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Stop and smell the roses Students need to spend some more time outside.

ELLEN WAGNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

top and think: When was the last time you really spent time outside?

I am not talking about when you walked to class, sat outside Baker Center and did your homework or drank with your friends on a porch.

I mean going outside to do an activity that was for your own enjoyment.

Students are so stuck in a routine with classes, studying and extracurricular activities that it seems like there really is not much time to do anything else.

Students end up spending most of their days in a classroom or studying in the library or at home. When there is free time, it is usually spent inside relaxing, binge-watching some television or just taking a nap.

The last thing most students want to do at the end of the day is think about doing anything besides relaxing or getting their work

done to be ready for the next day.

There can even be some days that you come home and realize the longest time spent outside was the walk to class to and from where you live.

Students never barely have time for themselves. When they do, they usually don’t have the energy to explore somewhere new.

Students are told over and over to take care of ourselves both mentally and physically, which can be done by going outside just for a little bit everyday.

Going outside can improve short-term memory, help you concentrate and relieve stress. It can also result in better vision and reduced inflammation, and it can have possible anti-cancer benefits.

At some point in four years, every student should take the time to see what the great outdoors in Athens has to offer.

The Hockhocking Adena Bikeway is a 21mile trail that stretches all the way to Nel-

sonville that you can venture on bike or on foot. If you’re looking for something a little more difficult, hike up Bong Hill, Radar Hill or Witches Hill.

Just a short drive away is Strouds Run State Park that includes hiking trails, a beach and water craft rentals. Even plan a weekend camping trip to Hocking Hills with your friends, which is about an hour outside of Athens.

As The Post’s first special issue of the year, we wanted to look into outdoor recreation that might not be as well-known.

So take time to explore Athens, whether with your friends or on your own, and give yourself the break you need from everyday life.

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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Rain or shine, the Scalia Lab will make a forecast NOLAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR The members of the Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis put out at least two forecasts every day from their office at the top of the Clippinger Laboratories.

Faculty, staff and student forecasters interpret current local and regional conditions, atmospheric conditions, forecast models and even an outdoor webcam feed to predict the weather.

“I think there’s somewhat of an art to it, too,” Scalia Lab Director Ryan Fogt said. “It’s not just pure science. There’s somewhat of a gut intuition, you have a feeling this is going to happen. That intuition is pretty powerful, and knowing when to trust that intuition or when to push it away is really helpful.”

The student forecasts are published on the lab’s website, Facebook and Twitter every day “from New Years Eve to New Years Day,” Fogt said, as well as on a weather hotline that the lab keeps for people without immediate access to the internet.

The lab has offered call-in forecasts since its inception in the early 1980s. Two undergraduate students who wanted to expand the forecasting program in 1981 would climb a weather observation tower on Porter Hall to pick up the National Weather Service’s forecast on the radio, which they would publish on an answering machine.

By the late ‘80s, the lab installed a small satellite dish —

often covered in chicken wire to pick up the scrambled NWS signal — and nine answering machines to field over 400,000 calls per year.

The lab has since moved its forecasts online but keeps the hotline as a tool for the community, Fogt said.

“I think that’s what’s important about what we do,” Fogt said. “You can go on your phone and get a weather forecast, you can go online and get a weather forecast, there’s so many ways now to get weather information. What we’re doing is adding the local knowledge.”

Their work does not go unappreciated, Fogt said. Students have their face and email attached to every forecast they publish. When the 8 a.m. deadline for the morning forecast is missed, the lab will get calls from community members.

“Students take it very seriously because of that,” Fogt said.

“Especially when go into a career, this is like their resume, their record of how good (they) are. And any feedback you receive in that time, especially public feedback, is going to be really critical to establishing your place in the future.”

The feedback they get is mostly positive though, Charlotte Connolly, webmaster for the lab, said. They have some regulars who will comment and ask questions about forecasts that are posted on the lab’s social media pages, and the lab will receive the occasional message thanking it for a correct forecast.

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Logan Clark, a second-year graduate student studying geology with a focus on meteorology, began working in the lab while he was an undergraduate and is now hired on as the associate director.

“When I was a kid, I loved cartoons and everything, but a lot of the time I would get home from school and turn on the Weather Channel and watch it for hours on end,” Clark said. “I knew that as soon as getting into college, they said it’s going to be tough; you’ve got all of these physics courses, and math courses, all these different sort of weed-out classes. But if you stick through it, it’s going to be worth it.”

There are 14 students currently helping at the lab as well as four students who are hired on as staff.

Fogt is looking forward to the future of the lab within the renovated Clippinger building. “(The lab) has come from something so outdated and basic to where we are now,” Fogt said. “We’re hoping (that) because this building will get renovated, that Skylab is also a major upgrade, to move things much more to the digital era and have a blend of a lot more technology in the lab and do a lot more cool things because of that shift that we will see in the future.”

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Benefits of biking Riding a bike may be one of the best ways to combat cardiovascular disease.

MADDIE BUSSERT FOR THE POST With several bike trails around the city and a new one on the way, biking is considered a popular hobby among all age groups in Athens. But aside from being an enjoyable pastime, biking offers a wide variety of physical and mental benefits.

Athens County will soon be home to Baileys Trail, the largest continuous mountain bike trail east of the Mississippi River, which will consist of 88 miles of pathways throughout the Wayne National Forest.

The new trail will provide cyclists around the area with a new place to enjoy a bike ride. It will also give visitors the opportunity to participate in what is one of the best ways to exercise, said Marc Barr, an associate professor of instruction for exercise physiology.

Currently, cardiovascular disease is one of the highest causes of death in the U.S. One of the best ways to prevent it is to increase your cardiorespiratory fitness by challenging your entire body through exercise, Barr said.

“We favor the bike because it doesn’t matter if a person is overweight, needs a knee replacement, whatever it is, (because) most people can use a bike comfortably,” Barr said. “A lot of people are limited when it comes to physical activities like running. That’s where the bike comes in.”

Leg muscles are the largest muscles in the human body, and biking uses all of those muscles without stressing them, like jogging or running typically would, Barr said. On a bike, all of your weight is suspended on the seat, so you’re not using your entire body weight with each step.

Biking also has a higher value on the MET scale, a measurement of the energy it takes to do different physical activities, compared to other activities, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But aside from being physically tasking, biking also poses mental challenges, which are often just as rewarding and beneficial.

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A man rides his bike on the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway as he passes in front of an Ohio University sign. (FILE)

Meredith Erlewine, a community health worker at Athens City-County Health Department and co-owner of Athens Bicycle, said mountain biking in particular can teach kids and adults a lot about themselves and can give benefits that people wouldn’t typically expect.

“Sometimes unexpected things can happen while biking. For example, you get caught in the woods in a thunderstorm, or you get a flat tire. You have to have the skills to get yourself out of that situation and finish the ride, and knowing how to do that builds self confidence,” Erlewine said.

She also said that bicycling is an activity at which people can watch themselves get better.

“You have to put in a lot of work to make it up the hills. It takes people months or years to accomplish the goals they set for themselves, and it’s satisfying to see the progress that comes out of that hard work,” Erlewine said.

Building map-reading skills, which are necessary to have when mountain biking, is another unexpected benefit, Erlewine said. She said it is empowering to get to know the geography of the land and to be able to get yourself where you want to go based off the

choices you make.

Erlewine is also a certified bicycle skills instructor and is currently coaching a youth mountain bike team of sixth to 12th grade students from Athens County.

“It’s really great to see the pride that these kids are feeling for being able to try a harder trail, or ride more miles, or learn how to fix a flat tire,” she said.

“They’re really proud. It’s awesome to see what they’re getting out of that.”

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Tech-savvy science iNaturalist allows citizen scientists to help catalog species in Wayne National Forest.

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TAYLOR BURNETTE FOR THE POST ural Action is using a new app to crowdsource cataloging of the Wayne National Forest from citizen scientists through the submission of photos of wildlife to the database for identification.

Since January 2018, Rural Action has pushed for a BioBlitz, an ongoing documentation of a specific area of the Athens portion of the Wayne National Forest. Any photos submitted within the map of the project are automatically compiled into the database.

“We have 10,602 observations in the BioBlitz as of today, representing roughly 2,887 species,” said Joe Brehm, Environmental Education Program Director at Rural Action.

So far, 266 people have contributed to the project, Brehm said. iNaturalist is set up so that people who post do not have to know what wildlife is in the photo.

“Anyone who uses the app can see what you have posted and either offer a suggestion, or maybe a more precise identification, or communicate with you about what was found in general,” said Brett Smith, an AmeriCorps member with Rural Action.

The BioBlitz allows for people of all ranges of knowledge to contribute to the cataloging of the forest. Martha Bishop, a professor and lab coordinator in the College of Arts and Sciences, leads mushroom survey expeditions which contributes greatly to the wildlife database, both with mushrooms and other species observed along the way.

“I think it encourages people to know that they can contribute to efforts like this without knowing anything to begin with,” Bishop said.

BioBlitz hikes the iNaturalist app allows for anyone to contribute to the database.

Everyone from experts like Bishop to high schoolers from Alexander High School that participate in the hikes are able to contribute.

“The BioBlitz hikes are utilized to give non professional and professional scientist time to work and share together over a varying degree of knowledge and subjects,” Nessa Hesser, an AmeriCorps member with Rural Action, said in an email.

Citizen science gives an opportunity for those who don’t work professionally as scientists to be able to contribute to the work of the scientific community. By having large groups of people collect information, Hesser said, more information can be collected in a shorter time frame than if just the scientific

Avery Waffen catalogs a tree on West Green with the iNaturalist app. (GRACE WILSON / FOR THE POST)

community was going out and surveying.

Bishop said sometimes citizen scientists can make some of the greatest contributions to projects like the BioBlitz. One woman photographs moths in her backyard, which lies just above the forest. Staying up late into the night, she has a black light and a white sheet to attract insects, Brehm said.

“She submitted a total of 3,386 observations representing 1,382 species,” Brehm said.

The project has identified more species than those involved with the project had expected.

“I’ve been studying this stuff for the last 10 years,” Brehm said. “I’ve been here, and I had no idea just how much diversity we have.”

Others were in awe of how diverse and specific the contributions to the database have been.

“I expected fully a couple hundred of the same strand of trees,” Smith said. “But it hasn’t been like that. Our number one observed species is actually dragonflies.”

A lot of the data gathered has opened up even more questions, Brehm said. Those include the opportunities that surround the identification of species in the area, protection of native species and what role species play in an environment.

There are many ways for everybody, ranging from citizen scientists to those who work in the scientific community, to get involved with iNaturalist and the BioBlitz. The iNaturalist app can be downloaded any device. Anything submitted within the map of the project will be automatically uploaded to the BioBlitz database of the Wayne National Forest.

“You know the old saying, knowledge is power,” Brehm said. “Well, (iNaturalist is) a way to kind of make that knowledge.”

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Mayoral candidates participate in forum; changes to zoning code being considered ABBY MILLER FOR THE POST ATHENS POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES SEXUAL BATTERY REPORT The Athens Police Department received a sexual battery report Friday.

The report was an incident of sexual battery that occurred Thursday at about 1 a.m. A 21-year-old woman reported that she was a rape victim. APD defined the incident as a “sexual battery — victim control impaired,” according to the report.

The subject is unknown but described as a 5-foot-8inch white man. The victim declined to speak to officers, and the investigation is pending.

This is the second sexual battery report APD has received this school year.

MAYORAL FORUM DISCUSSES CITY’S MOST PRESSING TOPICS Two candidates for mayor of Athens faced off in a public forum Tuesday at the Athens Public Library to answer questions about their platforms and plans for improving

the city as mayor.

Current Athens Mayor Steve Patterson and challenger Damon Krane answered questions submitted by both the audience and media. There were about 70 people in attendance at the forum, which began at 6:30 p.m.

The candidates answered questions about improvements that could be made to better each area of the city. Patterson talked about the need for improvement infrastructure, such as sidewalks, water lines and street maintenance. Krane also addressed the need for improvements throughout the city but questioned why the more affluent parts of Athens see more improvements in infrastructure than the city’s “deplorable” ones. Krane said if he was mayor, he would shift the focus more onto people who need help the most.

Krane, who is running as an independent, also spoke about the centerpiece of his campaign, “Operation Slumlord Smackdown.” The plan would reform housing code and crack down on negligent landlords in the city.

The forum was the first in a series hosted by the League of Women Voters of Athens County. The next forum will take place Oct. 3. at 6:30 p.m. in the Athens Community Center and will involve the At-Large candidates for Athens City Council.

CHANGES TO ZONING CODE CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL The Athens City Council discussed the possibility of amending the language to the zoning code Monday to make the Board of Zoning Appeals hear fewer cases.

The issue was discussed by City Council’s Planning and Development committee. If Athens residents want to make certain additions to their home, they may need to request a variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals, or BZA. The changes would ensure fewer non-objectionable cases are required to be processed by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

Former six-year BZA member Joan Kraynanski said her biggest concerns with the BZA were with transparency and separation of powers. She was against any change that would limit public notice and stifle transparency with the BZA. The change was not voted upon and will be further discussed, Councilwoman Chris Fahl, D-4th Ward, said.

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Man passed out in front of Skull; 27 marijuana plants seized from intoxicated man IAN MCKENZIE ASST. NEWS EDITOR

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he Ohio University Police Department found a 41-year-old man passed out on a bench early Saturday morning in front of the Smiling Skull Saloon.

He smelled like alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and his speech was slurred. The man was taken to Southeast Ohio Regional Jail.

LIVESTOCK LIVING The Athens County Sheriff’s Office responded to a complaint Tuesday about livestock in the caller’s yard.

There have been complaints about animals “at large” coming from her neighbor, who can’t contain the animals.

destroying a vehicle from the inside.

The deputy found a man and woman unloading their camping equipment.

NO LOOKING BACK NOW Deputies responded to Sand Ridge Road Monday for a report about a side mirror being busted by a club.

They found a credible witness to the event and charged a person with criminal mischief.

FINDERS KEEPERS A man reported that he left his cordless impact wrench and a battery on the side of the road when his car broke down.

But, when he returned to get the items, he did not find them.

A FREELOADING PIG Deputies took a report Tuesday about pigs that keep coming onto the caller’s property and eating from a food plot.

The plot, which is meant for deer, is protected for hunters from out of town that have leased the property.

A WHOLE MESS Deputies were dispatched to The Athens Messenger Friday, Sept. 20, for a report of a man claiming the paper did not report facts from a media release correctly.

The man said the paper did not report the correct facts, according to his memory.

VIOLENT UNPACKING A deputy responded to a report Monday of a suspicious person in The Plains area whom the caller said was

RACOON ESCAPE A caller reported Friday, Sept. 20, that a small raccoon was standing in her living room.

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After deputies arrived, they found a “rather large raccoon running down the hallway.” They contained it in a bedroom until their plan of action was completed.

They constructed a ramp leading out the bedroom window for the raccoon to escape.

JUST UNLIKABLE Deputies received a report of people “constantly on the bench near the pop machines” who looked “scuzzy.”

A FARMER Deputies were dispatched to New Marshfield Saturday for a dispute report.

They found a highly intoxicated man and several marijuana plants in the backyard. In total, 27 marijuana plants were taken.

OH, HE’S FINE Deputise were dispatched to Bean Road Friday, Sept. 20, for a well-being check.

Deputies later received information that the man is in Jackson, Ohio, and is fine.

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Athens tourism outside Ohio University A goal is to welcome new people and groups into the region.

ABBY MILLER NEWS EDITOR Athens tourism is evolving to draw tourists into everything Athens has to offer through new channels and promotions.

When most people think of Athens, Ohio University is what comes to mind. Paige Alost, executive director at the Athens County Visitor’s Bureau, wants to broaden the tourism conversation about what else the region has to offer.

“I think it’s just a creative conversation, really, kind of spurred on by some major organizations here,” Alost said. “I mean, ours for sure, but groups like Rural Action and ACEnet that have really jumped sort of feet-first into the tourism development realm, I think it really kind of brought those conversations to light.”

Alost and her staff at the bureau are trying to create an identity for the community.

The identity has largely been based around OU in the past. The scope of Athens’ identity has been growing through the creation of event packages.

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Events, such as the motorcycle course Windy-9, draw an even bigger audience that Athens wouldn’t normally see. The Windy-9 is nearly 1,000 miles of motorcycling course spanned across nine paths. Alost said the Windy-9 is the first curated collection of motorcycle touring in the state.

“That has been huge for us and attracting people who wouldn’t come here for any other reason,” Alost said. “You know, maybe they’re not hikers or attending the university, but it brings people to the region to ride, and they’re having a great experience.”

The Visitor’s Bureau partners with RoadRUNNER magazine, a national motorcycle magazine, to help promote the event. It has been a primary partner with the project since the beginning, Alost said.

The Visitor’s Bureau typically utilizes social media and digital marketing to promote to its audiences. Facebook, YouTube and Instagram have all been utilized in promotion projects.

“It really depends on the market that we’re speaking to,” Alost said. “But you know, certain age groups respond better

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on Facebook and then digital advertising than others.”

Both the Athens County Visitor’s Bureau and the OU Inn try to promote outdoor experiences for tourists. The OU Inn specifically tailors the Athens experience to each group it sees, said Betsy Baringer, director of sales and catering at the hotel.

“It just depends on the request of the guests to try to custom-tailor it to make it perfect,” Baringer said. “And then it could be even just a tour of town on campus, if the group that’s coming in maybe has some future bobcats in their group.”

Other events the OU Inn often promotes include ziplining and biking. Athens Mayor Steve Patterson predicts that once the 88mile Baileys Trail project is completed, the city will experience a large increase in tourism, according to a previous Post report.

For Alost, biking is also an important tourist attraction. The Hockhocking Adena Bikeway and the number of local bike shops have made biking a key feature of Athens, and it’s something Alost tries to emphasize in her work.

“We always say tourism is a byproduct of good community development,” Alost said.

“It’s got to come from what your locals love

and what they’re willing to invest their time and … resources in.”

As the only full-service hotel in the city, the OU Inn tries to serve as a hub for tourists to go in and explore the city of Athens, Baringer said. It tries to bring in larger groups and corporations that travel around the city in order to maximize tourist numbers and their effects.

“That’s a huge part of the tourism pushes: to bring the groups that come in and bring a lot of spending dollars, not just at the hotel, but at the other restaurants and places, Uptown businesses,” Baringer said.

The tourism industry plays an integral role in the city of Athens. Tourism brought in about $166 million in revenue in 2017, according to a previous Post report.

Finding success in the tourism industry centers around not changing Athens’ culture, but building upon what the region offers.

“What we have here is pretty special,” Alost said. “But just as a whole, you know, how do we welcome more people to the region to show them what we love?”

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Ohio University professor Geoffery Buckley runs, swims or bikes every day.

BAYLEE DEMUTH CULTURE EDITOR Every day, whether it’s running, biking, hiking or swimming, Geoffery Buckley makes sure he’s getting the exercise he needs to be the best professor, writer and person he can be.

A typical week for Buckley, director of studies (environmental studies), contains two 5-mile runs, three 1-mile swims, 1-and-a-quarter-mile walk to campus every day and either a bike ride or a hike at Strouds Run State Park on the weekend.

With his various outdoor activities, Buckley has also found a balance among grading papers, teaching lectures and being a father to stay fit.

“You can’t make up excuses,” Buckley said. “If you can’t find 45 minutes to an hour just to get exercise every day, then you’re not giving it the priority I think it deserves. This is your health, so you can’t just put that on the back burner.”

Buckley was always a high-energy child and enjoyed being outdoors whenever he got the chance. Although neither his parents or sisters were very active, Buckley himself played soccer growing up, and the activeness of the sport has stuck with him ever since.

“I grew up playing soccer, and the competitive side doesn’t drive me anymore, but the fitness side of it does,” Buckley said. “When I have that level of fitness, there’s a ripple effect that has a positive impact on the other things I do.”

For the most part, Buckley runs, swims or bikes to spend time with himself and his thoughts, so he can clear his head in the downtime he’s able to fit into his busy schedule.

“That’s how I map out what I’m going to do that day, especially when I’m swimming because swimming is so darn boring going back and forth,” Buckley said. “If I’ve got some sort of problem I’m trying to work through, or I’m working on an article, it’s a good opportunity to be away from devices, emails and just sort of figure things out.”

There is no one better exercise over the others when it comes to Buckley’s routine because he enjoys the cross training aspect of different exercises and the rhythm of working different parts of his body.

“There were times where I used to go for a run every day, but the grind of a run can kind of discourage you,” Buckley said. “So by mixing it up, I think it’s easier to stick with an exercise regime.”

When it comes to hiking, Buckley has found a way to implement the outdoorsy activity in his classes. Over the years, he discovered that he was overwhelming his Honors Tutorial College (HTC) students with readings. Noticing how exhausted they all were, Buckley decided that he would hold three voluntary 4 to 5-mile hikes during the semester students could attend to get away from it all and take a little break called “Hikes with Dr. B.” “I like to think the students enjoy themselves and have benefited from it,” Buckley said. “I think it’s just good for people’s mental health, but apart from that, it’s really much more about chatting with each student and getting to know them.”

Mitch Spring, a freshman studying environmental studies, has never been on one of the “Hikes with Dr. B,” but he’s looking forward to getting out in nature and conversing with Buckley and his fellow classmates.

“I am a huge fan of the hiking idea, and I think it is really important to actually keep in touch with nature and explore new places in addition to learning about it in class and through readings,” Spring said. “The irony is that this is a very stressful point in our lives, so it is good that Dr. Buckley is ‘forcing’ us to go out and help ourselves relax and find our connection to nature.”

Olivia Tenoglia, a freshman studying environmental studies, has also never been on one of Buckley’s hikes, but she has hiked on many of the paths in the surrounding areas and is excited to see the trails from an environmental standpoint.

“I am a very big fan of Dr. B implementing these hikes because I believe it allows students to see the field that we are going into very early on in our college careers and understand the complexity of the problems we are trying to tackle,” Tenoglia said. “I also think that it allows the student to become familiar with the region we are in and the specific problems and assets it has.”

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Geoffrey L. Buckley, director of studies (environmental studies) of the Honors Tutorial College, speaks to environmental studies students before a hike on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. (MIJANA MAZUR / WEB DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR)

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Preserving Athens Local conservancy provides recreation and outdoor education.

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Gabby Hayes hikes into Thunderbunny Trail, part of Mary Beth Zak Lohse Preserve in Strouds Run State Park, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (NATE SWANSON / PHOTO EDITOR)

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Athens is surrounded by countless parks and natural wonders, but behind some of those is a cause bigger than a gorgeous place for a picnic: nature preserves and their work in conservation efforts.

Nature preserves are vital parts of the environment and promote recreation in a way that protects wildlife. In Athens, there are many preserves under the protection of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, as well as the Athens Conservancy, people can check out.

“Nature preserves are necessary not only to educate those who don’t have easy access to wilderness, but also the opportunity to work in and around nature,” Isaiah Lyle, a sophomore studying journalism, said.

Athens Conservancy is a non-profit organization that prides itself on controlling and protecting hundreds of acres of land in Athens County, a place with a distinct combination of scenery, biodiversity, history, geographic location, local economy and local culture, said John Knouse, a board member for Athens Conservancy.

“We have a particular interest in preserving our environment on a larger scale,” Knouse said in an email.

The Conservancy does numerous things to try and accomplish this goal, from controlling invasive plants to public education. It also limits hunting on its properties and prohibits littering and smoking to allow for wildlife growth in the area.

“As pollution continues to displace species and even drive some of them toward extinction, by preserving what we can, we attempt to help some species of flora and fauna from being so affected,” Julie Trouten, a sophomore studying journalism, said.

One of the biggest questions raised regarding nature preserves is the difference between them and places like state parks. Nature preserves are privately-funded and focus solely on conservation, while also limiting or prohibiting the public from using the land. State parks, although still very concerned about conservation efforts, are government-funded and used primarily for outdoor education and recreation. “(State parks) often are designed to give people more access to the outdoors as well as preserve natural populations

of plants and animals,” Kelly Johnson, associate professor of biological sciences, said in an email.

Nature preserves like Athens Conservancy allow the public to access many of its nature preserves and engage in several recreational activities such as hunting, birdwatching, hiking and biking to promote a healthy relationship between people and the nature it is attempting to preserve.

The Baker Preserve, owned by the family of former Ohio University President John Calhoun Baker, has several hiking trails and access to the Hocking River. It also allows for bow hunting with permission from the Conservancy for deer only along with Tucker Run and Skunk Run preserves.

The Conservancy also controls the only backpacking campsite, Chestnut Grove Camp, located on the Blair Preserve. This preserve also piques the interest of many bird watchers in the area.

Several of the Conservancy-controlled preserves feature wetland areas and provide a habitat for many amphibians, according to the Athens Conservancy website. These preserves are the Brookville, Poston and Tucker Run preserves.

The nature preserves and Athens Conservancy also engage with local high schools. The Plains preserve, which serves as the linking bike path between the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway and The Plains, also provides a land lab for Athens High School. A land lab is an area set aside for biological research.

It is also taking on the massive project of connecting Belpre to Athens with a bike trail, using pieces of the old B&O railroad corridor. The eventual goal is to connect Athens to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where existing bike trails connect to Washington, D.C. While these recreational activities are an important part of the Athens Conservancy’s efforts, its mission still stands: to protect natural areas in Athens County and neighboring counties.

By supporting and visiting local nature preserves, anyone can play an important role in the protection and conservation efforts in the town they live in.

“We’re here in Athens, Ohio. We’re doing things here that wouldn’t be getting done otherwise,” Knouse said in an email.

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Athens offers places to rock climb, hike KERI JOHNSON STAFF WRITER thens is seated in the beautiful rolling hills of Appalachia. Within these hills lies a gold mine of hiking, bouldering and climbing.

Physical activity is a great way to participate and appreciate the beauty of the region. Going outside is one way to experience breathtaking scenery firsthand.

“That’s the main reason why I love rock climbing,” Courtney Curtner, president of the Ohio Climbers Coalition, said. “The benefits of climbing outside are views you’d otherwise never see.”

The Ohio Climbers Coalition, or OCC, is a network of climbers in the state of Ohio who look to work with local landowners and parks to open and maintain access to natural climbing areas. The OCC form a grassroots network that acts as a channel for extended climbing advocacy and stewardship work.

“We do trail building and route development for climbing,” Curtner said.

There is a difference between rock climbing and bouldering. The main distinction is

the equipment used, Curtner said.

Rope climbing, known as aided rock climbing, uses ropes, harnesses, carabiners and anchors.

Curtner said bouldering is a good introduction into the sport of rock climbing.

“In bouldering, you just use climbing shoes and a crash pad,” Curtner said. “You don’t have to do as much ... and there’s less knowledge you have to have.”

Bouldering helps build a climber’s skill set for rope climbing.

“If you want to do rock climbing with ropes, the skills that you need are the ability to challenge yourself and be up for the challenge,” Curtner said.

Curtner encourages people of all skill levels to discover the sport. She acknowledges that some may fear they lack the strength and endurance required and may even be afraid of heights, but those fears shouldn’t stop people from trying.

“There are rock climbers who are terrified of heights,” she said. “But they look at it as a challenge to motivate themselves and even overcome their fears sometimes.”

But the physical intensity is only half of

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the sport, she said. Rock climbing is challenging overall.

“It’s a mental game,” Curtner said. “It’s the balance between mental strength and physical capabilities. That’s why it’s a popular sport.”

Curtner stresses the sport is accessible, nevertheless. It’s rewarding and comes in many variations of intensity, method, location and experience.

Ted Welser, a board member of Climb Athens, LLC, encourages people to give the sport a try.

“There’s definitely a community here in Athens,” Welser said.

Climb Athens is a local non-profit that serves members and provides opportunities to rock climb and boulder in the area.

“We’re part of what’s trying to make connections between those people,” Welser said.

Welser said there are several great places to boulder in Athens, but the region isn’t necessarily ideal.

“A lot of the rock here is not shaped well enough and is too soft for good climbing,” he said.

But there are a few areas he recommends,

like a spot called the Witches area, which is adjacent to Bong Hill, a place Curtner makes a note of as well.

“It’s really cool, especially in the fall,” she said. “You can see the whole city, and see all the trees.”

Both Curtner and Welser both highly recommend checking out Ping Recreation Center’s climbing wall and areas behind the Corporation for Appalachian Ohio Development, or COAD, building, off East State Street, for bouldering.

Welser said students should also check out the rock wall at Hocking College or check out mountainproject.org, specifically the Athens bouldering page, for more resources on recreation in the Athens area.

Audrey Crowl, a freshman studying social work, said she climbs the rock wall about three to four times a week in Ping, usually with a group of friends.

“We encourage each other a lot,” she said.

“It’s also fun because climbing is a challenge.

We get to support each other.”

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Hang around with these 5 hammocking spots One of the favorite pastimes of college students is hanging around in hammocks with a good book or some homework. Warm weather is quickly running on, so grab your hammock and your favorite book, and find a couple trees in these unique places to hammock on campus:

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NEAR THE AQUATIC CENTER

If you can get past the smell of chlorine and noise from the Aquatic Center, there are several trees to strap up to and hang out. The grove of trees is near the quietness of Emeriti Park but also near your next class at Walter Hall or Grover Center. It’s also near Peden Stadium, so you might be able to catch some live music during the Marching 110’s rehearsal or the football team’s practice.

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You probably grew up hearing how dangerous playing in the street was, but no one ever said not to hammock there.

In the grassy median that divides Park Place, there are several perfectly spaced trees that make for a great hammocking spot. Instead of doing all your homework inside the library, strap your hammock up to one of these trees outside the library. If relaxing in the middle of a busy road isn’t your thing, there are several trees perfect for hammocking between Alden and Ellis Hall.

NEAR MORTON HALL

Right outside Morton Hall on East Green, there is a grove of trees perfect for an afternoon nap. Because there are so many trees in the grove, you can gather up some friends and turn hammocking into a social activity. On the other side of the parking lot, there’s a line of trees along the road that makes for a perfect spot for alone time in your hammock.

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THE RIDGES

If you want to get away from campus, take a stroll over to The Ridges to hang out with friends and the ghosts that roam the area. There are plenty of trees to strap up to, and you have one of the most historic and beautiful surroundings on campus. Up near the Observatory, there is a walking trail where you’re bound to find a couple hammocking spots deep in the woods if you really want to get away.

BEHIND NELSON COMMONS

All right, this one’s probably the most unique one yet. Along the wall that separates the loading docks for Nelson Dining Hall and the entrance to the parking garage, there are two perfectly spaced trees for hammocking. However, the spot comes with the noises of traffic entering and exiting the parking garage, the hum of the air conditioning unit and the smells of a dining hall—so, hammockers, be warned.

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6 places to take a hike around Athens this fall Fall is the perfect time to take a hike and enjoy nature. Whether you’re looking for a short half-mile stroll through the woods or a 30-mile, week-long getaway, Athens has plenty of trail options to get you into the woods and away from the textbooks. Take a break and explore these six places to hike in and around Athens:

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NEAR CAMPUS

Despite the ghost stories told about The Ridges, the area surrounding the historical buildings is undoubtedly gorgeous. The trail is a 2.9 mile loop, traveling near the buildings of The Ridges, Radar Hill and Dairy Barn Arts Center.

Two more hikes near campus are very popular among Ohio University students: Bong Hill and Witches Hill. They both sit on the other side of US-33 and are shorter than half a mile. Both trails end with stunning views of campus, and Witches Hill even provides bouldering opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts.

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HOCKHOCKING ADENA BIKEWAY

If you’d rather take a walk on a paved path outside than in the woods, the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway is for you. The bikeway boasts a 21-mile-long, point-to-point walk, and 42 miles if you’re looking for a round-trip. The trail starts in Nelsonville, travels through Hocking College, around The Plains and campus, and then ends near East State Street.

Grab your walking shoes or your bike, and take a day trip exploring the sights of Athens County and the Hocking River.

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SELLS PARK

Sells Park, Avon Place, has access to several connecting and intertwining trails. From the park, you have access to the Rockhouse, Athens, Paw Paw (sic), Cucumbertree, White Ash and Finger Rock trails. Some notable loops and combination of trails include the 1.7 mile loop with the Rockhouse, Paw Paw and Athens trails; the 3.3 mile loop featuring the Rockhouse, White Ash and Athens trails; 3.9 mile loop using the Rockhouse and Athens trail; and the 6-mile loop with the Trace and Finger Rock trail.

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STROUDS RUN

Strouds Run State Park, 11661 State Park Road, is a quick drive from campus. The park boasts a peaceful lake and stunning natural features. From the northwest side of the lake, you can access the 2.4 mile out-and-back White Pine and Vista Point trails, featuring some historical pinpoints and an overlooking view of the lake. A little further south, you can jump on the loop with the Hickory Multi-use Trail, the Amoretto trail and the Lakeview trail for a trip around Dow Lake that’s just under 10 miles. Grab your bathing suit and a picnic basket because these trails have several picnic benches, rope swings and swimming holes if you need to take a breather on your hike. If you’re willing to explore, there are several shorter trails that can take you anywhere from Dow Lake to Scatter Ridge road.

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ZALESKI STATE FOREST

Take a quick 30-minute drive east to Zaleski State Forest, Ohio 278, and you’re in the second largest state forest in the system—one that boasts a 28.8 mile backpacking trail.

If you’re looking to take several days away from people and campus life, that one’s for you. The trail offers three campsites and several water stations for rehydration. If living in the woods for several days isn’t for you, there are three separate loops you can take for quick day hikes: the south loop at 9.3 miles, the west loop at 8.7 miles and the north loop at 7 miles. If these aren’t short enough for you, there’s a quick 1.2 mile out-and-back trail that takes you to the abandoned Moonville Tunnel.

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BURR OAK STATE PARK

Burr Oak State Park, 10220 Burr Oak Lodge Road, has 10 different trails, ranging from half a mile to 7.5 miles. There’s a 7-mile backpack and bridle trail, going from the northern tip of the lake to the horseman’s area; a 3.5 mile Lakeview trail that continues on from the backpack trail and takes you to the dam; and a 3.9 mile Blue trail that takes you past a pioneer burial site and to the Burr Oak Lodge. If you were to combine short trips on several trails, you could make a loop around Burr Oak in 23 miles, but there are several short trails for any ability level.

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HOCKEY

NICK ERKER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO STAND OUT HIS FRESHMAN YEAR The young talent scored the most goals in Ohio’s intrasquad scrimmage.

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I think we all have to do what coach Bell tells us to do, and that’s to simplify the game. Keep it as straightforward as possible — pucks to the net and get yourself in there.”

- Nick Erker, an undecided freshman

Nick Erker poses for a portrait in Bird Arena on Tuesday, Sept 24. 2019. (JESSE JARROLD-GRAPES / FOR THE POST)

JACK GLECKLER SLOT EDITOR Nick Erker made his pseudo-debut for the Bobcats during the Green and White scrimmage. He outpaced even the veteran players on the team by being the only Bobcat with two goals during the night.

Erker was born and raised in Avon Lake and attended St. Edward’s High School in Lakewood. He never decided to play for St. Edward’s despite being involved in hockey since he was 2 years old. Erker preferred to stick with junior leagues in the area. In his two seasons playing for the Cleveland Lumberjacks, the forward scored 22 goals and 14 assists in 40 games.

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the game.

Between 2017 and 2019, Erker played for the Pittsburgh Vengeance in the United States Premier Hockey League. In his two seasons, he scored 24 goals and 30 assists in 86 games. Erker considers the Vengeance as where he spent his most productive years.

“Honestly most of what I apply in my game today comes from Pittsburgh,” Erker said. “Coach Dorsey taught me to not see the game as so black and white.”

Erker loved playing for the Vengeance and seeing his skills improve only fueled that love.

He considered sticking around Pittsburgh to play college hockey at Chatham, an opponent on the Bobcats schedule this season.

He scrapped that plan and decided to stay in-state to keep tuition low. Soon after, coach Cole Bell extended an offer to come to Ohio, and Erker took him up.

The culture at Ohio suits Erker well. The

upperclassmen are good mentors for him, and the underclassmen are all good competition. Teammates, like Zach Frank and Tyler Harkins, look out for him and correct his form when he messes up.

Bell’s methods also resonate well with the new recruit. Erker likes how streamlined play is under the first-year Ohio coach. Erker is eager to shake the rust off from the offseason, and Coach Bell has matched that energy while still keeping the players disciplined. Erker believes that extra discipline is necessary for success this year.

“I think we all have to do what coach Bell tells us to do, and that’s to simplify the game,” Erker said. “Keep it as straightforward as possible—pucks to the net and get yourself in there.”

Erker thinks his skating needs a lot of work this season. He tore his hamstring last season and was off the ice for two-and-a-half months

in order to rehabilitate. That time off the ice frustrated Erker because he wasn’t able to skate at all and fell behind his peers.

That time off the ice also cut his personal best season short with the Vengeance. He totaled 28 points before his injury and was still going strong up to that point.

The Cleveland native is back on the ice and as confident as can be. Hitting the back of the net twice in his first appearance for the Bobcats was a boost after being away for so long.

“I just have to battle and stay disciplined,” Erker said. “I want to know my structure better than my opponent does.”

If Erker can perform on the ice as well as he did on Saturday, he can make up for the time he lost in the summer.

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FOOTBALL

Ohio’s linebackers are a close bunch

(LEFT TO RIGHT) Eric Popp (No. 34), Jared Dorsa (No. 49) and Dylan Conner (No. 35) pose for a portrait in Peden Stadium. (KELSEY BOEING / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)

MATT PARKER SPORTS EDITOR Dylan Conner loves movies.

The redshirt junior has been known to quote his whole way through a movie. It’s an experience that Jared Dorsa and Eric Popp are all too familiar with.

The night before a game, Ohio’s three starting linebackers all gather in the same hotel room and watch a scary movie as a way to relax before three hours of bruising physicality.

They each take turns buying the movie on iTunes, too.

“I’m not a huge scary movie guy,” Popp said with a nervous laugh.

Collectively they enjoy The Office. It’s a show that they have watched time and time again, especially the episode titled “Stress Relief,” where Dwight starts a fire and a whole debacle of events occur.

They all enjoy the time spent in front of the screen. It’s another opportunity to hang – and where they don’t have to wear shoulder pads. That’s how it’s been for the three of them ever since they arrived at Ohio. They immediately clicked off the field, and throughout their careers, it’s gelled on the field, too.

When they took the field for the first time as freshmen at Ohio back in the fall of 2016, they didn’t know what to expect.

They were all bigwigs a year prior at their respective high schools. Popp and Dorsa played at rival high schools just 20 minutes apart in the Cincinnati area, and when it came time for roommate selection heading into that first season, Dorsa chose Conner instead because he didn’t know if that rivalry would carry over.

“I didn’t know how it was going to go, and Eric was like, ‘What the heck, dude?’” he said.

“We still pick at each other for that.”

But the time spent as big shots and the top guys on their football teams ended quickly.

They immediately went back to being nothing more than the guys who held the padded blocking shields for starters during individual periods. Then, they got roughed up by the starting offensive line as scout players.

They stood on the sidelines and watched names like Quentin Poling, Cody Grilliot and Chad Moore wrack up the tackles and sacks on Saturdays.

Poling, Grilliot and Moore came to Ohio

together, too.

Seeing that bond between the older players as freshmen is something Dorsa claims has the linebackers group where they are now.

“We’ve been inseparable ever since,” Dorsa said. “We’re always watching film, and on the field, we’ve just always done that, and a lot of that has to do with them (the older linebackers).”

Now Dorsa, Conner and Popp are the older ones setting the standard. Behind them is a multitude of freshmen and redshirted players in their second season.

The three of them are some of the more experienced players on the entire defense.

They’ve played in a combined 89 games, and while the defense hasn’t lived up to the normal standards yet this season, Dorsa is confident the Bobcats can turn things around and return to the same level the trio remembers watching from the sidelines.

“It’s definitely an execution thing,” Dorse said. “We were in the right spots. We can make those plays, and we have made those plays.

But, as a whole, we’re putting it together.”

That doesn’t faze them, though. They’ve been in tight spots before, but they’ve gotten through them together.

Last year, when they were first-year starters and when Popp received valuable playing time behind Evan Croutch, the game felt too quick for them. Oftentimes when they’d get to the bench to discuss what had happened after a defensive series, they needed some time to process what they just saw before analyzing what they could do better.

Now that the game has moved slower, it allows them to play faster. That’s something Popp revels in.

“It’s cool to see,” Popp said. “I came in my first practice in fall camp and thought, ‘This is insane. I don’t know if I can do this.’ The more reps you take, though, the slower it goes.”

Soon enough, the game will stop.

All three of them have plans that don’t relate to football after college. Those futures range from being an engineer to going to medical school. While they all collectively love the game, they know it’s a means to get to where they’re going.

But for now, they have at least eight more Fridays to watch a scary movie and quote The Office.

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SOCCER

From Greece to Athens: How Konstantina Giannou has managed her soccer life in a new home TYLER JOHNSON FOR THE POST

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onstantina Giannou misses a lot about her hometown.

For her, the meals from Riza, Greece, taste better than the food in Ohio. Her favorite dish, Soutzoukakia— similar to meatballs with red tomato sauce but with special spices to add flavor—isn’t a dish commonly served in the U.S. and certainly not in Athens.

There’s not as many beaches or sunny days in Ohio, either. It’s been an adjustment for Giannou, but she knows it was one that needed to be made.

Giannou, a junior transfer from Ohio Valley University, hails from Greece. She came to the U.S. three years ago to play collegiate soccer.

Greek universities do not have soccer teams, which meant if Giannou wanted to continue to grow as a player in Greece, she would have to join a club team for her local city. That level of play was not enough for her.

Giannou instead decided to continue both her education and soccer career in the U.S. Once she moved to the U.S., she immediately noticed the difference in work ethic.

“In Greece, there is so much talent, but they don’t put in the work,” Giannou said. “People here are more dedicated to what they do.”

She’s also noticed a difference in play styles. American soccer emphasizes physicality and aggressiveness. In Greece, there’s a tighter focus around finesse and skill moves, a philosophy that was also prevalent at OVU. For Giannou, the fit was perfect at OVU. The Fighting Scots won back-to-back Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships in 2017 and 2018 and even earned their first NCAA tournament victory in 2018.

Giannou was at the pinnacle of their success: she became the Fighting Scots’ all-time leading goal-scorer with 24 goals in just two years.

She found herself growing as a player as OVU thrived. She also began to grow as a person.

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One of her biggest takeaways while with the Fighting Scots was figuring out how to work and communicate with people from diverse backgrounds. OVU typically had more players from Latin American countries than the U.S., so Giannou quickly learned how to connect with people from diverse backgrounds.

After two years of great play at a Division II level, both individually and with a team, Giannou knew she wanted to make the jump to Division I. There was never a doubt about where she wanted to go.

During her freshman year, Giannou had a scrimmage in Athens and noticed how hardworking and united the Bobcats were in the scrimmage.

“After that, I said ‘Oh, my God. I would like to play on this team,’” Giannou said.

Giannou is bringing a championship mentality and her own talents to the Bobcats. She wants to keep winning titles, and she believes Ohio can help her accomplish that goal. She enjoys working with her teammates and

coach Aaron Rodgers, who she feels is approachable and easy to talk to.

Rodgers loves working with Giannou and sees what she adds to the team. He recognizes her talent, but he believes her character makes Giannou stand out.

“Konstantina is a wonderful human,” Rodgers said. “We obviously want great soccer players, but we want great people.

Great people build great cultures. Konstantina has that.”

Giannou is in her junior year and has put a lot of thought into her life after college. She is majoring in sports management but wants to eventually coach and open a path for Greek players like her who are looking for more experience and challenging play in America.

“I would probably stay a few years just to work and get some experience,” Giannou said. “But in the future, I would like to go back home. I want to try to help people back in Greece grow as athletes and people.”

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FOOTBALL

From snapping to stardom What Devin King has done to prove his value at one of football’s most unheralded positions.

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Devin King poses for a portrait in Walter Fieldhouse. (JACK HALL / FOR THE POST)

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evin King can argue that he’s the best long snapper to ever play football.

Yes. Ever. That label isn’t limited to college, either. King is technically the strongest person to ever launch a football between his legs.

The Ohio long snapper earned that label when he broke a Guinness World Record with a 38-yard snap after a hot and sunny August practice during fall camp at Peden Stadium. The previous record was 36 yards, and King felt that was easy to break.

King casually decided to attempt it when Ohio’s specialists googled the record after they jokingly discussed it on the sideline.

No Guinness judge was going to make the trek to Athens, so King and Zach Roberts, a videographer with Ohio Athletics, ensured there would be enough witnesses to verify King’s attempt. Five police officers, a few media members and a couple of team personnel watched King and offered a subdued but congratulatory “Hey!” after the ball hit the turf past a pair of cones marking the previous record.

King submitted his “evidence,” and now he’s waiting to hear back from Guinness.

“I mean, if I get the record, I get a plaque,” King said. “I’m hoping everything goes through.”

The record is just about the only statistic King could have to display his skills as a long snapper at Ohio.

Three years ago, however, King would have never guessed he could break a record. He was originally on the wrestling team when he arrived at Ohio in 2015, and he didn’t become

a starter until his redshirt sophomore season.

King hoped to maintain that status through the rest of college, but he lost it as a redshirt junior. He never ruled out a return to football to revive his long-snapping days as a player at Sheridan High School.

No longer a starter for the wrestling team, King decided to switch to football after he saw Chris Rodgers, Ohio’s assistant athletic director for football operations, working with walk-on players in the weight room during the spring of 2018. Rodgers agreed to watch King try out.

King had occasionally practiced long snaps with wrestling teammates after he found a spare football lying around the mats after practice.

Those reps were just for fun, but it may have been the difference between King’s athletic status for his final two years of college. Ohio offered King a spot on the team after the tryout and earned a starting job immediately.

After 16 games, King’s transition and skills have largely gone unnoticed. That’s how most quality long snappers live their career.

His wrists and veins bulge out from the white tape he typically wears at practice, and his stocky frame—6 foot-3inches and 241 pounds—gives him plenty of muscle to shove a football 15 yards backward with a perfect spiral in a second.

“I think my wrestling background really helps a lot,” King said. “You got to have real fast, strong hands, a strong back and good hips.”

His accuracy is laser-sharp, too. He put that on display when he posted a video of the bottle cap challenge on

Twitter in July. King perfectly uncorked a bottle cap with a 6-yard snap, about the same length he’d snap for a field goal.

King is so consistent that he said he doesn’t remember some of his snaps during games. That’s just how his mind operates after repeating the same motion countless times each day.

“There’s multiple times where I black out,” King said. “I don’t even know. I’m so locked in that I don’t even remember snapping the ball at the right time.”

There’s not much more King can accomplish. It’s tough for long snappers to make the NFL, let alone become a college starter after spending three years away from football.

Maybe King’s soon-to-be official world record and remarkable consistency will give him some professional looks.

He’s already mastered one of the biggest keys to the position: snapping the ball to ensure the laces face away from kickers on field goal attempts.

He’s heavier than some long snappers in the NFL, too, and could be counted on from a blocking and tackling standpoint.

For King, a football career after college may just come down to luck. He can’t control that, but he couldn’t have done much more to control where he’s at now.

“I just keep working hard and bust my a-- trying to do all the right things,” King said. “I’m just trying to be the most consistent guy in the nation.”

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THINKIN’ ABOUT EARTH

There’s no price tag on saving the planet

ETHAN GOWER is a senior studying astrophysics and geology at Ohio University.

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et’s cut right to the chase: our planet is warming from the greenhouse gases spewed into the atmosphere by humans. Yes, there are cycles of Earth’s climate that warm and cool over millennia; indeed, the current cycle is one of slight cooling. Yes, there are small, natural contributions from outgassing volcanoes and dairy farms that, while small, are not negligible. The current global temperature rise cannot, however, be described without including man-made gas emissions.

The system is simple: organic, carbon-based molecules found in petroleum break down into water vapor and carbon dioxide, or CO2, with a smidgen of energy released in the process. The water vapor becomes clouds, then rain (then clouds), but carbon dioxide lingers in the atmosphere.

When incoming sunlight hits the atmosphere, much of the energy passes through as ultraviolet radiation. A carbon dioxide molecule appears transparent to UV, which means the molecules do not reflect the light back into space.

Once the sunlight warms the planet’s surface, the planet gives off the heat as infrared radiation. Carbon dioxide is opaque at these wavelengths, so all that energy bounces back in toward the planet. If this seems unbelievable, look to Venus and its thick CO2 atmosphere with lead-melting surface temperatures of nearly 900 degrees Fahrenheit. The processes are the same, just with different scales.

Now, to return to the problem at hand.

There is no doubt that humans and their CO2-producing industrial machines have caused global warming. As such, humans are wholly responsible for cleaning up their own mess.

A common rebuttal to that is the question,

“How will we pay for it?” Quite obviously, reducing or eliminating emissions and removing carbon from the atmosphere won’t come without a significant cost, most of which will be taken on by the industrialized world.

Surely, that burden will negatively impact the global economy?

The short answer to both of these questions is: who cares? Money—and, by extension, the economy—is imaginary. Of course, I have physical money in my pocket, and governments have some amount of wealth. But what is that really? The dollars in my pocket are only worth their face value because we have assigned a value to it.

Back before all those dollars and cents, trade was based on rare materials. Gold could be found as the raw mineral in the ground, its yellow luster pleasing to the eye. Silver, too, is a rare earth metal and was often used in conjunction with gold.

Their scarcities gave an intrinsic value; wealth would come from possessing more of the finite resource than others. Since leaving the gold standard in the 20th century, currency has not been backed by a set amount of rare metal, and exchange rates are set by governments themselves.

So, now, we have a situation where the economy is controlled by entities that are

giving value to their own currency with no anchor to real worth. Those same entities are also claiming it would be too expensive to counteract the warming planet. I fail to see a situation where converting petroleum-based energy to clean, renewable energy has a price that is remotely comparable to the collapse of ecosystems and mass extinctions of marine and land animals alike.

Those impacted most heavily by the changing climate are the ones who have played no part in altering it. Non-industrialized island nations will be underwater without ever adding carbon to the atmosphere.

Animals will lose their habitats without ever holding a dollar bill.

The responsibility of mitigating the effects of climate change rests in the hands of those who caused it. Economic repercussions are moot: either the climate is fixed, or it will crash the economy and ecosystems in one fell swoop. It is both as necessary as it is urgent, and there is no cost higher than the end of the world.

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Republicans need to care about the environment again

MIKAYLA ROCHELLE is a sophomore studying journalism at Ohio University.

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he United Nations Climate Action Summit, held for the purpose of meeting the urgent need to address

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climate change and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, took place recently in New York City.

In President Donald Trump’s more than 30-minute speech, his message was clear: any issue with climate change was the fault of other countries. But he focused more on other issues such as trade, illegal immigration and socialism. Trump made it very clear that while the summit’s focus was climate change, that was not what he was concerned with.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) said that he believes in “human-caused climate change,” but he doesn’t think that any of the proposed solutions would work without hurting businesses and the economy.

There was a time not that long ago when Republicans were more concerned with the environment. Then-President Richard Nixon founded the Environmental Protection

Agency in 1970 under his Republican administration. Then-President Ronald Reagan said “Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge; it’s common sense,” in his State of the Union address in 1984. Then-President George W. Bush said it is citizens’ responsibilities to be good stewards of the earth.

In the current political situation that is highly concentrated on climate change and sustainability, it’s time for Republicans to start caring about the environment again.

The Trump administration has eliminated 85 environmental protection laws, most of those laws concerning air pollution and drilling and extraction. The Trump administration is mostly interested in the negative effects those environmental protection laws have on the fossil fuel industry and other large businesses.

Similarly, McConnell does not want to

pass any environmental protection legislation because of the negative effect it would have on businesses and the economy.

Republicans must start asking themselves what they value more: the success of businesses or the success of the planet. Businesses and industry won’t be able to thrive on a planet that isn’t livable. Environmental issues must become a bipartisan issue. It is going to take all humans working together to help the state of our planet. Action should be taken sooner rather than later; if we want to keep living on this planet healthily for hundreds more years, it is time for Democrats and Republicans both to be proactive.

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songs to listen to on a spontaneous hike EMMA DOLLENMAYER FOR THE POST There is no better place to be during the changing of seasons than Athens. Ohio University not only has an abundance of greenery and trees throughout College Green, but is also within a short driving distance from beautiful parks that are perfect for hiking. Take the time this season to let yourself unwind by embracing the color change in leaves and listening to tunes while embarking on a hike: “HERE COMES THE SUN” BY THE BEATLES There is no better song to listen to while hiking than this classic. The mellow tune against the lyrics “Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right” are sure to bring joy to anyone, especially someone soaking up the sun during their mid-day hike.

“HIGH AND LOW” BY EMPIRE OF THE SUN This tune has a special element of fun to it. While hiking, you should be enjoying yourself, and this song will ensure you are doing so. Throughout the music video for “High And Low,” you are even able to see young, energetic individuals running through different aspects of nature with a utopian twist.

“WAIT” BY M83 Unlike the previous two songs, “Wait”

by M83 has a more wistful theme to it. The song is great for late night drives and hikes at sunset. “Wait” will undeniably cause you to forget your troubles. Close your eyes, stop for a second to breathe and reflect on your current emotions while listening to the track. “Wait” is truly magical and will bring you an alleviating experience while hiking.

“TAKE A WALK” BY PASSION PIT If you delve deep into the meaning of this song, it’s unintentionally political and aimed to be about family and immigration.

However, for a hike, it can be motivating in the sense that it repeats the hook, “Take a walk,” numerous times. So do just that—take a walk (or a hike in this case). Aside from the hook and meaning, the tempo alone will drive and you to continue trekking uphill.

“SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW” BY

KEANE For some, hiking might be an ideal date idea. If this is the case, “Somewhere Only We Know” is the perfect song for you and your partner. Wherever you may be hiking, the destination can become a new place for your relationship to flourish. Otherwise, the song also has many references to earth and nature at the beginning of the song.

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“WAY IT GOES” BY HIPPO CAMPUS Hippo Campus’ “Way It Goes” is a carefree song that anyone can groove to, especially while hiking. Its positive vibe is assured to put you in a pleasant mood.

“PERFECT PLACES” BY LORDE Everyone has a favorite place where they can go, but also let go. “Perfect Places” by Lorde suggests that anyone can go to their ideal place if they believe it is one. Listening to the song can make one feel as if the forest or hike they are in is a perfect place.

“MINIMAL” BY ROLE MODEL If you are seeking out a day full of simplicity and good vibes, listen to Role Model’s “Minimal.” This song encourages you to keep matters uncomplicated and transparent, which is a good mindset to have when doing any physical activity.

“PARADISE” BY BAZZI When it’s time to pick up the pace of your hike, this song will make you come alive and urges you to dance. “Paradise” even mentions coming alive on a night that is blissful. For many, as the sun goes down, becoming one with nature by yourself or with friends can truly teleport you to paradise in the middle of Athens.

“PINK SKIES” BY LANY LANY’s “pink skies” is another song that would be wondrous for a date or even just spending time in nature with people you enjoy. “Pink skies” sounds even better when the sun is setting, and you’ve had the chance to truly experience vibrant skies during your hike. Reaching the end point of your destination, looking out into the sunset with “pink skies” playing and being next to someone you love is the definition of perfection.

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Wildwood Lake Raceway offers classes and various races throughout the year.

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The sight of the dirt in the air, the smell of the two-stroke oil and the roaring sound of the motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle engines are typical sensations for the racers.

Wildwood Lake Raceway, located a half-hour drive southeast of Athens in Little Hocking, is a home for motocross racers of all ages and all levels of skill.

Owner and racer Brent Windland opened the raceway for just a few events, and from there, it grew into a fulltime center for racers with multiple events throughout each year.

“People need to come and watch this,” Windland said.

“It’s one of the coolest things you could ever see.”

Wildwood Lake not only has regular motocross tracks for adults and youth, but also an off-road track for racers to explore. Each year, the raceway hosts races, and its competitors travel to other races around the country.

Building the raceway to where it is now hasn’t been an easy road, Windland said, but it has been one full of support and unique opportunities for the racers.

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“They’re incredible athletes, unbelievably fit,” Windland said. “People don’t know much about offroad yet, but we’re lucky to be a part of it so early on.”

FROM GRAND PRIX TO TENNESSEE Wildwood Lake is what’s known as an outlaw series, so racers don’t have to pay for any outside memberships to be able to participate. Anyone who owns a bike or protective gear can show up at the track and race.

The racers are split into three age groups: micro, youth and regular adult. From there, the staff splits them into their particular sessions and classes.

There are different sessions based on age. In each session, there are individual classes that kids and adults sign up for based on experience or bike size.

Everyone gets two scores during the races: their class score and an overall session score. Scores are based on how they perform.

The normal registration fee is $25 for their first race and $20 for their second race in a day. The younger racers are charged $20 per class in a day.

Wildwood also offers a professional class for adults for $30. Depending on how many people sign up for the class, the staff takes the money and splits it up between the first-, second- and third-place racers in the pro class.

Paige Griffith, a staff member at Wildwood Lake, assists the raceway across the board, but she mainly focuses on social media, the scoring during the races and setting up the class system.

“We’re not a national group, so the pros coming with us and the people racing for years have great experience and skill, but with us, they need their own special class to compete against each other because of their experience,” Griffith said. “Our way of helping those guys out is by giving it (money) back.”

Wildwood Lake hosts a few rounds in the summer of the Grand Prix race, which is a 3- or 4-mile track. The adult riders go for 45 minutes plus one lap, and then the younger riders go for 30 minutes. There are a total of ten rounds of the Grand Prix.

The raceway even held the national qualifier for the American Motorcyclist Association Tennessee Knockout Extreme Enduro, where nearly 27 states were represented. In addition, Wildwood Lake also hosted the Fallen Timbers AMA Ohio State Championship in July 2019.

Windland wants everyone to know racing is an extreme sport, and he makes a point to warn people when they sign up. After one race in Pennsylvania in 2002, Windland lost nine pounds in three hours and 20 minutes. Though Windland believes it is an enjoyable sport for the racers, there’s no doubt that it requires incredible endurance.

“I tell the parents when they come out with new riders: this is not a sport where they’re not going to get hurt,” Windland said. “There’s no way around it. Broken bones just happen, but they heal, and people get back on with the race.”

THE RACE IS IN THE ROOTS Windland moved to Florida, but he came back to his family’s farm when his parents died. He decided to build a practice course to keep his racing edge but knew the family farm could be so much more. He started hosting some racing events, and from there, it took off.

Wildwood Lake isn’t the only part of Windland’s racing story that has deep roots. His racing roots go back to when he was 8 years old. When his brother wanted to ride a motorcycle and wasn’t able to ride it after they picked the vehicle up, Windland hopped on and rode until it was out of gas.

A year later, he signed up for a race and ended up in fourth place at the ripe age of 9 years old.

Racing quickly became Windland’s whole life. He

moved to Florida at the age of 20 and continued to race.

Even after all of the injuries and bang-ups, he not only still races, but uses his knowledge of racing to promote through Wildwood Lake.

“It’s been like an addiction,” Windland said. “We go out and beat our bodies so bad we can’t even walk. Monday, we don’t even think about it (racing) again. Tuesday, we start to feel better, and Wednesday, we’re asking where the next race is.”

Even Windland’s staff, who he says is wonderful and always completely involved, has been with him for a long time. Griffith grew up knowing Windland through her mom, and started helping out at the raceway and eventually became fully invested in it.

Griffith’s racing background isn’t just with Windland.

Her dad and uncle introduced her to motocross and taught her how to ride. After she participated in her first race, Griffith knew she wanted to keep racing. Nearly 15 years later, she still races.

“At each event you meet more and more people, and you learn about different types and different venues, and we’ve made so many friends that are more like family at the racetrack,” Griffith said. “It’s an amazing atmosphere; it’s just unreal.”

The racers know that with such an extreme sport comes a huge time commitment, but that’s no problem for Landon Yoak, a senior at Washington County Career Center. Yoak started drag racing with Griffith when he was young before racing on the woods course at Wildwood Lake He is now racing in the pro-class at Wildwood Lake.

What he loves about racing isn’t so much the competitive nature, but the friendships and connections created with all of the racers and spectators.

“Racing has changed my life by taking me to new places all across the U.S., helping my mental health through strategy and patience and by making me push myself in the gym and at practice,” Yoak said.

Jared Stark is another racer with deep roots, having grown up around the sport. He’s owned a motorcycle since he was young, but he didn’t start racing until he was 18. He swept the track for Windland for two years, and now he’s a race flagger and assists Griffith with scoring.

Stark loves nothing more than to help people on or off the track.

“I have always been the type that would help anyone out if I could, and be able to help kids that need it out on the track,” Stark said. “They come back to you, and give you a hug just because you helped them up a hill or help start there bike back up; it just makes my day.”

Stark also believes the camaraderie plays a crucial role in the enjoyment of the sport.

“I would have to say what I love the most about racing is how it brings everyone together as a family even though you may only see them at the track,” Stark said. “You can ask anybody at the track for any help, and they would do anything they can for you, even lending their own bike to you so that you can make the race.”

Stark and the others agree that most every aspect of their lives has heavy roots in racing, but also that fact rings true for a lot of the racers. This is why they believe racing is such a family-oriented sport.

‘A FAMILY SPORT’ Windland, Griffith, Yoak and Stark all agree that the best part about racing is the bonds made with the people they meet. Windland loves being around all of the people who participate, be it staff members, the professional riders or other riders. When they all get together, Windland says it’s like a homecoming.

Though every sport consists of competition, Windland believes racing differs from the stereotype of rivalry. He loves how all of the racers are best friends and even act as a family.

He sees this familial bond between racers in the adults and professionals alike but added it all starts with the younger racers.

“As soon as the race is over, they’re out having fun and playing together,” Windland said. “Then, when it’s time to race, they put their gear on and get to the starting line and wish each other good luck. It’s really cool.”

More women are starting to participate in motocross, and Windland also loves to see whole families who ride together. He loves to watch his youth riders go through the class ranks, going from not knowing how to ride a bike to reaching the professional tracks.

It’s the family aspect that assures Windland he made the right choice when he pursued racing. After 52 years of racing, Windland is still just as excited as he was on day one to race and to share his knowledge with those around him.

“I’ve watched some of these children grow up racing and then come back with their kids,” Windland said. “It’s a really cool job. I get to be around a lot of happy people and people who enjoy racing as much as I do, and it’s wonderful.”

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As soon as the race is over, they’re out having fun and playing together.

Then, when it’s time to race, they put their gear on and get to the starting line and wish each other good luck. It’s really cool.

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the weekender

Athens Public Library to enrich minds through steampunk culture RILEY RUNNELLS ASST. CULTURE EDITOR

The Athens Public Library, 30 Home St., is calling all steampunk enthusiasts to celebrate the seventh annual Steampunk Spectacle, complete with music, outdoor activities, puppetry and costumes galore.

Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that showcases what art, technology and clothing would’ve been like if the Victorian era had never ended.

This year, the theme of the event is Journey to the Center of the Earth based on Jules Vernes’ novel, where he combines scientific fact with fantastical elements about the era when geologists discovered the Earth was much older than expected.

Todd Bastin, adult programing coordinator for the library, is the head coordinator for Steampunk Spectacle and has been for the previous six years it has taken place.

“I knew about steampunk as a science fiction subgenre, where science fiction writers will write a story about a time where it’s still like the Victorian world but with all kinds of different technologies,” Bastin said. “But I didn’t know there was an actual subculture of people doing these things with their own hands and living that kind of lifestyle.”

Bastin likes steampunk because it involves creativity, science and artistry skills, and he feels those are great for the library. He believes steampunk gets people interested in the activities that come with the subgenre but will also get people interested in nonfiction and science fiction novels related to steampunk.

There is a plethora of workshops and shows happening at the event.

Throughout the day there will be a photo-op backdrop featuring the caverns of the underworld, and though many will show up wearing their own costumes, there will be a workshop for learning how to make props for steampunk attire.

Keeping with the theme of making items to wear, there will be a workshop to learn how to make lava rock-beaded bracelets.

Children and families will have the opportunity for a steampunk-themed storytime and craft. After they’re finished with 22 / SEPT. 26, 2019

their book and their craft, children and families can make their way over to the Twig Theatre of Puppetry for a 40-minute performance and a Q&A and meet and greet after the show.

There will be riddles, science activities, board games and even lawn activities, including croquet, badminton, the game of graces and lawn bowls.

One of the most exciting activities at the event is the Victorian Low Tea Social, where people can dine on gourmet French desserts and drink tea and homemade sarsaparilla. Anyone, in any attire, is welcome to participate.

In keeping with the low tea social, each year there is a tea cozies silent auction and craft show. The cozies are knitted by the Athens County Knitters, who used the proceeds from the auction last year to buy a tandem bike for the library’s bicycle fleet.

This year, they want to buy another bike with the money from the fundraiser. Each year the Knitters have made well over $1,000 from the auction.

“They got really wild about (cozies), which is what you’re supposed to do with steampunk,” Bastin said. “They made some crazy, really creative and fun, but sometimes simply beautiful tea cozies like no one has ever imagined doing before.”

Amy Drayer, branch manager of the Athens Public Library, loves watching the silent auction and the entire steampunk event.

“It’s an unusual event for the area, and I think the library and Todd do a great job of making it unique each year while still bringing the same things from past years that people have enjoyed,” Drayer said.

Jo Itapson, a freshman studying political science, thinks the Steampunk Spectacle is a great event to connect the past and present while educating minds.

“Many of the events that libraries host help us by showing us reflections of the past today,” Itapson said. “Steampunk Spectacle is one of these events, helping us correlate our modern ideals of fashion with those from the Victorian era. The importance of events like these cannot be stressed enough, and we are lucky that the library continues to host them.”

Bastin loves to see the costumes, but he also loves to see all of the people come and participate in these cultural activities. The main point of the event, from his perspective, is to enrich the minds of these people while having fun.

“As a library, you want to find ways to offer something special and fun for the public,” Bastin said. “Because steampunk partakes in art, crafts, science, technology and history, that covers a lot of subject areas. Libraries want the public to discover what we have to offer in our collections, and this is a great way to stimulate that.”

To sign up for specific steampunk activities, call the Athens Public Library at 740-592-4272. @RILEYR44 RR855317@OHIO.EDU

Photo provided via Todd Bastin.

IF YOU GO WHAT: Steampunk Spectacle WHEN: Saturday, 10 a.m.

WHERE: The Athens Public Library, 30 Home St. ADMISSION: Free admission; call the library to sign up for specific activities

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Union Bar and Grill, 18 W. Union St. Hang out with the psychedelic funk rock band from Cincinnati and local Athens band Velvet Green for a night of music and fun. Admission: $5, $2 under 21 Pontoon Lake Tour at 5 p.m. at Burr

Oak State Park, 10220 Burr Oak Lodge Road. Hang out on a pontoon, take in the beautiful nature that Burr Oak State Park has to offer and hear the story behind the state park. Admission: Free, registration required

SATURDAY Folk Art Medicine Show at 2 p.m. at ARTS/West, 132 W. State St. Come out to learn more about herbal medicine, drink some Little Fish Brewing Company beer and take a plant walk. This event will feature an abundance of information about healthful modalities and a marketplace of folk art. End the night with a concert by Brother Hill. Admission: Free Voices from the Venue at 7 p.m. at

Central Venue, 29 E. Carpenter St. Hear some music from Otis Cockron, enjoy the photography of Erin

La Belle and participate in a raffle and silent auction. All proceeds will go back to the Serenity Grove Women’s Recovery House.

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Kennedy Museum of Art Lin Hall • 100 Ridges Circle RECENT ACQUISITIONS STORYTELLING THROUGH PRACTICES OF COLLECTING

4:15 7:15 10:15

why?

Hosted by the Alzheimer’s Assoc. of Greater Cincinnati

ART EXHIBIT

because it’s an affordable way to expose art, music, theater, films, and exhibitions

TO

THOUSANDS OF READERS for as low as

$15 per week! send us an email postadvertising@ohio.edu for semester pricing and availability

Presented by ABC Players

STUART’S OPERA HOUSE

52 Public Sq • Nelsonville Thursday Oct. 10th Sunday October 13th Tickets on sale now Reserved Seats $12 adult • $8 student available at stuartsoperahouse.org

ART EXHIBIT Trisolini Gallery • Baker Ctr

ÆTHELRED ELDRIDGE

EXHIBITION OF WORK

on view through October 12th The first in a series of events to celebrate Professor Emeritus and his work.

Exhibitions, performances and gatherings will take place on campus and beyond

ohio.edu/fine-arts

click on “College of Fine Arts” and select “news and events” for an entire listing of related events

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