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Returning to Athens — or arriving for the first time — means seeing new faces around campus and reuniting with old friends.

It’s time to shift back into gear by attending classes, participating in clubs and seeking out your favorite uptown eateries.

For many students, summertime means time away from Athens, so The Post wants to welcome everyone back with a paper on the newsstand before classes even begin.

If you stuck with The Post online this summer, you’ve probably seen some notable headlines, but if you’ve been soaking up the sun and disconnecting for a while, here are few to catch up: The City of Athens put on its first Pride Fest in mid-June, which included a weekend of activities.

On June 12, OU’s 21st president, Duane Nellis, received his official OU ID during ELIZABETH BACKO / his first day in his new role.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In sports, Tom Colletti, a right-handed pitcher for the Bobcats, signed with the San Diego Padres. Later in July, hundreds of people attended a Southern Ohio Copperheads game to break the world record for the most people to simultaneously spin fidget spinners.

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The beginning of the academic year is the time for new beginnings. You can pick up The Post every Thursday morning and read us online every day at thepostathens.com. And for you digital folks, we have a Facebook page and a Twitter account.

Plus, in this issue, you can catch up on everything you missed this summer and find out what you have to look forward to.

For example, the International Student Union has a new leadership team and is hoping to take time to honor the organization’s history this year.

Throughout the year, the Performing Arts and Concert Series will put on shows, including an evening of comedy with Dave Coulier, known for his role as Joey on Full House, and a country show with Brothers Osborne.

In sports, Ohio’s hockey team lost 10 seniors, but young talent is hoping to return to — and win — the national championship game this season.

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A cornucopia of feelings Another school year is finally here.

I use the word “finally” assuming that you are in fact a Bobcat — and I have never met a Bobcat that wasn’t ecstatic about returning to Athens.

Undoubtedly, welcome week can be RYLIE overwhelming as you ride waves of difBROWN ferent emotions, even for those of us who is a junior have a few years under our belts. If you’re studying experiencing excitement, sadness, denial journalism. and stress all at one time right now, you might want to read what is ahead, because I can assure you, you are not alone.

There are a few stages of emotions that everyone probably experiences during welcome week as our bodies starts acclimating to a more rigorous schedule and the bed sores start to heal from all-night Netflix benders during the summer.

The first emotion that I always notice when I get back to school is excitement. I’m so excited to get back into

a routine, see my friends, go to familiar hang out spots and see Athens again. Let’s face it, you missed the relaxed, small-town vibe and local comforts. After the excitement settles down, you notice how secure and content you feel being home after four months away. It’s as if you never left.

Despite these feelings, it is also likely that they clash with some feelings of sadness too. Coming back to school means leaving your family, pets and friends from home.

One thing that I have had to get used to while in college is the constant cycle of hellos and goodbyes. Anytime I’m saying hello to friends, I am saying goodbye to family and vice versa the other half of the year. Sure, it is definitely hard to get used to, but it really helps you grow emotionally and appreciate the time you have with people while you’re in the moment.

Aside from the depressing feeling of leaving loved ones behind, you’re probably still in shock that you actually have to start working on papers, speeches, presentations and group projects again, which can be equally

as saddening. Maybe you can even call it denial. But rest assured that if you deny that syllabus week will be over before you know it, you’ll be in for a rude awakening. Just try to ease into it. Make time for relaxation, time outside and catch up with friends. Try not to dive in all at once and spread yourself too thin the first couple of weeks because that could set a bad tone for the semester.

After living in your own head during welcome week and battling ups and downs of emotions, reality will set in, I promise. Give yourself some time and you will feel ready to tackle the year. Appreciate the time you have in college and try not to think about the fact that it will all be over in a blink of an eye because it is quite unsettling.

Cheers to a happy, fun and healthy school year. Welcome back, Bobcats.

Please note that the views and opinions expressed by columnists do not reflect those of The Post. Are you excited to be back in Athens? Let Rylie know by tweeting her @RylieMarieBrown.

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What to expect from Student Senate in 2017-18 Student Senate is the student governing body on campus, and we are honored to serve you. Senate is composed of 110 dedicated students, representing each pocket of campus, working to make student life better for all.

LANDEN This year, we plan to shift our atLAMA tention to more policy-based issues. is the To accomplish this, we have concepStudent tualized many projects and initiatives Senate we will be pursuing this year. We will president at Ohio be working to lower textbook costs, University infuse cultural competency initiatives and is a into learning communities, establish senior print centers in residence hall lobbies, studying fund a record number of events and political campus organizations, push for a 24/7 science. bus loop and bridge the divide between the university administrators and each and every one of you. In addition, our 12 commissions have already begun their work for the year.

The Governmental Affairs Commission is working to normalize relations with the city council, increase voter

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outreach and seek opportunities for lowering tuition. The International Affairs Commission is brainstorming interactive ways to keep students in the loop about what international organizations are doing and planning a mandatory program for resident assistants to carry out that will help international students and native students come closer.

The LGBTQA Commission will be working with various other LGBT groups to expand the feelings of safety and acceptability for students, even outside of OU’s campus, as well as sponsoring a mental health awareness week and PRIDE week. Our Women’s Affairs Commission has already begun planning this year’s Take Back The Night week with the Women’s Center. Environmental Affairs is speaking with administrators about the current composting system on campus, discovering ways to enhance our efforts, proposing alternatives to plastic bags in cafes and markets and looking to bring all of the environmental groups together to discuss ways to keep our university green.

Some of the Residence Life Commission’s plans include creating standard shifts and more benefits for resident assistants, collaborating with LGBT and Minority Affairs on expanding gender-neutral housing and establishing temporary lighting in the back of South Green.

The Minority Affairs commission is refocusing itself to focus more on underrepresented students, such as first-generation students and students from Appalachia.

The Senate Appropriations Commission, responsible for funding student organizations and events, will be better marketing uFund events and increasing student organization awareness of SAC funding.

To stay up to date, follow us on social media — just search OU Student Senate. Interested in joining Student Senate as a voting member or intern? Then email us at senate@ohio.edu for open positions. We also have weekly general body meetings that are open to the public, Wednesdays at 7:15 p.m. in Walter 235.

This is just a little nugget of what we’re doing this year — all of our other initiatives will come from you all. If any of the aforementioned initiatives interest you, or you have more positive changes you’d like to see on campus, contact any of our three executives — President Landen Lama, Vice President Nicole Schneider or Treasurer Zach Woods — or Chief of Staff Jon Schlosser.

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Serial rapist sentenced; ride share service introduced; Big Mamma’s begins delivery MADDIE CAPRON NEWS EDITOR From burritos and fidget spinner world records to city council meetings and arrests, here is what happened in Athens since Spring Semester ended.

SERIAL RAPIST ARRESTED, SENTENCED Shawn J. Lawson, Jr., 26, pleaded guilty to 11 counts related to serial rape and sexual assault in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas in June, according to a previous Post report. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison for serial rape. The arrest of Lawson followed an investigation by multiple state and local agencies that lasted more than 10 years.

In January 2016, Lawson’s DNA was linked to three sexual assaults in Athens that occurred in June 2006, June 2015 and December 2015, but his identity remained unknown. In May, Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn credited Lawson’s arrest to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s sexual assault examination kit testing initiative and the actions of local detectives.

“Lawson, Jr. will spend the next 40 … years of his life in prison, and hopefully, this will allow all of his victims time to heal,” Blackburn wrote in a news release.

CITY COUNCIL Athens City Council passed several ordinances and resolutions this summer. One ordinance was to aggregate gas bills in Athens with the hope of saving residents money, according to a previous Post report. The ordinance authorizes the Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council to aggregate natural gas bills in the city.

Additionally, council passed a resolution that would allow the creation of a climate protection plan in response to President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, according to a previous Post report. Councilwoman Chris Fahl, D-4th Ward, said the new plan would build on Athens’ current sustainability plan.

Council also approved the ban of conversion therapy in the City of Athens, saying conversion therapy could lead to the harm of LGBT youth, according to a previous Post report.

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Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn speaks about the arrest of Shawn Lawson for serial sexual assault at a press conference at the Athens County Courthouse on May 8. (ERIC WALKER / FILE)

sity’s LGBT Center and a survivor of conversion therapy, said at the meeting.

BIG MAMMA’S DELIVERY Not only did Big Mamma’s Burritos start delivering its burritos in mid-July, but it also brought along beer from its next-door neighbor, the Beer Store. The Athens restaurant announced it would use a smart car to make deliveries after 6 p.m. during the week and all day on weekends.

Deliveries will continue until 3 a.m., according to a previous Post report.

MISSING KAYAKER In July, six kayakers were swept over the White’s Mill waterfall on the Hocking River. Five of those kayakers either were rescued by emergency responders or were able to escape from the water on their

own, according to a previous Post report.

The body of the sixth kayaker, Steve Lippson, 40, of Racine, was later found by an OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital employee after a nearly three-day-long search.

FIDGET SPINNER WORLD RECORD At a Southern Ohio Copperheads game in July, the world record for the most people to simultaneously spin fidget spinners was broken. As the fifth inning came to an end, hundreds of people gathered behind the third base line for their chance to make history, according to a previous Post report. About 350 fidget spinners were given out at the game, and the world record was broken.

NEW RIDE SHARE SERVICE Liberty Mobility Now will offer trans-

portation services to students and residents in Athens. The ride sharing service started in June, and Bret Whitaker, the southeast Ohio area manager for Liberty Mobile Now, said the service offers ride-sharing like Uber or Lyft but is different because it also provides Mobility-as-a-Service, according to a previous Post report.

“Liberty’s focus is on getting people with mobility needs where they need to go safely, no matter who gives the ride,” Whitaker said in a previous Post report. “The MaaS model we use is very conducive to partnerships and referring rides to whatever mode is most efficient at the time of need.”

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his summer was the start of a new chapter for Ohio University.

OU President Duane Nellis took office, the school did not make The Princeton Review’s list of party schools and Republican Gov. John Kasich’s state budget pushed to make higher education more affordable in Ohio.

PRESIDENT NELLIS Nellis took office as OU’s 21st president on June 12. On his first day in Cutler Hall, he received his OU ID and met with Athens Mayor Steve Patterson.

“I’m so honored to be here and excited to see what’s to come these next upcoming years,” Nellis said on his first day.

Nellis, who earns the third-highest university paycheck with an annual salary of $475,000, is familiar with running a university.

He served as Texas Tech’s president from June 2013 to January 2016 and the University of Idaho’s president from 2009 to 2013. During his time at Idaho, he was on the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee, which was composed of a dozen university presidents who gave their approval for the college football playoff system. The playoff system, which began during the 2014-15 season, replaced the old Bowl

Championship Series.

Nellis worked for about 22 years at Kansas State University as a provost and senior vice president, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, director of the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, head of the geography department, an associate professor and an assistant professor.

He has previously worked in the Appalachian area, where he served as a dean at West Virginia University from 1997 to 2004.

Nellis earned his Ph.D. in geography from Oregon State University in 1980, his master’s in geography from Oregon State in 1977 and his bachelor’s in earth sciences and geography at Montana State University in 1976.

During his presidential forum Jan. 10, Nellis said diversity and transparency are crucial to being a university president.

PARTY SCHOOL REPUTATION For the second year in a row, OU did not make The Princeton Review’s top 20 list of party schools.

OU did, however, land a spot on six other lists: Financial Aid Not So Great, Least Accessible Professors, Professors Get Low Marks, The Best 382 Colleges, Best Midwestern Colleges and Green Colleges.

For its 2018 edition, The Princeton Review surveyed 137,000 students from across the country to determine which college has “the best food, best career

Duane Nellis laughs during an interview on July 19. (MEAGAN HALL / FILE)

services, happiest students, and more.”

BOARD OF TRUSTEES During June’s Board of Trustees meeting at OU’s Zanesville campus, the board approved the university’s budget, setting into motion a series of budget cuts totaling $4.9 million for the 2018 financial year. The board also approved a “minimal” tuition, fee and rate increase up to $10 per credit hour for the 2017-18 academic year.

The increase would have been allowed if it were finalized in the state

budget, but Kasich vetoed that item.

“Limiting the ability of state institutions of higher education to increase costs best aligns with Ohio’s ongoing efforts to increase access to higher education, improve careers opportunities for Ohioans, and make Ohio’s workforce more desirable to job creators around the world,” Kasich said in his veto.

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OU boosts Wi-Fi, updates buildings in hundreds of summer projects TAYLOR JOHNSTON DIGITAL PRODUCTION EDITOR With about 400 ongoing projects on campus, students can expect to see changes in technology and academic buildings when they come back from their summer vacations.

Ohio University’s Office of Information Technology plans to add 80 outdoor Wi-Fi coverage areas on the residential greens, starting with South Green and moving on to East and West greens, Sean O’Malley, IT communications manager, said.

“This upgrade is meant to give students a more seamless internet experience as they move around,” he said in an email. “Adding the new coverage will cost approximately $40,000.”

Later in the year, most likely during the Spring Semester, students will also be able to start using devices like wireless printers, streaming sticks and smart TVs in residence halls, O’Malley said.

“At this point, we’re still working out the exact details, but we expect to spend around $150,000 to add this capability,” he said in an email.

According to students during Bobcat Student Orientation and recent move-in weekends, connecting those sorts of devices has been a top student IT concern, he said.

“The students spoke, and we listened,” O’Malley said in an email.

One of the main construction projects happening on campus is repairing the retaining wall that goes from McGuffey Hall, in front of Cutler Hall and over to Wilson Hall on College Green. The project will cost about $250,000, Greg Robertson, the associate vice president for Architecture, Design and Construction, said.

The three buildings on College Green will receive window replacements, and Wilson Hall is receiving some repairs, such as paint for the roof, to its exterior, Robertson said.

Robertson said each project started and will finish up at different times.

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The interior of Clippinger Laboratories, which houses the departments of Physics and Astronomy, Geography, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Geological Science, has been on campus since 1965. (KATIE KLANN / FILE)

have the windows yet.”

Changes have also been made to several academic buildings.

“We have about 400 active projects right now,” Robertson said. “We’ve done a lot of work throughout campus.”

Robertson said some of the bigger projects included updates to the Central Classroom Building on West Union Street, the new Clippinger Laboratories building on South Green and Ellis Hall on College Green. “(In) Central Classroom, there’s been several projects in that building from the anthropology lab to the C-Suite project,” Robertson said. “(The C-Suite) is the big thing that we are planning to do in Central Classroom.”

The new Clippinger building is currently in the design phase, and design work is being finished for the Ellis Hall renovation, which should be starting in the fall.

Additionally, smaller projects have been requested for different classrooms in buildings like Porter Hall and Walter Hall.

“For example, there were projects this summer just to get in and do refreshes in the

classroom such as new carpet, paint, furniture (and) things like that,” Robertson said.

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Campus police see fewer alcohol incidents; sheriff’s deputies moderate soda argument BAILEY GALLION NEWS EDITOR After students left campus at the end of Spring Semester, the Ohio University Police Department saw a sharp drop in alcohol-related reports — over May and June, the department responded to only three incidents.

The first incident took place at about midnight on May 12. An OUPD officer stationed on Hudson Drive saw a 19-year-old man kicking a door at the Alpha Gamma Delta house on University Terrace.

As the officer approached, he witnessed the man removing a screen from a basement window on the house. The man was unsteady on his feet and smelled like alcohol, according to the OUPD report.

The officer issued the man a court summons for underage drinking and criminal mischief, and the man was transported to the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

Officers found one male student stumbling along Richland Avenue a little after midnight on June 18. Another man was reportedly passed out on the intersection of Congress Street and Washington Street about two hours later. Both men were transported to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

WEED ON THE GREEN OUPD officers received two reports of marijuana paraphernalia left on university property during May. On May 4, an electric company worker discovered marijuana paraphernalia in the attic space above the third floor in Perkins Hall, according to an OUPD report.

In the second incident, staff at the OU Golf Course located “possible controlled substances” in a golf cart. The OUPD report classifies the incident as illegal possession of marijuana.

The department’s public radio log for May and June listed 69 incident entries.

Forty-one of those incidents involved traffic violations. The department also received five reports of theft, several of which were bike thefts.

Elsewhere in Athens County, Athens County Sheriff’s deputies responded to theft reports involving a variety of items — and a bit of drama.

A TALE OF TWO BIKES Athens County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a series of alleged thefts between two neighbors on May 16.

The first neighbor told deputies the second neighbor had stolen $20 from her.

In an attempt to get her to return the money, the first neighbor stole the second neighbor’s bike; to try to get her own bike back, the second neighbor went ahead and stole the first neighbor’s bike.

Deputies mediated the dispute and the neighbors returned the bikes to each other. Because the deputies could not determine whether $20 was stolen, they left without taking further action.

I’LL TRADE YOU THE KEYS FOR THE REACHER-GRABBER A similar series of thefts allegedly took place on June 27.

Deputies arrived at a residence at about 9 p.m. in response to a complaint that someone was smoking indoors, according to a sheriff’s report. The woman who reported the incident said the man who was smoking had taken her keys, and she had taken his reacher-grabber in turn, offering to trade the reacher-grabber for the keys.

Deputies retrieved the keys from the man. He claimed that he had only taken them to roll up the car windows for her.

“Further complaints were also logged in regard to profanity, time spent on the telephone, and TV show selection in the home but were found not to be criminal in nature,” according to the report.

The deputies returned to patrol without taking any action.

SODA SOLUTION The Sheriff’s Office responded to another non-criminal dispute on June 25, when someone reported a fight between a girlfriend and a boyfriend.

Upon arriving, the deputies learned that the incident was only a verbal argument, and the two were fighting because the boyfriend had drank the last Faygo Moon Mist.

“Both parties were advised to separate if they could not get along and also to purchase more Faygo so there would be no incidents,” according to the report.

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Altering the administration Ohio University is set to kick off a handful of national searches for high-level administration replacements LAUREN FISHER

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s students prepare to dive back into their school and work routines, members of the Ohio University administration are planning to grapple with myriad mix-ups and staffing changes. Several positions within the higher levels of OU governance were left vacant within the past semester, meaning the

university is set to kick off a handful of national searches for replacements in the coming year.

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OU is still in the planning phases in regard to the vacancies, with the salaries of those holding interim positions being determined on individual bases, university spokesman Dan Pittman said.

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THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT fter nearly a year of anticipation, Duane Nellis took office as the 21st president of OU on June 12.

Meanwhile, Roderick McDavis, who spent 13 years as OU president, has settled into a new role as managing principal at AGB Search, a national search firm specializing in higher education.

The second alumnus and first black president to lead the university, McDavis announced his departure in March 2016, launching a national search and opening the door for David Descutner — an OU employee for more than 35 years — to take the reins until a permanent replacement was announced.

The national search process yielded four finalists by January but took a bit of an unexpected turn in February when three finalists withdrew their names within the same week. Nellis, the former president of Texas Tech University, was the last candidate left standing.

THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST eporting directly to the president, the executive vice president and provost oversees the university deans and is responsible for a number of operations crucial to the functioning of the university, including academic programming, financial and budgetary planning, research and internal coordination.

Three months after withdrawing her name from OU’s presidential race, former Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit announced she would be stepping down to join the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she now serves as the university’s senior vice president and provost.

During her time at OU, Benoit led a number of initiatives, including the implementation of the OHIO Guarantee — a system in which tuition and fees remain at a flat rate for 12 consecutive semesters of attendance — and the development of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine program in Cleveland.

As the university prepares to search for a permanent replacement for Benoit, the position will be held by Descutner,

who was appointed on the first day of the Nellis administration.

Also departing the office is Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Shari Clarke, who accepted a similar position at Eastern Washington University in June. Taking her place is Vice President for Student Affairs Jason Pina, who is now responsible for overseeing the LGBT Center, Multicultural Center and Women’s Center under the title of interim chief diversity officer until a national search yields a permanent replacement.

campaign while juggling leadership of the Ohio University Foundation, as well as alumni affairs and development.

In April, Benchoff announced that he would step down for a position as president and CEO of the Louisiana State University Foundation and vice president of Institutional Advancement.

Taking his place in the interim is Tom Davis, an OU alumnus with 32 years of experience with the university.

As the fundraising arm of the university, the Ohio University Foundation

Vice President for Student Affairs Jason Pina will oversee the LGBT Center, Multicultural Center and Women’s Center under the title of interim chief diversity officer. is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization responsible for planning capital campaigns and managing private donations.

Just a month after Davis was appointed, he assisted Nellis in announcing David Bambrey as interim assistant vice president of alumni relations and interim executive director of the OU Alumni Association. Bambrey replaced Jennifer Neubauer, who resigned from OU for a position with the alumni association at her alma mater, the University of Illinois.

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THE DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS U’s Division of Student Affairs will begin the year short one leading staff member: In June, Assistant Dean of Students Jamie Patton accepted a position with California Polytechnic State University as the school’s assistant vice president for Student Affairs – Diversity and Inclusion. During his more than three years at OU, Patton assisted with numerous aspects of student life, including the Parents Advisory Council and the planning of family weekends.

As of press time, an interim replacement for Patton had not been announced.

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nternational Student Union is starting off the 2017-18 academic year with a new leadership team and a different perspective. The new team hopes to strengthen the bond within the organization.

In spring 2017, ISU elected its new president, vice president and treasurer: Carla Triana, Jenna Grams and Yuxuan Huo, respectively. With a new leadership team, ISU has new goals for the school year.

Triana, a fifth-year senior studying international business, has been elected as ISU’s new president. She remembers her first International Street Fair as a sophomore and

feeling a sense of belonging.

“International Student Union made me feel like I belonged there at OU throughout my past couple years,” Triana said. “It was where I really felt embraced as a person.”

Triana was born in Mexico but is a domestic student and a U.S. citizen. She thinks this is an edge for her as ISU’s new president, as previous presidents were international students.

“I feel that, because I am a domestic student, I could hopefully bridge that gap between the international student community and the domestic student community,” Triana said. “Because, in a way, I’m a part of both.”

During her term as president, Triana hopes to strengthen the international community bond in the general body meeting.

“I feel like there was some sort of disconnection sometimes, and I just want to build that between all the organizations and hopefully to strengthen the ‘Many Nations, One Family,’ and have everyone feel included and supported,” Triana said.

She hopes to create more activities exclusive to the general body of ISU for members to interact and bond.

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She hopes to inform OU students and Athens residents about its history and everything it has accomplished.

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Hashim Pashtun, the previous president of ISU, said he had faith in that the new executives would do well, mentioning Triana’s previous experience in ISU. He hopes the new team will continue to connect with other organizations and create innovative projects.

“I’m pretty excited for them,” Pashtun said. “I hope that the team focuses on the rule of ISU — staying both connected with other organizations and departments and continuing to network.”

Triana said she was looking forward to the 2017-18 academic year.

“We’re starting on pretty much a clean slate,” Triana said. “We’re just super excited to put on all these great events, celebrate our 30th anniversary and have fun while we’re doing it.”

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ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT CENTER The Academic Advancement Center is an on-campus resource with drop-in hours or times available by appointment for the Student Writing Center. The Student Writing Center can help with papers, whether it’s through brainstorming sessions or editing. Also, for students struggling with particular classes, Tutoring Services can offer guidance. Again, you can schedule an appointment or drop in.

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Women’s Center and LGBT Center programs focus on diversity, intersectionality MAE YEN YAP CULTURE EDITOR For the new semester, the Women’s Center and the LGBT Center have one main goal: being inclusive.

Both centers will make efforts to increase intersectionality within their programs following efforts from last year.

The Women’s Center will restructure its events this year to increase manageability, M. Geneva Murray, the director of the Women’s Center, said. The center will not be hosting any night events and will instead increase its programming during the day.

Among those day programs is a collaboration with the Multicultural Center to support women of color. The new program will focus on issues from networking to ways to handle racial microaggression or sexual harassment within the workplace.

Though the program has not yet begun, Murray said it has already received support from student groups on campus “We’re hoping that that (support) will help grow the program so we’re touching not just women of color who are in student groups, but also outside of student groups to ensure that they are getting attention to the issues that matter to them,” Murray said.

The Women’s Center will also offer a mentoring program for students, salary negotiation workshops as well as workshops focusing on self-development.

“We’re really hopeful that people will make this a commitment to themselves for self-improvement and their own professional development,” Murray said.

One of the larger events the Women’s Center will be hosting in October is a display of a monument quilt at Peden Stadium. Organized by FORCE, an activist organization from Baltimore, the quilt is sewed by and focuses on the stories of sexual assault survivors.

“The quilt is a very visible way of showing the impact of sexual assault within our communities,” Murray said. “It’s important we’re focusing and centering on survivor’s stories rather than always talking about perpetrator prevention.”

On the other hand, the LGBT Center will continue its usual programs but is planning to make adjustments to them, delfin bautista, the director of the LGBT Center, said.

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Among those programs is the Queer Hollywood series. The center has reached out to collaborate with Multicultural Activists Coalition and Ebony Minds, a new student organization on campus, to work on a film series focusing on the intersections between queerness with race and ethnicity.

“It’s been a lot of fun, and people seem to enjoy it,” bautista, who uses they/them pronouns and the lowercase spelling of their name, said. “It’s been a nice way of raising awareness about different identities and ... LGBT history, LGBT narratives.

And they’re good discussion starters.”

The LGBT Center will also continue its Self Care series and hopes to include Athens residents and local businesses in the program this year.

The idea to connect students to local residents began when bautista met the owners of local business Dirty Girl Coffee during the Athens Pride Fest in June.

The meeting “sparked the idea of bringing queer folks in the community into the center, as well as supporting the work that they do in the community,” bautista said.

There are also plans to hold an evening of discussion between OU College Re-

publicans, OU College Democrats and the LGBT Center, bautista said. Though the Campus Conversations have created opportunity for dialogue, bautista said they “feel that it’s like-minded people speaking with like-minded people.”

“The opportunity to have a messy and tense conversation doesn’t always happen,” bautista said. “But I think we need to have those conversations, considering what’s happening politically in our country at the moment.”

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MULTICULTURALFESTIVITIES THE MULTICULTURAL STUDENT EXPO FEATURES MORE DIVERSE OPTIONS, GIVES STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE MULTICULTURAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, SEE PERFORMANCES

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hio University holds an involvement fair on College Green every August, but the Multicultural Student Expo highlights more diverse options, primarily for students of color.

“I think it’s really important because it brings together all of the multicultural student organizations as well as the offices that serve that population,” Winsome Chunnu-Brayda, the strategic director for diversity and inclusion and multicultural programs and initiatives, said.

The date for the Multicultural Student Expo had not been set as of press time.

Matthew Kinlow, president of the Black Student Cultural Programming Board, said the expo allows diverse students check out clubs that may not garner as much focus at the general involvement fair.

The theme for the Multicultural Student Expo, Nyansapo, comes from the Twi language and means “wisdom knot.” Its original meaning comes from the elders in the West African country, Ghana, who bestowed important information on younger villagers.

“With the expo, we have our juniors and seniors, leaders in these major organizations, who are then welcoming these first-year students and are telling them what they need to do to be successful,” Chunnu-Brayda said.

The biggest differences the expo has going for it are the different performances put on by the clubs. Singing, dancing and modeling are just some of the acts students can look forward to experiencing.

When Kinlow, now a senior studying pre-medicine and chemistry, was a freshman, he had a great time at the

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expo and enjoyed his first experience with Greek life when they performed a stroll. Strolling, or party walking, is a big deal for fraternities and sororities of color. Sometimes they create teams and compete against each other.

“The students from those organizations are actually exhibiting exactly what they do for students to see,” Chunnu-Brayda said.

The Multicultural Center will aim to keep interest high throughout the year with events during heritage months, Ohio University’s special weekends and other programs.

Kinlow said BSCPB organizes social events for all students. They work heavily with the Multicultural Center for programs such as the Sibs Weekend concert and Moms Weekend Expo.

Chunnu-Brayda said African Americans make up the largest portion of OU’s multicultural students followed

by Hispanics, Latinos, Asian Americans and Native Americans.

“Students tend to be drawn to areas where they see a majority of people who look like them,” she said.

Chunnu-Brayda said a highlight of the center’s events comes during Native American Heritage Month and Hispanic Heritage Month because they partner with the 90 Minutes Series to schedule speakers. During those special months, the center focuses on showcasing that group’s accomplishments and giving room to discuss its challenges.

“We see heritage months as an opportunity to showcase the achieve-

ment of members of those particular groups and talk about their challenges,” she said.

Professors sometimes let students attend the 90 Minutes Series speakers for extra credit, which Chunnu-Brayda believes helps make students more cultured.

“I’m a firm believer in incorporating what happens on the programming side of the university with what’s happening in the classroom and making sure the two complement each other so we get well rounded students at the end of four years,” she said.

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Performing Arts and Concert Series brings in acts from comedy to country GEORGIA DAVIS CULTURE EDITOR Every year, Andrew Holzaepfel attempts to bring in an “eclectic” line up of performers for the Performing Arts and Concert Series — and this year, he said the line up is “extremely strong.”

The Performing Arts and Concert Series is a set of shows covering everything from pop artists to comedians and jazz to theater. Most of the shows, with the exception of some special add-on events, take place in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.

The series is split into two primary sub-series: concert and main. The concert series showcases artists people might hear while tuning their car radios to their favorite stations.

As of press time, only two acts are on the roster for the concert series. Country duo Brothers Osborne will perform Sept.

8, and The Simon and Garfunkel Story will celebrate its 50th anniversary in MemAud on Oct. 4. Tickets for those two events are on sale.

The main series is similar to a traditional subscription package that other performing arts venues might offer, Holzaepfel, the senior associate director of student activities, said. The main series is a group of nine diverse shows that can be sold as a package or broken up into its individual shows.

There are certain types of shows Holzaepfel looks for every year, he said, including touring Broadway shows. Two Broadway hits, Cabaret and The Wizard of Oz, will stop in Athens this academic year.

As for the other shows, Holzaepfel said he rotates between the traditional fine arts genres, such as jazz and theatrical pieces.

“Some years we’ll have dance; some years we’ll have a classical orchestra; some years we’ll have a theater piece,” he said. “We kind of rotate through, on a year-to-year basis, the type of shows that are on there, but we try to keep the series pretty eclectic.”

Along with the two Broadway titles, Holzaepfel said the addition of Kenny G enhances the lineup. The musician, known for his skills on the saxophone, will perform in MemAud during Spring Semester.

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Country duo Brothers Osborne will perform at Ohio University on Sept. 8. (Provided via Andrew Holzaepfel)

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The series will team up with the School of Music to bring Broadway for the Holidays. The show will be in celebration of the school’s 100th anniversary.

“We will be working directly with the School of Music in kind of producing that show, so that’s a really exciting opportunity for Athens,” Holzaepfel said.

Another exciting opportunity for Athens will come when Project Trio will visit for five days in September to teach master classes, conduct outreach in the city and educate people, Holzaepfel said. When the chamber music group performs in MemAud, it will be accompanied by OU’s School of Music Symphony Orchestra.

“On top of their performance on the series, they’re going to do another (number of) activities over the course of the week,

so we’re pretty excited about that,” he said.

In addition to the concert and main series, the Campus Involvement Center will put together upward of 20 more shows.

Those events include sponsored events or special add-ons for university weekends.

The show for Dads Weekend will feature comedian Dave Coulier, who is known for his role as Uncle Joey on Full House and its reboot, Fuller House.

Mallory Walsh, a senior studying studio art, has seen some of the shows OU has to offer. She said the acts that come to OU are “pretty neat” and provide an enriching experience at a discounted price.

As a person who studies art, Walsh believes it is important to appreciate the performances OU brings to Athens.

“After being in this major for a while, you kind of realize how much the arts are

on a decline lately. … It’s kind of forgotten,” she said. “People kind of see it as, ‘Oh, this is a cool hobby,’ (so) it’s always downplayed. So I really appreciate that OU offers (performances) because it kind of helps keep the art community alive.”

Holzaepfel also encourages students to come check out the shows in MemAud. Because the venue seats 2,000 people, he said it offers a closer look at live entertainment.

“It feels really intimate because there’s just not much distance between even the back seats and the stage,” Holzaepfel said.

“I think MemAud is a jewel. I just try to bring in the shows to accent that.”

Mae Yen Yap contributed to this report.

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Third annual comedy show to fill Convo with laughter GEORGIA DAVIS CULTURE EDITOR Welcome weekend at Ohio University can be stressful, but the Campus Involvement Center is trying to provide students with a way to laugh it all off before classes start.

Michelle Wolf will headline Convo Comedy Night on Aug. 25 following the Class of 2021 Photo Experience. Meagan McCarthy, the assistant director of student activities, expects the comedy show will start at about 8:30 p.m. The event is free.

Last year, the comedy show was on Saturday, but it will be on Friday this year.

McCarthy said the day changed to Friday because the class photo was also moved to Friday. She said the center likes to position the comedy show right after the class photo because all of the students are already together and often walk to the show as a group.

Michelle Wolf is a writer and contributor for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

She was also a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers and performed a stand-up

set on the show in 2014.

Wolf is set to have her first stand-up special air on HBO later this year. The comedy special was filmed in New York City this summer.

This is the center’s third year hosting Convo Comedy Night. The center went a different route with choosing Wolf to headline, McCarthy said.

In 2015, Aidy Bryant from Saturday Night Live performed, while last year, Parks and Recreation star Retta brought people to The Convo for the comedy show.

Wolf stood out to the center’s staff because she is personable and her sets are relatable to college students, McCarthy said, while also noting the ease with which Wolf performs.

“She doesn’t try to be funny,” she said.

“She just has that streak of funny that not a lot of people have.”

Brianna Murphy, a junior studying child and family studies, has been to a comedy show at OU but not Convo Comedy Night. She said she was interested in seeing another live comedy show.

“It’s kind of like a stress relief,” Murphy

said. “If you’re studying or stressed with classes you can go and just kind of unwind, laugh, go with your friends.”

The comedy show can be a great time for students to unwind from the stress of move-in weekend and leaving behind their families, McCarthy said.

“It gives our students the chance to sit back, relax, enjoy and laugh,” she said. “It really kicks of the year on a really high, funny note.”

Mae Yen Yap contributed to this report.

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Top sports news from summer Former Ohio pitcher signs with Padres; Antonio Campbell denied fifth season ANDREW GILLIS / SPORTS EDITOR

It’s easy to completely forget about Bobcats athletics while you’re on summer vacation. While you might not have the motivation to read about a team while sitting on the beach, the Bobcats sports landscape didn’t

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stop. Here are the biggest headlines from summer 2017: FORMER OU ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO TAMPERING WITH RECORDS On June 27, Drake Bolon, former Assistant Athletic Director of Marketing and Sales, stepped down.

He then pleaded guilty to the charge of tampering with records via a Bill of Information, which is when someone agrees to the charges before coming in front of a grand jury.

Bolon has been placed in the Athens County Empowerment program for three years. The program rehabilitates low-level first-time offenders. He also agreed to pay the university $6,000 in restitution.

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ANTONIO CAMPBELL’S APPEAL FOR FIFTH SEASON DENIED In addition to losing star point guard Jaaron Simmons to Michigan, Ohio officially lost its former MAC Player of the Year.

Antonio Campbell suffered a broken foot in early January and missed the rest of the regular season. Ohio later lost in the MAC Tournament semifinals to Kent State.

Campbell was averaging 16.4 points and 8.9 rebounds before his injury and was consistently regarded as one of the MAC’s premier post players.

With first Simmons and now Campbell out of the fold, it wasn’t a model offseason for coach Saul Phillips and the Bobcats.

BASEBALL: OHIO FALLS TO INDIANA IN NCAA TOURNAMENT, ENDS SEASON Ohio made the NCAA Tournament for

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the second time in three years but fell in the first two games with losses to Kentucky and Indiana.

The Bobcats lost 6-4 to the Wildcats and 11-2 to the Hoosiers.

Ohio finished the season 31-28 after an incredible run in the MAC Tournament, but it couldn’t solve the power of Kentucky and Indiana.

SOFTBALL: OHIO FALLS JUST SHORT OF AN INCREDIBLE COMEBACK IN THE NISC Ohio had a truly magical season last year.

The Bobcats had the most dominant pitchers in the MAC and one of the most dominant in the nation — Savannah Jo Dorsey — as they rode that to the inaugural National Invitational Softball Championship.

With a 42-18 record, the Bobcats finished with the most wins in program history. Though they didn’t win the NISC or the MAC, they had a year that won’t be soon forgotten.

BASEBALL: TOM COLLETTI SIGNS WITH SAN DIEGO PADRES Former Ohio pitcher Tom Colletti signed with the San Diego Padres organization as an unrestricted free agent after three seasons as a Bobcat.

Colletti made six starts last season with 27 appearances, a 3.66 ERA and led the team with a .196 opponent batting average.

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Defending the MAC East In the conference’s preseason poll, Ohio was picked to win the MAC East — but not the championship

Kylan Nelson (23) leads a prayer after Ohio’s game against Buffalo in Peden Stadium on Nov. 3. (MATT STARKEY / FILE)

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CANTON — Frank Solich had finally gotten the cookies he wanted.

Early in the afternoon that day, he wondered if any cookies were around. Now, he munched on a snickerdoodle and a chocolate chip cookie.

Solich had grown a heavy gray stubble over the summer.

The Bobcats ended last season with two losses, but that didn’t seem to bother him at all. He still wore the smile that’s more contagious than the flu, and he was relaxed as ever.

He fiddled with his cookies for a few seconds. But then it was time to talk business: his team.

Solich, running back A.J. Ouellette and defensive back Javon Hagan represented the Bobcats at the 2017 Mid-American Conference Media Day on July 26. Instead of Ford Field in Detroit, the site of this year’s media day was the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.

The Bobcats were selected to win the MAC East in the conference’s preseason poll, but they weren’t selected to

win the MAC Championship. They finished with 11 first-place votes; Miami finished with 12. Toledo was widely selected to win both the MAC West and the MAC Championship Game.

Ohio’s mindset was still as tough as ever.

“I don’t know that it’s all that meaningful to us,” Solich said bluntly.

Ohio won the MAC East last season, but it lost against Western Michigan in the 2016 MAC Championship Game.

Along with that loss, and another against Troy in the Dollar General Bowl, it left the Bobcats feeling sour.

It was a disappointing way to end a season that was filled with accomplishments: defeating Bowling Green for the first time since 2011; boasting the top-ranked rushing defense in the MAC, and one of the best in the country; and defeating Toledo at the Glass Bowl for the first time since 1967.

Though the Bobcats want to forget how last season ended, they want to remember beating Toledo.

The only other team in the MAC that beat the Rockets last year? Western Michigan, the conference’s defending champions.

“What I’m excited about is that they have to come to us,” Ouellette said of Toledo. “I’d like to see how they play at Peden Stadium.”

The Bobcats played arguably their best game of the

season during their win against the Rockets. Running back Dorian Brown rushed for 212 yards and became the first Ohio running back to rush for more than 200 rushing yards in a game since Chris Garrett did so in 2008 against Miami.

Though the Bobcats outplayed the Rockets in the Glass Bowl, Ohio knows winning at Peden isn’t a guarantee. The Bobcats will play the Rockets at home on Nov. 8.

“Just how we went to the Glass Bowl and defeated them, they can come to Peden Stadium and defeat us,” Hagan said. “Home or away, we still have to get the job done.”

Ouellette had a glimmer of hope in his eyes and a sly smile on his face when he thought about Toledo being predicted to win the MAC. He had just talked with Rockets quarterback Logan Woodside earlier that week.

The Rockets are predicted to win the MAC now, but the season still hasn’t started. Ouellette would like to see what the MAC looks like in December.

“They’re a great team. The preseason people, they can pick what they want,” Ouellette said of Toledo. “You gotta earn it on the field. I hope that motivates them as much as the MAC East motivates us.”

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Bobcats striving for another championship run After falling a win short last season, Ohio looks to both its veteran talent and new recruits to take the final step toward winning the title ANTHONY POISAL FOR THE POST Ohio’s previous season may have ended in perhaps the toughest way possible: a 3-0 defeat in the national championship game against Central Oklahoma.

But the feeling of falling just short should fuel Ohio’s young and talented core toward making another deep run this upcoming season.

With depth on their side, the Bobcats have every reason to believe they’ll be right back in the championship game come springtime.

RETURN OF YOUNG TALENT Ohio lost 10 seniors from its previous squad, three of whom finished top-five in scoring last season, but coach Sean Hogan and the rest of the team are viewing that statistic from a different angle.

Expand that number, and the Bobcats actually lost just three of their 10 leading scorers, with four of the returning seven players entering their sophomore year and stepping into bigger roles on the team.

“I think guys like Gianni Evangelisti, who played a lot of last year on the third line, will see a lot more shifts and more games on our top line,” Hogan said. “We’re looking for Jacob Houston to be great on our back end as well.”

In Evangelisti and Houston, who are entering their sophomore years, Ohio already has two players capable of producing points from both forward and defense. Evangelisti finished third among forwards with 32 points and led the team with a plus-22 plus/minus rating, while Houston led the defense with 28 points in addition to finishing plus-11.

The Bobcats will also have sophomores Austin Heakins and Tyler Harkins, who finished last season with 27 and 24 points, respectively. Heakins also finished second on the team with 22 assists.

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Ohio’s Austin Heakins celebrates with his teammates after a goal was scored against John Carroll on Sept. 24 (BLAKE NISSEN / FILE)

already completed. In his freshman season, Thomas led all Ohio goalies with 19 games played and went 13-4-1 and tallied three shutouts with a 2.38 goals-against average.

FRESHMEN AND TRANSFERS BOOST TALENT, DEPTH Last year’s crop of new players gave Ohio the boost it needed to reach its first national championship game appearance since 2004.

This season, the Bobcats are hoping the newcomers will provide the missing ingredient needed to finish that final game with a win.

“We had a great freshman class last year,” Hogan said. “We’re excited about this group that we’re bringing in. The difference this year is that there are a lot more transfers.”

As of press time, Ohio has added seven players to its 2017-18 squad, with three coming as NCAA transfers. Defenseman Nick Grose comes from Utica College, forward Garrett Elmore transferred from Gustavus Adolphus College and forward Timmy Thurnau has moved from Elmira College.

“We’re bringing in some guys that have college experience under their belt, so that helps a bunch,” Hogan said.

One aspect Hogan wanted this year’s team to improve upon is net-front goals, which he believes will come with more “grit” and a heightened physical presence — a characteristic that several new players, such as Elmore, forward/defenseman Shawn Baird and forward Zach Frank,

have voiced as a key part of their games.

If the new recruits meet the expectations, Ohio could have even more of a complete team than that of last season.

OTHER THINGS TO KNOW - Ohio will unveil new home jerseys in August that will honor the team’s upcoming 60th anniversary season. Additionally, the Bobcats will also have onice logos at Bird Arena to commemorate the milestone.

- The Bobcats enter 2017-18 looking to capture their 16th straight season with at least 25 wins.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Veteran attackers return, but a hole on defense remains The graduation of central defender Kristen Buchanan has left a big hole in front of goal, and Ohio is looking to two new recruits to fill it ERIC WALKER FOR THE POST The 2016 season did not go as planned for Ohio.

The Bobcats missed the Mid-American Conference Championship Tournament for the first time since 1989 and dealt with injuries that caused changes to the lineup every game.

A 6-11 record last year made it the fourth straight season that Ohio has had a losing record, but the team finished 3-3 in MAC play, and improvements showed as the season progressed. Scoring an average of two goals a game while giving up three did not result in many wins last season.

Defense is where Ohio will need to improve the most this season, as the team lost central defender Kristen Buchanan to graduation. The 14.5 shots allowed per game to opponents forced the Bobcat goalies to make save after save to keep the team in the game.

Two of the four recruits coach Neil Macmillan signed are defensive players and could compete for playing time immediately, as Macmillan will play whoever can help the defense allow fewer shots. Injuries hit the defense hard last year and forced Macmillan to play different combinations of players each game, so finding a consistent defensive group should help the team allow fewer shots and, ultimately, goals.

Kendall Ballard will return for her junior year after she led the Bobcats in goals, with 12, and tied for the team lead in assists, with four. The midfielder was always near the ball as the attack ran through her all season, even when she was moved to a more defensive role for one game because of injuries.

Teams will now focus their game plan on slowing down Ballard, whose talent is undeniable. She was named to the U.S. U-21 National Team on June 21 after the 2017 Young Women’s National Championship. The goals scored by Ballard may decrease this year, but that could result in more goals for their other talented attackers.

Maria Russell will enter her senior year after scoring six goals last year and 12 in her sophomore campaign. Russell is efficient with her shots; she shot only 21 times last year.

Alongside Russell was Brittany Keen, who tallied six goals and four assists in her freshman season. The Perth, Australia, native did not need any time to adjust to college field hockey: She tallied two goals in the first game of the season against St. Francis.

She started 14 games and appeared in all 17.

In net, Alex Pennington became the starting goalie just before the beginning of conference play last season and will be in goal for the start of this season. Four of the Bobcats’ six wins came with Pennington in goal, and the team allowed seven goals in those four games.

The best game from Pennington did not come in a win, but in a 2-1 loss to Kent State.

She made 17 saves, which kept the Bobcats in the game for two overtime periods.

More than half of the starts last season were made by underclassmen, so the Bobcats have players with some experience at every position on the field. As maturity increases, the number of mistakes each player makes should go down.

Years ending in seven have been special to Ohio: The 2017 season will represent the 10-year anniversary of the 2007 MAC Championship team and the 30year anniversary of the 1987 MAC Championship team.

The first step for Macmillan and the Bobcats is to return to the conference tournament with a large amount of experience gained by the underclassmen, along with the leadership of the upperclassmen.

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