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More than 300 first-year students left OU after Fall Semester

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Students cite several different reasons for I am really close with my leaving OU, including family and do a lot with distance from home them, so it was ideal to be a little closer.”

TAYLOR JOHNSTON FOR THE POST When Morgan Barnard left her room in Voigt Hall after Fall Semester at Ohio University, her side of the room was empty.

She was a freshman at OU studying early childhood education but is now at Kent State University’s Ashtabula campus studying occupational therapy.

“The main reason why I left … I actually live four hours away from OU, and my mom and I are very close,” Barnard said. “It is just her and I, and I thought that going (to OU) wouldn’t be too far from home, but it wouldn’t be too close either.”

As the semester went on, it was hard for Barnard to be away from her mother.

“She is in and out of the hospital a lot because she has Crohn’s disease,” Barnard said.

Her mom has had Crohn’s disease for 13 years but said it has started to get worse the past few years.

Barnard is one of 310 first-year students who left OU after Fall Semester.

Craig Cornell, senior vice provost for strategic enrollment management, said 3,999 of the 4,309 first-year students enrolled during Fall Semester registered for Spring Semester classes.

Last academic year, 281 first-year students left OU after Fall Semester, and 377 first-year students left OU after Fall Semester during the 2014-15 academic year.

“Students leave for a myriad of reasons every year and every term at all institutions,” Cornell said in an email. “These range from financial to personal and represents the real-life situations that students and families have.”

Annelise Gibson said she left OU for Wittenberg University to be closer to her family and to be a part of a competitive swimming team. She is from Springfield, which is where Wittenberg is located.

“I am really close with my family and do a lot with them, so it was ideal to be a little closer,” Gibson, a freshman studying early childhood education, said.

Gibson was on OU’s club swimming team

- Annelise Gibson, former OU student and is on Wittenberg’s NCAA Division III swim team.

“I did not get scholarships for swimming,” Gibson said. “But I got a lot of other scholarships and grants along with financial aid, whereas I didn’t get any of those at OU.” She said she came to OU because of the campus and the atmosphere, but she regrets applying to only three universities.

“As soon as I went to OU, it was my first visit. I was convinced it was the school for me, and I didn’t visit any other schools,” Gibson said. “(OU) felt like home, but as time went on, I realized I really missed swimming competitively.”

If a student is thinking about leaving OU, Cornell said they should contact their adviser, academic department or the Allen Student Advising Center.

Kaylin Jankowski, a freshman studying health services administration at OU, said she does not plan on transferring.

“Even though I am one of thousands of students here, I can always count on friends, classmates, professors or even random people on the street for help or advice,” Jankowski said.

OU is working to provide other ways students can continue their education.

“We have been working diligently to provide online and multi-campus opportunities for students to continue their education from home or at any of our additional physical locations around the State,” Cornell said in an email.

Even though Barnard transferred to another university, she said her time at OU was not wasted.

“I am not one to party and stuff, but I did meet some really good friends, and the campus itself is very beautiful,” Barnard said.

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AMPLIFIED OBSERVATIONS

Rock and roll can compare to Greek debauchery The spirit behind rock and roll came into existence long before the electric second half of the 20th century. The music’s central purpose of challenging social normality and inciting ritualistic debauchery has been recorded in art LUKE FURMAN by humankind as far back as the is a junior Greek age of antiquity. studying In a 1980 interview with latejournalism at night host Tom Snyder, Iggy Ohio University.

Pop, now a sacred cow of rock and roll, described his unhinged music and self-destructive stage performances as being “Dionysian.”

More specifically, Pop said this in reference to Friedrich Nietzsche’s 1872 work The Birth of Tragedy, which expressed the philosopher’s views on art. Nietzsche divided art into two categories “Apollonian” and “Dionysian,” and he regarded ancient Greek tragedy as the highest art form because of its combination of these two qualities through aspects like stage dialogue and a rowdy, impulsive chorus.

Apollonian art describes the act of construction, that is building a statue or shrine or something with the purpose of standing for time immemorial, reminding onlookers of a certain virtue. Dionysian art, however, is much swifter and exists more in the moment. It refers to an event of destruction or tearing down social constructs in a sort of cathartic cleanse of our base animal nature.

The choruses of early ancient Greek drama exemplified Nietzsche’s idea of Dionysian disorder and revelry in a similar way to the drinking, dancing and sometimes fighting of 20th century rock shows, especially with bands like The Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Nirvana, the infamous G.G. Allin and more modern acts like Death Grips.

The more I consider this comparison of rock and roll to the ancient Greek god of wine and debauchery, the more it makes sense. I can almost picture Dionysus (Bacchus, if you prefer Roman mythology) rolling on the ground and screaming lyrics into a microphone with a backing band of demigods providing abrasive instrumentals.

Like classical tragedies and satyr plays, rock and roll emerged as an art form used for primal pleasures and only grew wilder throughout its siege of popularity. And for the most part, rock music possesses an underlying sense of instinctual aggression and a hypothalamic origin.

The Velvet Underground did not necessarily give a Dionysian live performance but the content of songs like the sadomasochist anthem “Venus In Furs” and the self-explanatory “Heroin” undermine cultural normality.

Most of the group’s songs, “European Son” for instance, sputter into dissonant chaos toward the end much like the work of successors like Sonic Youth or Big Black.

What’s more, many rock artists have echoed the jarring implications of Sophocles’ Oedipus complex such as Iggy Pop in “Sister Midnight” and Jim Morrison on the bridge of “The End.”

Conversely, classical music and jazz sought to build up a composition from nothingness, whereas most rock looks to return to that raw and aggressive realm of energy and instinct. And when it becomes too Apollonian, as it did with progressive rock in the 1970s, there’s always a countermovement like Punk to return rock to its infinite perpetuation of vulgarity and vice.

The ideas behind rock and roll are meant to challenge and not to compliment. Like a painting by Caravaggio, rock is meant to show the reality of individuals and destroy perceptions of the ideal and the beautiful.

In a 1983 interview given by Dead Kennedys, lead singer Jello Biafra comments, “the original spirit of rock and roll ... was meant in the form of an attack.” And it’s evident by looking at the band’s concert footage that its performance can be called anything but Apollonian.

With band and audience sharing the stage, as with many performances, it beckons back to the early Greeks who cared not for sophistication but for fun.

The Greek gods and goddesses might not have delivered guitars, drums and amplifiers to the acropolis of Athens, but like fire, they first gave society the urge to destroy through the act of creation and that urge has never really gone away.

Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. What do you think about rock and roll’s connection with Ancient Greece? Let Luke know by tweeting him @LukeFurmanLog or emailing him at lf491413@ohio.edu.

QUERY A QUEER

Defining heterosexism and the term ‘queer’ Q: How are heterosexism and homophobia different?

A: Heterosexism is the assumption that all people are heterosexual and that heterosexuality is somehow superior to non-heterosexuality. This is different JASPER SHELL from homophobia, which is an unis a senior reasonable fear toward queerness studying music and queer people. Heterosexism composition works under the radar — it has enand film. He is coded our culture into a two-genthe outreach dered dichotomy that is set off-kilcoordinator for the LGBT center. ter when someone tries to deviate from the societal norm. Heterosexism is often paralleled to racism in that white privilege and heterosexual privilege are both terms that have been used to apply terms for benefits that the dominant culture experiences, despite no scientific reasoning to why the minority is less deserving of those privileges. There are plenty of ways that heterosexism manifests itself in everyday life, sometimes not even in a conscious way. While you might know in your head that queer people exist, you might subconsciously assume every person you meet is het4 / FEB. 23, 2017

erosexual. Perhaps you were caught off guard when your coworker mentioned their same-sex partner or when you learned that your friend who has been with her boyfriend for two years has had female partners in the past. Heterosexism has taught society that it is OK to give negative connotations to words that are typically associated with queer culture. It has created a stigma against “sissy” men or “butch” women.

Heterosexism tries to exaggerate the differences between heterosexuality and queerness, all the while minimizing the uniqueness of the culture. We should be direct in our response to apparent heterosexism, strive to use gender-free language (i.e. “are you dating anyone?” vs. “do you have a boyfriend?”) and as always, keep an open mind.

Q: What exactly is the difference between “queer” and “gay”?

A: The term “queer” is an all-encompassing term to umbrella over any non-heterosexual, non-cisgender identity (Cisgender means a person who identifies as the gender they were assigned at birth.) Many groups of people choose to identify as “queer” because it’s a quick, simple, no-questions-asked term that doesn’t require going into too many details about personal

preferences. For example, I would probably tell someone that I just met that I identify as queer before I try to go into all of the varying aspec ts of my sexual identity. Some people feel more comfortable just saying “queer” instead of defining themselves. For some people, though, the term “queer” is a slur and means strange or peculiar, so they might not like that term being used.

The term “gay” typically refers to a person who is attracted to the same sex. Some people might call themselves “gay” even if they experience attractions outside of the same sex. Some people who only experience same-sex attraction don’t like the word “gay” and would prefer to identify differently.

Labels and identities are tricky topics, so before you go around labeling someone, ask how they choose to identify first.

Have questions? We have answers! Send your queries, quandaries and questions: via email to lgbt@ohio.edu and/ or oulgbtcenter@gmail.com and/or therainbowroomou@ gmail.com; via Tumblr (oulgbtcenter); via Twitter to @ oulgbtcenter with hashtag #qaqueer; or post/message to Facebook (oulgbtcenter).

GALS WITH PALS

Intersectionality between queer and black communities needs to be recognized One unfortunate part of much of the activism in the queer community is its ongoing lack of intersectionality. Particularly, there is an overall lack of activism for queer people of color. Both past DELANEY efforts of people of color and their MURRAY is a freshman ongoing difficulties within the studying queer community are too often journalism with marginalized and pushed to the a focus in news side or forgotten entirely. and information Since we are still in the midst at Ohio of Black History Month, I think it is University. an important time to acknowledge the efforts black members of the queer community have made, how they have been erased throughout history and how black members of the queer community continue to be undermined today. While there are unique struggles faced by all queer people of color, I’m going to focus mainly on the challenges of black queer people here.

First, it is important to understand that black queer figures are often subject to some sort of erasure of their accomplishments, their race, their sexuality or a combination of these factors, and this pattern has occurred multiple times throughout history. Just to give a few examples, Bayard Rustin was Martin Luther King Jr.’s advisor and an openly gay man who supported both the black and gay rights movements, yet he is

nearly never mentioned in history, despite appearing next to MLK in almost every photograph ever taken of him. Scholars of Langston Hughes, who is regarded as one of the most prominent poets of the Harlem Renaissance, have long thought that Hughes was a closeted gay man who even included queer coding in his poetry at times. Marsha Johnson, one of the main leaders of the Stonewall riots, was a black transgender woman.

Recently, she was portrayed by a cisgender actor in the movie Stonewall.

We’ve established that black excellence and queer excellence are not separate and that the identities of black queer figures have frequently been hidden or erased. The fact is, that sort of erasure is not merely a mistake of history, because black and queer erasure continues today. The stories and images of white queer people, fictional or real, are usually given far more attention than that of black queer people. Think about how many universally acclaimed and successful movies about gay black characters there were before this year’s Moonlight (there were some, but not many). Simply type the words “gay pride parade” into Google, and you will find plenty of pictures of white people waving rainbow flags, but minimal images of people of color.

But aside from media representation, there are also concrete consequences to being both black and queer in the real world. There is widespread racism within many queer communities, as well as homophobia in several black communities. This is not necessarily sur-

prising – unfortunately. These sorts of oppression still exist everywhere. But it is important to acknowledge that these problems exist because this sort of intersectional oppression means that people who are both black and queer may face judgment and difficulty in multiple communities they belong to, and thus often do not have a place where they are fully accepted.

For this reason, understanding that both race and sexuality contribute to a person’s oppression is vital to improving the lives of queer people of color. Activism that is selective is neither complete nor effective, and movements against oppression do not get a free pass to marginalize or ignore certain groups while advocating for another group. Within the queer community, we need to make greater efforts to recognize when those among us are not being recognized, or worse, are being ignored or harmed in some way, not only in our community but in the greater world. If we are not able to speak up for all of our members, not just those that are not negatively impacted by their skin color, then we have failed not only as an activist movement but as a basic inclusive community.

Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. Who are some important queers of color? Let Delaney know by emailing her at dm181515@ohio.edu or tweeting her at @delpaulinem.

STREETVIEW

“What is your biggest fear?”

“My greatest fear is not being successful.”

Amir Miller, undecided freshman

“I’d probably say Blackboard. Nothing ever good comes from checking Blackboard.”

Bob Geng, freshman studying mechanical engineering

“Probably George R. R. Martin dying before the rest of the ‘Game of Thrones’ books are released. It would be absolutely horrible.”

Emily Belles, freshman studying interactive information design

“My greatest fear is throwing up, because it’s the worst thing in the whole entire world.”

“I don’t fear anything but God above.”

Will Evans, freshman studying business

Chloe Blaser, sophomore studying English education

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POLICE BLOTTER

‘Night on the town’ becomes night in jail for one LAUREN FISHER FOR THE POST

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Nelsonville woman’s girls’ night out took a turn for the worst Saturday, when a confrontation with the local deputies landed her behind bars, rather than bar hopping.

On Saturday, deputies with the Athens County Sheriff’s Office were called to a Glouster residence in response to reports of an active dispute, during which “some intoxicated women” were refusing to leave, despite the caller’s requests to do so. Once on the scene, all parties involved were separated. One woman, however, was determined to rebel against officers.

After “repeatedly berating” the responding deputies and failing to follow simple commands to prove she could properly care for herself, the 44-year-old woman was arrested for disorderly conduct and transported to the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, according to police reports.

Meanwhile, the Ohio University Po-

lice Department experienced a relatively slow week, with four drug-related incidents, two reports of criminal mischief, one count of forgery and three alcohol-related incidents.

BLUE BOX BLUNDER Late Friday evening, an OUPD officer responded to a report of a blue light call box that had been activated near Carr Hall. According to the report, a 20-yearold man had activated the blue light in an attempt to gain access to the residence hall, because he did not have a swipe card to enter the building.

The officer who arrived on scene identified the man, noting during their conversation the “strong odor” of alcohol emitting from his breath as he spoke. According to the police report, the man was issued a summons for underage consumption, and an additional charge when the officer found a fake Pennsylvania driver’s license in his wallet. He was arrested and transported to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

SLOSHED ON SOUTH GREEN At about the same time, an OUPD officer responded to reports of a woman being carried by a man through the parking lot of the Living Learning Center. The woman, who was unconscious at the time of the officer’s arrival, woke up when the officer “stopped to check on her wellbeing.”

He discovered the 18-year-old woman smelled like alcohol and was unable to stand or walk on her own. According to the police report, her eyes were glassy and bloodshot, her speech was slurred, and she was “very lethargic” in her movements. The woman was arrested for underage consumption and transported to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

WOODLAND FOOT CHASE On Thursday, a deputy with the sheriff’s office was walking into the Go-Mart on West Union Street when he noticed a man whose appearance matched the description of a man who had been on the

run from law enforcement in reference to multiple felony charges involving violent crimes. The deputy, who had dealt with the suspect in the past, attempted to make contact with the subject, who “attempted to conceal his identity,” according to the police report.

Officers with the Athens Police Department arrived on scene to assist, but when the suspect was told he would be detained, he fled on foot, ignoring officers “repeated commands” to stop running. The sheriff’s deputy pursued the suspect onto State Route 56, then through various business parking lots and into the woods near the road before he was ultimately taken into custody and found to be in possession of a syringe.

According to the police report, the suspect was arrested and transported to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

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NEWS BRIEFS

Electronic transcript service coming to campus JONNY PALERMO FOR THE POST

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n addition to the announcement of Ohio University’s 21st president, some of the top stories from the week include a new transcript service coming to campus, an Athens City Council proposal that could make it easier to obtain a parade permit and a town hall discussion with the top candidates for the position of student trustee.

ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT SERVICE TO BE ADDED Officials in the Ohio University registrar’s office are working with third-party vendors to bring a new electronic transcript service to campus.

Students and alumni who are in need of a last-minute transcript for scholarships and job opportunities will now be able to request their transcripts in PDF form, rather than just on paper. Students can request transcripts online, in person or via mail or fax.

“This is a great service to our students who need an electronic transcript,”

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Debra Benton, university registrar, said in an email. “This will enable students to get transcripts to potential employers or anyone much faster than waiting for a paper transcript to be produced and mailed.”

The new service’s anticipated cost is $8.35 and is scheduled to become available by the end of Spring Semester. Transcripts will be available through

the registrar’s website.

CITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION OPPOSING KASICH’S BUDGET On Monday, city council passed a resolution formally opposing Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposal.

The budget would require that businesses file their taxes through the state instead of local municipalities, resulting

in tax breaks for businesses but a loss in income for cities. It would also impose a 1 percent service fee on municipalities for the tax collection.

Councilwoman Chris Fahl, D-4th Ward, introduced an ordinance that would make it easier for protesters to obtain a parade permit in Athens.

In addition to waiving a $25 fee, the proposed measure could reduce the time

needed in advance to request a parade permit from three weeks to seven days.

Protesters could also be granted a permit as late as 24 hours ahead of time, at the discretion of Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle.

STUDENT TRUSTEE CANDIDATES PARTICIPATE IN TOWN HALL The candidates for OU’s junior student trustee position fielded questions from students concerning diversity, tuition and accountability during a town hall discussion Tuesday.

The current pool includes eight students, freshmen and sophomores, from various colleges across the university.

The position allows two OU students — a junior and a senior trustee — to serve in a non-voting capacity on the university’s Board of Trustees for two academic years. Kasich will appoint the student to serve on the board.

When asked if they should be allowed to vote, many of the candidates said they believed the student trustee’s role is to serve as a liaison between the board and the OU student community.

“In terms of having an actual vote on the board, I would come on the side of that not being a necessary thing. … The role of a student trustee is really to get the board of trustee members to think about issues they may not be so aware

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The role of a student trustee is really to get the board of trustee members to think about issues they may not be so aware of.”

- Faith Voinovich student trustee candidate of,” Faith Voinovich, a sophomore studying chemical engineering and one of the eight candidates, said.

Voinovich is a granddaughter of former U.S. Sen., Ohio Gov. and OU alumnus George Voinovich.

The new student trustee will be announced at OU’s Leadership Gala on April 5.

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Trustees approve presidential appointment of Duane Nellis The History Department at Ohio University presents the 20th Annual Lazaroff Lecture: “Portugal, ‘Forced Paradise’: The Daily Lives and Feelings of Jewish Refugees in Nazi Europe” Professor Marion Kaplan, New York University

Baker Center 240/242 7 p.m. on February 27, 2017, with reception to follow, free and open to the public

Marion Kaplan is Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies as well as Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History at New York University. She has received the National Jewish Book Award for three of her books: The Making of the Jewish Middle Class: Women, Family and Identity in Imperial Germany (Oxford University Press, 1991); Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany (Oxford University Press, 1998); and Gender and Jewish History, co-edited with Deborah Dash Moore (Indiana, 2011). She has published extensively on Jewish everyday life in Germany, Jewish feminism, women in Germany, and Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic during World War II.

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Nellis formerly served as president at Texas Tech MEGAN HENRY ASST. NEWS EDITOR

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he Ohio University Board of Trustees unanimously selected Duane Nellis as OU’s 21st president Wednesday at the university’s Dublin campus.

Nellis, 62, was the final candidate in the search and serves as the university honors professor at Texas Tech University. His first day as OU’s president will be July 1, and he will serve a six-year term. His initial annual salary will be $475,000. Former Ohio University President Roderick McDavis made a $500,000 base salary during his final academic year.

“It truly is a tremendous honor to be the 21st president of Ohio University,” Nellis said.

“Ruthie (his wife) and I are so excited to be associated with the Bobcat family, to be part of Ohio University, a very distinguished university with a very rich history.”

The board will determine any potential raise Nellis will receive, but any salary increase would not exceed 15 percent of his base salary from the previous contract year.

He said he will live off-campus with his wife Ruthie, although an exact location was not given. Nellis will have a housing allowance of $5,000 per month.

Former OU President Roderick McDavis and his wife, Deborah, lived at 31 Coventry Lane after moving out of 29 Park Place, OU’s former presidential residence, due to a bat infestation in 2015.

The other three presidential candidates — OU Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit, North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani and former University of New Mexico President Robert Frank — all dropped out of the search the week of Feb. 6.

David Descutner started serving as OU’s interim president Feb. 18, and his final day in that role is June 30. McDavis left office Feb. 17.

“He and Deborah had embodied the passion and love for all things Ohio,” Nellis said.

During his presidential forum Jan. 10, Nellis said diversity and transparency are two vital parts of serving as university president.

During a news conference Wednesday, Nellis said research and free speech are also important to a university.

“I’m strongly supportive of the rights of students to advocate for their positions and certainly the rights for free speech,” Nellis said. “Certainly you will find me to be a person who respects that, but you know, I’m also committed to civil discourse, and I want to be respectful of different people’s opinions.”

On Feb. 1, 70 students were arrested during

a demonstration at Baker Center.

Nellis is expected to attend the March Board of Trustees meeting, which is scheduled for March 16 and 17.

He served as Texas Tech’s president from June 2013 to January 2016. He expressed his frustration with Texas Tech’s leadership, describing a “bit of tension” that came from being in the same office building as the system’s chancellor, Robert Duncan, according to The Texas Tribune.

His salary during his last year as Texas Tech’s president was $444,251. His current salary in the Honors College is $250,000.

Texas Tech, which is located in Lubbock, Texas, had nearly 36,000 total students during fall 2015, according to the university’s Office of Institutional Research.

Nellis was in the running for the presidency at the University of Wyoming during his time as Texas Tech’s president, but he was not selected for the position.

Nellis was also one of four finalists for the chancellor position at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in March 2016, but University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen chose not to pick any of the four finalists for the job.

Nellis served as the president at University of Idaho from 2009-13.

He spent about 22 years working at Kansas State University as an administrator and professor.

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

Nellis, who was born in Spokane, Washington, lived in West Virginia with Ruthie when he served as a dean at West Virginia University from 1997-2004. She will have a base salary of $35,000 per year.

During his time there, he served on the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee, which was composed of a dozen university presidents who gave their approval for the college football playoff system. The playoff system, which began during the 2014-15 season, replaced the old Bowl Championship Series.

“Ruthie and I are anxious to get started engaging with each of you as we collectively work to move one of Ohio’s and our nation’s most respected universities to new levels of success and innovation,” he said.

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From controversy to conversation Controversial campus speech prompts discussion about what is considered hate speech and what is protected by the First Amendment MADDIE CAPRON FOR THE POST

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hen students on campus share opinions about controversial topics, Hashim Pashtun believes the best way to react is not to fight back, but to create a conversation.

After the word “sanctuary” was painted over on the graffiti wall to say “a nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation,” Pashtun, president of International Student Union, reached out to those students on Twitter to have a conversation.

“I feel any speech that can directly or indirectly discourage or disrespect any part of our community is a misuse of free speech,” Pashtun said in an email.

It is important to initiate difficult conversations, but protecting freedom of speech for everyone can be tricky, delfin bautista, director of Ohio University’s LGBT Center, said.

Legally, students on a public college campus have the same protection of free speech as they would anywhere else, Susan Kruth, the senior program officer of legal and public advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights in 10 / FEB. 23, 2017

Education, said. FIRE is an organization that defends freedom of speech and due process rights for college students and professors.

In some cases, however, students’ free speech rights on campus have been questioned. In 2014, a member of Students Defending Students filed a lawsuit against the university after administrators told SDS members they could not wear T-shirts with the phrase “We get you off for free.”

During a recent protest in Baker Center, the Ohio University Police Department arrested about 70 people, creating questions regarding students’ First Amendment rights on campus. Some of the protesters thought their right to free speech was violated when they were arrested.

At OU, one of the most prominent symbols of student speech is the graffiti wall by Bentley Hall. Since 1967, the wall has been a way for students to show their art, advertise for events and share political beliefs.

During the Vietnam War, the wall read “Pull out Dick — your father should have,” according to a previous Post report. In 2002, the wall was defaced during LGBT Pride Week with

derogatory terms toward the LGBTQ community. In 2016, images and words on the wall started discussion on several occasions and led to questions regarding what could be considered “hate speech” and what is protected as free speech.

“It’s been very, very rare that there has ever been anything put up on the wall that could be legally actionable or that we as an institution would paint over,” Dean of Students Jenny Hall-Jones said.

Though hate speech does not have a legal definition in the U.S., some people think true threats or “incitement to imminent lawless action” could be classified as hate speech. Incitement, for example, would include if a violent mob ordered an attack on a particular person. Hateful speech outside those two categories is often protected by the First Amendment.

“Everyone sort of has a different definition of what they think hate speech is, in part because there is no legal definition but usually, it’s mostly speech that is protected by the First Amendment,” Kruth said.

Sam Miller, president of OU College Democrats, said speech starts to enter the realm of hate speech when it begins

to threaten or marginalize a particular group of people.

“I think when you begin to say very drastic things to people who it obviously has an effect on, it means something different to them,” Miller said.

David Parkhill, president of OU College Republicans, said he thinks some people believe “Build the Wall” and “Make America Great Again” are phrases of hate speech, but he thinks those are simply political issues.

“Say those two terms were labeled hate speech. Then, I’m labeled probably someone who spews hate speech, and my opinion is not allowed to be broadcast on this campus,” Parkhill said.

Conversations sparked by free speech issues often became people talking at one another instead of seeking to understand the other’s point of view, bautista, who uses they/them pronouns and the lowercase spelling of their name, said.

“I don’t know if we can ever fully understand somebody else’s experience, but we should do our best to at least consider and engage what they’re saying,” bautista said.

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Still ’shining

A tradition used to help a town survive the ’20s is still around nearly a decade later ALEX MCCANN FOR THE POST

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n 1884, a group of angry coal miners on strike over a wage dispute pushed flaming coal cars into one of the mines in the town of New Straitsville, causing a massive fire that began to relentlessly burn underground. Nearly a century and a half later, the flames still burn under the hills outside the village of just more than 700.

The fire — and the large plumes of smoke that came with it — necessitated the closure of the mines in what was, at the time, a young and burgeoning Appalachian coal town. But that smoke eventually became useful for one thing: moonshine.

The smoke from the mine fire provided a natural camouflage for the bootleggers and illegal distillers of “white lightning” in New Straitsville.

“That’s how the town survived in the ’20s,” Doug Nutter, co-owner of Straitsville Special Moonshine, a moonshine distillery and store in New Straitsville, said. “(Moonshine) wasn’t a novelty item — it was to survive.”

Nutter, who grew up in New Straitsville, said moonshine was the only thing that kept the town afloat during the Great Depression, a sentiment echoed by fellow moonshine producer and New Straitsville native Brian St. Clair.

“During Prohibition, (moonshine) meant everything,” St. Clair, co-founder

New Straitsville made the gold standard of bootleg whiskey, and it reached all the way to the big cities.”

- Brian St. Clair, Co-founder of Hocking Hills Moonshine of Hocking Hills Moonshine, said.

According to The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the average American’s annual salary in 1924 was $1,303 — one gallon of New Straitsville-made moonshine sold for about $120, St. Clair said. He said once the mafia entered the moonshine business, the money began to pour into the town.

“New Straitsville made the gold standard of bootleg whiskey, and it reached all the way to big cities,” he said.

While it often refers to whiskey specifically, the term “moonshine” can refer to any homemade liquor that is distilled. The term is often associated with liquor produced illegally — think of the mason jars ferried in The Dukes of Hazzard — but more recently has come to refer to a particular distilled liquor made with corn mash.

Corn mash is the primary ingredient for both Hocking Hills Moonshine, located in Logan, and Straitsville Special Moonshine.

“It all starts with the mash,” Nutter said of his moonshine recipe.

While good moonshine may start with corn mash, it

is the water that sets the best liquors apart, St. Clair said.

“Fresh water is key to making good liquor,” he said.

“Fresh water plus about 100 little trade secrets.”

Nutter emphasized the only difference between modern moonshine equipment and those used in the Prohibition Era is the stainless steel that constitutes modern stills.

The tradition is continued with New Straitsville’s annual Moonshine Festival, which has taken place every Memorial Day weekend since 1971. The festival, while it revolves around moonshine, also features standard fair festivities like live music, fair foods and two parades. At the heart of the festival is a moonshine still, but none of the moonshine can be consumed.

“It’s for education purposes only,” Nutter said.

All moonshine distilled at the festival must be discarded due to stipulations in the federal permit that is required to operate a still. The federal permit, issued by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, is one hoop moonshiners — and all other alcoholic beverage makers — must jump through to sell their products. But in Ohio, another such hoop was removed a few years ago.

In March 2012, a change in state law removed restrictions on the number of licenses that could be issued to distilleries producing less than 10,000 gallons of liquor annually. Since then, distilleries have been popping up across the state: Straitsville Special Moonshine opened in 2014, as did Flat Rock Spirits in Bath Township, about 11 miles east of Dayton. Hocking Hills Moonshine debuted its moonshine a year later.

“We work seven days a week,” St. Clair said. “Just

like the old-timers spent time in the woods, we spend nights here.”

And “just like the old-timers,” some without permits still make moonshine illegally in southeastern Ohio, St. Clair said.

“The upside is not having the fear of being caught with it,” he said with a laugh.

Nutter said he believes moonshine will continue to be made — legally and illegally — in the region for years to come.

“I expect it’ll be made here in another 100 years,” he said. “It’s our heritage. It’s our culture.”

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OHIO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS POLLED ABOUT THEIR BIGGEST FEARS AND PHOBIAS

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he science behind an adrenaline rush is complex: Adrenaline floods us with a warm feeling, elevating our heart beat like we’re suddenly in need of more oxygen. Our body reacts before our brain understands what’s going on, and most of the time, we’re able to get a grip.

What happens if our brain is tricked into thinking the feeling won’t pass, like our bodies are out of control? Our breathing can’t catch up with our lung capacity, and we’ve entered into an inevitable battle that is a panic attack.

We’re bound to have at least one of these in our lifetime, Ashley Howell, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Ohio University, said. And unfortunately, the cause of this physiological process has a lot to do with the anxieties we carry on our backs, also known as fear.

Howell said personal experience plays a large role in what people fear, and irrational fears are based on events that are highly unlikely to occur.

We all have fear, Howell said, but some fears are more well-known than others. Overall, 90 percent of the fears individuals have are considered to be insignificant by the public, said a 2016 study via Statistic Brain, an educational research institute.

“It’s not uncommon to throw around psychological terms very loosely about this,” Howell, who specializes in studying the cognitive risks of anxieties and disorders, said.

She also studies how anxiety is portrayed in society. “Saying you’re OCD about something or that you have a phobia sometimes desensitizes what fears and phobias can do.”

The Post conducted an online survey and recorded OU students’ fears. The survey lasted four weeks and had 116 college-aged respondents. The survey featured one writein response and two multiple choice lists to allow participants to list multiple fears if needed. The answers from OU students are a particular mix of personal fears, fear of illness and death, and economic fears.

Here are the top five fears of OU students:

1. PEOPLE I LOVE DYING, 39.7 PERCENT 38 percent of Americans fear the people they love dying.

Related is thanatophobia, the fear of death.

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Every year since she can remember, Cheyenne Sears has gone to at least one family funeral. She arrives at her family’s farm in Kentucky shaky and anxious each time.

In the past three years alone, she lost both maternal grandparents, as well as an uncle on her mom’s side.

To Sears, the fear of her loved ones dying is rooted in the negative experiences she has had with death. When her grandma died, her grandpa was so distraught he didn’t even attend the funeral, and his health declined.

"He needed around-the-clock care with his dementia, and seeing my mom go through that is not anything that I want to experience,” she said.

A dying family member does not cause sadness for Sears, but rather a lot of anxiety.

Each day passes with her not knowing when her family members will take a turn for the worse, and there’s no way for her to control that. She feels responsible for having to take care of her parents one day when they can no longer take care of themselves.

That day may soon come. Sears' mother has vision impairments. At 23 years old, Sears may have to face the reality of her fear sooner than she thought. As a graduate student in linguistics, her research will require her to travel to different countries, but she is hesitant to go in case she has to drive home to her mom in Waverly, just over an hour from Athens.

Professor uses book, gallery show to explore and challenge fears GEORGIA DAVIS STAFF WRITER Julie Elman began her work on the Fear Project in 2012 to turn the things that scare people the most into something they would want to hang on their wall.

“It started out as a ... project to help myself move along with my creative process and explore fear,” Elman, an associate professor in the School of Visual Communications, said. “So it started out sort of about me and it quickly turned into something bigger Julie Elman than myself.”

Students can view the Fear Project in the Schoonover Center’s Visual Communication Gallery throughout the month of February.

When people find out about Elman’s project, she said they tell her their fears in person or via the Fear Project’s website.

Some of the fears she has illustrated include propaganda, clowns, fish, biscuits and, most recently, the election.

When she completes an illustration of a fear, she emails the person who submitted the fear a photo of it drawn out.

She found people feel “lighter, less burdened” when they see the fear, she said.

“I think it’s rewarding when people respond to the fear in a way not just to say, ‘Oh, I like it,’ but ‘Thank you for sharing and helping me process this in a better way,’ ” Elman said.

When she started the project, she was thinking about how she was fearful of certain things, one of them being her creative process and whether or not it worked, she said. In the beginning, she set an amount of drawing she wanted to make and how frequently, which helped her with her fears of creating work.

Elman creates each illustration by hand. The early drawings were created with a single sheet of paper but evolved to include multiple layers of paper and other textures, Elman said. The way the fears look on paper is based on her own intuition.

“I moved away from the cute, whimsical sort of doodle look to something that feels more right when I express fear,” she said.

Elman enjoyed learning about the fears. Fears are universal, she said, and are often a shared experience because people can talk to each other about their fears with each other.

“I do think it’s one of the main, underlying emotions people have that motivate them to either do things or not do things,” she said. “It’s so key in everybody’s lives.”

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“My mom’s issues (are) affecting how I’m planning my life,” she said. "If I plan on going abroad, I feel like I have to save a decent amount of money just in case I have to come back for long periods of time."

She applies for scholarships as a way to help fund her potential experiences abroad, but she often procrastinates, blaming it both on her busy schedule and some of the guilt she feels.

“It’s hard for me not being there all the time for her, but I still need to get my degree,” Sears said.

2. NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE FUTURE, 23.3 PERCENT About 40 percent of adults in the United States have a fear of not having enough money for the future, making it the No. 3 fear in the U.S. To OU students, it’s the second greatest fear on their minds.

As a freshman, Martin Kalebic works hard to secure a future in which he has money. He is pursuing his dream of marketing and sales in the Schey Sales Centre, but he is also following a practical route with an accounting and business pre-law degree.

He loves the social aspect of sales and marketing, but to his parents, sales sometimes has no safety net.

"My parents are both CPAs, so I was pushed to become an accountant because the job security was more appealing,” Kalebic said. “Every company needs an accountant."

To Kalebic, his fear is not an irrational one. It’s a reality many students face because of the price tag for a degree — especially in business. Kalebic said a bachelor’s degree is tough to sell to an employer, and a graduate degree is a must.

"I associate fear of money in the future with the ability to get a job,” he said. "It’s getting harder and harder to get one."

Kalebic welcomes the challenge. His fear is an opportunity to take advantage of higher education.

3. SPIDERS, 22.4 PERCENT A fear of spiders consumes 30.5 percent of Arachnophobia, fear the U.S. according to the Statistic Brain Re- of spiders, dates back search Institute, but Howell said such fears thousands of years.

Ancient civilizations can sometimes stem from irrational thoughts. viewed spiders as a threat When analyzing a fear, Howell said men- to contamination of water tal health professionals assess how a fear is and food, and a severe fear actually affecting someone’s life. developed as a result.

For example, the chance of encounterOver 30.5 percent of the ing a spider varies. Constantly fearing if a entire population of the spider is around will affect one’s daily life. United States have this fear.

“I’m a pretty calm, reserved person, but not around spiders,” Madison, who listed spiders as her biggest fear, said. “If I see one, I handle it as best as I can by myself or help from others.”

Foltz’s fear of spiders always returns to a memory she has of the old house she lives in in her hometown of Greenfield.

The freshman studying biochemistry remembers, at eight years old, walking down the rickety steps of her basement, pulling the string to turn on a light bulb and a spider “the size of a baseball” dangling in her face.

"Every time I think of spiders, that image comes to mind,” she said. “Another time I woke up, and a spider was in my face. It’s like they’re out to get me."

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eight-legged creature are faced with the decision of trapping it or running away.

“It’s basic fight or flight,” Howell said. "Your body starts to react. Your heart might start pounding, you’re breathing more heavily and your body is intaking more oxygen to repair you.”

The physiological component to fear is sometimes overlooked when compared to the psychological part, Howell said.

People sometimes forget about the physical reactions, and then it makes it easy for people to stigmatize a fear.

4. HEIGHTS, 15.5 PERCENT Abbey Knupp’s family goes on a lot of hikes and trips to national parks.

"I don’t know how many family pictures I’ve probably ruined because I can’t step near the edge of cliffs,” she said.

The junior studying journalism has had a fear of heights for as long as she can remember. She says her heart starts racing faster, she becomes light-headed and it’s like the floor comes out from underneath her.

To Knupp, her fear goes hand in hand with Between 2 percent feeling safe and secure. She cited an examand 5 percent of the ple of the risers on her dorm room bed her U.S. population has sophomore year. She had a fear of falling off acrophobia, the fear of her bed with risers, but when she was on the heights. Most of those top of a bunk bed her freshman year, she felt people are women. more secure because of the guard rail.

Acrophobia can induce “That immediate split-second interpretafeelings that are similar tion our bodies have has variability in certo vertigo, but they are tain situations,” Howell said. “When it comes two separate medical down to all psychological disorders, we need conditions and require to ask if it’s causing significant distress.” separate treatments.

5. SMALL SPACES, 11.2 PERCENT When Annie Goins was 6 years old, her mom helped her get dressed in the morning. Her mom picked out a sweater that was too small for Goins’ head, and her face was trapped in the fabric long enough for Goins to have a "breakdown.”

Goins’ fear of small spaces accompanies her anxiety disorder, and it was hard for her to find those who understood her point of view.

"When I was little, it was hard for me to know if I was normal. I was alone as a kid,” she said.

Goins can “fight” an oncoming panic attack from being in a small space. Her body gives her a few warning signs to flee the situation if she can.

"I go into panic mode. My heart beats fast, and my chest will hurt,” she said. "It’s a trigger for me."

At the 2016 Athens Halloween Block Party, however, Goins was stuck in a huge crowd and had two panic attacks in a span of 20 minutes without any warning.

“Phobias can cause strong anxiety,” Howell said. "A lot of people in their life have at least one panic attack.”

60 percent of the specific Arriving at college, Goins realized she was things people with not the only one with the fear and that she claustrophobia fear will never actually take place. was not alone.

“I live with the fact that my fears have exUp to five percent of isted since I was a child,” Goins said. “I don’t the U.S. population may put myself in situations that make me uncomhave claustrophobia in some form. fortable. I don’t let it affect my life.”

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bout twice a month, Ohio University physician and faculty member Dr. Timothy Law loads medical equipment into his truck and travels about five hours to Kentucky to provide healthcare to the Amish.

When he closed his regular medical practice to work at OU’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2012, Law did not want to give up working with Amish patients in Kentucky, which he has been doing for nearly 20 years.

Law said there is not much of a difference between treating the Amish and treating any other demographic. He said, as a physician, his job often comes down to seeing it from the patient’s perspective.

“Often people say, ‘How do you treat the Amish? They don’t use medicine,’ ” Law, the associate medical director of the Rural and Urban Scholars Program, said. “Not true.

They like to keep things as simple and natural as possible. At the same time, they love their children the same as we do and want to make sure they’re taken care of as best as possible by the establishment.”

Law goes on weekend trips to Kentucky and visits Amish patients in their homes. He frequently brings students with him.

“You can see someone in a sterile office like this,” he said, gesturing around his office in Irvine Hall, “And think you have all the answers after talking to them for three minutes. Until you go to their house and see what’s happening behind the scenes, you can’t devise the best system of medical care to help them, which is why I love taking students with me. They don’t get to see that anywhere else.”

Tim Cutler, a second-year medical student on the Cleveland campus of OU-HCOM, traveled to Kentucky with Law in November.

What surprised Cutler the most was the relationship Law had with his patients.

“Dr. Law isn’t home in Kentucky all the time,” Cutler said. “He has limited time when he can go see them. Every house that we go to are very familiar with Law and really trust him.”

Michelle Bogard, a sophomore studying biology pre-medicine, had the same impression when she went on a trip in late January.

“The Amish have a sense of trust with Dr. Law where they wouldn’t listen to any other doctor the way they do with him,” Bogard said. “It’s a cool community that he has installed himself in pretty well.”

Cutler said Law’s work is impressive, considering the Amish live with limited access

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to communication and cannot be reached via telephone or social media.

“Dr. Law might receive a letter from them or send something in the mail,” Cutler said.

“He’s very dedicated and resourceful in communicating with patients, not just taking care of them.”

One of the Amish families Law treats has 11 children, four of whom have cystic fibrosis. They would rack up medical bills, but Law does not charge them. To repay Law, the family’s father brought three men with him and built an 18-foot octagonal altar area for Law’s daughter’s wedding. The altar was complete in one day.

“They are a proud people and don’t want charity,” Law said. “That was his way of paying me back for the medical care I’ve given his children.”

Law views his trips as a way to show students there’s more than one way to practice medicine, he said.

Because of their religious and cultural beliefs, Amish health care practices are significantly different from most Americans’.

The Amish are excluded from social security and health insurance coverage. They do not use birth control, and less than a quarter of Amish children have received immunizations against common childhood diseases, according to an article by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Bogard recognizes the importance of providing healthcare to a population who is often medically underserved.

“People don’t realize all the different communities in the U.S. that don’t have access to good health care,” Bogard said. “It’s really life-changing even if you’re not interested in rural medicine.”

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SOFTBALL

OU star finds final goal, old roots After playing soccer for the last four years, Alexis Milesky shifts to the softball diamond JIMMY FARMER FOR THE POST

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Ohio senior Alexis Milesky, right, stands in the softball dugout during the Bobcats’ game against Rutgers on Feb. 17. After playing on the soccer team for four years, Milesky decided to play softball during her final spring in Athens. (CARL FONTICELLA / PHOTO EDITOR)

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t’s been eight years since Alexis Milesky played softball.

Back then, Milesky was just an eighth grader. She tried to continue playing softball in high school, but she just couldn’t make all the practices her freshman year and decided to move on.

Milesky went with soccer instead and eventually came to Ohio University. She quickly became a force for the Bobcats at forward, where she was an integral part of the offense. Most of the goals Ohio scored either were set-up by Milesky or scored by her. She went on to score 17 goals and 40 points in her four years.

Milesky was not only a big part of the offense, but she was also a constant force on the pitch for Ohio as she appeared in 74 games in four years.

After all of her success on a college pitch, Milesky found an opportunity to play the sport she had left behind eight years ago.

Injuries to players such as Michaela Dorsey and Haley Adams, combined with a few roster changes, hit the softball team after fall practice ended, and coach Jodi Hermanek was looking to bring in some speed to help the team out in the spring.

For that, she looked to Ohio soccer coach Aaron Rodgers.

When Rodgers originally told Milesky about the opportunity, she thought it was for the club softball team.

"He goes, 'No, the real one,'" she said.

“They gave (Hermanek) my number, and then she called me and was like, 'OK, wear athletic clothes because we are going to take you to the cages.' ” After a two-and-a-half-hour workout, Milesky had a spot on the softball team.

“She is a tremendous athlete,” Hermanek said. “Just watching her get out here and get in the outfield during these practice works and getting in the batting cages and stuff, she is just such a little athlete. It’s inspiring to watch; it’s a lot of fun to watch.”

Milesky, who is studying integrated science, was excited to be on the team, but struggled early on as her life made the transition difficult.

“I was really struggling at first because I’m doing my student teaching right now and obviously planning a wedding too,” Milesky, who's engaged to Ohio basketball player Kenny Kaminski, said. “I was like, 'There is no way I can do this,' and I was so upset about it.”

Milesky’s support sister on the team, Deanna Cole, and the rest of her new teammates rallied around her.

“They have all been absolutely amazing,” Milesky said of her new teammates.

The role is completely different from soccer, but she is fine with just coming in to run the bases and help the team.

She has even brought her aggressiveness over from the pitch to the diamond, which was seen in Sunday’s win over Rutgers when Milesky tagged up at first and advanced to second on a pop-up to shallow left field behind third base.

“Just like I told (Milesky) at the end there, there are girls that have been playing this game 900 years and would not make that tag and advancement right there,” Hermanek said. “The fact that you were like, 'I thought that I was supposed to do that' just means you are not going to hesitate and flinch, which means you are going to deliver, and that is exactly what we want.”

So far this season, Milesky has delivered, scoring three runs for the Bobcats as a runner in five games. She also has not been picked off or ran herself into an out yet, showing that even though she has not played the game in a while, she still has the ability to be a smart baserunner.

“She is aggressive," Hermanek said. "The great thing about her is that she doesn’t know enough to be hesitant, but she knows enough just to not run herself out of it.”

Hermanek recognizes the hard work Milesky puts in at practice, and how excited her teammates become when she enters the game to run. It's been evident every time she came into the game to run during games that took place Feb. 17-19, as every teammate came to the top step of the dugout cheering for her. When she came back in from running, her teammates would line up and make sure they patted Milesky on the back and told her she’d done a good job.

Hermanek not only wants to recognize Milesky’s great character, but the coach wants to reward Milesky’s efforts by giving her an at-bat.

“She is going to get a swing before the season closes,” Hermanek said. “I guarantee that.”

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HOCKEY

Four-year bond coming to an end SPENCER HOLBROOK FOR THE POST

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hen the Bobcats take the ice, Ryan Heltion and Adam Steranko take their positions off the ice.

Heltion sits on the bench in his goaltending equipment, with a green baseball cap. The Bobcat logo faces forward.

Steranko is often dressed in black — a crisp suit — sitting on the opposite side of the home bench, along with the other inactive players.

The two seniors, although on opposite sides of Bird Arena ice during games, have been nearly inseparable the last four years.

Heltion and Steranko both walked on as freshmen in 2013, unsure if they would make the team.

After securing roster spots, a lifelong friendship was born on and off the ice.

Both lived in the same area on campus, West Green.

When it came time for them to choose roommates for their sophomore year, it was an easy choice. The two spent countless hours in Bromley Hall together, and later decided to continue their living arrangement in apartments for the rest of their time in Athens.

“You want to live with those guys (you’re most comfortable with),” Steranko, who is from Houston, said. “When you go home, that’s the time when you want to relax and unwind the most, so you want to be with the guys you’re most alike with.”

It took some time for Steranko, a forward, to be comfortable living with Heltion. After all, Heltion is a goaltender, a position that’s known for exuberant personalities.

“There’s always curve balls being thrown, but you just kinda roll with the punches,” Steranko said, laughing. “You prepare to see some weird stuff.”

Of course, with Heltion being so "weird" and Steranko putting up with it, there came a point in the friendship where they began to push each other’s buttons.

Getting under each other’s skin — a skill they both have perfected — has become a staple in their

Palmer Place residence.

They also know where the line is and not to cross it. But that doesn’t mean they won’t take it right to the edge.

“It’s almost like living with a brother,” Heltion said.

While both were uncertain about their futures as hockey players, one aspect was never in question: their work ethic.

Once they made the roster, nothing changed.

Although they were on the team, they were walk-ons. They had everything to prove, not only to the coaches, but also to their recruited teammates.

They needed to show that they deserved to be on the team just as much as those who received numerous phone calls from coaches and took recruiting trips to Athens.

Walking on comes with that attitude.

Steranko’s work ethic stems from an anti-lazy mindset he’s always carried: not wanting to be known as a guy who is “just there,” but rather as a hard worker who is always willing to push himself.

Heltion’s work ethic, on the other hand, is more personal.

He grew up in Pittsburgh, a hockey-obsessed city, surrounded by talented players for his entire hockey career.

Standing at just 5-foot-10, Heltion has never been the biggest guy on the ice. He said he’s never been the best goaltender in his area, either. When he would make a team in Pittsburgh, there were two options: work hard or sit the bench.

When he decided to walk on at Ohio, it was just second-nature for him to be undersized and have to work for everything. He was used to it.

One phrase that has helped Heltion, and continues to help him as his senior season winds down, is an old cliché: “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”

Heltion and Steranko's work ethics are at a high level, but work ethic doesn’t always translate to playing time.

Being senior walk-ons and not seeing the ice as much as the others hasn’t been easy for the two, but they continue to show up to Bird Arena every day for practice, ready to work.

Their coach, Sean Hogan, watches and appreciates their dedication.

Seniors Ryan Heltion, left, and Adam Steranko pose for a portrait in Bird Arena. Heltion and Steranko both walked on to the hockey team as freshmen in 2013, and have been inseparable since. (ALEX DRIEHAUS / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)

When running a successful hockey program, Hogan must recruit at a high level and bring in top talent each season, which has resulted in Heltion and Steranko slipping down the depth chart over time as Hogan has introduced new players.

It’s not easy to see freshmen and sophomores play immediately when they arrive on campus, but Heltion and Steranko have stayed positive.

That positive attitude has given Steranko an opportunity to become one of the leaders for the Bobcats.

“The boys love him,” Hogan said.

Steranko knows his role on the team as a senior and has perfected it.

That role entails showing up to practice, making teammates better, being there for teammates and giving them somebody to look up to. “(For the younger guys) to have someone there who has been through that process for the younger guys coming up, it definitely helps,” Steranko said.

When Heltion and Steranko’s numbers are called, they do the best to make the most of their opportunities.

Heltion has played in four games this season and has allowed four goals.

Steranko has appeared in eight games this season, with two goals and two assists.

Now seniors, they hope to be part of something special at Ohio: a national championship team.

As a child, Heltion made it a goal to play college hockey — NCAA or club — and he’s made it that far. Now all that’s left to do in his playing time is to win.

“Being able to win a national championship, whether I was recruited or as a walk-on, would be one of the best days of my life,” he said.

Though talking about a national championship can be fun, they both understand the end of their hockey careers is near. But not only is hockey coming to a close, the end of college is fast approaching as well.

The two will go their separate ways in life, not living with each other like they have over the past three years, not spending every day together.

“We’ve been there through (a lot),” Heltion said. “So it’ll be kind of weird not living with (Adam). It’s been an old steady.”

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Casting for change With the 89th Academy Awards approaching, discussion about diversity in film is prominent.

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GEORGIA DAVIS / STAFF WRITER hen he was younger, Vincent Stubbs frequented movie theaters with his father. Though he often did not see characters that resembled his identity as an Asian-American, he still left entertained. // Stubbs, the president of the Asian Student

Council, did not thoroughly consider the element of diversity in film until coming to Ohio University, he said. // “Now when I watch … Hollywood blockbuster films, I walk out feeling kind of ambivalent toward them,” Stubbs, a senior studying management information systems, said. “On one side, I feel entertained, but on the other side, I kind of feel like there is a knot in my stomach. They kind of use humor to cover up these subtle prejudices that these movies try to perpetuate.” // This year’s Academy Awards are said to be the most diverse in its history. Despite that observation, there are improvements to be made in American cinema when diversifying roles performed for the big screen.

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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS t the last two Academy Awards, there was a ‘white-out’ in the acting categories — out of 20 actors nominated, zero were people of color. The 89th ceremony will mark the first time black actors are present in all four acting categories. For the second year ever, a record-high seven people of color were nominated for acting, something that has not happened since 2007.

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At the end of the day, they are creating movies for a demographic that, in their mind, will generate the economic outcome that they would like to see for their investment.”

- Winsome Chunnu-Brayda

Film critics and observers noticed the lack of diversity in recent years, which prompted the trending #OscarsSoWhite movement. As the hashtag became popular, social media brought the problem to the forefront, Winsome Chunnu-Brayda, the strategic director for diversity and inclusion and multicultural programs and initiatives, said.

Social media can be credited as one contributing factor to the increase in actors of color among this year’s nominees, Chunnu-Brayda said. Because the filming industry has been branded with a diversity problem, more people are talking about it, thus leading to social change, she said.

A lack of diversity has been present in the cinematic universe, as people of color have often been underrepresented, Chunnu-Brayda said. When an actor of color plays a compelling and major role in a film, they often do not receive nominations.

“We can’t say, ‘Well, the actors (of color) who used to be acting before weren’t that great, and we have this new breed of black actors’ — it’s the same people, and they are now being recognized for their work all these years,” she said.

With the awareness of the lack of diversity, the Academy, the body of people who vote for Oscar nominees, may have realized it overlooked people of color in the past, Arthur Cromwell, an associate professor of media arts and studies, said.

“Awareness is always going to be the thing,” he said. “Awareness of what is not

there, as well as awareness of those things that are there that perhaps are less than acceptable or that are old, out-moded, … all the way to stereotypical.”

PORTRAYAL AND COMMONALITIES ven when non-white people are cast as the primary subject of a film, they often portray stereotypical roles.

Halle Berry won an Oscar for her role in Monster’s Ball, a part that was overtly sexual. Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington won an award for playing a bad cop in Training Day, but not for his role as Malcolm X in Malcolm X, Chunnu-Brayda pointed out.

There is also a trend of Hispanics acting as maids in films, Chunnu-Brayda said.

Gabriela Godinez, the vice president of the Latino Student Union, feels the Hispanic population is “fetishized” quite a bit in American cinema.

“It’s always like the hot Latina or the feisty Latina or a really macho Latino,” Godinez, a junior studying integrated media, said. “It’s almost like they’re a token or a prop rather than an essential character.”

Hispanic representation in American cinema has improved since its conception because Hispanics are in films at all, even as minor characters, Godinez said.

There are still not enough Hispanics in main roles, and the films often tell the same narrative, she added. She noticed when a film deals with the topics of food, a “crazy” lifestyle or drugs, Hispanics are usually at the forefront.

One movie Godinez saw that diversified its casting was Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Although she praised the film for creating a diverse cast, she said there is still a level of unrealisticness because the film takes place in an alternate universe that does not reflect realities on Earth.

Rogue One is the first Star Wars film to feature main characters who are Asian, according to Den of Geek.

Overall, Stubbs thinks the portrayal of Asians in the film industry is negative. In the film Doctor Strange, Stubbs noticed a white actress, Tilda Swinton, was casted as The Ancient One, a role he felt should have been played by an Asian actor. When directors cast white people in roles made for someone of color, it is perceived as “white-washing” the film, he said.

Stubbs said certain Hollywood blockbusters would benefit from diversifying its casts.

“When you make a cast more diverse, it directly impacts the script because you have to change the way that the actors interact with each other and how the plot develops,” he said. “When we talk about races, I wouldn’t say that different races behave differently from each other — I would say that they interact differently.”

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“People have the stories to tell — they just need opportunities to tell those stories.”

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ECONOMICS AND MOVIE MAKING ecause the success of a movie is based on how well it performs at the box office, producers and directors cast people they think will bring larger audiences. The people making films are in the business to make money, and they want to make back what was spent and more, Chunnu-Brayda said.

“When you look at the research around audiences, one of the things they talk about is if there are more than two black persons in a film, it’s considered a black film, and that’s not what white audiences want to see,” she said. “At the end of the day, they are creating movies for a demographic that, in their mind, will generate the economic outcome that they would like to see for their investment.”

Akil Houston, an associate professor of African-American studies, noted two films that were victorious at the box office and featured predominantly black casts — Selma and 12 Years a Slave. When people who are traditionally marginalized are highlighted in successful films such as those, more people of color are present in the Academy Awards’ acting categories, he added.

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lies with the people who green-light productions, Houston said. When producers see more films with diverse casting, they will be more inclined to give the go-ahead on productions.

“People have the stories to tell — they just need opportunities to tell those stories,” he said. “The people who are in the money position to say, ‘Yes, we can make this film, with this cast makeup’ — that’s where the real change has to happen.”

The U.S. has always been a place of diversity, Houston said, but most stories told through film meet heteronormative, white standards. As more people of marginalized groups get in positions of power, he said casting choices will diversify and box-office numbers will respond because most people want to relate to the characters in films.

“Most people, when they go to see a movie, they hope that they can see some part of who they are or what they are,” Houston said. “Like any other group in the United States, it would be cool to see yourself.”

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the weekender Blond to return to The Union

IF YOU GO WHAT: Blond with Worn Flints WHEN: 9 p.m., Friday WHERE: The Union Bar & Grill, 18 W. Union St. ADMISSION: $5

LYNANNE VUCOVICH FOR THE POST The Union Street fire in November 2014 affected many bands who played at The Union Bar & Grill, but not as much as Blond.

The band’s last two performances at The Union took place the night of fire, and then at the bar’s reopening.

“The night (The Union) burned down, (Blond) played, and they lost gear in the fire,” Scott Winland, the talent promoter at The Union, said. “We were able to salvage some of it, so they got some of it repaired. … They’ll (sometimes) play guitars with burn marks all over them.”

Blond will return to The Union stage again on Friday. Worn Flints will open for Blond at 9 p.m. with a $5 cover charge.

Blond is a five-piece band that started playing together nearly four years ago. “(Blond’s) gone through a series of evolutions like any band,” Conor Stratton, lead guitarist for Blond, said. “We’ve been a more active band like two years ago, when we started touring and playing a lot around the East Coast and regionally.”

Stratton and Jamie Scott, the singer of the band, previously played together in a band started in their hometown of Yellow Springs with Rory Papania, the second guitarist. After moving to Athens, Scott and Stratton put together Blond.

“When Lou Reed died, we threw a tribute show together, and I booked (Blond) to play, and they just killed it,” Winland said. “I’ve loved that band ever since.”

Winland taught Stratton at Hocking College and was very supportive of the band and its development, Stratton said.

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Blond will perform at The Union on Friday for the first time in almost a year. (PROVIDED VIA CONOR STRATTON)

Before the fire, Blond found a home in The Union, and after it seemed “very strange.”

“They became a staple. They played at least once a month,” Winland said. “It was really sad for those guys too, this had just become their homebase.”

Blond describes itself as psychedelic rock combined with indie pop and folk, and Winland said the band sounds like it takes influence from music of years past in songs.

Blond plays original music, written by Scott. “(The Union) was our favorite place to be and where we were most comfortable,” Stratton said. “But the new Union is a fantastic spot and, in a lot of ways, improved.”

Stratton said it’s been about a year since the band has played at The Union. After some members moved to different areas, the band took a break.

“It was kind of tough to figure out how we could keep this alive,” Stratton said. “There was a big memorial show for Haden DeRoberts in Columbus, and we figured out a way to get it together.”

Henry Allen, who plays in Stratton’s other band, Crooked Spines, has taken over drumming for Blond, and “it’s been working and sounding really great.”

“So the (bands from) Yellow Springs, what they have in common is they’re some of the best new bands that I’ve seen in a couple of years at least,” Winland said. “Sometimes, a particular scene will get stale, and these guys were clearly well rehearsed always, and that’s awesome to see.”

Stratton said the band puts a lot of energy in preparing for live shows to make them fun and exciting and make sure the bands

that play with Blond are of quality.

Worn Flints is a three-piece band from Columbus, and recently was included in Alabama Shakes’ tour after impressing them while performing at Express Live. “(Worn Flints) are really entertaining to watch and high energy,” Stratton said. “It’s cool to see this greater Ohio community of musicians and bands connecting and working together to get out there.”

Winland said he’s excited to have Blond back playing The Union, as he’s always been impressed with the band.

“We hope to see everybody out, and we look forward to playing back at homebase,” Stratton said. “We’re really excited to come back.”

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WHAT’S GOING ON? ALEX MCCANN FOR THE POST

FRIDAY “I Have No Appetite” art opening 7:30 p.m. at Station 116, 116 N. Lancaster St. Artist Alexandra Violet will unveil her latest group of works, “I Have No Appetite.” Tart Collective will perform during the reception.

Admission: free.

Blues Cowboys 9 p.m. at The Smiling Skull Saloon, 108 W. Union St. Classic rock band Blues Cowboys will play at The Smiling Skull Saloon on Friday night. The Blues Cowboys blend country and blues into classic rock music.

Admission: $3.

Erika Hughes & The Well Mannered with Apple & The Moon 10 p.m. at Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Columbus-based five-piece Erika Hughes & The Well Mannered will bring their gritty mixture of country, rock and bluegrass to Casa Nueva.

Americana group Apple & The Moon, which formed in Nelsonville, will open. Admission: TBD.

SATURDAY OHIO Sustainability Meetup 6 p.m. at Little Fish Brewing Company, 8675 Armitage Road.

Join the OHIO Sustainability Alumni Network at Little Fish Brewing Company to eat local food, drink local drinks and discuss sustainability. Local singer-songwriter Emerson B. will perform at 7 p.m. Admission: free, food and drinks for sale.

The Summoners 6 p.m. at Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Athensbased rock band The Summoners will play an acoustic early show Saturday night. Admission: free.

The Blues Cowboys will play at The Smiling Skull Saloon on Friday night, and Union Sound Treaty will play on Saturday. (KATIE KLANN / FILE)

Athens Harley Owners Group Daytona Warm-Up Party 6:30 p.m. at the Athens American Legion Post 21, 520 W. Union St. The Athens Harley Owners Group will host a potluck dinner and ’80s rock cover band Holy Spicoli will perform from 8 p.m. until midnight. Admission: $10, $15 for couples.

Doxcity with Dysfunktional Family 9 p.m. at The Union Bar & Grill, 18 W. Union St. Admission: $5.

Union Sound Treaty 9 p.m. at The Smiling Skull Saloon, 108 W. Union St. Country-blues four-piece Union Sound Treaty will perform at The Smiling Skull Saloon on Saturday. The band’s debut album, ‘Next Year,’ was released in November. Admission: $3.

Open Doors Dance Night 10 p.m. at Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Admission: $3 for ages 21+, $5 for ages 18-20.

Tangled Branches, King Terpz, OOT and Mild Movements 10 p.m. at The Ranch, 87 1/2 W. State St. Four electronic artists — Dayton-based Tangled Branches and King Terpz and Athens’ own OOT and Mild Movements — will play at The Ranch on Saturday night. Admission: free.

SUNDAY Black History Trivia Night 6 p.m. at the African-American Studies Conference Room, 31 S. Court St. Students Teaching About Racism in Society will host a trivia night revolving around black history Sunday evening.

There will be free food and prizes.

Admission: free.

Turkish Game Night 6 p.m. at Baker Center, Room 237.

OU’s Turkish American Student Association will host a Turkish game night where all can learn a “special Turkish card game.”

Admission: free.

Lip Sync and Karaoke Battle 7 p.m. at Bentley Hall, Room 220.

Lost Flamingo Theatre Company will host its first-ever Lip Sync and Karaoke Battle on Sunday night.

The $5 entry fee covers pizza and snacks, and an additional $2 is required to perform.

BAR DEALS & MOVIE TIMES Bar deals in Athens Cat’s Eye Saloon: Happy hour daily, 4 to 9 p.m., 50 cents off everything; Friday: PBR special, 30 cents a glass starting at 4 p.m., price goes up 5 cents every halfhour until 9 p.m.; $3 PBR pitchers until 9 p.m.

The C.I.: Friday and Saturday, $2.75 well drinks and domestic bottles, $5.50 pitchers; Sunday, $2 well drinks, $1.75 domestic bottles, $5.50 pitchers.

Jackie O’s Public House & BrewPub: Friday: $2 FAF Pints.

Power hour daily 8 to 9 p.m., $2 select house pints.

Lucky’s Sports Tavern: Friday, 4 to 9 p.m.: $1.75 well drinks

and domestic bottles, $1 short domestic drafts.

The Over Hang: daily $1.50 pints. $2 well drinks.

The Pigskin: Happy hour daily, 7 to 9 p.m.: $2 domestic beers and well drinks, $2.50 call drinks.

The Pub: Friday, Saturday & Sunday: $2.75 domestic bottles, $3 domestic pints, $5 domestic aquariums.

Red Brick Tavern: ‘Brick Break’ daily, 6 to 9 p.m.: $1 well drinks, domestic bottles and domestic pints.

The Smiling Skull Saloon: Friday, 5 to 7 p.m.: 50 percent off domestics Stephen’s On Court: Sunday: beer buckets five for $10.

Tony’s Tavern: Sunday: $1 PBR and Miller High Life, $1.75 Hot Nuts.

The Athens Cinema movie times The Dumb Girl of Portici, NR: Friday, 3 p.m.

I Am Not Your Negro, PG-13: Friday, 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:45 p.m.; Saturday, 2:45 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:45 p.m.; Sunday, 2:45 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:45 p.m.

Jackie, R: Friday, 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2:55 p.m., 7:35 p.m.; Sunday, 2:55 p.m., 7:35 p.m.

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