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HITTING THE BOOKS By day, Ben Schlater rules the classroom as a fifthgrade teacher at Vinton Elementary. But by night, he takes to the ring as a professional boxer

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Power and price While the university has plans in place to decrease usage of the different utilities on campus, other outside factors may affect its energy consumption TAYLOR JOHNSTON FOR THE POST

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nergy consumption at Ohio University has increased in the past year, but many factors outside the university’s control can affect those rates.

The costs of operations can increase drastically if the weather is extreme, even if conservation efforts are in place, Stephen Wood, chief facilities officer, said.

“There are just some things that can happen with nature that can really impact us,” Wood said. “Our highest energy use is when weather-related impacts hit while the student population is here and all the dorms are occupied.”

Electricity consumption has increased by about 2 percent, and natural gas consumption at the central university plant has increased by about 9.15 percent from 2017 to 2018. Water is the only utility that has decreased, dropping by 2.26 percent.

The university has its own energy plant and uses Columbia Gas of Ohio to distribute the energy. The water is distributed by the City of Athens. AEP Ohio provides electricity, Joel Baetens, the director of utilities for OU Facilities Management & Safety, said.

Wood said he and his team estimate amounts of gas and electricity each year in order to cover the lowest temperature days.

OU Facilities Management presents its data annually in August to the Board of Trustees. That annual report discusses progress made in “efficiencies and cost effectiveness,” according to the August 2018 Board of Trustees meeting minutes.

Facilities Management also anticipates the weather based on past averages, Wood said.

“There is data out there available to us that says ‘a typical year has this many heating degree days and cooling degree days,’ which means the number of days above or below average for the heating season and the cooling season,” he said.

Baetens takes that information and normalizes OU’s consumption based on

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a typical year, Wood said.

“A peak from last summer, depending on how much energy we used at that coincidental peak five days, affects our transmission costs for the following year,” Wood said.

While those factors are uncontrollable, Facilities Management works to create more energy-efficient buildings on OU’s campus.

According to the August 2018 meeting minutes, OU’s “STARS” rating remained at the silver level, increasing by approximately 9 points to 63.29. The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System is a measure of energy efficiency sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. The STARS system has five levels — platinum, gold, silver, bronze and green. Gold level can be reached at 65 points.

“On the capital construction side, any project over $2 million, we are attaining at least (high silver rating) buildings, and those are more efficient buildings to operate,” Wood said. “So, when we completed Ellis (Hall), we went from a (low rating) building to competing for (a high silver rating) now that it has been renovated.”

The new systems implemented in the renovated buildings are more energy efficient, Wood said.

“So, it would be like turning in a 2002 car and buying a similar 2018 model,” Wood said. “It is most likely going to be more energy efficient than it was 12 to 14 years ago.”

In 2015, OU transitioned away from burning coal, Baetens said.

“The last time that we burned coal was Thanksgiving of 2015,” he said. “We were pretty far into the transition away

from coal and into natural gas boilers.

We did a major conversion in our steam plant and so the last time we burnt coal was Nov. 15.”

Angela Luppino, a junior studying economics, noticed when she lived in the residence halls there were ways energy could be conserved.

Late at night, lights in the halls are still on, she said. Lights could be turned off at night or a low energy solution could be created.

“The dorm I lived in, you weren’t able to control the heat,” she said. “So, not everyone wants the heat that high, which can cause a lot of waste.”

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ALL SHOOK UP

Senate president’s vote on tuition is disheartening NICK SHOOK is a senior studying political science prelaw at Ohio University.

As the acceptance status of the future class of 2023 remains up in the air until March 1, the factor of increased tuition could affect students’ decision to enroll at Ohio University.

The Ohio University Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition for the 2020 fiscal year at the beginning of the semester. Sure, the majority of us on campus are protected by the OHIO Guarantee — meaning we are promised the tuition from our first year enrolled at OU throughout our studies — but the trend of higher education costs becoming increasingly unsustainable continues.

Since 2000, the issue concerning rising proportions of debt to tuition ratios in America have been on full display. During the past two decades, the U.S. has refused to put its back to the wall and face the devastating rising rates of educational costs for those who seek college degrees.

On Dec. 13, Student Senate President Maddie Sloat voted in favor of the tuition increase for 2020.

“It would be simple for me to vote no solely based on the burden students already bear in terms of the cost of education,” Sloat said.

Sloat’s overarching responsibility is to look out for the interests and opinions of the student body and speak up on its behalf within the institution.

While there is truth in her statement about higher education not being a top priority for most of Ohio’s policymakers, it feels as though college affordability is not at the top of Sloat’s concerns.

While Sloat believes it would be simple for her

to vote “No” based on the cost of education to students already, tuition is of little concern for the Student Senate president as the person in that position is granted a full-tuition scholarship.

As a student at OU who will be in a pit of debt like many of my colleagues, I find this to be utterly irresponsible of our Student Senate president — who is elected by the student body to represent our interests — to continue to allow tuition raises and even advocate for them while our nation is facing the highest percentage of student loan debt for college graduates in history.

Sloat argues that when a university lacks increased revenue it can affect the ability of the university to recruit and retain top-level faculty. This in turn impacts the enrollment rate and retention of students. It is directly the responsibility of the Student Senate president to uphold the integrity of their institution. When the university is able to continue to demand increases in tuition without having to be held to standards of improvement, the students’ interests are lost and the institution’s interest always win.

Ironically, Sloat stated, “According to Policy Matters Ohio, state funding for higher education in Ohio was half a billion dollars less in Fiscal Year 2017 than Fiscal Year 2008 when adjusted for inflation.”

That means the state of Ohio produced $500 million less in 2017 than it did nine years prior. That alone is an unacceptable fact that should illustrate to Sloat the inadequacy of the current state of higher edu-

cational funding and how little these organizations actually are concerned with investing in education.

OU’s Student Senate has not always been this lackadaisical when it comes to concern over tuition rates. Just last year, our previous Student Senate President Landen Lama voted against a 1.3 percent increase in tuition because he believed that “more must be done to take the sole pressure off the backs of students.” He continued by stating that, “Within the next year Student Senate will do everything in our power to advocate, alongside the university, to the State for increases to (state funding for colleges).”

Sloat ended her statement with this, “I’m voting ‘Yes’ because the current situation forces me to do such. I am voting yes to improve services and education because voting no will hinder the OHIO experience for students.”

But is the current situation forcing Sloat to do such, or is that just her biased opinion? Will services and education as well as the “OHIO experience” for students be improved as a result of her voted increase in tuition? Time has told that those factors will not be improved, and in their place, the agenda of the institution will continually thrive and prey on the feeble nature of the student body that is dependent upon their representation as well as the institution itself.

Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. Do you agree? Let Nick know by emailing him at ns258814@ohio.edu.

CINEMA AND SYNTAX

‘90s rom-coms hilariously collapse in the 21st century GEORGIA DAVIS is a senior studying journalism at Ohio University.

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We’re now in the age where people will not have lived through dial-up tones, landlines and latenight radio talk shows. The up-and-coming generation will not know the struggle of using the internet and a landline at the same time, which also means people won’t understand some of the best romantic comedies of all time.

Take Julia Roberts’ Runaway Bride. In the movie, a journalist is assigned to write an article about Roberts’ character who leaves all of her grooms at the altar. The movie could be solved with the use of Find My Friends. If the first groom had just turned on cell tracking, then maybe she could address her issues the first time. But then again, we wouldn’t get another movie with the dynamic duo of Richard Gere and Roberts.

Before the age of Facebook — or even its predecessor MySpace — there was no way of keeping tabs on people’s lives and who was in them. Had social media or even smartphones been invented, While You Were Sleeping would have been a 15-minute movie. In the film, Sandra Bullock’s

character is mistaken for the fiancé of a man in a coma. The man’s family comes in and assumes Bullock is engaged to him. First off, it’s just baffling the family had no idea who the man’s finacé was but also it would not have happened if Facebook were invented.

Snapchat’s map feature would have really come in handy in 10 Things I Hate About You and She’s The Man. Both of them deal with the leading men cutting deals with people, falling in love with the girl they’re supposed to woo and then going to a high school prom. With Snap Map, everybody could have seen who was in cahoots with whom.

There would be no sneaking around. It’s good it didn’t exist, though, because we probably wouldn’t have gotten the huge romantic gesture by Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You. The Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan rom-com Sleepless in Seattle has probably aged the worst of any ’90s love story. Ryan’s character literally falls in love with Hanks’ character after hearing him talk on late-night radio. The talk show, which is kind of

like the Delilah Show if you remember that, helped the widower with his grief. Then, hundreds of women snail mail him letters — physical pieces of paper, people. That dude would have had so many women sliding into his DMs. When Ryan sends him a letter, she asks to see Hanks at the top of the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day, and let’s be honest, that is the least feasible part of the movie in a post-9/11 society.

The plots were much simpler in the ‘80s and ’90s, which means rom-com directors of this era have to find ways to modernize the stories. It’s so hard to create a complex plotline when something in the film could be solved by checking social media. The shame in it all is 30 years from now, people won’t understand the beauty and simplicity of romantic comedies in the ‘90s.

Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. What is your favorite ‘90s romantic comedy? Tell Georgia by tweeting her at @georgiadee35.

EDITORIAL

‘The Post’ urges OU to re-open access to Title IX records When someone walks into a classroom or enrolls in a class, they most likely research the professor in charge. They might go to ratemyprofessors.com or do a quick Google search to see what they find about the professor.

In December, however, Ohio University suddenly announced it changed its process regarding public access to reports of student Title IX allegations — which could range from sexual harassment to disability discrimination — against university employees. The change in process limits the public’s access to key information about faculty and staff members they could be interacting with.

The university has justified the change in process by arguing that it protects students — that previous memorandums “alluded more information to the public than intended,” making it possible to identify the complainants in Title IX cases. Officials claim they can make this change under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which limits the amount of information a university can release about a student’s education records.

We, however, believe university officials are using FERPA in a way that is inconsistent with Ohio law in order to protect the public image of the university, and experts we have consulted also argue it’s illegal.

For example, Frank LoMonte, director of Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, said withholding entire documents that should be released in redacted form makes the university liable under open records laws that guarantee access to documents produced by public institutions. Under Ohio law, public universities should only redact personal identifying information, rather than withholding the entire record when possible.

Before the change in process was implemented, Post reporters had access to those records in a redacted format — leav-

ing out who the complainant was and key details about them. Having those records previously allowed students to know about the allegations against former English professor Andrew Escobedo and suspended journalism professor Yusuf Kalyango — and the complexity of those situations.

In contrast, The Post reported on an appeal filed by a professor who has been accused of sexually harassing three students.

However, because of the change in Title IX proceedings, readers were unable to access full details about what happened, and the full stories of students who have been preyed upon by professors and other staff members are unable to be told.

Not only is the university denying necessary access to public records that could pertain to the sexual harassment of students, but many have said they are also breaking the law. That fact is deeply troubling.

We understand the desire to preserve the image of the university. Our criticisms always come with the understanding that while we are journalists, we are also students who love our school. We understand that every report of a predatory professor is a blow to our university’s reputation.

That does not mean, however, that we will turn a blind eye to wrongdoing.

We urge Ohio University to re-examine its Title IX records process and reopen public access to memorandums of findings. Until then, we will continue to report on these cases to the best of our ability, with or without the transparency of the university.

Editorials represent the majority opinion of The Post's executive editors: Editor-in-Chief Lauren Fisher, Managing Editor Maddie Capron, Digital Managing Editor Alex McCann, Assistant Managing Editor Jessica Hill and Creative Director Abby Gordon. Post editorials are independent of the publication's news coverage.

Correction: The story titled “Oscars by the numbers” in the Feb. 7, 2019, edition incorrectly classified Rami Malek as white.

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POLICE BLOTTER

Neighbors dispute over drainage ditch; drunken man pretends to be police MEGAN CARLSON FOR THE POST

were given a ride to their residence on Callaway Ridge. No further action was needed.

Neighbors can be annoying, especially when they try to flood your yard.

The Athens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched Monday to a residence on Luhrig Road regarding a property line dispute.

The caller said their neighbor had dug a drainage ditch that extended onto their property, which caused runoff water to erode their property. After deputies spoke with the neighbor and reviewed property lines, the neighbor said he would fill the ditch on their side and dig a new one. The case was closed.

UNDERWATER On Friday, the sheriff’s office assisted the Ohio State Highway Patrol with checking a vehicle that was stranded in floodwaters on State Route 13 in Chauncey.

Deputies observed the vehicle, were able to safely wade to it and found no one inside, according to the report. The vehicle was off the roadway in a ditch. It was not able to be towed out until the waters receded. Deputies returned to patrol.

POLICE PRANK CALL Last Wednesday, the sheriff’s office took a report by phone regarding telephone harassment.

The caller said a man called him from an unknown number and said he was with the Athens Police Department. The complainant said he felt the call was a scam and wanted to report it to the authorities.

Deputies followed up with the number and spoke with a “highly intoxicated” man who said he was with the sheriff’s office, according to the report. It was confirmed the original call was a scam.

WHAT’S THAT SOUND? The sheriff’s office received a report Thursday of suspicious noises behind a residence on Mill Street in Chauncey.

Deputies checked the areas but were unable to find any suspicious activity. The noises may have originated from a screen door being unsecured and slamming into the residence due to the storm. Deputies returned to patrol.

TRESPASSER TROUBLE The sheriff’s office responded Thursday to South Blackburn Road for a report of trespassers.

Deputies spoke with the man who said there were two individuals in his backyard.

After speaking to the individuals, deputies learned they had been given permission by a neighbor to pick up scrap metal, according to the report. No further action was taken.

PLAYING HOOKY The sheriff’s office responded Friday to a report of two suspicious people on Ackley Road in Coolville.

Deputies patrolled the area and found two juveniles near Vanderhook Road. The juveniles’ school had canceled and they were walking home, according to the report. They

NO PHOTOS PLEASE The sheriff’s office received a suspicious person complaint Friday on Minear Road in Albany.

The caller said a woman was taking pictures of their residence. Deputies made contact with the woman who was taking the pictures. She was advised of the complaint, and deputies told her to stay on public property.

LOST AND FOUND The sheriff’s office received a call Monday about an abandoned vehicle at Millcreek Road.

Deputies discovered a repair shop arriving to retrieve the vehicle, which was in need of repair. No future action was necessary.

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NEWS BRIEFS

Report of rape received; Court Street Diner to change SARAH M. PENIX NEWS EDITOR OUPD RECEIVES SECOND REPORT OF RAPE DURING SPRING SEMESTER The Ohio University Police Department received a report of rape Friday.

A student reported unwanted sexual conduct between herself and a known suspect in Pickering Hall. The incident occurred during Fall Semester.

This is the second report of rape OUPD has received since Jan. 13. The first report was taken Feb. 2.

COURT STREET DINER TO BECOME HANGOVER EASY Court Street Diner will become Hangover Easy and receive a liquor license for the restaurant in the summer.

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previous establishments in Cincinnati and Columbus, Kitchen Manager Dylan Dockery said.

“We’ll probably wait until after the seniors leave, wait for a couple weeks and then do the actual liquor,” Dockery said.

“Just so it’s a little easier. Then people won’t get laid off or anything like that. It’s just naturally going to work out so nobody has to lose shifts or anything like that.”

COMPOSTING PROJECT PROVES SUCCESSFUL The Athens City Council reviewed data Monday night, which showed the initial success of recent composting and recycling programs in Athens.

In July 2018, Athens Hocking Recycling, or AHR, went to the city for authorization of a compost project. The project was similar to a trash company but picked up local compost instead.

The council gave AHR a six-month trial to collect data and observe if curbside

compost was a demand for the city.

“At this point in time it looks like it’s been very successful,” Athens Mayor Steve Patterson said.

AHR requested to have an extension of six months to collect more data. The company said that of the 260 trial members, there was an approximately 66 percent set-out rate. With the amount of compost collected, the company prevented approximately 23 tons of product from going to the landfill.

Refuge and Recycling presented an outline for a new contract. The council viewed the outline and said it would require more than an outline to make a decision.

The council will decide to keep the topic a discussion point and vote on the matter at later date.

VP FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION DISCUSSES LGBT CENTER PLANS Ohio University Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Gigi Secuban asked

Student Senate members Wednesday how the LGBT Center could be improved.

Members said they think there should be a larger space, and that the center should be more independent from the Women’s Center.

Destinee Jaram, an OU student and a columnist for The Post, spoke about her issues involving the university.

“OU loves to shout diversity, but they don’t do anything to make everyone feel safe and included,” said Jaram.

Jaram presented a series of demands to Senate, some of which included the termination of members of the LGBT board, including Secuban. Other demands were based off the recent removal of delfin bautista, who uses they/them pronouns and the lowercase spelling of their name, as director of the LGBT Center.

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New mental health position to help student-athletes CHLOE MEYERS FOR THE POST Ohio University created a position within the athletic department this past year to allow student-athletes access to a psychologist specialized in athletics.

The new position was created after confusion regarding what to do in severe situations involving student-athletes’ mental health.

Michelle Pride, a psychologist who specializes in athletics, said in an email that she now works at the Convocation Center two days a week, providing individual and crisis counseling to athletes.

She consults with coaches, athletic trainers and also does outreach and presentations with teams.

Emily Deering, a senior on the women’s track and field team and president of the student-athlete advisory committee, said there wasn’t a procedure or policy in place that all students or coaches could refer to in situations where self-harm, suicide and mental health were concerned.

“At our last senior staff meeting I passed

out some testimonies from student-athletes who have used her services and I think first and foremost the athletic department’s ability to take student-athlete feedback and put it into a full blown position, that has shown tremendous success,” Deering said.

Pride said some of the most common reasons why student-athletes visit her is for anxiety, depression, eating concerns, relationship issues, performance related issues, graduation, career, academic concerns and identity issues.

Working with student-athletes is similar to working with other students, Pride said, however, there are considerable differences. Things like schedules, relationships with the coaching staff and teammates, the role sports plays in shaping identity and the time commitment that sports require are a few.

“The embedded position has made it easier for many students to access services because they do not have to walk across campus to get to the Hudson Health Center and attempt to schedule things between class and practice and other obligations,” Pride said.

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One of the most important qualities a student-athlete should have is time management skills, Deering said. The key to combating a heavy schedule is to be passionate about what you do and what you believe in, and to have good self-reflection skills.

As for now, Pride said she would like to take time to figure out what’s working and what’s not before making any major changes.

She frequently meets with the deputy athletic director to assess how the services are used by athletes, and what changes and improvements could be made at the end of the spring semester.

Pride’s position is partially funded by athletics, allowing her to be available in The Convo only two days a week, while she works out of the Center for Psychological Services at Hudson Health the other three days of the week.

“There are discussions occurring about how this position will be funded in the future,” Pride said in an email. “However, at this time, I’m not sure what that might look like or how it might change the hours or staffing of the position.”

Deering said the athletic department should inform prospective student-athletes that the department is not just here to service the physical body, but they are also there for the athlete in a holistic approach.

Mike Ashcraft, assistant athletics director for media relations, said the NCAA Eligibility and Student-Athlete Success staff on campus has academic coordinators who work with student-athletes to help them monitor their GPA and other things.

The board of trustees also passed a resolution in October 2018 emphasizing OU’s alignment with the Association of Governing Board’s specific guidance and advice on the monitoring of intercollegiate athletic programs and the welfare of the student-athletes in them.

“Our recent action in October further emphasized that alignment, including the ongoing institutional responsibility and accountability for this oversight, with a resolution,” David Scholl, chair of OU board of trustees said.

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Regional campuses have low sexual assault report rates, increased outreach SARAH M. PENIX NEWS EDITOR Women’s Center Director Geneva Murray announced to Student Senate last month that the center is looking into sexual assault awareness and prevention programming for the regional campuses during Fall Semester 2019.

Murray plans to tour exhibits and hold workshops during the red zone period — the six-week period when sexual assault increases on college campuses across the country — to raise awareness of sexual and domestic violence on regional campuses.

“It’s going to be a photo/voice workshop in which we ask survivors to take pictures … the gist of it would be ‘what does a survivor look like to you?’” Murray said. “And so we’re working with survivors to take those pictures. They’ll then be writing that and we will be using that in an exhibit to educate people about survivor experiences.”

During campus events that aim to raise awareness against sexual misconduct, mandatory reporters are exempted from their obligation to report incidents of sexual assault by the Office of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, or ECRC. “Survivors may tell their stories and people who are around that would otherwise be required to report are not, so that we can let them tell their stories in a place where they’re comfortable,” Kerri Griffin, interim director of ECRC and Title IX coordinator, said.

Although ECRC can exempt faculty and staff from their mandatory reporting positions at such events, information on where people can receive support is required.

There were no reports of rape or dating violence on OU’s regional campuses between 2015 and 2017, according to the OU Clery Report Annual Security Report.

Regional campuses do not receive many reports of sexual assault. However, that could be due to the fact that the regional campuses are not residential campuses, Griffin said.

The process for reporting sexual misconduct is virtually the same on regional campuses as it is on the Athens campus. However, distance changes how it looks. Initial outreach is done

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over the phone or Skype, while interviews and hearings are typically done at the respective regional campus.

“We just did one at a branch campus where our investigators and hearing officers loaded up in the university vehicle and drove off to the branch campus,” Griffin said. “We try to let technology help us, but for hearings we try to take them to the branch campus because if you’ve got two parties, plus witnesses and they’re all at whatever campus they’re at … it’s easier to take the process to them.”

ECRC and Counseling and Psychological Services are just two examples of centrally-based offices at OU, meaning they are located at the Athens campus but serve students at all of the regional campuses. At each campus, there is a way for students to get connected with the support they need.

“It’s good to know at the regional cam-

puses that if we don’t have the expertise on campus, we certainly have people (who) are attuned to helping us get the information we need,” Regional Higher Education Dean Bill Willan said. “So the cooperation we get when we reach out is first rate and the relationships, they’re strong relationships between those who are out at the regional campuses who do these jobs and the ones (in Athens) who do the jobs.”

OU officials are working to increase awareness of sexual misconduct because of the persisting importance of its prevention.

“I work with the deans of all the campuses to make sure all faculty and staff get training,” Willan said. “Each campus has a good relationship with their local police departments (and) with survivor advocacy groups.”

ECRC is in daily contact with OU’s Survivor Advocacy Program and in regular

contact with the police forces surrounding the regional campuses.

“We have memorandum of findings with the different universities and the police in those regions because we have our own police force here, but we don’t necessarily at Chillicothe or Southern,” Griffin said.

Last July, ECRC had three staff members. Now there are seven.

“There are many campuses, but there’s one OHIO and that’s how we view it,” Griffin said. “This (university) administration in particular says we need to address this.

You need to have enough staff to do that and we are better staffed than we have been, probably ever.”

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Lactation rooms provide privacy on campus ABBY MILLER STAFF WRITER Those who breastfeed on Ohio University’s main campus can turn to one of seven lactation rooms that offer a private, comfortable breastfeeding experience.

A new area for those who need to “chestfeed” will be opening soon in The Convo. The Women’s Center raised money to purchase a mamava, a portable lactation pod.

The total cost of the mamava is $25,000, Samantha Pelham, university spokesperson, said. The pod itself costs $24,300, and another $700 was commissioned for the design of the mamava. The cost of installation is not yet known, Pelham said.

When the mamava arrives, Women’s Center Director Geneva Murray hopes to do a marketing push for all of the lactation rooms on campus. Murray thinks this is a good idea to raise awareness on where the rooms are located.

“We are doing so well in terms of getting additional spaces,” Murray said. “An area we’re not doing so well in is getting the word out.”

Lactation rooms have been open on OU’s main Athens campus since 2007. The first of those rooms was Baker 353.

“The Southern campus had one of the first lactation rooms, and that spread immediately through the other campuses,” Regional Higher Education Dean Bill Willan said.

The rooms are available for anyone who may need to “chestfeed,“ as they are inclusive of trans and gender non-binary individuals. Murray said she takes some of the credit for the opening of lactation rooms but not all of it.

There was a lactation room committee that began pushing for areas for those who need to breastfeed in a private space.

Dianne Bouvier was the creator of the lactation room committee, which formed when Murray began her job as the Women’s Center director.

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in terms of taking this sort of leadership opportunity on campus.”

Aside from the work of the lactation room committee and the Women’s Center, some locations on campus established their own lactation rooms. Alden Library got lactation rooms on its own, as did McCracken Hall.

Murray spoke about the lactation rooms during a Student Senate meeting in January. Murray addressed how the Women’s Center is trying to create guidelines for the lactation rooms in order to keep the rooms consistent and comfortable for users.

“Even for the rooms that the lactation committee wasn’t working on in terms of creating, (the Women’s Center) worked with different rooms to make sure that we were updating the stuff that was in it,” Murray said.

The Women’s Center provides most of the resources found in each lactation room. Some of the resources include gliders, ottomans, tables and microwaves. The Women’s Center is also trying to get Medela Symphony pumps in each room. Those pumps cost about $2,000 each and are hospital-grade pumps. Murray said it’s important for the Women’s Center to try to provide pumps in the rooms.

“The reason that that’s so important is because for people who are transient, who maybe don’t have a home office they’re always going to be in … it means that if you want to use the pump that we have provided, you only need to bring your own attachments,” Murray said. “You’re not having to lug around a big heavy pump all day to be able to use it, which is really exciting for us.”

The Women’s Center supports breastfeeding in every form, Murray said. More lactation rooms open means additional options for those who breastfeed, but it doesn’t mean lactation rooms are the only option for breastfeeding.

“Just because there’s an increase in lactation rooms doesn’t mean that’s where we think people should go in order to be able to pump,” Murray said. “It does mean that we want options. So if people want to be in a private place, they can be.”

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SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS The story of Ben Schlater, the Vinton Elementary School teacher turned pro-boxer STORY & PHOTOS BY BLAKE NISSEN | PHOTO EDITOR

“I’m going to call you Ben ‘Teach ‘em a lesson’ Schlater,” a promoter joked with Ben Schlater as he prepared for his Dec. 22 match. // Schlater, of Lewisburg, is a fifth-grade math and science teacher at Vinton Elementary School. But he spends his evenings training for — and competing in — professional boxing matches. // By splitting his time between his teaching career, his family and an hour-long commute to his coach’s boxing gym in Glouster, Schlater has become a skilled fighter who competed in his second professional match.

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TOP: Ben Schlater jokes with Sam Jones as he prepares to leave the ring for the night on Nov. 28. Schlater got his start at the West Virginia Toughman Contest. His goal was to compete in one amateur fight before he died. After losing his first five, Schlater went back for a sixth go and finished second. “Then I got runnerup and I was like, ‘Shoot, now I’ve got to do it ‘til I win, right?’”

BOTTOM LEFT: Schlater fist-bumps Damian Harmon as he leaves class on Dec. 5. “I wish we started earlier, because I hate how late we get out,” Schlater said. “We’re out of here at 4:30, and then I’ve got to go right to Sam’s (Gym) by 6.”

BOTTOM RIGHT: Schlater asks his class who wants to help pass out jars to house their pet crickets on Dec. 3.

Schlater teaches fifth-grade math and science at Vinton Elementary School.

“I don’t know who’s more surprised: My teaching friends when I tell them I box, or my boxing friends when I tell them I’m a teacher,” Schlater said..

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TOP LEFT: Schlater does a slip drill with a teardrop bag at a boxing gym in Gallipolis on Nov. 26.

TOP RIGHT: Robyn Schlater (left) laughs at something her husband, Ben, said. Ben knew he was going to marry Robyn after their third date. “I thought she was making stuff up. ... She kept saying she liked all the things that I liked,” Ben said. “She said she liked classic rock, and I was like all right.” Ben asked her what song was on the radio. She answered that it was •Skid Row’s “18 and Life.” “That’s when I knew it was for real,” he said.

BOTTOM LEFT: Schlater rolls his eyes as the official lifts both his and Dulaney’s arms, signaling the result of the six-round bout was a draw.

MIDDLE RIGHT: Corey Dulaney of Columbus, Ohio, measures out a jab against Schlater.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Ben and Robyn Schlater embrace after his Dec. 22 fight as her father, Dewey Rhodes, laughs behind them. “I never had any thought in my mind that I would end up going pro at the end of all this, but here I am,” Schlater said.

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Husband and wife artistic team to share book at Athens Public Library RILEY RUNNELLS FOR THE POST Some people may think working together as husband and wife would be difficult, but for Wendy and John McVicker, getting to work together every day and create art is a dream.

The Athens Public Library, 30 Home St., invites authors of nonfiction, novels, poems and other genres to come in and talk with patrons. Instead of a passive event where authors only come in and sign their work, the library sets up a time for the authors to share their inspiration, and write and read samples of their work.

The McVickers are sharing their dream with the world and speaking in the library Saturday about their process and reading a few selections from their poetry book, Sliced Dark, while showing the artwork from the book on a screen.

Todd Bastin, the adult programming coordinator for the library, worked with the McVickers before and is thrilled to bring them back.

“They’re a great team,” Bastin said. “A husband and wife duo who are both passionately creative people, joining together to create something brand new. It’s so interesting to watch Wendy write these lovely poems and watch John’s artistic response. It’s definitely going to be a good turnout.”

The McVickers have been married almost 43 years. Sliced Dark wasn’t their first time working together, but it was their biggest artistic feat. John and Wendy have always loved poetry and art, but they never expected to pursue it.

As a child, Wendy loved to read and write stories, and she began writing poetry as a teenager. After a while, she stopped writing and began to travel, dance and have children with John. Her experiences led her to open up to poetry, and the language started flowing back in from when she was a teenager.

“I fell totally in love with my own language,” Wendy said. “I always say that poetry is a way of making love to the English language.”

She didn’t start publishing her poetry at first, but when she and John moved to

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John and Wendy McVicker will read selections from their poetry book Sliced Dark at the Athens Public Library. (PROVIDED via John McVicker)

Athens, a friend read one of her poems and encouraged her to start sharing them with the world. Wendy joined writing groups, sent poems out for publication and started helping out with poetry in her kids’ classrooms.

John waited a little while to go to college, after having spent time as an apprentice to a photographer. He went to art school to concentrate on painting and tried to pursue gallery art. He switched gears to teach the English language at Ohio University for 27 years, and the art slipped away as time went on.

He decided to pick up art again when Wendy wanted visions for the poems she was writing. He started using Adobe

Photoshop softwares and began illustrating Wendy’s poetry with strong imagery.

John fell in love with creating the images for the poems, so he decided to continue his passion for art.

It wasn’t until their friends requested a book of Wendy’s poems and John’s artwork that they even considered the idea.

Wendy had always loved the book form, and after talking with some friends in publishing, the two decided to just have fun with it and put it together.

Wendy’s poems came first, and John would create collages to meditate on the poems. They found it was a fun bonding experience and not difficult at all. Wendy would give a poem to John, he would

come up with an image and they would have discussions about it.

“I’m not in Wendy’s skin,” John said.

“I don’t know what feelings she’s feeling when she writes her poetry, but I do my best to make the images resonate with the readers. My real job is to read her poems and then read them again, talk to Wendy about them, and then try to imagine how it would fit together. Wendy is always sure to tell me whether or not I’m on the right track.”

Wendy thinks John’s art has done great things for expanding the depth of her work.

“For me, seeing the art he has done has just completely expanded the dimensions of my work,” Wendy said. “It’s been a great process from start to finish. The book reflects the fun we had creating it.

If it weren’t for John’s incredible patience with detail and technology, this would have never happened.”

John and Wendy say that creating Sliced Dark was an incredible experience for both of them. However, they didn’t just write the book for their own experience, they wrote it for people to read and enjoy. Their hope is that the book will emotionally resonate with the readers.

“An image or a poem will grab someone in a different way on a different day or mood,” Wendy said. “You’re attracted to the thing you need right then, and I just hope people find the thing they need within our book.”

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CrossRoads Café pays it forward through love and a cup of coffee RILEY RUNNELLS FOR THE POST The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 64 University Terrace, seeks to serve Christ by promoting love throughout the Ohio University campus and the Athens area. However, they’ve recently found a new way to spread love: CrossRoads Café.

CrossRoads Café is a nondenominational coffee shop in the basement of the church. For the past four months, the cafe has operated to engage people locally and to better get involved in the Athens area. The cafe offers freshly brewed coffee and conversation.

Rev. Deborah Woolsey was the brain behind the operation of the cafe and was inspired to develop a deeper relationship with the people around her.

“It’s not fair for the church to promote being involved in the community if we aren’t also doing our best,” Woolsey said.

“This is our way of getting more involved in a relatable way in the community.”

The Episcopal Bishop created an initiative to challenge churches to be more involved in their specific areas. Woolsey was approached by the Bishop because of the church’s location and was asked if she would be interested in creating the cafe as a model for other churches.

Woolsey explored the Athens area for a full year, did some work with students and other businesses, including the Center for Entrepreneurship at OU, and made a plan to create CrossRoads Café.

“We don’t want to be a Starbucks or a big corporate place,” Woolsey said. “We just want to find a way to deepen our con-

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This cafe is giving me the opportunity to practice what I feel I’ve been called into. It’s important to me that I help people see the importance and relevance of being connected to something larger than themselves, and that something is love.”

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nection with the community and promote love to everyone who comes into the cafe.”

The cafe was built using resources the church already had, specifically the space and location, and Woolsey was given some funds to buy equipment and get the cafe off the ground.

From the funds, the church partnered with Deeper Roots Coffee, an Ohio-based coffee cafe and roaster. Woolsey feels the partnership is a way to contribute to the economy not only locally, but statewide, as Deeper Roots Coffee is based in Cincinnati.

“It matters what we’re selling,” Woolsey said. “Where it comes from is how we’re participating in the economy that’s not just local, but national.”

Woolsey was heavily inspired

by Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Kitchen, which uses the “pay-it-forward” model. CrossRoads Café is a

CrossRoads Café is in the basement of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 64 University Terrace. (PROVIDED via Rev. Deborah Woolsey)

cash-only coffee, which can be difficult for people who are used to only carrying around a card.

If someone comes in to the cafe and doesn’t have cash, the staff can dip into the pay-it-forward fund to pay for the coffee.

Additionally, Woolsey has created ways for people to contribute other than financially.

If someone comes into the cafe for coffee and can’t afford to pay, they can do dishes, clean up around the cafe, or perform a number of other small jobs to act as their payment.

“You can take your coffee and go, and if you don’t come again then that’s just the way it is,” Woolsey said. “But we’ve seen people discover how delicious our coffee is and come back for more.

And most of the time, people also contribute to the pay-it-forward fund, which makes us happy.”

The cafe’s staff is composed

of hired workers and volunteers.

The hired staff doesn’t stem from the church, but the volunteers are churchgoers. Some of the staff are trained listeners and take turns sitting at the “listening table,” where people can sit with their coffee, and if they’re having a bad day or need someone to talk to, the staff member at the listening table will open their ears.

“We want people to know that we’re more than just coffee.

We’re a warm, friendly place full of people who want to be here for you,” Woolsey said. “If you’re feeling lonely and just need an outsider who won’t judge you to listen, that’s something we can offer.

Eleanor Halbauer, manager of CrossRoads Café, got involved with the cafe through some friends and was excited to make people feel welcome in a nice

space with great coffee. She often brings her daughter to work, which is one reason she loves the job, and her daughter loves interacting with the customers.

“It’s so nice to be able to bring my daughter with me,” Halbauer said. “It’s a great opportunity to spend time with her and share the experience of meeting new people and interacting with the customers, which I love.”

Michael Luelloff, Woolsey’s husband and a cafe volunteer, has been helping out with CrossRoads Café since day one. He helped his wife develop the cafe by designing the layout, building some of the furniture, making coffee and offering support for the staff.

“It’s a great mission that I’ve been involved with since the beginning,” Luelloff said. “From helping out here and there, to volunteering, to supporting my wife. I like the interaction with the customers, and I definitely drink more coffee now.”

Woolsey used to manage an independent book store in a small town until she felt the call from God to become a priest. She feels God called her to Athens to improve upon the church and create CrossRoads Café as a way to connect with people and give them an introduction to what the church is and what it’s doing to help the area.

“This cafe is giving me the opportunity to practice what I feel I’ve been called into,” Woolsey said. “It’s important to me that I help people see the importance and relevance of being connected to something larger than themselves, and that something is love.”

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Ohio hits low point in loss to Eastern Michigan

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PETE NAKOS ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Gavin Block sat dejected, staring at the blank wall in the back of the room.

Sitting next to him was an emotional Jason Carter. Both were trying to find words for Ohio’s latest blunder, a 66-57 loss to Eastern Michigan on Tuesday night in The Convo.

The loss marked the Bobcats’ fourthstraight, and the first time all season they’ve fallen below .500. For Block, a senior guard, there’s not much confidence.

He’s been a part of winning teams at Ohio, but as of late, shots aren’t falling, and the wins aren’t coming, either.

Tuesday night was the lowest of low points of the season thus far for Ohio, losing a winnable game at home.

“We just need to keep going. All we can control is what’s in front of us,” Block said.

On Jan. 14, 2017, Antonio Campbell abruptly crumpled into a heap in front of the “O-Zone” in The Convo.

Ohio was playing Eastern Michigan in The Convo, which the Bobcats did for the first time in two seasons Tuesday night.

On that Saturday afternoon two years ago, though, Campbell broke his right foot, ending his playing career at Ohio.

At the time, it was one of the lowest points for Ohio basketball in recent memory. A month later, it was officially announced that the 2015-16 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year was done playing basketball in Athens. Campbell finished with 1,257 career points, 801 rebounds, 119 blocks in 113 games played. He was an All-American honoree.

Before Campbell’s career ended in 2017, coach Saul Phillips was 44-35 all-time with the Bobcats.

Ohio was 11-3, and the loss to Eastern Michigan that afternoon was the first of the season in MAC play. It had a healthy Jordan Dartis, freshman Jason Carter and redshirt junior star guard Jaaron Simmons.

Since that game against Eastern Michigan, the Bobcats are 34-37, three games under .500. Two seasons later, Ohio no longer has Simmons; he transferred to Michigan. Jordan Dartis hasn’t played once this season, and he won’t play one. Carter has developed into one of the better players in the conference, but he’s without a supporting cast who can score with the venom Dartis and Simmons could.

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The one true constant throughout the before and after of Campbell’s injury is Phillips. He’s experienced the highs and lows at Ohio, but time is running out to recover from the lows. Tuesday night was a reminder of one of the first lows. “(Confidence) has to be good, I’m the leader of this team,” Phillips said.

Two low points for Ohio. Two seasons apart, both losses to the same team.

On Tuesday night, the silence of The Convo was eerily similar to the silence when Campbell went down against the Eagles. Block was on the team and on the floor, when Campbell ended his career as a Bobcat.

That thought wasn’t on his mind at all Tuesday. He doesn’t have time to reminisce about the past. He’s more focused on finding a win in the final seven games of his career at Ohio.

His career hasn’t abruptly ended due to an injury, such as Campbell’s, but it could come to an end quickly if the Bobcats can’t find a way to win.

“We want to win games for Saul, for our assistant coaches, for us,” Block said. “We just want to win, man. We don’t care how we need to do it, we just want to win.”

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Mid-American Conference power rankings 6. KENT STATE (12-9, 6-5) The Golden Flashes have only three wins in their last eight games, but could find a winning streak with easy games against Bowling Green and Western Michigan next week.

Up next: Feb. 16 vs. Bowling Green

ANTHONY POISAL STAFF WRITER After a week or two of few upsets in the Mid-American Conference, Saturday and Wednesday’s slate of games brought some of the biggest upsets of the season. Ohio handed Central Michigan its third loss of the season Saturday, but fell to Toledo on Wednesday.

Bowling Green also snapped its 10-game losing streak and found its first MAC win of the season after defeating Buffalo on Wednesday.

Here’s what The Post’s MAC power rankings look like after the upsets: 1. MIAMI (18-4, 9-2) The RedHawks survived two close calls this week and defeated Eastern Michigan and Bowling Green — two of the most inconsistent teams in the conference — by single-digit points, but kept the top spot in the power rankings with Ohio’s loss. Miami should add to its eight-game winning streak when it plays Akron on Saturday.

Up next: Feb. 16 at Akron

7. NORTHERN ILLINOIS (14-9, 6-5) The Huskies have won three of their last four games, but face a tall test against Toledo this week. A loss will give the Huskies a .500 MAC record and end any hope of the Huskies claiming the top spot in the West Division.

Next up: Feb. 16 vs. Toledo 8. AKRON (14-8, 5-6) The Zips are fresh off a 30-point win against Ball State and wrap up their threegame home stretch with a difficult game against Miami this week. No matter what they do the rest of the season, this season has already been a success compared to last year when they finished in last place and won only three conference games.

Next up: Feb. 16 vs. Miami

2. OHIO (20-3, 9-3) The Bobcats deserved the top spot after they defeated Central Michigan on Saturday, but a 26-point loss to Toledo on Wednesday crushed those hopes. Ohio’s potent offense only scored 50 points against Toledo’s topranked defense, and the setback prevents the Bobcats from taking the No. 1 spot.

Up next: Feb. 16 vs. Western Michigan

9. BOWLING GREEN (8-14, 1-10) The Falcons earned their first conference win and made the MAC’s biggest upset of the season with their win over Buffalo on Wednesday. It’s been a long time coming for Bowling Green, who have six single-digit losses since the start of MAC play.

Next up: Feb. 16 at Kent State

3. CENTRAL MICHIGAN (17-6, 8-3) The Chippewas still hold first place in the West Division after their loss to Ohio, but now Toledo, who defeated Central Michigan in January, is one game behind. Another loss from the Chippewas could be costly.

Up next: Feb. 16 at Buffalo

10. EASTERN MICHIGAN (10-12, 3-8) The Eagles scored a season-low 43 points against Toledo on Saturday and have lost six of their last seven games. They can rebound in their next three games against Akron, Ball State and Western Michigan, who have all been inconsistent in MAC play.

Next up: Feb. 16 vs. Ball State

4. TOLEDO (15-7, 7-4) The Rockets have a win against Central Michigan and a one-point loss to Miami.

Their win against Ohio on Wednesday proved that they belong inside the top 5, and if it wasn’t for a logjam at the top of the conference, Toledo could be in the top 3.

Up next: Feb. 16 at Northern Illinois 5. BUFFALO (16-6, 8-3) The Bulls were on the wrong side of the biggest upset to date in the conference when they lost to Bowling Green on the road Wednesday.

On a night where Ohio lost and Buffalo could have taken a share of the lead in the East Division, the Bulls instead found their worst loss of the season and moved into third place.

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11. WESTERN MICHIGAN (8-13, 2-8) The Broncos have won once in their last nine games and face a tough test on the road against Ohio this week.

Next up: Feb. 16 at Ohio 12. BALL STATE (7-16, 2-9) The Cardinals are on a five-game losing streak and hit rock bottom after a loss to Akron on Wednesday. Besides March 2 against Western Michigan, the Cardinals will be hard pressed to find another win this year.

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Grading the league MATT PARKER FOR THE POST Of the seven leagues that comprise the American Collegiate Hockey Association, the Bobcats undoubtedly play in the toughest.

The Central States Collegiate Hockey League has sunk its teeth into the ACHA as the league with the teams to beat. As of the last computer polls that were released Feb. 6, all five teams were ranked in the top 25, ranging from No. 1 to No. 16.

In the past six years, each team has made at least one national championship appearance, and it was highlighted by the 2015-16 championship when Lindenwood played Iowa State.

The 2018-19 season has been no exception, and as the regular season comes to a close and the CSCHL tournament draws near, The Post breaks down each team.

NO. 1 LINDENWOOD The Lions (23-1-0, 13-0-0 CSCHL), from the first puck drop of the season back in September, have proven they are the best team in the ACHA Men’s Division I pool. They rattled off an unprecedented 19 consecutive wins with their first loss coming in during a three-game stretch to Central Oklahoma.

Led by Jake Townsend (40 total points, 13 goals, 27 assists) and Ryan Finnegan (37 total points, 9 goals, 28 assists), the CSCHL’s regular season champions are poised to make a deep postseason run.

In league play, Lindenwood went undefeated with a few struggles in the process.

It averaged 4.84 goals per league game, while it only allowed 1.46 goals per game.

While it was scheduled to play a full league season, Lindenwood lucked out as its second series against Ohio and the Saturday game against Robert Morris-Illinois were canceled.

Lindenwood closes out the season on back-to-back road trips against Davenport and Arkansas.

NO. 4 IOWA STATE The Cyclones (16-6-2, 5-5-2 CSCHL) have shown they have potential to be one of the best teams in the country. Against the upper-tier teams in the league such

Ohio forward Tyler Harkins (#22) chases a Lindenwood defenseman during the first period of the Ohio Bobcats hockey game against Lindenwood on Nov. 16. (COLIN MAYR / FILE)

as Lindenwood and Ohio, the Cyclones have been marred by inconsistent performances. Swept twice by the Lions, Iowa State only scored an average of two goals per game in its year series with the Lions, compared to their 4.25 goals. The Cyclones were then defeated 4-1 by the Bobcats, but they beat the Bobcats 5-3 with their fifth goal scored on an empty net.

When Iowa State showed its identity, it was against Robert Morris-Illinois and Illinois. A combined 4-1-1 against its other two league rivals, Iowa State was able to find ways to win against traditionally tough programs.

The Cyclones have two more league series remaining on their schedule as they travel to Ohio and Illinois. Their last series of the season is at home against Central Michigan.

NO. 5 OHIO The Bobcats (16-3-6, 5-3-4 CSCHL) have had their fair share of highs and lows this season. All three of their regulation losses have come at the hands of their league rivals – Lindenwood, Iowa State and Illinois. Ohio’s three regulation loss-

es are among the least of all teams in the ACHA and the second least in the CSCHL behind Lindenwood.

Where the Bobcats downfall has been is games that go past regulation. Earlier in the 2019 portion of the schedule, they were swept on the road by Robert Morris-Illinois in overtime and in a shoot-out. The following weekend, Illinois defeated Ohio in a shoot-out.

The overtime losses, however, aren’t bad for rankings as they still get points for the defeats.

Ohio has one league series remaining as it plays host to Iowa State on Feb. 15 and 16. The Bobcats end their season in Bird Arena against Kent State.

NO. 13 ILLINOIS The Illini (13-13-5, 4-7-3 CSCHL) are following their national runners-up season from a year ago not in the way they anticipated. Illinois, with its seven regulation losses in league play, ties Robert Morris-Illinois for the most regulation losses in league play this season.

Where the Illini have found success, however, is at home. At the “big pond” this season, they have gone 2-3-1. Its three reg-

ulation losses were to Lindenwood twice and Ohio once, but margin of defeat – just a goal – is an impressive feat for a program that is in the midst of rebuilding following a large graduating class a season ago.

Illinois wraps up league play with a chance to build upon its home league record on Feb. 22 and 23 as it will host Iowa State.

NO. 16 ROBERT MORRIS-ILLINOIS The Eagles (13-15-4, 6-7-1 CSCHL) have had a sour season for their standards.

While their six league victories are the second most behind Lindenwood, their seven regulation losses are tied for last with Illinois. A program that traditionally finds itself in the top 10 each year, Robert Morris-Illinois is the midst of a rebuild as well. A year ago, it finished still in the middle of the pack in the final league standings, but it was closer to the top.

This season, however, pending a miracle, the Eagles will claim the fifth-place spot.

Robert Morris-Illinois is finished with league play as it was defeated 4-2 by Lindenwood on Feb. 9.

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High-profile alumni scandals are helping change OU’s culture, years after initial reports GEORGE SHILLCOCK | FOR THE POST

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hen historians look back at the #MeToo movement’s aftermath, they will remember its profound impact on society and the countless big names that faced consequences for accusations of sexual harassment and assault.

Sexual misconduct in professional settings perpetrated by high-profile individuals isn’t a new phenomenon that has recently been discovered. There have been instances of this for a long time, whether they have been reported or not.

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the #MeToo movement with the outpouring of social media reactions and stories to the hashtag, after media mogul Harvey Weinstein was accused by multiple women of inappropriate sexual behavior and abuse. Since then, #MeToo has brought down more than 200 powerful men who were accused of sexual assault and harassment.

For Ohio University, the rise of the sexual harassment allegations of celebrity alumni made a significant impact on its public image. It started with the resignation of a high-profile alumnus: the

former chairman and CEO of Fox News, Roger Ailes. Soon, Ailes’ resignation was followed by the firing of former Today co-host Matt Lauer in the midst of the #MeToo era.

THE FALL OF ROGER AILES As far as famous alumni go, Ailes’ position as chairman and CEO of Fox News gave him prominence that no one could ignore before he resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment.

OU recognized that, and Ailes visited his alma mater in 2012 to give a

talk on freedom of speech and media bias. He even gave a large donation to the school, which resulted in The Roger E. Ailes Newsroom being dedicated to him in 2007. That was a result of the $500,000 donation he made to the university, according to a previous report from The Post.

He agreed to pay in full within five years, but the donation and a $40,000 endowment were returned to him before his death at age 77 in 2017.

“I remember being really proud, and I remember seeing a video of them ripping

down that sign off the wall of the Roger Ailes Newsroom,” Mallory Golski, a senior studying strategic communication, who spent a lot of time her freshman year in the WOUB newsroom, said.

Starting in 2014, Ailes was accused by more than 20 women of sexual harassment. In 2016, he resigned from Fox because of the accusations and became a media consultant to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Katherine Jellison, a political science professor, said it made sense to quickly remove his name from the newsroom and return Ailes’ donations in order to save face and prevent any lasting harm to the university’s reputation.

The scars that were left on the wall were eventually painted over, but students and faculty members wouldn’t forget the drama anytime soon. His ouster by one of the country’s top media companies affected much more than a name on a wall.

“Most folks around OU would’ve labeled him a sexist at the least ... so when he was exposed for his sexual harassment, people were not as shocked as they were with the news of Matt Lauer,” Jellison said.

MATT LAUER’S #METOO RECKONING The world was dumbstruck when news initially broke in November 2017 that Matt Lauer was fired from NBC news after 20 years of being a co-host on Today. The news came a week after CBS fired “CBS This Morning” host Charlie Rose almost a month after the Weinstein news broke.

Known as the “Face of Today,” Lauer was given earned an undergraduate degree from OU in 1997 at the age of 39. Lauer was a previous student of the School of Media Arts and Studies in the Scripps College of Communication but dropped out in 1979 to become a producer for WOWK-TV in Huntington, West Virginia.

“Matt Lauer was the obvious example of someone who one might idolize if they were looking to go into broadcast, especially here at OU,” Golski said.

Golski said she recalls waking up to a push notification on the day the accusations came out and initially thinking it was an April Fool’s joke, despite it being November. It became a “flashbulb memory” for her that she won’t forget anytime soon.

Lauer, who publicly denied the allegations, was replaced by Hoda Kotb, who has anchored Today with Savannah Guthrie ever since.

“The Matt Lauer thing seemed to come out of nowhere,” Jellison said. “It was shocking.”

The Scripps College of Communication and OU were quick to denounce Lauer’s actions and tweeted a statement expressing their disappointment in the alumnus. Alex Stuckey, a Pulitzer Prize-winning OU and Post alumna, called on the university in a tweet to deal with Lauer’s connection to OU and address the exclusive Today internship that the Scripps College collaborated with Lauer to create.

E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Director Robert Stewart was inspired by Stuckey’s tweet to create an internship task force with the help of student leaders to advise the journalism school on protecting students before, during and after their internships.

HAS OU’S REPUTATION BEEN TARNISHED OR STRENGTHENED? As the impact of the #MeToo movement spread across the country, conversations between the university and students continued to grow at OU. Since then, the university experienced a record number of reported sexual assaults on campus during the Fall Semester, and multiple professors have also been accused of sexual harassment since 2017.

Although OU has been making headlines for those reasons, many view that those situations show that OU is showing its ability to handle them correctly and establish conversations that are productive to changing the climate surrounding sexual harassment and assault.

“Reputation is absolutely everything,” Robert Foehl, a business law and ethics professor, said.

Foehl said he believes the university has done all it can to deal with all the situations, whether it is professors, notable alumni or campus crime.

“Nothing can happen in a day or two,” Foehl said. “From my vantage point, OU acted deliberately, acted swiftly and acted precisely.”

The Scripps College of Communication may have been hit the hardest compared to other parts of the university with the allegations against Ailes, Lauer and suspended journalism professor Yusuf Kalyango, leading more people to scrutinize the school.

“In neither case did we notice negative attention toward the college or its programs because the alleged behaviors of both individuals happened decades after leaving Ohio University,” Scott Titsworth, the dean of the Scripps College of Communication, said in an email.

Titsworth said he thinks the college will be recognized for the actions it took in response to the accusations

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Women are gaining a voice, presence and level of power to where they can maybe change the basic way we live life in this country and maybe the way women and girls are treated in this country.”

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rather than for what Lauer and Ailes did.

“We are at a place right now where a lot of universities have to come to terms and reckon with really famous alumni who are also experiencing these same things,” Student Senate President Maddie Sloat, a senior studying communication studies, said.

When prospective students Google “Ohio University Alumni,” Lauer and Ailes will be two of the top results that show up, but there are many other names that they can look to. While those two may be a deterrent for some, other people will see names like Turner Sports reporter Allie LaForce, former Ohio Gov. George Voinovich, Washington Post reporter and former Post Editor-in-Chief Wesley Lowery and Modern Family actor Ed O’Neill.

Golski said she believes students should look to the student movements that are trying to change the narrative at OU. Golski was a key organizer for the Sept. 27 “It's On Us, Bobcats” rally, which came as a response to the reports of sexual assault on campus during the Fall Semester.

Golski — along with Cody Shanklin and Hannah Burke, who is a member of the Post Publishing Board — led the rally of 500 students who marched from College Green and down Court Street, East State Street and South College Street.

Golski believes that those situations are not the fault of what the university teaches in the classroom, but of the “boys club mentality” that has been pervasive in the media industry for a long time.

LOOKING FORWARD Jellison believes that this movement will be a moment in U.S. history that people won’t forget anytime soon. She said the downfall of high-profile politicians, journalists and entertainers may be what the country needed in order to change the way women are treated.

“We have this even larger #MeToo movement that says we are tired of being

the #MeToo person on the plane, on the street, in the crowd or wherever it may occur,” Jellison said. “Women are gaining a voice, presence and level of power to where they can maybe change the basic way we live life in this country and maybe the way women and girls are treated in this country.”

OU and the Scripps College are also finding new ways to move forward and find better proactive and reactive ways to deal with these things.

Titsworth said the Scripps College is exploring various ways in which the topic of sexual harassment can be implemented at multiple points in the curriculum so students have an understanding of legal, moral and ethical issues surrounding those behaviors.

“We want (our) students to be leaders in confronting all types of workplace discrimination and harassment,” Titsworth said in an email.

Sloat and Golski said they both believe that the process of changing the culture has already started at OU, but it needs to continue in order for there to be any permanent change.

Sloat said she wishes these things would have changed hundreds of years ago, but it is great to have the chance to be one of the people experiencing and making the change happen.

“It’s taken this generational shift and culture change that's slow to happen, but is happening finally, to bring it to the forefront of this conversation,” Sloat said.

The accusations and backlash against Ailes and Lauer could have the potential to teach the university and its students a valuable lesson about how to discourage this behavior and handle it correctly if it occurs.

“While sexual assault and sexual violence still exists in the world, it's not being applauded and ignored here,” Golski said.

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the weekender ACRN Media to host Emo Prom and live auction BAYLEE DEMUTH STAFF WRITER

Prom season is starting early this year, so grab your My Chemical Romance T-shirt, favorite black lipstick, combat boots and head to ACRN Media’s Emo Prom Saturday night.

Last year, ACRN held an ‘80s prom ruffles and all, but this year, it hopes to draw in a whole different crowd of people with the prom’s unconventional theme.

Emo Prom will be held at the Union Bar and Grill, 18 W. Union St. Attendees can expect to sing their melancholy hearts out to local and regional bands including Mover Shaker, Sneakthief and Vacation.

There will also be a photobooth and a live auction to win items from local businesses like an hour of tattoo work from Skin Hooked, 8 N. Court St., and gift cards to Donkey Coffee and Espresso, 17 W. Washington St., and Bagel Street Deli, 27 S. Court St. Ally Campbell, a junior studying journalism and the PR director for ACRN, didn’t go through an emo stage herself, but she’s hoping people will really get into the theme and come decked out in their best emo attire.

“Personally I don’t know how to be emo, so I’m just going to be wearing all black,” Campbell said. “But I’m hoping people have fun with it.”

Last year’s prom had about 150 people coming and going, Campbell said, but this year ACRN is expecting more.

“Our last event at the Union was Battle of the Bands, and it was packed to capacity 10 minutes into the show,” Campbell said. “I’m hoping that event brought enough publicity to ACRN for people to come out for Emo Prom.”

All of the money raised at Emo Prom will be going to ACRN’s annual music festival Lobster Fest. Lobster Fest is ACRN’s biggest event of the year, so Campbell is looking forward to putting on another prom in hopes to raise money for that.

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have local as well as regional acts that I hope people come out to listen to and enjoy.”

Diana Buchert, a senior studying recording industry studies and the promotions director for ACRN, helped choose the bands that would perform at Emo Prom and is excited that Mover Shaker will be headlining.

Mover Shaker is a band based out of Detroit and has played for ACRN in the fall of 2017. Just recently they went on tour with up-and-coming band Mom Jeans.

“They’re just a really great post-punk emo kind of band,” Buchert said. “They definitely have a lot of good regional fans as well, and they’re all sweethearts too.”

The second band performing at Emo Prom is Vacation, based out of Cincinnati.

Vacation is harder rock than just straight up emo with a little bit of punk infused as well, Buchert said.

ACRN will also be having Sneakthief perform at Emo Prom. Sneakthief, a band based out of Athens, played in ACRN’s Battle of the Bands, so having them back

IF YOU GO WHAT: ACRN Media Emo Prom WHEN: 9 p.m., Saturday WHERE: The Union Bar and Grill, 18 W. Union St. ADMISSION: $5 for another evening of music is one Buchert is looking forward to.

“They’re just a super good time, and their sound is straight up emo, folky,” Buchert said. “(Sneakthief) just gets the crowd going honestly. They’re just a really great and fun energetic group.”

With all those bands together, Buchert thinks it’s going be a fun, energetic mix.

She hopes a lot of people will get nostalgic, reflect on their emo times and rock out, including herself.

Buchert went through her own emo phase in middle school when she would

write all over her bright orange converse while listening to her favorite band Paramore.

“When I was in middle school I tried to be an emo girl who fluffed up her hair, but I was terrible at it,” Buchert said. “But an attempt was made.”

Emo Prom is Buchert’s time to channel her inner middle schooler, but with better style. She’s excited to wear a long, sheer black dress she thrifted for the evening.

“It’s really fancy, and I like to get fancy for our events we’re running,” Buchert said. “I’m gonna do some red eye shadow too and get real emo with it.”

Abby Jeffers, a freshman studying journalism, is looking forward to attending her first ACRN prom.

“I’m going to Emo Prom because I love Mover Shaker and ACRN always throws awesome shows,” Jeffers said. “I didn’t get to go to ACRN prom last year, but I heard it was a blast, and I’m excited to see how Emo Prom plays out.” @BAYLEEDEMUTH BD757016@OHIO.EDU

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FRIDAY With Love From Italy cooking workshop at 5:30 p.m. in the Grover

Center Test Kitchen. Enjoy a handson cooking experience instructed

by Selena Baker, a nutrition counselor. Admission: $35 for WellWorks members, $40 for nonmembers Galentine’s gig at 7:30 p.m. at Donkey Coffee and Espresso, 17 1/2 W. Washington St. Attend this fundraiser to benefit Women in the Music Industry at Ohio Universi-

ty. It will feature numerous performances from artists including Magnolia Child and Allison DeWitt. Admission: Donation-based Ohio Saxophone Quartet Summit Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Glidden

Recital Hall. Listen to performances by the Bridges Quartet, along with performances by student quartets from Ohio University, Muskingum University and Ohio State University. Admission: Free

of superheroes. Admission: Free

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PJs and ice skate the night away during this themed rec skate.

Admission: $6

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at 10 a.m. in Baker 366. Spend Saturday boosting your resume by completing all the workshop requirements for the Professional Leadership Certificate and the 21st Century Leadership Certificate, which are offered by the Career and Leadership Development Center. Admission: Free

Rocking for Reproductive Rights at

8 p.m. at The Union Bar and Grill, 18 W. Union St. Enjoy a night of performances by local Athens artists. All proceeds will benefit the Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio. Admission: $10 Superhero Madness at 11 p.m. in the Hahne Theater in Kantner Hall. Another addition to the Madness series, this show ponders the true meaning

Celebrate Women: Leaders On and Off the Court at 1 p.m. in The Con-

vo. During halftime of the Ohio women’s basketball game, female student leaders will be recognized for their hard work.

Admission: Free with OU ID Midnight Meltdown Pajama Party at 10:30 p.m. in Bird Arena. Bring your friends, wear your favorite pair of

Little Fish Yoga at 11 a.m. at Little Fish

Brewing Company, 8675 Armitage Road. Enjoy relaxing morning yoga designed for all skill levels. Be sure to bring your own mat. Admission: Free, donations appreciated Through the Eyes of Time: A Recital to Celebrate Black History Month

at 4 p.m. in the Glidden Recital Hall. OU faculty members Wendy Blackwood and Kyle Berkley will perform songs that were composed by African-Americans. Admission: Free

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