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The seven personalities of Alden Library SARAH FRANKS FOR THE POST

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s students move between the seven floors of Alden Library looking for the perfect nook to focus and get work done, they may find stark differences in the atmospheres available to them.

Some students prefer some floors over others depending on their mood and the level of urgency in getting their work done. They become so familiar with the different Alden floors, they are sometimes able to personify their go-to study spots.

The variation in noise level from floor to floor is something fairly new to libraries. Libraries were almost always a destination for studious individuals looking for complete silence, Macie Penrod, a library support associate at Alden, said.

“They would have floors with, you know, different boxes or cubes with typewriters in them to do your work like that — but there weren’t really big group study areas like there are now,” Penrod said.

After the dawn of the internet; however, the role of libraries on campuses began to change dramatically Courtney Brown, a library support specialist at Alden, said.

Personal technology replaced stationery typewriters, which meant there was a growing necessity for the tolerance of noisy areas, so students could move with their laptop around the library freely and talk with friends while doing work.

“It’s not just a place you can go to get your materials,” Penrod said. “The libraries now kind of have to appeal to students who are used to looking at things online. … How do you provide a space that people can still come and do research becomes the big question.”

Many library employees — including those working at Alden — found the best way to cater to student’s transforming methods of studying is to have a range of environments throughout the floors, which tend to fluctuate in noise level and layout. The change now means a group of friends working on a project together could chat amongst themselves on one of the noise-friendly floors while avoiding some annoyed glances they may have received from library patrons before.

Some students are so familiar with the different atmospheres Alden has to offer, they are able to describe the personality each floor encompasses.

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Seventh floor — “Madison” Garrett Dildine, a sophomore studying civil engineering, said the 7th floor can be confusing, leading him to the conclusion that the seventh floor is “definitely” a girl named Madison.

Sixth floor — “Phil” Emily Witter, a junior studying environmental biology, described the sixth floor as a shy, quiet boy named Phil — definitely an engineer who is into collecting “something”.

Fifth floor — “Lydia” “(The fifth floor) would be probably the more quiet one that’s kind of reserved and isn’t that outgoing, but is more outgoing just in a smaller group I guess,” Samantha Selhorst, a sophomore studying neuroscience, said.

The fifth floor would be an artistic girl named Lydia, Selhorst said.

Fourth floor — “Blake” Rachel Addlespurger, a junior studying communication studies, said the fourth floor of the Alden Library would be the cool, stylish friend who is really outgoing.

“It would be a boy and his name would be Blake,” Addlespurger said.

Third floor — “Penelope” Brianna Ash, a junior studying exercise physiology, said the third floor is the laid-back friend that doesn’t want to be around a lot of people and is introverted.

“This would be the person that doesn’t really want to go out. … I would say it’s a girl and her name would be Penelope,” Ash said.

Second floor — “Ashley” “I would say (the second floor) would be the friend that, like, goes and talks to everybody all the time … a girl and she needs a social name ... Ashley. She’s bubbly. Maybe she knows how to balance school and social time. She’s the first person you see at a party,” Madison Wickham, a sophomore studying journalism, said.

First floor — “Sophie” Andrew Garnica, a junior studying sport management, said the first floor is the loyal friend who will always have an open spot for you to study — most likely a sorority sister named Sophie.

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Barriers can exist between U.S., international students Students can act one of three ways when interacting with those from a different country The Homecoming Parade brought a lot of fun on Oct. 8. The International Student Union showed up as the first unit of the parade and attracted the crowd by showing off various nationXINYI al flags from all over the world.

YAN The organization gathered Bobis a senior cats from all over the world and studying I heard people discussing the strategic communilarge population of international cation Bobcats. at Ohio As one of the international University students at OU, I feel the barriers between the domestic and international students deeply, including tradition, language and ways of thinking. Based on my personal experiences observing communication between international and American students, I have noticed both groups act one of three ways with the other group. Their interactions can be described as either parallel, intersectional or coincidental.

American students who act “parallel” have no idea how to communicate with people in a different group. For the domestic students, some of them grow up with little interactions with foreign cultures, even though maybe they learn about other cultures from books or the news.

Still, they feel uncomfortable with starting a conversation with the real people.

For international students, when they break into a new culture, they have the tendency to interact with people who have similar or common backgrounds with them. They interact easier with people from the same country or same area and it is easy to think of conversation topics. People in the parallel relationship always get along well with the people in their own group, but no one else.

“Intersectional” people help create the major relationships around us. People want and try to learn about people from different cultures. There are some limitations, however, like language and culture varieties that prevent the creation of closer relationships.

In my opinion, language is the biggest problem for international students. Lack of vocabulary can directly influence the conversation content and the motivation of acquaintances. People

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cannot have intensive conversations with language barriers. That is a big reason why domestic and international students have such a hard time forming friendships.

“Coincidental” relationships between American and international students mean that people with different backgrounds are able to form an intimate, interdependent relationship. Both students are able to find a balanced way to adjust the culture of each other. Coincidental relationships always take time, however, and, in most cases, it requires the international student to choose to adjust to domestic culture.

All parallel, intersectional and coincidental relationships have their advantages and disadvantages. People always choose the relationship that most fits their personalities.

Here are some useful communication tips for both American students and international students if they want to learn more about each other: First, using nonverbal language is very important. Even a smile can say a thousand words. Trust me, as a global positive symbol, the benefits of smiling can bring much more than you imagine.

Smiling and having a confident posture will help you show off your kindness and acceptance.

Second, try to ask if people know the meaning of the keywords in your stories. For example, when you tell a story about a waitress working in the restaurant, please make sure your international friends know what “tray” and “medium-well” mean. Similarly, when talking about the life in your home country, international students should better explain special food and customs as background to the story.

Last, if you have the opportunity, please try studying abroad. You will feel totally differently as a domestic citizen and a foreigner. At the same time, you will open up your eyes to the world and you will also learn how to adjust to new cultures, as well as how to help others adjust.

What is the easiest way to make international friends? Let Xinyi know by emailing her at xy307715@ohio.edu.

That phrase you keep using does not mean what you think it means When people misuse popular expressions, I’m never sure whether to toe the line and correct them, or just toe the line and go along with it.

Of course, by “toe the line,” I mean “conform to the expectations and principles of others.” That’s what that expression means. But a lot of people have WILLIAM T. started to use it to mean “get really close to crossing PERKINS the line.” Those people are wrong. So this week, I’ve is a senior taken it upon myself to correct them. Stop misusing studying “toe the line.” journalism at Ohio Also, for those of you who thought it was “tow the University line,” I hate to say it, but you’re wrong as well. The phrase derives from track and field events, when runners would have to start out with their toe on the line to insure no one had an unfair advantage. During election years, you’ll probably hear a lot of people saying certain candidates should “toe the party line.”

I get the fact that language evolves over time. That’s one of my favorite things about language: it’s alive and changeable. After all, the only reason words mean anything is because we have all collectively agreed they mean something. Language helps us understand each other, and we’re allowed to change it as much as we want to make it easier to accomplish that goal.

There’s no need to say “Wherefore art thou Romeo?” when we can just as easily say “Why are you Romeo?” (No, it doesn’t mean “Where are you, Romeo?”)

For some reason, though, “toe the line” really gets my goat. If I say “I’ve decided to toe the line on your idea for the group project,” I don’t want people to think I’m challenging them. I’m on your side.

People do this with a lot of expressions, and normally context is enough to clear things up.

Last week I was talking to one of my friends who said “There’s a lot of water under that bridge,” to describe a tense relationship. Of course, “water under the bridge” means there used to be an issue, but it’s no big deal anymore.

It didn’t bother me too much that he misused the expression. I mean, I could’ve cared less, but I also could’ve cared more. So I let it slide.

To be clear, that’s “I could’ve cared less,” which means I cared a little. If I’d said “I couldn’t have cared less,” that’d be a horse of a different color.

Now I’m going to say something that might surprise you: I don’t mind if people misuse “literally,” and it bothers me when people act like it bothers them. It literally makes me want to blow a fuse.

“You mean ‘figuratively.’ ” No, I don’t because no one talks like that. I can understand “practically” or “virtually” in place of “literally,” but if you feel like you have to use the word “figuratively” to make it clear that you’re using figurative language, you just might be a robot.

For some reason, I really like the idea that people have started to use the word “literally” figuratively. It’s ironic — literally.

At least, I think it is. Does anyone know what “ironic” means anymore?

How have you been using figurative speech incorrectly?

Let William know by emailing him at wp198712@ohio.edu.

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‘Gold star standard’ is harmful to the LGBT community A queer woman who has never had sex with a man is not something to put on a pedestal or assign value, rather it is something to respect and understand It’s no secret that queer women often face prejudice. But unfortunately, this judgment doesn’t always stop within queer communities.

DELANEY Oftentimes queer womMURPHY en place different stanis a freshman dards upon members of studying their own communities. journalism One of the more infawith a focus mous examples of this in news and is that of the “gold star information at Ohio standard.”

University The term “gold star” within queer communities refers to a queer woman who has never had sex with a man.

There is often greater value placed on gold star women as potential partners, and also greater personal pride associated with having gold star status.

The value placed on gold star women mainly sprouts from the idea that these women are more sure of their identity. Because queer women are often subjected to

straight women faking their identity, they might consider never sleeping with a man something that makes another woman a more trustworthy partner.

But the gold star standard has a litany of issues.

The gold star standard excludes a large group of queer women. It inherently leaves out bisexual and pansexual women, because even if they have never dated a man before, their mere possible attraction to men already excludes them from a possible place of respect and value among queer women. It also shames lesbian women who were questioning their identity and dated men before figuring out their true identity. It implies there is something wrong with both a collection of valid identities and also the natural process of figuring out one’s own attraction.

Here’s the thing: Not all queer women are lesbians, and some lesbians have slept with men. Both of these things are perfectly fine, and yet they are cast in a negative light because of this “gold star” standard.

I have already discussed the validity of

bisexual women in the past, but it bears repeating.

Any person who experiences samesex attraction is queer. Because bisexual women are attracted to other women, they are queer, even though they also may be attracted to and interested in pursuing relationships with men.

The same goes for pansexual women.

Creating an entire standard based solely on being in relationships with women excludes these women and makes it clear that they are not welcome or valued in queer female communities.

But this standard also creates boundaries between lesbians as well, particularly with regard to creating the “right kind” of lesbian, who presumably has only been with other women. But many lesbians have been with men in the past, and this could be due to a variety of reasons. They may be struggling with figuring out their identity or confused by compulsory heterosexuality. They could be dealing with internalized homophobia and trying to repress or “reverse” their own feelings. They could be a situation in which

they cannot be fully out and feel an obligation to be with men.

These are all valid reasons, and they do not lower a lesbian’s value. They don’t invalidate her identity, and just because a lesbian has dated men or continues to date men for whatever reason does not change or invalidate her identity.

Ultimately, the gold star standard plays into a harmful stereotype — the idea that women are defined by their previous partners. This goes especially for queer women, who are often reduced solely to their relationships, both inside and outside of the queer community. In reality, there is no “right way” to be a queer woman. Our own idea of who we are, not our relationships, is what defines us. And previous relationships do not change the supposed value of who we are.

How else do you think stereotypes affect queer women? Let Delaney know by emailing her at dm181515@ohio.edu or tweeting her at @delpaulinem.

STREETVIEW

“Are you planning to go see ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show?’ ”

“I am not planning on going to see ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ although I do like it. It’s more of a cult thing to go see it, and I’m not that into it.”

Chris Goldner, freshman studying music production

“I haven’t planned on going. ... But it might be interesting.”

Nile Harris, senior studying chemistry pre-med

“No, but I would be very interested in going.”

Casey Carter, sophomore studying meteorology

“No, I am not. This is a busy week for me as far as school work and I am in a sorority, so maybe next time.”

“I have not heard about it, but I would love to go see it.”

Jabril Bryant, sophomore studying marketing and film

Megan Tier, freshman studying communication

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Political parties pack bars for election season POLITICIANS HOLD FUNDRAISERS AND GETTOGETHERS AT LOCAL BARS TO HELP BUILD SUPPORT IN THE RUN-UP TO THE ELECTION

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n election night in November 2008, Debbie Phillips and her supporters gathered at Skipper’s Bar and Grill, 8 N. Court St., to watch the results come back in. Phillips was running to represent Ohio’s 94th district in the Statehouse.

She had lost in her first attempt back in 2006 and was hoping for a better result the second time around.

“We had all gathered at Skipper’s, and we kept waiting and waiting,” Phillips said.

“Eventually we just went back to the campaign offices. They called the race very late.”

Nonetheless, it was a memorable night for Phillips, who is finishing up her final term this year. Phillips said she has attended a number of events around Athens, but none compare to that first night.

“Skipper’s isn’t there anymore,” she said.

“Now (the Democrats) go to places like the Pigskin and Jackie O’s.”

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at the Pigskin Bar and Grille last week.

“This is a good location,” Gentile said at his fundraiser. “And (Pigskin owner) Ric (Wasserman) is a good friend and supporter.”

The uptown bars are important to the local political parties, as they provide party officials and supporters with a place to gather, raise funds and talk politics.

For the Democrats, that could mean any number of places. Haseley said there is not one specific place where local Democrats prefer to hold their events. Instead, they frequent restaurants and bars that are run by supporters.

“We like to show support for people who support us,” Haseley said. “We like to return that support, and we’re especially interested in showcasing local businesses.”

In addition to Pigskin, the Democrats often hold events at Jackie O’s — both the Taproom and the Brewery. Haseley said the local Democrats had a hand in convincing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to make her Athens campaign stop at the Jackie O’s Production

Brewery and Taproom.

“The campaign came in and asked for different options that could be possible to do an event,” Haseley said. “(The brewery) was the first place we took them to, and they liked it.”

But the Democrats frequent more than just Jackie O’s and Pigskin. Later this month, a fundraiser will be held for Senate candidate Ted Strickland at the newly opened Starting Gates Bier Halle on 120 W. Union St. “We have done letter-writing nights at the Devil’s Kettle out on Columbus Road,” Haseley said. “And then there was the mayor’s bus trip that went to Little Fish Brewery on Armitage Road. We don’t go to one or two places. We go to a number of places.”

For local Republicans, there used to be one place that hosted almost all of their social events: the Oak Room at 14 Station St., where party members would meet for happy hour several times each year.

“We used to go there for years and years,” Athens County Republican Party Chair Pete Couladis said. “There was an upstairs area

where we used to have get-togethers. But it’s been closed for a couple years now.”

Couladis said that following the closing of the Oak Room about two years ago, the local GOP social events became less frequent, although they occasionally will have something at the Ohio University Inn. He is trying to get things started again and has booked the basement of the Red Brick Tavern for an event next week.

“Several people mentioned at our last meeting that we should do a social event,” Couladis said. “We had a debate watch party at the campaign headquarters, but that’s not a formal event.”

He said several members suggested Red Brick Tavern. Despite a lack of parking and a lack of food, Couladis was excited for the event.

“I talked to (Red Brick owner) Dan DeLuca, and he said he was glad to have us,” Couladis said. “We’ll invite Jay Edwards and some other candidates; it should be a nice social event.”

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Road plan scrapped; alt-right conservative speaker to visit JONNY PALERMO FOR THE POST

A notorious conservative speaker and the city council meeting were some of the top stories from the past week. Here are updates on those stories and more.

CITY COUNCIL The city will no longer build a connector road between East Park Drive and Home Street.

The decision to scrap the plans came after negative feedback from citizens, Athens Mayor Steve Patterson said.

“We received (complaints from) several concerned citizens who did not like the idea at all,” Patterson said. “The city will not be moving forward with the connector.”

The city is currently considering other options to improve traffic conditions on East State Street, including connecting East Park Drive with Community Center Drive.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS Conservative speaker and journalist Milo Yiannopoulos will come to Ohio

University in December to speak at an event organized by the OU College Republicans.

Yiannopoulos, a writer for Breitbart, gained notoriety after a Twitter confrontation with actress and comedian Leslie Jones.

David Parkhill, president of the OU College Republicans, said he was contacted by an organizer after OU made national news with the pro-Trump messages that were painted on the graffiti wall in the spring.

“It was a heat-ofthe-moment decision to support a freedom of speech mindset,” Parkhill said. “I think it’s important to have guys like (Yiannopoulos) who can say ridiculous things and still be protected by the First Amendment.”

Yiannopoulos will speak Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. in Nelson Commons.

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On-campus learning curve For home-schooled students, college can be a culture shock GEORGIA DAVIS STAFF WRITER Despite being home-schooled their entire lives, Aaron, Elisabeth and Tim Pike have not experienced many difficulties while on Ohio University’s campus.

The three siblings were part of about two million people who were homeschooled in the spring of 2010 in the U.S., according to the National Home Education Research Institute. Though they have faced few problems in the classroom, they have experienced a culture shock in some of the social aspects of college life.

Chuck Lowery, an assistant professor of educational studies, said the concept of home schooling is “deeply rooted in our ideas of democracy” and a person’s right to choose in society. The key to successful home schooling, he said, is having a good home environment, commitment to education and the resources to teach.

“I think students can potentially go through an entire career of home schooling, go into college and still do quite well,” Lowery, who was a public school teacher for 10 years and a principal for 10 years, said. “A lot of time in those situations, the parents go into it knowing they’re going to home-school their child. It could be for … conviction purposes, religious purposes.”

Lori Pike, the students’ mother who taught the majority of the curriculum, said her and her husband’s Christian faith played a major role in the decision to home-school their children. It was their “God-given responsibility,” she said.

Lori, who lives about two hours away from Athens in Mount Vernon, said she was able to teach concepts that are not taught in public schools, such as teaching the theory of evolution alongside creation theory.

When the parents decided to homeschool their children, Lori said her family was living in the Washington, D.C. area and was not impressed by the public school system.

Lori graduated from OU in 1991 with a degree in music education, another reason that prompted the decision to homeschool.

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From left to right, Aaron Pike, Tim Pike and Elisabeth Pike pose for a portrait at the Academic and Research Center. All three siblings were home-schooled through high school and are now engineering students at OU. (LIZ MOUGHON / PHOTO EDITOR)

going to be a teacher, we thought it was a good fit,” Lori said.

Lori now teaches her five other children in their home in Mount Vernon and prepares them for different aspects of collegiate life.

“I tried to prepare them both spiritually and educationally,” she said.

Alongside a college preparatory curriculum — which included four math and science courses throughout high school — she taught her children how to show their faith in college and prepared them for questions about their faith.

Lowery said it is important for homeschooled students to gain perspective on other world views and different individuals to prepare for college.

“If this is just a ‘I’m going to keep my kid under a rock and not let them experience life at all,’ throwing them onto a college campus after (being home schooled) … could be a culture shock,” Lowery said.

Aaron, a senior studying civil engineering, said he gained people skills despite

being home-schooled and is able to interact with people of all ages. “(Home schooling is) good for learning how to communicate well with other people on serious things,” he said. “So now I’m more comfortable approaching someone regardless of how old they are.”

Elisabeth, a senior studying electrical engineering, found the classwork to be easier in college. In high school, she said she received mostly Bs and Cs and some As. Since coming to college, she finds it easier to earn an A. “(Our parents) didn’t care what letter grade we got or what percentage grade — they cared about what we learned,” Tim, a freshman studying civil engineering, said.

Though they have not experienced many problems with classwork, they said the culture of college and the attitudes of their peers shocked them.

“I suppose we sort of missed out on pop culture. I don’t know if that’s a bad thing or not, but it was kind of a culture shock coming here to college,” Elisabeth said.

“But I think that’s usually something that happens to everybody that comes to college. You just meet a bunch of different people with different backgrounds from yourself.”

Tim said he has difficulties connecting with his peers on a deeper level because they only want to discuss the social aspects of their lives. “(The biggest shock was) the level of immaturity of most of the incoming freshmen,” he said. “I would really like to have a good conversation with somebody.”

Aaron said he still asks his parents for help on his schoolwork, but can go two or three weeks without calling them.

“I think that (our parents) know us a lot better than most parents know their kids just by being home,” Aaron said. “They know that, you know, ‘(We’ll) be OK.’ ”

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Even though international students cannot vote, election still affects and influences them BHARBI HAZARIKA FOR THE POST On a warm afternoon in Kabul, Afghanistan, Mohammad Hashim Pashtun was wrapping his late mother’s portrait in preparation for the journey to Ohio University. His father walked into the room with a United States and Afghanistan friendship flag lapel and pinned it to Pashtun’s fresh-pressed shirt.

Pashtun, like many other international students on campus, is unable to vote in the 2016 presidential election. Many of those students are eager, however, to express their views on the Oval Office and its future occupant.

During the 2014-15 academic year, the rate of international students in the United States increased by 10 percent, according to the Institute of International Education. According to OU’s Office of Institutional Research, 1,740 international students were enrolled at the university during the 2015 Fall Semester.

While the number of international students continues to grow into a sizable presence in the U.S., though, many are not eligible to vote in the country’s elections, unless they are already U.S. citizens.

Sarah Al-harrasi, a student from Muscat, Oman, said that with the U.S. being a new home for international students, it is only natural to closely following the 2016 U.S. presidential race.

Baemnet Amare, an international student from Ethiopia, said the U.S. wields much of its power through its pop culture, which is often left relatively unrestricted compared

to other countries. He said American ideologies seep into the “workforce and eventually politics,” affecting individual lives.

“America is the cool kid in high school that everybody wants to know every detail about,” Amare said.

“It’s unavoidable.”

According to a poll published by The New York Times on Sunday, Oct. 16, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, is leading Republican nominee Donald Trump with 45 percent of the predicted vote, compared to Trump at 40 percent.

Some international students, like Abhilash Raichur, an Indian graduate student from Hyderabad, are less aware of the political stance of Clinton compared to Trump, who has dominated TV screens with his controversial claims and rhetoric.

“Honestly speaking, I don’t know much about her,” Raichur, who is studying computer science, said, referring to Clinton. “But she, at least to me, seems better than Trump.”

Due to Clinton’s previous scandals, Amare is critical of her prowess as an administrator.

“With (Hillary Clinton), I see empty promises because she comes off as fickle,” Amare said, referring to the controversy surrounding her 2014 email leak.

Trump established his presence across various media platforms from silver screens to newspaper headlines with his name.

Raichur, who said he actively follows the current election coverage, questions Trump’s communication skills.

Sarah Al-harrasi, a junior from Oman studying journalism, poses for a portrait at the Athens County Board of Elections.

Al-harrassi serves as a student ambassador for Oman. (DAWN JACOB / FOR THE POST)

“The U.S. is seen as the world’s police, a (global) government of sorts. It is important that people take that into consideration before voting.”

- Sarah Al-harrasi, junior studying journalism

“To me he doesn’t seem like someone who has the qualities of being a president,” Raichur said.

Al-harrasi, a junior studying journalism, said she is afraid of the rhetoric about foreigners, especially Muslims, that has devel-

oped with the election. A student ambassador under the Ministry of Education in Oman, Al-harrasi helps Omani students who are deciding to pursue higher education in the U.S. “The question that I most get is ‘Are we going

to be negatively affected by what’s going on?’ ” Al-harrasi said. “And honestly, I don’t know what to tell them.”

While Al-harrasi gears up for the upcoming presidential election along with the rest of the country, she said international students collectively acknowledge the fact people in the United States have a diverse pool of opinions, and the presidential election is not the absolute determinant of the country’s attitude toward the rest of the world. She said most people outside the United States have faith in this camaraderie, but Trump’s candidacy has shaken

their beliefs.

“Why is he even winning?” Al-harrasi said.

“There is definitely a group of people that are happy with him, and that’s scary.”

While Amare said he believes the president does not possess supreme power, he is aware that the position holds significant value.

“The U.S. is seen as the world’s police, a (global) government of sorts,” Al-harrasi said. “It is important that people take that into consideration before voting.”

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Saving the bees BEEKEEPERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORK TO HELP BEES LIVING IN THE ATHENS AREA

JULIA FAIR FOR THE POST Beekeeping used to be different.

“When I was a child, you could just let the bees take care of themselves,” Michael McAvoy, who owns 15 hives, said. “Now, it’s more like animal husbandry.”

Now, McAvoy’s fiveyear-old son, Sean, likes to help his dad collect honey from the family hives in their backyard, which is 15 minutes away from Ohio University’s campus. That was about the age McAvoy started helping his dad with beekeeping. Over the years, though, he said the way beekeeping is done has drastically changed.

The introduction of the varroa mite — a parasite that attacks honey bees — shook the bee population in the ’80s, and also changed the amount of care and time needed to keep a hive alive, Barbara Bloetscher, state apiary inspector with the Ohio Department of Agriculture, said.

Before the varroa mites made their way into the U.S., beekeepers reported about a 5 to 10 percent loss in the winter, according to a survey of honey bee colony loss. The same report said 10 / OCT. 20, 2016

those losses rose from 15 to 25 percent when the varroa mite was introduced in the mid ’80s.

Now, local beekeepers and community members are doing what they can to support the bees.

When McAvoy tends to his 15 hives, he suits up in protection gear including gloves and a veil to avoid the bee’s stingers.

Cracking open each hive, McAvoy searches for small beetles that could be harmful to the colony, crushing them with a tool as he goes.

After the pests are taken care of, he decides which hives need supplements of sugar water when temperatures are low and flowers are scarce.

“If they don’t have enough honey, they can starve because they have all of these new mouths to feed,” McAvoy said.

In the next few weeks, McAvoy said he’ll spend anywhere between $60 to $70 on sugar for his bees.

The initial capital investment for new beekeepers can be costly, McAvoy added.

A starter pack includes a three pound package of bees that have never met each other, a queen bee and a can of sugar water that could cost up to $110 in total,

McAvoy said.

He added that the hive where the bees will eventually live could cost between $250 and $300 to build.

Sometimes, new beekeepers make that initial investment, only to see their hive die during its first winter.

The deaths start the spending expenditure over again, McAvoy said.

“You can see how a new beekeeper would get frustrated,” he said.

While the bees in McAvoy’s collection have him to protect them from the varroa mite, wild bees who are also affected by the mite are on their own.

Beekeepers are able to treat for the varroa mite with oxalic acid, which is a natural compound in powder form, which vaporizes into a hive when placed on a hot plate, McAvoy said.

“It’ll hook onto any bee it finds on a bush,” McAvoy said.

In 2015, the Ohio Department of Agriculture recorded four hives with the varroa mite in Athens County.

That doesn’t mean the hive died from the mite, Bloetscher said, adding that the number was quite low compared to other counties in Ohio.

The United States De-

LEFT: Beekeeper Michael McAvoy checks on his bees at his backyard apiary on Oct. 15. (PHOTOS BY MICHAEL JOHNSON / FOR THE POST) BELOW: Beekeepers pass boxes of bees.

ABOVE: Bees crawl across boxes.

partment of Agriculture tracks bees, but only the ones kept by individuals like McAvoy, leaving wild bees out of the equation.

Wild bees are hard to track, McAvoy added, saying experts often make estimates on the population.

In 2015, the Ohio Department of Agriculture documented about 36,235 colonies — which are groups of working bees paired with a queen — in Ohio.

Of those, 608 buzz around Athens County.

A big problem for wild bees has been the destruction of their habitat,

McAvoy said.

“The more forage the better,” Bloetscher said. “We always need more forage for bees, it’s not just the honey bees, it’s all of the pollinators.”

The Ohio University Bee Corps wants to take steps to help the wild bee population.

Ellie Moore, the president of the club and a former Post photographer, started a fundraising campaign in order to build gardens around campus and uptown Athens.

The club has a $400 goal, and has raised $150 in the

first 19 days of the fundraising campaign.

“We’re really just trying to save the bees,” Moore , a sophomore studying commercial photography, said.

She hopes to plant 2 -by3 garden plots around town where the OU Hammock Club will set up hammock areas, because of the two clubs’ partnership.

“If bees stopped pollinating, we would have to change our diet drastically,” Moore said.

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The Lost Flamingo Company returns to The Union and celebrates 15th year of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ production (PORTRAITS BY PATRICK CONNOLLY / FOR THE POST)

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or Sadie Lamparyk’s first year in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, there is one part she is most excited for: “I’m really looking forward to being in my underwear up on stage in front of a bunch of people.”

That is the thing about Rocky and the Lost Flamingo Company’s staging of it. The night is a group of sweaty people, decked out in glitter and lace, belting out the lyrics to “Time Warp.” Their corsets are tied, their thigh-highs are secure and red lipstick is carefully painted on their lips. And it is not just the cast — it is everyone.

There are no expectations. There is not really a dress code. It is $5 at the door and a night in The Union Bar & Grill, 18 W. Union St., with 300 newly-made friends.

“It’s very liberating,” Sasha Gough, an Athens resident who plays Dr. Scott, said. “There’s nothing that you can’t do besides be an asshole. You can walk around half-naked and everyone is kind of OK with it. There’s no question.”

The show is coming home to The Union after the fire on Union Street in November 2014 forced the show to relocate to Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery for one year.

The show is getting more notice nationally due to FOX’s upcoming remake, starring Laverne Cox, Victoria Justice and Ryan McCartan. It airs on Oct. 20, the same day LFC’s show begins.

“I’m not worried it will affect our attendance or anything,” Kelly Bergen-

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stein, a senior studying sociology pre-law and director of the show, said.

“People can go watch it online the next day. Why would you not go support local art? Why would you not go see something that you won’t be able to replay the next day? Like, it’s not going to be on Netflix a few months from now.

This is an experience, not just a show. And that’s what we market to people.”

She said she will give the remake a chance at a later time. She will be focused that night on the show, which is based on a cult classic. Logan Amon, a junior studying child and family studies who is playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter, saw that movie for the first time after he had already landed the part.

“I actually hadn’t seen the movie when I auditioned,” Amon said. “I didn’t tell them until we all did the cast viewing party. I was like, ‘Hey, I haven’t seen this.’ ” At first he thought it was “wildly inappropriate for no reason,” but now that he is in it, he understands it.

And so do the people of Athens. With lines that span the block outside of The Union, Bergenstein knows that her work does not go unnoticed. And it will not for her final year.

“Now we’re in our 15th year and it’s such a staple in fall Athens culture and you don’t want to be the person that messes that up,” Bergenstein said. “So, there was a lot of pressure when I first got started but now, it’s like it’s not so much about the performances. It’s not so much about the show or the movie or the music — it’s about the experience and if you get the experience right, that’s what matters and I realized that that’s what was happening.”

THE DETAILS Where The Union Bar & Grill, 18 W. Union St. When Oct. 20-22 Admission $5 Doors open at 9 p.m., Virgin Sacrifices take place at 10 p.m. and the show begins at 10:30 p.m.

The Saturday show will also include annual costume contest

THE PLOT The plot is known for being bizarre. // Basically, engaged couple Brad Majors and Janet Weiss are stranded after their car breaks down. They seek refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite and mad scientist. They have a weird time meeting the cast of characters at the mansion, which include his servants and his own man-made man, Rocky Horror. // The original movie was released in 1975 and was directed

by Jim Sharman. Tim Curry played the original Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Susan Sarandon played Janet and Barry Bostwick played Brad.

GETTING TO KNOW THE DIRECTORS

KELLY BERGENSTEIN, DIRECTOR

HOW IT WORKS The cast of LFC has been rehearsing since the beginning of the academic year. The original movie plays behind the cast, who acts out what is happening on screen.

That means the cast rehearses every movement the original actors are doing to be able to mimic them spot-on.

DEFINITION OF A “ ‘ROCKY’ VIRGIN” “A Rocky virgin is someone who has never seen a live showing of the movie. So sitting on your couch at home, watching the movie does not alleviate your virgin status.

It does not disappear until you see it live and you’ve gone through the sacrifices — you’re still a virgin,” Kelly Bergenstein, the director, said.

THE CALLBACKS Rocky Horror is all about rituals — one aspects being the callbacks, where audience members become part of the dialogue. // “When you usually hear the word callback, it means in an audition, you’re being ‘called back’ to … (complete) another stage of the process,” Darragh Liaskos, who is the assistant director, said. “But in Rocky, there’s a line and then the audience ‘calls back’ onto stage what we’ve said.” // The audience fills in natural pauses with phrases that make sense to the dialogue already happening — which can lead to a lot of shouting.

An example: [Audience]: Do you know about gay sex?

[Dr. Frank-N-Furter]: I have that knowledge.

ADVICE If it is your first Rocky, the cast has some things it would like you to know: “You’re not going to understand it. Don’t try to understand it. Like, don’t try to gain meaning from this movie. There is none. But also, come with an open mind and (be) ready to have fun. Just really embrace it.”

— Tess Plona, who is playing Janet “Be a virgin. Embrace the virgin. Don’t say you’re not a virgin when you really are.”

— Kate Keverline, who is playing Columbia and is a former Post reporter “Just come in with an open mind and an open wallet for the bar.”

— Jeralayne Ruiz, who is playing Magenta “I wouldn’t tell them anything because going to a Rocky show is 10 trillion times better when you have no idea what you’re get into. That’s how it was the first time I ever saw Rocky and it was so overwhelming so I would tell them nothing.”

— Sarah DiFiore, who is in the Whorus

DARRAGH LIASKOS, ASST. DIRECTOR Senior studying sociology pre-law // Fourth year with ‘Rocky’ What are you thoughts going into this year’s ‘Rocky?’

“I feel really good about this year. I don’t know if it’s because it’s my fourth year involved or my third year in charge or the people — I don’t know. Maybe the stars and planets aligned. I just think we have the right people in the right place at the right time and now that The Union is back, it just truly feels like this is how I want to end my time at Ohio University is doing this, with these people, at this time.”

Who’s a role model in your life?

“I want to say every woman in my life is someone I look up to, but particularly my mom. We don’t have a terrible amount in common but I think the best parts about me came from watching her and just everything that she does I aspire to.”

Sophomore studying media arts and studies // Second year with ‘Rocky,’ previously a makeup artist What is the impact ‘Rocky’ has on Athens?

“I definitely think it’s brought a little bit of sexual fluidity and sexual freedom to campus … and it kind of takes aways the stigma of being sexual and just being free with your body. Because, a lot of times people are like, ‘Oh that’s just so slutty, I can’t even imagine being involved in something like that’ and you see us and we’re all like childhood majors and teachers and we’re just being free.”

Favorite place to get food Uptown?

“Salaam. Yeah, that’s my favorite place.”

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GETTING TO KNOW THE CAST

LOGAN AMON AS “DR. FRANK-N-FURTER” (TRANSVESTITE SCIENTIST) Junior studying childhood and family studies // First year in ‘Rocky’

TESS PLONA AS “JANET” (A HEROINE) Fifth-year student studying integrated language arts // Third year in ‘Rocky’

Dr. Frank-N-Furter is: “Very sexual. Very moody.”

Janet is: “Annoying. Uptight. … She’s so annoying. Impressionable.”

Why do you think you all are so close?

“We do a lot of weird shit together. We all do a lot of weird sexual stuff together because we have to because it’s in the show, so we automatically bond. But then, I just feel like we all spend so much time together that we all just have a mutual love for the show and that just kind of brings people together.”

How have you changed being involved in Rocky?

“So this is my third year and I think over the years I’ve just become a lot more comfortable with myself. Definitely baring almost everything on stage … it forces you to become comfortable. I’ve also just made some great connections. I’ve met so many different people, so many different kinds of people.”

RIGHT: Lexie Pritchard dances during a dress rehearsal.

TOP: Casi Arnold ties their shoes before a dress rehearsal.

BOTTOM: Hannah Rossio wears a corset during a dress rehearsal.

ZACH DELIN AS “BRAD” (A HERO) Sophomore studying linguistics // Second year in ‘Rocky’ Brad is: “... repressed. I feel like a lot of times he’s really uptight and stiff but then I think at the end he realizes there’s a bit more to him, and what he thought he was, is not who he really is.”

Why should people come to the show?

“For one night, you can do whatever the hell you want, not be judged for it, look like a total f--king fool and be as sexy as you want. So, why not come?”

(PHOTOS BY ALEX DRIEHAUS / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY) View the rest of the cast and Whorus online at thepostathens.com

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Birth control can affect mental health A recently published study showed hormonal contraceptives can increase risk of depression by 40 percent ABBEY MARSHALL FOR THE POST

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irth control can do more than just prevent pregnancy and regulate menstruation; it can negatively affect a woman’s emotional wellbeing.

There is a 40 percent increased risk of developing depression after using hormonal contraceptives for six months, according to a study published in the American Medical Association’s psychiatric journal. The study took place from 2000 to 2013, analyzing more than a million women ages 15 to 34, excluding women with psychiatric diagnoses prior to 2000.

Sue Campbell, a certified nurse midwife at the Holzer Health System, 2131 E. State St., said that age group is already at risk for depression.

“The one thing to keep in mind is that the group of people that utilize hormonal birth control is at a point where there’s a lot of angst in their lives, so they’re prime for having depression symptoms,” Campbell said.

Depo-Provera, a hormonal birth control shot administered once every three months, tends to provoke more depression symptoms than any other birth control method because it comes in larger doses, Campbell said.

Niara Stitt, a senior studying political science prelaw, experienced that firsthand after being on Depo-Provera for about two years in an attempt to combat painful cramps. In addition to physical symptoms, such as dizziness and an irregular menstruation cycle that caused low iron levels, Stitt fell into depression.

“I don’t know for a fact if that’s the reason, but the year that I struggled with depression was the year I was on Depo-Provera,” Stitt said. “That might’ve been an added element that made it a little worse.”

Stitt later switched to a pill form of birth control, which has a lower hormonal dose, and said she is significantly happier.

Abbie Zehentbauer, a freshman studying political science prelaw, first noticed depression symptoms in sixth grade, the same year she began taking the pill to regulate her heavy flow.

“I’m very moody and angry a lot of the

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There is a 40 percent increased risk of developing depression after using hormonal contraceptives for six months, according to a study published in the American Medical Association’s psychiatric journal. (ALIE SKOWRONSKI / PHOTO ILLUSTRATION)

time,” Zehentbauer said. “It’s all I’ve ever known at this point.”

While there are negative effects of hormonal birth control, Campbell said a lot of good can come from it. “(The Athens Holzer Clinic) uses birth control methods for treating irregular cycles, treating polycystic ovarian syndrome and preventing pregnancy,” Campbell said. “Every medication has a side effect.”

For women who are sexually active and want to explore other birth control methods, there are other options such as an Intrauterine Device (IUD), Campbell said, although some IUDs still release hormones.

“I would definitely consider (having an IUD) because there’s flexibility,” Stitt said. “You can choose how long you want the IUD to last, which is really great for some women.”

After hearing about the study linking depression and birth control, Zehentbauer said she will consider possible non-hormonal alternatives.

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Narcan helps decrease overdose rates JULIA FAIR FOR THE POST

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thens County is fighting opioidrelated deaths.

In 2011, 14 individuals in the county died from overdosing; the highest number of deaths in the last six years. In 2015, a year after life saving drug naloxone (known as Narcan) made its way into the county, there was about a 57 percent decrease in those deaths compared to 2011.

“I’d like to attribute that to the fact that in 2014, we began giving out packets of Narcan,” James Gaskell, the Athens city-county health commissioner, said.

According to 2015 data from the Ohio Department of Health, drug overdoses in the state increased 20.5 percent from 2014 to 2015, from 2,531 to 3,050. The state saw a similar increase from 2013 to 2014.

Two years ago, the Athens City-County Health Department joined the state-administered DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone) program, which uses the nasal-administered treatment to stop opioid overdoses.

The drug knocks the opioids out of the respiratory center of the brain, giving the individual the ability to breathe, which in turn gives that person time to receive care from a hospital.

The 2016-17 state budget included $1 million for first responders to obtain naloxone through local health departments, according to an Ohio Department of Health report.

The same report said in 2015, EMS providers throughout Ohio administered 19,782 doses of the drug.

The kits — and the training to administer the drug — have remained free to people who think they’ll need it to save a family member or friend, Gaskell said.

Since the start of the program, Gaskell’s department has provided 68 DAWN kits to individuals in Athens County.

While those individuals haven’t come in for kit refills, he said the decrease in overdoses likely means they are using those kits.

Gaskell said he believes people don’t report the “saves” due to fear of law enforcement stepping in and arresting them.

The health department does not report those who seek the kits to local law enforcement, he added. Local law enforcement officers have also said they would rather save someone’s life than arrest them for drug activity.

We have seen recently – in the last 12 months – that opiates are starting to creep in a lot more, even in student culture.

- Tom Pyle Athens Police Department Chief

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OPIOID OVERDOSES 2010-2016 ILLUSTRATION BY CHANCE BRINKMAN-SULL

The Athens Sheriff’s office was the first to pledge to install the DAWN kits in its cruisers, according to a previous Post report. Since then, the deputies have used it twice to save lives, Sheriff Rodney Smith said, with one save occurring on Christmas Eve, according to a previous Post report.

Shallow breathing and black fingernails are the usual signs of an overdose, Smith said. Once deputies administer naloxone, the individuals begin taking deeper breaths.

After reluctance to put the DAWN kits in its cruisers, Athens Police Department Chief Tom Pyle said he’s glad his department uses the kits.

When the kits were first available, Pyle said opioids had not “infiltrated” the city,

adding that his department primarily saw “designer party drugs.”

“We have seen recently — in the last 12 months — that opiates are starting to creep in a lot more, even in student culture,” Pyle said.

But Ohio University does not plan to train resident assistants to administer the life-saving drug, according to a previous Post report.

About 0.2 percent of OU students use heroin, according to a general health and wellness survey conducted by the Office of Health Promotion, and 2 percent of students have abused opioid painkillers.

Naloxone will be available at the Hudson Health Center, according to a previous Post report.

Although APD has seen an increase in

opioid use in the city, the number of overdoses recorded by the Athens County coroner has continued to decrease. Only three have been recorded so far this year.

The process to determine if an individual has overdosed varies on a case-by-case basis, Carl Ortman, Athens County coroner, said.

The team of investigators at the coroner’s office are on call 24/7, meaning they inspect bodies whenever the deceased is found, which could range from 12 hours to 12 days after the death, Ortman said.

Those differences in time affect the physical exam, he said.

“People aren’t usually discovered in the middle of the night,” Ortman said.

“They’re discovered when their spouse wakes up in the morning, and then in the late afternoon, you know, people get home from work and see this.”

When the exam does take place, physical signs of an overdose include foam mixed with discharge around the mouth and track marks from previous opioid injections, Ortman said.

“If it’s been 12 days, you’re looking at a very, very different body,” Ortman said.

That’s when some form of an autopsy is helpful to determine the cause of death, and it doesn’t have to be surgical, Ortman said. A urine or blood sample can show chemical traces of opioids in the deceased body.

It is not always heroin that causes the overdose, Ortman added.

“In my mind, as a physician, you’re looking at the same kind of drug — heroin that was bought off the street or pain medications that were bought off the street or wherever they’re obtained,” he said.

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Perfect pairing

Pork and Pickles owner Becky Clark started her business to make artisan sausage and pickles

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ecky Clark accomplishes a lot in a week. She can look after her 10-month-old twin nieces for the day and watch Stranger Things in the evening. The next afternoon, she may butcher a 300-pound pig.

Clark, in a pinstripe apron, yellow dangle earrings and braided brown hair, spends her days butchering pigs and making artisan sausage.

“The job is absolutely disgusting,” she said, smiling.

Clark’s business, Pork and Pickles, is a six-month-old startup, and her pork cuts and sausages are paired with several kinds of homemade pickles.

Production has grown from slaughtering one pig a month to one pig a week, she said.

The production center she uses to make pickles and sausage is a space she shares with local barbecuers — a two-story building with a wooden barn exterior in The Plains, right off a gravel road from U.S. Route 33. On the inside is an industrial kitchen lined with wooden tables. In the back is a seven-foot walk-in freezer stocked with 125 pounds of large and small sausage links, a finished product Clark ground out herself in a nine-hour day. She often finds herself in the kitchen until 3:00 a.m.

Making sausage involves taking a proportionate amount of lean parts and fatty parts of a pig and emulsifying them together in very cold temperatures.

Other ingredients can be ground or mixed in.

The process of making sausage is not visually appealing, Clark said, but compared to skinning and packaging cuts from a pig, it’s easier to find the beauty in sausage.

“I’m pretty immune to (butchering) at this point,” she said.

Others are not so lucky. One time, a friend volunteered to help her butcher a pig, but when Clark cut off the ears and peeled back the flesh, her friend almost became sick at the sight.

“And he considers himself a foodie,” Clark, 28, said jokingly.

ON THE FARM Many business owners and restaurants in Athens wouldn’t hack away at a pig carcass for part of their day, she said.

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Becky Clark, owner of Pork and Pickles, prepares and dresses bacon in a warehouse in The Plains on Oct. 11. (PHOTOS BY EMILY MATTHEWS / PHOTO EDITOR)

But buying and using an entire pig is cheaper for any business, and it is why she started Pork and Pickles.

“It’s better for our profits. It’s better for our farmers,” she said. “No one else in Athens was following this concept, so I had to start doing it myself.”

Forty minutes away in Meigs County is Dexter Run Farms, where Clark owns about 20 pigs for her business. They roam freely and are grass-fed for their time on the farm, which is about six to eight months.

“They have to be out grazing, loving life,” she said of her pigs. “I will never use a pig (if) I haven’t been to the farm. If there was no handshake with that farmer, and I haven’t set foot on that land, there’s no way.”

Clark used to be a vegetarian, but when she realized she could support humane treatment of animals by owning free-range pigs, she began to buy directly from farmers and to use the entire animal.

The other half of her business is pickles.

LEFT: Clark puts thyme in the jars that will store red onions.

Clark stores and prepares her food in the warehouse and sells it at different locations, including the Athens Farmer’s Market.

Though the pairing may seem random, it is intentionally thought out. “(A pickle) cleanses your palette in between bites,” she said. Fatty foods and cured meats are complemented by “something that’s really acidic.”

Clark’s way of talking flavor and ingredients shows her culinary background peeking through. After earning her bachelor’s degree in geography from Ohio University in 2009, she decided to go to the

FAR LEFT: Clark refills the sample dish of beets at the Pork and Pickles table at the Athens Farmer’s Market on Oct. 15.

LEFT (ABOVE): Meat used by Clark for Pork and Pickles is stored in a fridge.

LEFT (BELOW): Clark talks to Marne Wilson, left, and Shane Wilson, right, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, at the Athens Farmer’s Market on Oct. 15.

Art Institute in Portland for a year. Before returning to her hometown of Athens, she worked at Cure, a Pittsburgh restaurant.

Clark would butcher the entire animal for Cure’s dinner specials, an unorthodox method in restaurant service.

MULTI-FACETED Clark’s only employee, Jen SartwellJones, works nights.

Sartwell-Jones used to be a personal chef. If Clark goes out of town, she knows Sartwell-Jones can hold down the fort.

When starting a business, Clark said the job is almost 50 percent paperwork because of the licensing requirements from the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Sartwell-Jones helps with paperwork as well as the food, and she is even helping to design a new logo for the business.

When Clark makes sausage, it dries out for a few days and is weighed and vacuum-sealed. She recently made her seasonal coconut curry sausage, an odd yellow food that will be sold for $11 per pound. She often finds herself multitasking while making

They have to be out grazing, loving life. I will never use a pig (if) I haven’t been to the farm. If there was no handshake with that farmer, and I haven’t set foot on that land, there’s no way.

- Becky Clark, Owner of Pork and Pickles sausage, writing dates and poundage on the sausage as she simultaneously cooks pork bones down for stock and thaws out other cuts.

While Clark packaged sausage, SartwellJone chopped five pounds of red onions — demand was so high they still needed to chop 70 more pounds of onions to pickle.

The onions will be jarred and sold at the Athens Farmer’s Market.

CLIENT BASE Her customers usually contact her through her Facebook page or through text message. But sometimes customers just come to her in person. A regular,

Louie, comes ready with a crumpled checkbook after he calls Clark with an order.

“He buys the scraps off me,” Clark said.

One time he bought pigskin, belly, pork butt, pig’s trotters, ears and shanks for a total of $214. She threw in the pig bones for free for his dogs. He planned to use the pigskin for pork rinds, a time-consuming ordeal, Clark said.

She typically travels to the customer to make deliveries. Jackie O’s Taproom on Campbell Street has been buying Clark’s pickles since July, and customers have noticed.

“We’ve been getting compliments on her pickles all the time,” Stac-

ey Kamphaus, manager of the taproom at Jackie O’s Brewery, said. “Especially because they’re local, and customers love that.”

Though Clark moves about the kitchen with ease and comfortability, the space she spends a majority of her time in is not hers. The countertops in the barn are sturdy enough for her to butcher pigs on, but she does not own them. By 2017, however, Clark wants to have her own space so she can expand her meat and pickle business. Right now, she only sells pickles at the farmer’s market, but she will eventually expand her licensing to sell pork and sausage in farmer’s markets and to restaurants.

Regardless of where she works, a distinctive smell will always fill the workspace.

“It smells like raw meat,” she said.

“I definitely wouldn’t go out for a drink after butchering. I’d need a shower first.” @MMFERNANDEZ_ MF736213@OHIO.EDU THEPOSTATHENS.COM / 17

EPIC (Enforce, Protect, Include and Create) members hold a banner that reads “Make Racists Afraid Again” at the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 8. (CARL FONTICELLA / PHOTO EDITOR)

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Women’s rugby player Serena Valente poses for a portrait while wearing a Trump shirt on Oct. 18. (MATT STARKEY / FOR THE POST)

In hostile political climate, Ohio athletes encouraged to express thoughts and beliefs TONY WOLFE / STAFF WRITER

The sun was hot for an October Saturday in Athens, but that did not stop what was likely one of the biggest crowds of the year from forming at Peden Stadium.

It was Homecoming Weekend and a boisterous crowd gathered to watch Ohio play visiting Bowling Green. That crowd, however, saw something not-so-typical.

While the game was being played on the field, a group of roughly eight demonstrators unveiled a large banner with the declaration “Make Racists Afraid Again” and led a chant of “Black Lives Matter.” They remained

standing while a group behind them began an attempt to drown them out with an “All Lives Matter” chant of their own, and before long, the demonstrators and their banner were quietly escorted from the stadium.

“It was a little uncomfortable,” Maddie Platfoot, a sophomore studying education, said. “(The game) was such a fun atmosphere, and then you have this statement that puts you in a spot where you don’t really know how to feel.”

The event reflected how social and political issues creep more into sports every day.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began to kneel during the national anthem in protest of police shootings, presidential candidates he deemed unfit and rampant oppressive racism that violated people’s rights. The protest, which has stretched to many sports all the way down to the high school level, is not the only place sports and politics intersect.

Demonstrations similar to the one during Ohio’s Homecoming game happen in many places, and the lines between sports and politics continue to approach one another — and college athletes can often find themselves caught in the middle.

THE RIGHT TO SPEAK

Athletes have influential voices, even in college. For Anthony Reynolds, Ohio’s assistant athletic director for media relations, that should be encouraged, not hidden away.

“We don’t turn (the athletes) away from anything,” Reynolds said. “The biggest thing is to keep the ball in their court. It’s never about trying to limit them as human beings or limit their freedom of speech. That’s not what our athletic department is about.”

A lack of formal guidelines in Ohio’s athletic department gave coaches the freedom to implement their own rules for their players. Those philosophies often boil down to a simple rule of knowing how words and actions reflect back upon the team and the university as a whole.

“Be careful what you say and how you say things,” former Ohio linebacker Jovon Johnson, a 2016 alumnus, said. “When you say things, and you’re not on video, the tone of some things you say can be taken out of context. So just be truthful in what you say ... and how you say it.”

That is a line each athlete must figure out how to walk on his or her own. The athletics department does not govern social media or place restrictions on what players are able to post, or with whom they are able to interact.

What athletes post to their private social media pages is up to them, as is their right to publicly protest a social issue such as racial injustice — something Ohio Athletics has yet to see any example of in 2016.

Head football coach Frank Solich, who has nearly 50 years of coaching experience under his belt following a collegiate football career of his own, said he recently spoke with his team in depth about what he would like to see from them in terms of social awareness.

“We are open to what our players’ thoughts and feelings are,” Solich said. “We have had several discussions this past week.

I think our players are in the know in terms of the fact that no one here in this program

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would hold anything against them for awareness. Awareness is good.”

While Ohio does not restrict its players in what they can say or post publicly, the same philosophy is not universal with other teams and schools. Some teams have policies in which they force their players to make their social media accounts private or impose other restrictions on them. That can only go so far, as Northwestern’s football coaching staff recently learned, when the National Labor Relations Board ruled the team’s policy of banning players from social media altogether to be unlawful, forcing the team to lift the ban.

That is perhaps the best example of the double-edged sword that teams can run into. Once schools begin to impose regulations on athletes they wouldn’t impose on other students, they begin to inch closer to an athlete being considered an employee, which goes against the fundamental stance the NCAA has had on athletes for decades.

“If you’re a college athlete, you don’t check your rights at the door,” B. David Ridpath, an associate professor of sports administration, said. “You’re not a private employee; you’re supposed to be a student.

So you have every right, whether people like it or not, to participate in the social

process. … Anyone who tries to discourage that is flat out wrong.”

FACING THE TEAM

If an athlete comes forward with a stance others outside their team disagree with, it may not take much for the athlete to push those outside voices aside. When teammates or coaches have conflicting viewpoints on controversial subjects, though, that becomes tougher to work through.

That was made clear in a recent Bleacher Report examination that explored of how divided NFL locker rooms are becoming in light of the presidential election. But for athletes at Ohio University, having dissenting opinions on political matters doesn’t always have to be a death sentence for relationships between teammates.

“Because we’re all friends, we all have our debates and friendly arguments,” Serena Valente, a club rugby player and member of the OU College Republicans, said.

“We’ve actually watched one of the debates together, and we have a group chat where, during the debates, we’ll comment and stuff. We all get along. It’s never anything with tension.”

Because of the different backgrounds and points of view available in a team setting, a locker room or team bus could be a

rewarding place to hold difficult conversations about complex political and social issues. They can also, however, provide an opportunity for conflict that may not have otherwise arisen.

Head hockey coach Sean Hogan said going on the road for the first time is typically when the team finds out whether those conversations are going to be problematic or if they’re going to come up at all.

“The most important thing is that you have to know when to have the conversations and when not to have them,” Alex Vazquez, a senior defenseman on the hockey team, said. “That’s the number one rule.

There’s time to talk about that stuff and times you shouldn’t. Some guys don’t have that rule, but for me, it’s my No. 1. You gotta know what you’re allowed to talk about, with who and where.”

Protests aren’t new, and the fact challenging topics are always going to be debated between teammates isn’t either.

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A second identity MAE YEN YAP FOR THE POST

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adison Stricklin was walking around at the annual Katsucon in Maryland on Feb. 14, 2015, dressed as Princess Luna from My Little Pony when she failed to notice the sound of footstep and a little boy running after her.

His mother’s voice soon caught Stricklin’s attention. Her son loved Princess Luna and Stricklin’s costume. She asked if her son could get a picture with Stricklin.

The boy told Stricklin, an Ohio University alumna who graduated in April with a degree in strategic communication, that she was his favorite princess before he handed her a personal valentine and they took a picture together.

“I can just cry thinking about it,” Stricklin said. “It’s so cute.”

Conventions focusing on comics, Japanese animations and games around the United States have increased in popularity. The attendance rate at the 2015 New York Comic Con alone has increased by more than 150,000 fans over the past decade, According to CNN. Originally based in Japan, cosplaying, or the hobby in which people dress up as fictional characters, has also grown in popularity all over the world as well as at OU. COSPLAYING AS AN ART

Haley Brown, dressed as Yang Xiao Long from the show ‘RWBY,’ poses for a portrait. Brown makes her own costumes, including the one of Yang, and wears them to conventions. (PHOTOS BY EMILY MATTHEWS / PHOTO EDITOR)

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Cosplay is a portmanteau of the words ‘costume’ and ‘role-play,’ according to the English-language version of the 2008 book A Geek in Japan.

People who participate in cosplaying often imitate characters from Japanese comics called manga, Japanese animations called anime, video games, movies and even famous singers or personalities.

The hobby gained popularity in Japan during the ’80s, and cosplay has since spread to other countries within Asia and is now an international hobby for people of all ages, races and backgrounds, Christopher Thompson, an associate professor of Japanese language and culture and chair of the department of linguistics, said.

“There was always a tradition of dressing up as your favorite historical character at different times of the year,” Thompson said. “This kind of morphed in the anime and manga world into

dressing up as your favorite cartoon character, basically.”

Halloween offers a once-a-year opportunity for people to dress in costume and is different from cosplaying, as cosplayers dress up year-round. Thompson said cosplay can still complement cultural holidays like Halloween by making it “more positive and child-friendly.”

Some people choose to cosplay because of their love for the characters and the stories, while others like the idea of bringing fantasy into real life, Thompson said.

“Everyone has one way of (releasing stress),” Thompson said. “So why not (cosplay)? It’s fun.”

Haley Brown, a senior studying marketing, said she enjoys the hobby for its social aspects.

“I really love being able to meet new people and compliment them on different things that they’ve done,” Brown said, adding that meeting other cosplayers at conventions has given her inspiration for her own costumes.

Thompson said part of the reason why cosplaying is enjoyable for many is because there are no set rules within the hobby.

“The world of animation is an imaginary world, so it doesn’t matter,” Thompson said. “That’s liberating because you can be anything.”

THE COST OF COSPLAYING

Cosplayers have been known to spend hundreds of dollars on their costumes. In an interview with Money, cosplayer Jessica Al-Khalifah said her costume as a character from the television series Legend of the Seeker cost her a total of $1,200.

Spending a few hundred dollars on costumes isn’t uncommon for cosplayers, even on campus. Alison Smith, a fifth-year student studying music education and global studies - Asia, has been cosplaying for about four years. Smith makes her own costumes, sometimes in collaboration with her friends.

Most of the time, the process of making the costume and props can be “really stressful,” Smith, who is also the president of JMAGE, a student organization that stands for Japanese Man-

ga, Anime and Gaming Encounters, said.

Even though she is not great at sewing, she said the feeling of completion and the experience of being in the moment is indescribable.

For Stricklin, cosplay allows people to show off special skill sets, like sewing or prop-making, that are otherwise hidden.

Cosplayers often make their own costumes, ranging from luxurious ball gowns to functioning Transformers robot suits, she said.

“The thought that someone made that with their own bare hands is amazing,” Stricklin said. “It’s something you’ll have to stand back, and your brain shuts off because of just how they made this with so little time and so little experience. It’s mind-blowing.”

Smith and Stricklin both cosplayed characters from the anime series Symphogear, and said it took them a year to

LEFT: Brown poses with her re-creation of the journal from “Gravity Falls” as well as other cosplay props and costumes she has made.

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complete their costumes.

Although the time needed to make each costume varies, Smith said one of the main reasons their costumes took so long was because they not only had to sew the costumes, but they also needed to make the armor pieces the characters wear.

“We had to find good color schemes,” Stricklin said. “It was fabric shopping, thread shopping (and) going to find the right parts for the right pieces to make the right pieces of armor.”

It took Alexander Graham, a sophomore studying studio art, almost an entire year to make the chain mail for his costume of The Warden from For Honor, a video game that will be released in February 2017.

“I wasn’t working on it constantly, … but it was pretty exhausting,” Graham said.

Although the hobby can be time-consuming, Graham said cosplaying allows people to get involved with the characters and stories they love by being a part of the experience.

“For me, (cosplaying) is the ultimate form of fandom,” Graham said.

salcon, which takes place in Sandusky, are two of many cosplaying conventions in Ohio. There is also the annual Ratha Con that takes place each summer in Athens, according to a previous Post report.

Although Graham’s siblings think the hobby is “geeky,” Graham believes the act of cosplaying is garnering more attention from the general public.

“I think more and more people are becoming interested in this kind of stuff,” Graham said. “It’s becoming a more popular thing to do, a more popular hobby.”

For Smith, her mother “used to be so against the idea.”

“Now she helps me figure out designs for what I’m doing,” Smith said.

For cosplay beginners, Brown suggested watching YouTube videos of other cosplayers. YouTube cosplayers such as MangoSirene and Night Eyes Cosplay, who have videos teaching people how to prepare for conventions and how they make their costumes, are her personal favorites.

“It doesn’t matter if it looks good or if it looks bad,” Graham said. “If you keep with it, you’ll eventually get somewhere, and you’ll have fun wearing it.”

A GROWING PHENOMENON

On campus, JMAGE helps members find accommodations and transportation to attend events such as Ohayocon, which takes place in Columbus, and Katsucon.

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LEFT: Brown said she enjoys cosplaying for the social aspects of the hobby. Making the costumes can be time-consuming and expensive, depending on the detail required.

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the weekender IF YOU GO WHAT: ‘STUART LITTLE’ WHEN: 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

WHERE: Stuart’s Opera House, 52 Public Square, Nelsonville ADMISSION: $7 general admission

Stuart Little peeks out of a trash can while avoiding feral dogs during the ABC Player’s production of a musical version of E.B. White’s children novel ‘Stuart Little’ during the media night performance Oct. 18. (EMMA HOWELLS / PHOTO EDITOR)

‘Stuart Little’ musical to bring classic childhood tale to stage GRACE HILL FOR THE POST

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udiences will see a new side of E.B. White’s childhood classic Stuart Little as characters come alive with song and dance.

The Athenian Berean Community Players will perform Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. as well as Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m., at Stuart’s Opera House, 52 Public Square, Nelsonville. General admission will be $7.

Director Jodi MacNeal is expecting it to be a show for both young and old.

The tale follows a little mouse born to a human family and the struggles he faces accepting himself and his size. The production may draw those familiar with the

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book, which was published in 1945, and the movie, which was released in 1999, but MacNeal said even longtime fans will be surprised by the added music and choreography. People who have seen the movie haven’t seen these characters get up and dance.

“I’m a little partial to musicals,” Jenn Fritchley, the assistant director and choreographer, said.

In her opinion, the choreography helps to tell the story.

With a number of scene changes and a minimalistic set design, Fritchley said choreography goes far in portraying changes in setting. For example, scenes in the general store use choreography with a “funky” feel, she said.

The cast will be costumed in everyday

outfits, but wigs, ears and tails will set apart the cats, dogs and horses in the show, MacNeal said.

Not all will be familiar with the story.

The lead of the play, 9-year-old Eden Radcliff, said she had never heard of Stuart Little before the show. The role of Stuart gave Radcliff her first look into the world of a little mouse trying to fit into a very big, very human world.

Radcliff has performed in two plays before, one of which was Charlotte’s Web, another production inspired by an E.B. White classic.

“I wouldn’t say I’m a very experienced actor,” Radcliff said.

Of the 32 cast members, only seven are adults.

MacNeal said word of mouth was es-

sential in getting new faces in the show.

The musical was a learning experience for the group. Choreography and music were the most difficult parts for Radcliff, but she said they were her favorite parts. She also said she has a close second in mind.

“Sometimes Jodi (MacNeal) gives out candy after practice,” Radcliff said.

MacNeal said she doesn’t want to just put on a good show. She wants to create a positive experience for the kids involved.

At the beginning of the production, the cast signed a contract in order to create a safe space and ensure that bullying would not be tolerated. MacNeal, however, said it was never an issue.

“I think it has been a wonderful cast,” she said.

The preemptive strike against bullying makes sense in the context of the show, which focuses largely on acceptance.

The message is what drew MacNeal to the show at the very beginning.

One song, “Size,” portrays that message well. It highlights personality over outward appearances.

“It doesn’t matter your size,” MacNeal said. “It’s what is in your heart that is important.”

Radcliff said she’s expecting “millions of people” to come to the show.

MacNeal said they advertised by distributing fliers to students at local schools. She expects it to be a family event.

“I’m excited for opening night,” MacNeal said. “It’s easier to sing when you have someone to sing to.”

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WHAT’S HAPPENING ALEX MCCANN / FOR THE POST

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alloween is right around the corner, and Athens has a multitude of fall festivities to get students into the spirit.

Saturday features the annual Pumpkin Fest at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. Pumpkins and gourds will be available to purchase, and there will be an area for decorating pumpkins. Wagon rides will take place throughout the day.

Passion Works Studio will also host their Fall Fling on Saturday. The art gallery will have free food and live music for guests to enjoy as they peruse local artists’ creations.

The live music scene, as usual, has many diverse options this weekend. Jones for Revival, an indie funk-rock band from Youngstown, will headline the Saturday show at Casa Nueva. The band will be

Friday What: Community Halloween Dance When: 6 p.m.

Where: Athens Community Center, 701 E. State St. Admission: $3, free for members of the Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities

What: Ohio Volleyball vs. Northern Illinois When: 7 p.m.

Where: Convocation Center Admission: $5 general admission, free for students

What: Courtney Martin & Alana Baldwin; Ira Lawrence When: 8 p.m.

Where: Donkey Coffee & Espresso, 17 W. Washington St. Admission: Free

What: Metal Night: Druid, Tears of Olympus and Death to the State When: 9 p.m.

Where: Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Admission: Free

Saturday What: New Beginnings Animal Center Adoption Event When: 10 a.m.

Where: PetSmart, 743 E. State St. Admission: Free, pets for sale Dogs and cats in need of a home will be up for adoption. Wayne Boyd, the president of New Beginnings Animal Center, estimated the organization has given more than 150 dogs homes in the past two years, according to a previous ‘Post’ report.

What: Passion Works Fall Fling When: 11 a.m.

Where: Passion Works Studio, 20 E. State St. Admission: Free What: Pumpkin Fest 2016 When: 1 p.m.

Where: The Dairy Barn Arts Center, 8000 Dairy Lane.

Admission: Free What: Joey Hebdo (Free Early Show) When: 6 p.m.

Where: Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Admission: Free

What: Jones for Revival with special guests LethalFX and Bright at Night When: 9 p.m.

Where: Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Admission: $5 general admission, free for students What: Ohio Volleyball vs. Western Michigan When: 7 p.m.

Where: Convocation Center Admission: $5 general admission, free for students What: Ohio University African Night When: 7 p.m.

Where: Walter Rotunda Admission: $7 The African Students Union will be holding their annual African Night. Students are invited to learn about the culture and enjoy African food and music.

What:Halloween Night Run, hosted by OU Trail Running Club When: 9 p.m.

Where: Baker Center, 1 Park Place.

Admission: Free

joined by beatboxer LethalFX and the eclectic Athens-based band Bright At Night. Friday night at Casa Nueva will be devoted to metal, as three bands, Druid, Tears of Olympus and Death to the State, will play a free show.

Those not looking to bang their heads Friday can visit Donkey Coffee and Espresso to enjoy the guitar duo Courtney Martin and Ala-

Sunday What: Ohio Soccer vs. Miami When: 1 p.m.

Where: Chessa Field Admission: Free What: Autumn Yoga and Hike When: 1 p.m.

Where: Athens Yoga, 77 ½ E. State St. Admission: $15 pre-registered, $20 day-of.

na Baldwin, as well as the “ghostly, mandolin-laden creations” of Ira Lawrence.

Sunday night, runners will unite for a Halloween Night Run. The OU Trail Running Club invites all runners to bundle up, bring a flashlight and run through the night together. @ALEXMCCANN21 AM622914@OHIO.EDU

What: Fall Festival When: 3 p.m.

Where: Ohio University Inn, 331 Richland Ave. Admission: In advance, $30 for adults, $15 for kids under 12; day of admission, $34 The OU Inn will offer a large buffet of food, plus a hot apple cider and hot chocolate bar. A do-it-yourself caramel apple bar will be available as well. Face painting and trick-or-treating will be available for children.

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