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Learning opportunities for student journalists Journalists are always in the public eye for mistakes, but the audience also needs to understand what is public information

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ELLEN WAGNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ver the past couple of days, there has been a lot of discourse on Twitter about The Daily Northwestern, a student newspaper at Northwestern University.

The executive editors of the newspaper released an editorial on Monday, apologizing for the reporting that was done on a protest during an event where former Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke. They apologized for reaching out to students through their school directory, naming students in the article and taking photos of students at the event.

That, however, is what reporters and photographers are there to do: reach out to sources, talk to people at the event and take photos of the event.

If they made a mistake in their coverage, I am sure the editors would make a correction. But they shouldn’t have to apologize for doing their jobs and covering the actual story.

The newspaper removed the names and photos of students who attended the protest and did not wish to have that be public knowledge.

If they are going to protest at a public space that includes a public figure, protesters need to know the possible consequences that come with their actions.

With today’s technology, a photo of you could be taken at any time and place without your

knowledge. Not only can your name, photo or video be published by the news media, but other people in the crowd can do the same without your knowledge.

It can be published on public and private social media accounts, Snapchat or sent in text messages. If someone wants to find out who you are, it will not be difficult with today’s technology.

If you are not willing to risk having your photo taken or be posted about on social media at a protest, then do not attend the protest. If you are truly standing up for what you believe, then you should not be afraid to have your name public.

Following the apology, professional journalists and others took to Twitter to criticize the newspaper for apologizing and caused a lot of back and forth about if it was the right call. It’s easy to sit behind a computer and criticize someone’s work, but what lacked in the responses was support and guidance for those at The Daily Northwestern who were receiving the backlash.

Student journalists are allowed to make mistakes. It is what we are at school to do.

The Post has made mistakes in the past and will make more in the future. That does not mean we won’t continue to do our best to learn from them and to prevent them from happening.

We are supposed to make mistakes now and learn from them so they don’t happen in a pro-

fessional career. Professional journalists probably have made similar or worse mistakes during their time in college. They didn’t, however, have the same platform of social media and ongoing news cycles that there are today.

Journalism is a job platform like no other. As journalism continues to move away from print, the 24/7 digital news cycle continues to grow.

People want news as much as they can, as fast as they can get it.

Journalists are trained to work as fast as they can to gather facts and produce a story on deadline. Sometimes with speed, there can be mistakes. Journalists use the same speed to own up to the mistakes and correct them.

With the fast-paced newscycle, journalists are consistently in the eyes of the public, being praised or criticized for every single piece of work they publish.

It’s easy to criticize others. As journalists, we have to develop a thick skin in order to take our critics. If we let every critique of our work get to us, there would be no one in the journalism field.

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

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Menards to open an East State Street location in the summer TAYLOR BURNETTE FOR THE POST

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ome improvement chain store Menards will open a new location in Athens next summer.

A Menards location is currently being constructed at 2007 E. State St. across from Athens Mini Storage and is set to be finished by summer 2020, Jeff Abbott, a Menards spokesperson, said.

Menards is the third-largest home improvement chain behind Home Depot and Lowe’s, with about 350 stores across the Midwest.

In addition to home improvement goods, the store will also offer things like beauty products and groceries, Abbott said.

When it opens, Menards will bring about 100 new jobs to the Athens area, which is “fantastic for the city,” Athens Mayor Steve Patterson said. But Athens County Commissioner Charlie Adkins said he is concerned about the quality of jobs it will bring.

“They probably won’t have as many full-time jobs as one would hope,” Adkins said.

Despite this, he said that he believes Menards will keep shoppers in town

during the holiday season.

He believes people shopping at Menards for the holidays will stop at other local businesses, bringing money into Athens County, Adkins said.

Patterson believes the store will attract people from all around southeastern Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia, since it will be the closest Menards location open, he said.

“It’ll bring people here, and they’ll probably do other shopping, possibly get a bite to eat or something like that, and that’s always good for your local economy,” Patterson said.

After initially being postponed, construction on the new store began this past spring and is expected to be finished by the summer, Patterson said.

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African Students Union accuses Thai Paradise of discrimination TAYLOR BURNETTE FOR THE POST The Ohio University African Students Union accused Thai Paradise of being discriminatory after a group of their members went there for lunch.

The union posted on Facebook Nov. 5 about the treatment of some of their members during a visit to the restaurant.

“Restaurants in Athens, Ohio should be safe spaces, where students, regardless of their gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs, should feel welcomed and appreciated,” the Facebook post read. “A restaurant should not be a place of racism and discrimination.”

Linda Konadu Tuah, a graduate student studying international development, was with the group who attended Thai Paradise Oct. 30.

“We just wanted to … get together and say goodbye to a friend,” Tuah said.

The group arrived without a reservation, Dorcas Anima Donkor, a graduate student studying media arts and studies, said. She initially told Thai Paradise that she would have a party of six coming, corrected it to eight and said the group then waited 15 to 20 minutes to be seated.

Rasamy Lukay, general manager of Thai Paradise, said the group started out very small but increased.

“So the group that came in, it started out with a very, very small group … All of a sudden, it got bigger and then it got bigger,” Lukay said.

Lukay said the group requested to put two tables together, but this resulted in blocking the walkway and was a fire safety.

Donkor said after being seated, the group didn’t receive service for another 15 to 20 minutes.

When Lukay saw a ninth member join the group, she requested that they didn’t join the group, as it was a fire hazard for the restaurant, she said.

“They just weren’t very happy with how we just won’t let them, and now we were becoming pretty frustrated,” Lukay said.

“We’ve been so patient ... so they asked to speak to a manager.”

Lukay, who was currently serving them at that time, was the manager. “(Lukay) came just like ‘You people, your people, your stuff, just how you want it; you people, every time you come, you come in your numbers.’ We were very confused. We didn’t really understand what she was doing,” Donkor said.

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Lukay said she could’ve been referring to any group of people with those phrases.

“So I said to them, and it doesn’t matter if you use ‘Oh my God, those people,’ Lukay said. “I could talk about anybody, whites or blacks, or this group of kids or these groups of adults.”

Donkor said her group then began to question Lukay.

“So we ask, ‘What do you mean by you people? Have you seen this group here before?’” Donkor said.

Lukay said she recognized faces within the group.

“I said to them, ‘As ... your group has done this many times, I said you guys come, and you would always give us the wrong amount of people,’” Lukay said. “That is when all hell broke loose,” Lukay said.

Dorkar said she told Lukay about her disappointment because she believes and tells others that you should speak out against oppression.

“I always say to myself, my friends and my students that the more you keep quiet in the face of your oppression, we become complicit in your oppression,” Dorkar said.

Lukay said the restaurant was full of customers and that she was not going to yell because of that.

“They were screaming at me, yelling at me,” Lukay said.

The ASU disagreed with Lukay.

“She yelled the entire time,” Tuah said.

This encounter ended in Dorkar and Tuah’s party leaving the restaurant.

“The most painful part of it is that in this microaggression is when you see that there’s more discrimination among people you think you identify with that are also people of color,” Donkar said.

Lukay said the incident was a miscommunication and feels that she was not discriminatory.

“I’m not racist,” Lukay said. “Any of my people can tell you that. Any of my customers can tell you that. We have lots of customers that love us and continue on coming, no matter what.”

Lukay said sometimes in the restaurant business, she gets certain tough customers who are difficult to deal with.

“Sometimes they treat you like you’re trash ... You know, we’re all people, and we do the best that we can,” Lukay said.

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Voter turnout plummets

Only 25.79% of voters in Athens County showed up at the polls last week

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he 2019 general election marked the lowest voter turnout Athens County has experienced in six years.

Athens County saw a turnout of about 25.79%, with the numbers dipping even lower in the city of Athens. The city saw a voter turnout of about 17.04%, and even more specifically, the city’s First Ward on the west side saw an even lower turnout of about 12.04%.

Turnout hasn’t been that low since the county saw about 17% turnout in 2013.

Voter turnout is calculated by taking the number of people who voted and dividing it by the number of registered voters. Athens County has about 40,919 voters compared to the city, which has about 15,795.

Debbie Quivey, director of the Athens County Board of Elections, said this outcome wasn’t unusual to her because voter turnout is usually this low for offyear elections that only have local races on the ballot.

“Every election is unique. You don’t know what is going to bring someone out,” Quivey said. “It’s very hard to judge before an election what the voter turnout is going to be.”

Voter turnout fluctuates from year to year based on a number of factors, like competitiveness of the races, controversial issues and whether federal and statewide offices appear on the ballot. Usually, offyear elections like 2019, which were highlighted by the Athens mayoral and Athens City Council races, are expected to have low turnout.

Quivey has overseen many elections in Athens County and said it is normal for elections like 2019 to see a lower voter turnout in the city of Athens compared to the county. In the city, some of the races went uncontested.

Quivey thinks another factor that contributed to low voter turnout in Athens was student voter turnout. She said that is because there are no federal elections. The voting precincts that correspond to the dorms on campus did in fact have some of the lowest turnout numbers in the city.

The precincts that vote in Ohio University’s Baker University Center include all of West, South and East Green, excluding Voigt Hall and Bromley Hall. Students in those two dorms vote in the First Presbyterian Church, 2 S. Court St. All of those precincts saw a turnout of fewer than 7%, with one precinct only

getting about 1.15%. That is 17 people out of the 1,125 who are registered to vote for the precinct.

Another voting block that was crucial to the 2019 general election were renters in the city of Athens. That group was often cited as the majority of Athens residents,

and it was heavily targeted by independent candidates Damon Krane, Ellie Hamrick and Chris Monday.

A large portion of renters in Athens are either students, west side residents or both.

The west side, which is contained mostly in the First Ward, had mixed turnout by pre-

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cinct but also saw turnouts as low as 1.44%.

Krane, who ran against Democratic Mayor Steve Patterson, lost by a margin of 2,075 to 571 votes, while Hamrick and Monday received only about 7% each in the race for an At-Large City Council seat.

“I think the stakes and the choice was just so clear in this election. Patterson was so clearly the candidate of landlords,” Krane said. “In a city where 80% of the population are renters, it is my assumption that a very small portion of those renters turned out to vote.”

Krane said he was shocked the turnout was so low for Athens County because the county got similar turnout in 2015 when Patterson ran for mayor in an uncontested race.

In fact, the turnout in 2015 was even higher at 36.82%.

Patterson said that he thinks a good chunk of the permanent residents came out and voted in this year’s election. He said while this number is hard to estimate, he thinks it could be anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 of the 23,832 residents, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. “(Low turnout) is typical. I’ve been doing this since 2011, and I’ve seen the peaks and troughs,” Patterson said. “When we really see voter turnout is during a presidential or gubernatorial election.”

While the 2019 general election’s turnout total may have been low for Athens County, this doesn’t necessarily mean anything about future elections.

Quivey noted that the 2018 midterms saw a large turnout that she said was comparable to a presidential year, and she is expecting to see a higher-than-normal turnout in 2020.

The 2018 midterms turned out 51% of registered voters in Athens County, and the last presidential election in 2016 got over 60%.

Quivey said that this election was a testing ground for the new renovations and equipment the Board of Elections received earlier in 2019, and she feels they are prepared for a large voter turnout in 2020.

“Next year, there is a lot of controversy over who is going to be running, and I think next year is going to be one of the biggest years that we have seen in an election,” Quivey said. “I’ve been here for 27 years, and I’m thinking this might be our biggest one.”

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GSS to exclude BoT from amendment process; finalists for OU’s LGBT Center director announced ABBY MILLER NEWS EDITOR GRADUATE STUDENT SENATE TO EXCLUDE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM AMENDMENT PROCESS Graduate Student Senate will now no longer need approval from the Board of Trustees to amend its constitution after a recent change in policy.

GSS President Dareen Tadros said the change was made in order to maintain an updated constitution so it can accurately represent GSS and its work, but that it will always keep the Board of Trustees informed.

The GSS constitution hasn’t been updated since 2016. Hayasa Tahmazyan, commissioner of national graduate student affairs, said the change will make the process of amending the GSS constitution more timely so that student needs will be more cohesively met.

Student Senate also recently made the change to its constitution to exclude the Board of Trustees from its amendment process as well.

FINALISTS FOR OHIO UNIVERSITY’S NEW LGBT CENTER DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED Ohio University announced Friday the three final candidates for director of its LGBT Center.

The three candidates are Micah McCarey, Nicolas Franco and Kerr Mesner. McCarey is currently the interim director of the center.

Each candidate will have a public forum in late November.

During those forums, the candidates will each give a presentation, and students and other audience members can ask questions afterward.

McCarey graduated from OU’s Honors Tutorial College in 2007. He has a bachelor’s degree in communication, a master’s degree in human development and is currently a doctorate student specializing in decision-making in the individual interdisciplinary program.

McCarey’s forum is Nov. 20 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Baker Center Room 231.

Franco, who uses they/them pronouns, is currently the Pride Center manager at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, and an instructor for introductory statistics for the behavioral sciences. They have an undergraduate degree in social work and women’s studies from California State University, a master’s degree in women’s studies from San Diego State University and a doctoral degree in leadership studies from the University of San Diego.

Franco’s forum will take place from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Nov. 21 in Room 006 at 31 S. Court St. Mesner is currently a visiting assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at Wells College in Aurora, New York.

Mesner earned a bachelor’s degree in humanities in 1999 from the College of New Rochelle in New York City; a master’s degree in theological studies from the Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and a doctorate degree in education from the University of British Columbia in Canada.

Mesner’s forum will take place Nov. 22 from 2:30 p.m.

to 3:30 p.m. in Room 006 at 31 S. Court St. GRADUATE STUDENT SENATE ESTABLISHES SUPPORT FOR LOCAL FOOD PROGRAM Graduate Student Senate passed a resolution Tuesday that affirms the body’s support for Ohio University’s locally-sourced food initiative.

OU is increasing its efforts to source its food locally through the Farm to OHIO working group. The working group was established by Theresa Moran, assistant professor and director of the Food Studies Theme within the College of Arts and Sciences, according to OU’s website. Moran also leads the Sustainable Living Hub. The working group’s job is to map out steps and hurdles for regional food producers to sell to OU, to develop a procurement toolkit for small producers and to refine the definition of “local” purchasing, according to OU’s website. The new definition of local purchasing will focus on the Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District.

To further support the issue, GSS appointed Joy Kostansek, a graduate student involved in local food efforts, to speak on behalf of the body.

The resolution and appointment is an opportunity to invest in “people for people,” Amie Musselman, department representative for education studies, said.

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POLICE BLOTTER

Man sleeping in car; couple breaks glass from knocking IAN MCKENZIE ASST. NEWS EDITOR Deputies were called for a report about a man sleeping behind the wheel of his car Saturday on Mill Street in Chauncey.

A deputy patrolled the street but did not find the man.

TIME TO LOG OFF The Athens County Sheriff’s Office received a report Friday about an online scam.

The caller said her computer was hacked, and she was given a number to call to fix the issue, but it was a scam.

WALTER WHITE? Deputies took a report of a theft of a camper from Rhoric Road Sunday.

The caller said that someone took his 29-foot, 2008 camper, which is white with brown stripes.

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WILD HORSES Deputies responded to Four Mile Creek Road in Coolville Sunday for a report about a loose horse on the caller’s property.

The horse owner’s residence was contacted, but nobody was home. The caller said he would keep the horse inside until contact could be made with the owner.

WOOD NYMPH Deputies responded to Canaanville Hills Road Sunday for a report about an intoxicated woman.

The caller said that his mom was highly intoxicated and ran into the woods after a dispute. She was eventually released to a sober party for the evening.

HARD KNOCK LIFE Deputies were dispatched to a home on Connett Road in The Plains on Nov. 7 for a report about a man and woman who had knocked on the door.

As they were knocking, the glass on the door broke.

Deputies could not find the couple at the scene, but the two had been identified.

STREAMER Deputies responded to High Street in Glouster on Monday about an incident that happened on an Instagram livestream.

A report was taken, and the incident is currently under investigation, but no more information was provided.

WAITING UNDER THE ARCHES Deputies received a report about a suspicious person Monday at McDonald’s in The Plains.

Deputies contacted the suspect, who said he was waiting for a friend to leave work. Deputies talked with McDonald’s employees, and they said that they did not have a problem with him waiting.

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West End Ciderworks and Distillery located at 237 W. State St. in Athens, Ohio.

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est End Ciderworks and Distillery will have its grand opening Saturday, Nov. 16, starting at 1 p.m.

West End Ciderworks and Distillery is a sister company of West End Ciderhouse.

The distillery acts as a production facility for the ciderhouse as well as a tasting room and retail space. The space at 237 W. State St. was opened because the company needed to expand its production space, but it also provides greater visibility for the company.

“The location also has a tasting room, which basically people can come in, sample our ciders and have a pint or two of hard cider, and sample the different spirits that we have available that we produce in house, and purchase bottles for off-premise consumption of all of our spirits,” Kelly Sauber, one of the proprietors of West End Ciderworks and Distillery, said.

In addition to being a tasting room, distillery and liquor store, West End Ciderworks and Distillery also acts as an event space, holding roughly 40 to 50 people.

The distillery produces and carries three lines: Athens West End Distillery, which is craft distilled and bottled from southeastern Ohio-grown grapes, apples and corn, among other items; Eleven Square, which is craft blended using Missouri-grown, nonGMO corn spirits; and Fifth Element Spirits, which is crafted from locally-grown and foraged delicacies and includes pawpaw

brandy, elderberry brandy and sorghum rum.

Presently, West End Cider Works and Distillery has Athens West End spicebush gin and grape-based vodka, Fifth Element Spirits vodka, gin, coffee liqueur and bourbon and Eleven Square grain-based vodka currently available.

Due to the distillery’s recent move from Meigs County, the current selection available is smaller than usual.

“Our selection is not as great as it has been and as it will be again,” Sauber said.

The distillery prides itself on its goal of locally-sourced ingredients for its products.

“Our ciders are made from all Ohiogrown apples,” Nick Capanna, head of sales for Ciderworks and the distillery, said. “We work with three farms primarily ... Right now, we’re working mostly [on] Hugus farms and Hidden Hills Orchards.”

Not only does the distillery source its apples from in-state, but the rest of its ingredients are from Ohio as well.

“Our whole philosophy with the cider is very similar to our philosophy with the distillery, and that is, we try to make sure that we use all 100% local ingredients as much as possible,” Sauber said. “And then, when we can’t find what we need local, we might find it, you know, another 60 or 80 or 100 or 150 miles.”

There are a lot of ciders on the marketplace that are comfortable with using extract or concentrate from imported apples, Sauber said, but West End Ciderworks and Distillery uses fresh pressed apples that go directly into the fermentation process.

“You really find a much fresher character cider where you can really taste the apples,” Sauber said. “There’s just nothing like a fresh pressed hard cider.”

For Capanna, West End Ciderworks and Distillery is a special favorite for a self-proclaimed “big apple guy.”

“Kelly makes some of the freshest, purest ciders I’ve ever tasted because he only kegs and doesn’t bottle,” Capanna said. “He doesn’t need to put any sulfites or preservatives in any of the cider.”

Due to its production methods, the distillery offers a range of cider types.

“You get this really like, clear, crisp, almost crystal ... cider that’s just super refreshing,” Capanna said. The location of the distillery is important to note, Sauber said.

“We have a West State street address.

We just have no access to State Street,” Sauber said. “So our access is off of Shaffer Street, directly across from Cider house.”

Some students are excited about the prospects of the expansion of a local distillery with locally-sourced ingredients.

Anthony Cruz, a senior studying math and psychology, thinks that the new distillery is cool and imagines that the sourcing of local products is helpful to the community.

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Lens of life Panel showcases life of Amish through photobook

Dr. Melissa Thomas sits in her office in Grosvenor Hall. Thomas is the lead researcher for a project featuring the Amish Community. (NATE SWANSON / PHOTO EDITOR)

KERI JOHNSON STAFF WRITER An information session like none other came to Athens on Wednesday.

Life Through Their Lens is a panel and Q&A session about Amish culture.

The talk, which took place in Baker Center Ballroom, centered around the Life Through Their Lens: A Photo Collection by Amish and Mennonite Communities, Volume I photobook project conceived by Melissa Thomas, an Ohio University assistant professor of family medicine. The panelists included Thomas, editor Margie Hiermer, Amish bishops Jake Beachy and David Kline from Holmes County and Life Through Their Lens photographer Talitha Tarro.

Thomas, who has worked with Amish societies from Ohio for 23 years, has mostly focused on servicing Amish societies with breast cancer outreach, but Life Through Their Lens was something new for her.

“The genesis of this project probably started around 2011,” Thomas said. “We started seeing this influx of docudrama TV shows, which really negatively impacted the way (Amish) communities were treated.”

Television shows like Amish Mafia or Breaking Amish negatively impacted the way Amish people were perceived by the masses, Thomas said. Life Through Their Lens was a way to flip mainstream narratives around.

“(The idea was that) what if we could take this camera — that’s really been used as a weapon against the community — and use it as a window to their world, where community members could have full ownership over the photos and the messages they wanted to share,” Thomas said.

For Thomas, the thought of photographing everyday Amish life wasn’t particularly easy to begin. The concept of a photo book about Amish culture was a novel idea that took special and concentrated efforts.

“It was really important to make sure this was community-led,” Thomas said.

The photographer took photos, but the bishops ultimately decided which were to be used in the book. Life Through Their Lens was a partnership between researchers and culture, Thomas said.

The panel on Wednesday provided a forum for students to learn about a culture that surrounds them from first-person points of view.

“It provides the unique opportunity for students to learn more from community members themselves,” Thomas said. “(It’s) a chance to ask those questions directly to the community, to understand a culture that exists in half of the states in the U.S. and mostly in this rural Appalachia region where we live.”

For Thomas, learning truthfully about Amish culture is a way to combat negative stereotypes.

Thomas thinks the panel provided a great opportunity for those who want to educate themselves on cultures outside their own.

“I think there’s a really interesting lesson in intercultural communication,” Thomas said. “I think (for) anybody who has an interest in other cultures or communities, this is a really unique way to interact. It’s about that human connection.”

Life Through Their Lens was a novel idea, Kelly Nottingham, a graduate student studying community-engaged research, said.

“Nothing was done without the community’s blessing,” Nottingham said. “It’s very mindful of the community. It was a 100% partnership.”

The book and the research surrounding the project is a template, Nottingham said.

To Nottingham, there is a lot of value in the Amish people who are creating their own stories and are willing to share their

side of the process.

“It’s not what you see on TV,” Nottingham said. “People cook up something in their own heads, and it’s what we don’t know: it’s the human side in their own words. You get to see and hear from their own perspectives.”

Nottingham also thinks the panel is applicable to a wide variety of students’ interests and majors.

“It’s translatable across multiple areas,” Nottingham said. “Public health, nursing and medical students, business and marketing students, journalism and photographers — they can all learn something here.”

Margie Hiermer, editor of Life Through Their Lens, interviewed members of the society to get photo captions and to curate their story.

“My role was to record their words and give them back to them,” Hiermer said.

Hiermer transcribed quotes from her

interviews, but the Amish bishops had the final say in what went into the book.

The process was incredibly surprising and rewarding for her.

“I was often surprised but never disappointed at which words they chose,” Hiermer said.

Hiermer said the Amish were enthusiastic about the whole process. Parents of Amish children, who cannot speak English up until a certain age, even played interpreter during interviews.

For Hiermer, it was a life-changing learning experience.

“I think people can learn that we’re all more alike than we are different,” Hiermer said. “We learn more about our commonalities than our differences.”

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(LEFT TO RIGHT) Members of Ebony Minds Taila Potter, Vice President Shalyn Foster, Kourtney Young, Nikkiya Addison and President Kala Payne all pose in the Multicultural Center, where the organization meets every week. (NATE SWANSON / PHOTO EDITOR)

Student organization empowers black women in Athens, educates allies RILEY RUNNELLS ASST. CULTURE EDITOR

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ome organizations serve an educational purpose, while some organizations serve the purpose of having fun and getting rid of stress. One group at Ohio University fulfills both purposes: Ebony Minds.

Ebony Minds is a student organization created by black women to not only further educate people about black women, but to include them in the discussion of other topics as well as be a safe space for black women to express how they feel about the area in which they live.

Shalyn Foster, a junior studying health services administration, is the vice president of Ebony Minds and got involved her sophomore year as the secretary of the organization.

“We broaden the scope of topics but then tie it back to black women,” Foster said.

Ebony Minds was the brainchild of Robyn Heard and Jazmyne Shaw, two former OU students who graduated last year. The women wanted to create a safe and informative space for black women that also wasn’t too serious.

Thus, in 2017, Ebony Minds was formed. From discussions of why it’s important to involve black women in voting to mental health days with facemasks, lip scrubs and hair oils, Ebony Minds is more than just the average conversation starter: It’s a spirited, fun-loving, educational engagement of minds and hearts.

Foster found the group at the Multicultural Student Expo, attended one meeting and immediately knew she had to be involved.

“It was really inviting,” Foster said. “I went to one meeting 10 / NOV. 14, 2019

and loved it. No one was just there for a resume booster. They really all cared about it.”

The group meets every Tuesday and tries to provide every meeting with snacks and good music to get people excited about attending.

The group frequently hosts panels, such as “The black women’s agenda,” which focused on what causes black women should try to advance and who they should try to be. They also hosted a panel on assault, more for the underclassmen, that was led by upperclassmen to talk about how to be as safe as possible.

The group also hosts fun events, like its de-stressing selfcare nights and the annual family reunion with soul food, music and bonding right around the end of the semester.

Though the organization was created by black women for black women, as Foster said, they try to broaden the scope of topics and tie it back to black women. This opens up the opportunity for men and allies of the black community to join as well. “(People should) come to the meetings. Everyone should come,” Foster said. “Our goal is to be a safe space for everyone, so if you’re an ally and want to learn more about this, then come.”

There are no dues for the members of Ebony Minds because the group believes its cause is much deeper than money. Instead, to raise money for their organization in addition to their Student Activities Commission funding, the members run a concession stand for football games and collect 10% of the profits.

Right now, the group is working on throwing a new event for OU Moms Weekend: a black legacy brunch. It will center

around how black women want to leave their legacy and inspire the next generation of black students.

Morgan Sanders, a third-year studying psychology, is the secretary of Ebony Minds and appreciates the concept and creativity behind the group.

“We’re big on self-love and self-appreciation, and even though we’re a women’s organization, we do have males that come to our meetings and give their perspectives on things to further frame our topics,” Sanders said.

Nikkiya Addison, a sophomore studying psychology and sociology-criminology, is the public relations chair and got involved with the organization through knowing the founders.

“Ebony Minds means the world to me,” Addison said. “It means black unity. It means black growth. It means there is a place where black women are not a minority on this campus.”

Ebony Minds currently has open board positions, such as creative director and the co-public relations chair, and is always looking to expand its safe space to anyone who wants to get involved.

Foster loves everything about Ebony Minds and believes it can have such a great impact on not only black women in Athens, but their allies as well.

“The impact is important,” Foster said. “Knowing that you have an impact on a subject, that’s so important, and a lot of people don’t realize how important it is until the meeting. It shows that we aren’t just doing it for fun because we like it.

We’re doing it because it has a greater purpose.”

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How to Recycle Recycling is more than tossing plastics into a blue bin

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ecycling is an easy and accessible way to be green — but only if done correctly.

Recycling substances, such as plastic and glass, is great for the environment, but trying to recycle the wrong items can contaminate actual recyclable items. When this occurs, all items end up in a landfill, so if people want to recycle properly, it’s important to know what goes where.

To Bruce Underwood, executive director of the Athens-Hocking Recycling Center, there are many sides and benefits to recycling.

“There are lots of environmental benefits (to recycling),” Underwood said.

“With more material recycled, there’s less minerals and oil we have to pull out of the ground.”

Recycling plastics reduces the need to create new plastic in the future. When plastics go to landfills, that potential reuse is essentially gone forever.

“Once something is in a landfill, we’ve locked up that resource,” Underwood said.

Ultimately, having to harvest fewer resources saves energy in the long run, Underwood said. But there are also other reasons having a recycling plant nearby is a good thing for the environment.

“The economic benefits is that there are many more jobs associated with recycling than just a landfill,” Underwood said.

A major reason plastic goes to landfills, other than being discarded into a trash bin, is from contamination. Contamination is when a product is not recyclable due to being the wrong substance or not clean enough for recycling.

“It has less of a value if it’s contaminated,” Underwood said. “Non-recyclable items are contamination. Barbie dolls, garden hose, large pieces of scrap metal — only the items listed (can) go in mixed recycling.”

Items like scrap metal are recyclable, Underwood said, but not at the Athens-Hocking Recycling Center.

Other items that are recyclable can

suffer from contamination from not being cleaned properly, Underwood said. Items like ketchup bottles must be fully cleaned before they can be recycled.

Underwood recommends always doing research before putting an item in recycling, whether from reading labels, making a phone call to ask questions or looking online.

“People can do their research and ask,” Underwood said.

It’s the better choice to throw something away than to recycle it and risk contamination of reusable items.

“If in doubt, throw it out,” Underwood said.

Underwood also noted that recycling is regional, and different items are recyclable at different locations.

“Make sure you pay attention to where you’re at and what programs exist and what they take,” Underwood said. “It differs geographically.”

But for Underwood, it comes down to making sure the item is the right kind of plastic, contamination-free and, ultimately, recyclable.

“Something has to work the material and make it into something else, and if you can’t do that, you can’t recycle it,” Underwood said.

To Samuel Crowl, educating people on what is and what isn’t recyclable is important.

“It’s a struggle (to educate people about change),” Crowl, assistant director of sus-

tainability, said.

What’s recyclable and what isn’t is always changing, Crowl said. It’s important to update people on the changes.

There are lots of opportunities to recycle on campus. One method the office uses to encourage people to recycle is putting blue bins right next to landfill bins.

There are also bins for specialized waste streams, such as cell phones, lightbulbs and batteries.

Crowl also recommends confirming that plastics are recyclable and not compostable, a mistake that is easily made and contaminates other recyclable items.

A list of easily recyclable items can be found on the Athens-Hocking Recycling Center website. All items, once containing food, must be cleaned in order to be non-contaminating and recyclable.

Lauren McCain, a sophomore studying journalism, recycles and pays attention to what she puts into blue bins.

“I think it’s important,” McCain said.

“We live here — on the planet — and we should try to take care of it. There’s so much plastic waste.”

For McCain, recycling is part of an urgent effort to fight climate change.

“We need to do as much as we can as fast as we can,” McCain said.

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OUPD, APD reports on pa

There have been 404 reports taken by the Athens Police Depart

ELLEN WAGNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF From Aug. 23 to Nov. 12, the Ohio University Police Department and the Athens Police Department had 404 reports, according to reports and crime logs.

Of all of the reports, 62 were service calls to OUPD, which can be requests for medical service by Athens County EMS or a well-being check on someone. In most of the reports on the OUPD log, the person was determined to be OK or refused medical treatment.

“We respond to every EMS on campus that we can,” OUPD Lt. Tim Ryan said. “We don’t make it to all of them, but we do respond to most of them.”

Most of the time, EMS calls can be that someone else may see a problem and calls for assistance. When EMS arrives, the person says they didn’t need someone to call, Ryan said.

OUPD responded to 62 service calls, including well-being checks and requests for ACEMS services. There were also 19 reports of an emotionally-disturbed person to whom OUPD and APD had responded.

OUPD also logged 41 reports of operations, including EDC deployment and canine deployment.

OUPD issued 31 traffic citations and took 11 crash reports.

There were also 36 reports for alcohol-related incidents to OUPD and APD, including four reports of underage consumption of alcohol.

APD and OUPD received 58 reports of theft. There were also 22 reports of destruction of property to OUPD. APD and OUPD took 10 reports of assault. There were also 12 reports of sex offenses, including sexual battery and rape.

Pyle said APD does not send out every report. The department sends reports as they come in and get approved.

“There are certainly times where reports fall through the cracks for a variety of reasons, like they’re not finished with it, and they come back from days off, and nobody thinks to send it out as a ... report,” Pyle said.

Some reports on the OUPD log and APD log do not include specific locations. Some are labeled as off-campus miscellaneous, a street or without a location listed.

Ryan said off-campus miscellaneous locations are usually not in OUPD’s jurisdiction or not in a specific location that can be labeled.

Street names are usually listed for traffic stops since it’s not at a specific location and do not want to report it to the wrong location. Locations are not listed for sex offenses, including reports of rape and sexual battery.

“We don’t want to attribute it to an address because it didn’t happen at the address,” Pyle said.

Pyle said he believes APD and OUPD are on par with calls for service compared to previous years.

“We might have more crime reports than (OUPD), but they may have more service requests than we do,” Pyle said.

There were fewer arrests on Halloween weekend compared to last year.

There were 18 arrests and service calls during the Athens Halloween Block Party on Oct. 26. In 2018, there were 21 people arrested by APD and OUPD, according to a previous Post report.

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There were not many problems on Halloween since there wasn’t much of a crowd, Ryan said.

“It was (the) lamest Halloween as long as I’ve ever been

here,” Ryan said. “It didn’t feel like much.”

Nobody could move down the streets since the crowd was packed shoulder-to-shoulder when Ryan was a student

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tment and the Ohio University Police Department since Aug. 23 at OU between 1999 and 2003. Ryan said each year, it seems like the crowd keeps getting smaller.

For this year’s block party, the city wanted the events to

be more family-friendly and not just for college students.

The block party was shut down at 11:25 p.m.

APD Chief Tom Pyle said his department still plans

on a large crowd by bringing in outside agencies for the event, according to a previous Post report. He also noticed the decrease in attendance over the past couple of years and said he would eventually like to not have to bring in other agencies.

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Inconsistencies plague Ohio again in 37-34 overtime loss to Western Michigan MATT PARKER SPORTS EDITOR

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hio, unbeknownst to itself, established its identity earlier this season, and it furthermore confirmed it in Tuesday’s loss to Western Michigan.

The final score – a 37-34 overtime result – indicated that the Bobcats were in the game the whole time.

Physically, they were. But it was another game that featured two different versions of one team.

Ohio’s offense hummed in the second half. Its 385 total yards and four touchdowns were almost enough to hide the blemish of a 56-yard first half that resulted in zero points.

Quarterback Nathan Rourke’s 15-for22, 188 passing yards and two touchdowns in the second half almost masked his 4-for-5 and 32-yard performance in the first 30 minutes.

The Bobcats’ second-half performance just counts as a moral victory. It showed the flash that coaches and players have talked about after losing close games all season.

“We’ve shown flashes each game of what we’re capable of. We just haven’t been able to put four quarters of it (together),” Rourke said. “That’s been what’s holding us back.”

Ohio showed those examples on both sides of the ball. The defense in the first half held one of the MAC’s best rushing offenses in check to just 79 yards. It only allowed the Broncos’ star running back LeVante Bellamy to average 2.1 yards per carry in the first half. The pass defense was solid for its standards and limited Western Michigan quarterback Jon Wassink to only 140 yards in the first half.

And those stats are all meaningless.

The Bobcats identity crept up, and sure enough, they allowed for big plays to happen. Missed tackles were bountiful, and they allowed the Broncos to drive up and down the field.

“It seems like we just didn’t finish plays,” defensive lineman Cole Baker said.

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Ohio running back Julian Ross (No. 2) looks for a pocket against Western Michigan in Peden Stadium on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.

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it hasn’t.

“I think that’s been a reocIn four of their curring thing.” six losses, the BobThe one consistent have had an thing for Ohio this season We’ve shown flashes cats average point difhas been its inconsisteneach game of what ferential of 2.7. One cy. That’s held the Bobcats of those was against back from being the team we’re capable of. We the Broncos, and the that members of the conjust haven’t been able other three were ference’s media poll voted to finally win the MAC. to put four quarters of it Marshall, Northern and Miami.

That inconsistency has (together). That’s been Illinois They were all put Ohio in winning positions, but it failed to do so. what’s holding us back.” games where the Bobcats at some Most of all, that inconpoint had control, sistency cost it a season it - Nathan Rourke, and instead of takwon’t get back, and even quarterback of Ohio football ing advantage of though it can finish on a that, they’ve let it positive note, the expecleave their hands by tations for coach Frank missing a tackle or Solich’s program haven’t dropping a ball. been met.

“We expected more out of this season,” “We played two quarters of really good football, (and then we played) two quar- Solich said. “We can’t take back any of the ters of so-so football,” Solich said. “That other games. I wish I could for those guys.

I wish I could’ve done more because they usually doesn’t get it done.”

He’s right. It doesn’t get it done, and deserve more than what they got accom-

plished this season.”

The Bobcats (4-6, 3-3 MAC) can end the season with both moral and legit victories.

They travel to the bottom-tiered teams in the MAC East Division with road trips to Bowling Green (3-6, 2-3 MAC) on Nov. 19 and Akron (0-10, 0-6 MAC) on Nov. 26.

If they can find ways to erase the inconsistencies that have plagued them all season long, they’ll avoid a losing record for the 11th consecutive season – a moral victory, too.

But Ohio doesn’t want moral victories.

It wants the wins as badly as any other team. It wants the coveted MAC Championship trophy. It wants a sixth consecutive bowl appearance.

Most of those wants have seemingly vanished in a flash, the same flash Ohio has shown this season that could’ve given them its wants.

“Losing’s tough either way,” Rourke said.

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The Bobcats’ overtime was one they’ll want to forget Ohio’s overtime sequence encapsulates season struggles ANTHONY POISAL SPORTS EDITOR

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athan Rourke took the field for the last time Tuesday at Peden Stadium in overtime against Western Michigan.

With Ohio starting at the Broncos’ 25yard line, the senior quarterback began the drive with an incomplete pass to Tyler Tupa. The next play was a five yard pickup on a short pass to running back O’Shaan Allison. The drive ended on a 37-yard field goal from Louie Zervos after coach Frank Solich called for a run, which gained zero yards, on third-and-5.

None of it mattered.

Western Michigan started the next drive with a 20-yard run from LeVante Bellamy. Two plays later, Bellamy was in the end zone. The defense couldn’t stop the running back from scoring his Mid-American Conference-leading 21st touchdown of the season.

The overtime portion of Ohio’s 3734 loss to Western Michigan in its final home game of the season encapsulated everything that has gone wrong this season for the Bobcats, whose best finish to the year now is a 6-6 record and a bowl appearance that won’t be guaranteed.

If Miami wins Wednesday against Bowling Green, who currently sits in second-to-last place in the MAC East Division, then the Bobcats can no longer make the MAC Championship.

After the consistent struggles Ohio has attempted to fix all season, however, the end result shouldn’t come as much of surprise.

“We’ve got two games left,“ Solich said. “We plan on winning those two games. We’re trying to do our best we can to salvage the season and make it 6-6. That’s the opportunity we have in front of us right now.”

That’s all the Bobcats can do after a season full of clutch offensive performances that have been spoiled by big plays from their defense.

Last week, Ohio scored 14 fourth-quarter points to rally the Bobcats against Miami in a game that will likely decide the MAC East Divison’s representative in the MAC Championship.

Those two touchdowns meant nothing, however, when the Bobcats allowed the RedHawks to gain 40 yards and convert a game-winning field goal.

This week, the Bobcats needed to prevent the Broncos from reaching the end zone from their own 25-yard line.

That’s no easy task against Western Michigan’s offense, which led the conference in scoring before the game. But the Bobcats limited damage in the first half when they held the Broncos to only 10 points. Ohio’s defense was plenty capable of stopping Western Michigan in one of its most important drives of the season.

Sure, an overtime stop wouldn’t have necessarily guaranteed the Bobcats a win. The Broncos only needed a field goal to extend the game and were already in favorable field position for a potential kick.

But after Bellamy, a front runner for MAC Offensive Player of the Year honors, trucked ahead for 20 yards on the first run, a touchdown seemed evident.

Ohio’s defense has failed to make those stops all season. That led to losses to Northern Illinois, Miami and now Western Michigan.

It couldn’t pull through again, and that’s why the Bobcats will likely end their season in a cloud of disappointment, regardless of whether they make a bowl game.

“It has been frustrating,“ Solich said.

“It’s been frustrating for the coaches and also the players. They’re very frustrated.

We expected more out of this season.”

Those expectations were high due to Rourke, who will end his collegiate career on a team that will end the season with its worst record since at least 2014, the last time the Bobcats failed to make a bowl game.

Rourke will leave Ohio as the program record holder for most touchdowns ever scored by a player. He is arguably the best quarterback to ever pass through the program, but defensive inconsistencies have spoiled his final season. “(The loss) last week was pretty tough,“ Rourke said. “But losing is losing.”

The quarterback didn’t take the Bobcats to the end zone in their lone overtime possession Tuesday, but he pushed Ohio to overtime with 225 passing yards, 93 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

He did all he could to give the Bobcats a win in his final home game.

Instead, the defense took four plays to fall apart at a crucial time.

It wasn’t the first time it’s happened this season. With two games left and not a whole lot left to play for, it might not be the last.

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Caitlyn Kroll is finally playing meaningful basketball again after a year of waiting

TYLER JOHNSON FOR THE POST

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aitlyn Kroll hadn’t played a meaningful basketball game since the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

In her last game with St. Francis, the Red Flashes matched up with top-seeded Connecticut in the first round on March 17, 2018. Two months after the loss to the Huskies, it was announced that Kroll had transferred to Ohio.

Coming to the Bobcats meant that she had to sit out the 2018-19 season because of the NCAA transfer rules. It was Kroll’s second time sitting out a full season in college after she missed all of her freshman season with St. Francis with an injury.

Kroll was excited to have finally played a full-speed game of basketball for the first time in a year-and-a-half after Ohio finished its exhibition game with Walsh on Nov. 2.

“My heart was beating so fast,” Kroll said. “It was just a surreal feeling. Coming back to doing something you love is just awesome.”

In both the exhibition game and the first two games to start Ohio’s season, Kroll has been the first player off the bench. Despite her position as Ohio’s sixth player, the Bobcats have used her in a similar style that they played Dominique Doseck, the lone graduating starter from last year.

That is no coincidence. Kroll watched Doseck’s game last season to see what she contributed to the Bobcats and how Kroll could adapt that to her game when she finally got her chance to play.

For the redshirt sophomore, this meant being as versatile as possible, playing in whatever role coach Bob Boldon asks for her that given game, and being an asset on both ends of the ball.

“I try to do all the little things,” Kroll said.

Like Doseck, Kroll is a natural ball-handler but is very comfortable with playing in a off-guard role, too.

Given that the majority of the points will be run by either Cece Hooks or Erica Johnson, playing on the wing has been a focus for Boldon.

With a player like Kroll, Boldon says coaching her and getting her back to game speed has not been hard. She plays with intelligence and has energy, and those two things have made 16 / NOV. 14, 2019

Ohio guard Caitlyn Kroll (No. 5) dribbles down the court to help the Bobcats earn their 81-69 victory against American University in The Convo on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. (NATE SWANSON / PHOTO EDITOR)

integrating her into Ohio’s game plan smooth for him.

“She’s a pretty easy kid to coach,” Boldon said. “She has a good understanding of the dynamics of the team and how to fit in. It’s been pretty easy to get her up to speed.”

Getting her back to game speed had to happen quickly for Boldon because she has been an integral part of the Bobcats’ early season game plan. Kroll played over 20 minutes in Ohio’s first two games and had 13 points off the bench in the 81-69 win over American on Sunday.

Last season, depth was one of the few weaknesses of the Bobcats. A player like Kroll, who’s able to come off the bench, gives Ohio flexibility. She can come in and give a starter a rest without a drop-off in quality of play or, if the Bobcat starters are struggling, she can come in and add an instant spark.

Kroll is still growing into her role on the team in the early goings of the season. Once she’s established her role, however, it’ll feature an unnoticed sense of reliability by those not within the program.

The relationship she has built with

her teammates during her ineligible season and in the offseason has made her return to the court a smoother transition. They made it easy for her to fit in with the team, both on and off the court. That, in turn, made it easier for her to come in and just play basketball.

“It boosts your confidence to come in and know that your teammates have confidence in you to do your thing,” Kroll said.

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FILM REVIEW

Film Review: Robert Eggers’ ‘The Lighthouse’ is a striking nightmare KERI JOHNSON STAFF WRITER The Lighthouse is the second feature film by critically-acclaimed The Witch (2015) director Robert Eggers. Though it’s his sophomore feature, it feels like Eggers has been making horror epics for a lifetime.

The film follows two lighthouse keeps, known also as wickies, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson), on a remote island as they work in isolation in the late 1800s. As the two endure the tough job, monotony and crude stormy weather ultimately drive Wake and Winslow into insanity.

The Lighthouse is eerie, creepy and unsettling. Eggers’ stark imagery channels what is most unnerving to viewers’ eyes, using Pagan visuals and lighting reminiscent of early silent horror films. The movie also utilizes sound, both in music and effects, to create an uneasy atmosphere.

Ultimately, the film is carried by great performances. Dafoe’s portrayal of an ancient wickie is of enormous proportions. His character delivers dramatic monologues, full of power and epic threats. Though Dafoe is the boss, Pattinson is equally as powerful. Despite beginning as somewhat of a straight-edged man, Pattinson proves himself to be just as crazy as Dafoe.

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The Lighthouse, like a lot of artistic cinema, falls to viewers’ interpretation.

Audiences should not only go in with an open mind, but also leave with one and allow themselves time to form an opinion.”

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Unbeknownst to many who watched the trailers alone, The Lighthouse is filled with humor. Though a drama, a thriller and a journey, the film is also layered with humor, both visually and in the writing and performances. Dafoe’s dramatic performance is full of funny lines and deliveries as well as Pattinson’s role as the newbie putting up with his stubborn boss.

Eggers’ film gives audiences a lot to unpack. The director plays with references to classic art house cinema, like the films of Ignmar Bergman, as well as themes of Greek mythology, most explicitly the story of Prometheus, which perhaps is the ultimate theme of the film. The Lighthouse, like a lot of artistic cinema, falls to viewers’ interpretation. Audiences should not only go in with an open mind, but also leave with one and allow themselves time to form an opinion.

Fitted with visually stunning images, superb lighting, and thematic contrasts, The Lighthouse is set up for epic proportions. Much like contemporaries such as Ari Aster or even Jordan Peele, Eggers has become a household name despite his small filmography.

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The Script’s soul-crushing ‘Sunsets & Full Moons’ has only 3 good songs BRE OFFENBERGER COPY CHIEF The Script, a three-piece band typically associated with nostalgic ballads, will be breaking hearts everywhere because, “For The First Time,” it has released a shoddy album.

The Ireland-based, pop rock band released its sixth album, Sunsets & Full Moons, on Friday. The nine-track LP runs just over 30 minutes and solidifies the thought most fans have been agonizing over for some time now: The Script has officially lost its spark.

The Script — comprised of frontman Danny O’Donoghue, guitarist Mark Sheehan and bassist and drummer Glen Power — was one of the lucky ones, as it obtained success almost immediately. Its first album, which was self-titled and released in 2008, contained two of the biggest hits of that time frame: “Breakeven” and “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved.”

The band’s sophomore album, Science & Faith, which was released in 2010, was its pinnacle, perfectly capturing the desolate feelings that come hand-in-hand with life’s inevitable unfortunate moments. After 2010, The Script gradually began to transition from pop rock into more mainstream pop with breakout hits including “Hall of Fame” in 2012 and “Superheroes” in 2014.

The band made the modification work — until now.

Sunsets & Full Moons comes during a year of affliction for the frontman. His mother was buried on Valentine’s Day 2019, 12 years to the day her husband was buried, according to O’Donoghue’s interview with Apple Music.

His father’s death came a year-and-a-half before the band’s debut was released. Both of these albums were constructed during devastating times, and O’Donoghue decided to channel his pain into music. Though it worked quite well the first time around, perhaps the frontman should’ve taken more time to heal instead of churning out an unpolished composition.

With only nine songs, Sunsets & Full Moons already carries problems before even diving into its content. That small number means the album should be compact and nearly unflawed, but two-thirds of it miss the mark entirely. The chorus of “If You Don’t Love Yourself” too closely resembles RuPaul’s famous quote, “If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” and the track tries too hard.

“Hurt People Hurt People,” despite its catchiness, is exceptionally cheesy. “Hot Summer Nights” simply sounds like a filler track. The Script seems to be following in the footsteps

of Imagine Dragons, veering away from what makes it exceptional and choosing instead to create mainstream, disgenuine music.

Three songs on this album, however, provide glimpses of the splendor The Script graced the world with a decade ago.

Here are the best three songs from Sunsets & Full Moons: 3. “THE HURT GAME” “The Hurt Game” sounds like it would play at the end of a typical chick-flick where the guy finally realizes he’s falling for a girl who’s always been in love with him, so he chases after her before she gets on her flight and moves away forever. The actual song, however, is about the reality of love: it has its constant ups and downs, and it won’t get better if effort isn’t put in from both sides.

O’Donoghue’s smooth voice blends perfectly with a classic Script-esque piano riff as he tries to convince his significant other there’s no hurt in trying to mend mistakes: “The hurt game; we throw blame, the worst pain / We love hard; we get scarred; it’s insane / Can’t win for losing in the hurt game.”

2. “SAME TIME” “Same Time” encapsulates the harrowing realization that you haven’t completely moved on from your ex and somehow knowing they feel the same way. O’Donoghue, with his most controlled vocals on the album, guarantees his ex keeps him in the back of her mind and that their love will never completely fade: “Somehow I know you’ll be thinking of me on your wedding day / Just before it starts, in the back of your heart / Somehow I know that you’re thinking of me.”

The layered vocals in the chorus personify O’Donoghue’s sentiment flawlessly.

1. “RUN THROUGH WALLS” A melancholy yet soothing acoustic guitar welcomes the listener into O’Donoghue’s bleak state of mind. After losing both his parents, O’Donoghue has become dependent on his close friends, who he admits are the only reason he keeps going: “You always show up at the perfect time / There’s no one born with X-ray eyes / There’s no way to know what’s on my mind / But you always say the words that save my life.” The emotion is evident from the first guitar strum, and it’s a tear-jerker that’s reminiscent of the band’s early discography, which makes it the best on Sunsets & Full Moons.

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Pat McGee put Athens City Council in check

NOAH WRIGHT is a junior studying strategic communication at Ohio University.

Athens City Council At-Large Incumbent Pat McGee was defeated in the Nov. 5 election. McGee, a champion of students’ rights, was the only non-Democrat on City Council.

The loss of McGee is a serious blow to representation on Athens City Council. With McGee out, there is no longer a counterpoint to many of the Democrats on Council. McGee was the rare representative who truly believed in fighting for what’s right but also didn’t

want to spend his time frivolously doing it.

McGee retired from Center for Student Legal Services, a position that earned him the moniker “Set ’em free, McGee,” in spring 2019. He has had that nickname since the 1980s because of his incredible success as a public defender.

His work with CSLS provided a legal check on the university’s power over the student body. One of his most notable cases came when 70 students were infamously arrested during a protest in Baker. But it wasn’t just CSLS that made him such an important figure to students.

Despite leaving CSLS, McGee still had plans to continue his work on City Council well into his retirement. He was an invaluable resource to Student Senate. Off-Campus Affairs Commissioner Adam Boesinger, who works to fight for the rights of students living off-campus, described McGee in an

email as “an approachable figure who is always willing to provide guidance on Off-Campus (Commission’s) ideas.”

Boesinger acknowledges they don’t always agree on everything, but “He is a man who will never give up fighting for the good of students.”

That is exactly what Athens needs from a public servant. The Democrats on Council have worked to fight for the right thing at most times, but because of Athens’ de facto one-party system, an outside perspective is necessary.

Problems that went largely ignored by the city government were brought to attention by McGee. Recently, he advocated against ain increase in towing fees that was supported by other Council members. Policies like those serve corporate interests in the city and actively hurt local residents.

More importantly, he was in favor of putting more power in the hands of tenants, who are largely students, and limiting the expansive powers of land-

lords around the city. With McGee out and the massive losses the Socialists took, it’s hard to see who sides with renters.

Hopefully, McGee can still maintain his presence in the community and serve as a catalyst for student interest outside government. Regardless of what comes next, it’s apparent the election was a major setback for diversity of views in local government.

It’s important to consider that while local parties and national parties have parallels, there are also serious differences. Many Democrats would see a fully-democratic government as a good thing, but on a smaller scale, diverse ideas are crucial to success. Without McGee, those ideas will be completely absent from Athens.

Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. Want to talk to Noah? Tweet him @NoahCampaign.

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Creamy Studios helps people express individuality through sustainable clothing

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Fashion is a way to express individuality, but with so many brands and mass-producing retailers in the world, it can prove to be difficult to feel truly unique with clothing.

That’s why one Ohio University student came up with a fashion brand that redefines individuality, while utilizing sustainable practices, called Creamy Studios.

Stephen Barrett, a senior studying fashion retail, is the brains behind the operation.

“It’s a streetwear brand, but we also like to think of it as a creative studio,” Barrett said. “We don’t want to limit ourselves to just fashion.”

Stephen, along with his brother, Peter Barrett, a junior studying studio art, lead the charge of creating, marketing and selling their fashion pieces, which includes shirts, hoodies and much more.

“It’s so cool to see other people wearing shirts that we’ve made,” Peter said.

But Creamy Studios wasn’t created overnight. The brand took brains, creativity, a lot of help from friends and one big idea.

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an Outward Bound trip. He needed money to pay for his trip, so he started painting up a few T-shirts and hooded sweatshirts to sell. He made an Instagram for the products and sold them to a few people.

When he got back from the trip, he got Peter involved. With the encouragement of his family and friends, Stephen began to make his small idea a big reality.

Stephen wanted people to buy something from them, knowing it’s going to be unique to them. Creamy Studios sells more than clothes: it also sells artwork, album covers and posters. Eventually, it wants to sell stickers, rather than just including a sticker with each order, and also expand to selling graphic artwork or video services, but for now, that remains on the backburner.

Through the creation of Creamy Studios, Stephen realized he wanted to get out of his education major and switch to fashion retail. He knew involving Peter was the right choice because he was a huge proponent of art and fashion.

“I wanted him to be a part of it,” Stephen said. “I wanted to share it, and we’ve grown closer through doing it together.

It’s a lot of work, so we need each other to get it done.”

Growing up, Stephen and Peter both loved thrift shopping. One of their favorite pastimes was to find unique and individual pieces of clothing at various thrift stores, so they incorporated that philosophy into the brand.

A lot of the clothing pieces they use in the brand have been thrifted and redesigned for their customers, but they also take clothes from their customers and design it in whatever way they desire.

The designs and alterations include anything from bleaching and dying the clothes to cutting, sewing or hand painting the clothes. They can also screen print logos or artwork onto the pieces.

Each of their seasonal collections is mainly cohesive through colors and material. Though most of their sales come through their website, they also have a Depop site to sell pieces and will take custom orders or existing piece inquiries through their Instagram account, @creamy.studios.

Sometimes their sales are even as simple as their friends looking through their closets, picking out what they like and buying it on the spot.

As the brothers generated excitement around their growing brand, they knew they would need more help. They asked Mitch Suder, a junior studying interactive media, to help out.

Suder mainly helps to plan the photoshoots of the pieces and clothing drops, but like everyone else involved with the brand, he helps out where he can.

Stephen and Peter also asked Gerhardt Bornschlegl, a senior studying integrated media, to lead photography for the brand.

“He pitched the brand as ‘artwear,’ and I really like the idea of wearing art,” Born-

schlegl said. “It appeals to the side of me that looks at fashion as being a form of expression and artwork.”

Stephen and Peter wanted models to walk in their clothes. Kay Collins, a sophomore studying photojournalism, is one of them.

“I really like their designs and their vision,” Collins said. “I think Creamy Studios is important because they’re open-minded and fresh.”

An idea like this one requires lots of funding, but the brothers have only utilized out-of-pocket funds. All of the money they make goes right back into the brand.

SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES Creamy Studios practices the art of upcycling, which is buying used clothes and reselling them. They’re dedicated to conscious consumption, and that all began when they were young.

Stephen and Peter’s mom inspired them to be passionate about sustainability. They were big on hand-me-downs and thrifting, but it also came from their family’s love of the outdoors and camping. As Stephen and Peter have watched the climate change, they decided it’s important to play whatever role they can in bettering the planet.

“Today’s world is definitely trying to push for a greener world, and generationally, business standards are moving toward that, so I think the culture is more understanding that we need to be more cautious with the planet and global warming,” Suder said. “So Creamy is definitely on the best side of that.”

Sustainability through their clothing has been a great marketing point for Stephen and Peter, whose biggest learning experience has been about building the brand and marketing.

“We’re still learning,” Stephen said, “Learning about the fashion industry as a whole, us both coming into it, not knowing a ton beforehand. It’s a very saturated market, so how do we market, and how do we promote the brand? Part of that is our dedication to conscious consumption.”

Their commitment to sustainability has not only drawn customers, but it’s what attracted a lot of the people who help them out with the brand.

“Something that stood out to me was the idea of using recycled clothing and making designs on these recycled clothes,” Bornschlegl said. “The sustainability that he’s (Stephen) emphasizing by recycling old clothing into new art is so inspiring in terms of being mindful of carbon footprint.”

Stephen and Peter have both had the best time creating the brand, but most importantly are happy they could combine their two loves, art and sustainability, into something that they love.

“If we can be creative, and through that try to minimize that carbon footprint, that’s a win in our book,” Stephen said.

MORE THAN JUST A BRAND Suder, Collins, Bornschlegl and the other people helping Stephen and Peter with the brand have felt like this is a step in the right direction career-wise.

“It feels like I’m getting my foot in the door with the creative industry, and it feels like we’re cohesively working together toward something,” Suder said. “Whether it’s social media posts or just playing with the clothes, it’s a lot of fun.”

The brothers know their work is nowhere near finished. In the short term, Creamy Studios was invited to do a show by the organization RAW for underground artists and will coincide its fall clothing drop with the show.

In the long term, both Stephen and Peter would love to be self-employed and work together with a small team to create content. They want to continue producing clothes but also transition into a creative content platform with music videos, concert promotion and more.

Stephen and Peter hope their brand can be an inspiration for anyone trying to get into the fashion industry or simply anyone trying to start their own business. More than anything, the brothers want Creamy Studios to act as a beacon for people to embrace their own creative sides.

However, the brothers’ efforts with Creamy Studios have already greatly inspired the members of their team.

“The act of being able to create with him is really great, so the collaboration is definitely at the top of my favorite reasons of being a part of this,” Bornschlegl said. “Just being able to put my mark on something that’s much bigger than myself and collaborate with these people is helping me mature as an artist, and that’s just priceless.”

Through combining their love for art and sustainability, the two brothers have grown closer than ever. They both know they have Creamy Studios to thank for that.

“Yeah, we were close before, but we’re way closer now,” Stephen said. “Like, we were brothers, but now we’re business partners and friends, and it’s made our relationship richer.”

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Lost Flamingo Theatre Company to put on dark comedy ‘Hand to God’ LAUREN SERGE FOR THE POST

Many plays begin with a small town, riddled with flawed and traumatized characters, but few involve the personification of possibly demonic puppets.

The play Hand to God, however, has it all.

The black comedy will be performed Saturday and Sunday and is hosted by the Lost Flamingo Theatre Company, or LFC, which is the only student-led theater company at Ohio University. LFC puts on four productions each year, all of which are selected through a collaborative process.

Michaela Chilenski, a senior studying integrated media, is the director of Hand to God and the president of LFC. Chilenski said that she chose this particular play for its modern comedic elements, as she was excited to perform a relatively new show.

The play, Chilenski said, is about a small church group in Cypress, Texas, who endures chaos in their small town.

“The play is about a Christian puppet group who are trying to put on a performance for the church,” Chilenski said.

“But then one of the members of the puppet group, Jason, his puppet is shown to potentially be possessed by the devil.”

Jason’s puppet, named Tyrone, is played by the same actor, Oliver Runyon.

The puppet undergoes various costume changes as it begins to evolve and descend into a more evil creature throughout the progression of the show. The aspect of the puppets, and the notion that Tyrone is a reincarnation of the devil, is intended to be interpreted in various ways, as the play does not offer a definitive explanation to the phenomena.

Steph Schille, a sophomore studying integrated media, portrays Margery, who is Jason’s mother, in the play. Schille believes the puppet is a coping mechanism for the character.

“I view the puppet as an outlet for your inner demons,” Schille said. “I look at my character because she’s very promiscuous. She sleeps with a 17-year-old, and she uses a lot of profanity, but she’s an adult. So the way she lets out her in22 / NOV. 14, 2019

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Cast photo of Lost Flamingo Theatre Company’s rendition of the play Hand To God. (PROVIDED VIA MICHAELA CHILENSKI)

ner demons is through physical actions and intimacy with things she shouldn’t.

But the way her son’s projecting it is through a puppet.”

The play explores darker themes and contains obscene dialogue, which prompted the company to give the play an R rating. Joe Sarfi, a freshman studying music education, is the assistant stage manager for the play and said the profane subject matter has religious ties, which exemplify aspects of societal behavior.

“The show is mildly sacreligious in the way that it explores religion as a construct to basically give people an excuse for when they act out of order and to keep people in order,” Sarfi said. “It is all about the control that people try to exert over each other, how people try to escape the control of society by saying the devil made them do it.”

Despite the intense symbolism within the show, Sarfi expressed the comedic elements utilize absurdity and crude

content to offer some virtuous reflection while simultaneously making the audience laugh.

“It is a dark comedy, but it is most definitely still a comedy,” Sarfi said.

“There’s so many great jokes, and there are moments that will stay with you. It’s really thought-provoking but in such a way that somehow manages to still include two people mimicking puppet sex.”

Heylea Allan, a freshman studying film, portrays Jessica, the love interest of Jason, in the play. Allan described the character as three-dimensional and that her personality serves as entertaining as well as a personal connection.

“She’s the most interesting character I’ve ever played,” Allan said. “She’s so weird and different, but she’s also just a lot of fun to portray. She’s a lot like me, too, so it’s really fun because I basically get to play myself with a Texas accent.”

For Schille, the enjoyment derived from the performance of Margery is due in part to the outrageous content, which

makes the play unique.

“I love how funny and crude the play is,” Schille said. “It’s so out-of-the-water and unlike any other play I’ve done before. It’s a comedy-drama, but it’s way funnier and out of character that makes me laugh all the time.”

In contrast to the darker themes of the play, Chilenski believes the audience will have an emotional and moral takeaway while still relishing in the sheer humor of the production.

“I think deeper down, the meaning of the show is to forgive yourself for the sins you may have committed,” Chilenski said. “It also symbolizes moving past previous traumas and being able to accept what happened to you and move forward with your life and still having a great time while you’re doing that.” @LAURENESERGE LS351117@OHIO.EDU

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FRIDAY 3 for 3 at 9 p.m. at Smiling Skull Sa-

loon, 108 W. Union St. Enjoy three bands for $3. The bands are Cassius At Best, Dino Drive and Jay Parade.

Admission: $3 Paint Print Photo at 12 p.m. at The Dairy Barn Arts Center, 8000 Dairy Lane. It’s an juried exhibition of contemporary Ohio artists working in painting, printmaking, photography and drawing.

People can view the art and eat some light appetizers. The event will happen Saturday and Sunday at noon as well.

Admission: Free Author/Illustrator Visit with Denise Fleming at 6:30 p.m. at the Ath-

ens Public Library, 30 Home St. Fleming will share her creative process and answer audience questions.

Admission: Free

SATURDAY Hand to God at 8 p.m. at Baker

University Center Theater. The show deals with a boy trying to be a good son who takes up puppetry. The puppet begins to grow

in strength, and he’s extremely foul-mouthed. The comedic play is put on by Lost Flamingo Theatre Company and will also perform on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Admission: $5 Shimmering Silver Flute Quartet at 7

p.m. at Athens Uncorked, 14 Station St. The quartet from the Ohio University School of Music will perform everything from classical to jazz.

Admission: Free Thomas and The Work-Men at 7 p.m.

at Little Fish Brewery, 8675 Armitage Road. The alternative rock group will return to the Little Fish stage for a two-hour set.

Admission: Free

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Robert Askins play exploring the ideas of faith, morality, and human nature will leave you sore with laughter.

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