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Why ‘The Post’ endorses Student Senate candidates

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his much is clear: newsrooms and their editors like to encourage basic civic duties — especially when such civic duties involve being an informed voter, as that usually requires a voter to read his or her local newspapers.

And The Post’s news reporters have been publishing short stories about each of the Ohio University Student Senate tickets — Green Light, Voice and Fight — so readers can decide for themselves which ticket might best suit their needs.

Still, The Post has decades of experience both covering and endorsing Student Senate campaigns, and those endorsements do not reflect the views of the newsroom at-large.

EMMA OCKERMAN / Rather, endorsements are the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF product of The Post’s opinion editor, Chuck Greenlee, reaching out to each ticket with interview questions written by the executive editors. Once those questions are answered, editors then deliberate on which ticket they believe might best fit student needs based on the student issues we may see in our coverage, such as sexual assault or inclusion on campus. Those reporters who write about Student Senate are not made aware of which ticket The Post will endorse — nor do they influence our decision — until we hit ‘publish’ on thepostathens.com.

We trust our readers will take our endorsements into consideration, but not discount their own beliefs after their own thorough research.

Reach out to Student Senate candidates with questions of your own, or greet them as they table outside of Baker Center and at Alumni Gateway.

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Regardless of which ticket wins out, The Post looks forward to another year of coverage and informing its readers.

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Rape reports up, alcohol arrests down for Athens police BAILEY GALLION FOR THE POST Data in APD’s annual report shows the department received an increased number of rape reports in 2016 and made fewer alcohol-related arrests.

Reports of rape to APD have tripled in the past three years. APD fielded 30 reports of rape in 2016, 21 in 2015 and 9 in 2014. Reports of other sex-related crimes don’t show a clear trend.

The increase in rape reports doesn’t necessarily mean more are occurring. The increase could indicate more women feel comfortable coming forward, local police have previously said.

APD made two arrests for sex-related crimes and none for rape in 2016. Over the past five years, the department has received 82 rape reports and made two arrests.

Pyle said rape reports rarely end in arrest because officers rarely witness it and it takes

a significant amount of evidence and investigation before a suspect can be charged.

He said the prosecutor may have still filed charges for the reports where APD did not arrest anyone.

“I would expect arrests for rape or sexual assault to be low,” he said Over the past several years, the department has seen a decrease in alcohol-related arrests and an increase in calls for service involving nuisance parties. Alcohol-related arrests peaked at 1,257 in 2006, more than three times the 391 arrests in 2016. Calls for service for nuisance party violations increased to 130 in 2016 from 99 in 2015.

A call for service is a police term for any situation to which an officer responds. Calls for service are not necessarily phone calls the department receives, and some calls for service are officer-initiated.

Multiple factors affect the statistics for nuisance party violations and alcohol-related crime. One is the department’s staff-

ing shortage, and the other is a change in the department’s strategy for policing street fests.

Pyle said the decrease in alcohol-related arrests doesn’t surprise him. He said the department is short more than 25 percent of the staff it needs, and hasn’t been well-staffed since 2008.

The department hired three additional officers in 2016, but those officers are still in police academy and won’t be able to work independently until at least October. One additional patrol officer position remains open.

Once those three officers are out of training, Athens may see more alcohol arrests, Pyle said.

He also said that APD has shifted its focus from citing drunk fest-goers to shutting down entire parties. Instead of citing underage drinkers at a party, officers use underage drinking as justification to shut down the party under the nuisance party ordinance.

The approach keeps more officers free.

Pyle said having several officers present to shut down a party tends to make people more compliant.

“Our focus today is to keep ... officers visible on the street, and these … I don’t want to call them minor offenses, but these (arrests) that aren’t productive in controlling the party in the way we want to today, we kind of shy away from those,” he said.

The culture of fests has shifted over the years, Pyle said. The parties used to be much more belligerent. “(Fifteen) years ago I stood at a fest on Palmer Street and for three hours was pelted by beer bottles and beer cans,” he said.

Now, he said residents seem to expect officers to shut down parties when they get out of hand, and several have thanked him or his officers after he shut them down.

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The commonality between birds and musicians When a bird sings during the dawn chorus or later in the sunlight, the tones and phrasing emerging from its beak repeat in a hypnotic and often moving way.

Nature granted male birds the ability to create beautifully pureLUKE tone sounds to attract mates and FURMAN assert personal territory. Some is a junior studying female birds, like the mockingbird, journalism at can also sing for the same purposOhio University. es of courting and defense.

But to most humans, the singing of birds sounds more like a form of emotional expression, as in the joyous hymn from a sparrow or the reflective lamentations of a robin. This common, even subconscious, interpretation paints birds as nature’s purveyor of art and song, an idea embraced in a similar manner to the role of the artist or musician in society.

Whether in John Lennon’s somber “Blackbird” or Bob Marley’s elated “Three Little Birds,” songwriters have incorporated birds as not only a symbol for freedom but also for instinctual expression. With their effortless flight and carefree songs and chirps, birds embody the life for which artists strive, one full of creation and untethered by the tedium of constraint.

Among recent relevant works, Solange’s “Cranes in the Sky” idealizes and supports this image of escape and autonomy.

For the artists, music or any other form of creation can feel more like a natural impulse than a choice.

Birds have no choice but to sing for their life’s fulfillment, as artists have no choice but to create in the same passionate and legacy-building way. And both musical expressions — merely sound arranged over time — possessing a deeper, abstract meaning about the capabilities of absorbing life’s strange gifts of song and practically inexplicable aesthetics.

Had I not mentioned birds sing for mating and territory, their songs might seem wholly spontaneous. But in either humans or birds, nothing comes from true spontaneity and is always devised deep in the neural firings in the mind before being brought forth into existence.

Although, in songs of all human and non-human languages, biological or sensical meaning is not necessary, only reaction and emotion. What matters more than words are deeper feelings of melancholy, joy, loneliness or alienation.

On Mount Eerie’s new album A Crow Looked At Me, which deals with the death of artist Phil Elverum’s wife, the words hold great impact in their obvious catharsis of death as a reality. But the true sadness of the album comes from listening to Elverum’s inflection of melancholy and thinly masked despair.

Like the namesake crow, the songs with titles like “Real Death,” “Raven” and “Crow” deliver a reproduction of the power of earthly suffering, reaching from the same rawness of black metal music. And despite the modern references and exploration of social constructs, A Crow Looked At Me is appropriately named as a crow or nightingale could encapsulate the music’s message

perched on a willow branch, lamenting in solitude and pain.

Of course, bird songs can also carry the essence of more hopeful music, such as Paul Simon’s “Homeward Bound” or The Shins’ “New Slang.” Only their compositions are interspersed with more noticeable silences, less structure and little temporal rush.

But perhaps the most important art and music deal not with content but with the act of loss and discomfort. Cheerful songs only act to distract while requiems heal. And although birds might not sing specifically for the dead, the right sounds from a black-feathered avian might give an unmistakable impression.

Like a bird’s haunting lament, the songs like Phil Elverum presents on A Crow Looked at Me or, for that matter, Sufjan Stevens sings on Carrie & Lowell regarding lost love and worn-out territory feel just as much a part of nature expressing itself as anything in the forest.

Songbirds fly among us and experience the same reality as humans. They are simply less aware than us but often more truthful. With attention, one might find the full spectrum of terrestrial emotion from the throats of both the robin’s beak and the broken heart.

Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. What do you make of birds and musicians serving the same purpose? Let Luke know by tweeting him @LukeFurmanLog or emailing him at lf491413@ohio.edu.

BUENOS DÍAS FROM BUENOS AIRES

Important lessons arise in and out of classroom Buenos días, everybody! I hope you’re enjoying fest season and that your Spring Semester is going well. I recently started my semester classes, and I am learning a lot already. My classes and my schedule are different at Universidad de JESSICA HILL Belgrano than they were at Ohio is a sophomore University. studying Unlike OU, where you have journalism and classes in multiple buildings, Uniglobal studies at versidad de Belgrano is just one, Ohio University. tall building with 18 floors. It is a beautiful building with a library, cafeteria and café, but it is a big contrast to OU’s campus, in which you cross greens, buy a coffee and say ‘hi’ to groundhogs on your way to class.

Also, attendance is different at Universidad de Belgrano. Professors don’t take attendance, and there aren’t any TopHat apps to mark your attendance. Instead, you have to scan your student ID at machines on every floor that track your attendance.

My classes don’t start until 1 p.m., and I don’t have

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class Fridays. The schedule is designed for international students to have opportunities to travel on weekends, and I’m looking forward to going to Iguazú Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world and the largest waterfall system in the world, and hopefully Mendoza, a city famous for its wine. Obviously, I’m loving this new schedule, and I can’t wait to travel on weekends.

Another main difference, and definitely the most obvious, is that all my classes are entirely in Spanish.

I thought that would be hard, but so far it’s not too difficult. The professors speak slowly and enunciate clearly, and if the entire class looks confused, the professor will rephrase with easier words.

All of my classes seem interesting and informative.

I’m taking some different classes that I would never think about taking at OU. My Tango Danza class is proving to be difficult but fun. I’m usually a couple steps behind everyone else, and I remind myself of Liz Lemon in 30 Rock when she struggles to dance at a cardio hip-hop dance class.

I’m also taking an Argentine contemporary art class, which I find fascinating. I never found myself looking

at a building and thinking how it uses the neoclassical style until now. Also, my Narratives of the Monstrous class has me thinking about different abnormalities and monsters in real life, and it is thought-provoking.

To be honest, I have no idea how some of these classes will transfer back to OU. A couple classes I had pre-approved at OU before coming to Argentina either were not offered at my university in Buenos Aires or conflicted with another class. My whole study abroad experience is teaching me to be more relaxed and carefree, which I definitely think I need. Part of me is terrified I won’t be able to graduate on time or will have to take summer classes, but I know it will all work out. I just need to drink a cappuccino and stop worrying. Studying abroad is the time to take offbeat, interesting classes. I’ve already learned a lot about Argentina, the culture and myself. It’s all worth it.

Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. Have you ever taken classes in Argentina? Contact Jessica at jh240314@ohio.edu or tweet her @jess_hillyeah.

EDITORIAL

‘The Post’ endorses Green Light for Student Senate THE POST EDITORIAL BOARD

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or this year’s Ohio University Student Senate election, The Post endorses the Green Light ticket, composed of Landen Lama for president, Nicole Schneider for vice president and Zachary Woods for treasurer. With incoming OU President Duane Nellis and several administrative changes sure to take place on campus, they seem well-equipped to communicate with the new administration on the wants and needs of the student body.

We will say that the Green Light’s goals are lofty, if not sometimes hard to accomplish in the short time frame they’ll be allotted leading senate. Still, they’re admirable aims and certainly well-researched (the ticket met with several groups on campus to determine their goals, and it shows in their initiative list on their website.) It also seems that their idea of establishing a 24/7 bus loop sys-

tem on campus — which would certainly address some safety concerns among those walking home late at night — is feasible, based on the conversations they’ve held with transportation services.

In an interview with The Post, Green Light explained that their goals would be prioritized like the colors on a stoplight: green for new initiatives, of which there are several, yellow for platform points that need further research and red for initiatives that need to be redone quickly. The ticket also plans to reveal due dates for all of its initiatives to ensure they’re actionable goals. We would highly suggest they do that soon and ensure those benchmarks are published on their website or social media accounts, and we admire their aim to be as accountable as possible.

The candidates discussed having senate members more involved in Student Affairs discussions to ensure cultural competency classes are

carried out, in addition to diversity training for SAC-funded organizations.

However, the Voice and Fight tickets both explained initiatives while speaking with The Post that are worth addressing. For example, such initiatives include communicating with activist populations more frequently on campus (Voice) and having more senate-sponsored events to increase the involvement of those who aren’t frequently involved (Fight.) All tickets should find some way to hear one another out before settling in too cozily in the Student Senate office — after all, conflict is a frequent theme among students.

Editorials reflect the opinion only of the executive editors, Emma Ockerman, Liz Backo, Hayley Harding and Seth Archer, and opinion editor Chuck Greenlee.

Endorsements do not reflect the views of the newsroom at-large.

STREETVIEW

“What do you think Student Senate’s No. 1 issue should be next year?”

“It would be nice if events were actually communicated with the public better, because my family knows really nothing of what the school does, and I live in town, and I’ve lived in town for like six years.”

Jude Alaswad, high school student and part-time Ohio University student

“It would be cool to see more communication about what sexual assault looks like and survivor advocacy, mandatory training, et cetera. Something different than someone just presenting with a Powerpoint slide.”

“I think they should work on the Shostack room on the second floor of Alden.

It’s for audio and visual disabled students, and if you go in there it’s just too loud. How is anyone supposed to read Braille in a loud environment like that?”

Sage Foote, junior studying English with a concentration in culture and rhetoric theory

Aaron Bleile, junior who is changing majors

“I think the Communications and Disabilities class (COMS 3410) should be mandatory before graduation, and I would love for the senate to look into this.”

Hailey Spivak, senior studying health communication and public advocacy

“Bring more social issues throughout campus to be heard and known.

I wasn’t even aware of student senate until a friend brought it up to me, so possibly work on getting their name more known also.”

Maya Price, freshman studying preathletic training

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OU testing two-ply toilet paper’s effect on campus; Kasich appoints Dell Robinson as new trustee University looking into cost effectiveness of thicker toilet paper

JONNY PALERMO FOR THE POST

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hio University students may see new toilet paper in buildings across campus, and a new trustee has been appointed to fill the open position left by former Trustee Kevin Lake.

UNIVERSITY TESTING DIFFERENT TOILET PAPER Two-ply toilet paper may soon replace one-ply toilet paper in buildings throughout OU’s campus.

Steve Mack, director of Facilities Management, said the university is exploring options to see if implementing two-ply toilet paper is feasible and cost-effective.

“We are monitoring usage for a set period of time with our standard one-ply product,” Mack said in an email. “We then switch everything over to two-ply and monitor usage for the same period of time.”

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Facilities Management has been testing different toilet papers in Alden Library and Copeland Hall because “high traffic areas provide us with quick data inputs and usage patterns,” Mack said in an email.

Vice President of Student Senate Courteney Muhl said senate asked the university about using two-ply toilet paper a few years ago, and they were told OU’s piping system and infrastructure would not be able to support it.

DELL ROBINSON PICKED AS NEW TRUSTEE Ohio Gov. John Kasich appointed Dell Robinson to the OU Board of Trustees.

Robinson is a search associate for athletics at Spelman and Johnson, a leadership search firm based in Massachusetts that serves higher education institutions.

He is a 1988 graduate of OU with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. Robinson received a master’s degree in sport administration from Iowa State University in 1992.

Robinson’s term began March 24 and

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CITY COUNCIL AGREES TO SPECIALIZED POLICE TRAINING, PARKING KIOSKS During Monday night’s Athens City Council meeting, Athens Sheriff Rodney Smith and Athens Police Department Chief Tom Pyle urged council members to support training to allow more APD officers to join the Athens County Sheriff’s Office Special Response and Tactics Unit.

Smith and Pyle said the unit will be used to respond to highly volatile situations, such as a hostage situation, a report of gunshots or the issuance of a warrant in a dangerous location.

“We hope to never have to use such a team, but heaven forbid something happens, we need to have some kind of contin-

gency plan,” Smith said.

Several council members, including Councilwoman Michele Papai, D-3rd Ward, supported the proposal.

“We really appreciate having a highly trained law enforcement,” Papai said. “We also have mental health training for our law enforcement, and I think this is another step in making us more informed.”

Later in the meeting, council members announced the removal of parking meters along the renovated portion of West Union Street.

The parking meters will be replaced by two kiosks that will be placed on both sides of the block.

Athens Mayor Steve Patterson said the combined cost of the kiosks will be $25,000 and are expected to generate $33,000 in annual income for the city. The kiosks will accept coins and credit cards, or residents can make mobile payments through the city’s ParkMobile app.

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POLICE BLOTTER

Water bottle incident near Chauncey library leaves man ‘fearing for his life’ LAUREN FISHER FOR THE POST

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will end May 13, 2019, according to a news release.

Robinson will fill the unexpired term of former Trustee Kevin Lake, who pleaded guilty to drug, tax and fraud charges and to running a “pill mill.” Lake stepped down from the board Jan. 21.

A local man was left “in fear for his life” after a water bottle was thrown at him near a Chauncey library, according to recent reports from the Athens County Sheriff’s Office.

On Sunday, deputies responded to the location after receiving a call from a man who had driven to the local library with his wife to use the building’s Wi-Fi. The man reported that about “eight to ten adult men” arrived at the library and threw an empty water bottle at his car.

Deputies reported that the man fled the scene, leaving behind his wife and waiting to pick her up until the area was cleared by deputies. When it was determined that the suspects were no longer present, the case was closed, according to the police report.

BICYCLE BANDIT On Thursday, nearly a week after Mill Fest, deputies were called to a different Mill

Street in Chauncey after receiving a report of a man “yelling and pounding on his walls.”

When deputies made contact with the man, he said he had called five times and was told that people were “coming with guns to steal his bikes.”

Once the deputies were able to calm the man down, he returned to his residence to finish his dinner, according to the police report.

BOYFRIEND BRAWL March 21, deputies with the Athens County Sheriff’s Office were called to a household in Trimble, where it was reported that two females were fighting over a “mutual boyfriend,” when the altercation “turned sour” and resulted in one woman’s threats of physical violence against the other woman.

When the homeowner said one of the women would have to leave if she was going to “continue to antagonize” the situation, she punched out a window at the residence.

Deputies later collected a written statement

from the homeowner and photographed the damage. The case remains active, according to the police report.

FAMILY FEUD On the same day, a woman called the Sheriff’s Office to report that her mother and aunt, both of whom lived with her, were being “bothersome and agitating,” and requested that deputies remove them from the residence so they would no longer bother her and her child. Deputies informed the woman, however, that without bringing criminal charges against the mother and aunt, there was no way to remove them from the home.

Without a criminal complaint to further pursue the issue, deputies encouraged the woman to leave the home if she felt the situation may escalate in the future. The case has since been closed, according to the police report.

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Filmmakers ditch cups for cameras during fest weekends While a portion of the student body sets out to party, amateur filmmakers grab their cameras to document the craziness of fest season SEAN WOLFE CULTURE EDITOR

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van Hamilton had seen the popular YouTube videos of spring fests in Athens – typically full of the “prettiest girls” and “cool dudes” and glorifying the experience of a street full of drunk college students. He felt something was missing.

This year, with his Canon XL1 tape camcorder dating back to the early 2000s, he set out to produce an honest portrayal of the notorious street festivals, including all of the dirt, trash and mess that comes with them.

“I thought the videos I was seeing of fests looked sort of dishonest compared to the experience that I had,” Hamilton, a junior studying screenwriting production, said. “I really wanted to accentuate that.”

Hamilton is one of the many amateur filmmakers who set out to document the alcohol-fueled frenzy that parents fear and students anticipate all year. A quick scroll through YouTube will reveal the attempts throughout the years to capture what the fests feel like.

Some filmmakers, however, have found that the addition of a camera results in a much different experience on their end.

“Most people get hyped up for it,” Hamilton said. “They feel sort of pressured by the camera to be in the video. For the most part, people are pretty excited to see the camera.”

Michael Warning, a junior studying integrated media, filmed High Fest in 2016 for the production group Locality Media. He said he noticed the excitement people express toward the camera has dwindled during recent fests.

“I think (last) year everyone was really hyped about it,” Warning said. “But now we all know what fest is, so they’re kind of done with it. People don’t react the same as they did before.”

While people would often attempt to perform for the camera, which would sometimes “result in a cool shot,” Warning said most of the time “people would just step in front of the camera and scream.”

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Colleen Heusman, a sophomore studying communication, does a keg stand during Milliron Fest on March 17. (BLAKE NISSEN/FILE)

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I think (last) year everyone was really hyped about it. But now we all know what fest is, so they’re kind of done with it.

People don’t react the same as they did before.”

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too much.

“It’s fun the first few times, but after a while you’re like, ‘I’ve been doing this for several weeks in a row — I just want to sit down and drink,’ ” Warning said.

Although the process of filming is normally filled with scenes of debauchery and carelessness, what comes after is a rush to parse, edit and post the footage to compete with other media groups. Sam Zona, a junior studying integrated media, filmed at High Fest in 2015 for Nectar Productions with two other students.

After recording an estimated four hours of total footage between the group, they sat down the next day for nearly six hours to stitch together their clips.

“We didn’t really know what we were do-

ing,” Zona said. “We were freshmen and we were new to it.”

However, their work paid off, as the post was picked up by groups like Total Frat Move and was shared on social media.

The video now has more than 40,000 views as a result.

“We were really racing to be the first ones to get it out,” he said. “That ended up helping us out, because ours kind of blew up.”

The presence of a camera tends to affect the mentality of the people on both sides of the lens, not just the partygoers. Hamilton noticed having his large camera, which was more noticeable than the typical GoPro or DSLR, made him more comfortable when he would normally be apprehensive. He was even

invited into a house where the homeowners touted the fact that they had eggs inside and proceeded to talk for more than 10 minutes about their love for the breakfast staple.

“I get kind of quiet and awkward at parties, even when I’m drunk,” Hamilton said. “So having the camera completely changed how I was going through it.”

It’s no secret that OU has a reputation as a party school, and the videos tend to be a reflection of that fact.

“If it does (perpetuate stereotypes) then I am completely guilty because I glorify the s--t out of it,” Hamilton said.

“But I’m honest about it. I try to capture that it’s dirty.”

Zona, who hasn’t filmed a fest since his experience freshman year, said capturing “kids being ignorant” is the whole point.

“I think people already know that it happens obviously,” he said. “You can go anywhere on social media and see it, like the kid that fell out of the 50-foot tree this weekend.” @SEANTHOMASWOLFE SW399914@OHIO.EDU

OUTSTANDING ADMINISTRATOR AWARDS and Recognition of Service Milestones

2017

Retirees

OUTSTANDING ADMINISTRATORS

Dianne Bouvier Patricia McSteen Richard Neumann Roderick McDavis, HON

Patricia A. Burnett (33 yrs) Randy M. Gastin (38 yrs) Elizabeth Haehl (4 yrs) Don Hone (33 yrs) Patricia A. Leib (20 yrs) Chris Matter (11 yrs) Douglas E. McCabe (25 yrs) Melinda D. McDowell (18 yrs) David A. Resler (16 yrs) Zofia H. Starzyk (28 yrs)

Service: 40 years

Administrative Senate invites you to attend Mark L. Wienberg the ceremony celebrating this year’s Service: 35 years Outstanding Administrators, administrative retirees, and administrators marking significant Dean Dupler Patricia Fox years of service milestones.

David Mould

Thursday, March 30, 2017 • 3 – 5 p.m.

Walter Hall Rotunda Reception to follow ceremony

Susan Palsa Cheryl Ann Riley Linda K. Shapiro Mark (Rusty) Smith Duane Starkey

Joanne Bray Jeffery R. Brown Susan A. Calhoun Howard Dewald Susan N. Downard Bryan D. Jordan Gerard Anthony Krzic Rita LaValley Arvil Robert Miller Jr. Chris Reghetti-Feyler Judi Rioch Elaine F. Saulinskas Stephen Thomas Trotta Martin Tuck Jeff Whitehead Charles C. Wilson

Service: 25 years David Scott Carpenter Sandy Dowler Greg Fialko Barbara A. Harrison Jody Lamb Wendy Merb-Brown Trent A. Skidmore Mary Stout

Service: 30 years

Service: 20 years

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Athletics signs deal with Adidas The deal replaced the partnership with Russell Athletic and will last until 2025 ETHAN FELDERSTEIN FOR THE POST

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arlier last week, Ohio announced that it was ending its 10-year partnership with Russell Athletic and will be signing an eight-year deal with Adidas to become the school’s exclusive outfitter.

The Post obtained the contract between the two parties through Ohio University’s Office of Legal Affairs.

The contract states that for the next eight years, the school will purchase $200,000 worth of product from the company. Afterward, Adidas will pay a set sum to the university annually.

For the first five years, Adidas will provide $600,000 to the athletic department. For the last three years of the deal, Adidas will provide $635,000.

Adidas will sell their product to the school at a discount, the contract states. Footwear will be sold at up to a 45 percent discount, while all other apparel will be sold at a 50 percent discount.

Under Ohio’s deal with Russell Athletic, the brand provided the athletic department with $397,500 annually in product and sold additional product to the university at a 50 percent discount.

Adidas states in the new contract that student-athletes must be wearing the product in all social media posts and photographs.

The new deal also prohibits “spatting,” which means obstructing or altering the Adidas logo.

That sometimes occurs when athletes cover their shoes or cleats in medical tape. Russell Athletic did not include such a provision.

In a 2013 USA Today report, 22 of 54 major athletic departments also had a deal that prohibited spatting.

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Ohio's Dorian Brown runs the ball during a game against Eastern Michigan at Peden Stadium on Oct. 15. (MATT STARKEY / FILE)

mance-based incentives for the athletic department.

For example, Adidas will tack on an additional $20,000 if the Bobcats make a bowl game appearance and an additional $10,000 if they win the conference championship in football. For both men’s and women’s basketball, Adidas will tack on $10,000 for an NCAA tournament appearance and $5,000 if they win their conference tournament.

Russell Athletic’s tacked on incentives are remarkably similar.

They offer the same incentives for a bowl game appearance, a football conference championship and a men’s basketball conference championship.

Ohio can also earn “cash bonus compensation” for their performance in just men’s basketball and football.

For example, if the basketball team makes the Sweet 16 in the

We’re excited to have Adidas as a partner, as I’ve heard many good things about them from my counterparts throughout college football.”

- Frank Solich, head football coach

NCAA tournament, it will earn $25,000 in cash. The football team getting an invite to a “committee contract bowl,” as fellow Mid-American Conference opponent Western Michigan did last year, will net the athletic department $25,000.

Under Russell Athletic’s deal, Ohio only received cash bonuses for appearances in the national championship or Final Four in men’s or women’s basketball, a Top 20 appearance for football or a national championship for baseball.

Russell Athletic also provided $15,000 a year to the head coaches of men’s basketball and football to not publicly endorse any other apparel company. The new Adidas deal doesn’t offer any such provision.

Adidas is also providing the school with additional funds at the onset of the contract.

Ohio is receiving $120,000 in product to assist with the transition to Adidas. Additionally, the company is giving the school $50,000 for new graphics at team

stores at Peden Stadium and The Convo and an additional $25,000 to help increase “foot traffic” to those stores.

The contract, which was signed by interim President David Descutner, will expire on June 30, 2025. However, there are two separate one-year extensions that can go into effect if agreed upon by both Ohio and Adidas.

The two companies are to negotiate again in late 2024.

“We’re excited to have Adidas as a partner, as I’ve heard many good things about them from my counterparts throughout college football,” head football coach Frank Solich said in a statement.

“Their equipment is top notch and something our players will be excited to wear on campus, at practice and in competition.

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Trump budget cuts may affect area LUKE TORRANCE FOR THE POST Funding for the National Endowment for Arts, which would be eliminated under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, represents a small fraction of the federal budget. But for the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, the almost $30,000 in funding they received last year from the National Foundation for the Arts proves invaluable. “(The cuts) will especially affect rural communities because we don’t have the foundational support that urban communities have,” Jane Forrest Redfern, the executive director for the Dairy Barn Arts Center, said.

The Dairy Barn received a $10,000 grant for an artist in residence and a $20,000 grant from the Ohio Arts Council, both coming from National Endowment for the Arts grants. “(Cleveland and Columbus) have all of these various corporations that would be able to help with funding,” Redfern said. “We have fewer places where we can make up the difference. It takes special program money and general support funds to do what we do.”

To offset a $54 billion defense spending increase, Trump has called for reduced funding for numerous federal programs and the elimination of funding to 19 independent agencies. Along with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities would be eliminated. The programs had a combined budget of just under $300 million in 2016.

In addition to funding artistic projects, they provide much of the programming on public broadcasting networks like WOUB. WOUB receives funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, another agency that is slated for elimination.

“Beginning with proven children’s educational content to providing essential news and information as well as ensuring public safety and homeland security through emergency alerts, this vital investment strengthens our communities,” Patricia Harrison, the president and CEO of the CPB, said in a statement earlier this month. “It is especially critical for those living in small towns and in rural and underserved areas.”

Another program slated for elimination that would affect Athens is the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

“We do a competitive grant program through the IMLS,” Missy Lodge, Ohio’s associate state librarian, said. “Ohio University received $46,208 from the grant to do an assessment of their off-site catalogue.”

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grant money from the IMLS last year, a small chunk of the Institute’s $237 million budget.

“What the funding cut would mean for us is a shutdown of a lot of our programs,” Lodge said. “Our search databases would no longer be available, and if you get ebooks at the library in Athens, that would be severely curtailed.”

While he only wants to eliminate 19 agencies, there will be big spending cuts elsewhere — like a $5.8 billion slash to the Na-

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“I’ve been at this job for over 35 years, and it’s not atypical to see shifts in budget priorities. We’ll see. It’s still early in the budget conversation.”

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Ohio University to create new ‘Union Street Green’ for HCOM students LAUREN FISHER FOR THE POST

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s initial efforts are underway for the expansion of the Ohio University medical campus in Dublin, the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine will soon have a new home in Athens on the recently approved “Union Street Green.”

The project, which will serve as a “live, learn, work, play” environment, as Shawna Bolin, director of University Planning and Space Management, described, will serve both HCOM and engineering students and is set to be constructed in the space near West Green and West Union Street, in closer proximity to OhioHealth O’Bleness Memorial Hospital.

The initial design for the new green, which was approved during the March Board of Trustees meeting, is projected to cost the university nearly $9 million. Overall, the project is slated to cost an estimated $65 million to complete — $60 million of which will be paid for through institutional funds and debt. The remaining $5 million is expected to come from HCOM's reserves.

The design of the first phase of the project is set to begin in May 2017 and is projected to conclude in April 2018. Construc-

tion for that phase is slated to begin in September 2018 and is expected to be completed in November 2020. Timing for the second phase of the project has yet to be determined, Bolin said in an email.

According to the project summary, the first phase will provide spaces for new classrooms and lecture halls.

Modern medical education, HCOM Dean Kenneth Johnson explained, has been “moving away from large lecture halls,” instead requiring rooms fit for smaller, team-based learning. The new facilities, which will be constructed just after the school plans to launch its new curriculum, assumes HCOM will vacate its spaces in Grosvenor, Irvine and Wilson halls, which house classrooms and lecture halls for medical students.

“To start a medical school in old dorms was a good way of getting a medical school up and running,” Johnson said.

“And when you’re thinking about wise investments ... creating academic space that’s in line with what we have in Dublin and Cleveland, and helping us to be a competitive medical school and giving us adequate space for our students and our faculty to run a medical education program is paramount.”

Only two lecture hallstyle rooms accommodate

Current renderings for the Union Street Green project show plans for the construction of new facilities for the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Initial construction is slated to begin in September 2018. (PROVIDED VIA THE OHIO UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES)

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I really do think that we’ve put together a plan that uses everything for its highest investment purposes.”

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all of the first-year and second-year medical students in Irvine Hall, Susan Williams, faculty representative for the Board of Trustees, said.

“We are revising our year one and two medical curriculum to incorporate more active learning in lieu of standard lectures,” Williams, assistant profes-

sor of anatomy in HCOM, said. “Lecture halls with rows and rows of stadium-style seating is just not flexible enough to allow non-lecture activities such as small group and problem-based learning activities with all 140 students in the same room.”

The project also provides the university with

a temporary remedy for its ongoing dilemma with “high levels” of deferred maintenance, Bolin said.

According to the most recent estimates, all HCOM buildings currently have a backlog of about $81 million in deferred maintenance — a number that is projected to drop to about $25 million following the completion of the HCOM Phase 1 project because Grosvenor, Irvine and Wilson would no longer be listed in that backlog.

Bolin said those three buildings could be used for housing or administrative purposes once HCOM leaves them.

With the approval of the Athens City Council,

the university also plans to acquire nearby Moore Avenue to connect the Union Street Green with buildings such as the Academic and Research Center, providing “proper pathways and pedestrian access” for HCOM and engineering students and faculty.

“I really do think that we’ve put together a plan that uses everything for its highest investment purposes,” Johnson said. “...

It is my hope that this not only cedes a new green, but stimulates the development of the City of Athens as well.”

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Municipal Court Judge Todd Grace informs the defendant, one of the protesters involved in the Baker sit-in, of her charges in Athens County Municipal Court on Feb. 6. Grace found another protester, Michael Mayberry, not guilty of trespassing at a hearing on Monday. (EMMA HOWELLS / FILE)

Following not guilty verdict, OUPD chief calls for charges against protesters to be dropped BAILEY GALLION FOR THE POST

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f ter previously saying the court should decide the fate of the 70 people arrested for trespassing during a demonstration in Baker Center, Ohio University Police Chief Andrew Powers requested Wednesday that the charges be dropped.

Powers said in a statement he still believes the Feb. 1 protest was unsafe, and he made the right decision in ordering the arrests. He is asking the prosecutor to drop the charges “out of fairness to the other similarly situated defendants” after Athens Municipal Court Judge Todd Grace found Michael Mayberry not guilty on Monday in the first trial of the students arrested in Baker Center. The final decision on whether to drop the charges falls to Athens City Prosecutor Tracy Meek.

At Mayberry’s hearing on Monday, Grace said the university’s previous decision to keep Baker Center open after

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hours during a demonstration about the case of Michael Brown in 2014 established Baker Center as a designated public forum, giving the protesters privilege to occupy the space. OUPD’s arrest of the protesters and the prosecutor’s decision to file charges against them amounted to a violation of their First Amendment rights, Grace said.

Powers and university officials said in statements after the arrests that the protest blocked entry and exit to the building and would make it difficult to evacuate the building, creating an unsafe situation. Grace ruled that the demonstration did not block entry and exit to the area enough to justify Mayberry’s arrest, because evidence showed the protesters cleared paths.

“Pedestrians passed Michael Mayberry while he was speaking,” he wrote. “Pizzas were delivered by a delivery person in the second video.”

McGee did not argue that Powers ordered the arrests because he disagreed

with their message. He instead argued that Powers acted rashly by giving the protesters an ultimatum instead of working to address specific safety concerns, and this amounted to a violation of free speech by the state.

In turn, prosecutors argued that finding Mayberry not guilty would set a precedent that would limit local police’s ability to address similar situations in the future.

“To stray from established precedent that protesters may be asked to leave an area when safety is at issue would have extraordinary implications on the ability of law enforcement — and the University — to maintain civility and order,” Meek said.

The university did not respond to an email asking whether it will drop the code of conduct sanctions against students. All students arrested at the Feb. 1 demonstration were charged with violating university policies.

OU interim President David Descutner said he supports Powers’ decision to

request the charges be dropped and said the university is drafting policies for “best practices” moving forward.

“That process is underway and we expect to have an updated policy soon that not only protects the first amendment rights of all but also is consistent with the court’s ruling and with the values of Ohio University,” Descutner wrote.

Asked if the university will be changing its policies for use of space, OU spokesman Dan Pittman said the university is assessing the judge’s decision and declined to comment further.

In his statement Wednesday, Powers thanked the city prosecutor and the other law enforcement agencies that assisted his department Feb. 1.

“Most importantly I am grateful we live in a country that values due process and has safe, civil means for reviewing the actions of government,” he wrote.

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Entirely external Fight ticket enters campaign aiming to end ‘groupthink’ Fight wants to fix sentiments among current senators MAGGIE CAMPBELL FOR THE POST

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he executives on Fight, one of three tickets running for Student Senate, have all been leaders in different Ohio University organizations but have never served on senate.

Having the executives be external gives them a chance to provide a new mindset, Allison Huedepohl, vice presidential candidate, said.

“Being that outside perspective … we will be able to look at senate through a different point of view,” Huedepohl said. “We will be able to say, ‘OK, this is what you are doing now but maybe we could do this instead because this is what a lot of the student body would recommend.’ ” Presidential candidate David Parkhill is serving as president for the OU College Republicans for the

2016-17 academic year. Huedepohl has served as vice president for her social sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta. Treasurer candidate Caleb Cline has served as the recruiting squadron commander and training squadron commander of operation for OU's Air Force ROTC. Parkhill said he will be stepping down as president of College Republicans and continuing as only a member of the organization to keep his work with College Republicans and Student Senate separate.

“We do have other leadership experience and experience leading teams, being a part of a team, being a good follower, being a good leader,” Cline said. “Really, it’s just taking that and putting it into a new organization.”

Because they have that experience, Parkhill said they can avoid what he calls “groupthink,” something he said the other tickets will likely continue to contribute.

“Groupthink is rampant inside of any organization that only talks with members inside of itself,” he said. “I think continuing to elect people who are in senate that

are going to continue that senate mindset ... I think is going to hurt (the other) tickets. I think senate is going to continue to do the same thing.”

One change Fight hopes to bring to Student Senate is a “Bobcat solution center,” which would make senate a resource that students will go to with their problems.

Some other changes proposed

by Fight include a rating system based on reports from students about professors who may cancel class or don’t use Blackboard correctly. That would become like a Rate My Professors for the university so students could view ratings for different aspects of the class.

When professors fall under a certain percentage, the Fight ticket would plan to sit down with that professor and the dean of that professor's college to list concerns and discuss solutions.

“Imagine if the university was a business and the customers were treated like how professors treat their students,” Parkhill said.

“They’d be out of business very quickly.”

Members of the Fight ticket pose for a portrait on College Green.

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Fight’s main focus has been to address issues the candidates have heard from students. The ticket has been speaking with different organizations for those platform additions.

During those meetings, Fight wants students to know that they, too, are students, Cline said.

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Parkhill believes the students are the ones who have the answers to those problems.

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Voice ticket looks to achieve ‘big five’ goals The ticket has 15 objectives, five of which it hopes will have widespread effects EMILY LEBER FOR THE POST

Members of the Voice ticket pose for a portrait in Baker University Center. (BLAKE NISSEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

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Combining the experience of two current Student Senate members with the new ideas of an external candidate, Voice is a ticket in this year's senate election hoping to change campus climate and make Ohio University a more inclusive place.

Presidential candidate Jordan Kelley, vice presidential candidate Keyarah Newton and treasurer candidate Dane Hudson make up the executive board for the ticket. Kelley ran for president and Newton for senator atlarge in last year’s election on a ticket called Impact, which lost to UNITE. The Voice ticket has 15 objectives as part of its platform. The top five goals focus on alternative dining options, college affordability, counseling, programming for Friday nights to bring students together from on

and off campus and making the campus safer for students.

“This year, we just kind of made sure that we were reaching out a little bit farther than we did last year, as well as planning way ahead of time, getting things done, making sure everybody knows what they’re going to be doing and just making sure that we have a great group of people to work with,” Newton said.

Kelley has been in senate for the past four years and will continue for a fifth year, regardless of how the elections go. Nick Felt, the governmental affairs commissioner, is the one who persuaded Kelley to run for president for the second time.

“I’ve served on staff, I’ve been a vice-commissioner, a commissioner and a senator and I was also the chairman of the Rules and Procedures committee,” Kelley said. “I think all of that experience is really important because Student Senate has a lot of rules that are really hard to understand.”

Newton has been in senate for about a year, and Hudson has never ran as a part of a senate ticket before. Kelley said it is great to

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“This, for me, has been a remarkably eye-opening experience. It’s what I want to do ... It’s not about your resume.

It’s something that I genuinely enjoy and would be happy to do forever.”

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have someone in an executive position that does not have any senate experience because it gives a different point of view to the team.

Hudson is the president of the Ohio University Fixed Income Management Group, where he helps manage more than $2 million, giving him experience in dealing with large amounts of money, he said. In addition, Hudson has interned with three different large companies, working in finance services.

“This, for me, has been a remarkably eye-opening experience,” Hudson said. “It’s what I want to do. I think this is fun. It’s not work. It’s not about your resume. It’s something that I genuinely enjoy and would be happy to do forever.”

The Voice ticket hopes to bring about many changes to the senate body. Those include offering Bobcat Student Orientation in different languages, having a landlord rating system for off-campus students and expanding gender-neutral bathrooms.

“We were very intentional with our platform points. We only have 15, and there were very specific reasons for why we chose those 15,” Hudson said. “There were five of them — the big five — that we felt would influence a lot of students, and the other 10 things were things we felt would really help more specific groups of students.” @EMEMLEBER EL790115@OHIO.EDU

Members of the Green Light ticket pose for a portrait in Wolfe Garden. (LAILA RIAZ / FOR THE POST)

Green Light candidates aim for transparency, dependability ANASTASIA NICHOLAS FOR THE POST The Green Light ticket running in the Ohio University Student Senate election uses the colors on a stoplight to represent its goals for the upcoming year.

Green goals mean the initiative is new, yellow represents initiatives they want to further research or ones that could use improvement and red initiatives are what they hope to improve almost entirely.

Green Light’s goal is to achieve greater transparency, collaboration with other groups on campus and betterment of Ohio University as a whole, according to its website.

“What’s consistent about our goals is a better life on campus,” Vice President candidate Nicole Schneider said.

“We want to minimize sexual assault and (make students) feel safe.”

For the past two years, senates have focused on rebuilding internally and gaining respect, Treasurer candidate Zach Woods said. About two and a half years ago, Student Senate faced criticism after former senate President Megan Marzec dumped a bucket of fake blood on herself as a way to voice her concerns about OU’s ties with Israel.

Green Light members said they will not have as many internal initiatives as previous senates.

“We want to make our platform the ticket of the people,” Woods said. “We believe we have earned respect back on campus, and now we want to go back out and be that voice.”

Presidential candidate Landen Lama, who has served in senate for the past two years, said he hopes to keep senate’s momentum but speed up the response to addressing students’ concerns. He wants Green Light to be more directly involved with university planning and more outspoken on public policy.

“I’m very proud of the past two senates,” Lama said. “We need to have more substantial conversations about bills and laws that are affecting us on city, state and federal levels.”

Lama said it is also important for senate to follow through on their promises.

Green Light will be creating due dates for all initiatives on their platform, which includes subsidized textbook and Connect costs, a print center in the lobby of every residence hall on campus and the ability for students to use Bobcat Cash Uptown.

“It will be a good reminder to keep going,” Schneider said. “Senates start off strong and

fade away. We want steady hard work.”

The Green Light ticket has 38 members, about half of whom have previously served in senate, Schneider said. She said it is important to have members on the ticket who have been in senate so they have prior knowledge of how senate operates. “(When voting), every student needs to think about, ‘how will we be able to handle issues on campus?’ ” Lama said. “We can’t foresee every problem, but being able to address issues head-on is important.”

Because Green Light’s campaign is half internal, many ticket members have experience collaborating on senate initiatives.

“From what we’ve witnessed, it’s obvious to see Landen lives under the desk in the senate office,” Schneider said. “That’s something we’ve found in all of our members. They are all very dedicated. That’s what’s unique about our ticket.”

All three candidates said they will continue to support senate even if the Green Light campaign is unsuccessful.

“Whatever happens, we will be involved,” Schneider said. “We’re here for students.

We’re here to make the school a better place.”

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Rev. Robert Martin poses for a portrait at First Presbyterian Church on Court Street. Martin has been a pastor there for the last five years and says he is open to LGBT parishioners. (CARL FONTICELLA / PHOTO EDITOR)

Some LGBT students struggle to find a religious community Many churches are LGBT-inclusive, but others have room for improvement SARAH FRANKS FOR THE POST

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rowing up in Jacksonville, Florida, Pres Seymore’s father was a musical minister in her grandfather’s non-denominational church.

“When I was really, really young, he came home and he picked my mom up in the kitchen and kind of twirled her around, and I was like, ‘I want to treat somebody like my dad treats my mom,’ ” Seymore, a junior studying music education, said. “My dad said they knew before I did.”

As a third generation “preacher’s kid,” Seymore had the love and support of her family when she came out about her queer sexuality. Her case, however, was special, Seymore said. She was never made to feel wrong about who she was and who she loved.

Many religious LGBT students don’t feel

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like they have an inclusive place to practice their faith or spirituality. Seymore said college campuses have a responsibility to create a welcoming environment for those students because many come from families who were not as supportive as hers.

Similarly, a decision was made about 40 years ago that United Campus Ministry would work together to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment for religious and non-religious LGBT people alike.

“There’s just been this relationship that the founders of UCM committed to justice, committed to inclusion,” delfin bautista, the director of the LGBT Center, said.

From its very beginning, UCM’s attitude toward LGBT people set the tone for other religious congregations in the area, bautista, who uses they/them pronouns and the lowercase spelling of their name, said. All in all, the relationship between many churches in the Athens area and LGBT people has been progressively positive, bautista said.

In the early 2000s, a rainbow LGBT sticker was placed on the front sign of the First Presbyterian Church on Court Street, signaling their welcoming of anyone who might have previously felt excluded. The gesture was a small step that meant a lot for many.

Many churches near Ohio University, including First Presbyterian, aim to be LGBT-inclusive. However, most churches and religious and spiritual organizations on campus are missing the mark, Seymore said. It’s not enough to put a rainbow sticker on the front sign — conversations need to be had.

“Personally, I believe that we’re all part of the beloved community whether we identify ourselves as straight (or) homosexual — that those are just part of who we are, but don’t encompass us as a total being,” Rev. Robert Martin of First Presbyterian said.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in 2015 to legalize same-sex marriage, the

Presbyterian church held the stance that it is up to each individual pastor whether they want to perform those marriages.

Martin has performed four marriages of same-sex couples.

For some LGBT people who identify with a certain faith, coming to college and searching for a religious community that is accepting and inclusive to all sexualities can sometimes be difficult, Martin said.

“I got a call and (a student) wanted to sit down and talk with me,” Martin said. “They said, ‘Am I a bad person? Am I going to hell?

Do I need to see a therapist?’ And that was really hard. ... ‘I was just told at Bible study that I’m a horrible person.’ ” Churches such as the Episcopal Church, Lutheran Church and Methodist Church, as well as Hillel and UCM, have had a good history of communication and cooperation with LGBT people in Athens, bautista said. While progress has been made, there is room for a lot of improvement, especially within the Catholic and Baptist communities, bautista said.

“In the course that I teach this semester, there are a lot of folks who were raised Catholic, recovering Catholic, went to Catholic school and don’t know if they have a place within the Catholic world here in Athens,” they said.

Seymore said she has had a hard time finding a place to be her “authentic self” as a black and gay Christian.

“The thing that is kind of perpetuated in our society, especially in Athens, is that the Catholic Church is — I don’t know — has negative opinions, I guess, of people in the LGBTQ community,” Paul Riffon, director of Catholic Campus Ministry, said. “I think the main reason for that is because of the church’s stance on marriage.”

The disconnect is largely due to a lack of conversations being had on both ends, Riffon said.

“It does break my heart to hear people just type a Catholic as a closed minded, archaic, (that) sort of thing,” he said. “That hasn’t been my experience — at least when Catholicism is done well.”

Improving those lines of communication is a priority for bautista, they said.

Seymore, who now leads Interfaith Inqueeries, a Bible study group at the LGBT Center, said she felt unwelcome when she tried to participate in a religious student organization on campus.

“If there is a religious group that is receiving funding from the university, then the university needs to require ... no discrimination towards these students no matter what,” she said.

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POETRY: ACCESSIBLE ART

In the digital age, poetry can still serve as a form of expression and an outlet for students

LYNANNE VUCOVICH FOR THE POST

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oetry is one of the oldest forms of literature, and poets from Homer to Shakespeare were vital to the society of their time.

In the digital age, poetry and spoken word have found new mediums through which one can share and publish, and the Athens poetry scene is taking advantage of the opportunity.

Riley Doherty, a sophomore studying political science, hosts Designated Space at Donkey Coffee every Tuesday night, a place where everyone is welcome to come and share their poetry, stories and thoughts. “(Designated Space) is a good place for beginners and people who have been in the community forever to come and share and feel like they’re a part of something,” Doherty said.

Doherty moderates the evening, picks the order of readers and gives feedback to those performing. The crowd is encouraged to make comments and criticism.

DeMarius Rodgers, a freshman studying integrated social studies, reads every Tuesday at Designated Space and sees poetry as a therapeutic act.

“I could be in a real funk, and then I’ll sit down to write and I’ll instantly feel better about myself and what I’m doing,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers is a member of The F-Word Performers, a feminist performing arts group on campus. The group’s performances are not limited to poetry and include music and dancing.

Ohio University offers multiple courses involving poetry, creative writing and analyzing literature.

“When I’m teaching (poetry), one of my main goals is to expose students to as many different kinds of poetry as possible,” Brian McAllister, a visiting assistant professor, said.

McAllister believes there is heightened attention in poetry to every word that creates opportunities for innovation. “(Poetry is) different from prose in the way that it uses language,” McAllister said. “We’re more focused on the specific words employed and how they relate to one another.”

McAllister sees there are many opportunities for people who write poetry in Athens, no matter the level of interest. “(Athens provides) lots of opportunities to enter into a poetic community, either through graduate program, or creative writing events or community events,” McAllister said.

IF YOU GO WHAT: Designated Space WHERE: Donkey Coffee and Espresso, 17 W. Washington St. WHEN: Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

ADMISSION: Free

Olivia Cobb, a junior studying English, reads poetry during Donkey’s Designated Space poetry night on March 28. (EMILY MATTHEWS / PHOTO EDITOR)

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I could be in a real funk, and then I’ll sit down to write and I’ll instantly feel better about myself and what I’m doing.”

- DeMarius Roger, freshman studying integrated social studies

Hannah Pemberton, a sophomore studying creative writing, performs at Designated Space as well. Pemberton has been writing poetry for nearly two years now and says she couldn’t imagine her life without it.

“If I have something that’s stuck in my mind, it gives me an outlet for it,” Pemberton said. “It’s a great way to build relationships and communicate your deepest thoughts and feelings.”

Pemberton has a book of poetry coming out in the summer that will be self-published.

“We’re working on photography right now and then after that it’s done,” Pemberton said.

“It’s called Usually Depressing: Memoirs of a Bipolar Girl.”

Pemberton believes poetry is beginning to grow, especially through the internet. Button Poetry and other videos of performances are often shared through social media. McAllister believes that poetry, especially spoken word, offers a space with face-to-face communication and a different situation compared to a digital environment.

“(Poetry is) diverse in the way that there’s all levels of skill, and all levels of style,” Doherty said. “There are people that write more for the page ... and there’s people whose poetry is very performance based, so reading it isn’t the same as seeing them reading it to you.”

She thinks poetry is the natural form of human expression, and even the mundane conversation is still poetry.

“I think my favorite thing about it is it’s so intuitive and so accessible for everyone,” Doherty said. “I think that anyone that tries to put really strict rules on poetry is completely misinterpreting it. I think the fact that it’s so natural is its best quality.”

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Cooks at Village Bakery and Cafe assemble dishes using local ingredients provided by nearby farms, such as Laurel Valley Cheese and greens from Green Edge Gardens in Amesville.

Growing dilemmas

For some farmers, growing fresh food is no walk in the park. Local farms, which provide food for locavores, are struggling to stay profitable

Kip Rondy hasn’t made a profit from his farm since July.

Last year was hard because of poor weather, but this winter was unseasonably warm, and it should have helped profits rebound. Still, nothing changed.

“Sixty, 70 years ago, all these guys could make a living and send their kids to (Ohio University) on the back of 30 damn cows,” Rondy, who co-owns Green Edge Gardens in Amesville with his wife, Becky, said.

Not anymore, Rondy said, and he’s not alone: Other small farms are struggling as well.

“We’re all in this boat together,” he said.

Rondy and other local farmers are in a bind between staying competitive and staying afloat while producing

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food for locavores.

LOCAL FOCUS The word “locavore” refers to one who tries to eat only locally produced foods.

According to locavores.com, the term was coined in 2005 by Jessica Prentice, co-creator of the Local Foods Wheel. She started a movement that year by calling for San Francisco residents to eat food grown within 100 miles of the city.

Athens has had an affinity for local food since before “locavore” was even coined, though. The Appalachian Center for Economic Networks, or ACEnet, was founded in 1985 and works with small businesses throughout Appalachian Ohio.

“We help food and farm entrepreneurs develop,” Leslie Schaller, ACEnet’s director of programs and business director at Casa Nueva Restaurant and Cantina, 6 W. State St., said. ACEnet, then known as Worker Owned Network, helped Casa Nueva open in 1985.

According to the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture, the distance an average American meal travels from farm to plate is about 1,500 miles. ACEnet aims to lower that number to 30. The 30 Mile Meal, an effort of ACEnet and the Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau, hopes to narrow locavores’ focuses even further.

“It’s ‘how do we provide more opportunities for farmers?’ ” Schaller said.

LOCAVORE MOTIVATIONS When Eric Hedin first arrived in Athens in 1978, there were no fast food restaurants, he said. Hedin, the owner of the Athens Do It Yourself Shop, 16060 Canaanville Road, still enjoys eating locally.

“It’s good to be self-sufficient,” he said.

“There’s a joy to it.”

According to Schaller, there are several reasons to eat local.

“A lot of people (are drawn) to local food from an interest in health,” she said.

“It’s fresher and more nutrient-rich.”

Vandana Shiva, a scholar, environmental activist and author, was in Athens on Monday to discuss local food, and she said she also believes the increased health benefits are important.

“The most affordable health care is good food,” she said.

Hedin and Schaller both noted a social aspect as another case for local food.

Hedin cited what he called “the pride of the village,” or how supporting those around the area makes a person feel, while Schaller mentioned the Athens Farmers Market.

“It’s kind of a crossroads for people of every age, every income level,” Schaller

Village Bakery’s baked tofu sandwich sources some of its ingredients from local farms, such as the sprouts from Green Edge Gardens in Amesville.

said of the market.

The biggest reason to eat local foods cited by those experts, though, is the economic impact.

“People of all ages want to support their neighbors and communities,” Schaller said. “Buying local one time a day or one time a week can really help the local farmers. We all get to vote with our forks every day.”

Hedin believes local products are superior and thus more deserving of funding.

“Why should our money go to big companies when little people can make a better product?” he said.

One of the largest hurdles for ACEnet’s clients is competition with massive corporations, Schaller said.

“How do we differentiate from what a Wal-Mart or a larger-scale distributor might bring to the table?” she said.

DOLLAR DILEMMA Rich Tomsu is 85 years old, and he remembers watching his grandfather produce his own food.

“At an early age, I realized that it was possible to grow your own food,” he said.

Years later, Tomsu bought his farm, Rich Gardens Organic Farm, in Shade.

“I realized, at a point in time when I wanted to change my life, (farming) is something I could do,” he said.

Nowadays, for unsubsidized farmers like Tomsu and Rondy, times are tough.

In the past, farmers used to make a good living.

“I suspect that the original owner of my farm … had only 10 cows,” Tomsu said.

Statistics from the United States Department of Agriculture show a vast swing away from small farms. In 1935, there were more than 6 million farms in the U.S., with a mean size of less than 200 acres each.

Now, there are just more than 2 million farms, each averaging about 400 acres.

Those farmers blame big agribusinesses, who, they say, receive most of the planned $23.9 billion in government farm subsidies.

“The problem is the economic disparity between (big farming businesses and small farm owners),” Rondy said.

Rondy said his employees make more than he does. After the employees are paid, hardly any money is left for him and Becky.

“It just gets so frustrating,” he said.

Likewise, Tomsu’s sole full-time employee makes more than the farm owner for whom he works.

“Sometimes … I don’t make anything at all, and certainly not even the minimum wage,” Tomsu said.

Rondy, Tomsu and other local farmers are struggling to compete with big corporations like Wal-Mart and Kroger.

“We’re creating two separate worlds in this one economy,” Rondy said.

Rondy also fears for the future of farming due to the rising cost of land.

“I bought my place 30, 40 years ago, and it cost $60,000 or $70,000, I can’t remember,” he said. “Now, we had it appraised at $400,000 — not including any

of the infrastructure, the 10 greenhouses we built … just the land and the house and the barn.”

Rondy doubts the next generation of farmers will be able to foot the bill for such an expense.

“How can they afford it?” he said. “They can’t finance that debt.”

Even if the debt of purchasing a farm is financeable, Tomsu doesn’t believe those hypothetical farmers would be able to pay it off.

“They’re still going to make, maybe if they’re lucky, $5 an hour,” he said. “What is the incentive to go into debt for hundreds of thousands of dollars if you’re going to be paying that debt and making $5 an hour? That just doesn’t make any sense.”

Fifty years ago, it wasn’t that way, Tomsu said, and farming was more profitable.

“I probably made as much money back then, maybe even more, than I’m making now,” he said. “That’s the irony.”

All hardships considered, Rondy will continue to wake up each morning and farm.

“This is very important work, and we just need to continue to do it, and maybe it’ll develop itself.”

Though the sale of his property would net him what he called a “fortune,” Tomsu does not plan to sell his farm anytime soon, even at the age of 85.

“I don’t want to do anything else (but farm),” he said. “I’ll probably continue to do this until I drop over one day in the field.”

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the weekender Plenty to do for Moms Weekend

ATTEND ANYTHING FROM STARGAZING TO EXERCISE CLASSES WITH MOM BY YOUR SIDE EMILY DOLL FOR THE POST This year’s Moms Weekend features an array of events with something to appeal to any mother and student duo.

On Friday, students and moms will have several events to choose from, such as stargazing at The Ridges with Outdoor Pursuits, attending a photography exhibit by Tom Schiff, listening to a comedy act by female comedians at Baker Center and, for people 21 and over, attending a painting and wine drinking event.

The University Program Council will be putting on the 17th annual Mom’s Walk for the Cure. It’s $15 per person and all proceeds go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the cure in the Athens area. Cidnye Weimer, the UPC graduate advisor, said the event is an opportunity to help the Athens area.

“It’s one of our biggest events,” she said. “It’s an opportunity to give back to the Athens community.”

In the spirit of keeping things local, Nicole Phillips, wife of OU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Saul Phillips, will be the keynote speaker at the event. After seeing one of her best friends lose her battle with cancer and being diagnosed herself, Nicole began speaking about her experiences with the disease.

On Saturday, Annelie Goins, a freshman studying journalism, plans to go hiking at The Ridges with her mom, but they are doing it on their own rather than through the OU planned event. “(The reason we’re not doing it through OU) is mainly just time restrictions,” Goins said. “Most of the outdoor excursions take all day ... we want to do 22 / MARCH 30, 2017

other things.”

Goins also plans to see The Princess Bride with her mom at The Athena Cinema, which is playing at 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday.

Other events students and their moms can attend Saturday include ziplining, wine and beer tastings for students over 21, a chocolate fest at Baker Center and ice skating at Bird Arena.

Goins is excited for Moms Weekend because it is an opportunity for her to have some one-on-one time with her mom. She said they have been planning on her mom visiting since before the school year started.

“Before I even officially enrolled we were looking at (events) that happen (for Moms Weekend),” Goins said. “She hasn’t had a weekend alone with me (at OU) yet.”

Mary Calaiacovo, a freshman studying biological sciences, also plans to hike with her mom. Like Goins, she is not doing it through OU because of time restraints. “(My mom’s) an early riser,” she said.

“If we wanted to go earlier ... it’s just easier to go on our own.”

There are fewer events on Sunday, however there are still some planned activities, such as a beach volleyball tournament, crafting with Project Escape at the Bobcat Student Lounge and a pancake breakfast at 9 a.m.

Calaiacovo has been planning for her mom to come for some time, and she is very excited for the weekend.

“We’ve been looking forward to Moms Weekend for a while,” she said.

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IF YOU GO WHAT: Stargazing and Campfire WHEN: All day Friday and Saturday WHERE: The Ridges ADMISSION: Free WHAT: ‘The Library Book: Panoramic Photographs’ by Tom Schiff WHEN: All day Friday, Saturday and Sunday WHERE: Alden Library ADMISSION: Free WHAT: Pottery Sale WHEN: 9 a.m., Friday and Saturday WHERE: Jennings House Lawn; Seigfred if raining ADMISSION: Pottery for sale WHAT: Native American Jewelry Sale WHEN: 10 a.m., Friday and Saturday WHERE: Kennedy Museum ADMISSION: Free WHAT: Canvas Uncorked Wine and Painting WHEN: 6 p.m., Friday WHERE: Walter Hall Rotunda ADMISSION: $40

WHAT: ‘Don’t Tell Dad’ Comedy Show

by Blue Pencil Comedy WHEN: 7 p.m., Friday WHERE: Baker University Center Theatre ADMISSION: $3 recommended donation WHAT: MarvelOUs Dancers Dance Concert WHEN: 7 p.m., Friday WHERE: Baker University Center Ballroom ADMISSION: $3 WHAT: Theater Division Presents: ‘The Rover’ WHEN: 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday WHERE: Elizabeth Evans Baker Theater ADMISSION: Free WHAT: Cycling Class WHEN: 8:45 am, Saturday WHERE: Ping Recreation Center ADMISSION: $15 WHAT: Mom’s Walk for the Cure WHEN: 9 a.m., Saturday WHERE: Ping Recreation Center ADMISSION: $15

WHAT: Conkle’s Hollow Day Hike WHEN: 10 a.m., Saturday WHERE: Bus departs from Ping Recreation Center ADMISSION: $20 WHAT: Zipline Adventure WHEN: 10 a.m., Saturday WHERE: Ping Recreation Center ADMISSION: $25 WHAT: Moms Weekend Zumbathon WHEN: 10 a.m., Saturday WHERE: Ping Recreation Center ADMISSION: $8 WHAT: 3rd Annual Woof and Wine Tasting WHEN: 11 a.m., Saturday WHERE: Athens Uncorked, 14 Station St. ADMISSION: $26 WHAT: Chocolate Fest WHEN: 2 p.m., Saturday WHERE: Ping Recreation Center ADMISSION: Free

WHAT’S GOING ON? ALEX MCCANN FOR THE POST

FRIDAY New Beginnings Animal Center Adoption Event 2 p.m. at Petland, 977 E. State St. A variety of potential animal companions will be up for adoption Friday afternoon. Admission: free.

Showing and Discussion of ‘Generation Found’ 7 p.m. at Walter Hall, Room 135. The OU Student Appropriations Commission, Health Promotion and R.I.S.E. will host a showing and subsequent discussion of ‘Generation Found,’ a 2016 documentary about youth addiction and a community working together to fight it.

Admission: free.

Fiesta Latina 9 p.m. at The Union Bar & Grill, 18 W. Union St. The Union will host another iteration of the popular Fiesta Latina, a dance party featuring Latin and Spanishlanguage music. Admission: $3 for ages 18-20, free for ages 21+.

The Ramshacklers 10 p.m. at Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Columbus-based rock band The Ramshacklers will jam at Casa Nueva on Friday. The band blends influences from rock, rhythm & blues and soul. Admission: $5

SATURDAY Moms Weekend Beer Tasting 12 p.m. at Jackie O’s Taproom & Brewery, 25 Campbell St. The Global Leadership Certificate Program will host a beer tasting to raise money for a two-week trip to Cambodia and Germany. A shuttle will run from Jackie O’s Public House & Brewpub, 22 W. Union St., to the Taproom & Brewery.

Admission: $20.

Fair Weather Pop-up Craft Sale 1 p.m. at Little Fish Brewing Company, 8675 Armitage Road.

Local craft microbrewery Little Fish Brewing Company will be hosting a pop-up sale of local crafts Saturday afternoon, weather permitting. Necromancy Creations, Questionable Press and Cricket Jones are all scheduled to have their wares for sale.

Admission: free.

The Bob Stewart Band 8 p.m. at Donkey Coffee & Espresso, 17 1/2 W. Washington St. The Bob Stewart band, a local acoustic blues group, will perform at Donkey Coffee on Saturday night. The show is a fundraiser for the students from the Global Leadership Certificate Program who plan to travel to Cambodia and Germany in May. Admission: donation.

Broadway’s Next H!T Musical 8 p.m. at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.

This musical, described as “The Tony Awards meets ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ ” is unscripted and composed solely of improvisation.

Admission: $20.

Blues Cowboys 9 p.m. at the Smiling Skull Saloon, 108 W. Union St. Athens-based five-piece Blues Cowboys will play at Athens’ biker bar Saturday night. The band’s music mixes blues, rock and country, according to its Facebook page.

Any Colour, Bulls On Parade and DJ Barticus 9 p.m. at The Union Bar & Grill, 18 W. Union St. Two cover bands — Any Colour, which covers classic rock band Pink Floyd, and Bulls on Parade, which covers rap-metal group Rage Against the Machine — and local record-spinner DJ Barticus will perform Saturday night at The Union. Admission: TBD Us, Today and Water Witches 10 p.m. at Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Us, Today, a trio from Cincinnati, will return to Athens this weekend joined by Athens’ own Water Witches. Us, Today’s music is avant-garde and experimentationheavy, while Water Witches have a garage psychedelic sound.

Admission: $5

SUNDAY Jackie O’s Sunday Funday 3 p.m. at Jackie O’s Taproom & Brewery, 25 Campbell St. Celebrate National PB&J Day by trying Jackie O’s PB&J beer, made with peanuts and raspberries.

Natural Sway, Black Magic Darlings, Perennial Rye and Serpent Mound will provide music.

Admission: free.

Doubles Pool Tournament 7 p.m. at The Over Hang, 63 N. Court St. The Over Hang will host a doubles billiards tournament Sunday night. The top three teams will take home prize money.

Admission: $10.

New Thousand with Bright at Night 8 p.m. at The Union Bar & Grill, 18 W. Union St. In a rare Sunday night show, trio New Thousand will bring its hip-hop and trap sound to Athens. New Thousand, dually based in Columbus and New Orleans, feature violin, keyboard and electronic percussion, all mixed with hip hop bars. Eclectic, genrecrossing group Bright at Night will open the show. Admission: $5 in advance, $7 at the door.

BAR DEALS & MOVIE TIMES The Athena Cinema movie times ‘Lion,’ PG-13: Friday, 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2:40 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2:40 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:15 p.m.

‘The Princess Bride,’ PG: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 3 p.m.

‘A United Kingdom,’ PG-13: Friday, 5:20 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:40 p.m.; Saturday, 3:10 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:40 p.m.; Sunday, 3:10 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Lucky’s Sports Tavern: Friday, 4 to 9 p.m.: $1.75 well drinks and domestic bottles, $1 short domestic drafts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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