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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

‘The Post’ has a lot to be thankful for

LAUREN FISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Journalists are, by nature, complainers.

Oftentimes, we’re never satisfied, always skeptical and generally too busy to rest on our laurels and reflect on the little things in life.

But as the wreaths go up on Court Street and our weird little Christmas tree goes up in the newsroom (actually, it’s been up since Halloween) we’re reminded that we have so much to be thankful for.

This holiday season, the staff of The Post has assembled a list of a few of the people, places and things we’re thankful for: We’re thankful for the Baker Center custodians, who brave our mess of a newsroom every single day. The place usually smells like old Chipotle bowls and moldy coffee. It’s nasty.

Thank you for putting up with us.

We’re thankful for the employees at West 82 and Front Room Coffee House for accommodating our unusual cravings and late-night coffee runs. Our newsroom coffee

maker has been MIA since Homecoming, so Front Room has been our saving grace.

We’re extra thankful for the production staff over at The Athens Messenger. Without them, the paper you’re holding in your hands right now wouldn’t be possible. Thank you for putting up with our past-deadline submissions, and for being patient when we realize we messed up and forgot to send an entire page of the paper to the printer. You guys are lifesavers.

We’re thankful for the Post Alumni Society — a dedicated group of former Posties who find the time in their busy schedules to help guide our publication, fund the odds and ends, and host an incredible alumni reunion in the spring. You’re a testament to the impact The Post has on the lives of those who call it home.

We’re thankful for the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the School of Visual Communication for helping so many of our staffers develop the skills they need

to tell exceptional stories.

We’re thankful for our parents, who, in many cases, don’t hear from us for days on end.

Likewise, we’re thankful for friends and significant others who have learned to deal with the peculiarities of a job that’s demanding and almost always on-call.

And lastly, we’d like to thank our readers. It may seem like a simple act to click on a story, retweet an article or take the time to pick up a newspaper and actually read it. However, it means the world to those of us who put a whole lot of time and heart into producing these stories. As always, thank you for giving us the simple gift of your readership.

Lauren Fisher is a senior studying journalism at Ohio University and the editor-in-chief of The Post. Have questions?

Email Lauren at lf966614@ohio.edu or tweet her @Lauren__Fisher.

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Presidential Costs From parking fees to limo rides, here is how much Duane Nellis spent during his first year TAYLOR JOHNSTON FOR THE POST Since Duane Nellis became the president of Ohio University in June 2017, he has spent approximately $24,000 using his university-issued credit card.

According to memo statements from JPMorgan Chase & Co. obtained by a public records request, Nellis has used his university-issued credit card to make various transactions. The monthly statements from June 2017 to June 2018 outline purchasing history and travel expense history.

“A Purchasing Card (PCard) is an Ohio University-issued credit card that delegates small-dollar purchasing power to individual University employees,” OU spokesman Dan Pittman said in an email.

Those purchasing cards can only be issued to university employees, Pittman said. They are to be used for business purposes and all transactions must comply with university policies and procedures.

Nellis has spent a total of about $18,200 on travel expenses within this timespan as well as $5,830 on other purchases. There is a limit of $20,000 in transactions per each monthly cycle.

He spent the most during the month of November 2017 with more than $3,600 in travel expenses and about $2,700 on other purchases. That month’s statement shows three charges for limousine services costing a total of $1,550. A bill for the Oceanaire Seafood Room came to about $610.

Other charges included a $10 parking fee and $10.99 at a soup and sandwich restaurant.

The month with the least amount of transactions was January 2018. Nellis solely spent $17.88 at Brenen’s Coffee Cafe.

Other months show charges from cafes, restaurants, Panera Bread, McDonald’s, a frozen yogurt store ($17.72) and $84 for airport parking.

University policy allows for reimbursement of meals or entertainment with a business purpose. Meals must involve two or more people. The policy places no dollar limit on the price of meals, but it states that “costs should be reasonable and customary for the location.”

Employees can charge personal meals and incidental expenses under a certain daily rate. Incidentals may include laundry, dry-cleaning and tips. Employees are

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I think ($24,000) is a lot that could be put to better use.

They should use the university-issued credit cards towards the university.”

- Kennedy Fellure, a freshman studying exercise physiology only allowed to purchase meals when an overnight stay is required.

The rate varies by location — in Washington, D.C., for example, employees may charge $76 per day in personal meals and incidental expenses to their university cards. In Columbus, an employee can spend $61. The rates are based on federal regulations for traveling government employees.

Also, instead of using a purchasing card,

a traveler can choose to be reimbursed the cost of personal meals that were paid outof-pocket.

University policy forbids employees from purchasing alcohol on p-cards. They may be charged to an Ohio University Foundation discretionary account, however.

Employees can charge lodging expenses during business-related travel to their PCard. Nellis had a $626.82 charge at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in D.C as well as a $655.90 charge at the Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa in California.

University employees can also be reimbursed by the university for certain purchases. Tips may be reimbursed if the tip is 20 percent or less than the cost of the goods or services. The tip must be “a reasonable amount” in cases where the tip cannot be associated with a specific cost — for example, when the employee tips a bellhop.

The university may reimburse private aircraft expenses if the pilot has a copy of a current pilot certificate and proof of insurance on file.

Employees may also charge other expenses to the purchasing card or receive reimbursements if the employees provide a full explanation of the charges.

Gabby Bertoia, a freshman studying journalism, said university officials having university-issued credit cards is a good idea.

“As long as it’s monitored,” she said.

“Depending on how much they use it for traveling expenses, it’s reasonable.”

Kennedy Fellure, a freshman studying exercise physiology, said university officials should use their own credit cards for traveling and other expenses.

“I think ($24,000) is a lot that could be put to better use,” she said. “They should use the university-issued credit cards towards the university.”

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EDITORIAL

OU stifles ‘Post’ reporting process As an editorially independent student publication, we count ourselves lucky to be able to operate at an arm’s length from our university in order to report objectively on issues that matter.

We’re students here. And we love our university. Athens and Ohio University have provided us with indelible experiences and will surely shape the course of our lives.

But sometimes, the burden of the truth weighs heavier than that of our love for this institution. And when it comes down to it, we can’t be afraid to ask difficult questions or publish stories that illuminate wrongdoing.

In the midst of this storm of newsworthy events, however, it has become increasingly difficult for us to report on our own university. And now that the end of the semester draws near, we reflect back on a year that has been wrought with half-answered questions and a lack of transparency.

That’s why we’re calling upon OU officials to loosen the gatekeeping procedures that bottleneck reporting practices and reduce our faith in the university’s

claim of transparency.

We have a lot of reporters, which means we ask a lot of questions. It’s all part of the reporting process.

And of course, we understand that it takes time to get answers to complex questions.

However, we feel as if we are constantly dealing with a university that is far more invested in protecting its own image than it is in acknowledging its own shortcomings and atoning for them when necessary.

When important stories fall through because of delays in answers to questions or due to radio silence in the wake of a public record, we feel as though the process is keeping us from doing our job: to provide context to important stories, answer questions readers may have, and challenge the university and its processes.

When employees at Legal Affairs are out of the office, our investigative reporters — who handle some of our most sensitive stories — are put on standby and left in limbo until they return. We depend on the staff of Legal Affairs to fulfill our Sunshine Law requests, which require documents and meetings of

certain agencies to be available to the public. And while the employees comply with some of our requests in a reasonable amount of time (as Ohio law states), many of our reporters are left waiting days, weeks, months or even years on records and documents they need.

One of the most frustrating issues for our staff is the gatekeeping of candid information and the lack of access to faculty and staff members at the university.

When a reporter wishes to speak candidly with a professor, for instance, about a topic, they are usually redirected to the University Communications and Marketing team.

Reporters go to interview high-level university officials and are chaperoned during their meetings by university spokespeople.

Oftentimes, when asked for comment, university spokespeople will respond by sending links to news releases or university policy memos. Sometimes, reporters’ questions are not addressed at all because they are not able to ask the source directly.

We know the people in public relations roles are doing the things they can to ad-

dress the questions our reporters have every week. They take the time to reach out to those sources and make sure we eventually get the answers we need.

We think, however, the system and process for handling information at the university is flawed and ultimately creates more work for those individuals, making their jobs harder and the time required to fulfill our requests longer.

We call on all university officials to operate with a sense of candor in mind and to give The Post, and other media outlets, a chance to tell their stories.

At the end of the day, as long as there is a story to tell, the requests for information will continue to end up on their desks, creating a bottleneck and stifling transparency.

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.

EXISTENTIAL BINGEWATCHING

'Ralph Breaks the Internet' is actually good JACKSON HORVAT is a freshman studying journalism at Ohio University.

It’s probably said about a billion times a day that today’s youth and the world as a whole is obsessed with technology. More specifically, we’re portrayed to be like the living dead: eyes glued to whatever new rectangle with a screen we’ve created, traipsing about our lives, oblivious to all that’s happening in our actual realities. So with that lovely picture in mind, we live in the perfect era for the sequel to Wreck-It Ralph to hit theaters, now sending Ralph and Vanellope out of the arcade and into the internet.

Going into the film, I had my reservations. Having to depict the online landscape is a much heftier task to take on than bringing to life an arcade.

Not to mention, the film is a sequel so that’s always a concern. But while Ralph Breaks the Internet had some flops, it ultimately surmounted the worrisome expectations I had going in.

In terms of negatives, I have two complaints.

First off, I measure most animated movies in terms of quality with a cliché quota. Yes, I’m aware they’re

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made primarily for kids, but a good animated film will craft a plot that’s simple, entertaining and doesn’t always tell the same story over and over again. Wreck-It Ralph nailed that. Ralph Breaks the Internet has those same qualities, but it definitely came with some cringy moments in dialogue and message.

With that comes my second complaint: Ralph was dumbed down a lot. Yes, he was the goofy giant in the first film, but he was never stupid.

Now onto the positives. Much like the first movie, Ralph Breaks the Internet embraces its premise, and really hits it home.

And, of course, it’s an absolute blast to see the sheer spectrum of Disney come together in one film. Whether it was Vanellope’s interactions with all the Disney princesses, or the surprise appearance of a Stan Lee cameo, you see the scope and can laugh at the conjunction of everything Disney has built in a film.

Besides these cameos, a bunch of new characters

are added to this film as well which I was a little surprised by. We still get small moments and secondary plot lines with the first film’s characters but for the most part they’re sidelined. However, the new personalities to meet and their representations of internet characteristics are all enjoyable, and really hold up when comparing them to the movie’s predecessor.

So while I ultimately prefer the first movie, Ralph Breaks the Internet had a ton of fun moments, nailed its depiction of the online world and had a great message with a lot of heart behind it. I’d recommend those of all ages to go and check it out.

Oh, and in keeping with ties to Disney, and more specifically Marvel, be sure to stick around for some amazing after-credits scenes.

Jackson Horvat is a freshman studying journalism at Ohio University. Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. Do you agree? Tell Jackson by tweeting him at @horvatjackson.

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Seven winter date ideas RILEY RUNNELLS FOR THE POST So you survived cuffing season in the fall, but now that you’ve cuffed your beau, what will the winter season hold? Winter is the best time of the year for cute dates. There is nothing better than getting all bundled up with your significant other, watching Netflix or going outside in full winter gear for an epic snowball fight. If you’re struggling to find ideas for the perfect winter date, here are the top seven dates you have to try before the snow melts in the spring: ICE SKATING Ice skating is one of the oldest date ideas in the book, but it also happens to be one of the cutest. One of the easiest ways to go on a date is wearing your cutest winter look — preferably one that will keep you warm — and taking your significant other to Ohio University’s Bird Arena, 102 Oxbow Trail, for open skate. They have varying open skate hours during the afternoon or later at night, and if you don’t know how to skate, no worries. You and your S.O. can hold hands and make everyone else bask in your cuteness.

SNOW DATE A snow date is definitely the cheapest and arguably the most creative. The beauty of a snow date is that you can control all of the events. The idea is that you get bundled up in your warmest winter clothes, take your S.O. outside and play in the snow. Anything from snowball fights, building snowmen or making snow angels are fair game. There’s no money involved and the date is organic, which can make for a lot of really special memories.

DINNER AND A MOVIE Dinner and a movie works for any season, but if you like to avoid the cold rather than embrace it, it’s the perfect way to stay warm while still going out for some fun. Anywhere you want to go for dinner and any movie you want to see, you can mix and match whatever way you want. The biggest perk of the date is it can be as formal or informal as you want. Holding hands and watching a really good movie after a romantic dinner is a great way to beat the cold and spend quality time with your S.O.

ART MUSEUM An art museum date is usually a big hit.

The Kennedy Museum of Art, 100 Ridges Circle, has plenty of exhibits that spark conversations and provide works of art to admire. There’s the asylum installation celebrating the asylum’s 150th anniversary, the Border Crossing video installations, discussing stories of refuge and A Story of Flying: 20 Years of Passion Works, a multimedia installation. All of the exhibits are very interesting and will surely make for a great date with your S.O. HOCKEY GAME If you and your S.O. are avid sports fans, an OU hockey game is the perfect way to go. Hockey games are only $5 for students with their OU ID, and because the ticket isn’t that expensive, you’ll still have some money to buy concessions to eat while you enjoy the game. The hockey game date is a great way to go out with your S.O. and support your school and peers on the hockey team.

CUTE COFFEE DATE Like ice skating, a coffee date is one of the oldest date ideas in the books. A nice hot cup of coffee with your S.O. is another way to beat the cold while still having fun. Athens is home to some of the most amazing coffee shops, so checking out a local coffee shop makes a cute date and is also a really great way to support local businesses.

STAY HOME AND WATCH NETFLIX One of the best dates and by far the simplest date is just staying home and watching Netflix. Cuddling up with some blankets, some snacks and your S.O. is an easy way to have some fun and a cute date without spending any money or having to get dressed and going out. Sometimes the best dates happen with the simplest of activities.

Though these seven date ideas are great ways to spend your winter in Athens, there are plenty more ideas out there. If you and your S.O. are looking for a good date, get creative and have fun with these ideas.

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NEWS BRIEFS

Nelsonville man arrested for sex crimes; man wanted for involuntary manslaughter turns self in SARAH M. PENIX NEWS EDITOR NELSONVILLE MAN ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE SEX CRIMES A man was arrested on three felony charges and one misdemeanor charge at Kroger on Monday.

Brandon Thomas Humphrey, 18, of Nelsonville, was indicted by the Athens Grand Jury for rape, a first-degree felony; sexual battery, a third-degree felony; gross sexual imposition, a fourth-degree felony; and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a first-degree misdemeanor.

Humphrey is accused of engaging in sexual conduct with two 15-year-old girls on two separate occasions in July, according to the report by Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn.

“Humphrey is accused of engaging in sexual conduct with a 15-year-old female without her consent on or about July 9, 2018,” Blackburn said in the report. “Humphrey is further accused of engaging in

sexual conduct with another 15-year-old female on July 3, 2018.”

The case was investigated by the Athens County Sheriff’s Office and Athens County Children Services.

and will be held at Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail for his Wednesday arraignment.

APD said in the news release that it would like to thank the community for their assistance with the case.

MAN WANTED FOR ROBBERY, INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TURNS SELF IN Michael Allen Russell turned himself in on Tuesday at about 7 p.m. after calling 911 from a McDonald’s restaurant in The Plains.

He was wanted for robbery, a second-degree felony, and involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, for the homicide death of Charles Duncan Sr. The Athens County Sheriff’s Office, Athens City Police Department and the Major Crimes Unit responded. Russell, 18, of Athens, was taken into custody without incident.

Duncan, 55, was fatally shot in his 221 W. Washington St. apartment Sunday. APD obtained a warrant for Russell’s arrest Tuesday afternoon.

Russell was taken to APD for questioning

COUNCIL ORDINANCE CHANGES ANNUAL VENDING FEE TO MONTHLY Athens mobile vending spots are set to change soon due to an ordinance that will include a monthly fee instead of a yearly fee to make mobile vending easier for street vendors.

The ordinance will change the fee period from annual to monthly. The fee will be $125 per month, Councilman Samuel Crowl said.

The ordinance will also allow vendors to choose on a monthly basis whether they will be vending. Vendors will be able to skip vending during the winter months or times when there is no business, Councilman Pat McGee. “Member McGee and I have worked on this issue with two purposes in mind, to

open up unused spaces to the general public as well as to help improve the vending situation for vendors,” Crowl said.

There are eight vendor spaces that have been reserved for all of 2018, Crowl said. That means the East Union parking spaces are not available to the general public from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m., even when a vendor is not using their reserved space.

Code Enforcement would be responsible for making sure the meters are changed when there is no reservation, so that the meter would be open to the public, McGee said. The current ordinance would allow vendors to reserve a spot for a year rather than a month. That reservation would currently expire on Dec. 31, he said.

“It’s hard to be uptown on a regular basis, it’s easy to get trapped,” said Brandon Buckley, owner of A Town Pies and Fries. “If time was extended, vendors could sell more.”

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POLICE BLOTTER

Pigs trespass on property; chainsaws go missing JACKIE OSBORNE SLOT EDITOR Most people worry about people trespassing on their property, but one man has to worry about a pig.

The Athens County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a trespassing pig on Carbondale Road on Thursday.

The man who called said the pig often trespasses on his property and causes damage. He asked that the area be patrolled to “ensure the pig was not trespassing,” according to the report.

The pig and all piglets were found to be secured in their respective pens. No further action was needed at this time.

JUST DOING MY JOB On Tuesday, the sheriff’s office responded to Strouds Run Road for a report of numerous suspicious vehicles and a person along the road.

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Deputies patrolled the area and located what was believed to be the suspicious persons, which were AEP employees who were working near a substation.

CHAINSAW TROUBLES On Friday, deputies responded to Perry Ridge Road for an active dispute.

The complainant said two people had been staying with them had taken a chainsaw and would not return it.

On scene, deputies were told the chainsaw had been missing for more than a week. According to the report, the dispute was over suspicion of theft by the house guests, they denied any knowledge of its whereabouts. There was also no chainsaw found in the possession of the guests.

The complainant asked the house guest to leave and never return, and they agreed to those terms. Trespass complaints were filed against the house guests from them not to return to the house in the future.

With no proof of criminal act present at the time, deputies allowed the parties to separate and returned to patrol.

On Sunday, deputies responded to Taylor Ridge Road for a report chainsaw theft.

The man said he had been cutting up a tree with the chainsaw and left the it on the front porch of his residence.

He said sometime during the morning, someone had taken the chainsaw from his front porch. At this time, the suspect is unknown.

HOUSE SITTING Last Wednesday, deputies responded to Rhoric Road in reference to a theft report.

The woman said her friend was staying at her home while she and her family were on vacation. While they were gone, she believes her friend stole several items from the home.

The reporting deputy will attempt to locate and interview the suspect. The case is under investigation.

CIGARETTE BREAK The sheriff’s office responded to King Road on Thursday for a missing person’s report.

The woman said her family was from out of town and stay at a bed and breakfast. Her adult daughter had gone outside to smoke a cigarette and did not return.

After searching nearby, the family called deputies. On scene, deputies searched the area and found her in an unoccupied house on the property, according to the report.

She said she had gone inside, fell asleep and didn’t know anyone was looking for her.

The homeowner was contacted but did not want to file any charges for criminal trespass. With the woman located and no criminal action being pursued, deputies returned to patrol.

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The gift that keeps on giving IAN MCKENZIE | FOR THE POST ILLUSTRATION BY MARCUS PAVOLINS

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n the 2017 fiscal year, Ohio University received $22,511,557 from alumni donations. However, the largest donation, which was given by Fritz and Dolores Russ in 2008, totaled about $124 million.

The Russ Gift was the largest donation given to a public engineering college in the U.S. at the time. Their donation was $124 million, which makes Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ the donors who have donated the most money in OU history. In addition to the $124 million, the Russes donated another $8 million before.

Even though the gift was given in 2008, the money is still trickling down through different programs, scholarships and renovations.

The college faced several challenges at the time the Russes gave their gift, including low enrollment due to students wanting to attend colleges closer to their homes, Dennis Irwin, dean of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, said.

There was also a large number of faculty retirements approaching, and the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio changed its policies for retirement.

About 20 faculty members were looking at retirement at the time, Irwin said.

When Fritz Russ died in 2004 and Dolores Russ died in 2008, they did not liquidate any of their assets, and they gave their estate to the college, Irwin said.

There were parts of their estate the college did not know the value of, such as stock portfolio that was not publicly traded. Originally, the gift was thought to be worth about $95 million but once re-valued, it increased to about $124 million. “The Russ Gift has really been able to change the nature of the college,� Irwin said.

Since the gift was donated, there has been about a 70 percent increase in enrollment.

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FRITZ AND DOLORES Fritz Russ graduated from OU with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1942 and also earned an honorary degree in 1975. In 1942, he married Dolores. As a result of Fritz and Dolores’ years of donations and innovations, the Russ College of Engineering and Technology was named in honor of the Russ family in 1994.

Fritz developed a missile guidance and control system when the two moved to Dayton to work at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Fritz and Dolores founded Systems Research Laboratories (SRL) in 1955, which was one of the nation’s leading electronic and automation corporations before it merged with Arvin Industries in 1987, according to OU’s website.

Both Fritz and Dolores were dedicated to the field of engineering.

Irwin said he once heard Fritz say, “I want the Russ College to be the best college of engineering in the country.”

Before Fritz and Dolores died, they wanted an oversight committee to determine where the money would go. Currently, the committee meets three to four times a year to discuss where the funds are being used and the budget for the next year, Irwin said.

The oversight committee consists of the president of the university, the dean of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, the director of the Cutler Scholars Program, the chairperson of the Russ College advisory board and another engineering representative from the community, Irwin said.

The Russ gift has contributed to many areas of the university, such as scholarships, faculty enhancements, student organizations, facilities and the Russ Prize.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS The Russ Gift provides about $1,375,000 annually for scholarships, Irwin said. There are two scholarships that come from the Russ gift: the Russ Vision Scholarships and the Russ Impact Scholarships, according to Ken Sampson, the associate dean for Enrollment Management and

Accreditation.

The Russ Vision Scholarship is renewable for four years and can provide $2,000 to $5,000 a year per student, and there are about 300 students who win the award per year, Sampson said.

The scholarships are based on the abilities of the students, and the requirements change each year. The Russ Impact Scholarship is given to about 100 students, Sampson said. These students receive scholarships from the OHIO Signature Awards, and then the Russ College of Engineering and Technology adds the difference to equal full instate tuition.

With the scholarships, the engineering college is trying to improve the overall quality of students, but also the diversity of the college, Sampson said. Because the college is about 85 percent men and 15 percent women, according to a previous Post report, the gifts have tried to help recruit more women to programs.

In addition to scholarships, the Russ Gift supports the Russ Prize, which is an award given to a professional in the field of engineering. It is given every other year and averages about $400,000 a year.

“The Russ Prize is awarded by the National Academy of Engineering, and we work with them to make the award … the world’s top award in bioengineering,” Irwin said.

COLLEGE ENHANCEMENTS When faculty members retire, the college uses faculty “startup” packages that cost about $375,000 a year in order to recruit potential faculty. Provided by the Russ Gift, those packages typically include lab enhancements and even new facilities, Irwin said.

When replacing a faculty member, the college looks to recruit recent Ph.D. graduates from the top 50 engineering colleges in the country, Irwin said.

“Everybody in the world is competing for these people so we do have to pay a competitive salary,” Irwin said.

Once those members are hired, the college wants them to start their research very early. Some new professors require

WHERE THE RUSS GIFT GOES EACH YEAR WHAT THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS

AMOUNT OF MONEY (ANNUALLY)

Scholarships

$1,375,000

Faculty

$790,000

Facilities

$815,000

Russ Prize

$400,000

Student Activities

$170,000

Special Instructors

$850,000

different instruments to conduct research. For example, Irwin pointed to one new hire who needs an instrument that costs well over $100,000.

Something that the Russ gift helped pay for is the Ohio University Mobile Civil Infrastructure Lab. This gives researchers like Shad Sargand, a Russ Professor in civil engineering, the ability to take a lab to research sites, giving OU researchers an advantage over any other researchers, Sargand said.

The lab has thermal cameras, a weather station and instruments to test asphalt and concrete, Sargand said. Before the college had the mobile lab, researchers had to take the materials back to the lab, which was a problem because they would often get damaged. “(The Russ Gift) was a huge help in giving funds to our research,” Sargand said.

The Russ Gift also helped solve the problem of too many students and not enough space.

Labs had to be open until 11 p.m. because enrollment had increased so much, and only 20 students could be in the lab at once. The department was able to duplicate the labs to allow students to work during normal hours. The Russ Gift paid for it entirely, costing $200,000.

Engineering Technology and Management has a robotics lab that had some robots that were more than 20 years old. The Russ Gift

was able to provide about $250,000 to purchase 12 new robots.

“About three years ago, the department purchased four 3D plastic printers to our design lab,” Myers said.

With that purchase, the school also acquired two coordinate measuring machines. For the printers and the coordinate measuring machines, the gift provided $130,000.

The college spends about $815,000 annually on different facilities projects, all from the Russ Gift. The gift also allots $850,000 of funding for “special instructional enhancements,” which include tailored math instruction for students, Irwin said.

The money for the Academic and Research Center, which is shared with the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, was in part due to the Russ Gift, Irwin said. There were other sources of funding as well.

The college has also used the gift to refurbish interior spaces in Stocker Center, such as hallways, Irwin said.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Other than scholarships and facilities enhancements, the gift provides about $170,000 annually for student organizations.

When he was a student in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, Cody Petitt was part of starting the BattleCat in 2014, an organization that builds ro-

bots and fights other robots in a national competition, Petitt said.

The following year, there was another graduate student who wanted to start a human-powered vehicle team through the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Petitt said. The Russ Gift helped with purchasing resources, materials and the money to travel to Florida.

In 2016, OU hosted the American Society of Mechanical Engineering human-powered vehicle event and about 40 schools were involved, Petitt said.

The Russ Gift has supported the organization in two ways. It supported the team, but it also enabled the group to host the event, Petitt said.

The Russ Gift is also helping to fund student trips, Todd Myers, the chair of the department of Engineering Technology and Management said. The students and department are asked to raise 50 percent of the cost, and the gift will match it. Students have been to Chicago, Cincinnati and Kansas City for plant tours, trade shows or conventions.

The Russ family was committed to the college of engineering with research, innovations, and of course, financially.

“They built their wealth to give away (to the college),” Irwin said.

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Priest sentenced to 12 years in prison LOGAN MOORE ASST. NEWS EDITOR ELLEN WAGNER NEWS EDITOR Henry Christopher Foxhoven was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in the State Penal System for three counts of sexual battery and will be registered as a sex offender for life.

Foxhoven, 45, of Glouster, was a priest at the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Glouster, a part of the Diocese of Steubenville. He pleaded guilty to three charges for engaging in sexual conduct with a minor in the church rectory.

Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn said it was important to resolve the case for the healing of the victim. The trial comes almost a month after the Diocese of Steubenville became aware of the issue.

Ryan Gillette, a detective in the Athens County Sheriff’s Office, ordered a search warrant of Foxhoven’s residence on Oct. 29. Upon entering, authorities found used condoms and a positive pregnancy test.

Andrew Stevenson, a defense attorney, said people reached out to him to share their thoughts about Foxhoven. The church congregation said Foxhoven was “very kind” and “exceptionally caring.”

Members of the church also expressed that they had noticed a change in Foxhoven and had concerns about his mental health.

Stevenson said Foxhoven’s personal choices were “misguided, misinformed and clearly inappropriate.”

After it was reported, however, multiple parishioners called and said they thought it was unusual Foxhoven and the victim were alone together. People who called said they would have said something if they had known.

Foxhoven did not want to make a statement at the trial.

The victim, now 17, is believed to have had sexual conduct with Foxhoven when she was 16. However, their relationship started before then, Blackburn said.

In November 2017, Foxhoven was seen at a wedding reception with the victim. A member of the Diocese of Cincinnati was at the wedding reception and reported it.

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her mother saying that some people at the reception were saying “weird things.”

The mother said her daughter was drinking the blood of Christ, which is consecrated wine.

“They seeing her hold the blood of Christ, and they thought it was alcohol so they was kind of worried about it,” the victim’s mother said.

Blackburn said that incident is an example of how the diocese failed the victim.

The diocese suspended Foxhoven for a week and ordered him to go to counseling.

There was no follow-up on the incident, and no one at Holy Cross was told about his suspension for inappropriate contact with a juvenile.

In February, Foxhoven wrote in his diary that he was thinking about breaking his celibacy.

“You heard the things the victim said he did to her. He was a lifeline to her,” Blackburn said.

There was another incident when the victim’s mother took her daughter with her to buy drugs, and they were both texting Foxhoven. Blackburn said he should have called child services or anyone to

protect the minor.

Instead, he continued the relationship with the victim. In the summer prior to sexual activity between Foxhoven and the victim, he signed a letter saying he did not have any wrongdoing involving juveniles, and that was not true.

“His role was to help her, and he satisfied himself instead. This child has been failed on many levels,” Blackburn said.

The victim said it was not her intention to hurt the church community and thanked her parents for the support despite the situation. She also apologized for what her and Foxhoven did.

“We’re human and make mistakes all the time,” the victim said. “If everyone was perfect, then Jesus would not have to died on the cross for us.”

She did not want Foxhoven to go to prison. The victim’s mother made similar statements and shared more about the family’s relationship with Foxhoven.

“I felt bad for him, and I’m going to be honest with you — he didn’t groom her,” the victim’s mother said.

The victim’s mother said the family’s relationship with Foxhoven started when she

saw him alone at the movies and noticed members of the church only spoke to him at church. She then decided to welcome Foxhoven into the family.

“I hate seeing him in that orange suit,” the victim’s mother said. “I lost a good friend, a man who helped my family.”

She acknowledged what happened between Foxhoven and her daughter was wrong, and she would have stopped it if she had known. The victim’s mother said he should not go to prison and believes he should go to counseling every day, like her daughter.

“I hope you can forgive him too because I didn’t just lose a priest. I lost a friend, a little brother,” the victim’s mother said as she began to cry. “Please don’t take him away. I didn’t mean for all of this.

I got a baby to raise now. … Please don’t send him to prison.”

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Campus Rec, CPS look to relieve stress ARIANNA GUERRA FOR THE POST

Harrison Law hangs on the rock wall at Ping Recreation Center on Wednesday.

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Campus Recreation and Counseling and Psychological Services are teaming up to provide students with more options to relieve stress and anxiety.

Mark Ferguson, executive director of Campus Recreation, said he thinks the collaboration that has been in the works for a year and a half will not only help student’s physical health, but also their mental health.

“Our focus at Campus Recreation has really shifted in the past few years with the focus on overall wellbeing,” Ferguson said. “Your emotional health, physical health and social health — all those types of things are interconnected. We’ve recognized that all our services on campus need to acknowledge that as a collective effort.”

This collaboration works on a referral basis. Students who go to CPS for low anxiety and stress levels are referred to Campus Recreation. There, they will meet with the assistant director for fitness to discuss what their goals might be and what they’re looking to achieve.

Ferguson said he hopes the program pushes down the barriers that some students face going into some of the facilities. He believes students should feel more comfortable in the spaces Campus Recreation has to offer.

Paul Castelino, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, said the collaboration has the potential to help students reduce stress while also breaking down some barriers or preconceived notions about Campus Recreation.

“Many (students) felt going to Campus Recreation was overwhelming, not knowing where to start or how to use them,” Castelino said. “So, this collaboration is really to help CPS clients to get oriented to the Rec Center, become more comfortable and begin to use their wonderful resources as part of their treatment.”

Julia Fulk, a freshman studying psychology pre-physical therapy, has not gone through CPS to collaborate with Campus Recreation. However, she goes to

Ping a few times a week and said physical activity is her number one way of relieving stress.

“It’s kind of like my time that I don’t have to worry about any of my classes or studying,” Fulk said. “I can just get all of the stress out by getting all of my energy out.”

Campus Recreation provides students with many activities, such as classes, a climbing wall inside of Ping Center, outdoor trips, intramural and club sports program as well as wellness presentations and workshops. It also has different facilities, like the Bird Arena, the Aquatic Center, the golf course, Walter Fieldhouse and the challenge course.

Fulk said her favorite class to attend is the high intensity training class because she feels motivated and is also able to get a good workout out of it.

The two offices ran a pilot during Spring Semester last year when counselors began referring students to Campus Recreation. The program started with approximately 11 students.

The collaboration is currently implemented but is not advertised directly. Instead, Ferguson said they are working to promote and communicate the benefits of the program.

“At this point, we talk to our clients during drop in appointments or with our ongoing clients about this great collaboration and if they are interested, then we refer them to Campus Rec.,” Castelino said.

Ferguson said there are other schools doing programs similar to this, and Ohio University’s offices have communicated and learned from them.

While there is not data on this program yet due to it being so new, both Campus Recreation and CPS have heard positive feedback from students who followed up with the referral provided by CPS. “We have a greater potential outside of our individual departments to have a larger more positive impact on our students,” Ferguson said. “I think this collaboration is an example of one of the ways that we are trying to do that.”

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Inked How the Athens tattoo industry has changed over time ASHTON NICHOLS | SENIOR WRITER PHOTOS BY MEAGAN HALL

ILLUSTRATION BY MARCUS PAVILONIS

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Jim Kisor often sits bent over a stool, tattooing three to five tattoos a day. After 20 years, he said it’s taken a toll on him.

Kisor is the owner of Decorative Injections, 44 N. Court St. He began his career as an apprentice at Art Apocalypse in 1996, a shop that used to be next to The Union Bar and Grill, 18 W. Union St. He cleaned a lot of the equipment and helped the other artists design tattoos.

“After a couple of years, it had gone under different ownership and the original piercer there opened (Decorative Injections) in 1999,” Kisor said. “(The original owner) sold the shop to me and my wife, and we have had it ever since.”

He said the art of tattooing has changed immensely. He

said it used to be like a cookie cutter mold, with the cost of tattoos set by color. As the internet became popular, he said people are capable of looking up their own designs and make them more personal.

Kisor enjoys superhero portraits and the Americana style of traditional tattooing. Since his shop is uptown with constant foot traffic, he began his career believing he would need to be able to tattoo a lot of different styles.

“We are right here as a street shop and because there are so many people coming in, if you stuck to one particular style, you’re going to start alienating a certain crowd of people that want tattoos. I try to be as fluent with everything that I can,” Kisor said.

Next October, Decorative Injections will have been open for 20 years. Kisor said that when he took over the shop, he did it to perfect his artwork, have it look the way he wants and have freedom in his work.

“Now I raise a family with the income I make here and I do get to create art every day, and I feel extremely fortunate,” Kisor said.

Like Kisor, Shawn Hawks sees the effects of having an uptown location.

Hawks opened Skin Hooked Tattoo and Body Piercing, 8 N. Court St., five years ago. He’s been tattooing on and off for 25 years.

He got his start when he was in the U.S. Marine Corps and used to draw tattoos for his friends. Hawks made a rapport with a tattoo artist who offered him an apprenticeship and then the rest fell into place.

Hawks said he does a lot of small tattoos, likely because of the location on Court Street. His style consists of black and gray realism, portraits and cover-ups.

Lately, he’s been doing a lot of water-colored flowers. Being in Athens also means a demand for same-day tattoos, as students will go elsewhere if they cannot get a tattoo immediately.

Thunder Bunny Tattoo Parlor, 26 W. Stimson Ave., is a tattoo shop out of the foot traffic of Uptown.

Alex Andrews, the owner, has 13 years of tattooing experience.

He drew tattoos for upperclassmen in high school and made it a side business. When Andrews was 18, his instructor in the fine arts program said she saw very promising tattoo capabilities and suggested he do an apprenticeship. It worked for him.

“My mom said I could color in the lines of a coloring book before I could walk,” Andrews said.

“I was naturally inclined to line art in particular. I was a poor kid growing up, and art was how I passed a lot of my time.”

After five years of tattoo experience, Andrews decided he wanted to be under his own jurisdiction and rules. He bought the studio for $5,000 and said it was a blessing in disguise. In February, Thunder Bunny will celebrate six years.

“I just didn’t realize that was going to happen when I was 25 years old,” Andrews said. “I was young and kind of impressionable. I thought it would be a good change

“

The nature of the beast is pain and damage to the body in order to beautify it.”

- Alex Andrews, owner of Thunder Bunny Tattoo Parlor for me to have so much discipline.”

Andrews said his style is a lot of everything — color portraits, neo-traditional, new school and vibrant color work.

“I respect skin so much that I can’t by any means look at someone and give them a lick and stick,” Andrews said. “If it’s something that is done a million times, we will try to redraw it and make it original and make it unique.”

Thomas Green got into tattooing by being tattooed. He said he used to hang out at a shop all the time and then decided he wanted to become an artist. He worked with Kisor and Andrews at Art Apocalypse during the start of his career. Now he’s been tattooing for 20 years and has been at Thunder Bunny for a year and a half.

“I couldn’t make my way playing guitar, so here I am,” Green said. “I would be drawing anyway, so I might as well make some money out of it.”

He said he also sees a lot of fads in tattooing, especially if a celebrity posts something on social media. In a span of two days, he recently did three separate tattoos of a snake eating themselves.

During graduation, he does a lot of pawprints and latitude and longitude coordinates of Athens. He even did a couple of “The JBar” tattoos.

Brad Clabaugh, another artist at Thunder Bunny, said the amount of tattoos the shop does depends on the time of year.

“We could be having a special and have upwards of 100 people trying to come in through the door or we could have tumbleweeds blowing by because it’s Thanksgiving break,” Clabaugh said.

Tattooing is also a challenge to create a stable income if you do not have a steady client base, Green said.

“It’s a real hit or miss, and that’s the nature of the business,” Green

Tattoo ink inside of Decorative Injections.

Jim Kisor poses for a portrait in Decorative Injections on Monday.

said. “You’re not making a salary, you’re not making an hourly wage.

That’s one of the trickiest parts of being a tattoo artist. You have to make a living and figure out how to keep making a living.”

When Hawks started tattooing, sailors and bikers mostly came into his shop. Now he said his client base is 80 percent female, as tattoos have gradually become more acceptable.

Andrews said he began his apprenticeship in the era when tattoos had a negative stigma and people focused on the quantity of tattoos over quality.

“Bikers still have that same mentality. They’re like hippies with motorcycles,” Andrews said.

Now, tattoos have become more acceptable because of so-

Eric Pierce tattoos a lion in a headdress onto Holly Satterfield on Monday.

cial media. Tattooing used to be like a “tight knit group with a lot of secrets,” Green said.

“It’s weird for me to think of myself as an old timer, but I kind of am now,” Green said.

TV shows and social media have lessened the negative stigma, Andrews said, for better and for worse. He said someone may see someone tattooing on TV and think, “oh that looks easy” and then try to tattoo, having no knowledge about the art or skin and how the process works.

“They don’t know nothing about the skin and the pressure that the tattoo machine is applying to the skin to know if it’s damaging the skin,” Andrews said. “It’s hard to tell that it’s a cut when it has black ink in it.

The nature of the beast is pain and damage to the body in order to beautify it.”

He said the positive sides are that people now see what tattoo artists do and understand the craft and the respect that comes along with it.

“There’s a lot of respect being built around it,” Andrews said. “We all have hair, we all have eyes. Then we self-reflect on what we think we should look like from the moment we were born through body modification.

It’s kinda cool.”

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Talcon Quinn’s work on display at White’s Mill in Athens on Sunday.

(EMILEE CHINN / PHOTO EDITOR)

Talcon Quinn uses a cable wire to soften hide while demonstrating how to turn animal skin into leather during her hide tanning class at Solid Ground Farm on Sunday.

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Artist creates jewelry without ‘soul tax’ LILY ROBY FOR THE POST Athens is home to dozens of artisans and craftspeople, all of them incorporating their own little touch of style into their work. However, for people like Talcon Quinn, taking an interest in the environment and ethical side of art is important.

Quinn is an Athens County native who makes jewelry, leather, baskets and tinctures from materials that are all ethically sourced and naturally processed by hand.

She focuses on making sure everything is ethical and sustainable, and it doesn’t have any “soul tax” — something some artisans don’t consider.

“I came up with the term ‘no soul tax’ because I was like, ‘How do I say that I’m doing it all?’” Quinn said. “I’m exclusively using materials that are found and repurposed, and when I’m repurposing them, I’m using methods that are natural and nontoxic. When I get electrical wire, it’s coming from a friend that’s an electrician, and it’s being taken out of buildings that are too old and not safe. It comes with a plastic coating on it I could throw in the fire and melt off, but that’s a really nasty way to deal with it. So instead I — by hand — strip it all off.”

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Quinn began creating jewelry and selling beadwork at a young age, which led to silversmithing in high school. In her early 20s, she realized the impact she could make on the environment through living sustainably and incorporating the “no soul tax” idea into her work.

When she first took an interest in sustainable living, she focused most on learning how to harvest food from gardens, woodlands and roadsides. She then learned how to tan animal hides and weave baskets, and she began collecting seeds and other materials during her time in the woods.

“I started thinking really deep, like crazy deep, about where everything was coming from,” Quinn said on her mindset in her early 20s. “Sort of questioning how I could really do everything from the ground up, and in a way that was being kind to all beings on the planet and not just being like ‘I’m buying organic food.’”

Quinn left Athens and traveled around the U.S. when she graduated high school, feeling a need to get out of the town she grew up in. She credits much of her style and ethical practices to the experiences she had while living outside of Ohio.

“I lived in the Pacific Northwest for years, which is where I got a lot of my fundamental skills for the leatherwork, the

basketry, the game processing,” Quinn said. “I lived in Montana, California, North Carolina. I just always came back here because of deer season, the landscape, the people and the heritage of the craft. The crafts that I do are part of Appalachia and part of Appalachian culture.”

It seems that people are attracted to Quinn’s art because it’s simply beautiful, but some feel as if the ethical practices help provide a second life to animals that Quinn turns into art. Meredith Jensen and Jenny Easter, two huge fans of Quinn, purchase Quinn’s art because her artistry recycles things most people would see as trash. “(Quinn’s art) is made of what people would usually consider ugly things, and I’m super interested in that,” Jensen, who is an Athens local and an Athens Public Library associate, said. “There’s a focus these days on fast fashion and things that are disposable, and I’m not really interested in that as I get older. I’m much more interested in things that will last longer and that are made of high quality products. I think Talcon does a really good job at that. Even if something might be a bit of roadkill, she’s formed it into something that’s going to last for a really long time.”

Easter, who is from Rio Grande, Ohio, and is a coding auditor, is drawn to Quinn’s simple style and the beauty of her work.

“If you think about wearing a necklace made of bone, that’s not something that people would generally think of,” Easter said. “In this day and age, some people may shy away from it. But she makes it a beautiful piece of art, and it kind of makes me feel like that animal can live on through her artwork.”

Quinn hopes her work drives people to have conversations about how much people consume and the cost of not thinking about where things come from. She also wants her art to give people a deeper connection to the planet they live on.

“It’s not that I want everyone to walk around in horrible, shameful guilt, but I feel like we need to be more aware of our being on this planet,” Quinn said. “We’re not the only beings here and we need to be in balance with it. I see my art giving people a connection to something greater than themselves, like feeling connected to something else...because they’re not just going to some corporate chain box store and buying something. They’re really choosing something that has a piece of magic, and (is) hand-created and has a deeper meaning. I hope that that goes on for their lifetime.”

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Bags of perishable items inside the Athens County Food Pantry. (JORDAN ELLIS / FOR THE POST)

How food pantries meet area’s needs JORDAN ELLIS FOR THE POST Athens faces a difficult problem, one that many students may not notice while enjoying the dining hall buffet line. That problem is hunger, and it’s an issue that many families and individuals in the Athens area may encounter on a regular basis. Luckily, they have the support of local food pantries.

Around the Athens area, there are many food pantries and emergency dining options. Two recognizable locations are the Athens County Food Pantry, 528 Richland Ave., and the Athens County Catholic Community Food Pantry, located at Christ the King University Parish, 75 Stewart St. The Athens County Food Pantry served 5,165 households in 2016 alone, and the Athens Catholic Community served more than 1,300 households this past year.

Both of those organizations have very similar origins tied to church affiliation, with the Athens County Food Pantry having been created by a board of Christian representatives in 1980. The county pantry is now run by a combined board of

church representatives and at-large representatives. The Athens Catholic Community Food Pantry is overseen by the local Catholic parishes of St. Paul Catholic Church, Christ the King and Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pomeroy.

For both organizations, the majority of the food is purchased from the Southeast Ohio Foodbank with monetary donations. The Southeast Ohio Foodbank is affiliated with Feeding America, which sources food from various locations and sells it at a reduced rate to participating food pantries in bulk.

In addition to what is supplied by the food bank, the remaining food is donated directly from Athens residents or purchased from local businesses. If an individual, business or organization wishes to donate to a food pantry, it is recommended that they donate non-perishable goods such as canned or dried items. Long-lasting produce like potatoes or apples is also recommended. Donating items that spoil easily like fresh protein or leaf vegetables can be done, but it is necessary to contact the pantry first, as special considerations must be taken into account for the storage and distribution of these items.

Nancy Bain, food coordinator for Athens Catholic Community Food Pantry, said the pantry tries to buy the most economical food options.

“We usually try to buy locally. We have great big bags of kale, green peppers, apples and potatoes that come from the farmers market,” she said. “Sometimes hunters will bring in fresh venison, which people generally like.”

Problems can sometimes arise with the quality of donations. Canned goods pose a particular problem because sometimes people donate “clean-out-the-pantry” items — old canned food that has been sitting in a cupboard for a long time, Athens County Food Pantry food cochair Mike Harrington said. However, if a canned good is past the sell-by date, people shouldn’t just throw it out.

“With canned items, best-by date is a measure of food quality in terms of taste, not food safety,” Harrington said. “Canned items can be good occasionally for years after the best-by date, but by then they usually taste bad. If it is a little bit past the best-by date, we will still take it. This does not extend to things like baby formulas,

which have a solid expiration date.”

The majority of food from the Athens County Community Food Pantry is distributed through the local Job and Family Services center. In order to receive food, one has to register and provide ID, as well as some basic income information. Individuals may only acquire food from the pantry once every 30 days, which can be a struggle for some.

“It is important to know that there (is) more than only one option for food assistance out there,” Harrington said. “The United Appeal is a good place to start. On their website they contain a list of food agencies.”

Although it is always good to donate, it is important to note that the holiday season isn’t the only time of year to do it.

“This is the time of year that people think of the food pantry and hunger, but after it people tend to drop off,” Athens County Food Pantry board member Karin Bright said. “Summer is an especially important time to donate because kids will not receive school lunches.”

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Tequila and the Bee

Drunken Spelling Bee at Cat’s Corner draws a crowd with lighthearted weekly competition BAYLEE DEMUTH STAFF WRITER It’s not like your average middle school spelling bee, but it’s a lot more fun.

On late Wednesday nights, students and residents of Athens alike make their way to Cat’s Corner and enter the bar’s weekly Drunken Spelling Bee, where their spelling skills are put to the test.

Since its establishment this past summer, Drunken Spelling Bee has become a popular evening attraction for anybody of the legal drinking age. Kyle Yake, the manager of Cat’s Corner, and one of the owners first heard of the idea being done in Columbus.

“We talked about going to one and seeing how they did it before we did our own, but that never really happened because they do theirs once a month,” Yake said. “So we brainstormed ideas and ran with how we wanted to do it ourselves.”

There are four rounds of Drunken Spelling Bee, each round containing progressively harder words than the one before.

After every round contestants pass, they’re given a hefty shot and can be awarded up to three shots if they make it to the fourth round. Contestants pay $7 to play and receive one of Cat’s Corner’s $2 beers.

“The shots are spaced out so you’re not just slamming them one right after the other,” Yake said. “But the winner always gets one of our T-shirts or one of our beer sponsors, or sometimes a glass or a sticker.”

For the most part, the Drunken Spelling Bee pulls in at least 12 contestants every Wednesday evening. Cat’s Corner cuts the sign-up off at 30 people so the contest doesn’t go all night and people don’t lose interest.

“We’ve had someone in their 60s play and then 21-year-old college students. It’s kind of for everyone as long as you’re of legal drinking age,” Yake said. “It’s definitely not a drunk fest either. We’ve never had anyone get too drunk.”

One of Cat’s Corner’s recent Drunken Spelling Bees had contestants spell the names of different animals. In the first round, they were given words like ‘dog’ and ‘owl.’ Every participant passed the first round, one of them being Natalie McManaway, a freshman at Hocking College studying medical assisting.

McManaway saw an advertisement for the Drunken Spelling Bee through Facebook and knew she had to come and check it out.

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Corey Fetty, right, spells the word “goat” on Drunken Spelling Bee night at Cat’s Corner on Nov. 14, 2018. Four rounds later, Corey would become the Drunken Spelling Bee champion for this week. (LILY KELLER / FOR THE POST)

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support at my middle school spelling bee,” McManaway said. “It’s also very addictive, and I will keep coming back.”

McManaway is not only a fan of the spelling bee, but also the drink deals Cat’s Corner offers with the game.

“They’re absolutely solid. I’ve never paid so little for drinks in my life,” Mc-

Manaway said. “If I don’t get trapped at karaoke night every Wednesday at the Skull, I will be here every Wednesday, every month, 365 days a year.”

As promised, all of the contestants who passed the first round were awarded a shot to prepare them for round two.

The announcer cracked jokes with contestants to help relieve any nerves they might be feeling, creating a more comfortable and fun atmosphere.

Once contestants made it to the third round, a new rule was created. If one person misspelled their word, the person after them would have to try and spell the same word.

The round took out the majority of the contestants, including Emily King, a senior studying psychology. King has been to Cat’s Corner before, but tonight was her first time participating in the bar’s Drunken Spelling Bee.

“It was fun,” King said. “The drink deals make it more interesting for sure. I think it’s a good way for them to get more people in because it’s a fun thing to do, taking shots after every round you complete.”

Three people made it to the fourth and final round. Not many words were spelled until Corey Fetty came out on top as the winner. He’s never entered the contest before, but he thought it was a blast.

“It’s fun. There were difficult words, and each round was really different for each person,” Fetty said. “It changed a lot.

I never knew what was coming my way.”

Fetty considered himself lucky to get all the way to the end and win, but he would absolutely come back and play again.

“This is a fun place and the drink deals are excellent. You can’t beat it,” Fetty said.

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FOOTBALL

Where Ohio might play its bowl game SPENCER HOLBROOK SPORTS EDITOR Ohio finished its regular season Friday afternoon with a dominant 49-28 win over Akron. The Bobcats rushed for 381 yards, pummeling the Zips on the ground.

But now that the regular season is over, it’s bowl season, meaning it’s time for the Bobcats to travel to some exotic location to play a neutral-site game against a nonconference opponent it never would play otherwise. For example, Ohio had never played UAB before last year’s bowl game, and it had never played in the Bahamas.

Bowl games are weird like that.

At 8-4, the Bobcats are guaranteed to grab one of the best bowl games the Mid-American Conference has to offer.

While they won’t find out where they will be traveling to or who they’ll be playing until next week, speculation has ensued on where they might go.

Keep in mind that they can’t go to the Bahamas Bowl like they did last season — that spot is already taken by Toledo, which will play Florida International.

Here are the bowl games Ohio has played in since 2010: R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (2010), Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (2011), Advocare V100 Independence Bowl (2012), Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl (2013), Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (2015), Dollar General Bowl (2016) and the Bahamas Bowl (2017).

Two of the Bobcats’ last three bowl games have been in Alabama, but while possible, it doesn’t seem likely that the Bobcats will play in the Yellowhammer State again.

The two biggest possibilities for Ohio are the DXL Frisco Bowl in Frisco, Texas, and the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho.

Let’s break down the two.

DXL FRISCO BOWL — DEC. 19 | 8 P.M. | TOYOTA STADIUM | FRISCO, TEXAS Built in 2005, Toyota Stadium is the home stadium of MLS’ FC Dallas. It’s hosted the Frisco Bowl since last year, when Louisiana Tech beat SMU in the inaugural game.

This game is a MAC tie-in game this year, meaning a MAC team automatically receives a spot in the game. This bowl game will pit a MAC team against an American Athletic Conference team.

OHIO BOWL GAMES SINCE 2010 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Year: 2010 | Result: L Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Year: 2011 | Result: W Advocare V100 Independence Bowl

Year: 2012 | Result: W Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl Year: 2013 | Result: L Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Year: 2015 | Result: L Dollar General Bowl Year: 2016 | Result: L Bahamas Bowl Year: 2017 | Result: W

Ohio coach Frank Solich hoists the 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl trophy after his team defeated Utah State, 24-23, at Albertsons Stadium. (JOEL HAWKSLEY / FILE)

The Bobcats are 0-1 against the AAC this season, having lost at Cincinnati on Sept. 22. But the Bearcats don’t seem to be heading to the Frisco Bowl, and UCF will likely be in a New Year’s Six game.

That leaves Memphis, Houston, Tulane, Temple and South Florida as bowl-eligible teams from the AAC. If the Bobcats are selected for the Frisco Bowl, it seems like Houston or Temple would be a likely matchup.

FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL — DEC. 21 | 4 P.M. | ALBERTSONS STADIUM | BOISE, IDAHO Everyone knows Albertsons Stadium

— even if you don’t think you do. It’s the Smurf turf, the blue-turfed home of the Boise State Broncos. Albertsons Stadium has played host to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl since 1997.

This game is a MAC tie-in game as well, but this game pits a MAC team against a Mountain West participant. The Bobcats haven’t played a Mountain West opponent since the 2011 Potato Bowl, when they played Utah State.

The Mountain West’s bowl-eligible teams are Boise State, Utah State, Fresno State, Wyoming, Hawaii, Nevada and San Diego State. If the Bobcats wind up in Boise, they could play any of these teams, but

Boise State seems unlikely to stay home for its bowl game.

PREDICTION I think Ohio will end up in the Frisco Bowl against Houston. It’s a close game for Houston, which will bring fans north to Frisco, and it would feature two high-flying offenses. The bowl committee looks for matchups that make sense, and this one makes too much sense not to happen.

But I have been wrong before.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Starting hot The Bobcats are 5-0 for the third time in the last five years ANTHONY POISAL STAFF WRITER Ohio won both its games against St. Bonaventure and Lamar in the Denver Thanksgiving Classic last weekend at Hamilton Gymnasium in Denver, Colorado, to continue its undefeated start to the season. The Bobcats are 5-0 for the third time in the last five seasons.

Here are three takeaways from the two games: OFFENSE STAYS HOT Coach Bob Boldon wasn’t sure if Ohio’s offense would continue its torrid start to the season into its first two road games.

The Bobcats were 10th in the nation in points per game and ninth in field-goal percentage after their first three games in The Convo.

But the offense proved those first three home games were not a fluke — it outscored both opponents by an average of 26 points over the weekend and showed consistency in its first road test of the season.

Three players — Dominique Doseck, Gabby Burris and Cece Hooks — reached double-digit point totals in Friday’s 70-53 win over St. Bonaventure. The same three players, plus Amani Burke and Deesh Beck, totaled double-digit points in Saturday’s 87-62 win over Lamar.

Despite the heavy offensive totals, Ohio (87.8 points per game) actually slipped back to 18th in the nation’s points per game leaderboard but stayed put in ninth at field-goal percentage (50.2). The Bobcats are also 14th in the nation in scoring margin with an average difference of 28.4 points per game.

Boldon wasn’t nearly as impressed with the offense last weekend as he was in Ohio’s first three games. The Bobcats had a season-high 21 turnovers on Saturday, and now that Ohio’s offense has finally shown a weakness, Boldon said they’ll spend extensive time working on it in practice this week.

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Ohio guard Cece Hooks drives toward the basket during the game against Eastern Kentucky University on Nov. 18, 2018.

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we’ll work on that heavily today, and that’s something we need to do better moving forward.”

BURRIS’ CAREER-BEST WEEKEND Whatever food Burris had on her plate for Thanksgiving on Thursday — it worked.

The sophomore led the Bobcats with 43 combined points in their two wins, including her first career double-double (25 points, 10 rebounds) on Saturday to break her career-high of 23 points set in Ohio’s first game of the season.

After another pair of dominant games, Burris has established herself as one of Ohio’s most versatile threats. She averaged 10.2 points per game last season and started 10 of the Bobcats’ 31 games, but she’s taken full advantage of starting spot in the lineup this season.

Burris is second on the Bobcats with an average of 15.8 points per game, first with 31 rebounds and has missed only two of her 24 free throws this season.

“I think her patience this weekend was really impressive,” Boldon said. “She doesn’t get the ball a lot relative to Cece’s hands or Erica (Johnson’s) hands, but when she gets it, she’s being really efficient with it.

“We went through stretches where we had a hard time getting her the basketball, and she stayed within herself.”

BENCH SUPPLIES SUPPORT Ohio’s massive offensive outputs have allowed Boldon to give extended minutes to his bench players, specifically freshman, early this season.

Nearly each player who’s benefited from more playing time has made the most of it. Kaylee Bambule took advantage of her time off the bench on Nov. 18 and scored 12 points in 15 minutes against Eastern Kentucky. Erica Johnson has averaged 11 points per game despite only starting once.

On Saturday, it was Deesh Beck’s turn.

The true freshman registered a re-

spectable 10 points in her career-high 23 minutes of playing time against Lamar.

The 5-foot-9 freshman also grabbed 12 rebounds and went 3-for-4 from the freethrow line.

Beck is the only true freshman to receive playing time on Ohio this season, and her quality performance off the bench shows Boldon has plenty of options to utilize if he needs to reach into his team’s depth.

“She’s diverse,” Boldon said. “She played all different layers of the game and scored from different levels. I think that’s probably where her value is offensively. Her versatility is probably her biggest attribute at this point.”

WHAT’S NEXT Ohio will enjoy a week of rest before returning to The Convo to play Cleveland State on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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Back to being Block Gavin Block got back to his old self Tuesday night in The Convo PETE NAKOS ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

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Gavin Block positioned himself a few feet away from the top of key, hands ready to catch a pass and shoot the ball.

The ball came his way, and he knocked down the shot. Nothing but net.

No hesitation, no celebration and no emotion. After the ball hit the floor, he backpedaled down the court onto defense. Block was back to his old self Tuesday night, coming off the bench and finishing with 13 points and five rebounds as Ohio throttled Iona 89-65 in The Convo.

“I definitely felt the confidence boost (when he hit the 3-pointer),” he said. “I wasn’t thinking. I just went out there and played today. I’ve been overthinking lately.

It’s something I’ve been struggling with.”

Block didn’t seem like himself until Tuesday night, the 13 points were a season-high.

This past offseason, the senior went through multiple surgeries after last season’s beating of his body. He started 25 of 31 games last season, played in every game and averaged 30.4 minutes per game, forcing him to play through injury for a large chunk of the season because of Ohio’s lack of depth.

He wasn’t able to start this season fresh because his last surgery’s recovery time rolled into preseason practices. It hindered his court time, too, and when he was on the court, he was cautious of his limits.

The slow start put him in a role off the bench — one he’s adjusted to, but not one he’s familiar with. Entering Tuesday’s game, Block had scored 25 points through five games. The numbers were boosted by his 11 points on Sunday against Austin Peay.

“I’m finally feeling good physically,” he said. “I’m getting back to myself, getting my legs back under me. Getting back to basics. Everything feels good once everything gets going.”

On Tuesday, Block was in full effect.

He knocked down three 3-pointers on four attempts. He muscled his way through defenders for rebounds. Block also found himself comfortable enough to take a few charges, his best move on the court.

Taking a charge is something he’s

done throughout his career as a Bobcat.

It’s nothing new, but it gives him and the team a boost from time to time, and it puts the opposing team in unwanted foul trouble.

Block’s perfected the move because he’s the first to admit he wasn’t put on the basketball court to jump high to block shots. That’s how he’s effective on the defensive side of the ball.

“I’m comfortable with it (coming off the bench),” Block said. “What matters is who is going to be in there at the end and in big time situations. I think as of late.”

Having Block back at his best helps the whole team, coach Saul Phillips said after the game. Block’s able to provide leadership on the court, and he’s adjusted to his number being called at the 16 minute mark instead of during “Lights out in The Convo,” when the starting lineups are announced.

There’s no true timetable when Block may be found in the starting lineup. He makes players better around him, Ben Vander Plas even took a couple charges Tuesday night. But knocking down a 3-pointer when needed was the sign that Block’s back to his old-self.

That’s something that Block will be the first to admit, and with a smile, too.

“That was a very Gavin game,” Phillips said.

UP NEXT Ohio returns to play Saturday afternoon in The Convo against rival Marshall.

The Thundering Herd won C-USA last season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, where they knocked off Wichita State in the first round and lost to West Virginia, 91-74, in the second round.

Ohio hasn’t beat Marshall since 201516 in The Convo. The past two seasons, the Bobcats have traveled down to Huntington and lost, both games decided under 10 points. The Herd return Jon Elmore, a Lute Olson All-American who averaged 22.9 points per game.

Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m. and can be watched on ESPN+.

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University Archivist and Records Manager Bill Kimok poses for a portrait in one of the archive storage rooms in Alden Library. (MCKINLEY LAW / PHOTO EDITOR)

Bound by History With help from archivists, Ohio University’s archives are available to help tell the history of OU and more TAYLOR JOHNSTON | FOR THE POST

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When Bill Kimok was appointed as the university archivist for Ohio University’s Mahn Center in Alden Library in 2003, he walked into 200 years of history. OU did not have a specified person designated as the university archivist until Kimok filled that position.

“When I first came in here, there was no inventory,” Kimok, university archivist and records manager, said. “I literally had to walk up and down aisles to try and find things on shelves.”

The job of the archivist is to organize memorabilia so that they make sense, they can be used and they can be accessible.

“I am in charge of taking care of, organizing, accessing the corporate memory of Ohio University,” Kimok said.

The first step was to find out what history was lying inside the boxes and then organizing an archiving system.

Kimok is unsure of how the archives were started, but believes they began like a lot of archives.

“People have always been really good about saving stuff,” he said. “You probably have relatives that have garages and attics that are full of things that you can’t even look around because there is so much stuff.”

CONTINUING TO GROW About 75 to 80 percent of that 200 years of history has not been processed yet, Kimok said.

“The reason is that we continue to grow, as you can imagine,” he said. ”We are not like a dead museum where things stopped 100 years ago.”

With that continuation of growing, Kimok had to stop the archives from becoming a “dumping ground.”

“Anybody would clean out their garage or their attic and find things, they would just bring it in and the people who were here before me would just accept it and not really question it,” Kimok said.

To put a stop to this, all donations have to demonstrate an intrinsic historical value and donors have to complete a donor agreement.

“In other words, when you give us this stuff, we become the owners,” Kimok said. “We’re not just storing material for you. We are the owners of it. And you also give us the right to digitize it, make it public, do whatever we want with it.”

RETRIEVING FROM THE SHELVES Within the Mahn Center, located on the fifth floor,

there are different collections, Kimok said. There is the university archives, manuscript collections, rare books collections and other special collections.

Some examples of manuscript collections include the Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers, which includes 3,072 files of individuals participating in battles during World War II and the E.W. Scripps Papers. The archives also have rare books that have been donated, including a handwritten bible with cold inscriptions dating back to the 13th century.

The center also keeps local government records such as birth, marriage and court records for several Southeast Ohio counties.

There is also an additional annex for the archives located on Columbus Road, Kimok said. Storage of library books that are not used as often as well as university records, such as transcripts, are stored there.

“We have lots of stuff,” Kimok said.

“The range is almost immeasurable.”

LEARNING THE ROPES Hannah Reynolds sits in the Reading Room on the fifth floor of the library during her shift and sifts through box five of 12 of her current project of processing a collection containing items from OU’s English Professor Samuel Crowl.

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If you don’t want to do the same old life and times of Abraham Lincoln in three pages that you’ve done all your life by looking at an encyclopedia, this is the place to come.”

- Bill Kimok, Ohio University archivist and records manager Reynolds, an assistant archivist and a senior studying art history, starts the day by getting a box of donated materials, taking out those materials and organizing them. “... I have to go through this and I have to organize it in whatever way I think would be best for a researcher,” Reynolds said. “So let’s say you want to come in and look at this one day, I would hope the way that I did it would make sense to you.”

After college, Reynolds wants to obtain her masters in library science with a concentration in archiving.

“I knew I always wanted to work in a museum and that was the major goal,” she said. “So, I was looking at jobs where

The Reading Room in the Mahn Center located in Alden Library on the fifth floor.

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University Archivist and Records Manager Bill Kimok in one of the archive storage rooms in Alden Library (MCKINLEY LAW / PHOTO EDITOR)

I could handle collections and I found archiving to be somewhat interesting.”

And for some, he said, it wakes up this sort of “intellection.”

TEACHING THE IMPORTANCE While being the university archivist and records manager, Kimok also teaches a course called the Mastering the University Experience and tries to encourage his students to go out and use the archives, such as the microfilms on the first floor of Alden Library. These films contain newspapers, catalogs and other documents.

“So, I give them a chance to earn 30 bonus points, which is a lot, if they go down to microfilm and learn how to use the microfilm,” Kimok said.

Working with students and teaching them fuels Kimok’s passion of being an archivist, he said.

“Using what I know and using materials from our collections to teach people, to teach undergraduates,” he said.” Without the teaching, it would be a very boring job.”

When it comes to doing research for an essay or class project, Kimok said the archives allows students to become the master of the material that they find.

“If you don’t want to do the same old life and times of Abraham Lincoln in three pages that you’ve done all your life by looking at an encyclopedia, this is the place to come,” Kimok said. “The people you are going to be writing to or speaking to have not seen this material, so you become the master of it and it’s your interpretation which is more valid than people who haven’t seen it or are looking at it second hand.”

CONVERTING HISTORY Janet Carleton, the digital initiatives coordinator, spends most of her days in Alden 333 in the dark, the only illumination coming from desk lamps and computer monitors.

Carleton, who has worked at Alden Library for 20 years, was also a student worker in the archives during her time at OU. Her team works to digitize newspapers, photos, catalogs, yearbooks and more so that they are available for viewing online, which also happens to be her favorite part of the job.

“That’s been my whole professional career,” she said. “It’s what I’ve been doing since I got out of library school in 1995.”

Carleton also helps people who are seeking something particular in the archives.

“I’ll see if I already have them digitally or not and we generally tend to offer things already digitized,” she said. “We just have a fraction of the stuff digitized because it’s very labor intensive. Not only do you have to capture it properly, color correct, make everything look the way it is, then you have to describe it really well because if you don’t know, nobody can find it, so what’s the sense of doing it?”

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE As the archives start to veer in a more digital direction, there is the issue of space and funding to increase the capacity to hold digitized documents.

Space is filling up, Carleton said. Right now, negotiations are happening with OU’s Office of Information Technology to increase that space.

“We have quite a bit of space now but it’s just not enough,” she said. “So, that is bit of an issue so we are trying to figure out how we can work with OIT or even if we have to outsource it to some cloud vendor or something.”

While Carleton and her colleagues are working with OIT, there is concern that the space they currently have is starting to fill up.

“I am worried that it impacts our daily work, because generally people work on their local computer and at the end of their shift they copy their files over to the file server where everybody can get to them and ... they find that there is no room, so that’s problematic,” she said.

Not only does this affect the digital department, but Reynolds is worried because she might not be able to obtain an experience she knows will help her in her future career.

“That’s going to be like one of my main focuses when I go to grad school is digital,” Reynolds said. “And if I have that experience and maybe an older colleague of mine doesn’t, I’m going to be more marketable in that way.”

Regardless of the digital side of the archives, Kimok continues to organize and archive OU’s history.

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the weekender Benefest to celebrate music and nonprofits in Athens KERI JOHNSON FOR THE POST Since 2011, Hocking College’s music program has sought to give their students practical learning experience — but also to give back.

Benefest is that chance. Hosted by WLCI Hocking College Radio, Benefest is a three-night multi-venue musical event. It started out of a need to give Hocking College students tangible skills with booking gigs, organizing events and managing music.

“Benefest was created to offer students of our music program at Hocking College a hands-on learning experience organizing and managing a three-night live music event that benefits the community,” Scott Winland, program manager in the Hocking College School of Music at Hocking College, said in an email.

Benefest is designed to prepare music students at Hocking College for real-life experience in the music industry.

“It truly is a great showcase of local and regional talent that also shines a spotlight on the creative, hardworking students in our program,” Winland said in an email. “These folks have done an amazing job organizing the event this year, putting together a diverse lineup of performers playing for some great local organizations that do so much for our area.”

But Benefest isn’t solely about 22 / NOV. 29, 2018

students or music. It is about celebrating and supporting the work that local non-profits do in Athens County.

“Aside from the specific technical and managerial aspects of hosting a live music event or festival, Benefest offers a service learning component that integrates meaningful community service and civic responsibility into the project,” Winland said in an email.

One of the organizations that will receive proceeds made this year is Stuart’s Opera House Afterschool Music Program (AMP).

Stuart’s Opera House AMP focuses on music education and arts enrichment for students in Nelsonville and Athens county, Brian Koscho, marketing director of Stuart’s Opera House, said.

AMP is a music program for students ages 12-21 in Athens County, with a focus on Nelsonville specifically. It encourages students to explore music, whether it be original composition or instrumental practice, Koscho said.

“It gives an out-of-school option for musical enrichment, and we give students a lot of opportunities,” Koscho said.

AMP does not require students to have any prior musical experience. There is no entry fee required and instruments are provided by Stuart’s Opera House.

“As someone that is a musician myself, the program is a pretty amazing thing,” Koscho said. “It gives students and teens a chance

Ethan Bartman of Guru Babies. (PROVIDED VIA Scott Winland)

to do amazing things. If it were a program that I could have had in middle school or high school, I would’ve been all over it.”

Koscho will be playing with his group, Unmonumental, Thursday night at Casa Nueva Restaurant and Cantina.

The other organization benefiting from Benefest is The Gathering Place. The Gathering Place is a non-profit support center for individuals who have experiences with mental illness.

“We’ve been a drop-in center for 42 years,” Ginger Schmalenberg, resource and development director of The Gathering Place, said. “We are a community for

individuals who have experienced mental health disorders.”

The Gathering Place serves a very important role in Athens when it comes to recovery. It has a very special relationship with Appalachian Behavioral Healthcare (ABH), Schmalenberg said.

A lot of out-patients come to The Gathering Place to talk about their experiences.

“Peer centers are a really important part of having a healthy life. It’s helpful to talk to other people who’ve had the same experiences,” she said. “Similar to cancer support groups and things such as that. The experience just doesn’t end. They’re medical con-

ditions. We provide a pathway to mental health recovery.”

Benefest also gives members of The Gathering Place an opportunity to perform, Schmalenberg said.

“We have a band,” Schmalenberg said. “We’ve been able to develop a great music culture here at The Gathering Place. We have people who’ve developed a band, called The Gatherers.”

The Gatherers will play at Casa Nueva on Thursday night.

The weekend will feature in total 14 acts.

Starting on Thursday at 9 p.m. in Casa Nueva’s cantina, Lung, Spare Change, Raw Canvas, Unmonumental and The Gatherers will perform.

“It’ll be a really fun time,” Noah Gruenberg, a sophomore studying music composition and frontman of Raw Canvas, said. “Our sound can be heavy at times, then light. We like to focus on odd time signatures and vocal harmonies.

We try to have a curated sound.

But we also like to jam.”

Friday night’s shows will be at The Union. It will feature Awful Kind, Guru Babies, Sex Tide and Coal Cave Hollow.

Benefest will conclude on Saturday at The Union. It will feature Caution Step, Smizmar, The Slicks, Slut Castle and Velvet Green.

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WHAT’S GOING ON? MORRIS WEIN FOR THE POST

FRIDAY Encore: Presented by Dan Lasure

at 8 p.m. in Baker Center Theater. Dan Lasure will perform his largest stand-up special yet.

There is an entrance fee, but all proceeds will be donated to the Ohio University American Sign Language Club. So come out to show your support while simultaneously enjoying some laughs.

Admission: $3

Trust Me Dance and Costume Party with DJ B-Funk at 10 p.m. at Casa

Nueva, 6 W. State St. Halloween may have come and gone, but that costume was expensive. Why wait until next year to bust it out again? You don’t have to. Dust off your Halloween costume (or any costume) and come to Casa to bust a move to the groovy sounds of DJ B-Funk. Admission: Free

SATURDAY Yule Ball 2018 at 7 p.m. in Baker Cen-

ter Ballroom. The OU Harry Potter Alliance will host its fourth annual evening of magic on Saturday with food, drink, music and decorations to rival the Great Hall. Proceeds will go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Admission: $15 for single tickets; $25 for couples

Athens Open Mic: Rachel Bellyflop

at 8 p.m. at the Front Room Coffeehouse in Baker Center. Come to Blue Pencil Comedy’s show Saturday to see OU student/comedian Rachel Bishop belly flop off of the stage and into the audience.

An audience needs to be there to save her from face planting into the Front Room floor, so come help Bishop crowd surf and have some laughs. Admission: Free Shimmering Silver Flute Quartet at 8

p.m. at Athens Uncorked, 14 Station St. Come support OU music students as they perform a wide variety of music as a flute quartet at Athens Uncorked. From classical music, to jazz, to holiday music, the Shimmering Silver Flute Quartet is sure to play something that will tickle your fancy.

Admission: Free

The D-Rays, Red Lake and Kookie Kutters at 9 p.m. at the Smiling Skull

Saloon, 108 W. Union St. Come to the Smiling Skull to listen to two local bands, The D-Rays and Red Lake, and the Kookie Cutters from Cleveland for what the Facebook event describes as “a diverse night of music.” Admission: $3

SUNDAY Holiday Craft Swap at 2 p.m. at

ARTS/West, 132 W. State St. It’s like a holiday gift swap but with home made crafts instead. It’s cheaper and it comes from the heart, so come on down to ARTS/West to flex some creative muscles and spread some holiday cheer.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2017

Virtual healing

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The MAC’s rising star

DEFENDER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

OF THE TURF

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

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

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

ANOTHER REMEDY

President

Duane Nellis

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Breaking down OU’s budget P12

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

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

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

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

Comparing expression policies P9

A sit-down with the president P12

Nellis in college P10

Sustainable volunteering P20

Hockey’s second-year starter P14

Effects of marijuana depenalization 9

OU Southern’s equine program 12

Volleyball setter’s move from Italy 18

Nellis’ previous employment P20

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

GRASS-ROOTS

ELECTIONS

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

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Evaluating Trump’s presidency P8 TACO exceeds majority vote P15

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DECISIONS FOR ATHENS Hispanic students balance college P20

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

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

Quilt empowers sexual assault survivors P19

THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018

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

Baker 70: one year later

How Bill Gurnick put the Bobcats on the map P20

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Faculty diversity rises slowly P8 Photo story: MLK March P12

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Closing the gender gap in STEM 11

COVER: Ohio’s next big investment 12

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

Dave Jamerson’s journey to God 20

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Healing the scars

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T H W B H E Post-grad possibilities P10

CONTACT EDITOR@THEPOSTATHENS.COM

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A love for cult classics P20

Sibs Weekend events P22

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018

Pipe bursts in residence hall P8

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

Cultural problems with ‘Friends’ P19

Hockey works on power plays P21 Businesses in action P10

THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018

UNEARTHING A SECRET

She walks

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018

by faith P12

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

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

FOOD ISSUE

UNCERTAIN FREEDOMS P14

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

The turnover rate of businesses P9

One team, one video game P19

Caligraphy in the digital age P20

Brunch life in Athens P6 Carriage Hill one year later P9

Donkey’s most regular regular P19

From junior college to Ohio P20

Athletes’ diets in season P17

Cover story: family kitchens P18 Updates on Union explosion P9

Land of opportunity P12

A dazzling history P20

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018

Fridging in comic book culture P18

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