October 11, 2018

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

The power of a school, an idea and a rare collaboration

LAUREN FISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

We’re going to do something a little different this week: Rather than talking about The Post, we’re going to be talking a bit about Lower Price Hill.

It’s a small, time-weathered town on the west side of Cincinnati located in an area rich with a unique culture that’s been dubbed “urban Appalachia.” After the coal mining industry began fading after World War II, families from Kentucky and West Virginia flocked to the area, hungry for factory jobs.

However, the factory jobs didn’t last long, and more than half of the neighborhood’s current residents live below the federal poverty line.

Although the brick row houses of Lower Price Hill are a long ways away from the red-bricked streets of Athens, the two towns crossed paths recently in an unexpected and exciting way.

This past weekend, The Post hosted a group of students from Lower Price Hill’s Oyler High School for a special mentoring workshop. The goal was simple: to help the team of five young journalists build a digital presence for their school newspaper, The Oyler Griffin. Using simple website-building and social media tools,

we set out together on a pizza-fueled mission to bring the paper back to life and learn a bit about each other in the process.

These kids are ambitious. They’re bright.

And they’re not just reporting on the latest Homecoming fashion or chronicling student body elections. They’re penning tribute pieces for Gabriella Christine Rodriguez, a local teen who was killed while on her way to school. They’re telling their classmates about faith-based programs designed to help uplift young girls out of poverty.

For a while now, they’ve been printing The Griffin on eight-by-eleven sheets of paper dotted with news articles, sports stories and even the occasional poem: I am a kid who will work hard to get out of my neighborhood …

I am going to bed late and waking up early.

I am made from destroyed plans replaced with new ones.

I am the center of my own universe.

I am a goal that younger kids want to reach.

Now, the staff of The Griffin will get to showcase their work to an audience outside

the halls of their school. Their new website launched on Monday with the headline, “The Griffin revived for a new era.”

I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to these students and to Tiffaney Hamm, who accompanied them on their weekend trip. I genuinely believed we learned more from these students than we ever could have taught them.

They’re the brains and the heart of this project, while we simply provided the resources.

Give them a follow on Twitter at @oyler_griffin and check out their new website at theoylergriffin.home.blog.

It’s incredible to see what we can accomplish in such a brief period of time when we pool our passions and resources for a common goal. And if one thing’s for certain, it’s that with these students, the future of journalism is in exceptionally good hands.

Lauren Fisher is a senior studying journalism at Ohio University and the editorin-chief of The Post. Have questions? Email Lauren at lf966614@ohio.edu or tweet her @Lauren__Fisher.

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Takeaways from OU Student Affairs report The university will undergo changes in staffing, micro-grant programs and new building renovations SIERRA NOSER FOR THE POST The 2017-18 Division of Student Affairs annual report was released Sept. 18 with goals listed for different departments within Ohio University.

Those goals include the implementation of a new micro-grant program, investments and updates made to campus recreation facilities and memberships, renovations to residence halls and work to increase engagement with underrepresented students.

The report also addresses the new employees at Counseling and Psychological Services, or CPS, and its improved follow-up appointment times with patients.

STUDENT AFFAIRS The Division of Student Affairs is working on a new micro-grant program that can assist students with nonacademic financial needs.

The details of the program are still being finalized, but the goal is to launch the program at the start of the Spring Semester, university Spokesman Jim Sabin said.

Part of the micro-grant program includes emergency micro-grants for students, which can help students who face unexpected financial emergencies such as car repairs or housing displacement, according to a previous Post report.

CAMPUS RECREATION Employment numbers are down for Campus Recreation staff from 633 last year to 550, but its overall salary and benefits budget has stayed roughly the same. Meanwhile, the numbers for the rest of the budget are down.

Within the department, investments are

being made to improve campus recreation facilities to reduce maintenance backlog and improve student experience. They are also working to enhance membership options for students and they are updating the policies and practices for renting and reserving spaces in campus recreation facilities to improve experience for students.

HOUSING AND RESIDENCE LIFE Washington Hall, Bromley Hall and the residence area of The Convo will undergo renovations in the near future.

Washington Hall, located on East Green, will have a $5.2 million budget and includes renovations to the bathrooms, the residence director’s apartment, all resident rooms and the installation a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

Bromley Hall, 35 S. Congress St., will receive a $7.5 million budget for an infrastructure upgrade, which will include a new hot water system, a new HVAC system and a new backup generator.

Finally, the residence hall in The Convo will receive a $3.5 million budget to renovate all resident restrooms.

CAREER AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER According the Student Affairs report, CLDC is going to be working on increasing engagement with underrepresented student populations in the university in partnership with Diversity and Inclusion units.

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According to the report, students are being seen within one to two weeks for follow-up appointments compared to three to four in the past.

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ODDS AND ENDS

Cleveland and the Rally Possum CHUCK GREENLEE is a senior studying communication studies at Ohio University.

There’s a curse outside the Cleveland Curse, one that damns the innocent: being born and raised in Northeastern Ohio. This means you probably have a parent who also raised you to be a Cleveland sports fan.

It’s truly a shame.

Sure, we had LeBron James as the backbone of Cleveland’s economy for some time. The Cleveland Indians — which, you know, is a racist mascot that needs to be changed — are on the up-and-up. Then, there’s, uh, the Browns.

The Browns have consistently been that second cousin you have. You know, the one who’s too nice for their own good and you want to see them succeed, but they ended up losing all their money in some weird Ponzi scheme and have been at rock-bottom for nearly 20 years. But hey, they’re still smiling for some reason.

Anyone who is in tune with the sports world knows how perplexingly awful the Browns are — it, as stated by FiveThirtyEight’s Neil Paine, “defies math and reason.” Coming off a 0-16 season in 2017, the Browns started off the 2018 season by snapping their losing streak by not winning (they tied). They

then won their first game against the somehow worse New York Jets with rookie Baker Mayfield’s infectious energy.

Now, hear me out. I don’t think Mayfield is the reason why Cleveland won the game. It was the opossum in the stadium that was wrangled by a Cleveland fan.

The Browns finally win a game after they catch an opossum in their stands. The only marsupial – that’s also kind of a vermin and is usually seen dead on the side of the highway (OK, that’s rude, but in my 22 years, I have seen more opossums dead on the side of the road than alive in the wild (this is also credited to opossums being nocturnal and my strict 11 p.m. bedtime)) – that inhabits the Cleveland area was able to rally the Browns to victory that day. After all, they were 1-0 when an opossum is seen on the grounds.

That was until Sunday’s win over conference rivals, the quasi-Cleveland football team, the Baltimore Ravens. There was another opossum sighting before the game.

Another opossum, another win. The Browns are

undefeated when an opossum attends the game, and it makes sense with the essence of Cleveland as a whole.

People hate opossums like people hate Cleveland.

Does correlation imply causation? No. But is this correlation too good to not run with? Absolutely. I’m not saying the Browns should rebrand their team to be the Cleveland Opossums, but I am saying their marketing team should welcome the opossum as a secondary logo to join the likes of Swagger and Brownie the Elf. Opossums are weird, kind of ugly but endearing in a way that you really can’t put your finger on, which is also the best possible way to describe Cleveland as a whole.

Where there are opossums, there’s hope. That just happens to be in Cleveland. Maybe this is finally our year.

Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. Do you love the opossum? Let Chuck know by tweeting him @ chuck_greenlee.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Vote 'yes' on Issue 3, professor writes I’m writing to ask you to please vote “yes” on Issue 3, a school levy to renovate and rebuild several schools in the Athens City School District. Although our teachers and school staff work hard to create welcoming learning environments, if you take a careful look at the buildings, you will see that they are in serious disrepair and need more than simple fixes. Our children need safe, healthy, high-quality spaces to learn in. I am a member of the ABC Committee (Vote Yes For Athens City School District on Facebook), but I am writing this letter as an individual.

There is a lot of misinformation being spread about this levy and I’d like to share some facts related to three of the most

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common myths I’ve seen.

One myth is that the levy is just too expensive and will cost students too much.

First, I’d like to believe that the majority of the student body recognizes the importance of investing in children’s futures.

Second, the costs are not as high as some will have you believe. When I moved here and bought a house, there were three students renting it. Based on the current appraised value of my home, if a landlord passed on the entire cost of the levy to the renters, it would cost each renter just under $10 a month.

A second myth is that the district has a hidden pot of money they could use to renovate our schools. This is simply not

true. The district is trying desperately to keep up with repairs just to keep our schools functional.

Finally, some people will say that the schools are not that bad and can do with a few touch ups. Just to share a few of the problems, the middle school was almost unable to open at the start of the year because a water pump needed to be replaced.

Morrison-Gordon Elementary has had several room tests coming back with unhealthy levels of carbon dioxide in the air because of inadequate ventilation. At The Plains Elementary, if the ventilation breaks down and dehumidifiers are not run regularly, mold will grow overnight. Some of our heating and cooling systems are so

old that they no longer make replacement parts and the district must buy old ones from other districts. The high school has thin walls and many of the rooms have little or no natural light. None of our schools have modern secure entrances—at some schools you do not even pass the office when you enter the building.

It is time for the children of Athens to have safe, healthy, high-quality schools.

The problems listed above are widespread, systemic and go well beyond simple repairs. Please vote “yes” on Issue 3 this fall!

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Or the pumpkin picking? The Halloween movie marathons? No, it’s the new, seasonal coffee drinks. Coffee shops around Athens are revamping their menus and incorporating fall flavors such as cinnamon, pumpkin, nutmeg and apple cider.

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Student Senate member charged for making false alarms; APD receives three reports of sexual assault SARAH M. PENIX NEWS EDITOR STUDENT SENATE MEMBER CHARGED FOR MAKING FALSE ALARMS Anna Ayers, commissioner of the Ohio University Student Senate Appropriations Commission, was arrested by the OU Police Department on Monday and charged with three counts of making false alarms.

Ayers — an OU senior studying journalism, a member of The Post Publishing Board and a previous Post columnist — reported that she received three threatening messages: two in the Student Senate office and one at her residence. An OUPD investigation found that Ayers placed the messages herself prior to reporting them.

According to a previous Post report, Student Senate held a meeting to address the threats made to Ayers last Wednesday. At that point, Senate leadership believed the reports came from another

member of the Student Senate body.

“We are still processing and encouraging our members to take time to heal and utilize campus support resources right now,” Student Senate President Maddie Sloat said in a statement. “We’re complying with the investigation and OUPD. We hope Anna receives the help that she needs.”

APD RECEIVES THREE MORE SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTS Three sexual assaults have been reported to the Athens Police Department since Sept. 28.

On Sept. 28, APD responded to a report of a rape and collected a sexual assault evidence kit at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital. According to the report, the victim does not wish to speak with an officer at this time, but a report was taken.

On Oct. 1, APD took a report of a rape that occurred in September 2015. The report was made by an anonymous woman

who did not want contact with police or an investigation into the incident, according to the report.

On Tuesday at about 2 a.m., a 37-yearold woman reported she was a victim of sexual assault on the city’s south side by a known subject, according to the report.

The case is under investigation and no further information will be released at this time pending said investigation.

OU SOUTHERN WORKFORCE SUCCESS HELPS BUSINESSES STRATEGIZE Ohio University Southern Workforce Success hosted three marketing strategy workshops for small businesses in Southeast Ohio and the tri-state area.

The Workforce Success is a new focus for the OU Southern campus with the goal of providing workforce trainings and custom programs fixated on strengthening existing workforce skills, providing education and training for the future workforce and

supporting community development initiatives that impact workforce development.

Sarah Diamond Burroway, director of external relations, said the Workforce Success initiative conducted the workshops in late September that targeted businesses with 50 or fewer employees.

The workshops focused on marketing and showed participating business owners and entrepreneurs how to take a story-driven approach to their businesses, which gives local businesses a lot of strength, Burroway said.

The workshops, two held at OU Southern and one held at Shawnee State University, had costs covered by a USDA Rural Business Development grant, making it free for all attendants, Burroway said. The workshops were all led by representatives of Rebel Pilgrim Creative Agency of Cincinnati.

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Drunken students stagger around; dog goes missing JACKIE OSBORNE SLOT EDITOR Two Ohio University students found themselves in trouble over the weekend.

On Saturday at about midnight, a student was seen by Ohio University Police Department officers staggering down the sidewalk and into the street of University Terrace, nearly falling several times.

He had glassy and bloodshot eyes, was slurring his speech and smelled of alcohol.

He was issued a citation for underage consumption of alcohol and released to a sober man, according to the report.

OUPD officers also responded to a call from resident assistants in Sargent Hall who reported that there was a drunken student in the second floor men’s restroom on Friday at about midnight.

According to the report, he had bloodshot eyes, was slurring his speech and smelled of alcohol.

He was arrested for disorderly conduct by intoxication and transported to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail pending his sobriety.

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IS YOUR REFRIGERATOR RUNNING? The Athens County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a possible theft on McGill Road in Guysville on Oct. 3.

The landlord of a property said his renters were supposed to be out of the residence by Friday but was told by a family member the renters were selling his appliances on Athens Buy Sell Trade, according to the report. Two deep freezers, a kitchen stove and the interior doors were all posted for sale.

On the scene, deputies contacted the renters, who said they had sold their own appliances. They had no intention to sell the interior doors or the deep freezers since they belonged to the landlord.

There was no evidence that a crime was committed, and the case was closed.

MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE The sheriff’s office received a report from a woman in Athens who said she opened a package from a children’s clothing retailer and found a syringe inside it on Oct. 3.

The syringe was wrapped in plastic and appeared to be unused. It was dis-

posed in a a hazardous waste container, and the issue was reported to the clothing company, according to the report.

DOG GONE The sheriff’s office received a report Oct. 4 from a woman who said her dog ran away about two months ago, and she just found out where it might be.

She attempted to to make contact with a person who may know the whereabouts of the dog by phone, but there was no answer, according to the report.

MESSING WITH MAILBOXES On Tuesday, the sheriff’s office took two reports of mailboxes being tampered with.

The first report was of a mailbox that was knocked over at a residence near Hockingport. The incident is still being investigated, according to the report.

Deputies were also advised that two men on bicycles were tampering with mailboxes along State Route 13 area, according to the report.

Deputies patrolled the area but did not locate the men.

GONE IN A FLASH The sheriff’s office took a report of an active theft of a trail camera from a hunting property on Tuesday.

Deputies determined the camera was not stolen, despite evidence that the camera had been tampered with. According to the report, no further assistance was needed at the time of the discovery, and the case was closed.

POSSIBLE PROWLER On Oct. 4, the sheriff’s office responded to a prowler complaint in New Marshfield.

The caller said the rental house they owned next door had been broken into. According to the report, deputies checked the residence and found it to be secure with no signs of recent tampering or forced entry.

Deputies patrolled the area with no signs of criminal activity. No further action was taken, and the incident was considered closed.

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How local police investigate sexual assault cases ELLEN WAGNER NEWS EDITOR When it comes to local police departments investigating sexual assaults, each case is handled uniquely.

Limited information is available to the public during investigations by both the Athens Police Department and the Ohio University Police Department due to the confidentiality of the people involved and the effect it could have on the investigation.

“There is significant law in place for both survivor and uncharged subjects,” APD Chief Tom Pyle said.

Police can release basic information about the crime to the public. Other information, such as names, is not public information until the case is closed, Pyle said. Even after someone is indicted, the person has the ability to petition for the court to have their name sealed until a certain point in the preceding.

“We are bound by Ohio law not to release uncharged suspects’ names,” Pyle said. “Not just on sexual assault cases but any case, including misdemeanors.”

For any case, police will not release a name until the person is charged formally in court. If the person remains an uncharged suspect even after a case is closed, their name will be redacted from the report. The reason is because of the stigma attached to being named as a suspect in a crime, especially a sexual assault crime, Pyle said.

The way investigations are organized for OUPD and APD depend on the facts and circumstances of each case.

Pyle said there are confidentiality and privacy concerns when investigating sexual assault cases by APD. “There is no set protocol. ... There are a bunch of things on a list that we’d like to do but, in certain circumstances, you either can’t do, won’t be productive to do or have chosen not to for many of these concerns out there,” Pyle said.

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vestigated so they won’t try to cover their tracks. It is also common for the survivor to start the process and wish to remain anonymous and not pursue the matter.

According to Ohio law, the statute of limitations on rape is 25 years. APD investigations are victim-focused, which could include continuing the investigation later than when it was initially reported.

When OUPD receives a report of sexual assault, they begin the investigation as quickly as possible and start to collect evidence, such as interviewing all parties involved and possibly getting search warrants. Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, or ECRC, is also notified for the administrative investigation.

“It really depends on the crime and what circumstances happen,” OUPD Lt. Tim Ryan said. “Each time is unique and has its own fact pattern so it depends.”

There are usually two types of investigations that occur for sexual assault cases: criminal investigations and administrative investigations, Ryan said.

OUPD handles the criminal investigations for the university, which focuses on the violations of the Ohio Revised Code.

Offices like ECRC and Community Standards handle administrative investigations that focus on university policy or student code of conduct violations.

OUPD’s jurisdiction is different from the jurisdictions of ECRC or Community Standards, Ryan said. Law enforcement’s jurisdiction is based on geography. OUPD investigates all crimes occurring on property owned by the university. The jurisdiction for the ECRC and Community Standards is largely based on the affiliation of the parties to the university.

“As an example, OUPD would investigate an assault that occurs on campus between two non-affiliated parties while ECRC or Community Standards would not,” Ryan said in an email.

OUPD releases crime alerts with basic information about the incident posted to its website and sent out in an email to students.

The status of crime alerts on the OUPD website can be active, closed or inactive. As of press time, the four recent sexual assault crime alerts from OUPD are in active status.

OUPD also proactively informs sexual assault victims about the Survivor Advocacy Program, or SAP, and offers them its services. It’s not uncommon for a victim to have come to OUPD having already made contact with SAP, Ryan said.

Sexual assault survivors can reach out to the program directly or through other groups, such as law enforcement or ECRC, to be provided an advocate, SAP Director Kim Castor said.

“We will never reach out to a survivor without their permission to do so,” Castor said. “We want it to be their choice to work with us.”

SAP advocates work with survivors through university administrative processes, legal investigative and prosecutorial processes or survivors who are not going through either process.

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Then, anyone can request the report because it’s considered a public record.

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Sexual assault survivor Brie Sivy, Survivor Advocacy Director Kim Castor and OUPD Detective Mathew Austin during the Survivor Advocacy program Start By Believing. (KELSEY BOEING / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

Ohio University student and sexual assault survivor Brie Sivy talks about her experience with the Ohio University Police Department after she was sexually assaulted her freshman year.

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Start by Believing event shows process of a sexual assault investigation MEGAN CARLSON FOR THE POST Start by Believing — an event that uses sexual assault cases to explain the investigative process and what they are like from the sides of both the detective and survivor — took place Monday night.

The event included discussions of teaching attendants how to respond and talk to someone who has been assaulted, the barriers survivors encounter when trying to report an assault, and how a person’s brain reacts to the trauma and stress of an attack.

Start by Believing is meant to create a more open conversation and complete participation about sexual assault, Ohio University Police Department Capt.

George Harlow said.

Brie Sivy, a junior at OU, shared her story of sexual assault, which happened her freshman year at OU. Sivy was found the night of her sexual assault in her residence hall by her resi-

dent assistant, who then called the police and her parents.

“I don’t know if I would’ve reported if my RA didn’t find me,” Sivy said.

Sivy said her motivation to report started after seeing her father cry, which later turned into anger after hearing her attacker’s statement of the events that night.

Mathew Austin, the OUPD detective on her case, helped Sivy through the investigation. Austin said sexual assault cases are his least favorite because of the low success rate and small chance of prosecution.

The DNA tube from Sivy’s initial rape kit came back with her attacker’s DNA but also the DNA of another person, making it difficult for people involved in the investigation to believe her original story.

The lab had to test Sivy’s past consensual partners, and when none of them matched the other DNA from the test, it was proven to be contaminated, but Austin, Sivy and the lab had no idea why.

While it was tough for Sivy to know peo-

ple were doubting her story, she still had faith in her case.

“In the end, they were just trying to do their job,” Sivy said.

After working with Sivy, Austin changed his perspective on sexual assault cases. He no longer believed success was dependent on whether or not the perpetrator got a conviction, but whether or not a survivor came forward and reported the sexual assault.

An audio clip from Sivy’s interview showed an example of the Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview (FETI) Technique.

The technique is used to help survivors remember traumatic experiences in a sensory context because a person’s brain may not be able to recollect specific information under trauma or high-stress situations.

Due to Title IX, Sivy said the university hearing was done within a month and a half. After reporting, OUPD immediately assigned investigators to her case, who contacted her and asked if she wanted to move forward in the investigation with

the university.

“I don’t think they get enough praise for what they’re able to do for our community,” Sivy said.

After working with Title IX and having a prehearing meeting, Sivy said she met with two investigators and her attacker for her hearing. The attacker was expelled from the university and was not allowed to step on campus.

Through Start by Believing, Sivy wanted to show people OUPD is a resource to help survivors during sexual assault investigations and share the investigation process from the police and the university.

“I think I was more surprised at how understanding they were,” Sivy said. “For OUPD, I think a lot of people assume that they’re the bad guys that come through on Palmer Fest and break up all your parties and arrest all of your friends.”

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Athens schools re-examine discrimination policies following racially charged incident NOLAN SIMMONS FOR THE POST Following a racially charged incident in Athens High School last school year, the Athens City School District is looking to change the culture within its schools.

The incident, which occurred between two Athens High School students last spring, inspired a wave of community concern that pushed the school district to re-examine its culture and reconsider how it addresses bias and discrimination going forward.

The Athens City School District enlisted the help of Sarah Webb, social worker and lecturer at Ohio University, to conduct a survey on bias and discrimination within the district. The survey was emailed to parents, students, faculty members and other community members.

The survey asked about experiences related to bias and discrimination in the school district, bystander involvement and understanding of available resources among other related topics, according to the Bias and Discrimination Survey Report provided by Webb.

Of the 400 individuals who answered, approximately one-fourth indicated that they had been treated poorly based on various demographics, and approximately one-half indicated that they had witnessed someone else being treated poorly.

Following the survey, a series of focus groups were held to expand the initial ideas given in response to the survey and to add additional objectives for the school board to consider.

“What we were looking for weren’t the percentages. What we were looking for were the details, because I can’t respond to percentages,” said Thomas Gibbs, superintendent for Athens City School District.

Details within the open-ended survey responses and focus group conversations were helpful in understanding where incidents were occurring and what type of discrimination was taking place, Gibbs said. He also explained that the amount of bias and discrimination incidents being reported has increased.

The district plans to hold additional focus groups in the future, and it will implement a “three-pronged approach” to handling issues related to bias and discrimination, Gibbs said.

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Athens High School, located in The Plains, on Oct. 7. (HANNAH RUHOFF / PHOTO EDITOR)

tles IX, VI and VII civil rights investigations. The approaches would also include instructing teachers on how to spot and defuse implicit bias.

Another strategy that is being used to spot implicit bias is the Responsive Classroom technique.

“It’s a training method to look at the dynamic that’s in your classroom… and to deal with these things before they become behavior problems,” said Paul Grippa, Athens City School District Board member.

Responsive Classroom is supposed to heighten teachers’ awareness of not just racial bias but hostility, anger and whatever dynamic is operating, Grippa said.

It is also supposed to help educators intervene before it’s a problem and have an appropriate response.

Gibbs explained that incidents involving bias and discrimination may arise from some students’ lack of exposure to diverse populations during their elementary experience.

“There is a 50-50 split of families tied to the university and families who are not,” Gibbs said. The elementary schools located closer to OU have a more diverse population of students, while the more rural elementary schools tend to be less diverse, Gibbs said.

There are many factors that fuel discrimination including socioeconomic status, geographical typography and race, Grippa said. Students from rural areas are overwhelmingly white — approximately 94 percent. Just under half of students in rural areas identify as economically dis-

advantaged, according to The Thomas Fordham Institute.

“We have a very diverse student population (near OU), but the way our elementary schools are set up, one school gets the benefit of having seven different nationalities in one classroom,” Goldsberry said. “When you put them together in middle school and high school, there can be conflict.”

The Athens City School Board will continue those discussions following a Nov. 6 school levy vote.

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Ohio University President Duane Nellis speaks with multiple publications during an “end of the semester” meeting Dec. 4.

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How students and administrators are working together to expand broadband in the region TEDI DELASHMET FOR THE POST Lilah Gagne feels that she lives in a “broadband desert” being in Meigs County, directly south of Athens County.

Gagne, a freshman studying journalism, said she can’t get internet where she lives unless it is through Direct TV, which she found expensive, or through HughesNet, which only allows limited amount of gigabytes.

Without internet access beyond cellular data, she became dependent on her cell phone in public places to get through the academic year.

“I found refuge in the Athens Public Library parking lot after it closed, as well as fast food restaurants like Taco Bell because it had free Wi-Fi,” Gagne said in an email.

Some commuter students experiencing low connectivity find that it impacts school work.

“I rely on my internet connection to

complete my assignments at home. In today’s world, all my assignments, tests and resources are online,” Gabrielle Parker, an undecided freshman, said in an email. “Without strong connectivity, I struggle to keep up with my studies, or even basic communication to professors or friends throughout the community.”

The broadband issue is not only affecting the students’ academics, but it also seems to create a social disconnect.

“Social media is everything,” Gagne said in an email. “I felt disconnected from my friends and my peers because I was unable to see what was happening.”

A lack of broadband access encouraged Gagne to promote change by reaching out to magazines, national podcasts, the Federal Communications Commission and Ohio University Student Senate.

“It’s very important to me to be able to spread this message,” Gagne said in an email.

Regional campuses also deal with

broadband connectivity issues, OU President Duane Nellis said in September.

Talking with people from those areas directly is one way to combat the problem.

OU aims to expand broadband in southeast Ohio as an outreach effort though the Southeast Ohio Broadband Coalition.

Members of the Southeast Ohio Broadband Coalition are meeting with policy makers to raise awareness of the challenge, university Spokesperson Carly Leatherwood said. They are also exploring potential state and federal funding opportunities to support broadband expansion in the region.

“One group alone cannot solve this issue,” Leatherwood said in an email. “Senior staff has taken a leadership role in forming the Southeast Ohio Broadband Coalition, which is comprised of public and private sector members working with a common goal of building the

broadband infrastructure that will make Southeast Ohio a place where people want to live, work and raise a family.”

Nellis is working with local, Congressional and state leaders, while students advocate for greater access to the internet.

People in the region have shared their own challenges to stress that broadband is something that needs to be improved.

“You go to some of these communities ... where it’s dark and my phone doesn’t work,” Nellis said.

The ultimate goal is to create broadband nodes throughout Southeast Ohio where businesses could have access to those nodes and be online.

“We’re coming into an electronic business global profile ... It doesn’t matter where you live, but they need to have access,” Nellis said.

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A DAY IN COURT

How a local judge is fighting the opioid crisis from the bench

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pplause broke out in the courtroom after one man announced he found a job.

Another woman rolled a dice to see how many days of jail she would receive after missing a drug screening. Parole officers and treatment providers alike gave input on their clients’ progress in combating addiction.

It might not be a normal day for the judicial system, but for Hocking County Municipal Court Judge Fred Moses, it’s exactly what he wants out of his drug court – a specialized court docket that helps people recover from addiction.

“We’re here to help people,” Moses said after his drug court met on Sept. 27. “We really try to treat people like human beings.”

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BENNETT LECKRONE | SENIOR WRITER Court Judge since 2011.

The drug court offers an intensive, 12-month recovery program for people who qualify for treatment. Potential drug court clients can be identified either before or after adjudication, or when their sentence is decided, but can only be ordered into the program after adjudication. Participation is ultimately voluntary.

At the courtroom located in Logan — about a 30-minute drive north of Athens — parole officers, counselors from local recovery organizations who help with the drug court, and the drug court clients come together to talk about progress and recovery once a week.

In many ways, Moses’ drug court feels like a support group. Sitting at the bench in a button-up shirt rather than a robe, Moses addresses each client by their first name and candidly speaks with them.

Sometimes he allots praise, he even recommends books to read.

“Have you read Dreamland?” He asks one client, referring to the tell-all book on the opioid epidemic by journalist Sam Quinones.

Other times, he cracks down on clients who violated program rules. One client was taken into custody because a drug screen had shown a prohibited substance in her system. Moses said it was the first such incident in his drug court in some time.

He was hopeful, however, when that client asked if she would be allowed to stay in the program. To Moses, it was a sign of progress.

“The one thing I’ve learned since I’ve been on the bench is that everybody’s life starts in a good spot,” Moses said later. “Something happened somewhere along the line.”

Moses runs two drug courts that are nearly identical aside from the medicine given to clients. The individuals sitting in the courtroom at noon on Sept. 27 were part of

the Judge’s Vivitrol Drug Court.

Moses’ other court administers alternatives to Vivitrol like Suboxone, an opioid used to minimize opioid addiction, however not everyone in the Vivitrol Court is on the drug.

Not everyone in the courts is addicted to opioids. The programs are open to anyone, Moses said, and some of the participants include recovering alcoholics and marijuana users.

Vivitrol is Moses’ weapon of choice in combating the opioid epidemic. His favor for the drug is backed with evidence: Of more than 8,400 drug screens from the Vivitrol Court in the past four years, only 8.6 percent have been positive.

Of the 8.6 percent positive drug screens, only 10 percent have been opioid-related.

Kelly Gallagan, a peer recovery supervisor with Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime of Southeast Ohio, or TASC, has worked with Vivitrol patients as part of the drug court. She has been with TASC since 2001.

Gallagan said Vivitrol also works because clients detox before going on the drug and begin recovery with a clear mind.

“Once they’re getting clean and they’re in treatment, their minds have cleared,” Gallagan said. “They’re able to process the whole addiction concept, and it’s easier for treatment people too.”

Vivitrol, however, has not been without its criticisms. Moses said an individual has to be clear of opioids before they are given the drug. Otherwise, it would rip the opioids out of their system and force them into immediate withdrawal, Moses said.

Moses said he receives no personal financial gain from running drug courts.

According to the Supreme Court of Ohio, full-time municipal court judges like Moses will make $132,150 in 2018.

Regardless of the drug used to treat the patients, both Moses and treatment providers agree that the highest priority of the drug court is keeping nonviolent drug offenders out of prison.

Keeping nonviolent drug offenders out of prison can lead to better outcomes for their recovery, Burt Dhira, the founder of the Ohio Addiction Treatment Council, said.

Dhira, who runs a recovery center near Columbus and works with drug courts, said locking an individual up is not a substitute for treatment.

“They are put behind bars with withdrawal symptoms that can cause more trauma in an individual who is locked behind bars in a confined space without medication,” Dhira said.

The debate about locking up nonviolent drug offenders has made its way into a statewide conversation.

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3 CORRUPTION OF ANOTHER WITH DRUGS

146 COUNTERFEIT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OFFENSE

10 Judge Frederick Moses presents on opioids and how the drug court works at the Hocking County Court on Sept. 27, 2018 in Logan, Ohio. (HANNAH RUHOFF/ PHOTO EDITOR)

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You’re looking across the dinner table at your wife, your husband, your brother, your sister … anybody can be a victim. Ninety percent of my patients didn’t start with heroin. It’s not like they woke up and decided to put a needle in their arm.

Most of them came from a bad car accident.”

- Fred Moses, a Hocking County Municipal Court Judge Issue 1 on Ohio’s November ballot would lower the penalties for possession of many drugs, including opioids like heroin and fentanyl, and require judges to avoid sending nonviolent drug offenders to jail until their third violation within 24 months.

The measure would also direct projected savings based on a lessening prison population, which proponents say could be upwards of $136 million, back to communities for treatment.

Moses said he supports decriminalization of drugs but said Issue 1 would be a disaster.

While Issue 1’s other opponents, like retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul

Pfeifer, have raised concerns about the constitutionality of the measure and what they say could be a normalization of drugs in the state, Moses is concerned about losing his ability to give sanctions to his drug court clients.

Proponents of Issue 1, however, say there are alternative sanctions to locking people up. David Singleton, the longtime executive director of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, said judges will still have effective sanctions like house arrest or community sanctions.

“Sanctions can and still should be used, but the sanction of sending someone off to prison is where we disagree,” Singleton said.

Moses said he agrees with Issue 1 in that addiction should be treated as a medical issue rather than a criminal one.

“This is a medical issue dumped on the criminal justice system,” Moses said. “We need more resources to treat people.”

To Singleton, who said he has been in law for 27 years, the fact that the measure made it to the ballot through a petition that received more than 350,000 signatures, as well as the existence of drug courts, means the public’s perception of drug addiction is changing.

“Twenty-seven years ago, there were no drug courts,” Singleton said.

Dhira said a big part of increasing awareness is the fact that the opioid epidemic can reach anyone.

“You’re looking across the dinner table at your wife, your husband, your brother, your sister … anybody can be a victim,” Dhira said. “90 percent of my patients didn’t start with heroin. It’s not like they woke up and decided to put a needle in their arm. Most of them came from a bad car accident.”

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37 DRUG POSSESSION

2,688 FUNDING DRUG TRAFFICKING

7 ILLEGAL PROCESSING OF DRUG DOCUMENT

8 TAMPERING WITH DRUGS

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3,096 A client’s recovery doesn’t stop when they aren’t in mandatory counseling, treatment or their weekly drug court meeting, Dhira said. Recovery, as a whole, means more than just attending a weekly court session and going to therapy.

“It’s not getting them into a program and all of the sudden they’re going to be better. You’re rebuilding them from scratch, and giving them pride and giving them hope and connections to their family and friends,” Dhira said. “There’s so many dynamics of recovery, it takes a team to do it.”

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Apple cider recipe MORRIS WEIN | FOR THE POST Long before the pumpkin spiced latte took the world by storm, good old-fashioned apple cider was the go-to drink for this beautiful time of year. In celebration of the classic autumn beverage, here is an easy recipe and instructions on how to make it: STEP ONE: CUT THE APPLES The first step is always the easiest.

Simply slice your apples in preparation for the recipe. You don’t have to use the same types of apples, so use as great a variety as you’d like: red delicious, golden delicious, granny smith — the more the merrier.

Three to five apples should do, but obviously, the more apples you use, the more delicious cider you’ll have to share with your friends and family.

Vendors at the Athens Farmers Market supply fresh, locally grown apples for market-goers to buy. The growing climate proved to be a challenge this season and some crops were not as successful. (MEGHAN MORRIS / FOR THE POST)

Apple sales pick up in fall months MEGHAN MORRIS FOR THE POST Once the leaves start to crisp and begin to fall from the trees, plenty of apples can be seen in marketplaces.

Alongside pastries, meats and cheeses, customers still love buying classic apples at the Athens Farmers Market.

Many customers flock to the fruit stands as their first stop through the display of wonderful sights. Several fruit vendors have rows and rows of apple varieties available from sweet to tart to rich.

A few vendors that sell apples in Athens have been in the farming industry for decades.

Eric Wagner, owner of Wagner Fruit Farm, said the property on which his farm rests has been in his family since 1938. His grandfather was one of the cofounders of Athens Farmers Market and the first vendor to sell apples there.

The farm raises more than

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50 varieties of apples, including an exclusive one called Sweet Russett that they sell only at the Athens Farmers Market.

However, college students and even younger customers usually visit his stand for another specific kind of apple.

“Younger people like the crisp apples,” he said. “Honeycrisp. Crimson crisp. Autumn crisp. Candy crisp. Sun crisp.

You name it.”

Ohio is considered one of 10 states with the most apple production, and U.S. apple farmers grow about 200 unique varieties of apples with 100 of those regularly sold in retail stores, according to the U.S. Apple Association. Ohio produces 47 million pounds of apples each season, as shown

by U.S. Department of Agriculture 2017 statistics.

This year proved to be a very challenging one for several apple farmers due to climate conditions during spring and summer. Wagner produced

one-half the apples he did in 2017. He recalls excessive rain on and off in addition to four significant frost periods, but April 18 was the worst frost.

“That was the coldest night.

25 degrees,” he said.

John Gillogly, owner of Gillogly Orchard, had a conflicting perception of the growing season. The weather can turn into a problem for apples if it’s cold enough to kill the blossoms, he said. However, much of his orchard’s 6 acres of apple trees rests on a hill, which protected the produce from late spring freezes.

Apple sales have been reasonable, with no variety of apple outshining the others, Gillogly said.

Janis Gehres, a retired Athens resident, usually does her apple shopping with Gillogly Orchard when she comes to the farmers market. She buys a few big bags each autumn and loves gala. Her family enjoys eating apples because of nutrition, and they use

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the produce for baking and eating raw.

Gehres doesn’t visit the farmers market often, but she’d rather go there for apples anyway.

“It’s fresh. It’s local. We’re just privileged to have this kind of a market here,” she said.

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STEP TWO: LET IT SIMMER Toss your chopped-up apples into a pot on the stove or a crock pot if you really want to get fancy with it. Add an orange or two and a lemon if you’d like your cider to have a citrusy undertone. Add some cinnamon, and when all of your ingredients are in the pot, fill it up with water and let it simmer for at least four hours. Letting the apples simmer overnight, however, will grant you the best results.

STEP THREE: MASH IT UP AND POUR This is the fun part. Once your ingredients are simmered, mash them all together into a thick, goopy concoction. When all your ingredients are mashed, pour them into a strainer or cheesecloth for optimal results. Make sure you have something under the strainer to catch your cider, otherwise all your work will have gone to waste.

Strain the cider twice if you are worried about any chunks floating around in your drink. Be sure to use a finer strainer the second time around.

FINAL STEP: ENJOY Once you have finished straining your cider, throw away all the excess gunk and enjoy. You’ve just made your own fresh, homemade apple cider. Share it with your friends and family, serve it at your Halloween party or just keep it all to yourself.

For those of us out there who are a little too lazy to make our own cider, you can always take the easy route and just buy some at Kroger. If you still want that homemade flavor but don’t want to make it yourself, fresh apple cider is often sold at the Athens Farmer’s Market.

Annual Quad Rugby Battle the Blitz to provide playful competition and education for students BAYLEE DEMUTH STAFF WRITER Jeremy Finton would go through his accident again in a heartbeat if it meant he would get the opportunity to play rugby in a wheelchair.

Five years after his spinal cord injury, Finton discovered quad rugby in 2006.

Once he began to work up the motivation to attend practices regularly, he was hooked and officially became an Ohio Buckeye Blitz rugby player.

“Even though I’ve been playing for so long, I still don’t do things right,” Finton said. “It’s an ever-learning process. It’s also pretty fun getting to run into each other because you can’t go wrong with that.”

The Ohio Buckeye Blitz is a semi-professional quadriplegic rugby team based out of Columbus. Ohio University’s Quad Rugby student organization will be holding its 12th Battle the Blitz fundraiser for the team and will be raising more awareness for wheelchair sports Saturday starting at 10 a.m. at Ping Center.

In a standard game of wheelchair rugby, a player has a rugby ball in their lap, and they try to get that ball to the endzone either by carrying it through or passing it to a teammate.

“It’s kind of like bumper cars in a way,” Melanie Harvey, a graduate student studying physical therapy and the marketing chair for OU Quad Rugby said.

“You’re ramming your chair into other people just to get that ball into the endzone for a point.”

Many of the players were athletes before their injuries, so being able to play rugby has allowed them to still be active and have fun while playing, Harvey said.

“This fundraiser is probably the biggest one the Blitz does to raise money for their team,” Harvey said. “It costs so much for the Blitz to stay competitive each year, so the money raised goes toward new wheelchairs, repairs, travel costs and entry fees.”

The captain of the Blitz told Harvey it cost the team about $17,000 last year to play competitively. Since wheelchair rugby is a contact sport, the special wheelchairs used in games can cost up to $7,000.

“Battle the Blitz is a big draw for physical therapy students,” Jonny Flowers, a graduate student studying physical therapy and the president of the OU Quad Rugby student organization, said. “But anyone across campus can pay to play against the

Blitz in a game of wheelchair rugby.”

On top of that, the team really appreciates educating others about what paralympic sports are and why they’re important, Flowers said.

Finton always has a blast when the Blitz comes to Athens because he loves exposing physical therapy students to the game.

“We love the aggression and how much the students get into it and have a good time,” Finton said. “This is one of the biggest fundraisers for our team, so without their contributions and their willingness to do this for us, we wouldn’t be able to have a meaningful season to compete.”

Because the physical therapy students help put on the fundraiser for the Blitz, the team also gives back to the students.

“We want to help them become better therapists to help out others by exposing them to wheelchair rugby or other wheelchair related sports,” Finton said. “It helps them become better people and better physical therapists.”

Wheelchair rugby has given Finton a chance to be around other people with spinal cord injuries who have more or less function than he has, giving him different levels of appreciation for others like himself.

“I’ve learned how people deal with their personal stuff and how they’ve maneuvered through life, which has helped me grow beyond my own injury,” Finton said. “Yeah, you forge friendships and team sports dynamics, but for us, it’s a lot more learning from one another.”

Andrew Fox is a first-year Blitz player who has come to love the sport and has found many opportunities getting to work on a team.

“Quad rugby is so relatable to what I used to be able to do, which were actual sports like snowboarding and mountain biking, and that’s what I like most about it.” Fox said. “But the community surrounding it is even better because everybody has something that’s relatable.”

Fox said he said he couldn’t be more stoked for the Battle the Blitz fundraiser on Saturday.

“I try pretty hard because I’m a pretty competitive person,” Fox said. “Once I get on the court I don’t really like to get off, so this fundraiser is kind of an opportunity to stay on there as long as I possibly can and push myself further in the game.”

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Something old, something new

ALICE DEMITH FOR THE POST Is it Macklemore’s classic single “Thrift Shop” or the undying obsession with ‘80s movies like The Breakfast Club or Pretty in Pink? Maybe it’s just the natural cycle of fashion trends coming back decades later. Whatever the case, thrifting is back in full swing.

It seems there has been an increase in people raiding their parents’ old wardrobe or finding hidden gems in Goodwill, local thrift shops or even online. Why the sudden interest and obsession with everything from mom jeans to big scrunchies to turtlenecks?

Melissa Koziol, an Ohio University senior and student employee at 10 West Clothing Co., a used clothing store located at 10 W. Union St., acknowledged the current trend in fashion seems to be the resurgence of old fads.

“I think it’s all about the trends,” Koziol said. “The vintage trend is coming back.

Big and old is in, and even if they try to replicate it, new items just don’t have the same feel.”

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combinations.

“You just don’t see all of this being produced anymore,” Joe Falding, a cashier at Athens Underground, 90 N. Court St., said. “The use of fabrics and print just isn’t the same,” Thrifting leads to a cool style that can be very unique. Many people are into the trend, but staple style pieces vary greatly from person to person. It could be bellbottoms for one person and an oversized jean jacket for another. People can go for crazy belts or different shaped handbags.

Falding said vintage items allow people to show off their specific style, whatever it may be, by providing one-of-a-kind items. There are statement pieces for every kind of style.

“There is more character in older items,” Falding said. “A lot of people who come here to shop have a lot of flare and a good sense of their own style.”

History is appealing for a variety of reasons, and people are drawn to vintage items, whether it’s record players, old cars or clothes. Thrifting offers the opportunity to transport to a different time period, at least in a fashion sense.

Different decades led to different styles and trends, so statement items can put a casual outfit into a historical context.

Audrey Behm, a sophomore studying biological sciences, sees styles from past decades worn often by many on campus.

“I think style today, especially with students in Athens, has backtracked to the ‘80s, ‘90s and even early 2000s,” Behm said.

Another potential plus for thrift shopping is that it’s cheaper than buying new clothing.

“Thrifting is an awesome and cheap way to get vintage clothes that allow you to achieve the retro style you’re aiming for,” Behm said. “You’re never really sure what you’re going to find when you go into a thrift shop, and to me, that makes it so much more fun.”

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Sideline supporters Ohio’s bench is annoying. They know it.

And they don’t care.

ANTHONY POISAL FOR THE POST Ohio’s bench isn’t your ordinary bench.

“Bench” isn’t even the right term for the 14 or so players who aren’t in the match. They don’t use the actual bench. None of the players sit in the row of chairs behind them. They all stand.

If they were sitting down, they couldn’t do what they do best — be obnoxious.

When the Bobcats are playing well, no one is having a better time than Ohio’s bench. Players are constantly dancing, jumping and chanting after each kill, ace and block. The Bobcats have a different chant for each player who serves or makes a big play, and they’re often louder than the crowd that sits in the lower bowl of The Convocation Center.

With 20 total players, Ohio has the biggest roster and bench-size in the Mid-American Conference.

Not everyone has a chance to play, but every player still wants to make an impact on the match.

For the players on the Bobcats’ sideline, their impact is made when they chant, stomp and, as Allyson Vaughn puts it, “Annoy the crap out of the other team and get in their heads.”

“Our inside-joke goal is to be on ESPN for top-10 bench or whatever,“ she said.

The bench’s chants, which include singing “O Canada” for Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada),

native Katie Nelson and chanting “mo Miller, mo money!” for Simone Miller. The chanting has become a necessity to the atmosphere the Bobcats bring on match day.

Ohio’s bench players also danced to Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” during the Sept. 28 game against Buffalo and started a small arena-wide clap to the song’s beat.

“It’s my favorite thing ever,“ Nelson said. “It’s awesome. It drives us.”

The bench’s antics are impossible to block out. The only person who can ignore the bench is the one guy who happens to be standing next to the team the entire match: coach Deane Webb.

“I have no clue what they are, and honestly I hardly ever notice them,“ Webb said about his team’s chants. “Like, I heard there was a story being done about some of the stuff that our team is doing. I’m like, ‘No clue.’

“There could be a fire in the building right behind our bench, and I would have no idea.”

Webb said he’s always laser-focused on the action in front of him, but the few times he has noticed his team’s off-court camaraderie are arguably the craziest anecdotes about Ohio’s bench.

Webb cheerfully recalled one particular moment involving Meredith Howe about a year or two ago. He said he was looking to sub Howe, a libero and defen-

Ohio University women’s volleyball team celebrating near the bench during a game. They can be seen dancing, doing push ups and singing along together.

(KELSEY BOEING / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

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I think we’re too goofy to be intimidating, honestly. We take pride, though, if other teams are talking about us.

We would take pride in them being like, ‘Yeah, Ohio’s got a really obnoxious bench.’”

- Allyson Vaughn, outside hitter and defensive specialist

sive specialist, into the match, but when he turned around to call her in, she was on the ground playing dead.

Someone on Ohio’s bench shot Howe down with an imaginary gun after Ohio notched a big play. The bench was hysterical.

Webb wasn’t.

“I look over there and she’s laying on the ground and I’m like,

‘What are we doing?,’“ Webb said.

“So, in that moment, I wasn’t really happy because we weren’t ready to go into the game.”

Besides that moment, Webb will always encourage his bench to stand up and be loud. He believes having bench players who don’t, well, use the bench keeps the entire building engaged from the starters to the subs to the fans.

“It just helps, if you do something well, just a little extra energy,“ Webb said. “Whether it’s from the crowd or from the bench. It might help you extend that into a several-point run.”

Vaughn, an outside hitter and defensive specialist, is one of the few bench veterans who has molded Ohio’s exclusive non-starter club into what it is. She said Tia Jimerson, who’s been out with a leg injury since Sept. 1, and Stephanie Olman take pride in their ability to amp themselves and the crowd up.

But the energy also comes in handy when one of the bench players has to enter the match.

Vaughn said when she briefly played Sept. 29 against Akron, her first time being subbed in on

the court since Sept. 14, she felt “chill” because of the fun environment created by the bench.

“It kind of keeps me loose,“ she said. “I feel like if we sit there, we’re just stale. I don’t know if that’s the best word to use. It’s like, ‘OK, I kind of have to build the energy myself.’“ When asked if she remembers a time when an opponent appeared visibly annoyed by Ohio’s bench performances, Vaughn laughed. She couldn’t recall any particular moment, but she didn’t need to. She already knows that Ohio has the reputation it wants.

“I think we’re so into our cheers that we don’t even look at the other team,“ she said. “I think we’re too goofy to be intimidating, honestly. We take pride, though, if other teams are talking about us. We would take pride in them being like, ‘Yeah, Ohio’s got a really obnoxious bench.’“

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FOOTBALL

Reaching a milestone Frank Solich reached 100 wins on Saturday PETE NAKOS ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Frank Solich inherited a program that didn’t have a true weight room, meeting rooms or even offices for its coaches. That was in 2005.

In 2018, Solich leads the Mid-American Conference favorites: The Bobcats. He’s turned Ohio into the most consistent team in the division. On Saturday night, Solich won his 100th game as an Ohio Bobcat.

He’s drastically turned the program around in the past 14 years with Mid-American Conference Championship and bowl game appearances, both of which were afterthoughts for most of Ohio’s football history.

So on Saturday at Kent State, after he celebrated the 27-26 victory and was given the game ball, it didn’t take much for him to muster a smile at Dix Stadium’s south end zone. “(I) feel good that the program has accomplished what it’s accomplished in the last 14 years,” he said. “The thing that bothers me the most (is) that I think we could’ve gotten to 100 sooner.

We made it, and we got there.”

Back in Athens on Monday, Solich was asked a flurry of questions about the response from family, friends, peers and former players. It’s all well-deserved and he appreciates it, but Solich said he’s been most humbled by the response from coaches around the NCAA. It’s those who understand how miraculous the 100-win mark is; he joins a club of two Bobcats who have also won 100 games — Don Peden and Bill Hess. Ohio’s stadium bears Peden’s namesake, while Hess is the last coach to bring home a MAC championship in 1968.

Neither reached 100 wins faster than Frank Solich.

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Athletic Director Jim Schaus congratulates coach Frank Solich after his 100th win with Ohio at Dix Stadium on Oct. 6, 2018. (KELSEY BOEING / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

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He was one of those guys that, while he provides a lot of energy and demanded a lot from everybody, at the same time he was able to balance that with a personality of being happy.”

- Tyler Tettleton, former Ohio quarterback Peden Stadium on Sept. 9, 2005, Solich led the Bobcats to a 16-10 win over then-No. 23 Pittsburgh under the lights.

Fans stormed the field, Ohio was in the spotlight and the So-

lich-era officially began.

Since then, the program has taken off, and Solich is now a living legend. He’s turned a backwater football program into one of the most consistent teams in the country. He’s turned Ohio University into a football school.

“I thought we’d win and win right away,” Solich said. “I had confidence in getting that done. Being here as long as I’ve been here, the years have just gone by. I’ve always been the kind of guy that if I like where I’m at, then hey, I love it.”

It seems that all his former players refer to Solich as “coach.”

He’s “coach” because he’s the one players can rely on for everything — a kick in the butt to improve on the field, in the classroom or in life. He always watches out for his players. There’s a reason why he almost never talks about himself in public. It’s because he usually finds ways to talk about everyone else.

One of his biggest beliefs is that Ohio is constantly improving. He said multiple times last season that his program hadn’t truly found its groove across the board — on the field, recruiting and in the classroom — until the past few years.

The main reason the Bobcats have resurged in the past few seasons is because of the success from 2010 to 2013. Solich had the best quarterback in the program’s history — Tyler Tettleton — who led the Bobcats to achievements, such as their first bowl win, a monumental win at Penn State in 2012, a top-25 ranking and the closest Solich’s ever gotten to a MAC title — a 2320 loss in the 2011 MAC Championship Game.

But through all those memories, it’s not the wins that Tettleton remembers the most.

“I just remember his smile all the time,” Tettleton said to

The Post last year. “He was one of those guys that, while he provides a lot of energy and demanded a lot from everybody, at the same time he was able to balance that with a personality of being happy. Just thankful for being in the position that he was in.

You could always just tell that he loved what he was doing, even at the age that he was at.”

Now in 2018, a lot has changed.

On Monday, the Bobcats practiced in Walter Fieldhouse after their Saturday win. The fieldhouse was constructed in 2014 and would’ve been an afterthought if not for Solich.

He currently leads a team that was picked to win the MAC East and the entire conference.

It’s been 50 years since that last championship, and it’s the last thing missing from Solich’s checklist. But he’s done so much that championship or not, his legacy won’t be diminished.

When former OU President Roderick McDavis hired Solich, he handed the keys to Ohio’s football program to a man who had recently coached a Heisman Trophy winner and led a college football power to the cusp of a national championship.

McDavis wanted Solich to make the football program the billboard of the university. He wanted Solich to reinvent football at Ohio, something students and alumni could be proud of.

Something everyone could see to welcome them to Ohio.

McDavis retired two years ago.

He only had to hire one coach during his 13 years in Athens, and he picked one who forever changed the trajectory of Ohio football.

But 100 wins won’t cut it for Solich. He’s gunning to win 101, and he’s hunting for the championship that’s somehow eluded him for 13 seasons.

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Stopping Sutton Smith Sutton Smith is a force on Northern Illinois’ defensive line. Ohio has to figure out how to stop the All-American defensive lineman SPENCER HOLBROOK SPORTS EDITOR Tim Albin knows what Ohio’s about to go against. Actually, he knows who Ohio is about to go against.

Sutton Smith isn’t your average All-Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Last season, the defensive end was on the All-Conference team, and it’s worth mentioning that he was a consensus All-American. He’s on a short list of MAC players to ever garner consensus All-American selection.

So when Ohio takes on Northern Illinois on Saturday, Smith will be opposite of the experienced Bobcat offensive line.

It’s not like he can play every position — after all, Smith is just one of 11 Huskies on the field. But Ohio still has to know where Smith is at all times.

“He’s going to make plays his plays,” Albin, Ohio’s offensive coordinator, said.

“We just can’t turn the ball over when he does. He’s going to have some plays on us.

That guy’s a dynamic player.”

Ohio’s offense has faced talented defensive players this season, but Smith is the best, and it’s hard to argue that. Last season, Smith had 29.5 total tackles for loss, which led the nation, and 14 total sacks (12 of those were solo). He had three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. He already has 10.5 tackles for loss this year.

The Bobcats, meanwhile, are averaging 455.4 total yards per game through five games. Ohio’s offense — led by Nathan Rourke and his stable of running backs — has been a force in the MAC for two seasons now.

Ohio’s no stranger to good offense.

As good as Smith is, his playmaking ability doesn’t occur alone. The Huskies’ defense is allowing more than 350 yards per game, but it’s deceptive. They played Iowa, Florida State and Utah during nonconference play. Most MAC teams would struggle to stop those schools. Northern Illinois held its own against all three. It all starts with Smith and their pass rush.

The Ohio offensive line protects Nathan Rourke from the Virginia pass rush in the Bobcats’ loss to the Cavaliers on Sept. 15.

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I think the way we’re looking at it is that we’re a very good offensive line.

We’re going to go in and play football the way we play football. He’s going to play football the way he plays football and the best one’s going to win.”

- Joe Anderson, offensive guard

“We’re going to have to have no turnovers and have a running game because they’re dynamic rushing the passer,” Albin said.

Ohio’s offense is built to stop players like Smith from having an impact on

games. Rourke has the option to run, hand the ball off or pass on nearly every play. If the Bobcats don’t like the look they get from an opposing defense, they can adapt their offense to counter it. It’s a flexible offense.

The flip side of that card is simple.

Ohio won’t change what it wants to do because an All-American lines up across the line of scrimmage. Smith is a great player, yes. He receives national attention and rave reviews — and deservedly so.

But offensive line coach Bart Miller understands what he has to work with along his offensive line. The Bobcats returned four starters from its 2017 line. The five linemen this season have good chemistry, and they aren’t backing down from Smith.

“You don’t worry about certain things that are out of your control,” Miller said.

“You try to make yourself the best O-line you can be. We’re playing against a great defense and a great defensive line that we have a lot of respect for, but we want to be the best offensive line in the conference.”

Of course, there’s another way to view the matchup: Guard Joe Anderson looks at it as a personal challenge. At some point, he’ll get a chance against Smith and the rest of NIU’s defensive line. Smith’s a likely NFL draft pick, and NIU has one of the

best defenses in the MAC, if not the best.

“He’s a very good player, and you can obviously see that on film,” Anderson said.

“I think the way we’re looking at it is that we’re a very good offensive line. We’re going to go in and play football the way we play football, he’s going to play football the way he plays football, and the best one’s going to win.”

While Anderson and Miller have faith in the offensive line’s ability to keep Smith and the NIU defense in check, Albin and the Bobcats are aware of the strength of the defensive front. Smith isn’t the only one that can cause commotion and pester Ohio’s dynamic offense.

Albin had high praise for the Huskies’ defensive line. He even went as far as to make a bold statement about what Ohio will face Saturday.

“They play eight guys on the D-line,” Albin said. “This is the best D-line we’ve played since Tennessee (in 2016).”

That being said, Albin, Anderson and Miller like Ohio’s chances.

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Dubai

Athens

Then& Now

How the college experience for international students has changed at OU

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HARDIKA SINGH | FOR THE POST

20-year-old student from Dubai is 7,194 miles away from her dad but still feels close to him when she sits in the same place he sat almost three decades ago.

Amal Afyouni, a senior studying political science and sociology-crim-

inology, enjoys the cool breeze on a sunny day while she eats her hot, fried pickles at Jackie O’s Public House and Brewpub, which her dad, Manaf Afyouni, remembers as O’Hooleys.

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She joked that her dad spent 90 percent of his college career at O’Hooleys, now known as Jackie O’s, where Amal spends a lot of her time as well.

Amal eats while wearing a pair of dull green leggings and a black T-shirt, not sporting her usual blue dress. Her dad was famous for wearing maroon Converse High Tops, a green jean jacket (which he dyed himself), a t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans.

Although she was born in Texas, Amal grew up in Dubai. She left the UAE at 16 years old to study at OU, just like her dad did when he left Kuwait in the 1980s to seek a more global education.

Manaf, who graduated with a business administration degree in 1986 and now works as the assistant managing director of the Gulf Scientific Corporation in Dubai, came to OU because he was attracted to the small college-town experience. He liked the U.S. education system, which focused on the overall college experience rather than just textbooks.

“It opens up your mind and frees up your mind to think, to learn and to innovate,” Manaf said.

While Manaf came in the 1980s to get a globalized education, many students across the globe now choose to attend universities in their hometowns because of the cheaper costs, Teresa Franklin, an emerita professor in the Office of Global Affairs and International Studies, said.

“They don’t have to come to the U.S. anymore to get a U.S. education,” Franklin added.

The difference in education systems is also one of the reasons why Manaf wanted his children, Amal and Nader, to study at OU. When Amal was given a chance to come to the Midwest, she took it and applied online. Because their dad was an alumnus, Amal and Nader were able to receive in-state tuition. Manaf, however, applied to OU as an international student by sending his application through international mail after he saw OU’s name in a thick directory at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait.

Gerard Akindes, an international alumnus from Benin who graduated in 2010 with a doctorate degree, said the difficulty of obtaining scholarships can make it hard for international students to study at American institutions.

“If your parents are not very rich, you cannot afford to study at OU or any university,” he said.

Manaf said he paid about $2,000 per quarter during the 1980s for tuition and board, which would be about $4,000 a semester. For the 2018-19 school year, the tuition and fees for international students is $21,656. In-state students pay $12,192 —

Amal Afyouni poses for a photograph on the back patio of Jackie O’s Public House and Brewpub.

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(PROVIDED via Manaf Afyouni)

DIFFERENCE IN TUITION In-state students 1986: $664 per semester 2018: $12,192 per semester

International students 1986: $4,000 per semester 2018: $21,656 per semester

about half the cost of international student tuition, according to OU’s website.

Nader thinks the tuition at OU is affordable for in-state students, and while it may be expensive for international students, Nader said it is worth it.

“They know the payoff in the future,” Nader, a senior studying finance and economics, said.

Amal said she chose OU because it resembles the environment of an Ivy League institution. The education system in Dubai is phenomenal, Amal said, but the main reason she came to the U.S. was for certain freedoms, such as LGBTQ rights and freedom of speech.

“OU shaped me to be who I am — OU and Athens,” she said. “It welcomed a 16-yearold who had no idea what she was doing.”

Amal and Manaf have had different experiences in their times at OU regarding ignorant and microaggressive questions from students. Amal, despite being a U.S. citizen, has been asked: “Do you have a Ferrari?” “Oh my god, do you go to school on a camel?” “How did you learn to speak such good English?”

Unlike Amal, Manaf said he has never been targeted with racist comments or microaggressions when he was a student.

He said if he did, he knows other students would have his back.

“I felt that I was always included,” he said. “I never felt different, inferior, segregated against or excluded from anything.”

Franklin also thinks, like Manaf, the university has typically been supportive throughout the years. She gave the examples of the various student organizations, like the Asian Student Council and the Ohio Program of Intensive English, which helps international students better their English skills.

Manaf said the university was liberal in the ‘80s, and recalled how it took proactive measures to engage international students by bringing in speakers from abroad and sponsoring international festivals and events.

“At the university, I felt I was welcomed,” he said.

When Franklin first started working as a professor in 1994, she pointed the international students to resources available

on campus such as the writing center, as many international students did not have computer and English skills.

All students now have access to the Student Writing Center and resources at International Student and Faculty Services, which helps provide information and assistance on immigration matters to international students, according to International Student and Faculty Services.

Although the university tries hard to attract international students from other countries, Amal said it is hard for the university to cater to the needs of every type of international student because of the university’s large size.

Nader said he would love to see the international student population at OU return, but would recommend the university to anyone seeking a global education.

“It’s the ideal small-town experience, and college town experience, that you can ask for in four years,” he said.

Amal said it was necessary for her to attend OU, like her father did, because she would’ve been a different person if she had not come.

Her eyes welled as she thought about her upcoming graduation. She wondered if she lived out her dad’s college legacy, as she had always admired Manaf’s college career.

“My dad is my best friend,” she said.

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the weekender KERI JOHNSON FOR THE POST Since 2001, Ohio University’s Lost Flamingo Theatre Company has put on a live rendition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at The Union Bar and Grill. The annual show returns to The Union from Thursday to Saturday.

The performance is part of a long and notable tradition surrounding the cult film. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is considered the longest-running film ever because it has been in limited release since its original release in 1975.

For the uninitiated, Rocky Horror is the story of two straight-laced sweethearts whose car breaks down near the eccentric Dr. Frank N. Furter’s castle. The film is famous for its absurdist humor, lively soundtrack and themes of personal liberation.

Live productions include a full cast of main characters and a “whorus.” Lost Flamingo Director Darragh Liaskos, a senior studying media and social change, said the film doesn’t differ much from the movie.

“We are re-enacting the film as it happens,” she said. “We do take some liberties, of course; the film differs because it had a budget and a set.”

The live shows are also famously interactive. First-time audience attendees are referred to as “virgins” and bear an optional red V on their foreheads. Cast members come off the stage and play games with the crowd, especially virgins.

“We bring virgins on stage of course, but if someone from the whorus comes down and you don’t feel comfortable going up there, make it known,” Liaskos said. “We play interactive games, like the Twizzler race, where you eat two ends of a Twizzler and whoever kisses first wins.

Another is where you get on your knees and put a banana on a condom. But virgins aren’t forced or obligated to come on stage or anything. Consent is key.”

This will mark Liaskos’ second year directing the show, and she began the process for Rocky Horror early in the year.

Starting in May, she booked show dates with The Union. The casting process began in August, and practices were held three times a week for two hours each.

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ROCKY HORROR GUIDE MADYSON LEWELLYN For those who aren’t familiar with The Rocky Horror Picture Show, prepare yourselves for a series of screaming callbacks, dancing, murder, red lipstick, corsets and fishnets. Here’s what you need to know if you’re a Rocky virgin:

Brad Majors (Zach Delon) and Janet Weiss (Katie McMahon) during the final dress rehearsal of the 2018 Rocky Horror Picture Show. (KELSEY BOEING / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

Senate Appropriations Commission (SAC), but the provided funding does not cover the cost of all costume elements.

“We get SAC funding through the university,” Liaskos said. “Some stuff is out of pocket. SAC won’t pay for lingerie, so the cast has to get it themselves. If they get parts year after year, they can keep their costumes and reuse.”

Costuming and makeup is essential to any production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Cast members sometimes have to pay out-of-pocket for their costuming.

Zach Delin, a senior studying linguistics, has played the male lead, Brad Majors, since his freshman year.

“All of the costuming and stuff like that is my own clothes from over the years,” Delin said.

Preparing for the show can be stressful, but most cast members are long-time Rocky Horror fans — they know the characters.

“At this point, I’m already Brad,” Delin said. “But I feel like before the show, I calm down a little bit. I try to think not like myself for a little bit and try to get into his head.”

For some cast members, this year will be their first production of Rocky Horror.

“I’m actually a virgin. My first time being at a Rocky Horror show is being in it,” Nathan Stanley, a freshman studying music education, said. Stanley plays the part of Dr. Everett V. Scott. “I don’t have any makeup. I wear a big, gross fake mustache

and, as far a costume, I don’t wear a shirt.

I wear a tie and a suit jacket and wear no pants and fishnets. I had the jacket and tie already. I bought the mustache. The wheelchair was provided, and the fishnets I also bought myself.”

Many cast members were introduced to the film in their childhoods.

“I actually watched Rocky when I was 10,” Kylee Pauley, a freshman studying theater, said. “I’ve been a big fan of it ever since. It’s important for me to go to Rocky screenings every year around Halloween.”

Pauley will play Magenta, Dr. Frank N. Furter’s maid, who Pauley described as a “the goth girlfriend that everyone wants.”

For Pauley, her first time performing with Lost Flamingo has required a lot of time and effort.

“It’s a lot of learning how to walk in heels, trying not to sweat with the huge wig on and trying to prepare myself mentally to go out there and have a fun time and scream with people and act crazy and live our lives,” she said.

Pauley advised virgins to be prepared but to embrace the experience.

“Have fun with it. Don’t be afraid,” she said. “Really just try to experience what Rocky is in its truest form, about body positivity and love.”

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VIRGIN STATUS At your very first showing of Rocky Horror, if a strangely dressed individual asks if you’re a virgin, don’t panic.

Apart from the standard definition of virgin, a Rocky Horror virgin is one who has never experienced the show in theater with an audience and live shadow cast.

If you want to make your virginity obvious, draw a scarlet V on your forehead with red lipstick. During the first minutes of the show, you’ll be selected for a virgin sacrifice, or initiation. They’ve been a rite of passage for the past few decades.

DRESS You can choose to downplay your virgin status by dressing in appropriate Rocky attire. In that case, you may want to get your hands on a pair of stiletto heels, black fishnets and a flashy corset.

Costumes are entirely optional and enhance the cult experience, but for your first time, wearing something casual is suitable. After a few shows, you may find yourself gravitating toward something a little more outrageous to match the characters in the film.

THE TIME WARP During the beginning of the film, you will start to notice everyone jump up to perform the infamous “Time Warp” dance. But fear not — the movie will provide explicit instructions of how to guide your feet in the right direction. Don’t worry if you forget the steps. The live shadow cast members will help you. After all, it’s just a “jump to the left and step to the right.”

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FRIDAY Blackhaw Accessible Trail Grand Opening at 10 a.m. at Strouds Run

State Park, 11661 State Park Road.

Nature lovers of all ages and abilities can celebrate the opening of the park’s newest feature with hikes, fishing and refreshments.

Admission: Free Blue Pencil Comedy Presents: Just Trust Us at 8 p.m. at Donkey Cof-

fee and Espresso, 17 ½ W. Washington St. The comedy group will return to Donkey for a special variety show event.

Admission: Free Fall 2018 Choral Concert at 8 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 2 S. College St. Enjoy an evening of music by the Singing Men of Ohio, the Ohio University Women’s Ensemble and the Choral Union.

Admission: Free

SATURDAY Happy Trails Day at 11 a.m. at Strouds Run State Park. Hike, bike, kayak or canoe your way through the fall foliage and learn the best ways to do it from experts.

Admission: Free Garden Party at noon at Cool Digs,

6 Euclid Drive. The rock and gar-

den shop will host a fall open house, featuring samples, sales, live music and raffles.

Admission: Free Harvest Celebration at 7 p.m. at

the Dairy Barn Arts Center, 8000 Dairy Lane. The Dairy Barn will collaborate with Community Food Initiatives for its annual fall bash. Seasonal snacks will be served, and guests can also enjoy live music, bid in silent auction and view a photo exhibit.

Admission: $50-$100 Halloween Dance with DJ Logan Savage at 9:30 p.m. at Casa Nueva, 6

W. State St. The Southeast Ohio History Center is getting spooky with this fundraiser. Costumes are allowed but not required, and prizes will be awarded for the best looks. Admission: $5

SUNDAY Pokey LeFarge at 7 p.m. at Stuart’s

Opera House, 52 Public Square, Nelsonville. The country blues and jazz artist and his band will return to the area for an evening performance. Admission: $22-$37 Komen Southeast Ohio Race for the Cure at 10 a.m. beginning at

Peden Stadium. Help turn Athens pink and support the fight against breast cancer by walking or running in this 5K fundraiser for Susan G. Komen Columbus.

Admission: $30 for adults, $25 for breast cancer survivors, $15 for those under age 22

MOVIE TIMES & BAR DEALS The Athena Cinema movie times Second-Year MFA Film Screenings 7 p.m., Saturday.

Blaze (rated R): Friday, 5, 7:15 and 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2:35, 5 and 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2:35, 5, 7:15 and 9:30 p.m.

Colette (rated R): Friday, 5:10, 7:25 and 9:40 p.m.; Saturday, 2:45, 5:10, 7:25, and 9:40 p.m.; Sunday, 2:45, 5:10, 7:25 and 9:40 p.m.

Tea with the Dames (not rated): Friday, 5:05, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.; Saturday, 2:55, 5:05, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.; Sunday, 2:55, 5:05, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m.

Bar deals in Athens Broney’s Alumni Grill: $2 draft pints, $3 Bloody Marys.

Cat’s Corner: Sunday “beat the clock,” 2-8 p.m.: beer pitchers start at $2 and go up a dollar every hour; happy hour, 3-6 p.m.: two for $4 beer, $4 wine and $3 double well liquor.

Cat’s Eye Saloon: Happy hour weekdays 4-9 p.m.; Friday: PBR glasses start at 40 cents, 5-cent increase every half-hour, $4.50 pitchers from 3-9 p.m.

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Admission: Free

The J Bar: Sunday: $3 shots of Jameson, Jack Daniels and Rumple; $2 Arnold Palmer drinks.

Lucky’s Sports Tavern: Happy hour on weekdays, 4 to 9 p.m.: $1 domestic short drafts, $1.75 domestic bottles, $1.75 mixed drinks.

The Over Hang: Friday: $3 F-bomb; Sunday: $1.50 well rum drinks, $4 domestic beer pitcher.

The Pigskin Bar and Grille: Happy hour 7-9 p.m.: $2 domestic beer, $2 well liquor.

The Pub: $5 domestic beer aquarium; $12 rainbow shots (8 shots in total).

Red Brick Tavern: ‘Brick Break’ daily, 6 to 9 p.m.: $5 domestic buckets, $1 well rum, $2 well Monster, $3 specialty Monster.

Smiling Skull Saloon: Happy hour, Fridays, 5-7 p.m.: $2 beer; 50 cents off import beer on Sundays.

Tony’s Tavern: Sunday: $1.25 PBR and High Life, $1.75 Hot Nuts.

The Union Bar & Grill: Happy hour, 3-8 p.m. daily: 50 cents off all drinks and beers; Sundays: $3 margaritas and Bloody Marys.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2017

Virtual healing

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The MAC’s rising star

DEFENDER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

OF THE TURF

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Claire Buckey claims her territory on Pruitt Field despite recurring health problems P12

Free speech policy causes concerns P11 Cover: Medical field utilizes VR P12 Embracing local agriculture P20

ANOTHER REMEDY

President

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Breaking down OU’s budget P12

MORE AND MORE WOMEN ARE CHOOSING TO TREAT MEDICAL CONDITIONS WITH ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE INSTEAD OF DOCTORS VISITS PAGES 20-21

After a nearly yearlong nationwide search, Duane Nellis took office as Ohio University’s 21st president on June 12.

Now, Nellis reflects on his past and shares hopes for the future.

Safety Javon Hagan’s new role P16 Exploring the world of animation P20

Comparing expression policies P9

A sit-down with the president P12

Nellis in college P10

Sustainable volunteering P20

Hockey’s second-year starter P14

Effects of marijuana depenalization 9

OU Southern’s equine program 12

Volleyball setter’s move from Italy 18

Nellis’ previous employment P20

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017

GRASS-ROOTS

ELECTIONS

L I F E S T Y L E Mamerto Tindongan finds life more valuable with less P20

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Evaluating Trump’s presidency P8 TACO exceeds majority vote P15

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DECISIONS FOR ATHENS Hispanic students balance college P20

Pumpkin’s rise to Athens celebrity P12 Setting up haunted houses P16

Looking for an enriching college experience centered around teamwork and creativity?

Quilt empowers sexual assault survivors P19

THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Foundation of The Post hasThe been serving Ohio University OHIO HOCKEY and the Athens area for more than 100 years, and we’re always hiring.

Baker 70: one year later

How Bill Gurnick put the Bobcats on the map P20

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Faculty diversity rises slowly P8 Photo story: MLK March P12

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Closing the gender gap in STEM 11

COVER: Ohio’s next big investment 12

NEWS SPORTS CULTURE OPINION BLOGS MULTIMEDIA VISUALS PROJECTS Basketball’s star center P18

Dave Jamerson’s journey to God 20

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Healing the scars

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T H W B H E Post-grad possibilities P10

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A love for cult classics P20

Sibs Weekend events P22

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018

Pipe bursts in residence hall P8

It’s Women’s History Month. ‘The Post’ compiled a collection of stories to celebrate women in Athens and Ohio University.

Cultural problems with ‘Friends’ P19

Hockey works on power plays P21 Businesses in action P10

THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018

UNEARTHING A SECRET

She walks

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018

by faith P12

The story behind a patch of farmland, a man and his reputation P12

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018 THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

FOOD ISSUE

UNCERTAIN FREEDOMS P14

ATHENS CULTIVATES RESTAURANTS AND DISHES THAT STUDENTS AND LOCALS HAVE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE. THIS ISSUE IS DEDICATED TO THOSE FAMILIAR FLAVORS.

The turnover rate of businesses P9

One team, one video game P19

Caligraphy in the digital age P20

Brunch life in Athens P6 Carriage Hill one year later P9

Donkey’s most regular regular P19

From junior college to Ohio P20

Athletes’ diets in season P17

Cover story: family kitchens P18 Updates on Union explosion P9

Land of opportunity P12

A dazzling history P20

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018

Fridging in comic book culture P18

REFLECTING ON THE YEAR Take a look at the different faces, places and events that highlighted the 2017-18 academic year through the lens of ‘Post’ photographers