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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Continuing ‘The Post’ remotely A

ELLEN WAGNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

t the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, we had a lot of unanswered questions. Our worlds were turned upside down as we had classes put online, moved back home and said goodbye to our newsroom for the year. We knew we would continue to create content online but were unsure of what it would mean for our weekly print edition.

Due to closures of the university and local businesses, we lost a lot of advertising we were depending on for the remainder of the year. Advertisements are The Post’s main form of financial support that funds our staff and print edition.

The past couple of weeks for The Post have been a lot of planning for how we will work together to keep Athens residents and Ohio University students, parents and alumni informed.

Our staff members are all scattered across Ohio and the country. Since the majority of us are not in Athens and for the health and safety of everyone, our opportunities for photos are limited, and interviews have been reduced to over the phone and email only.

The Post staff has still been working hard and have been quickly responding to getting articles online regarding coronavirus up-

dates. They have also been pitching ideas on how the pandemic will affect the university and the city. I am extremely proud of our staff for all the work we have been able to get done remotely and the new ideas that have been made through all of this.

Through Google Hangouts and Slack, we have been communicating with our editors and staff on the best ways to continue out the rest of the year. Some plans had to be changed, but new ideas are also being formed.

Working with our business manager, we decided to continue with our print edition every week until April 22 like we would have done under normal circumstances. To save money, The Post has reduced the print edition to 20 pages and changed our distribution.

People who have subscribed to The Athens Messenger will also receive a print edition of The Post on Fridays in the Athens and campus areas. We also reduced the number of print editions delivered on Thursdays from 6,500 across the university and Athens to about 2,000 at locations people can still go to to reduce waste and to put it in main areas that people are able to go. These locations include grocery stores, gas stations, CVS locations, hotels and medical buildings.

With these changes, we are hoping to keep people who are practicing safe social distancing to stay informed.

The print edition is meant to keep those at home informed about what is going on in Athens County in regards to COVID-19. We want to keep people informed about cases in the county, updates on local businesses and event cancellations. We also hope to have stories that are a break from the constant coronavirus news to add a bit of normalcy to our coverage.

As for our new staff for the 2020-2021 academic year, our new executive editors are working on hiring their section editors this week. Once they are hired, we are working out a way to prepare and train everyone remotely to be ready for the Fall Semester.

We will continue to do our best to work together to keep our readers informed about what is going on in Athens and at OU. If you have stories ideas that you would like us to look into, please reach out to us through email or our social media pages.

Ellen Wagner is a senior studying journalism at Ohio University and the editor-in-chief of The Post. Have questions? Email Ellen at ew047615@ohio.edu or tweet her @ewagner19.

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Staying Around Athens Students stay in dorms during COVID-19 pandemic with permission from Housing and Residence Life MAYA MORITA FOR THE POST

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Those staying on campus despite the remainder of Spring Semester being moved to online instruction have experienced difficulties with the transition.

On March 13, Ohio University announced the remainder of Spring Semester will be online, instructing those staying in the dorms to move out during an assigned time frame.

Students are allowed to stay in the dorms, however, if they have extenuating circumstances. Students who want to stay in the dorms are required to fill out an application and be approved by Housing and Residence Life.

Kayla McDowell, a freshman studying language arts education, is currently staying in the dorms with her roommate. McDowell said she was staying in the dorm because she had extenuating circumstances.

“I had a house fire, and so I don’t really have anywhere to go right now,” she said.

Students staying on campus have had access to meals at West 82 while the dining halls remain closed.

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Starting Sunday, we have to put in an order form for meals by noon the day before, and we go pick them up in a laundry room. It’s kind of wild.”

- Kayla McDowell, a freshman studying language arts education

West 82 is open for lunch from 11 a.m to 1:30 p.m. and for dinner from 5:30 p.m to 6:30 p.m., Cheyenne Knavel, a freshman studying political science, said.

McDowell said West 82 is closed to the public as of Sunday, March 29.

“Starting Sunday, we have to put in an order form for meals by noon the day before, and we go to pick them up in a laundry room,” McDowell said. “It’s kind of wild.”

McDowell said it is difficult working with Culinary Services and Housing and Residence Life.

“Working with housing and culinary had been an absolute nightmare,” McDowell said. “We virtually get no information ever about anything ever that’s going on.”

In addition to the complications with meals, Hunter Uhl, a sophomore studying

environmental studies and geography, said it can be hard staying in the dorms because she has none of her friends on campus.

Despite having complications on campus, students believe that staying on campus has benefits for their academics.

“I can’t focus at home, but I can focus better at school,” Uhl said.

McDowell believes that staying on campus has better health benefits in regards to COVID-19 than going home does.

“There’s a very low number of cases here in Athens,” McDowell said. “So people who live in Cuyahoga County are at a higher risk going home than they are staying here.”

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ALTERNATIVE GRADING Students with a letter grade of A to C- can choose to opt out of a class to receive a satisfactory ELLEN WAGNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ohio University announced an alternative grading system for students Monday due to the impact of the coronavirus and the ability for students to learn remotely.

Student Senate, Faculty Senate and the provost’s office developed the system and adjustments to academic policies for the Spring Semester.

The alternatives are for undergraduate students in online, hybrid or face-toface courses.

Students have the option to exempt out of any course in which they are currently earning a letter grade of A to C-. If a student opts out, they will receive a satisfactory, or “S,” grade for the course or keep their letter grade.

Satisfactory/no credit is different from pass/fail courses. If a student were to go with a pass/fail option, the “fail” would still affect a student’s GPA unlike the no credit option, according to an OU news release.

Student Senate President Lydia Ramlo said she spoke to university faculty involved

in the decision about the petition for pass/ fail classes, concerns she heard from students and her own opinions on the matter.

She said she felt it was important for a student’s voice to be a part of the decisions for course credit.

The alternative grading system was chosen since the wording for satisfactory/ no credit courses was already listed in the faculty handbook. It has not been used since 1969, Ramlo said.

“Pass/fail was similar, but a fail does affect your GPA while no credit doesn’t affect it,” Ramlo said.

Students have until May 13 to decide to opt out for any of their courses that are not exempt. Departments and schools can exempt some courses from the satisfactory/ no credit system if traditional letter grades are essential for a programmatic accreditation, licensure or similar reasons. Exempted courses will be listed on the registrar’s website by April 8.

Ramlo said there has mostly been a positive response to the alternative grading system, especially for students who are in circumstances where they aren’t able to

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complete their coursework as well as they could on campus.

“It allows Ohio University to be more flexible with students,” Ramlo said.

There has also been some confusion about the alternative system.

“You still have to finish the semester unless you withdraw from the course,” Ramlo said.

An alternative grading system for graduate students is still being developed.

The university has already extended the day to withdraw from a full semester class from March 27 to April 24, which is the day before the last day of classes.

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AAUP Alternatives COVID-19 pushes AAUP to find alternate ways to communicate EMMA SKIDMORE STAFF WRITER

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he Ohio University chapter of the American Association of University Professors, or OUAAUP, has been forced to communicate exclusively online with all other university organizations due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Loren Lybarger, OU-AAUP president and a professor of classics, said he is unsure if online classes mean more faculty will be fired in efforts to balance the university’s budget.

“Firing these faculty now, during this pandemic, means exposing these individuals to the loss of their healthcare plans as well as their income,” Lybarger said in an email.

Lybarger also said the pandemic has forced OU-AAUP to shift completely online for communication and meetings.

“We are fortunate, however, that we have strong relationships with one another that were forged in-person before this crisis hit,” he said in an email. “We need to remember the (importance) of person-to-person encounters and exchanges. It is central to our work as educators and scholars in a liberal arts university.

Online cannot ever replace that.”

Lybarger said OU-AAUP is currently using Google Hangouts to communicate.

“We fully intend to support our colleagues in whatever ways we can either through our online activism or, when we return to normal campus work, through in-person meetings, forums, and other events,” he said in an email.

Preventing the further layoff of faculty is OU-AAUP’s No. 1 priority, Lybarger said.

The AAUP created a petition calling for OU administration to stop laying off professors, especially during a national crisis.

“Nellis wrote in his statement, ‘Now, more than ever, our attention must be on providing a quality educational experience for our students,’” according to the petition. “This includes supporting

“Now more than ever, our attention must be on providing a quality educational experience for our students. This includes supporting the hardworking, valuable Instructional Faculty members who are the front-line teaching professors at Ohio University and defending the core academic mission of the entire OHIO community.”

- Ohio University President Duane Nellis in a statement regarding pausing personnel cuts

“The core mission of OU is teaching and research. The faculty are central to this mission. To preserve this mission, you have to keep the faculty whole.”

- Loren Lybarger, OU-AAUP president and professor of classics

the hardworking, valuable Instructional Faculty members who are the front-line teaching professors at Ohio University and defending the core academic mission of the entire OHIO community.”

Lybarger said non-tenure track instructional faculty are still the ones at risk of losing their positions.

“These professors, who in many cases have been at OU for years, teach some of the largest enrolling classes for some of the lowest salaries,” he said in an email. “(They) are also some of our most dedicated and skilled teachers.”

OU-AAUP has also released a public statement responding to the university’s response to COVID-19. The AAUP called for President Duane Nellis to halt all university faculty layoffs by March 16.

“Today, in this unusual context, we urge President Nellis to not make alterations to the makeup of this university’s faculty,” according to the statement. “De-

cisions of this magnitude should not be made while classrooms are shuttered and campus events are suspended.”

The statement said while immediate action is needed to promote the safety and well-being of all OU students and faculty, long-term effects must also be taken into account.

President Nellis made the decision on March 25 to pause all “personnel-related budget reductions,” but the AAUP reiterated that budget layoffs are still ultimately detrimental in another statement in response to Nellis.

“We appreciate the security that this statement provides to Ohio University employees, especially the 315 Instructional Faculty members whose jobs have been on the chopping block this year,” according to the statement. “However, the financial challenges facing the university remain.”

The organization also urged students, alumni, community members and more to

continue to write to President Nellis and the Board of Trustees to fight the firing of university faculty.

“Thank them for putting a ‘pause’ on personnel cuts during this pandemic; let them know how much you care about the proper functioning of this beloved public institution; and let them know that cuts to Instructional Faculty would compromise the mission of Ohio University,” the statement reads.

Cutting instructional staff, Lybarger said, would undermine the academic mission of the university.

“The core mission of OU is teaching and research,” he said in an email. “The faculty are central to this mission. To preserve this mission, you have to keep the faculty whole.”

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NCAA grants seniors additional year of eligibility; university senate bodies continue work remotely EMMA SKIDMORE STAFF WRITER NCAA GRANTS EXTRA YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SENIORS IN SPRING SPORTS PROGRAMS NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to allow senior student-athletes playing spring sports to continue to be eligible for another year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While winter sports were not mentioned, impacted sports include baseball, softball, track and field, and men and women’s golf.

Financial aid may also be impacted, as the NCAA said the amount of financial aid given may be less for students with the additional year of eligibility.

Council Chair M. Grace Calhoun said the decision gives campuses the opportunity for some f lexibility in their own decisions.

The NCAA also adjusted guidelines pertaining to teams providing scholarships to athletes, as they will be able to increase the number of scholarships given.

OVER 1,400 STUDENTS SIGN PETITION REQUESTING TUITION CHANGE A petition began to circulate among students after the university said it will not be re-adjusting tuition for the Spring Semester.

Michael Chaney, a senior studying sports management, started the petition after hearing from the university via email that tuition will not be reimbursed.

Chaney said students are not getting what they originally agreed to pay for.

Students who live on campus or have a meal plan will receive reimbursements, Carly Leatherwood, a university spokeswoman, said.

Chaney said he posted his opinions about the situation on Twitter and was surprised to see the response it got. He was only expecting the petition to get about 20 to 30 signatures.

Out-of-state students who are now completing classes from home, like Ryan Chisholm, a freshman studying forensic chemistry, are still paying the same amount. Chisholm said many of his labs were greatly affected by classes

being moved online.

Students with on-campus jobs are also greatly affected, though the university announced remote positions for employees. Theo Bookwater, a freshman studying integrated language arts and an employee for university cafes, said students rely on those jobs to pay their rent and tuition.

UNIVERSITY SENATE BODIES CONDUCT BUSINESS REMOTELY Groups such as Student Senate, Faculty Senate and Graduate Student Senate have been investing in alternate ways to communicate and hold meetings while practicing safe social distancing.

Lydia Ramlo, Student Senate president, said Student Senate has been involved in big decisions the university has been making, such as moving classes online. Ramlo said Senate has been in close contact with President Duane Nellis’ office as well as the Division of Student Affairs.

Ramlo also said Senate has had to postpone its events and even elections until next semester. Remote meetings, however, will still be open to the public.

She said she has also seen a condensed amount of engagement between students and Senate during this time.

Robin Muhammad, Faculty Senate chair, said all the work the body does in terms of committees will remain the same. The format is the only thing that will change. Muhammed said issues dealing with students and campus usage have also moved to the forefront of the conversation due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dareen Tadros, GSS president, said GSS will be holding its meetings via Zoom.

Tadros said priorities have shifted and new issues have come up, but GSS will still continue to address issues it was previously working on. Issues such as health care for graduate students, however, will be more challenging to address, she said.

Despite changing circumstances, Tadros said the goal of GSS remains as they aim to support graduate and professional students in the best possible way.

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A criminal mischief charge is pending.

TOO WINDY Over the weekend, deputies responded to the Family Dollar in New Marshfield. Family Dollar was closed, and the alarm was going off.

Deputies determined that the building was secure, and the alarm was set off by high winds.

NO MORE PARTYING Deputies responded to Glouster on Tuesday regarding a party with a large number of people.

Deputies told the owner guests needed to leave due to violating Gov. Mike DeWine’s order that requires gatherings to be five people or fewer.

No further action was needed.

ON FIRE Deputies responded to a fire over the weekend located on High Street in Glouster. Deputies assisted as needed.

The fire was contained by fire units at the scene, and deputies returned to patrol.

STILL AT CHURCH? Over the weekend, deputies responded to Athens Township regarding a report that a church’s lights were on after hours when they were usually turned off.

A church employee told deputies they were just cleaning and performing maintenance on audio equipment.

THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY Deputies responded to Selby Road on Monday regarding a noise complaint.

Deputies spoke with the caller, who said the person and vehicle they called about left before deputies arrived.

NOT SO NEIGHBORLY On Monday, deputies responded to Salem Road regarding a man defacing his

SOMEHOW GOT AWAY On Tuesday, deputies responded to a report of a stolen motorcycle in Nelsonville.

The caller said a loud vehicle went by their house and then stopped. When the caller went to check on their motorcycle, it was gone.

The case is still being investigated.

NO MORE STEREO Deputies took a theft report Tuesday from a storage unit in The Plains. The caller said a stereo speaker and amplifier were stolen.

The matter is under investigation.

WHO STOLE THE BEER? On Tuesday, deputies took a report of a stolen case of beer from The Plains.

The case was stolen from a vehicle overnight.

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CORONAVIRUS CRASH Coronavirus causes shopping surge, then lull, in local markets TAYLOR BURNETTE FOR THE POST Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, Kindred Market had experienced its busiest day during the holidays last year. The market broke its own record as crowds of shoppers bought out whole inventories of staple items.

After the rush, the market has experienced some of its slowest business days since first opening a year ago.

Many local grocery stores, like Kindred Market, 84 E. State St., experienced their largest crowds just before the state issued a mandatory shelter-in-place order.

Staple items, like milk and eggs, flew off the shelf but not because of panic buying, General Manager Riley Kinnard said. Customers were simply stocking up on what they might need.

“Our sales were just way more than what we’re used to, and inventory was going out of stock, and we couldn’t keep the shelves stocked,” Kinnard said. “The store kind of … was in total disarray because people were just buying.”

Much of the market’s inventory sold out, as it was not prepared for the large numbers of sales, Kinnard said. Other than milk and bread, Kinnard said she noticed people buying more flour and yeasts, as more people are baking, and more dried goods, like beans and rice, that will last.

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Kinnard said.

After a few days, Kinnard said business had slowed and has decreased since.

“There is a noticeable lull in business,” Kinnard said, “It’s like the sales are below what they were … not a great amount, luckily.”

She said she noticed fear from both employees and customers, as many employees no longer wanted to work, and customers began to wear masks and gloves. The market increased its cleaning measures in turn.

“There’s this rising tide of fear amongst customers, and you feel it. The staff feels it when they see anybody coming into the store wearing gloves, and then suddenly, we’re all wearing gloves, and suddenly, most of us are wearing masks, and you have to keep an eye on every basket, every hand basket or every cart that leaves or come back and make sure it’s been sanitized,” Kinnard said.

Some of the starkest changes she’s seen have been in the community, she said. Saturday is no longer the store’s busiest day because customers are off work all the time. There is also no longer an evening rush.

Another change is not only the absence of students, but the increased presence of student workers, Kinnard said.

“We have a couple of employees, too, whose schedules just opened wide,” Kinnard said, “They used to have that limited availability due to their class schedule, but when their classes all got canceled, they

suddenly are available to work all the time, which was really worked out for us because ... several of our employees weren’t available at all.”

Other businesses, like The Farmacy, 28 W. Stimson Ave., have experienced drastic changes as well.

“It’s like getting used to looking at the world upside down — I mean on all levels, from all facets and angles,” Farmacy co-owner Kevin Tidd said. “My wholesalers and employees and everything is totally topsy-turvy.”

Tidd said everything had been normal until the shelter-in-place order was given.

The store transitioned from allowing customers to walk in through the door with optional self-service areas to curbside and delivery-only options.

“It kind of reminds me almost of July and August when (students) are all gone,” Tidd said.

By the end of August, Tidd feels as though businesses are begging students to return. Normally, Tidd said he has the busy spring season to save money in anticipation of the slower summer months.

This spring, not so much.

For Tidd and his business, every day is different, and the future is uncertain.

“I feel like if you don’t plan, you plan to fail, you know. I mean, it’s an old saying, but it’s so true,” Tidd said. “We immediately tried to get into that loop of funds that are available to help us get through this crisis. You know, six to eight weeks worth of operating expenses, but (with)

people getting a paycheck … this may be done in six days.”

Both Kindred Market and The Farmacy have attracted other types of customers than their normal regulars during this time. Kinnard said she saw an increase in people she believed were trying to avoid the bigger box stores, and Tidd said he saw an increase in travelers.

“I had a lot of passers-through. You know, people that were traveling from one place to another place,” Tidd said. “They were stopping here because they didn’t know if they’d be able to find that good natural food store in 100 miles.”

Other small businesses, like Busy Day Market, 30 W. Stimson Ave., saw a fluctuation in their number of customers as well.

“I think a lot of people were coming in to stock up because they’re fearful that we would maybe close down, and we saw a large increase the first three days, and then as things started to close down, you know, the numbers started to dwindle and everything,” Cole Stephenson, a cashier, said. “But other than the past week, week-and-a-half (it) has been pretty quiet.”

For places like Kindred Market and many other small, local businesses, the times remain very uncertain.

“It’s hard to know what the future holds,” Kinnard said.

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UNIVERSITY AND COUNTY COVID-19 UPDATES Here’s a one-stop shop for all COVID-19 news centered in Athens GRANT RITCHEY FOR THE POST

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ith the swarm of COVID-19 information coming all at once, the information can be overwhelming.

Here is an updated list of all COVID-19 information involving Athens and Ohio University: On March 26, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Athens County. There are three confirmed COVID-19 cases and one confirmed death as of Wednesday afternoon. Further information will be released at a later date, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

The Athens City-County Health Department cannot identify the name, age or sex of the person who died to protect the family’s privacy, James Gaskell, Athens County health commissioner, said in a previous Post report.

“The enemy we face is insidious, highly-contagious, unseen and very worrisome,” Gaskell said in a statement.

The health department believes more cases of the coronavirus will be confirmed in the county once testing increases, Health Department Director of Communi-

The Athens Rotary Southside Accessible Playground is roped off due to COVID-19. (EMILEE CHINN / PHOTO EDITOR)

ty Health and Engagement Ruth Dudding said in the release.

There are 2,547 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide. There have been 65 confirmed deaths.

Athens County is the second Ohio county with fewer than four confirmed COVID-19 cases to have a death. The first county was Gallia County.

COVID-19 survives on humans, so if people don’t infect each other, the virus will die, Gaskell said.

On Tuesday, the Athens Police Department arrested an Ohio University student on East State Street for violating Ohio’s stay-at-home order, according to a previous Post report.

The stay-at-home order, which went into effect on March 23, is a mandatory, statewide order from Gov. Mike DeWine that restricts people from leaving their house for any non-essential business. It also says people should practice social distancing.

For students, COVID-19 has changed not

only how schooling is being done, but also grading policies, with the inclusion of satisfactory/no credit options.

If a student were to choose the Satisfactory grading option, they would have to have a letter grade from A to C-. A D+ or D- grade will be converted automatically to an “S,” or satisfactory, grade for any course that isn’t exempt. The full list of exempt courses will be released April 8, according to a previous Post report.

Students are still allowed to live in the residence halls if there are complicated circumstances. Food for these students was being given out at West 82, but since Baker Center has closed down, meals are being given out to each residence hall at noon, according to a previous Post report.

OU has given an $8 million refund to students who had meal plans and who lived in residence halls, according to a previous Post report. For some students, this wasn’t enough.

A petition asked OU to request partial tuition refunds, as the form of teaching has

changed to online. The petition received over 1,300 signatures in only three days.

Carly Leatherwood, an OU spokeswoman, said there would not be tuition refunds because students are still getting an education.

OU announced in late March that an OU student tested positive for the coronavirus.

The student, who the university is keeping anonymous to protect their identity, was on a study abroad trip when they first contracted symptoms.

The student is not staying in Athens but is quarantining in their home county.

OU has been working with public health officials to investigate interactions the student had with faculty, staff members and other students.

Anyone who could have been in contact with the student has been contacted and asked to self-quarantine for 14 days, Nellis said in a university-wide email.

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50 Years Apart Alumni compare 1970 and 2020 closures of OU

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he recent closure of Ohio University due to the coronavirus is the first time the university has closed its doors to students and faculty since 1970. In an almost perfect parallel, 50 years ago all students were instructed to leave campus, and university-related activities were canceled due to riots.

Leading up to May 1970, widespread unrest rapidly spread across America’s college campuses. Many students opposed and protested the Vietnam War, while others fought for the civil rights movement. This whirlwind of events culminated on May 4, when four students were killed while protesting at Kent State University. The Kent State shootings immediately drove many college students to fight even harder, forcing many colleges in Ohio and across the country to shut down.

Andy Alexander, a class of 1970 senior who studied journalism, experienced firsthand when OU attempted to stay open, despite the fact that demonstrations were becoming increasingly violent.

“Many professors moved their classrooms out onto the College Green and opened their classes up to anyone,” Alexander, editor-in-chief of The Post at the time, said. “It was actually, intellectually, a very exciting time because you would walk over to College Green, and you would see these clusters of people, and one might be discussing policy in Vietnam, one might be discussing gender equality.”

Despite the academic activities that took place during the day, Alexander recalled Athens becoming violent at night. Repeated bomb threats and false fire reports instigated by protesters eventually became reality when both Nelson Commons and the ROTC supply room underneath Peden Stadium were firebombed, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage, Alexander said.

“Students awoke to a situation where they could smell tear gas all over town,” Alexander explained.

“As they wandered out and got word that the university was closed, they wandered to Uptown Athens. There was a uniformed national guardsman with a loaded weapon in every single parking space throughout Athens.”

OU informed students that it would reschedule its 1970 commencement, canceling all other university-related activities immediately. Tom Hodson, another class of 1970 senior who studied journalism, recalls that students were given the choice of either taking their current grades as their final or opting for a pass/fail grading system, one similar to the alternative grading system offered Monday. He remembers Athens being incredibly hectic the morning OU’s closure was announced.

“They told us that they were closing the school and that people had to be out of their housing and off campus within 48 hours,” Hodson, associate editor of The Post at the time, said. “It was a very quick exit from campus under very dire circumstances.

I remember the tear gas still hanging in the air. It wrecked my sinuses for about six months. It was sort of a hollowed feeling, like, ‘Oh, it’s all over. We’re going home. School’s done.’”

Students experienced a strong feeling of disconnect as they left Athens in 1970, similar to what many Ohio University students are feeling today amid the

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They told us that they were closing the school and that people had to be out of their housing and off campus within 48 hours. It was a very quick exit from campus under very dire circumstances. I remember the tear gas still hanging in the air. It wrecked my sinuses for about six months. It was sort of a hollowed feeling, like, ‘Oh, it’s all over. We’re going home. School’s done.’”

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Events on May 5, 1970 at Ohio University campus on the days following the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State University. (PROVIDED VIA OHIO UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES)

coronavirus pandemic. However, Hodson said today’s students have so much more connectivity. Programs like FaceTime, Microsoft Zoom and even the ability to text and email is a privilege many students who are now self-isolating take for granted.

“Stay in touch with your faculty members. Stay in touch with your fellow students,” Hodson said. “Stay safe and stay distant, but stay connected. It’s so important because we were disconnected from our school work and disconnected, in my situation, from The Post. It was my life, and it was over. It was done.

We couldn’t do anything. It all just came to a halt.”

Former OU President Rod McDavis, who was also part of OU’s class of 1970, said hearing the news the university was shutting down for the second time in OU’s 216year history immediately brought him back to 1970.

“It was a flashback for me,” McDavis said. “Different circumstances in 2020, but certainly something that could adversely impact the life of students. I

think when it reaches that level, it’s important enough to change course. As a young student back in 1970, I was frustrated. I was upset. In hindsight, I clearly understood why the leaders of the university made the decision they made.”

McDavis emphasized that, in 1970, the school was mainly shut down due to national concerns. In 2020, COVID-19 is a pandemic, and therefore is a worldwide issue with international impacts. To him, this makes the closure of OU just as crucial, if not more so.

“I certainly align myself with the graduating class of 2020 from the standpoint of not being able to participate in the commencement,” McDavis said. “It’s OK to feel frustrated and angry. Understand that the reason that it’s being done is in the best interest of the students.”

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Events on May 6, 1970 at Ohio University campus on the days following the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State University. (PROVIDED VIA OHIO UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES)

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Some of the organizations are PRSSA, CHAARG and Lost Flamingo Theatre Company RILEY RUNNELLS ASST. CULTURE EDITOR Ohio University may not be operating through campus, but that hasn’t stopped students from taking the initiative to keep their organizations alive and well.

Several organizations have taken it upon themselves to stay active and keep their members participating remotely throughout the coronavirus pandemic. In keeping with the stay-at-home order, various student organization executive board members have been offering virtual opportunities for their members.

One of these organizations is Scripps Public Relations Student Society of America, or PRSSA. PRSSA is an organization that provides real-world experience to students with a public relations focus by bringing in guest

speakers and providing educational tools for students’ success.

Vivian Moussa, a junior studying strategic communication, is the incoming president of PRSSA after going through a completely remote process for executive board elections.

Though the process was complicated, Moussa says the pandemic won’t stop them from providing as many opportunities for their members as possible.

“We’re just trying to keep everyone as involved as possible,” Moussa said.

The goal is to keep the organization business as usual to an extent. PRSSA will still have weekly meetings through Zoom, an online video conferencing service. March 30 marked the first virtual meeting with guest speaker Demi Clark, who talked about female empowerment and her career coaching service, She Built This City.

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Student organizations remotely engage their members during pandemic

Aside from their meetings and virtual hangouts, Moussa has been trying to engage PRSSA’s followers on social media by posting Instagram stories and starting a Twitter campaign: #MyPRstory. People can use the hashtag to submit videos, pictures or text about what public relations means to them.

“We want them to feel like they’re getting as much out of the chapter as they can, even though we’re not together physically,” Moussa said.

Another organization working to keep its members active is OU’s chapter of CHAARG, a health and fitness organization for active women on over 70 college campuses.

Hannah Morris, a senior studying integrated media, is the vice president of media for CHAARG. She’s saddened by how most of their events have been canceled but is working hard with the rest of the executive board to provide alternatives.

“It’s really exciting to see girls still active and wanting to attend online things we’re providing,” Morris said.

CHAARG is having instructors teach weekly workout classes through Zoom or arrange at-home workouts to send to all of the women. The first class was Buti Yoga, taught

by OU alumna Amy Baumgardner. They’ve also been holding each other accountable for working out by creating charts of workouts and making challenges for other members.

Morris believes the biggest part of what they offer is the connection with other women. The organization has a large group chat with all of the members, but within that, they’ve created branch group chats for specific interests, such as TikTok, movies, cooking and journaling.

Some groups that require in-person participation are still trying to engage their members. Lost Flamingo Theatre Company, or LFC, has had to cancel all of its perfor-

mances but is still working to keep its members excited about being involved.

Michaela Chilenski, a senior studying integrated media, is the current president of LFC and is extremely saddened by the cancellation of her last semester with the company.

“It’s very frustrating and disappointing,” Chilenski said. “I was directing my last show with LFC, and I’m really sad I didn’t get to see my show come together.”

Other than the group’s extremely active group chat, the current and new executive boards are working together to plan for next year’s lineup of shows. First is the script reading committee through Zoom, where they choose the shows and then director applications will be sent out and handled remotely.

LFC’s executive board also created T-shirts for the members to order and is putting together superlatives for some of the members in lieu of its normal end of the year banquet.

These three organizations aren’t the only ones staying active on campus. There are several others working hard to keep their members engaged as well. Moussa, Morris and Chilenski are all hopeful for their organizations to continue without fail, and all agree that keeping their members active and engaged during the chaos of the pandemic is extremely important.

“I think having that sense of routine and familiarity during this pandemic is really good,” Moussa said. “It’s been helpful for me to keep positive and know that we’re all in this together. Everyone’s going through the same thing, and we can still have these shared moments, even if we’re not physically together.”

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Local businesses hit hard by coronavirus Bagel Street Deli, Brenen’s Coffee Cafe and Donkey Coffee and Espresso are just some of the businesses impacted by the pandemic LILY ROBY FOR THE POST As the world continues to deal with the unpredictable impacts of COVID-19, local businesses are being struck especially hard. A stay-at-home order by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has recommended that Ohioans stay inside unless absolutely necessary in order to promote social distancing and avoid the spread of the virus.

In a time where shops and restaurants are usually packed and thriving, many of Athens’ local businesses are now struggling to stay afloat. Bagel Street Deli employee Sean King said the restaurant isn’t even seeing half the number of customers they normally draw in.

“To get personal about it, this is a job that I really look forward to coming to, and recently, it’s just sort of hit-or-miss,” King said.

“If it’s super slow, I get really sad. It’s just kind of not knowing.”

King said Bagel Street’s dining room is now closed, employees instead taking tickets and payments and providing food through the front window in order to limit human contact. Bagel Street is strongly encouraging over-the-phone pickup orders, also providing delivery by an in-house employee for those who don’t want to risk infection by leaving their homes.

Hours have also been cut for employees, and bagels are only being made by a skeleton crew with fewer people on shifts and a fewer pool of people working those shifts, King said. However, all of these changes are necessary in order to allow Bagel Street to stay open.

“The way I look at this job is a service to the community,” King said. “We serve people food, really good food that we’re pretty proud of, and I’d like to see this place be able to keep doing that. If this is what it’s gonna take, it’s what it’s gonna take.”

Benji Brite walks out of The Union with a carry-out order. As a part of Gov. Mike DeWine’s state-wide response to the coronavirus threat, all bars and restaurants are now only providing carry-out service.

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Restaurants with larger staffs like Brenen’s Coffee Cafe are unfortunately unable to employ the same number of workers simply because they don’t have enough customers. Josh Thomas, co-owner of Brenen’s, said the cafe normally employs almost 30 people and has had to cut the staff down to 12.

“We’ve really cut our hours back,” Thomas said. “We’ve got 12 people working, but each of them only have like six hours this week.

They live here in town, and if they wanted to come in and work a shift or two, we let them do that. None of them are required to work.”

Just like Bagel Street, Brenen’s is encouraging call-in orders. Thomas said Brenen’s is no longer allowing customers to sit inside, per the Ohio governor’s order that sit-down service be banned.

Banning sit-down service drastically impacted Brenen’s number of daily customers. Thomas estimates that Brenen’s is now seeing about 20% of its usual customers.

However, they’re staying optimistic because they’ve dealt with seasons like this before.

“At Brenen’s, we’re pretty confident that we can weather this storm and figure it out,”

Thomas said. “But, for the restaurant industry in general, it’s gonna be bad. I think we’ll see some places in Athens that might just have to hole up and say, ‘We’re done.’”

Thomas said a number of people in Athens have been incredibly charitable as the crisis has worsened, buying gift cards for later use or to give to friends. Customers have even purchased box lunches and asked Brenen’s to just keep the lunches to give to those in need.

Donkey Coffee and Espresso has also had to temporarily let go of a number of employees, dropping from a staff of 17 to five. Employee James Mcree-Moore emphasized that these changes were made because Donkey Coffee is seeing an estimate of only about a third of the regular rate of customers.

“We haven’t fired anyone, and we want them to come back,” Mcree-Moore said.

“It’s just, with how much money we’re making, we can’t support that many employees. And, with how slow it is, we don’t need as many people in the shop, so we’ve had to let a bunch of people go. Otherwise, we’ll go under.”

Donkey Coffee has taken steps such as restricting all purchases to carry-out or delivery through iChowDown, a local delivery service. In the shop, Xs have been placed on the floor in order to let people know how far apart to stand in line while waiting to order.

New employee policies have been instituted regarding hand washing and sanitizing the register, which is frequently touched by both customers and employees.

Mccree-Moore’s primary concern through all of this has been other local businesses. She is mainly worried about businesses that don’t have a community as supportive as Athens. She hopes people will spend their time and money helping out local businesses.

“Spread wealth around,” Mccree-Moore said. “If you still have a job or enough money to eat out once or twice a week, keep going to different restaurants. Circulate it and leave good tips because the servers are really struggling right now, too.”

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EXISTENTIAL BINGE-WATCHING

EDITORIAL

Try a show outside your comfort zone while stuck inside

College students, coronavirus and the uncertainties of the future

JACKSON HORVAT is a sophomore studying journalism at Ohio University.

I’ve never been a huge fan of anime.

With the mass number of fans the genre has, I’m usually afraid to admit that. It’s never been a problem with the stories or the characters; the style of the series and the animation itself has always made me a little uncomfortable. I don’t know why. Yes, it’s honestly unreasonable, and, of course, I still have the utmost respect for what the shows do and the entertainment they provide to millions of people.

With daily life coming to a halt, however, and the immense amount of time spent indoors increasing, my binge-watching habits haven’t quite stayed the same. Maybe it was the boredom or the terrifying idea of rewatching The Office for the 10th time, but I fi nally caved in and allowed my girlfriend to convince me to watch an anime. At the time of writing this, I’ve begun to bingewatch Death Note with her for two days.

And honestly? It’s going pretty well.

There’s still some push back from my mind. A few too many jokes may slip out of me about overly dramatized moments, and the animation still gives me an unexplainable feeling of discomfort at times.

But I have for sure found myself getting into the story and wanting to tell Netfl ix that yes, I am in fact still watching. I even did my usual “geeky” thing when I fi nd a new obsession and researched the show online, including the manga.

A few months ago, I would’ve never believed someone if they’d tell me I’d soon be watching an anime, let alone enjoying it as a break from the terrors of quarantine-caused online school. Yet, maybe that’s the beauty of all this time stuck inside.

This really is the time to invest an unhealthy amount in watching shows or movies that might not usually be your go-to. This is the time to search in the deepest recesses of Netfl ix’s vault or watch every single animated movie on Disney+. This is even the time to give more alternative platforms like YouTube a chance, as there’s so much rich and di14 / APRIL 2, 2020

verse content being offered in so many different mediums these days.

The best part about it all is that it’s completely warranted to get lost in a little bit of binge-watching. It’s important to keep up with remote school or work, if you have it. It’s important to set aside time for hobbies that are usually ignored, or make sure you’re getting in some time outside. But, especially in these frightening and stressful times, it’s incredibly important to allow yourself to get lost in not-so-stressful worlds.

Taking breaks to binge-watch is even necessary so as to not overload your brain with the chaos of what we call daily life right now. And now, more than ever, is the time to try a fi lm or a series that maybe you would have never even considered when free time was a bit more constrained.

Plus, it can even offer up new communities to get involved with online. I never in a million years thought that I could get involved with a fan discussion about an anime, yet that aforementioned research of Death Note definitely included looking up reviews of the show — and, of course, finding myself actually having opinions that I wanted to share after only having watched for barely a day.

Finding new shows or movies not only can offer up a form of entertainment you might not have ever discovered before, but they can also connect you with a ton of people and discussions you may have never had, either.

Sure, you run the risk of confi rming that you don’t like something, but they also might just surprise you.

Before you know it, you’ll find something to get you through this time stuck inside and even into when life returns to normal.

Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. Do you agree? Tell Jackson by tweeting him @horvatjackson.

Everyone’s lives have had significant changes over the past several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As college students, we are currently left with a lot of uncertainties.

Many students were forced to leave the comfort of their campus housing to move back to their hometown for the remainder of the year. After being uprooted from a normal routine, students still have to finish courses for the semester online, even with the Satisfactory/No Credit system the university is now offering.

With many living at home, it does not mean they are exempt from bills and rent for campus housing. It is not expected for students to get a tuition refund even though online classes do not compare to what we can learn in-person lectures.

Students are also put in further financial struggles with the closure of businesses, bars, restaurants and university jobs that they depended on for income to pay their bills. With summer approaching, prospective jobs offers or internships may no longer be offered as unemployment rises across the country.

Ohio University is still offering remote work to students who were employed during Spring Semester. But for some, it does not meet the same hours and income that they once had while living on campus.

The Coronavirus Stimulus Package is meant to be helpful to everyone in the U.S. by providing people with a $1,200 payment. But the package overlooked

those who fall between the ages of 17 to 24 — college students.

If college students are claimed as dependents on a tax return — which many are — they do not qualify for the package. Students under the age of 24 qualify as dependents if their parents pay for at least half of their expenses. For every qualifying child under 16 years old, the payment will have an additional $500.

While everyone has many fears about the future, college students are especially feeling that burden. Students are stressed about school and employment but also don’t have the financial stability they once depended on.

OU has been working to help students where it can with refunds for Athens on-campus housing, meal plans, parking permits and commencement caps and gowns. However, the state and the nation should do more to support students than temporarily suspending federal student loan repayments.

Everything across the globe after the pandemic will change, and college students are the ones who will be driving the change. It’s time for the government to step up and give students what they need to support themselves so that we can support the world’s future.

Editorials represent the majority opinion of The Post’s executive editors: Editorin-Chief Ellen Wagner and Digital Managing Editor Taylor Johnston.

Post editorials are independent of the publication’s news coverage.

Athens Farmers Market strong during pandemic KERI JOHNSON STAFF WRITER The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has altered every aspect of everyday life, but the Athens Farmers Market, or AFM, is something that has effectively remained unchanged.

The AFM is a staple of Athens. The market hosts a variety of local farmers from around Southeast Ohio, from vendors who sell honey to jewelry. It is also one of several farmers markets in Ohio that accepts SNAP benefits.

The farmers market, 1000 E. State St., is open every Saturday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to noon and 9 a.m to 1 p.m., respectively. “(We’re) quite organized,” Becky Clark, marketing and promotions manager of AFM, said. “We’ve been in contact with the local health department. (We’ve) made a lot of changes. We moved outside three weeks before we normally do ... We spread stalls out a lot... (Vendors) are now 6 to 10 feet apart, and we have social distancing signage up.”

The farmers market is still open and running each weekend. Since the market provides food, it is considered an essential business. Though Athens may seem like a ghost town, Clark said the market has maintained steady attendance.

“From what we’ve seen, it’s almost surprising how our sales are not down from normal,” Clark said. “(There) are a lot less people congregating, customers respecting social distancing ... (It’s) not a social gathering place (right now).”

Clark said certain local vendors have partnered to deliver their farmers market goods.

Deliveries will be arranged and dropped off, meaning there’s no physical contact between her and the customer, Clark said.

“We’re doing scheduled deliveries,” Clark said. “We’re calling and texting to make sure they get it. Once they receive it, we’re driving off.”

One of the farms with goods up for delivery is Primaterra Farm, 6475 Township Road 154, New Lexington.

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Owner of Cherry Orchards Neil Cherry sells his produce at the Athens County Farmer’s Market on Wednesday. (MCKINLEY LAW / FOR THE POST)

try and egg farm about 40 miles north of Athens. Henry Jochem, owner and operator of Primaterra Farm, has run the farm for almost three years now and frequents the Athens Farmers Market.

Jochem said the past few weeks of the farmers market have been great in turnout, but this weekend, he noticed a decline in attendance and people being more cautious.

“I noticed (that) customers this weekend didn’t want to come into the tent or touch stuff,” he said.

Jochem said his products will be up for delivery starting this week. For him, the market is entering unprecedented territory.

People are still coming to the market, and the market will stay open for the foreseeable future, but the unpredictable nature of the pandemic makes for some uncertainty.

“Depending on how things go, (delivery) might be (our) future with this pan-

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demic,” Jochem said.

Jochem has noticed some choose to shop at the market because they feel safe there.

“Customers and vendors feel strongly (about the virus) and feel safer about (the farmers market) than going into Kroger and Walmart,” Jochem said.

Clark along with other vendors and food producers have discussed the topic of food safety within the market compared to larger companies.

“A lot of what we’ve been talking about (with) vendors and other local food producers (is that local food has) less exposure,” Clark said. “(There is) less shipping, less distribution and less middlemen. We do feel that it’s safer, and most of our local providers of food are growing, harvesting, butchering food themselves.”

Marlene Poches, owner and operator of Coolville Ridge Atomic Farm, 8111 N.

Coolville Ridge Road, agrees with Clark. For her, shopping locally provides a sense of security. Coolville Ridge is also participating in delivery services.

Coolville Ridge’s products, which range from heritage livestock to baked goods, are currently available remotely, Poches said. As she an autoimmune disease, Poches has chosen not to attend the farmers market lately.

It was a difficult decision to make, but she hopes to be back by Easter. She is enjoying delivery work, though.

“I’m having fun with it,” Poches said.

“People can get my goods without exposing themselves.”

Poches tries to make a variety of items for delivery during this time. She realizes that she’s serving both the young and the old and is trying to hit all the aspects of things.

“There’s children at home, too, and they get bored,” Poches said. “Parents are also trying to keep up with a (changing) school menu.”

Poches will do deliveries on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She also said her prices won’t be rising with the change. In fact, she’s doing the opposite.

“I hate the gouging right now, especially with job loss,” Poches said. “I’m also doing cinnamon roll Sunday. The price is cut in half due to the unemployment rate. I’m not trying to gouge people. I want to do the reverse.”

For her, Athens County is a good place to be during these times. As people lose their jobs, food insecurity seems to be a possible growing problem, but for Poches, there’s hope.

“There are options here,” Poches said.

“As farmers and locals, we have a really good health department and local resources. Don’t be shy. The university is doing everything they possibly can for students who are experiencing food loss. Don’t lose hope. Don’t forget to go outside.”

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The best 3 tracks from 5 Seconds of Summer’s adequate ‘CALM’ BRE OFFENBERGER COPY CHIEF 5 Seconds of Summer, or 5SOS, knows how to make a hit. From its debut single “She Looks So Perfect” in 2014 to the 2018 mainstream hit “Youngblood” and a couple more since, 5SOS has barely slowed down — only faltering to change its sound along the way.

Its latest album, CALM, shows only flashes of 5SOS’ mainstream pop capabilities.

5SOS — made up of frontman Luke Hemmings, guitarist Michael Clifford, bassist Calum Hood and drummer Ashton Irwin — got its start by posting song covers on YouTube before Irwin joined the band. After the initial three’s cover of Chris Brown’s “Next to You” amassed hundreds of thousands of views, Irwin joined, and the Australian bunch eventually earned a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

After releasing two EPs, 5SOS opened for One Direction on both its Take Me Home and Where We Are tours in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Since then, 5SOS has released four LPs, with the latest being the worst yet still providing satisfactory moments.

Hemmings’ vocals are certainly the bright spot on CALM, which is riddled with production problems. The strange synths on “No Shame” don’t pair well with Hemmings’

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vocals, especially when he goes into his head voice. Despite its promise in the beginning, “Wildflower” falls apart amid its chaotic chorus. The radio hit “Easier,” however, is fantastic through and through, as the pulsating bass line from Hood and Hemmings’ flawless vocals accentuate the band’s raw talent.

Three other tracks from CALM wholly exemplify why 5SOS deserves the hype it’s getting.

Here are the three notable tracks from CALM: 3. “HIGH” If you don’t think the way Hemmings sings the words “highly” and “like” in the chorus of “High” is what it feels like to en-

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to silky guitar lines from Clifford and U2’s David Howell Evans and beautiful songwriting. Hemmings is acknowledging his past mistakes to someone — presumably his girlfriend, Sierra Deaton — and promises to fully cherish her moving forward. Hemmings provides some gracious offers that would be hard to refuse: “I wanna hold your hair when you drink too much / And carry you home when you cannot stand up / You did all these things for me when I was half a man for you / I wanna hold your hand while we’re growing.”

ter heaven, you’re lying to yourself. Hemmings takes this acoustic ballad to tell his ex that he still thinks about her, and he hopes she still thinks about him, too.

Alongside a beautiful acoustic arrangement from Clifford and gorgeous harmonies, Hemmings admits he knows he will never be good enough for her: “I know I’ll never meet your expectations / But the picture that you paint of me looks better in your mind / Now every step I take with hesitation / And I’ll miss the memories of the morning we were high.”

1. “RED DESERT” Fiery, infectious drumming from Irwin highlights the unflawed showpiece that is “Red Desert.” Hemmings, alongside his counterparts angelic harmonizing, reveals that even though they’re in America now, Australia will always be with them. They specifically point to Australia’s Red Desert as a sense of comfort during stressful moments and times of uncertainty: “Red, Red Desert, heal our blues / I’d dive deeper for you / What a blessing to feel your love / Twilight moments with you.” “Red Desert” is as good as an album opener can possibly be, and it’s the best track on CALM.

2. “BEST YEARS” “Best Years” is an absolute gem, thanks

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‘PARTYMOBILE’ marks PARTYNEXTDOOR’s best album to date With vulnerability and an incredible sound, PARTYNEXTDOOR sets a new standard for his work with this album RILEY RUNNELLS ASST. CULTURE EDITOR Jahron Anthony Brathwaite, better known by the stage name PARTYNEXTDOOR, hasn’t made waves in the music scene for three years. As a champion of R&B music, PARTYNEXTDOOR released his last full length album in 2016, followed by two EPs in 2017. Fans were starting to wonder when he’d make his return.

It seems the three-year break from releasing new music paid off, as PARTY truly honed his craft and created the long-awaited PARTYMOBILE, his best album to date.

The Canadian singer, songwriter, rapper and producer was the first artist to be signed to Drake’s OVO Sound record label in 2013. He released his first EP the same year, the self-titled PartyNextDoor. A year later, he released his first full-length album, PartyNextDoor Two, along with an EP called PNDCOLOURS. It took two years for his second full-length album, PartyNextDoor 3, and then another year for two more EPs. Since 2017, PARTY hadn’t released any new music until PARTYMOBILE. He spent three years working on his songwriting for artists like DJ Khaled, Drake, Post Malone and Christina Aguilera, but really, he was taking his time to finalize PARTYMOBILE. In November 2017, the artist tweeted: “I’m taking my time with this album, It’s straight party & unapologetic.”

That statement rang true. The album is a true example of that lo-fi R&B sound that creates a vibe fit for partying with friends or crying alone over heartache. Typically when tracks run together with similar sounds, it can act as a disadvantage for the review of the album, but it works the opposite way for PARTY with his latest album. The tracks can blend together or run alone, with a sound that never once takes you out of the mood you’re in when listening.

PARTYMOBILE opens with “NOTHING LESS,” an immediate indicator that he isn’t messing around with his intensely vulnerable and carefully crafted project. Right away the audience can feel PARTY’s reference to the beginning of his career with the droning drum lines, lo-fi production and overall simplicity throughout.

Three tracks in, listeners hit “THE NEWS.” The track was released as a single in November 2019, along with “LOYAL,” his collaboration with Drake.

“LOYAL” isn’t his only collaboration; PARTY clinched Bad Bunny for a “LOYAL” remix as well as Rihanna on “BELIEVE IT.” Similarly to PARTY, Rihanna hasn’t released new music since 2016’s Anti but is supposed to have a new album coming out some time this year.

Even if listeners aren’t as invested in PARTY’s new album, getting Rihanna to sing on her first feature song since N.E.R.D.’s 2017 single “Lemon” is enough to make fans eternally grateful.

Though most of the album focuses on a significant other in some capacity, track 14’s “SAVAGE ANTHEM” is almost self-explanatory by the title. Party explains in great detail that he won’t change for anyone and will always remain a savage. The juxtaposition of the slow, relaxing beat with the ruthless lyrics is brilliant

PARTYNEXTDOOR’s latest album, ‘PARTYMOBILE,‘ is his best album to date. (PHOTO PROVIDED VIA @PARTYNEXTDOOR ON TWITTER)

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as well as the perfect pairing with the album’s opener, “NOTHING LESS.” With themes of love, infidelity, loss and more, PARTY’s velvet vocals glide through his most convoluted and vulnerable lyrics ever released. In an interview with HYPEBEAST, PARTY said, “These songs are my therapy, especially with this album. (Recording) is

very emotional, very deep.” He definitely got the right point across with PARTYMOBILE and simultaneously set a new standard for himself and R&B.

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Daniel Palmer of Sneakthief.

(PHOTO PROVIDED VIA SNEAKTHIEF)

Creatively Combating Quarantine Local musicians, venues work to combat coronavirus pandemic

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Emma Schultz didn’t plan for this to happen. After graduating from Ohio University in 2018, she spent all of her time forming and furthering the success of her band, No Stars — finding bandmates, releasing an EP and regularly playing several venues around Athens.

Now, Schultz’s progress has come to a screeching halt due to COVID-19.

In early March when the pandemic began, Schultz and No Stars were just getting ready to start their main spring performances. She knew once the government started taking more serious action to combat the coronavirus that it would have an impact on her band, but she never expected a fully canceled spring season.

“It sucks that something we’ve been looking forward to is not actually happening anymore,” Schultz said.

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Schultz has also seen the impact of the changes in the music industry as a whole.

However, she has a firsthand understanding of the impact of the pandemic on the local music scene between her own band, her boyfriend’s band and her friends in other bands around Athens.

PERFORMERS PERSEVERE Schultz and the rest of her bandmates have been taking the quarantine seriously.

They aren’t meeting up to practice but have been working on writing music individually.

Mainly, their focus is staying connected as a group and finding ways to keep the creativity flowing throughout their separation.

Virtual connection through group chats and other online methods has been a huge focal point for Schultz and her band as well as her boyfriend, Daniel Palmer, and his band, Sneakthief.

Palmer started Sneakthief with his friends in 2018, and the band released its first EP in April 2019. He plays local Athens venues multiple times per week, has his music on every streaming service and was in the midst of planning his very first tour when the pandemic hit.

“I’m worried that the competition is going to be a little too much to try and get shows

because everybody is going to try to be touring again,” Palmer said.

It’s no surprise that the performances were canceled, as all concert venues and bars are completely shut down. The devastation of canceled shows isn’t just for No Stars and Sneakthief; the same goes for Julian Runyon, an Ohio University senior who started his band, The Infinite Improbability Drive, at the end of summer 2018.

The electrical engineering major worked with his band to release its second EP, Muzaking, in March 2020. The EP release was set to be the grand finale of the band’s tour through venues in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, but while the band was driving to one of its shows, it got the news of the cancellation.

Even though Runyon is a senior, he plans on attending graduate school at OU, so he knows he still has time to make strides in the Athens music scene with his bandmates. He and his bandmates describe their main concern with more of a focus on their fans and other Athens residents. Rather than focusing on the negative, they’re realizing that making these sacrifices is helping people to stay safe.

“We’ve kind of just been staring, mouth open, at all of the craziness that’s going on,” Runyon said. “It’s scary, but we’ll get through it. I feel like everybody just has to adjust to the way life is right now.”

After spending all of his time and energy into creating the band’s EP and going on tour, Runyon isn’t ready to just stifle the momentum. He and his band plan on making the most of their time in quarantine, writing music and practicing their individual instruments.

Similarly to Runyon, Palmer is using Ohio’s stay-at-home order not to relax, but to contact all the venues he had booked for the tour and let them know that he’s looking to rebook in the future. He and Schultz are also planning on writing music as much as possible for their respective groups and trying to record some ideas over distance with their bandmates.

Setting aside the creative aspect altogether, local bands are feeling the impacts of the pandemic financially. Schultz and Runyon do not rely on their bands as their main source of income, while Palmer does rely on his band as his main source of income.

“A big chunk of the money that I’ve been making has been through Sneakthief, which has been incredible and awesome,” Palmer said. “But I don’t feel like I’m making enough to warrant asking for help. You have these bands touring and playing bigger shows and making more money than I’m making … I feel like they need more help than I do right now.”

Schultz, Palmer and Runyon also acknowledge the fact that local venues are

struggling just as much as musicians and are working hard to keep money flowing and spirits high during this time.

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donations to try and keep some money coming into the business.

For both of these venues as well as every other performance space, the future is uncertain. Musick’s strategy is to simply take it one step at a time and figure out what can be done to keep business moving.

“I don’t know what it looks like in a few weeks,” Musick said. “I know what I’ll be doing, which is basically finding opportunities to tell Stuart’s story better and continue our presence on social media to let people know we’re still here as a resource, even though our doors aren’t open.”

Local artists can watch the impact of the pandemic not only through their own eyes, but through the eyes of the venues they frequent. Some of the Athens music venues double as restaurants so they can still conduct carry-out business, but others like The Union, 18 W Union St., predominantly make money from drawing in THE SHOW MUST GO ON crowds for performances.

Adomas Fabin, a bouncer and cleaner at The Union, knew shows would be canceled The idea of venues and local bands but never expected for COVID-19 to progress so intensely. At first, the risk was presented working together to provide resources as only impacting the elderly and immu- for those who are struggling has been nocompromised, but as information pro- one of the brightest points to come out of the pandemic, gressed, Fabin said he Palmer said. The was anxious to work pandemic isn’t just the door where his hitting local artists, job is to interact with but has impacted people constantly. the entire music in“I was getting pardustry as a whole. anoid working the “It’s greatly imdoor … because we pacted everyone interact with people across the board inconstantly,” Fabin said. volved in the music “I put wristbands on industry,” Runyon said. people and take their “Everyone has to show IDs, and they’re only solidarity right now like a foot from me, so and figure out ways I was kind of nervous to support each other about that.” and support themFabin said The Emma Schultz, Seth McBee and Julian selves through whatUnion is luckier than Runyon of the band No Stars (PHOTO ever way they can.” most places because PROVIDED VIA ADAM REMNANT) Fabin hopes the they’re still doing carry-out for beer and have a bit of a cushion to pandemic will force people to have a better appreciation for musicians and venues. fall back on.

“I think this is going to give people a While those who work at The Union are categorized as unemployed, Fabin feels lucky better appreciation,” Fabin said. “This is that he will still have his job when business the one good thing that’s come out of this returns as usual because he knows other right now, at least in the grand scheme of local businesses have had to lay several em- the local scene.”

Doing what you can with the time of the ployees off due to a lack of business.

Another venue working to keep all of its quarantine is the mantra of Schultz, Fabin, employees secure in their jobs is Stuart’s Musick, Palmer and Runyon. They all enOpera House in Nelsonville after having to courage artists to make the most of the sitcancel all of its shows, including the annual uation by honing their craft and keeping a good connection with bandmates so as not Nelsonville Music Festival, or NMF. Chloe Musick, marketing and public re- to completely halt momentum.

“Grab your guitar, your drumsticks, your lations director for Stuart’s Opera House, knew the decision to cancel NMF would be keyboard or whatever and keep playing,” extremely difficult and mark a great hit to Runyon said. “Keep playing your songs. Write their business, but it was necessary in order new songs and share them. Share them with your friends; share them with the other to preserve public safety.

“That’s the biggest event of the year bands. It’ll foster a good creative environment for Stuart’s,” Musick said. “But it’s not because this won’t last forever. And when we just that. Stuart’s puts on shows and come out of it, you’ll have something to share, and it could be great.” events all year long.”

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