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Derrius Vick to lead ‘Cats this season Ohio coach Frank Solich announced Sunday that redshirt senior Derrius Vick will be the starting quarterback entering the 2015 regular season.

The decision, which Solich made this weekend, comes four days before Ohio’s opener at Idaho on Thursday.

Yet Vick said getting the nod to start hasn’t altered his approach entering week one.

“I think each of us, the three main guys, all prepared through the spring, summer and fall as if they were the starter,” Vick said. “It just so happens you can have one guy and for now this is the choice we went with.”

Redshirt juniors JD Sprague and Greg Windham will be the backups.

Throughout the offseason, Solich continually said Ohio will feature two quarterbacks, with Vick and Sprague, sometimes interchangeably.

“They’ll continue to get the same amount of reps, even if it’s clear cut one guy over another,” Solich said. “You’ve always got to have your second guy prepared with snaps because as we know last year, Derrius went down and JD came in.”

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While some students were sleeping early Sunday morning, the Office of Information and Technology shut down the Wi-Fi between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. to install new equipment that was supposed to handle this year's surge of devices on campus — 17,000 more than this time last year.

“We’re gonna be working around the clock until it’s fixed,” Sean O’Malley, the spokesman for OIT, said.

The new equipment came from Juniper, an IT company that is working closely with OIT, O’Malley said. OIT was able to obtain the new equipment on loan to help the network get back up quickly.

According to an email from OIT to students Sunday, the equipment did not perform as the vendor said it would.

The department removed the newly installed hardware and returned the network to its previous setup. “(Juniper) is working very closely with us,” O’Malley said. “We appreciate (its) help.”

The email did not include a new solution or a time frame for when the Wi-Fi problem would be fixed.

The problem began the first day of classes, affecting students and professors on campus.

Michaela Bryan, a sophomore studying studio art, transferred to Ohio University from Cleveland State this year. Bryan turns in her notes for a critical perspective class that counts as attendance in the class. Due to the faulty internet connection, she wasn't able to.

"I hope it works soon," Bryan said.

Ben Bowald, a freshman in the Management Information Systems program, hasn't had issues studying because of the Wi-Fi. "It's effected my recreation use like gaming," Bowald said.

Bowald uses the Wi-Fi for watching videos, playing video games and downloading while winding down after a day of classes.

OIT will continue to work on the connection problems until it's solved.

“This is very challenging work to do quickly,” O’Malley said. “We’re basically doing brain surgery on our network.”

Patrick McGee, an independent candidate for Athens City Council, poses for a portrait.

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Pat McGee hasn’t done much campaigning since he registered as an Athens City Council candidate in May, but any time he’s out around town he can usually expect to be recognized by somebody.

Some people know him as “Set ‘em free McGee,” the managing at-

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torney at the Center for Student Legal Services. Others know him as the guy who plays the harp on College Green or the guy walking around town in a three-piece-suit and boater hat.

“It’s funny, you get to an age where you can just be yourself more and more,” the 63-year-old independent candidate said. “I always kid people and say that my pirate hat is in the wash.”

That sense of individuality extends beyond his wardrobe. If he wins this election he will be the first independent to hold a seat in city council since at least 1982, which is as far back as current records go, Clerk of Council Debbie Walker said.

“I’m somewhat disillusioned

with political parties,” McGee said.

“I think, what we have is people, rather than being willing to compromise on some issues, are taking stances on positions that should not be taken because they’re a member of a political party.”

Most of his political efforts have consisted of little more than talking to students and residents, and convincing them register to vote if they aren’t already.

“I really want to keep it low-key,” he said of his campaign.

His first real act of campaigning occurred about a month ago when he spoke at the July meeting of Athens for Bernie Sanders.

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Coun y N gh L gh a h a va goe ave abou Sam Hun Plenty of festgoers gathered by the stage. Others laid out on blankets and sat in chairs, and a few younger children sat on their parents shoulders to enjoy their day at the festival. Many came dressed head to toe in camouflage and plaid.

Carrie Ramage, a sophomore studying sociology criminology, spent all day at the festival and said the lineup was well chosen.

“Everyone that performed, I thought, put on a good show,” Ramage said.

Despite the festival starting at 2 p.m., the crowd was at its peak energy as Hunt entered the stage about

Rachel Williams, a student at Otterbein University, said she made the nearly hour-and-a-half trip to Athens for one reason — to see Sam Hunt at Country Night Lights.

“Sam Hunt is so attractive,” she said.

The new country music festival, hosted by Prime Social Group, took place at The Venue on state Route 56 on Saturday afternoon. Sam Hunt headlined the show, following performances

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9:15 p.m. and kicked off his part of the night with his hit “Raised On It.” After jumping off the stage, Hunt pressed against the metal barrier, the only thing separating him from the crowd, as he sang “House Party.” Hunt continued to sing completely unfazed as the girls in the front reached out and grabbed his arms, unwilling to let him go.

Hunt entertained with his hits, including “Cop Car,” though the night wasn’t just country.

Hunt sang “We Are Tonight,” a song he co-wrote that was made famous by

country artist Billy Currington. However, it wasn’t a typical country rendition.

The beat to Rihanna’s “We Found Love” was intertwined midway through the song, and Hunt eventually broke into singing Rihanna’s hit.

“He sounds really good

live and he had a great light show to go along with his performance,” Ramage said.

“He moved around the stage and interacted with the audience a lot.”

Hunt never stayed in one spot on stage for long. At one point he climbed up a few feet on the metal frame of the stage during “Leave the Night On.” Hunt ended the encore with “Break Up in a Small Town.” Lights flashed and guitars wailed as Hunt thanked the crowd and exited the stage for a final time.

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After one month of not playing together, Third Eye Blind had a confession to make.

“I have no idea what’s going to happen tonight, no idea whatsoever,” Stephan Jenkins, the lead singer, said. “It’s a really exciting thing because we could totally f--k this night up or we could fly.”

Following the opening act Seryn, Third Eye Blind had the crowd on its feet and singing almost louder than the sound system at TempletonBlackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.

The show nearly sold out with a crowd of about 1,700 people, Andrew Holzaepfel, senior associate director of the Campus Involvement Center, said.

The five-man band began with “Graduate” from the group’s debut album, and the crowd was quick to scream, dance and throw the rock ‘n’ roll symbol up in the air.

While there was a mix of old hits, such as “Never Let You Go” and “Wounded,” and new tracks from the band’s latest album Dopamine, the crowd didn’t sit for a second.

When the band broke out into “Mine” by Beyoncé a few concert-goers began playing air guitars while the rest continued to sing along.

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Jenkins introduced the rest of the band, and the audience members became rowdier than before while they screamed every lyric.

The band returned on stage with “Semi-Charmed Life” and Jenkins took a moment to acknowledge how it felt to play at a college.

“College for me was that

first time I started to wake up to everything and feel the possibility of everything … and when we play, I get that feeling from you guys,” he said.

The band members held up their hands, bowed their heads and thanked the crowd for coming before disappearing off stage.

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Ken Steinhoff said he still gets “nostalgic for the smell of tear gas in the spring.”

Steinhoff, a former photographer with The Post and The Athens Messenger in the late 1960s and early 1970s, said when he visits Athens, he can still picture National Guard soldiers at nearly every uptown parking meter. He can see the hundreds of students that sat protesting for civil rights at the corner of Court and Union streets.

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and domestic animals.

Vierstra, a social worker, runs the Union Ridge Wildlife Center in Wilkesville, Ohio, about a half hour outside of Athens. The center was established almost 25 years ago as a sanctuary for animals.

Animals such as tigers, kangaroos, prairie dogs and different primates live at the center.

Some are permanent residents, and others are there solely for treatment. The Union Ridge Wildlife Center has to maintain

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The players on the Ohio University hockey team now have a target on their backs.

Ohio rose to No. 1 in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Men’s Division I national poll Wednesday, following last weekend’s sweep of Iowa State.

“It’s definitely something special,” Michael Harris, a senior forward and a team captain, said. “A lot of people can’t say that they’re No. 1 in the country. That be-

ing said, it’s still the fourth week of the season. It just goes to show that there’s a lot more work to be done, that there’s that much more of a target on our back than there normally is.”

The Bobcats are ranked first in the polls for the first time since Oct. 27, 2012. Ohio finished No. 6 last season after losing in the national semifinal to Minot State.

Coach Sean Hogan became the first coach in ACHA D-I history to coach two No. 1 teams. He coached Oakland University in 2007 when the Grizzlies went on to win the national championship.

“Now everybody we play, we’re the biggest name on their schedule,” Hogan said about Ohio. “Everybody’s jacked up to play us.”

Ohio received 31 firstplace votes out of 38 possible.

The Bobcats jumped ahead of previously top-ranked Stony Brook, who split two games with No. 24 Lebanon Valley College last weekend.

The Bobcats are 8-0-0 on the season and have outscored their opponents 52-8.

The rest of the top five is rounded out by Minot State, Lindenwood, Stony Brook and Iowa State.

“National championships are never given out in October,” Hogan said. “So we just have to make sure we continue to get better.”

Ohio returns home this weekend for a series against Center States Collegiate Hockey League opponent and No. 3 Lindenwood (5-10) on the season.

“Taking two from Iowa State, who’s a very good hockey team, was huge for us,” Harris said. “That

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Owen Weir, a sophomore studying business, said. “I also lost two keys. It came to about $315, I think. I was aware there could be fines — the RAs mentioned it — but it still surprised me.”

Weir’s $315 was part of more than $137,000 that OU students paid in dorm damage fees last year. According to the university’s Student Housing

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Handbook, students are responsible to pay all repair fees for any damage to their dorms, including damage to the walls or furniture, failure to properly sweep floors and wipe down furniture, or tampering with the sensor installed in the room’s microwave.

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price a student might pay in each damage scenario.

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Three students dance and sing to the anthems played during the International Christian Fellowship’s praise and worship night at Baker Theatre Saturday. This is the first praise and worship event the fellowship has held.

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Katie Nelson is not your average redshirt freshman.

On game days, you can hear her from the top row of The Convo, as her voice echoes throughout the stadium.

It’s so loud, coach Deane Webb even tries to stand away from her on the sideline to avoid a headache.

At 6-foot-4, she’s the tallest on the Ohio roster along with freshman Natalie Burchesky.

With her arms extended and her feet flat on the ground, her hands can easily hover above the net.

Nelson’s height comes from her parents — both athletes themselves. Nelson’s mother played volleyball for the Canadian National Team and her father played four years of professional basketball overseas.

Nelson is also one of a handful of international student-athletes at Ohio. She originally caught the eye of the recruiting staff at a prospects camp in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada about two hours from her hometown of Regina.

After the Bobcats showed interest, she came down to visit Athens where she fell in love with the school and the program.

Despite being a standout during her high school years in Canada, Nelson, however, decided to sit out her freshman year, opting to redshirt.

“It was very different because I’m used to being one of the big dogs on the team,” she said. “So last year I had to do a completely different role, where I knew for a fact I wasn’t going to play, but I

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She finished up the tournament with a win over VCU, a loss to Purdue and the honor being named to the All-Mortar Board Premier Team alongside senior Shelby Walker.

Three days later in just her fourth-ever collegiate game, Nelson and Ohio upset then-

Fans of M. Night Shyamalan are in luck.

His latest film, The Visit, will be screened at the Athena Cinema on Tuesday before it hits theaters nationwide thanks to Ohio University’s campus representative for Universal Pictures.

In the past year, Garrett Haptonstall has represented the film studio’s brand on campus. He typically books one advanced screening of a Universal film per semester. To help promote the events, Haptonstall passes out posters and T-shirts.

“Last year, you used to have to have a ticket,” the senior studying management information systems said. “(This year) all you have to do is show up — that’s it.”

Though no ticket is needed, the event is first come, first serve. The theater can fit a maximum of 200 people, and Haptonstall advised arriving about 6:45 p.m. to ensure getting a seat.

The Visit tells the story of a young brother and sister who visit their grandparents’ secluded home and find that ‘Nana and Pop Pop’ aren’t how they used to be, making them question if they’ll ever leave.

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This year, Ohio University students have a new way of learning about activities on campus: text messages.

Students can sign up to receive text alerts about events and activities happening 1,850 on campus, M a t t h e w students Thomson, signed up coordinator for campus to receive programs in text alerts. the Campus Involvement Center, said.

“Our main goal for these text messages is to increase attendance at our events, as well as make students more aware of what is happening on campus,” Thomson said.

OU partnered with the National Association for Campus Activities and a company called On Campus Text, which supplies OU with the extra technology needed for such an extensive data base.

There are 1,850 students signed up to receive text alerts. However, Thomson has a personal goal of 3,000 students enrolled during the initial three weeks of the month-long trial.

Sydney Meckler, a freshman studying strategic communications, said she has already signed up for the alerts and finds the text messages innovative.

“There’s always so much going on here, so it’s helpful when there is one outlet for me to check,” Meckler said.

OU is also using the service to give away coupons to buy discounted tickets for concerts and other events.

Thomson said the involvement center gave away free tickets to Third Eye Blind and plans to do the same for the Nate Ruess concert in October.

Thomson said the involvement center is promoting the program with posters in Baker Center, email blasts, promotion of the alerts at different sponsored events and student employees at certain events for quick signups via iPad. If a student signs up at an event on an iPad, they have the option to enter a contest to win a iPad mini.

Each text message alert comes with a disclaimer at the end, which can help students

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Redshirt freshman Katie Nelson poses for a portrait in the Convo. Nelson’s first week of collegiate competiton included an upset over No. 10 Kentucky. had to put all my effort in on the bench.”

Nelson said the process of watching from afar helped her gain a different perspective of the game, as after a season out, Nelson was ready to take the court with the rest of her team.

Her transition was helped by a series of spring tournaments the year before, which

helped her get a “taste” of collegiate volleyball.

She officially began her collegiate career at the Mortar Board Premier tournament at Purdue. Her first game was a massive success as she had nine kills and five blocks, while leading the team in hitting with a .389 percentage in a sweep of Austin Peay.

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about a dozen different state and federal permits in order to keep the animals. Each exotic animal has its own regulations, Vierstra said.

Every day is different working at the Wildlife Center, Vierstra said. One day, he spent an afternoon carving the excess beak off of a blue macaw bird.

JC Mullins, a frequent visitor of the center and friend of Vierstra, described Vierstra primarily as a rescuer. He said Vierstra once brought a dog that had been hit by a car to the center and cared for SEE WILDLIFE, PAGE 4

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be sold by manufacturers under several different names, are becoming a popular mode of transportation for college students.

Some of devices can go up to 12 mph, handle bumps and small debris without trouble and take about two to three hours to charge. Ricky Weber, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering, said his board can handle the toughest of OU’s terrains.

“It will go up and down Morton, Jeff and Mill Street Hill with little-to-no trouble,” Weber said.

“It will also go from South Green to Stocker (Center) and back three times in one charge.”

Doughty said the devices can draw spectators in public spaces, which happens frequently.

“You get a lot of attention, and depending on the attention you want, that can be a good or a bad thing,” Doughty said. “It’s annoying at night to come home because everyone’s coming back from the parties, and they’re all SEE HOVER, PAGE 4

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Ellenore Holbrook said she felt like she was going to vomit when she received an email from the university Monday saying Delaney Anderson, the program coordinator for the Ohio University Survivor Advocacy Program, left OU on Friday.

“It felt like the floor had dropped out from under my feet,” Holbrook, a junior studying political science and a member of F--kRapeCulture, said in an email.

Anderson, who started at OU less than a year ago, has taken a job outside of OU, leaving OUSAP without a licensed and credentialed program coordinator, according to OU spokeswoman Bethany Venable.

Anderson, whose salary was $36,500 annually, according to a previous Post report, notified OU officials Sept. 29 she was leaving, but the job opening has not been posted, Venable said.

“Ohio University must follow a series of steps to fill empty positions and the Office of Diversity (and) Inclusion is following these steps to post this position and interview candidates,” Venable said. “Providing support and counseling services to survivors is a top priority for this university, and we are working through these channels as quickly as we can to fill this position, and we’ll also be making sure that the individuals applying to it fit the needs of this program.”

While the university searches for a new program coordinator, Alicia ChaviraPrado, special assistant to the vice provost for Diversity and Inclusion, will provide administrative leadership to OUSAP. However, ChaviraPrado, who is a mandatory reporter of sexual misconduct, will not have a role in advocacy support services, Venable said.

A mandated reporter is an administrator, faculty or staff member who is required by law to report suspicions of abuse.

OUSAP is partnering with Counseling and Psychological Services to provide survivors with confidential support until a permanent program coordinator is hired, Venable said.

Counselors at Counseling and Psychological services and anyone at Campus Care are confidential reporters on campus, according to Jenny Hall-Jones, interim vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students.

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Only two years after Ashton Kutcher donned the signature circular glasses and black turtleneck of the late Steve Jobs, Michael Fassbender is slipping into the same garb.

Fassbender is portraying the Apple Inc. CEO and cofounder in the new Aaron Sorkin-penned biopic Steve Jobs, which opened in select theaters Oct. 9. Bobcats, however, don’t have to wait until the film is released nationwide Oct. 23. Garrett Haptonstall and Universal Pictures, which produced the film, are bringing Steve Jobs to The Athena Cinema on Tuesday evening.

No tickets are necessary.

Haptonstall, a senior studying management information

systems, is the campus representative for Universal Pictures and is called on to bring Universal films to Ohio University.

Trainwreck, Neighbors and Dumb and Dumber To have all been screened in the past.

The Visit was screened Sept. 8.

“Originally, I was told to do roughly one (film) a semester and then last year was the first time I did two a semester, and I think we’re doing the same thing this year as well,” Haptonstall said.

Haptonstall does not have control over which films come to campus; his supervisors make those decisions.

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Background checks move to Bobcat Depot Students seeking background checks this year won’t have to go too far.

The Bobcat Depot in Baker Center has taken over the service from the Ohio University Police Department.

Members of OHIO Information Technology and OUPD both played a part in the decision-making process, OUPD Lt. Tim Ryan said, adding that the groups agreed that the switch would benefit both students and OUPD. “Previously, communication officers at OUPD provided the fingerprinting services as a secondary duty,” Ryan said in an email. “The change will relieve them of this obligation, allowing them to fo-

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According to OIT spokesman Sean O’Malley, hosting the service in Bobcat Depot gives students payment flexibility and convenience. He added that the change did not cost the university any money.

“The main benefits are the Bobcat Depot’s central location and the ability to pay with either cash or credit card,” O’Malley said in an email.

Bobcat Depot accepts payment in the form of cash, major credit cards, Bobcat Cash or money orders, though it does not accept personal checks.

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About 100 individuals gathered in Ellis Hall to talk “fat activism” Tuesday night.

In an event hosted by the Ohio University Women’s Center, a Global Google Hangout was led by M. Geneva Murray, the new director of the Women’s Center, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

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The event focused on stereotypes of being fat and raised awareness about the negative impacts of those stereotypes.

The event featured activists from around the world, such as Pausé, Ragen Chas-

tain, Jenny Lee and Irene McCalphin, through a Google Hangout conversation.

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Northern Illinois had Antonio Campbell’s number earlier in the season.

When Ohio traveled to Dekalb, Illinois, for its MidAmerican Conference opener, Campbell played just 13 minutes and scored a season-low four points. Even when the Bobcats defeated the Huskies in The Convo, Campbell was held to 11 points in the middle of a six-game stretch in which he averaged 24 points a game.

Campbell finished with 21 points, eight rebounds and five blocks Thursday en route to a 79-62 MAC quarterfinal win in Cleveland.

Ohio will advance to the semifinals of the tournament to face Buffalo on Friday at 9:00 p.m.

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Even if Democrats Sarah Grace and Eddie Smith pooled their campaign contributions for 2016, the amount still would not equal half as much as Republican Jay Edwards has managed to raise before the March 15 primary election.

Edwards raised $26,400 in campaign contributions from the beginning of 2016 through Feb. 24, according to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's office.

Coming in second, Smith has raised $3,240, and with the additional $5,750 he has given personally, his total contributions amount to $8,990. In a close third, Grace has raised $3,175.

“I plan to really kick in the fundraising after winning the primary,” Grace said. “But I felt like I needed to spend

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time communicating with people and communicating my message before asking for their support.”

Edwards also has a $10,000 personal loan with two smaller loans padding his substantial chunk of change for his campaign, and Grace took out a $1,000 loan last December.

Supported by many local business owners and people who identify as self-employed, Edwards has buoyed himself above the Democrats despite a showdown with the winner of the Democrats’ contested primary being months away in November.

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Ohio University President Roderick McDavis announced his retirement Thursday in Walter Hall Rotunda. McDavis will remain president until the end of his contract in June 2017.

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unteering and get a job in the nonprofit sector.

“The dream is to stay in New York for a couple years and figure out what I want to do for grad school,” Koenig said.

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who really named the problem with rape culture on campus and then to unapologetically stand against it. I don’t have a lot, but I have my time and I have myself, and so I just kind of committed fully to doing what I could to help with those issues.”

She currently lives in New York City with Wyss and also works for Cabrini Immigrant Services.

Koenig, who hails from Cincinnati, hopes to stay in New York after her year of vol-

The future of The Ridges might come one step closer to being finalized once Ohio University’s Board of Trustees meets in Athens on Thursday and Friday.

The board will vote on a resolution to approve and adopt the Ridges Framework Plan, which was finalized Sept. 2 as the current plan for the facility and its 700 acres of land.

The plan gives recommendations for how the university will use The Ridges, including increasing community access, preserving and reusing the historic buildings and using the buildings or land for graduate student and faculty housing.

According to the resolution, the previous plans for The Ridges were “no longer adequate.”

The university started creating the plan in fall 2013 when it established the Ridges Master Plan Committee.

OU President Roderick McDavis endorsed the plan in a Sept. 28 memo to the trustees.

“The Ridges Framework Plan has achieved a high standard in providing analysis and guidance for the future of The Ridges,” McDavis said in the memo. “Its vision for this highly-valued regional asset complements Ohio University’s historic roots and public mission.”

The board will vote on whether to approve construction and design phases for several building renovations throughout campus. The university is requesting $2.85 million in equipment for the renovation of Jefferson Hall, which has a total project budget of $44 million, according to a Board of Trustees agenda.

Trustees will also decide whether to allocate about $1.97 million for the roof replacement of Alden Library and $1.1 million for demolition of back South dorms.

The board will vote on projects to replace the chillers in Copeland, Ellis and Chubb halls.

The trustees will also vote on a proposed construction project that would involve exchanging parking lot property with the River Park Apartments. The project would extend Rufus Street to Stewart Street to “enhance safety and pedestrian access in South Green.”

Following a review of centers and institutes by the university, the Board of Trustees will vote to continue several programs, such as the African American Research and Service Institute and the Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research.

A presentation about this year’s Clery Act report for both police and fire officials will take place at the meeting, as well.

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In 1989, Robert Zemeckis, filmmaker and screenwriter for Back to the Future II, imagined a world in 2015 where people would ride hoverboards on sidewalks.

His future is now a reality.

Known around campus as hoverboards, hands-free segways or PhunkeeDucks, the two-wheeled contraptions have been hard to miss zipping up and down the streets of Athens.

The vehicles, known in technical terms as “personal transportation devices,” have been making waves on campuses, including Ohio University, across the U.S. Nate Doughty, a freshman studying journalism, said he rides his board to classes and dining halls, which often leads to comments and inquisitive looks from observers.

“I don’t actually know what to call it,” Doughty said of the device. “The box called it a ‘selfbalancing two-wheeled scooter.’ ” The “scooters,” which tend to

National Guard officers march in front of Varsity Theatre, where Chipotle now stands. The movie showing, Z, was a post-apocalyptic film about a military police state.

activism and protests throughout the past two centuries, per Tom O’Grady, executive director of the Athens County Historical Society and Museum.

Steinhoff had a firsthand glimpse of a lot of the student activism taking place at Ohio University — activism which eventually led to the university shutting down early in May 1970.

“I was always the guy in the middle of the crowd, not part of it but watching it,” he said.

Steinhoff’s photographs are currently part of an exhibit at the Athens County Historical Society and Museum commemorating the 45th anniversary of the shooting of 13 students by the National Guard at Kent State University.

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She was involved with F-kRapeCulture, OU Student Union and Student Senate.

She was the Women’s Affairs commissioner her senior year and organized the week of events for Take Back the Night in April.

“They were the only groups where they saw that there were issues on campus — especially with F-kRapeCulture,” Koenig said.

“I joined my junior year, and they were the the first group

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Clockwise: Student activist Ryant Taylor leads the #RAISEHELLNOTTUITION march as students occupy Court Street in protest of the Board of Trustees decision on guaranteed tuition Jan. 22. (EMILY HARGER | FILE) Ryant Taylor currently is working as a boycott organizer for Unite Here Local 8 in Seattle. (PROVIDED VIA RYANT TAYLOR) Madison Koenig, left, and Bekki Wyss, center, are working at the Cabrini Immigrant Services of New York City. (PROVIDED VIA BEKKI WYSS AND MADISON KOENIG) Madison Koenig leads a F--kRapeCulture protest Aug. 30, 2014. (PATRICK CONNOLY | FILE) 8:30 on Sunday morning is hilarious. I want to stop every girl I see and say, ‘your dress is a little wrinkly.’ ” Those 137 characters caused Koenig to take a stand.

“The first action I participated in was going down to Student Senate for a speakout to tell him why that was slut shaming and why we weren’t OK with the president of our student body treating women like their sexuality was shameful,” Koenig, a 2015 alumna with an English de-

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BEKKI WYSS When Bekki Wyss arrived back in Athens for her junior year, Robin Thicke’s single “Blurred Lines” had just been released.

“It was just this horrifying realization that the whole campus was OK with playing this song everywhere and singing this song and continuing this mentality,” Wyss, a 2015 alumna with a degree in English, said.

The song had been called out for objectifying women and promoting rape culture.

With the lyrics in her head, Wyss and other OU students founded F--kRapeCulture in fall 2013.

“It was this group of women, this group of very strong badass women who supported me and took these things I was thinking seriously,” Wyss said.

Now that she lives in New York City, Wyss said she worries less walking home there than she did in Athens.

“I feel much safer going back to my neighborhood in the projects of New York than I have ever did walking down Mill Street, which I think says a lot about, kind of, the place I was moving into my junior year,” Wyss, a former columnist for The Post, said.

F--kRapeCulture, as well as OU Student Union, changed her life, she said, and the people in the group made her last couple years of college “incredibly meaningful and wonderful.”

Wyss currently works for Cabrini Immigrant Services of New York City, an organization that works on immigration law, runs a food pantry and does a variety of socialoriented tasks.

She lives with Madison Koenig, a fellow OU alumna, and the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

“I live around a community of strong, badass women who have done incredible things with their lives,” Wyss said.

“They just happen to be 90 instead of 20 now.”

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dark song called “Blade” off Dopamine .

As promised, Jenkins began singing “How’s it Gonna Be.” When the rest of the band rejoined the stage, the song took a turn from a chill vibe and left the crowd roaring with excitement.

During “Jumper,” the last song before the encore,

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Jenkins compared MemAud to a “basement party” and expressed his excitement about being able to hear and see everyone in the crowd.

As the song concluded, Jenkins was left alone on stage and took the time to play a few stripped down songs for the crowd. He promised to play only hits after a

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Doctors said Gumby, a camel who was born lame, would never be able to walk.

Yet, after nine months of daily physical therapy and treatment from Cy Vierstra, Gumby can.

Gumby is now more than four years old and still lives at the Union Ridge Wildlife Center where Vierstra looks after him along with other exotic

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Ohio coach Frank Solich, at last Monday’s press conference, said most teams in college football will have at least one setback during the season. The strength of the team, he said, is its response.

This weekend could arguably be considered Ohio’s first setback, after being undefeated going into Saturday’s game.

Giving up a touchdown with 30 seconds remaining and failing to score on the ensuing drive, Ohio fell 27-24 to Minnesota in Minneapolis.

“Of course we could’ve played better,” Solich said about Saturday’s loss. “That’s the thing. There’s plays we’d like to have back, there are plays they want to have back.”

Perhaps the most obvious play Ohio would’ve liked to have back wasn’t an actual play at all.

After Minnesota’s touchdown with 30 seconds left, the Bobcats started their next offensive series on the opposing 43-yard-line, thanks to a 56-yard kickoff return from senior running back Daz Patterson.

A seven-yard completion set up the Bobcats on Minnesota’s 36, where redshirt senior kicker Josiah Yazdani was brought out for a gametying 53-yard field goal.

Right before the snap, the Golden Gophers called a timeout, trying to “ice” Yazdani.

The Albany-native kicker still had a practice attempt, which he missed.

The referees called a penalty on Ohio for a delay of game — the official call that is made if a team attempts a field goal after a timeout. The penalty pushed the Bobcats back, making it a 58-yard attempt instead.

Ohio opted to throw a “Hail Mary” on the final play, but t

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For Cory Montgomery, there wasn’t an issue finding fun this Homecoming Weekend.

“Where’s the party? The party’s everywhere,” Montgomery, a sophomore studying political science, said. “We beat Miami. Where isn’t the party?”

Some Ohio University students, however, went a little overboard celebrating this Homecoming Weekend, and they may have faced more repercussions than a hangover.

According to the Ohio University Police Department police log, OUPD received seven alcohol-related reports, six reports of controlled substances or drug paraphernalia and three reports of fake IDs. The log also shows reports of vandalism, graffiti, trespassing and littering.

Students packed the streets, bars and house parties in celebration of OU’s defeat of rival Miami University.

Though students may have enjoyed the Court Street bustle, some Athens residents were wary of the crowds.

James Lavender, an Athens resident, said, though there were too many people on Court Street for his taste, the early part of the weekend had been fairly typical. He expected that to change later in the night.

“It’s going to get crazy,” Lavender said. “There will be ambulances. There always are, but more than usual.”

“Somebody is going to die,” Athens resident Nathan Dingy said.

According to OUPD reports, there were no deaths, but OUPD did pick up an injured, intoxicated student who had fallen from a fire escape, then got charged for trespassing, according to the report.

The police charged the student for trespassing at 12:24 a.m. Sunday morning behind Galbreath Chapel and determined he’d been sitting on the railing of the second-story fire escape of Cutler Hall and fallen off.

Another intoxicated student fell before entering his room at Gamertsfelder Hall, injuring his face and leg, according to an OUPD report.

OUPD cited the student for disorderly conduct Saturday night. Athens County Emergency Services examined the student and transported him to OhioHealth O’Bleness Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Students weren’t the only ones celebrating and committing crimes this weekend. On Saturday, OUPD arrested a visitor for operating a vehicle under the influence, accord-

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The Ohio University Survivor Advocacy Program settled into a new home this month, making it a more comfortable and secure space for students, faculty and staff.

OUSAP, which aims to serve as a place where victims and survivors of sexual assault and dating and domestic violence receive support through confidential resources, moved into 033 Lindley Hall on Aug. 11 from its previous location in the McKee House.

Graduate Assistant Bill Arnold said the new location is more spacious and provides more offices, which is what the McKee House lacked.

“More offices mean more distinct, confidential spaces to meet with survivors, and I think that’s an obvious plus,” Arnold said. “Something about our old space was that we were sharing it with the Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program.”

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Yo, my name’s Seth Archer, and I’m the digital managing editor here at The Post.

That is just a fancy way of saying I oversee our (brand new) website, social media, blogs and multimedia.

I ran away from my North Carolina home to come to school in Ohio, and have loved every minute of it so far, but my true home is in New York. I’ve been lucky enough to spend a couple summers there covering the financial markets for TheStreet.com and Business Insider.

I started my career at The Post as a photographer, and I’ve spent time as a reporter on our formerly known campus staff. These days I focus entirely on all things internet, and am way too amused by bad memes, which I ask you to send to me on Twitter whenever possible.

If you’re a freshman on campus, I envy you. You have four years coming your way that are pretty much guaranteed to be a delight. My only advice for you is to find something you love doing, and stick with it. For me, it’s making cool internet things at The Post, but it’s different for everyone.

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Hello, all! I am Elizabeth Backo, the managing editor for The Post this year, but you can just call me Liz. My job is to make sure everything is running smoothly and our readers are getting the best content possible — both on web and in our weekly tabloid.

Previously, I spent many late nights at The Post uploading content to our website, writing music stories for the culture staff and copyediting a multitude of different articles. When I am not in the newsroom, I can be found consuming too much coffee with headphones in, probably listing the most popular country music at the moment. And fun fact, I love calculus almost as much as I love puns.

I come from the beautiful city of Pittsburgh, which has a killer hockey team and many instagramable spots. During the summer, I spent many hours running social media accounts, writing and attending cultural and food-focused events throughout the city for TABLE Magazine.

To all the freshmen and new incoming students out there, fall in love with being a Bobcat and embrace what it is like to be an Athenian. Go to class, ask stupid questions, join fun and crazy organizations (such as The Post) and enjoy it. Find me on social media: Elizabeth Backo or (@ liz_backo).

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Hello hello! My name is Hayley Harding, and I’m the assistant managing editor for The Post this year. I do a lot of cool project-y things, and I’m always up to talk about maps and podcasts.

I’m from Nebraska (which, it turns out, is a real state and not just some sort of strange myth), but I’m thrilled to be coming into my third year here at OU. I study journalism and political science, and I am so, so pumped for this upcoming election.

I’ve lived all over the country, I get too worked up over dogs and I have a beautiful and complex relationship with spreadsheets.

This year is my first at The Post. I’ve also worked cool places like The Denver Post, where I worked with its web team, and mental_floss, where I wrote about nifty things like proper hot dog etiquette and how a Lithuanian town crowned a “most beautiful goat.”

My advice to the freshmen out there (and everyone else too, for that matter) is to find something you really love and pursue it relentlessly. You may not find it right away — heck, you probably won’t — but you should keep trying. There truly is something for everyone here at Ohio University; you just have to keep looking for it.

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Perhaps Albus Dumbledore was onto something when he spoke the words, “Ah, music, a magic beyond all we do here.”

After all, most of us understand that music holds a power beyond what we really know how to describe. We play it in our cars, listen on our way to classes, and we are drawn to live performances everywhere from local cafés to arenas packed with people. Music unites us, it inspires us and it defines our identity.

But music, as we know it, is under attack. It’s not under attack because of changing styles, untalented artists, problems within the music industry or anything that people like to complain about when talking about music as it directly impacts them.

Music is under attack in a much more real, fundamental way. It is being cruelly defunded and ripped

from school curriculums, despite studies demonstrating an association between academic performance and participation in music education courses, as well as experimental studies that demonstrate positive effects of learning a musical instrument on students’ self-esteem.

Even more to the point, however, is the way that we talk about including programs in schools.

Things like math, science, history and writing are considered “core subjects” that are necessities. Students are expected to take these because it boosts their test scores and it’s that kind of knowledge that we value in the education system.

But if we’re going to judge the value of our programs based on reducing all of a student’s abilities, intelligence, and creativity to a number, we’re going to lose a

lot of opportunities. We shouldn’t have to cite test scores in order to justify keeping a program.

Instead, we need to take a look at the specific effects of cutting music programs.

Musicians don’t just grow on trees. They aren’t born singing.

Much like learning a sport, music is a combination of talent that is nurtured by hard work. Without teaching kids music, we won’t be teaching the values of perseverance, creativity and spiritual/ emotional intelligence. And we’ll miss out on a great deal of kids with a hidden talent that is never nurtured by someone who can recognize it and build it. Imagine your favorite musician never getting the chance to take lessons when they were a kid.

The point is simple: missing out on the chance to teach students music will have devastating

effects. Music doesn’t just help kids perform better in school, it does so while also teaching them how to express emotion, how to find creative solutions and how to put in the work to achieve goals. It gives them a sense of purpose, and it encourages community and inclusiveness. We can’t afford to lose that from our schools.

Let’s stop judging the necessity of our programs by the bubbles on a Scantron, and let’s start realizing how much kids accomplish when they’re given opportunities to succeed at things they love.

Rhys Ivan is a junior studying music therapy at Ohio University. How do you feel about music programs being cut in public schools? Tweet him @TheRealRhysIvan.

AMPLIFIED OBSERVATIONS

Heatmiser’s 2013 version of ‘Christian Brothers’ is superior to Elliott Smith’s 1995 acoustic version Simple differences in a song can make an impact on the final product Everybody loves the music Elliott Smith created.

Or at least they would if they listened to a couple albums, preferably his 1995 self-titled and 1997’s Either/Or. But I digress.

Music like Smith’s is more profound than just chords and notes.

Thoughtful songs are often cooked up in the unconscious part of the mind and materialize from emotion or experience rather than just from the chromatic scale. It then becomes a challenge to the musician to find

what timbres and progressions fit best with a song’s meaning and mood.

And simple differences like the amount of watts used on instruments dole a significant impact to the final product. In the limited space of this column, take for example, “Christian Brothers,” a well-crafted, intense cut from Elliott Smith’s excellent 1995 self-titled album.

The title of the song is a reference to a brandy that gives the narrator of the song the courage to confront his father, using some fairly strong language — as a warning.

In either version, the songwriting is top notch with both heavy, original lyrics and masterful guitar sequences. But, the more recently released version of the song recorded with Heat-

miser, a band Smith fronted, has the advantage of being electric, which better captures the anger and brooding of the song than merely an acoustic Yamaha FG. The vocals are a bit richer in the electric version, able to compete in the mix, which I like, but some might understandably prefer the ones on the acoustic version. With the wholesome texture, it’s easy to get lost in the feel of the song, with everything balancing out from a full band experience. Unearthed only in 2013, it feels faster and livelier than the acoustic but still as haunting.

For songs that dig deeper than the surface of songwriting, the tiniest changes might steer a tune in a new direction or possibly a new perspective. And recognizing these intricacies makes

listening to well-crafted songs that much more rewarding.

But it also raises questions.

Like if the right decision were made for a song, which only makes music that much more of a mysterious sonic void of endless possibilities.

It’s the songwriters who climb their way out of that chaotic void and harness musical precision that are the ones who create the most timeless, unparalleled music. And regardless what version you prefer, surely Elliott Smith stands among those few.

Luke Furman is a junior studying journalism at Ohio University. What is your favorite Elliott Smith song? Let Luke know by tweeting him @LukeFurmanLog or emailing him at lf491413@ohio.edu.

STREET VIEW

“What activities and organizations are you excited to be a part of?”

“I saw a bunch that I’m excited to join. I’m in a club for rescuing strays and helping with disasters involving pets and animals and I’m in the Peace Corps (club).

I would love to travel around and help as many people as I can.”

“I’m going to try out for the dance team and I might rush. Maybe Young Life too, I have a couple of friends that are in it back (in) Columbus, where I’m from, and we saw it at the involvement fair.”

– Chris Haghiri, a freshman studying

studying early childhood education

preprofessional biology

– Paige Anderson, a freshman

“I’m a part of the community service council, we organize Athens Beautification Day, so that’s really fun. We also just get to see the surrounding community.”

– Esther Grossman, a junior studying physics and chemistry

“I’m in Alpha Chi Sigma, the chemistry fraternity on campus.

It’s a social fraternity for people who have an interest and a passion for chemistry and just being together … doing basic chemistry stuff.”

“We had this design group, it was a nonprofit for startup businesses, but it dissolved last year.”

– Dan Mylett, a fifth-year student studying graphic design

– Nick Davis, a sophomore studying forensic chemistry

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Farmers experience ‘typical’ weather in 2016 SARAH FRANKS FOR THE POST Athens farmers were a little more comfortable this year after last summer’s low crop yields and excessive rain, The 2015 growing season was exceptionally saturated with rain as eight to 15 inches fell that June, according to a previous Post report. This June, only about four to five inches fell in Athens, according to the National Weather Service.

Athens’ amount of rainfall was in line with this year’s national June average of 4.7 inches. On a national scale, the average rainfall for June and July combined in 2016 was about 10 inches, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Last year, heavy rainfall led to problems such as root disease, mushy berries and cracked grapes.

As for the 2016 season, Rodney Nipert, owner of Bodacious Berries in Amesville, described the conditions he dealt with as “typical.”

Neil Cherry, owner of Cherry Orchards in Crooksville also said the most recent season was average, but overall, he said he fared better last growing season despite all of the rain. Cherry attributed that to a “freak freeze” in April that froze all of his peaches, one of Cherry Orchards’ main produce items.

“I knew it was going to be cold, but I wasn’t expecting 21 (degrees),” Cherry said.

The freeze that ruined Cherry’s peaches is one example of the sort of curve balls that are regularly thrown at farmers.

While Cherry said he considered this year’s weather to be favorable, no season is without bumps in the road. Last week, Cherry Orchards saw a four-inch rain shower, which Cherry said was much-needed — though too much at one time can be harmful to certain crops, such as his grapes, which swelled and split.

“I was picking (the grapes) a week ago (prior to the rain) for market, and they were just perfect — there were no split ones, no bird damage, no bees. It’s the perfect example of the perfect rain causing a lot of damage in a certain crop,” Cherry said. “There’s an unlimited amount of variables in the crops.

This year, other than that one frost night, has really been an ideal growing season for us.”

In one way, last year’s excess rainfall helped Cherry, lessening the amount of irrigation needed, resulting in him saving money on the farm’s electric bills.

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It’s just part of what farming is — it’s the weather … You never know.”

- Neil Cherry, owner of Cherry Orchards in Crooksville

Neil Cherry of Cherry Orchards shows Fuji apples grown at his farm in Crooksville. (PATRICK CONNOLLY / FOR THE POST)

Neil Cherry of Cherry Orchards picks Fuji apples at his farm in Crooksville. (PATRICK CONNOLLY / FOR THE POST)

tems to keep their crops hydrated when the climate has been dry for a certain period of time. Several ponds around Cherry’s farm siphon into a smaller pond located at the highest point of his farm.

Gravity then handles the rest of the process, sending water throughout the irrigation system.

Irrigation is one way farmers are able to deal with the changes in climate they experience every year. Nipert said the patterns in climate he has seen over his 11 years of farming are consistent.

“My crop is coming up earlier in general,” Nipert said. “The springs are warm sooner. Usually it was more the middle of April before I had much growth, and now even the last week in March, I can see growth.”

The most valuable tool a farmer can possess when dealing with an ever-changing climate is experience, Nipert said.

“I just feel a lot more confident and competent dealing with the raspberries now that I’ve had them for 10 years. I can anticipate and know when the water is

critical and when it isn’t … just gaining knowledge from doing it,” Nipert said.

The unpredictability of nature makes every year different from the last for farmers, but Cherry said it’s all part of the job.

“So there’s all this give and take. Some years end up being better than other years. But overall, it’s just part of what farming is — it’s the weather … You never know,” Cherry said.

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University officials ‘don’t anticipate’ overcrowding in dorms this semester

CLASSIES

Sophomore students Haley Heusey, studying biological sciences, Olivia Fett and Paige Collier, studying exercise physiology, are living in a triple in Wilson Hall on West Green. They had problems accessing power outlets due to the abundance of furniture in the room. (HANNAH SCHROEDER / FOR THE POST)

MEGAN HENRY ASST. NEWS EDITOR History tends to repeat itself, but that’s not the case this year when it comes to overcrowding in Ohio University’s residence halls.

“We do not anticipate having any problems accommodating students this fall,” Pete Trentacoste, executive director of Housing and Residence Life, said in an email.

In Fall 2014, housing ran into problems when more students enrolled at OU than the university could house in residence halls. The freshman class two years ago included 4,377 students.

In order to fix the problem, OU came up with a few temporary solutions: Residential Housing converted some triples, then serving as doubles, back to triples; some students temporarily stayed in lounges and some resident assistants had to share their rooms with students who weren’t RAs, according to a previous Post report.

By early September, students were no longer assigned to live with RAs. The overcrowding problem happened during Carly Fallon’s sophomore year and though the issue didn’t impact her directly, she said it affected her freshman year dorm, Perkins Hall.

“We had a lounge outside of my room and the year after they crowded people into those rooms, and it was awkward,” Fallon, a senior studying exercise physiology, said. “I heard they put four people in there, and it was a super small space for a quad.”

Despite breaking an enrollment record last year,

housing students in residence halls was not a problem. OU’s Class of 2019 had 4,423 students after the first three weeks of classes last year, according to a previous Post report.

The official enrollment numbers for the Class of 2020 will not be available until the end of August, OU spokesman Dan Pittman said, though an email sent from the office of President McDavis on Tuesday said 4,332 students moved into the residence halls during Welcome Weekend.

All 43 of OU’s available residence halls are expected to be near capacity, Trentacoste said.

Jefferson Hall is the only residence hall on campus that will not be used to house students as it continues to undergo renovations before it is scheduled to reopen August 2017, Trentacoste said.

The approximate $40 million renovation of Jefferson Hall is set to include a new market, academic center and upgraded dorm rooms. An elevator will also be installed in the renovated residence hall, according to a previous Post report.

Last year, Cady Hall, Foster House, Brough Hall and Fenzel House were not occupied. This year, Fenzel House is available for use.

Cady, Foster and Brough — which contained about 300 beds altogether — were demolished over the summer and those residence halls are no longer in use, Trentacoste said.

“Outside of those buildings, we do not anticipate having any empty facilities to start the year,” Trentacoste said in an email.

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A supporter wears a Trump pin on a hat during Trump’s speech in Columbus on Nov. 23. (LAUREN BACHO / FILE)

College Republicans will likely endorse Donald Trump Harvard University’s Republican club refused to endorse Trump, but Ohio University’s group will likely not follow suit LUKE TORRANCE FOR THE POST Despite initial reservations, members of the Ohio University College Republicans will likely continue 8 / ISSUE 1, VOLUME 107

their tradition of backing the party’s nominee for president, pooling their support for Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.

Earlier this month, members of the Republican

Club at Harvard University announced that they were refusing to support Trump.

It was the first time in the club's 128-year history that they did not support the Republican nominee, according to a letter from the group published online.

"The rhetoric he espouses — from racist slander to misogynistic taunts — is not consistent with our conservative principles,

and his repeated mocking of the disabled and belittling of the sacrifices made by prisoners of war, Gold Star families, and Purple Heart recipients is not only bad politics, but absurdly cruel," the group wrote.

But for now, the OUCR, one of many collegiate GOP groups across the country, will not reach a similar decision. The group's president, Dave Parkhill, a

junior studying business management, said the club will most likely back Trump but quickly added that the presidential election would not be the club's primary focus.

“At this point we have to (endorse),” Parkhill said. “I don’t think there’s really any other option.”

Members of the College Republicans will decide whether to officially endorse Trump after their second club meeting.

Parkhill said that members hadn't “really talked about” the decision on whether or not they would be endorsing Trump over the summer. The first meeting will be held Wednesday and then weekly thereafter.

“Our first meeting will be quick, just an introduction for new members,” Clinton Hedrick, the club's treasurer, said. “We will hold a vote at the second meeting."

One member who will be voting for Trump is Jordan Hummel, a sophomore studying pre-nursing, who started the “Ohio Univ. for Trump” Twitter account in March with a fellow student. Hummel said he is joining the College Republicans this year.

“When we first started the (Twitter account), the feedback was mostly negative,” Hummel said. “But as it started going, and we gained followers, it started to change. And I feel like it will continue to change going toward the general election.”

Parkhill describes himself as pro-Trump but understands that some members will have reservations about a candidate that has proved divisive for the Republican Party. Originally, Parkhill voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

“I had my eye on Trump, but I thought Kasich would do well, so I voted for him,” Parkhill said. “Obviously he only won Ohio, so I got back on the Trump train.

I think people are starting to get fed up with the (political correctness), where the culture is going, and

Trump is an example that we don’t have to conform to all this.”

Hedrick is less enthusiastic about Trump. He supported Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in the primary election and said he views Trump as the “lesser of two evils" in a race against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Hedrick added that he felt more politically aligned with Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson but said the club would definitely not endorse him, stating simply that the decision stems from the group being Republican-focused.

Parkhill said the club will give members every opportunity to volunteer for the Trump campaign if they so choose but overall will focus more on local and state elections.

“I don’t know how much going door-to-door for Trump, at least (with) college kids, will sway people,” Parkhill said, adding that Trump won Athens County and every county around it in the March primary.

The College Republicans will be working to get U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-OH, re-elected, and several club members spent the summer working for the campaigns of U.S. Reps. Bill Johnson, R-6th District, and Steve Stivers, R-15th-District. Parkhill also said the club will work to support Frank Hoagland’s bid for the state senate and Jay Edward's for house representative of Ohio's 94th District.

Still, even with a reduced focus, Parkhill said it is important to back the party nominee.

“I understand that he’s not the ideal candidate, but I think Trump is our only other option to beat (Hillary Clinton),” he said.

“We can’t let Hillary in the White House.”

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Athens’ Sanders supporters divided on best alternative option Students and community members who once passionately supported Bernie Sanders have ‘all had a decision to make’ WILLIAM T. PERKINS NEWS EDITOR A year ago, Athens County was feeling the Bern.

At one Athens for Bernie Sanders meeting in late August, about 70 students and community members convened to bolster support for the candidate. At the Ohio University Involvement Fair, more than 200 students signed up for Bobcats for Bernie Sanders. The group has attained more than 300 “likes” on Facebook and had about 40 active members who attended meetings

regularly, Stu Adams, president of the group said.

But with Sanders officially out of the running, that “bern” has become more of a low simmer — with former supporters divided as to whom the best alternative candidate would be.

“I think that when we all realized that Bernie Sanders was not going to get the nomination, we all had a decision to make,” Adams said.

For Adams, and most of the group’s former members, that decision was Democratic nominee Hil-

lary Clinton.

“Personally it wasn’t much of a decision to support Hillary Clinton versus (Green Party nominee) Jill Stein,” he said. “When we talk about the idea of getting the things done that Bernie Sanders talked about, the only choice is Hillary Clinton.”

John Haseley, chair of the Athens County Democratic Party, said he’s optimistic the Clinton campaign will attract Sanders supporters — which would score her a hefty amount of votes in the November election. Sanders received twice the number of primary votes in Athens County as Hillary Clinton at 6,365 to 3,616.

“I know that there was a lot of speculation about what would happen after Bernie Sanders left the race. Would that mean that

all of (his supporters) would leave with him?” Haseley said. “In Athens, I can tell you that that has not happened.”

Though Sanders himself endorsed Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in July, some of his supporters were less willing to fall in line with the official nominee.

At one point, a group of Sanders supporters staged a walk-out at the convention hall, chanting “Show me what democracy looks like, this is what democracy looks like,” according to a TIME article.

Adams hasn’t done any active campaigning for Clinton, but one former Sanders supporter, Neil Ryan, who is interning with the Hillary Clinton campaign, helped organize a “Berners for Hillary” house party in Athens in July.

Adams said he publicized the event on his group’s Facebook page, but didn’t attend the event himself and didn’t try to persuade anyone to attend.

“I didn’t think I was in a position to tell anybody what to do,” he said. “Bernie Sanders supporters are very smart. They’re very informed. They all know the realities of the world and are able to decide what they want to do.”

But Adams said a significant number of the group’s former members have instead turned their sights on Stein.

Nate Wallace, founder of Athens for Bernie Sanders, has also thrown his support behind Stein. He said he had been planning to vote for her this election until Sanders began his campaign.

In June, Stein support-

ers began holding weekly meetings to organize support for the candidate.

Wood said the first meeting had about 20 attendees — more than the first Sanders meeting.

“It’s kind of nice to see some of the big supporters for Bernie continue to fight under the Green banner,” Wallace said. “It’s good to see a lot of the young people are bucking the system for the third party candidate.”

He added he doesn’t think Stein is likely to win the election, but he said the meetings at least give people the opportunity to gather with politically like-minded people.

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Tuition ranks high among state MAC schools OU’s tuition of $5,872 is the second-highest in the state next to Miami’s per semester MEGAN HENRY ASST. NEWS EDITOR When it was time for Calley Cessna to decide where she wanted to go to college, she had a choice to make: go out-of-state and pay more in tuition or stay in Ohio and have a lower tuition cost.

Despite opting for the latter, paying for college has come with a high price tag.

“I’m in debt like everyone else,” Cessna, a sophomore studying nursing, said.

Ohio University has the second-highest in-state and out-of-state tuition rate for freshmen of the six Mid-American Conference universities in Ohio for the 2016-17 school year.

In-state freshmen on OU’s main campus pay $5,872 for tuition and fees per semester, and outof-state freshmen pay $10,604 for tuition and fees per semester, according to the university’s website.

Tuition covers the general fee and instructional fee, though housing and meal plans are not included in that figure.

The six MAC universities in Ohio include OU, Miami University, Bowling Green State University, the University of Toledo, Kent State University and the University of Akron.

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12 consecutive semesters at Ohio University, Craig Cornell, senior vice provost for Strategic Enrollment Management, said. “(They) will not see their costs rise over the next four years as they pursue their undergraduate degrees,” Cornell said in an email. “The OHIO Guarantee continues to be of great interest to our students and their families as it was designed to take the guesswork out of college costs and create a level-rate program, which provides predictability, transparency and assurance of costs as a student progresses academically through a degree.”

Cessna, a student who is a member of the Class of 2019’s OHIO Guarantee, said she was not surprised

to hear the cost for OU’s tuition ranked higher than that of some other MAC schools in Ohio.

The cost of in-state tuition played a role in Cessna’s decision to stay in Ohio for college, she said.

“I think (the higher cost of out-of-state tuition) is kind of unnecessary,” Cessna said. “A lot of my friends go out of state, and they have to live there for a summer away from their families just to gain residency so that it can be a little bit less expensive.”

The cost of tuition for Dottie Kramer, an outof-state-student from Maryland, is more than $10,000 per semester.

“I looked at other schools in Ohio and they were way less expensive,” Kramer, a senior studying journalism, said.

“

In the end it’s all going to be worth it because you will have your degree and have (had) a wonderful experience.”

- Calley Cessna, sophomore studying nursing

She said the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism attracted her to OU instead of a less expensive university.

“It’d be nice if (tuition) was just a little cheaper,” Kramer said. “It’s kind of a

shame that anywhere you go, you pay an arm and a leg for education.”

Kramer said it’s not surprising Miami University is listed as having the highest tuition cost out of the six MAC schools in Ohio.

An in-state freshman taking at least 12 credit hours at Miami pays $7,368 per semester, while an out-of-state freshman pays about $16,278 per semester.

At the other end of the list, the University of Toledo offers the lowest in-state tuition and BGSU offers the lowest out-of-state tuition for the 2016-17 academic year for a freshman taking at least 12 credit hours.

In addition to ranking low for tuition, UT is also the lowest of the six schools on Forbes 2016 ranking of

America’s Top Colleges.

Similarly, Miami — the school with the highest tuition costs — ranked the highest of the six universities on the Forbes list.

Of the six schools, OU ranked second on the Forbes list, the same spot the university held for in-state and out-of-state tuition costs.

Even though Cessna said she wishes OU’s tuition was on the lower end of the scale, she thinks it will pay off eventually.

“In the end it’s all going to be worth it because you will have your degree and have (had) a wonderful experience,” Cessna said.

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POLICE BLOTTER

Police report Welcome Weekend intoxications vehicle with a piece of red reflective tape — allegedly from the stop sign — still stuck to the bumper.

The driver of the vehicle was charged with two counts of criminal mischief, according to the report.

An OUPD vehicle is parked outside of Scott Quad.

(JOSHUA LIM / FILE)

BAILEY GALLION STAFF WRITER As some students settled in for their first night in their new dorms, one person allegedly passed out on the steps of MacKinnon Hall.

The Ohio University Police Department received a report about the male at MacKinnon at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the department’s public radio log. He was transported to OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital, and an OUPD officer issued a citation for disorderly conduct by intoxication to a male in relation to the incident.

The department lists 29 incidents on its log for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Of those, the log categorizes 11 as alcohol offenses and 10 as drug offenses. The department reported: •Six citations for disorderly conduct by intoxication •Five citations related to underage consumption of alcohol •One citation for an open container of alcohol • Eight citations for possession of marijuana • Three citations for possession of drug paraphernalia Some other incidents the log didn’t explicitly categorize as alcohol-related echoed similar themes, though.

At about 10 a.m. Saturday, a person reported to OUPD that someone had entered Yamada House, used the bathroom and vomited in several places, according to the department’s radio log.

The log categorizes this incident as burglary.

MISTAKEN INTOXICATION

At about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, deputies from the Athens County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report that a mailbox had been damaged.

Upon arriving at the scene, they discovered that a stop sign at the corner of Vore Ridge and Salem Road had also been knocked down, according to the sheriff’s report.

Upon investigation, the county engineers found a stop sign had also been run over at Salem Road and Rhoric Road.

Deputies followed muddy tire tracks leading away from the scene and found a

On Monday at about 9 a.m., a sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of a possibly intoxicated person walking along State Route 13 in Chauncey with an open container of beer.

The deputy located the individual on Main Street in Chauncey, according to the sheriff’s report. She was not drunk and was

carrying a bottle of soda.

PARKING LOT MCNAP

Deputies arrived at the parking lot of McDonald’s at 80 N. Plains Road to find a man passed out in a vehicle at about 10 p.m.

Monday, according to a sheriff’s report.

Deputies attempted to wake the man and determined he was too intoxicated to take care of himself. He was arrested and transported to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

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WEEKEND JOYRIDE

Meanwhile, the Athens County Sheriff’s Office reported a typical weekend of false alarms, domestic disputes and general mischief.

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COVER STORY

Ilyaas and Xavior Motley pose for a portrait at Peden Stadium. The brothers have both committed to play football at OU as cornerbacks. (LAUREN BACHO / PHOTO EDITOR)

Twin brothers become Bobcats TONY WOLFE SENIOR WRITER

It’s a constant competition.

In Xavior Motley’s first high school game, he intercepted a pass and ran it back 85 yards for a touchdown. Not to be outdone, his identical twin brother, Ilyaas, used his first shot on the field for Centerville High School to pick up a fumble to run it all the way back for a touchdown of his own.

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down as their favorite sports memory.

“We both always compete against each other,” Xavior said. “We play the same position, so if one of us makes a play, the other one knows they can make it better. We push each other to be the best.”

It’s the kind of rivalry that any team can benefit from, and one that Ohio fans may get to witness in the coming years at Peden Stadium, after both

5-foot-11, 165-pound cornerbacks committed to playing college football for the Bobcats.

Even though their parents can count on one hand the number of times the twin brothers have been apart for more than 24 hours in their lives, few people thought it would be possible for both to play football for the same school when they reached college.

“Everyone was telling them, ‘Oh, get ready. You’ll

never go to school together. You’ll never go to college together,’” Hannibal Motley, the twins’ father, said. “‘Get this in your system right now so it’s not a big letdown for you.’ ” When the first offer addressed to the Motleys was given to both of them, some of that doubt was put to the side. When each of the next two offers were the same way, the doubt was put to rest for good.

The skepticism didn’t

come without reason.

Chances that two brothers are both going to have a skill set and makeup that match what a school is looking for are pretty slim.

Not many schools recruit in pairs, and even fewer carry twin brothers on their active rosters, with just one Mid-American Conference school outside of Ohio fielding a set of twins. It gets even more rare in the NFL, with just two sets of twin

brothers currently playing on professional teams, neither of whom are on the same team.

But, based on ability to compliment each other on the field, if a team is willing to recruit twins, the Motleys are a good place to start.

The Motleys are one of two sets of twins on Ohio’s football roster, joined by freshman tight ends Adam and Ryan Luehrman out of Athens High School.

“It’s funny because we sat down at the table with (the Luehrmans), and we didn’t know,” Ilyaas said.

“We were just kind of looking around, and all of a sudden it hit us and we looked at each other and were like, ‘Wait a minute, there’s twins there.’ ” The Motleys’ rise into the game of football was neither linear nor expected.

Accomplished tennis players when they were younger, Xavior and Ilyaas began to want to be part of a bigger team, ideally something that would allow them to be around their friends more often. In their spare time, the brothers were playing video games and making ceramics.

In sixth grade, the twins got their first shot at football, but it wasn’t love at first sight. Their athleticism stood out so much that their coaches played them essentially everywhere on the field.

That, combined with a lack of team success, had the twins burned out by the end of the season.

Even the move to the more football-centric high school didn’t immediately ignite much passion for the gridiron in Xavior and Ilyaas. In fact, during their sophomore year of high school, both were ready to walk away from the game altogether.

It was at that time the twins credited Francois Hagenimana, a former assistant coach for Centerville who would pass

Ilyaas and Xavior Motley pose for baby pictures. (JESSICA MOTLEY / PROVIDED)

away in a car crash later that season, for persuading them to stick around in football. In their junior seasons, the two began to put on a show in the defensive backfield that sparked the interest of Division I colleges across the country, with Xavior even receiving offers from Big Ten schools.

“He ended up starting, I got my varsity letter, then our junior year, we did really good,” Ilyaas said.

“That’s when we started to love the game. Senior year, it took off from there, and now we’re here.”

“They’re pretty laidback, easygoing kids,” Jessica Motley, their mother who was a track competitor in college, said. “But they are super intense on the field. You wouldn’t guess how hard they can hit and how explosive they are just by looking at them and seeing their personality. They’re not aggressive kids. But on the football field, it’s a different story.”

That two-sided aspect applies just as much to the relationship the twins have on and off the field as it does to the game itself.

In each other, the brothers have both their biggest fans and their greatest competitor, a friend who will get louder than anyone when cheering them on and a foe who will immediately set his sights on outdoing whatever accomplishment the other just achieved.

While the public sees the effect the twins have on each other, their parents witness the effect they have on their younger sisters: a 13-year-old who competes in every track and field event her brothers did, and a 3-year-old who has been at every sporting event the twins participated in since she was two weeks old.

“They’re those kinds of brothers that, after a basketball game, the first thing they would do is come over to the bleachers and pick up their little sister and carry (her) around with them the rest of the night,” Hannibal said. “They definitely have a big influence on their little sisters.”

Of course, they wouldn’t be playing foot-

Ilyaas and Xavior Motley pose for a photo in their football uniforms in sixth grade. (JESSICA MOTLEY / PROVIDED)

ball at the Division I college level if schools like Ohio didn’t see one thing in them above all else: potential. They were the first cornerbacks out of the class of 2016 to sign with the Bobcats – no small piece of information, given how astute the program is at recruiting and developing its secondary personnel.

Of the five Ohio alumni to get drafted into the NFL since 2009, two are defensive backs: Pittsburgh Steelers safety

Mike Mitchell and Oakland Raiders cornerback T.J. Carrie. Another cornerback — 2015 2nd team All-Mid-American Conference selection Ian Wells — signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in May. Now that the twins represent two-thirds of the freshman cornerback class at Ohio, coaches who have worked with both closely see a similar sky’s-the-limit kind of future in Xavior and Ilyaas as they have in past stars of Ohio’s defense.

“We knew through the whole process they were both very good football players,” cornerbacks coach Anthony Perkins said. “The fact that they’re twin brothers who happened to want to go to school together was just a cherry on top. I think that both of them have a very high ceiling and are going to be very good players for this team in the future.”

How far away that future might be remains to be seen, but for a pair of brothers who made their way sitting back and allowing football to come to them, a small period of patience likely won’t be any major problem. For their parents, it’ll be a small price to pay if it means they one day will be able to watch them line up for the same defense at Peden Stadium.

“Through high school, when there’s a Motley on one side of the field and a Motley on the other side of the field, we were always hearing (their) names called in the stands,” Hannibal said. “That’s a really great feeling. Knowing who the boys are and knowing the work ethic that they have, they’re definitely gonna work hard to get on that field eventually. I think we’re gonna start hearing those names called again real soon.”

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VOLLEYBALL

Ohio’s freshmen expected to take on big roles ETHAN FELDERSTEIN FOR THE POST Coach Deane Webb and his team sat on one side of the Athens Community Center gym while 200 or so fans sat across the court, waiting for the annual Green & White scrimmage.

The stuffy gymnasium was quiet.

Webb grabbed the microphone sitting on a table behind him, waited for the public address speaker to snap on, and introduced himself and the rules of the scrimmage. After he was finished, he handed the mic off to his right to junior Jaime Kosiorek who

introduced herself.

“Hi, I’m Jaime Kosiorek and I’m from Cleveland, Ohio. I’m a junior and an outside hitter,” she said.

As the mic made it’s way down the line, one word was repeated over and over. Seven times, to be exact.

“Freshman.”

If Webb and the coaching staff didn’t realize how young their team was before the introductions, they certainly did then. Five true freshmen and two redshirt freshmen introduced themselves to the crowd on the court on that afternoon.

It’s a reality that the Bobcats are going to

have to face this season.

The team that won that Mid-American Conference Tournament last year is, in fact, in a rebuilding mode of sorts.

Last year saw the departure of some of the most prolific players in the program’s history.

Abby Gilleland ­­ — who holds the record for third-most assists in Ohio history — is gone.

Karin Bull — who has the fourth-most blocks in history — is gone. Meredith Ashy — the record-holder for most digs — is gone as well.

This year, seven freshmen are set to fill their roles in the lineup. But, they’re not

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It’s finding a different way to be better. People are maybe taking their positions, (but) it’s about trying to be the best you instead of trying to be replace the person who came before you.”

- Brooke Coleman, senior co-captain

exactly being asked to replace them.

“It’s not a matter of replacing them,” Brooke Coleman, one of the team’s two seniors, said.

“It’s finding a different way to be better. People are maybe taking their positions, (but) it’s about trying to be the best you

Carley Remmers serves the ball during the Ohio Green & White scrimmage at the Athens Community Center on Saturday.

The volleyball team has seven freshmen this year who are expected to take on starting positions. (LAUREN BACHO / PHOTO EDITOR)

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instead of trying to be replace the person who came before you.”

Coleman, who sat out a large portion of last season due to a concussion, will start at libero this Friday for the season opener, taking the position vacated by Ashy. The senior beat out freshman Meredith Howe and sophomore Erica Walker for the starting role.

It was the toughest position battle of the season, according to Webb, but he decided to go with Coleman, who is one of the team’s co-captains alongside Mallory Salis, as well as the team’s academic captain.

Freshmen, however, will be playing a large role on this team. Not only will Howe be sharing responsibilities with Coleman as the libero, freshman Lizzie Stephens is expected to be a large contributor as the outside hitter.

Stephens is a top recruit from Texas and has garnered several national accolades for her play at Frisco High School, including being named Prep Volleyball Senior Ace and an 11-time Max Preps Player of the Match. The 18-year old will certainly see some playing time, but the exact amount of time will depend on the play of the upperclassmen

ahead of her.

“I think if (Salis and Kosiorek are) playing great, they’re going to be our kid,” Webb said. “Lizzie will be a very high quality backup. She’ll be ready to play if one of them is struggling.”

Webb isn’t the only coach taking notice of Ohio’s youth. On Monday, the MAC announced that Ohio was picked to finish third in the East Division in the annual coaches’ preseason poll. This is the first time since 2002 that Ohio was picked to finish below second.

Coleman said she doesn’t pay much attention to predictions because they usually do not end up being true.

“Honestly, it’s not usually what ends up happening,” Coleman said. “I think being the underdog is a blessing in disguise for us because people might not take us seriously. Being a young team, I think that will drive us to beat those teams.”

However, youth isn’t deterring the Bobcats from their aspirations of defending their title.

Coleman, unfazed by the team’s youthful disposition, knows that it’s always championship or bust for one of the most successful programs in the MAC. “We’re looking to win and go to the NCAA Tournament,” Coleman said.

“That’s our reputation at Ohio and we’re looking to keep it that way.”

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FOOTBALL

‘Baptism’ of starting QB Greg Windham CHARLIE HATCH SPORTS EDITOR Two medicine balls sag from the metal chainlink propping them on a hook. Above the balls read “ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE” in bold, capitalized ink.

This is Greg Windham’s right forearm — the right forearm of Ohio’s new starting quarterback.

This is the right forearm of a man who was once dismissed from the football team. It’s the arm of a man who beat out his teammate when another left the team for health concerns.

Football isn’t a matter of life or death for Windham, but the words etched out on his flesh describe the resurrection of his career.

••• Up to this point in his career, Windham has been the forgotten quarterback on the Ohio depth chart. He was suspended indefinitely in 2013 when he plead guilty to one count of aggravated trafficking of drugs, according to previous Post reports.

He eventually rejoined the team, but he became a perennial backup, first behind Tyler Tettleton, then behind Derrius Vick and JD Sprague.

When the Bobcats had a two-man quarterback battle between Vick and Sprague last season, it was Windham who sat on the outskirts watching his teammates.

“Last year I had a lot of doubt,” Windham said. “I was just low.”

But that was last year, and the current redshirt senior quarterback said he has never felt more refreshed.

He said that comes

Redshirt Senior Greg Windham poses for a portrait at Peden Stadium.

Windham was suspended for aggravated trafficking of drugs his freshman year and is now the starting quarterback.

(MICHAEL JOHNSON / FILE)

from his growing belief in God; it also comes from his coaches’ growing belief in him, too.

Windham was named the starter last Friday as fall camp closed.

Going into their first game, the Bobcats will enter a season without a quarterback battle — something co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Scott Isphording said has never happened in his three seasons at Ohio.

Initially, there was an open competition for quarterback, but that sweepstakes closed last week when Sprague, who sat out all of spring practice with a upper-body injury, left the team because of health

concerns.

“One big piece of the puzzle is no longer one big piece of the puzzle,” Isphording said. “And that’s OK.” So, if Windham is a piece, here’s what Isphording is shape shifting with: a stout 6-foot-1, 215-lb. quarterback who can bulldoze through defenders as a power runner while having the arm strength and velocity of a starting pitcher. (He gave up pitching at 14, but could already throw in the mid-80s.)

Although Windham lacks the elusiveness to slip out of the pocket like Sprague did, he’s as dangerous on an option run with any of Ohio’s handful of run-

ning backs as he is with a deep ball to one of his veteran receivers.

“Greg can do a lot of things for you.” Coach Frank Solich said during fall camp. “Greg has the capabilities to be an excellent passer. He’s got a strong arm. … In terms of running the football, he’s a big, strong player.

Maybe you can run him a little bit more than you’d run some other quarterbacks.”

That sort of f lexibility should help Ohio.

For starters, with Sprague sidelined during the spring, Windham was able to take the first-team snaps with the running backs and receivers.

“We’ve had the chem-

istry with Greg,” said Jordan Reid, a redshirt senior wide receiver. “Greg’s gonna be what we need him to be this year.”

Windham will have Reed, Sebastian Smith and Brendan Cope as his wideouts, who combined for 14 of Ohio’s 18 receiving touchdowns a year ago. Troy Mangen, a tight end who missed all of last season due to injury, will also be at Windham’s disposal.

But even if the passing game struggles at times — Windham only threw one touchdown in 2015 — the bulk of offensive play calls will favor the running game.

With elusive backs

between A.J. Ouellette, Dorian Brown and Papi White, the offense should be able to catch opposing defenses confused with play-action passing — especially if Windham can run too.

“He’s earned it,” Solich said of his new starting quarterback. “It’s a big moment for him. There’s probably a lot of weight lifted off his shoulders.

It’s weight lifted off ours.”

If he has earned it, now it’s up to Windham to see what he makes of it.

“I’m pumped, man,” he said. “Y’all gonna see something. I promise you that.”

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APPALACHIA’S ORANGE STAIN MAJOR SITES OF POLLUTION FROM OLD COAL MINES ARE HARD TO TREAT, BUT TWO OU PROFESSORS HAVE DEVISED A SOLUTION ALEX MEYER / SENIOR WRITER

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race Southeast Ohio’s history of coal mining, and it’s not entirely difficult to understand how the waterways of Appalachia started to run a dull, rusty color. The difficulty is in determining whether that acid mine drainage is a permanent stain on local watersheds.

For decades, the iron-rich, contaminated water has drained from abandoned coal mines, and an Ohio University student could come across it if he or she drove about a half an hour north of Athens to Truetown or Corning.

That’s where Sunday Creek watershed coordinator Michelle Shively said it’s easy to spot the two “huge, orange elephants” in the room — two sites where contaminated water resists traditional treatment.

Such treatment has been largely successful in the areas where local watershed groups and state agencies have stepped in, hopeful to reduce the extent of the acid mine drainage.

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ing Appalachia: turning the contamination into paint, and having the sales from the paint pay for the water treatment process.

‘TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS JUST WON’T CUT IT’

Some of the more severe mine discharge sites release 800 to 1,000 gallons of contaminated water per minute, Shively said.

That drainage flows from underground abandoned coal mines into nearby streams and creeks, contaminating drinking water and disrupting the growth of nearby plants and animals, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. But the treatment necessary to combat larger contamination sites is potentially extensive and complicated.

Jen Bowman, an environmental project manager at OU’s Voinovich School, said the mine discharge at Truetown impacts seven miles of Sunday Creek, which flows into the Hocking River.

“This is a particularly difficult discharge to treat due to the volume of water and the high metal load,” she said.

For that reason, Shively said that the

ABOVE: All Chroma paintings are mixed media on aluminum panel with acid mine drainage pigments.

LEFT: Guy Riefler, OU professor of civil engineering who started the project, gathers polluted water from a pollution site in Truetown.

Photos provided via John Sabraw and OU Russ College of Engineering

“traditional systems just won’t cut it” when treating such sites.

OU professors Guy Riefler and John Sabraw may have concocted something a little less traditional. The two perfected a process of turning the iron oxide found in the contaminated water into paint pigment. And, if everything goes as planned, the paint would be sold commercially and would pay for the project itself.

Shively, who worked on the project with them, said the idea originally grew out of hoping to restore the discharge sites. Riefler, a civil engineering professor, came up with the idea to turn the iron into paint, which Shively called “a radical way of reframing it.”

Acid mine drainage isn’t a recent phenomenon. Many of the abandoned mines in Southeast Ohio date back to the late 1800s and early 1900s, Bowman said, and they released contaminated water into streams throughout the 20th century.

By 2001, about 341 miles of streams in Ohio were impacted by the contamination, according to data from the Voinovich School, which evaluates water quality. The school’s researchers tested contaminated streams in Southeast Ohio in 2010 and found that out of the 175 miles they tested, only 47 qualified as a healthy habitat for animals and plants.

“This is a long-term problem given the vast nature and extent of the underground mines,” Bowman, who conducts water quality research, said.

‘THEY’VE HAD THEIR WATER RUN ORANGE FOR YEARS’

Allan Withem has experienced acid mine drainage firsthand — he played in the orange, contaminated streams as a child.

“There were streams right by my house, and we walked over every day,” he said. “It was a place for kids to be. We didn’t know about the problem.”

That exact problem involves a chemical reaction: Coal mines contain the mineral pyrite, which reacts with water and air to form sulfuric acid and iron. The sulfuric acid makes the water highly acidic, and the iron gives the water its orange color.

Over time, the water drains into nearby streams, creating acid mine drainage.

Withem, who is a computer specialist for Rural Action, grew up near the Snow Fork area of Monday Creek, another Southeast Ohio watershed damaged by acid mine drainage. He said he didn’t realize how bad the streams were until he got older.

Shively said the acidic water coming out of mines has a pH of about 3 to 4. For context, orange juice has a pH of about 4 and normal water has a pH of 7.

The restoration projects to combat the drainage usually involve running stream water through lime material, which sepa-

HOW ACID MINE DRAINAGE OCCURS In the late 1800s and early 1900s, mining companies in Southeastern Ohio began extracting coal from the region in underground mines.

The underground mines were abandoned over the decades. The process wasn’t regulated until the 1970s, when federal and state mining laws were implemented.

The mines contained a lot of the mineral pyrite, which over time reacted with water and air to turn water extremely acidic.

This acidic water “leaches” metals like iron from the ground, creating acid mine drainage.

The acid mine drainage pours into nearby streams, turning it an orange color — similar to rust.

John Sabraw, OU art professor and painting and drawing program chair, mixes acid mine drainage pigments into paint. Photos by Louise O’Rourke, provided via John Sabraw.

rates the metals in the water and reduces its acidity, Shively said.

For example, one method involves constructing a “leach bed,” where water runs across a bed of limestone gravel. The toxic metals are separated and trapped in the bed, and the clean water returns to the stream.

Nearly $30 million has been spent by local, state and federal governments, local watershed groups and the university to construct 66 stream reclamation projects in Ohio, Bowman said.

The watershed groups are part of Rural Action, a nonprofit community development organization based in Athens County.

“All were formed by citizens who wanted something done about their creeks,” Shively said. “They’ve had their water run orange for years.”

The treatment is proving successful.

Last year, 172 out of 183 miles tested by the Voinovich School had acceptable water quality, or at least a pH of 6.5. Now, attention is needed at the high discharge sites in Truetown and Corning, among others.

“For a limestone leach bed, you’d have to have them on such a massive scale,” Shively said. “It’s not feasible.”

What Riefler and Sabraw have proposed, though, may be a feasible alternative.

To develop the paint pigment, Riefler consulted Sabraw, a professor of art and chair of OU’s painting and drawing program. Sabraw said he’s always been an environmental activist interested in incorporating science into his art.

To create the paint pigment, the iron oxide is separated from the water and dried out, Sabraw said, producing different shades of orange, yellow and black.

Over the past few years, Sabraw has worked to refine the process of making the pigment, which he used in a series of paintings called “Chroma.” That series featured abstract layers of paint on aluminum panels.

Shively said Sabraw’s art has received more attention than the watershed groups’ scientific work.

“The art speaks to people in a different way than we can through science,” she said.

The two professors hope to implement their idea of producing paint from acid mine drainage on a larger level through a “pilot scale” plant in Corning, which would treat the contaminated water and produce iron oxide for the paint.

“If we could build this plant, it would give precise information to (the) state of Ohio or private companies who can use the process to clean up many kinds of waste in the same manner,” Sabraw said.

Sabraw consulted undergraduate students in his “Science and Art” studio art class, who helped create the proposed design for the plant.

Samantha Slone, an OU alumna who graduated last spring with a bachelor’s degree in studio art, worked with Sabraw on the project and in his class.

Slone said she and other students in the class tried to make the treatment process more visible through their design.

An obstacle in building the plant,

HOW THE ACID MINE DRAINAGE IS TREATED Two common ways acid mine drainage is treated in Southeast Ohio is through lime dosers and leach beds.

Those kinds of treatments rely on adding materials that reduce acidity, such as lime or limestone.

Lime dosers are large silos that use gravity to pump water through lime material to separate the metals and reduce acidity.

Leach beds involve running water across beds of limestone gravel.

The toxic metals are separated and trapped in the bed, and the clean water is put back into the stream.

Sixty-six stream restoration projects have been completed in Ohio since they began in the late ‘90s.

though, is funding. Their team is in the process of applying for grants from the university and other sources.

“I truly hope the budget for this process comes through,” Slone said. “It would be incredible to see our work come to fruition, but more importantly, the community needs this. All life in that stream is decimated.”

Withem said he hopes the efforts to stop acid mine drainage succeed.

“I hope it gets cleaned up. They’ve made big improvements, but some places are still really bad,” Withem said. “There’s nothing that they can do about some.”

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Rabbit rescue saves more than animals Volunteers rehabilitate abandoned rabbits

BELOW: Cheryl Williams, a resident of The Plains and a volunteer with River Road Rabbit Rescue, holds Jackie O at the rescue’s adoption facility on Sunday. Jackie O was given to the rescue by a bartender at Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery and was named accordingly.

JULIA FAIR FOR THE POST Neglected rabbits in Athens will soon be placed into new homes after rehabilitation.

River Road Rabbit Rescue opened in June, providing a chance for a fresh start for neglected rabbits.

One of the rabbits, named Jackie O for the Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery, found her way to the rescue when one of the bartenders at the bar couldn’t care for her anymore. The white rabbit, which is less than a year old, is one of six rabbits available for adoption at the center located at 15765 Elm Rock Rd. as part of the Sech-Kar Company.

The company provides community-based services for adults who have developmental disabilities.

The organization provides both residential services and day programs for the people in the program, which includes taking care of the rabbits.

Suzanne Greif, founder of the River Road Rabbit Rescue and an avid rabbit adopter, and David Harold, the director of the Sech-Kar Company, began the project together after Greif said she wanted some of her rabbits to go to the homes of persons with varying levels of developmental and physical disabilities.

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TOP: Rabbits sit in their cages at River Road Rabbit Rescue on Sunday. Some rabbits undergo medical or behavioral rehabilitation prior to being “adoption-ready” and moved to the adoption facility at 15765 Elm Rock Rd.

needed a local activity for the participants to be involved in, and the rabbit center filled that void.

“They’re learning a lot of new skills as far as taking care of the rabbits, giving them a chance to contribute,” Harold said.

So far, one rabbit has been adopted out of the center. After filling out an application and paying the $40 fee, anyone can adopt one of the spayed or neutered rabbits, Greif said.

Pets have been shown to improve a person’s mood and fight depression, according to pets.webmd. com.

Greif said she and volunteers nurse the rabbits at her home until they are ready to meet adoption standards. She added the rabbits need to be “adoption-ready” before they are moved to the adoption center.

About 17 rabbits still need either medical or behavioral rehabilitation,

Greif said.

Tibbar, a “behavioral bunny,” can’t stop eating or drinking, which could be due to past neglect, Greif said.

Tibbar found his way to Greif after she received a call from someone who found him under a tree.

Greif added the majority of rabbits are dumped around Easter, when about 80 percent of the rabbits given as gifts are later abandoned.

“He was horribly neglected, fur gone all around his back,” Greif said.

Tibbar has his fur back now, but he still needs behavioral help before he makes his way to the adoption center.

To take care of rabbits such as Tibbar and keep the adoption center up and running, Greif said they search for funding by applying for grants, requesting donations when the rabbits are adopted and receiving donations

when they make home visits to trim nails and complete wellness checks on the rabbits.

Aside from donations, socializing the rabbits is an important aspect of the rescue center, Greif said.

That socialization process includes spending time with volunteers and making appearances at PetSmart on East State Street and at Ohio University’s LGBT picnic.

Volunteers join the program through a variety of avenues. Some volunteer in order to complete community service hours resulting from a court sentence.

People can also find the program through the Ohio University Career and Leadership Development Center volunteer opportunity database.

Volunteers are always welcome, Greif said.

“We just need people to come out and play with the bunnies, too,” she said.

LEFT: Lindsey Spencer, 11, of Nelsonville, holds Jackie O at the River Road Rabbit Rescue adoption facility Sunday.

Spencer visits the facility to play with and feed the rabbits as well as clean their cages once a week.

Photos

by Emily Mathews, photo editor One of the center’s volunteers, 11-year-old Lindsey Spencer, spends one day a week volunteering and playing with the rabbits.

Spencer hopes to take Jackie O home one day,

“because she’s the cutest, and she’s soft and playful,” she said.

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Theater program strives to cultivate environment of sensitivity and inclusion GRACE HILL FOR THE POST

is a certain amount of leeway when casting performers who would otherwise not be acceptable in a professional setting, Sherman said. He added the producers of the program should reach out to students with disabilities within the university to encourage their participation in

limit the kind of stories the program can tell.

“When, on a university campus, someone chooses to produce a work about disability, they need to think about how that work is going to speak to the campus community at large,” Sherman said.

Deaf West Theatre became a Tony Award-winning champion of inclusion after creating a Broadway revival of the musical Spring Awakening, which In an effort to create an accurate featured a deaf cast. portrayal of her character, Brucken The production included songs and said she had to find specificity in dischoreographed dances from both heartinguishing between Rose’s behavioral ing and deaf actors, some of whom perage and chronological age. She also formed the songs through American researched developmental disabilities.

Sign Language — making the revival a Playwright Brian Friel merely states good example of inclusion in action, Rose is “simple.” In 1936, she was unable Shelley Delaney, a professor of perforto be diagnosed with a developmenmance at Ohio University, said. tal disability, leaving her a “mystery” to Just as there is rarely a reason to those around her, Brucken said. cast a white actor to play an individual “(Rose) brings a lot of life and joy to with a different cultural or racial identhe house, but it’s kind of a thin line of tity, there is seldom a reason to cast an not knowing when something is going to able-bodied actor to play a character upset her or when an inner frustration with a disability, Delaney said. Fostering will turn out of control,” Brucken said. an environment that represents persons When preparing, Delaney said actors with disabilities can pose a particular should select one or two characteristics challenge within OU’s acting population, with which they can make a physical, however, as the population does not reemotional and psychological connecflect the diversity in the profession as a tion. The process helps the actor respect whole. the struggles of a character with disabilGlenna Brucken, an actress and 2012 ities while conveying to the audience the OU alumna, said due to a lack of reprecharacter as the playwright intended, sentation of persons with disabilities in Delaney said. the past, inclusion is even more necesBut Brucken’s focus wasn’t solely on sary today. In Tantrum Theater’s recent learning the traits of her character’s production of Dancing at Lughnasa, disability. Instead, she focused on beBrucken, an able-bodied actress, played ing a “whole and complete person.”

Rose Mundy, a woman with a developRose’s desires became Brucken’s way mental disability. She said her role reto connect with the character’s “huquired research and respect. manity.”

“The world we live in is not what is “(Rose’s) deepest, deepest desire and represented in movies, TV or even in a want and longing was to have a baby. lot of plays, and so, so many people don’t It was so easy to connect to how badly have a voice,” Brucken said. “So we are she wanted these things,” Brucken said. building this world that is full of people “Also, she has a line about loving chocowho just feel disenfranchised and don’t late biscuits, which I also love.” have somebody that they can look up to In order to avoid stereotypes or simthat is relatable, and it’s a dangerous cirplification, Brucken said the character cle to continue.” requires constant check-ins.

With that disenfranchisement in “The most important thing to me was mind, it is important for producers to … being an authentic representation of decide whether a production that candiversity,” she said. not be performed authentically is best Glenna Brucken acts as the character Rose Mundy in ‘Dancing at Lughnasa.’ As Despite all her work, Brucken said she for the program, said Howard Sherman, a character with a disability, Rose required extensive research from Brucken as still feels unsure of her role in the coninterim director for the Alliance for an able-bodied actor. (PROVIDED VIA DANIEL WINTERS) versation about inclusion.

Inclusion in the Arts, an organization “I’m wondering if I should be the one based in New York that advocates for doing this. Should I have a voice in this inclusion in performance.

“If the desire is to do the show, first and foremost to a theater program from which they may have previously conversation? How do I support it without overshadowing?” she said. show the versatility of how well someone can pretend to felt excluded.

When concessions have to be made in casting, though, have a disability, then I would respectfully question the Delaney said the theater program does its best to remain decision to do the work in the first place,” Sherman said. @GRACEOLIVIAHILL In a university setting, due to limited resources, there true to the playwright’s intentions. She does not want to GH663014@OHIO.EDU THEPOSTATHENS.COM / 19

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bartenders Without specific training requirements and thousands of students to serve, being a new bartender in a college town can be a daunting experience

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SEAN WOLFE CULTURE EDITOR

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hen Emily Griffin started classes after summer, she was not only faced with the prospect of homework, but also with serving drinks to the thousands of students who returned for the school year.

Griffin, a junior studying business management, is one of the many Athens bartenders who attempt to quench the thirst of a college town. She began working at The C.I. in May, and was given shifts during slower times of the day over the summer in order to become familiar with the bar and her job.

“I still haven’t worked a bar shift at night since I’ve started,” Griffin said in mid-August. “That’ll come with time.”

When she works happy hour shifts behind the bar, Griffin is the only employee serving drinks, but said she always feels comfortable reaching out to coworkers if she gets overwhelmed.

Now, since the return of the students, Griffin said she has worked one night shift in the lower bar of The C.I. — which she described as much busier but still enjoyable.

Many bartenders in Athens have no formal training requirements or dedicated training shifts. They instead learn on the job how to quickly make drinks, give correct change and manage a constant stream of orders. The exact method of training bartenders differs from bar to bar, but most new bartenders learn either through shadowing a more-experienced bartender or by trial-and-error with guidance from supervisors.

With the majority of the student population gone for summer break, Griffin saw only the quiet side of uptown bars.

However, she said work had adequately prepared her for the increase in patrons.

“I definitely am nervous,” she said in mid-August. “I’ve kind of gotten a taste of it with the busy weekends that we’ve already had over the summer, like Boogie on the Bricks and Brew Week.”

Griffin said her decision to become a bartender came primarily from her age.

“I turned 21 in May, so being a junior in the fall and already being 21 a full summer ahead of time, I thought I might as well take advantage of my age,” Griffin said, although one only needs to be 19 years old to serve closed containers of alcohol in the state of Ohio and 21 years old to sell open containers. “It definitely helped me getting the job because they do want you to be an of-age bartender. It’s a nice thing that I can have two full years of bartending while I’m still here.”

Stacy Mullins, a bar manager at The Over Hang, said she is a “classically trained” bartender, tasked with training

LEFT: Tori Cole cuts lemons and limes before her first shift at The Crystal on Tuesday.

Cole is one of the many new bartenders starting this fall in Athens. ABOVE: Liquor bottles line the wall at The Crystal on Court Street. (HANNAH SCHROEDER / FOR THE POST)

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It’s kind of stressful at the beginning because all of us haven’t really been busy for four months.”

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new hires. The specifics of her training, however, are off-limits, she said.

“What we do is kind of different from everybody else, and I kind of don’t want to let everybody know what we do,” she said.

Mullins said most new bartenders struggle with the sheer amount of drink recipes they may be required to know.

“There are thousands of drink recipes,” she said. “It’s very overwhelming for people at first not knowing ‘How many recipes should I learn?’ ” However, Mullins estimated most bartenders she trained were ready to work on their own without supervision after three or four shifts. By the end of the summer, she said most bartenders are well-prepared for experiencing an influx of students for the first time.

“In this town, it’s a lot of drinks at a very high volume at a fast pace,” Mullins said.

Emily Montgomery, a bartender at The Over Hang, said she was taught by “the best” when she trained with Mullins over

the summer, though she still had to overcome a few obstacles.

“I think what I struggled with a little bit was the prices and how much each liquor was,” Montgomery, a senior studying creative writing, said. “And when people order a weird drink, like a ‘Sex on the Beach,’ that you don’t encounter every day, it’s a little bit difficult, but you learn to adapt.”

Mullins said the sudden change of the student population can be jarring at first for bar staffs.

“It’s kind of stressful at the beginning because all of us haven’t really been busy for four months,” she said.

Griffin had a taste of what it was like to serve a busy crowd on several shifts when she was originally scheduled to work the floor, which includes cleaning tables, retrieving glasses and maintaining the bar.

“Depending on how busy we are, sometimes the bartenders will pull me behind the bar and ask for extra help for a few minutes or an hour,” she said in mid-August. “Doing that … kind of helped me get more used to being behind the bar and what it’s gonna be like when I go and work those night shifts.”

Griffin, who makes most of her income through tips, said most students give adequate tips, despite their reputation to do otherwise. She estimated that after working one happy hour and one shift working the floor, she would make about $150 in tips.

Most bartenders would expect a tip of at least $1 per drink, Griffin said, but some people choose to order many drinks

at once and still only tip for one.

Aside from the occasional cheap tipper or busy shift, Griffin said she enjoyed the first few months of work.

“So far it’s been great being around a fun crowd,” she said. “Even though I can be, like, stone cold sober, the fact that everyone around me is drunk and having a good time kind of keeps me entertained.”

Having been a customer on the “other side” of the bar, Griffin said she already knew what would annoy and be appreciated by the customers.

“I think what makes a good bartender is definitely being observant — knowing where you last left off with your orders and not pissing anyone off by skipping over them — that can always be obnoxious,” she said.

Emily Cleaveland, a senior studying marketing, went to The C.I., The Crystal and Courtside Pizza during Welcome Weekend. She said later in the night, from about 12:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., the bars became more crowded and the wait for drinks was about 10 minutes.

Bartenders in Athens were generally friendly, she said, though they are occasionally preoccupied tending to other tasks.

“When it’s slower they’ll be more personable with you,” Cleaveland said. “But (during) the rush crowd and everything late at night, they’re just trying to get your drinks and get you out.”

But during Welcome Weekend, new bartenders were nowhere in sight at The Pub Bar. Everyone working the bar had been employed there for about a year, Pub bartender Hunter Hillebrand said.

Hillebrand started working at The Pub last September, and recently had the chance to serve during his first Welcome Weekend as a bartender.

“I think it’s a lot different because it starts out super slow at first because opening weekend — everyone’s at the house parties and whatnot,” the fifth-year senior studying entrepreneurship said.

“Then once all the house parties get shut down, it’s a huge rush. We’re pretty much packed until we close.”

Bartenders have worries other than a packed bar during Welcome Weekend.

Hillebrand said undercover officers are often present during those events.

“We just kinda stress the whole fake I.D. thing and make sure we’re checking really hard,” he said.

During his time at The Pub, Hillebrand said he learned how to keep a clear head in what can be a chaotic workspace.

“You can’t listen to all the people yelling at you,” he said. “You gotta completely ignore them and know you’re doing the best you can no matter what everyone else thinks.”

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the weekender Midnight Madness makes for a ‘sexy’ theater experience GRACE HILL FOR THE POST When a party school atmosphere mixes with the art of theater, Midnight Madness happens.

Maybe the audience has been out drinking before or maybe they’ve been unwinding from a week of class, but at 11 p.m., they come together to see Ohio University’s MFA playwrights present five days’ worth of work.

“Personally I like theater that has more of a casual, sexy vibe,” Catherine Weingarten, a third-year graduate student studying playwriting program, said. “I like when madness goes crazy, when (the audience is) cheering too loud.”

Madness is an event that features the work of the program’s eight playwrights each week. In one academic week, playwrights must write, cast and rehearse three to five minute plays to be performed Friday.

Free tickets are first come, first serve. Audience members show up as early as 9 p.m., Weingarten said.

Weingarten will produce the first Madness of the year, an experience she describes as being both “thrilling” and “scary.” “(Producing is) almost like … you’re planning a party. But do you want to throw a lame party that no one is going to come to?” she said. “It’s like the more effort you put into it, the better it will be.”

Madness is more than just a bunch of skits. Each one falls in line with a prompt chosen by the producer. It is the producer’s job to arrange the plays so they tell a full story, Weingarten said.

“The thing about producing that people don’t realize is that if your prompt sucks, you’re kind of screwed,” Weingarten said.

“You can ruin the whole Madness.”

Weingarten chose Summer Camp Madness as the first theme.

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IF YOU GO WHAT: Midnight Madness WHEN: 11 p.m., Friday WHERE: Hahne Theater in Kantner Hall ADMISSION: Free; tickets available at 9 p.m.

Constance Sabo falls to the ground at the end of Ryan Patrick Dolan’s Midnight Madness titled ‘Right Hand Red’ in Sept. 2014. (LAUREN BACHO / FILE)

“My aesthetic is pretty girly, pretty trashy,” she said. “I did prom, casual sex, just like fun trashy stuff.”

The other playwrights’ jobs are a little simpler without the pressure of producing, Weingarten said.

“Some playwrights are super last minute, and they’re good enough writers they can get away with it,” she said.

The process for the actors is also much shorter than in a full-length play.

“Instead of rehearsing for weeks, we rehearse for minutes,” Carson Cerney, a second-year graduate student studying acting, said.

He said the time frame takes the indecision out of the process. Writers and actors make a choice and stick with it.

“I mean, it’s Madness. It’s mad. It’s crazy.

It’s wild,” Cerney said. “I get a chance to work on new material. Maybe I get to show the audience, my peers and the faculty a new side of me.”

One of the best audience reactions Cerney said he had was to a play he acted in last year. He played a father awkwardly dealing with his daughter’s first period. The audience’s view of the actress was obstructed.

At its climax, the daughter came out from

behind the acting block as a woman going off to war.

“I remember the audience reaction was wonderful. I remember a lot of people being upset, and that’s wonderful to elicit that kind of reaction because that means that, A: writers did a great job, and B: the actors didn’t suck.” Cerney said.

Rachel Bykowski, a third-year graduate student studying playwriting, said one may think the rowdy atmosphere would be limiting to writers. But well-written dramas and tragedies get just as much attention as lighthearted plays.

Due to “a little bit of an activist bone,” Bykowski said she leans toward exploring women’s issues.

She previously produced Silence Madness, asking playwrights to include one moment of silence in their plays. In the play Bykowski wrote, she said she explored the ways silence can affect a relationship. Even in silence, the audience could still see the abuse that existed between her characters.

Weingarten said Madness has taught her how to interact with her own work and her actors. Now she has a more intuitive relationship with both.

“The great thing about Madness is each week I get to see how an audience interacts with my work,” she said. “It’s such a gift to be able to do it.”

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Tea party to raise money for survivors of abuse ALEXIS EICHELBERGER FOR THE POST A local organization is using iced tea and tarot card readings to raise money that will go toward helping women, children and pets in need of a safe place to stay.

My Sister’s Paws is an organization that works alongside local domestic violence shelter My Sister’s Place to help provide domestic abuse victims a safe home for their pets so they are able to leave their abusers.

“It’s very common for abusers to threaten and harm and kill their pets when women are leaving,” Shelley Lieberman, founder of My Sister’s Paws, said. “It’s very hard for women to leave (their abusers), and if we can remove barriers, then that is what is so gratifying in working with a program like this."

My Sister’s Paws will host the Fourth Annual Sweet Tea Social at the Athens Community Center on Sunday to help benefit its efforts to keep pets and victims safe.

The “Southern-inspired affair” will pro-

vide food, drinks and an opportunity for attendees to show off their best hats, according to the event’s Facebook page. In addition to a tarot card reading and photo booth session, attendees will also hear from Rachel Ramirez, a speaker from the Ohio Domestic Violence Network in Columbus.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in raffles and auctions, with prizes including a weeklong stay at a Myrtle Beach condominium and a weekend in New York City at Christmastime.

The event is typically My Sister’s Paws' biggest fundraiser, earning the organization over $10,000 last year. This year, the money will go toward finishing an on-site pet shelter at My Sister’s Place domestic violence shelter, so women and children staying at the shelter will have the comfort of having their pets close by, instead of in an off-site shelter where the animals have been previously, Lieberman said.

“I hope (attendants) see how much their participation in an event like this really does help families who are in distress and

worried for their pets, so they are able to move forward and leave their abusers without worrying about their pet being injured,” Lieberman said. “I want people to realize what their money is helping with and realize what a precarious situation these people are in.”

Robin Webb, who is on the planning committee for the Sweet Tea Social, became a volunteer for My Sister’s Paws two years ago after attending the event herself.

“The year I went (to the social), we listened to someone who worked for My Sister’s Place speak,” Webb said. “Just hearing from people who work with survivors helped show me the impact a service like My Sister’s Paws can have in making a difference in whether or not a woman can escape a violent situation.”

Webb worked to collect donations for the event this year and said she typically found people to be very generous toward the cause.

“People don’t always immediately identify with what is perceived as women’s

IF YOU GO WHAT: My Sister’s Paws Fourth Annual Sweet Tea Social WHEN: 2 p.m., Sunday WHERE: Athens Community Center, 701 E. State St. ADMISSION: $35 per person or $245 for a table of eight Purchase tickets at http:// mspsweetteasocial.blogspot. com/ or from Friendly Paws Pet Supplies and Grooming on E. State Street. causes, but almost everyone can identify with animal-related causes,” she said. “This service really does serve women and families here in Athens county. It absolutely keeps the dollars local.”

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Punk band returns to The Smiling Skull with ‘powerviolence’ sound LYNANNE VUCOVICH FOR THE POST A combination of "grind" and "powerviolence" music from Forest Wars will be added to the Athens music scene for an evening.

The Smiling Skull Saloon has hosted punk shows for years now, and an Ohio University alumnus will be returning to The Skull’s stage Saturday. Domestic Terror, Forest Wars, Heartworm, Pit Control and Rader will be playing at 10 p.m. The entrace fee will be $3.

Domestic Terror, the Columbus-based headlining band, has a “brutal” death metal sound. Heartworm, a band from Lancaster, plays grind music.

Pit Control is a hardcore band from Columbus with multiple vocalists. Rader, the opening band from Athens, plays a mix of punk and hardcore.

Jordan Holland, the vocalist of Domestic Terror, graduated from OU in 2009 and has played at The Skull with previous bands while in school.

“For whatever reason, since I left I haven’t had the chance to come back and play, so getting the opportunity to play is pretty exciting,” Holland said.

IF YOU GO WHAT: Domestic Terror, Forest Wars, Heartworm, Pit Control and Rader WHEN: Saturday, August 27 WHERE: Smiling Skull Saloon, 108 W. Union St ADMISSION: $3

Forest Wars will be performing on Saturday at The Smiling Skull Saloon (PROVIDED VIA JACK JONES)

Domestic Terror has been around for about six years, but the current five members have played together for the last two and a half years.

Holland plays alongside two guitarists, a bassist and a drummer, and he added finding a place for the band to play isn't always an easy task.

“We’ve been playing consistently at any opportunity,” Holland said.

Domestic Terror released a new EP last week, High on Violence, that is a narrative

on the human condition and inclination toward violence, Holland said. The band’s music is available on Bandcamp and iTunes.

Holland said The Skull is known for being a gritty venue, one that’s not afraid to book extreme or heavy bands.

“The Skull is the perfect place for a punk show. It will be loud. It will be sweaty. It will be great,” Sarah Kennedy, an employee at The Smiling Skull, said.

John Montgomery, the vocalist for Rader, booked the show and wanted to

bring bands he likes to the area.

“There are a lot of different genres that people book, but as far as hardcore goes, I started booking shows that we would want to see, with bands that we want to play with,” Montgomery said.

The bands playing Saturday all know each other well and have played together before.

“I haven’t been this excited for a show in a long time," Holland said. "It’ll be as positive as it can be for a death metal show.”

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