closure of the park include Ash Cave, Cantwell Cliffs, Cedar Falls, Old Man’s Cave, Rock House, Whispering Cave and Conkle’s Hollow State Nature Preserve.

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Inmate escaped; vehicle on fire KIRSTEN THOMAS FOR THE POST HOW DID HE ESCAPE? Over the weekend, deputies responded for an escaped inmate from the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail. The inmate fled from officers while en route to the jail.

Deputies patrolled the area and found the inmate. He was returned to the jail without issue.

SORRY, BOSS! Deputies responded to the Athens County Job and Family Service building over the weekend for an activated alarm.

A door to the building was unlocked, and an employee was inside. The employee did not properly turn off the alarm when they entered the building.

VEHICLE ON FIRE Over the weekend, deputies responded to Garden Hill Road for a vehicle that was on fire.

A report and photographs were taken.

The incident is still under investigation.

MISSING SOMETHING? Deputies stopped a man on Nixon Road over the weekend for driving a vehicle without license plates.

The man told deputies he was test driving the vehicle after a repair and would not go back on the road.

Deputies told the man the car would be towed if he was caught again.

LONG WALK HOME Over the weekend, deputies stopped a man who was riding a mini motorcycle on Salem Road.

The man was told to stay off the road and to push the motorcycle the rest of the way home.

NICKEL-AND-DIMING Deputies took a report of a vehicle in Athens being entered on Monday.

Change and a briefcase were missing from the vehicle.

LOST AND FOUND Deputies returned license plates Monday that were found on the side of the road near Canaanville.

When deputies returned the plates, the owner said the plates were not stolen.

WHY JUST THE CUSHIONS? On Tuesday, deputies took a report of lawn chair cushions being stolen sometime during the night.

The person later told deputies that all of the cushions were found along the woodline.

POCKET DIAL Deputies responded to Dailey Road in Albany on Tuesday for a 911 hang-up call.

When deputies arrived, they talked to workers who were on the scene. A worker accidentally pocket dialed 911 while on a piece of equipment.

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Dog Days of Uncertainty

Athens tourism suffers impact of coronavirus, faces summer uncertainty KERI JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

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espite students being away from campus, summertime in Athens holds a variety of popular tourist events, such as Boogie on the Bricks, Nelsonville Music Festival and Ohio Brew Week. But heading into this summer season full of uncertainty, Athens summer fun looks to be up in the air.

The coronavirus pandemic has slowed down all aspects of everyday life. As of April 8, 81 out of 88 Ohio counties have at least one confirmed case of the coronavirus. Athens County itself has three. Ohio has also extended its stay-athome order to May 1.

For many, it is becoming harder and harder to determine when things will get back to normal. Many events, such as the Nelsonville Music Festival and Athens Film Festival, have been canceled or postponed.

“We had our biggest summer on record booked,” Paige Alost, executive director of the Athens County Visitors Bureau, 667 E State St., said. “We’ve already had a lot of events canceled for summer ... It’s a bummer.”

With both empty dorms and social distancing in full effect, local Athens businesses are being hit hard. Athens being a college town only heightens the circumstances, Alost said.

“It’s a challenge in a college town. You lose half your population,” Alost said. “There’s just not enough people here to support the businesses that we have in the way that they need to be supported.”

The Visitors Bureau’s job right now is to draw tourists and sustain business for the upcoming fall, Alost said.

“We know summer is slower in some regards,” Alost said. “Our job is to try to get people here hold us over ’til we get to the fall.”

Alost also recognized that once businesses reopen and things do go back to “normal,” that doesn’t mean everyone will get to pick up where they left off.

“We have to understand that not only will people feel uneasy about traveling, but the vast majority of Americans won’t have the money to travel,” Alost said.

For Alost, one of the things that will continue to draw tourists to Athens this summer is something they already have with them: a love for Athens.

“Lucky for us, we have a lot of built-in love — that love of place — from OU alums and students and Athens residents,” Alost said. “It counts for a lot ... People keep that Athens love with them.”

Alost said the main focus of this summer’s Athens tourism will be day trips. She said even though nearby Hocking Hills State Park has closed, the region still has many outdoor activities available. The Athens Conservan8 / APRIL 9, 2020

cy is one local organization that showcases many options for outdoor recreation.

The Athens Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that preserves open spaces and vital wildlife habitat in Athens County, Chris Fahl, president of the Athens Conservancy, said in an email. The conservancy also protects spaces in the city of Athens, too.

Fahl said the work the conservancy does has been impacted by the pandemic. The conservancy has to use Zoom video calling for meetings and has had to cancel work days.

Fahl said taking a hike is always a good option for doing things during the pandemic. The Hockhocking Adena Bikeway is also a source for outdoor recreation during these times. Fahl mentioned a spot on the bike trail a little further outside of Athens.

“Go out to the bike path out by Movies 10,” Fahl said in an email. “We have a preserve that protects significant portions of the bike path. It is called the Bluebell Preserve for a reason.”

Ohio Brew Week, or OBW, is one of Athens’ biggest summer events. OBW is a nine-day craft beer festival that showcases craft beers and breweries. This year’s OBW marks its 15th anniversary, which would make it one of the longest-running craft beer festivals in the U.S., Brandon Thompson, executive director of OBW, said.

OBW is an important summer festival that helps local businesses and bars during the usual summer lull, Thompson said. As of right now, OBW is still being organized for July 10-18. But Thompson recognizes that given the ever-changing circumstances, OBW is subject to change.

“We’re not sure if the stay-at-home (orders) will be lifted,” Thompson said. “We don’t know what state we’ll be in.

It’s causing a lot of disruptions.”

A lot of planning goes into OBW around this time of year, Thompson said. For Thompson, the most effective method of getting things done right now is breaking preparation down into steps, like budgeting, finding breweries and compiling and printing the OBW booklets.

Thompson said that the board has even thought about virtual options or postponing OBW to August. Ideally, OBW would occur before Fall Semester as a summer economic pick-up for Uptown.

For Thompson, OBW’s 15-year mark is especially important. He said he wants badly for OBW to be possible but knows not everything is in his control.

“We are trying to make this happen,” Thompson said.

“We’re in the same boat as (everyone else). We’re really trying to make this happen (as) the longest craft beer festival in the U.S. Stay home, and stay safe.”

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Greek life adapts to the coronavirus Sororities and fraternities at OU have transitioned to online chapter meetings as many members of Greek life work to fundraise for those impacted by the coronavirus LILY ROBY FOR THE POST

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n just a few short weeks, life across the globe has changed drastically due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus. From large corporations to small family businesses, the entire world has been adapting to new changes and restrictions put in place in order to protect the general public from further contamination, and many have been forced to shut down their organizations entirely.

At Ohio University, members of Greek life have modified their dayto-day schedules and transitioned to meeting online only. Many fraternity and sorority members are incredibly disappointed that they didn’t get to finish out their 2020 school year with their brothers and sisters.

Meetings with the OU Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life, chapter members and officers are now performed through programs such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom in order to limit physical contact. Ian Dickens, president of Delta Tau Delta at OU, said while Greek life is adapting to these changes quickly, meeting virtually does not provide the same gratification as meeting in-person, and communicating is growing increasingly difficult.

“I feel that most of our members, and myself, are handling the situation as best as we can,” Dickens, a sophomore studying journalism, said in an email. “I can’t deny the fact that I wish we weren’t experiencing an outbreak at this time, but it’s something that everyone is also dealing with.”

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experienced a difficult Fall Semester where all Interfraternity Council, or IFC, chapters were suspended, some even being investigated by the university due to hazing allegations, Dickens said he was eager to reconnect and expand IFC’s relationships with the other chapters on campus. However, the coronavirus’ spread prevented that when OU shut down its campus as a precautionary measure.

Many fraternities and sororities are using their broad web of connections as an opportunity to fundraise money for those impacted by COVID-19. One way many members of Greek life are raising money is through bingo-board donations posted on Instagram stories. According to Dickens, Alpha Delta Pi is also helping its philanthropy, the Ronald McDonald House, in providing donations of food items and clothing.

These efforts to make a positive impact on the world are significant in a time

where many feel uprooted or lost due to the crisis.

Maggie Old, president of Delta Zeta at OU, said she has experienced a drastic life change, transitioning from living with more than 40 sisters and friends in the Delta Zeta house to social distancing in her home. Now, she is only able to interact with a small number of her sisters through FaceTime, social media and virtual events.

However, these transitions to virtual work haven’t stopped Old from keeping her chapter engaged and productive. Delta Zeta is holding a “Wellness Week” from April 12 to 18 during which its risk manager, Annie Thomas, will use the sorority’s social media platforms to highlight ways to stay mentally and physically healthy while isolated.

“In the short weeks we have been adapting, it really has helped me grow personally as a leader in how I conduct things and how confident I am in my

decisions,” Old, a sophomore studying visual communications, said in an email. “It has also shown how our community, Greek and otherwise, can come together and work things out even in uncertain times, and I am so impressed by that!”

Old believes that Greek life will be permanently impacted by the coronavirus but in a positive way. She said that, while communication between chapters could have gone entirely downhill once the university closed its campus, leaders have instead been incredibly successful with utilizing virtual communication methods and creating plans for the remainder of the semester.

Madison King, the internal social chair of Delta Zeta, emphasized that Old has been more than efficient when it comes to communication, sending out weekly emails to ensure everyone in the chapter stays up-to-date.

To King, staying connected is one of the most important things one can do as the virus runs its course. She said her sorority recently watched a movie on Netflix through Zoom, has regular Zoom meetings between bigs and littles and is participating in a pen-pal program between chapters at OU. “I feel like we will all learn to grow from this epidemic,” King, a junior studying marketing and business analytics, said in an email. “This will make us stronger and grow together as a chapter. I love these women and we are all doing everything to create light during this dark time. Reach out to your brothers and sisters.”

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usinesses come and go in Athens as much as Ohio University students do, but some restaurants find a way to stick it out and serve the community for years and even decades.

Owning a restaurant in Athens, especially on Court Street, appears as though it’s a safe business venture, as it’s a footpath along the main drag for OU students. That was not the case, however, for some restaurants like Franco’s Pizza Place and LOTSA Stone Fired Pizza, formerly located on 42 S. Court St. and 14 S. Court St., respectively. LOTSA Pizza closed in late June 2019, and Franco’s closed in early July 2019.

On the road less traveled for most students, there are a handful of restaurants well-loved by the rest of Athens. Larry’s Dawg House, Miller’s Chicken and Tavolino all sit further from walking distance for most OU students yet remain popular.

A common thread for each restaurant’s success exists: each restaurant has a low employee turnover rate, quality service, loyal customers and parking.

Some of the successful restaurants in Athens recognize the importance of treating their employees well. Emily Christine, owner and a chef at Tavolino, believes in paying employees what they deserve.

“My ideal is to pay somebody what you want from them, like pay them the value of the work that you want from them, and they will give it to you,” Christine said.

Maintaining the same employees for mul-

tiple years is important to Athens restaurants because customers enjoy seeing familiar employees, said Hope Phillips, who runs the register at Miller’s Chicken, 235 W. State St. “A lot of the same people have worked here for a really long time, so I think that draws customers in,” Phillips said. “I think people really enjoy having the same people wait on them and know them and have a relationship with the customers that come in here.”

During a pandemic, though, it’s even harder for restaurants to conduct business as usual. COVID-19 has shut down restaurants and bars, resulting in carry-out only, per the orders of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Businesses have had to completely change the way they serve their small number of customers.

At Bagel Street Deli, 27 S. Court St., the dining room is now closed, and everything is served through the front window. A chip reader is 8 feet away from the register for customers to pay. Customers may not pay in cash, and employees are having their temperature taken by Linnevers before each shift.

“We’re open mainly to give our employees a paycheck,” Lori Linnevers, the Deli’s general manager, said. “Yeah, we’re not making a whole lot of money right now, if we’re making any.”

Linnevers said she is confident in safety within Bagel Street Deli because everyone there is following proper sanitary procedures.

“There are days when you’re a little uneasy about it (the virus),” Linnevers said.

“We’re doing above and beyond everything what we possibly can to stay safe in here and to keep all the employees safe when it comes to wiping everything down all the time, constant hand sanitizing, staying 6 feet apart (or more).”

Court Street Coffee, located at both 67 S. Court St. and 2131 E. State St., has also been forced to restructure its entire business model. Currently, Court Street Coffee has adjusted its hours and has cut its employees to one person per location. Debby Fulks, the owner, said because of the large counters that offer a lot of space, drinks can be made, served and picked up either inside or curbside. Fulks said she makes sure to wash and sanitize her hands before making each drink.

Tavolino, 9 N. Shafer St., also drastically changed its business model. Tray and carry-out orders are being accepted for anyone looking to continue to support the business.

“I’m doing OK. I’m not doing fantastic, but I’m doing OK, and I’m feeling good about it if I can maintain this,” Christine said. “It’s been amazing to see everybody coming out to support.”

Financially, many restaurants are just trying to break even. Restaurants in Athens are selling gift certificates and gift cards, but Christine said she is wary of the effects of spending those purchases all at once when restaurants can serve people again.

“That is so kind and wonderful of the customer base. However, when all of this is over and all the restrictions are lifted, I’m afraid businesses are going to be left with all the gift certificates. So, in a sense, we won’t be making any money at that point,” Christine said. “I hope that people are very careful of utilizing the gift certificates afterwards and try to do it slowly to give them a chance to recover because that alone would be a very big thing to deal with.”

Christine said she hates there are businesses failing and that there’s only so much that can be done about it right now.

“I don’t want to see my friend’s businesses

go down because of all of this, and I understand why we’re doing it, and I appreciate why we’re doing it, but I can’t sit here and do nothing while they go down,” Christine said.

“I can’t let that happen.”

For every restaurant, though, community support is incredibly important. Restaurant owners and operators understand that it is hard for people to support businesses in a time when it’s financially difficult to support restaurants and when people are being told to stay home.

Linnevers said it does make her a little nervous to see so many people lined up outside the Bagel Street Deli window.

“Typically, when I feel the most uneasy about it is on Monday when I haven’t been here for two days. I live out in the country, and I don’t have to see people ever if I don’t want to,” Linnevers said. “So, on Mondays, I get a little uptight when I see a whole bunch of people outside the window because you kind of feel like ‘you guys aren’t supposed to be out.’”

Keeping customers will be important for when the pandemic is over. Anyone who spends money to dine out at a restaurant expects a certain quality of service pertaining to wait time, friendliness of employees and staff and, most obviously, food quality. At Larry’s Dawg House, 410 W. Union St., General Manager Dillan King said he makes sure the customers have a great experience and are taken care of. He’s worked there for 16 years.

Orders are ready four minutes after being placed and everything is made fresh, King said.

“We try to take that extra few seconds to minutes, even, to talk to people (and) get to know them,” King said.

Christine also believes that quality service, among other factors, is important in running a restaurant.

“I think that the biggest part, to me, is quality of service, quality of product and, honestly, interaction,” Christine said. “If you are standing there saying ‘this is an extension of me,’ then people see that you care and that you want the best for them, for your employ-

ees, for everyone and that you’re trying hard.”

The family-focused aspect of how Larry’s Dawg House is run is another aspect of how it does so well, King said.

“I think that’s what’s helped us over the years is that this is very family-oriented,” King said. “People who were born here in Athens.

They bring their kids here because they came here when they were kids, and their kids are going to bring their kids here.”

Many local restaurants also have a lot of “regulars” who come to dine frequently. For Larry’s Dawg House and Miller’s Chicken, these customers are valuable in keeping them in business all year round. Loyal customers are valuable because not only do they come in frequently, but they also recommend that particular restaurant to people they know.

Another component of keeping regulars is serving both Athens residents and students equally. Linnevers said she believes the residents are just as important as the student population of customers.

“We’ve always put the townspeople first because they’re your business all year round,” Linnevers said. “When you close down when the students are gone, it kind of just tells you that the townspeople don’t matter and that definitely doesn’t sit well with a lot of the townspeople.”

Parking is another element that affects business that is often overlooked. It is nearly impossible to find parking in Uptown Athens, especially during the school year. That’s why Christine is glad to be able to provide parking to her customers.

“The limited parking that is available is having to be used by people that are going to work or that are picking up whatever or delivering,” Christine said.

Larry’s Dawg House, Miller’s Chicken and Tavolino all have accessible parking for customers wanting to eat at any of those businesses.

Some Court Street restaurants face some other issues, though, that are difficult to address. King thinks having so many restaurants on Court Street can be overwhelming because it can be hard to choose where to eat

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with so many options.

“I think that there’s way too many restaurants on Court Street,” King said. “I think when you give people that much selection, it almost deters them.”

Christine agrees, saying that having too many similar restaurants in one spot can make it hard to succeed.

“If you have 10 businesses within two blocks of each other, you’re competing with all the ones that are similar to you,” Christine said.

Faulks said she disagrees that there is competition. When it comes to cafes in Athens, she said she does not see her business as a competition.

“I’m not in a competition,” Faulks said.

“It’s just everybody is unique with what they offer.”

At the end of the day, uniqueness is important to what keeps a business continuously opening their doors.

“On a Wednesday, we’ll do 1,000 orders, and we’ll sell like 3,000 hot dogs,” King said.

“When people go to Larry’s, they know that they want it.”

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Documenting History Southeast Ohio History Center partners with WOUB to document COVID-19 RILEY RUNNELLS ASST. CULTURE EDITOR When documenting history, historians typically collect newspaper articles, photos and other concrete evidence to most accurately portray life at the time. Be it serious periods or moments of history, like The Holocaust or 9/11, or exciting moments in history, like the moon landing or women’s suffrage, historians take as much evidence as they can piece together to create a better understanding of what was happening.

Now as the nation lives through history in the making with the coronavirus pandemic, the Southeast Ohio History Center is partnering with WOUB Public Media to capture as much information and evidence as they can to most accurately document this time.

Countless social media posts, newspaper articles and medical research papers have been written about the coronavirus pandemic. There’s professional evidence pouring through these reports, but it’s

not just the professionally released content that the History Center and WOUB are looking for.

“We don’t have a lot of firsthand accounts of major historic events like the 1918 flu epidemic,” Jessica Cyders, executive director of SEO History Center, said.

“We have things like newspaper accounts ... but what an ordinary person in Athens or Jackson or Marietta was thinking, we don’t have that. We’re always looking at gaps in our collection and how can we make sure that in 100 years someone will be able to come back and say, ‘This is how people were feeling and processing this at the time.’”

Cyders is truly trying to seize the opportunity to collect firsthand accounts.

From her perspective, it’s not often that historians get the chance to collect firsthand data through major life-changing events like COVID-19, so she is intent on making the most of it.

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SEO History Center board. The project began after Cyders and Shaw realized the importance of creating some sort of collection of documentation for themselves and others to look back on in the future.

At first, they were unsure how to execute the project but eventually agreed upon encouraging everyone in the Southeast Ohio area to submit journals, artwork, videos, photos, homemade masks and anything else that constitutes a firsthand account. The submission criteria is purposely quite broad, so people are encouraged to send in anything and everything.

“It’s important to recognize that we are living through history right now,” Shaw said. “As someone who deals with archives and stuff like that all the time in my job, I’m always looking for first-person comments about what life is like in certain periods. I think as we move forward, people are going to want to look back and see what we were doing and how people were feeling.”

This isn’t the first time WOUB and the SEO History Center have partnered for a project. Shaw has used the History Center’s archives and interviewed staff members for other projects in the past, so it seemed natural for the two groups to work together during the pandemic.

So far, they aren’t sure what the official plan is moving forward with the submissions they receive. They might do a documentary, an exhibit or something else entirely, but it’s up to the Southeast Ohioans to send in good materials for them to work with. For now, WOUB is working to get the word out about the project so that people will know to send in materials.

Anyone can participate in the submissions, even Ohio University students who are living at home. Minors who want to participate will receive a permission slip to sign. To participate, people can

visit the SEO History Center website and get more information on what can be shared. With the materials submitted, people have to sign a release form to ensure that their materials can be used for educational purposes through the History Center. The website also has some sample questions to prompt oral or written account submissions.

“Public media is really involved in storytelling around history,” Cheri Russo, community engagement manager for WOUB, said. “Part of its mission is to do quality historical documentaries looking back at the past so we can learn from it and apply it to the future. It made a ton of sense for WOUB to partner with the History Center to help get the word out … so that people from across the region would participate, and we could capture that history.”

Cyders, Shaw and Russo all hope that, by taking the initiative to gather together materials now, people 50 years from now will have a slew of materials at their fingertips to most accurately document the coronavirus pandemic. They want people to know that no matter how insignificant they think their submission is now, it could be prime historical documentation in the future.

“I wish I could tell people just how much we want the mundane,” Cyders said.

“Right now, when we’re living in this, every day seems to be kind of the same. I really want to figure out ways that people could capture that. Even just ‘I bought five boxes of the same cereal at the grocery store,’ or ‘Here I am in my house again,’ that’s valuable. That’s still very important.”

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Ohio University running back, De’Montre Tuggle, poses for a portrait at Peden Stadium.

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t didn’t take long for De’Montre Tuggle to ascend the running back depth chart for Ohio’s last season.

As a junior taking his first Division I snaps, Tuggle scored two touchdowns in the Bobcats’ first game of the season against Rhode Island. He left nonconference play with three touchdowns with a mere 27 carries.

Even though he had two quality backs in Julian Ross and O’Shaan Allison, offensive coordinator Tim Albin couldn’t keep Tuggle on his bench. Tuggle continued to truck his way through defenses and into Albin’s running back rotation, and by the end of the season, he led all Ohio running backs with 11 touchdowns and averaged 6.4 yards per carry.

“I didn’t imagine it would get to that magnitude,” Tuggle said with a smile after the second day of spring camp, which was suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I was just trying to find my place in the offense and produce as much as I can. For me to do what I did last year, it was a blessing, but it just raised my expectations for

what I want this year.”

Running back is arguably Ohio’s most loaded position. Tuggle, Ross and Allison are three backs capable of carrying a full starter’s workload, but Albin prefers to split the carries of each game with his top running backs, and none of them normally receive more than 15 carries per game despite the Bobcats’ run-heavy offense.

Last year, Tuggle, who was a junior college transfer from Kilgore College, had to prove he could be a part of the top rotation.

That path started at spring camp, when Tuggle was mostly quiet on practice days and focused on completing reps.

He was nervous, too. What if he rarely played? What if he was beaten out by another running back?

Those are no longer questions Tuggle needs to ask himself in his second year with the program. He’s established himself as one of Ohio’s most reliable offensive players.

“Last year, there was a lot of stuff I didn’t know,” he said. “I was real quiet, and I was more laid-back and tried to observe a lot. I tried to ask as many questions as I could.

Now, I’m a lot more comfortable with the

plays. They’re like second nature now. I’m helping the young guys and bringing them along. It’s a big difference for me.”

Tuggle doesn’t want to feel too comfortable, though. He’s still a part of a thick running back rotation that can change at any moment. If Tuggle doesn’t flash similar gaudy numbers next year, Ja’Vahri Portis or Jake Neatherton — who both have quick and physical running abilities — could take his spot.

The expectations for Tuggle are higher than ever, and he knows it.

“I feel like I have a lot to prove,” he said.

“There’s definitely more eyes on me after basically coming in (last year) as a nobody. Now, people know who I am. I have something to prove not just to outside people, but to me. I just try to control what I can control and do my best when I’m in there.”

Tuggle will have to do it without the help of Nathan Rourke at quarterback. Rourke kept defenses on their heels with a stellar dual-threat ability that also opened space for running backs.

That philosophy won’t change even though Rourke has graduated from the pro-

gram. His brother, Kurtis, will likely replace him and showcase similar abilities.

A new quarterback is an adjustment for the whole offense, including the running backs. So far, Tuggle thinks the transition has been smooth.

“Kurtis, that’s my guy,” Tuggle said.

“He was one of the first people I talked to in my first semester here. We’re already comfortable.”

That’s how Tuggle feels everywhere he looks. Besides a new quarterback, there’s not much change from what Tuggle inherited a season ago.

He’s already proved that he can do a lot with Ohio. With one year left, Tuggle wants to prove he can do even more.

“I’ve been talking with coach, and I’m pretty sure my carries should increase,” Tuggle said. “I’m a lot more comfortable, and I’m ready to get a bigger role in the offense. I’m confident in this group, and I’m just hungry to get this championship for this team.”

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The best 5 tracks from All Time Low’s invigorating ‘Wake Up, Sunshine’ BRE OFFENBERGER COPY CHIEF The long-reigning kings of pop punk in All Time Low, or ATL, have brought the world magic when it needs it most. As everyone continues to stay shuttered inside their homes, music has become more of a form of solace than ever before. ATL’s latest album, Wake Up, Sunshine, holds something for every mood, and it proves that after all this time, the band hasn’t skipped a single beat.

ATL, which got its name from the song “Head On Collision” by New Found Glory, came to be in 2003 while all its members were in high school. Frontman Alex Gaskarth, guitarists Jack Barakat and TJ Ihle, bassist Chris Cortilello and drummer Rian Dawson started out by covering pop punk bands, not knowing it would eventually become one of the most well-known itself. Ihle and Cortilello departed the band in the same year, with Zack Merrick replacing Cortilello.

The band dropped two EPs in 2004, signing with Emerald Moon Records between each release. ATL released its first LP, The Party Scene, in 2005 but didn’t have a label anymore by the end of the year. In 2006, it signed with Hopeless Records. Fourteen years and seven albums later, ATL is now one of the most recognizable bands in the world.

ATL crafted Wake Up, Sunshine before the COVID-19 pandemic came to fruition, yet it contains a type of emotional restorative that a lot of people desperately need right now. Gaskarth’s strong vocals never fail to evoke feelings of nostalgia and better times, especially in the bridge of the radiant “Glitter & Crimson.”

“Getaway Green” has that classic ATL sound, complete with a pulsating guitar line from Barakat. The only low point of the album is “Monsters (feat. blackbear),” and most of the problems lie in blackbear’s unneeded verse. All of the merely few issues of that track, however, are completely eclipsed with the remainder of this brilliant album. Here are the best five tracks from Wake Up, Sunshine:

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5. “SOME KIND OF DISASTER” Leading off the album is “Some Kind of Disaster,” a story about the band’s continuing history. Behind a roaring guitar line from Barakat in the chorus, Gaskarth asks fans if, after all this time, they still want more ATL music: “And it’s all my fault that I’m still the one you want / So what are you after? / Some kind of disaster?” The fade-out is quite dramatic, but the track is wholly enjoyable.

3. “JANUARY GLOOM (SEASONS, PT. 1)” “January Gloom (Seasons, Pt.1)” is all about the miserable feelings that come hand-in-hand with seasonal depression. Alongside energizing instrumentation from every band member, Gaskarth pleads for a special someone to help distract him from his dispirited thoughts: “I blame it on the weather / Can you make it better now? / Come on, and save me from this January gloom.” Gaskarth’s vocal range in this track is exceptional.

4. “PRETTY VENOM (INTERLUDE)” “Pretty Venom (Interlude)” is a tranquil wonderland.

Gaskarth can’t seem to get away from a former significant other, someone who continues to mess with his psyche: “Runnin’ ’round in circles down a one-way track ’cause you know what you do / How you gonna say that? Take it all back / F------ with my head will make my heart attack.” The track is stripped to mostly acoustic guitar and gentle drumming, and it marked the beginning of the latter, better half of the album.

2. “FAVORITE PLACE (FEAT. THE BAND CAMINO)” If you weren’t aware of The Band CAMINO’s feature on “Favorite Place,” it’ll only take about three seconds to realize as that shimmering guitar line makes its way. Gaskarth and The Band CAMINO’s Jeffrey Jordan take the time to divulge how even though they’re apart from their respective significant others, they crave to be with them once more. Gaskarth in the chorus, especially sings sweetly of his past love: “Yeah, you’re everything I love about the things I hate in me / So come on, come on over now, and

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fix me with your grace / ’Cause I’m not too far, and you’re my favorite place.”

1. “SAFE” “Safe” envelops that classic ATL sound with an optimistic message about the future. Gaskarth knows sometimes we all need a break from everything, and he recommends going to your happy place where you feel secure: “So put the car in drive, and don’t stop runnin’ ’til you’re long gone / You’re gonna be all right if you just stop thinkin’ it over / … They’ll never slow you down if you don’t look over your shoulder.” Everything, from the brilliant instrumentation to Gaskarth’s encouraging, gorgeous vocals, shines. This track is nothing short of hopeful, and it’s the best from Wake Up, Sunshine.

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DUA LIPA COMBINES DISCO WITH THE ’80S ON THE PRACTICALLY PERFECT ‘FUTURE NOSTALGIA’ RILEY RUNNELLS ASST. CULTURE EDITOR When Dua Lipa released “New Rules” in 2017, audiences went crazy. It was no surprise that the track spent 48 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at No. 6. From that moment on, the Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter took the world by storm with her powerful energy and genre-defining music.

Lipa’s second full-length album, Future Nostalgia, proves that she’s nowhere near her peak. The album not only acts as an empowering love letter to women, but it also brings back a beautifully made combination of ’70s and ’80s style music.

Lipa knew the success of “New Rules” and her first album, Dua Lipa, would be hard to replicate. Luckily, she didn’t want to produce a copycat of her previous success, but she wanted to push her comfort zones and create something unique. To make her music progressive with Future Nostalgia, she had to get regressive with her research. Lipa uses inspiration from the disco genre and the ’80s, with funk, synthesizers, strong bass movements and dance beats to spare.

The entire album is about creating music with nostalgic influences that translate to a modern-day style.

From the moment Lipa opens the album with the titular song “Future Nostalgia,” it’s clear the rest of the album will be jam-packed with excitement. That continues with two of the singles released before the full album became available: “Don’t Start Now” and “Physical.” The other pre-released track was “Break My Heart,” which packs a powerful punch with the staccato chorus combined with the complex instrumentation.

The cohesive nature of the album is clear and present, continuing on with the ever-romantic and galactic “Levitating.”

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Dua Lipa is at her best on ‘Future Nostalgia.’

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Paired with the sultry quality of her vocals, the tracks captivate listeners. “Pretty Please” and “Love Again” woo audiences by having them hang on her every lyric. She keeps this trend throughout the entire album, especially with her only explicit track, “Good in Bed,” where she highlights the confusion between rational emotion and sexual desire.

The self-proclaimed “female-alpha” proves her status with the nature of her empowering and dominating lyrics. In an interview with Apple Music, the singer says, “For me, it’s always about championing women and putting ourselves in the position of power. I want to show that women are allowed to take risks and try things different musically. And wear

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the pants, you know? We don’t have that enough in music.”

Lipa does just that through her guide to heartbreak, healing and new love. It’s unfortunate that the worst track on the album –– which, let’s be clear, is still fantastic –– is the track that perfectly encompasses her message. However, the message in the closing track is clearly stated, “Boys will be boys, but girls will be women.” It’s brilliant lyricism to add a hint of seriousness to an album otherwise overflowing with fun.

There is never a point in the album where it feels like Lipa is falling flat or trying too hard to create music in the past. She’s not stuck in the past — she’s simply utilizing it in a sophisticated way that attracts the younger generations to

an older style of music and reminds the older generations of music they know and love, with a twist. Simply put, the album truly is future nostalgia.

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Putting their souls into it

SOUL OF ATHENS VISUAL COMMUNICATION STUDENTS WORK THROUGH PANDEMIC CHALLENGES TO FINISH THEIR PROJECTS RILEY RUNNELLS ASST. CULTURE EDITOR PHOTOS COURTESY OF STAN ALOST, REBECCA SELL AND SOULOFATHENS.COM When Stan Alost and Rebecca Sell handed out the topic assignments for the Soul of Athens project this year, they never expected the challenges they’d face or the overwhelming connection the students would create.

Alost, one of the instructors for Soul of Athens, said, “to figure out all the ins and outs of how do you start up this project from scratch, how do you figure out what kind of content to give to the audiences and then how you’re going to deliver it.”

For 13 years, Ohio University’s visual communication program has provided an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to work together on a project where teams of students explore different areas of Athens culture that make up the place students and residents know and love.

Alost prides the program on equipping students with skills like team building and time management as well as increasing the complexity of the course each year by integrating new technology and different topics.

“It’s an opportunity for students –– not just VisCom students –– and what we try to do is take what students have been learning and give them the chance in a publication environment to do it,”

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BUILDING A TRADITION Soul of Athens began in 2007 when two visual communication classes decided to join forces and make something great. Synthesis Storytelling for Visual Communication, or VICO 3921, met with the Interactive Capstone: Advanced Interactive Media, or VICO 4188, and Soul of Athens was born.

Though the project is born out of two courses, it’s a student-run production.

The project is guided by Alost and Sell, two professors who help to determine the project topics and assist with questions but mainly gear the lesson toward letting students figure out how to collaborate among themselves.

“While I am technically an instructor of record for the class, we really hand over the reins to the students, and they take it and go,” Alost said.

The projects begin when the students are grouped together by the instructors based on their skill sets. The goal of splitting up the students into groups is to even out the playing field so there’s at least one designer, one person who knows how to code and one content provider. Once the groups are arranged as evenly skilled as possible, they’re ready to choose the topics provided by the instructors.

This year, there are five groups with five story focuses: veterans, medical access, intentional communities, lore and religion.

Evann Figueroa, a graduate student, is a part of the religions group. The group’s plan was to find people within the community who are involved in different religious faith or spiritual groups and highlight why their religions are important to them and to Athens as a whole. The point is to showcase Athens as a microcosm of religion compared to the surrounding area and how it’s easy to be accepted within the Athens bubble.

“That’s a part of what makes Athens unique,” Figueroa said. “You can come here, no matter what you’re practicing, and be accepted and able to find people similar to you.”

The group is now working on expanding the three interviews they obtained before spring break to make an interactive story that highlights each individual faith group of their sources.

Lara Perrin, a senior studying visual

Members of the Soul of Athens project meet over video call.

communication interactive design, is in the veterans group and has weathered the challenge of taking such a broad topic and narrowing it down for a more effective project.

Her group’s story will focus on 9/11 and post-9/11 era veterans because they felt those veterans can be underrepresented.

“You think of older people, I think, when you think of vets, so we wanted to focus on the experience of that younger generation and then tying in the resources or lack thereof for veterans in Appalachia,” Perrin said.

A lot of their research came from seeking out what Athens provides as resources for veterans, and they found two gentlemen who had served recently and did an individualized story about them in the context of their larger research.

Some students have had such a positive experience with Soul of Athens that they’ve taken it multiple times. Nick Bolin, a graduate student, is on his fourth round of taking Soul of Athens. He took the course during his time in undergraduate and is taking it again now in his second year of graduate school.

“Everyone thinks I’m crazy, but it’s a class that every time you take it, it’s different,” Bolin said. “There’s different people and different stories, and it challenges you to think in different ways of using different storytelling methods.”

The semester-long project seemed to be going along swimmingly. Everyone had a handle on their topics and sources, and both Alost and Sell were proud of how ev-

erything was progressing.

That is, until they were hit with the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

FACING CHALLENGES Once the coronavirus shut down in-person classes at OU, Alost and Sell had to scramble to figure out an alternative.

“It happened right at a point where they really hit their stride as a collaboration.

They really understood where they were heading. They had their plans together ...

So all of the sudden having to go online and not in person with that has been a big adjustment,” Sell said.

The students were already about 10 weeks into their projects, so no one wanted to stop there. They quickly transitioned into online classes, with meetings through virtual services, like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and working on the projects through Adobe Creative Cloud.

Though some students like Figueroa had sources fall through last minute due to the chaos of the pandemic, most of the groups have been able to take the research and interviews they already had before they left for spring break and expand on them to finish their projects.

“All those things that they had figured out: how to work together, how to collaborate, how to communicate, the types of projects and stories they want to tell, those have maintained,” Sell said. “I’ve been so impressed with how they’ve held on to that.”

Though the pandemic proves to be a challenge with communication, some

groups are working to incorporate the pandemic into their projects as a way to make the best of a bad situation. All of the students are working hard to stay communicative and collaborative with their peers, an aspect that Alost and Sell greatly admire.

For undergraduate seniors like Perrin and Nicole Dinan, it’s been a heartbreaking experience to have to finish the remainder of the project and college in general virtually. However, with all of the progress made on their projects, they know it’s important that they put their disappointment aside to finish what they started.

“It’s super disappointing to have the last part of the semester change so drastically,” Dinan said in an email. “We already put a ton of time and effort into creating these projects, and we all want to see our hard work be rewarded.”

PUTTING THEIR SOULS INTO IT Alost, Sell, Bolin and Figueroa agree with Perrin and Dinan that though the semester’s end is not as they had anticipated, the tradition of Soul of Athens deserves to be executed as if nothing stood in their way.

“I think it’s a matter of creative problem solving,” Figueroa said. “I don’t think anybody ever thought, ‘This is it. We’re not going to finish this semester.’ I think because of our specific field, there’s so many options that there was no way we could have ever been halted completely.”

Not only do the professors and students feel it’s important to continue with the projects, but they also have appreciated having that connection with each other during this chaotic time.

“It’s really helpful to see people’s reactions and hear their voices,” Perrin said. “I don’t think I really understood how important that was until this situation happened, and now it’s like, ‘Oh, my God. I can’t wait to be back in person with these people.’”

All of the past projects for Soul of Athens can be found on its website, and all of the 2020 projects will launch on the website on April 21.

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A screenshot of the landing page of last year’s Soul of Athens project website.

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NOAH’S ARK

UNCLE SAM

National journalists failed People are more important than the economy to properly cover senator’s profits off pandemic

SAM SMITH is a junior studying geography at Ohio University NOAH WRIGHT is a junior studying strategic communication at Ohio University

On March 20, a story that should’ve been a massive scandal broke. Congress members had been briefed on the threat of COVID-19, and, while downplaying the threat to the American public, quietly shifted large amounts of their holdings into sectors that would benefit from the looming pandemic.

Sens. Richard Burr, James Inhofe, Dianne Feinstein and Kelly Loeffler, whose husband serves as the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, used classified intelligence to put themselves in a position to profit off COVID-19, making it very clear they value their investment portfolios over American lives.

This is an act that should still be causing public outrage. The idea that elected officials would commit such an act is maddening, but what’s more maddening is the media’s sudden silence on the issue.

The “media” is far too often scapegoated and used as an easy excuse for the world’s ills. However, journalists are supposed to serve as watchdogs over governments and businesses when oversight is needed. The core function of a democracy includes freedom of the press for exactly this reason. The fact that the last time The New York Times ran a story about this issue is absolutely laughable. It took only 24 hours for the world’s most prestigious newspaper to forgo all coverage of a scandal that should have ended in removal from 18 / APRIL 9, 2020

office and prison time.

What Sens. Burr and Loeff ler did is a revolting display of greed and corruption, but sadly, it’s not earth-shattering news. Scandals like these are why in 2019 just 17% of Americans said they had trust in the federal government, an all-time low. However, public outrage and pressure over these situations can’t be expected to produce results, or even amount to anything, if the Times spent 24 hours on it and let it slide into oblivion.

National reporters are bravely covering the greatest global disaster we’ve seen in decades, but while fledging local newspapers are laying off journalists and shutting their doors, the most trusted national outlets, who hold an air of superiority over local journalism that is arguably more valuable, are failing the public on this story.

The often derided media does deserve scrutiny in this situation. When this finally ends, millions of Americans may be dead, and these four senators stand to make millions off it. The deaths are certainly on their hands, but national journalism holds responsibility for the punishment that will never come.

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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy is crashing. Due to mandated closures of many outlets, about 10 million Americans are now unemployed, and claims for unemployment benefits are at an all-time high. Perhaps most frighteningly, 24% of small businesses are within two months of having to permanently close. All of these factors combined have led some to suggest that the economic fallout of the pandemic could be as bad or worse than the Great Depression.

So, at this moment, fears about the economy are justified. That is why the Senate unanimously passed a historic $2 trillion stimulus package in an attempt to halt further economic collapse. Still, some believe we must do more to save the economy. While he has since stepped back on these claims, President Donald Trump has indicated that he wanted America to effectively return to normal before Easter so that the economy could be revived. The pandemic, however, will probably not have even peaked by then.

Of course, we know that abandoning social distancing measures for political or economic benefit is not conducive to fighting COVID-19. While social distancing may not be optimal for economic growth, it undoubtedly saves lives by ensuring that hospitals are not overwhelmed and by buying time to find treatment methods. So, social distancing is obviously the way to go until the pandemic is over, right? Right, but many are dismissive of this.

“I’m not living in fear of COVID-19. What I’m living in fear of is what’s happening to this country … No one reached out to me and said, ‘As a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren?’”

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in an interview with Tucker Carlson, suggesting that people should risk their lives to protect the American economy.

While Trump’s insistence on returning to “normal” is ignorant, Patrick’s view is fully deplorable. Because of how COVID-19 spreads, one individual’s decision to sacrifice is not inconsequential for others: John Oliver correctly suggests that one person ignoring the lockdown for the sake of the economy is “actively volunteering others, including people of all ages with health conditions, to die.”

This should not even need to be said, but no one should ever have to die for the sake of economic success.

Economies and wealth are generated by the work of laborers — people. Letting people die for the sake of the economy that they build is not sustainable. Without people, there is no economy. As such, we must protect people before we protect the economy by maintaining the lockdown until it is fully safe to end it.

These are hard times for everyone in many ways, including financially, and that needs to be addressed. The solution, however, is not forcing people to leave the safety of quarantine. Rather, more stimulus packages may be required to give money directly to Americans. We must pause major financial obligations, like rents, mortgages, debts and other utilities. Then, once it is safe, things can return to normal, and the economy can keep growing. But until then and even thereafter, people must come first.

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What’s happening, rescheduled or canceled this weekend BAYLEE DEMUTH CULTURE EDITOR RILEY RUNNELLS ASST. CULTURE EDITOR

HAPPENING Friday, April 10 DJ Barticus Slow Jams on Twitch.tv or Instagram, @bartykutz for phone-shaped video at 10 p.m. Join DJ Barticus for his weekly “Live From Quarantine” virtual Friday night dance party, presented by WOUB Public Media. Admission: Free Saturday, April 11 Embodied Birth Course will feature a livestream for women to stay at home and go through a birth preparation course with certified midwife Ash Dasuqi. Some of the topics include progression of labor, natural pain management and waterbirth, homebirth and hospital birth. There are several different options for part one and part two of the course, and people can register online.

Admission: $145 Tuesday, April 14 Graduate Research Series with Jeffrey McCambridge hosted by Alden Library will be from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and streamed through Microsoft Teams. McCambridge will discuss his research of Western representations of Islam and Muslims in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Admission: Free

CANCELED/RESCHEDULED Thursday, April 9: Athens Bicycle Club Monthly Meeting has been canceled for the month of April.

The club may try to do a virtual meeting in May but for now have canceled the April meeting.

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Monday, April 13 My First 5K at 6 p.m. at Ohio O’Bleness Hospital, 55 Hospital Dr., has been canceled. The event, sponsored by Live Healthy Appalachia and Ohio Health, will still be sending weekly training guides to everyone who registered for the program so that you may complete the workouts independently.

NTL: Lehman Trilogy hosted by the Athena Grand has been canceled. The story of a family and a company that changed the world told in three parts in one evening was directed by Sam Mendes.

Wednesday, April 15 2020 Athens Jazz Festival: The Music of Art Pepper was set to be hosted by Ohio University Jazz. With a lineup of 11 musicians including special guests from other universities, OU faculty, like Matt James and Lucas Borges, as well as graduate students, like Andrew Meyer and Josh Harper, has been canceled.

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Yoga with Piper at 5:30 p.m. at The Dairy Barn Arts Center, 8000 Dairy Lane, has been canceled. The weekly event will remain canceled until further notice.

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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real at MemAud was a part of the concert series for 2019-2020. The event is set to be rescheduled, but the Performing Arts & Concert Series staff has not announced the new date yet.

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