“No kings, no war, no ICE.”
A woman holds a sign at the “No Kings” protest alongside hundreds of attendees outside of the Athens Community Center on Saturday. The protest was part of the third nationwide No Kings demonstration, protests generally organized to voice opposition to President Donald Trump’s administration.
Bobcats to voice opinion on OU investment in Israel
The Student Senate voted unanimously to send a referendum bringing the issues of Ohio University’s divestment and disclosure to a student vote. The student body has the opportunity to vote on both issues through a form in their emails Tuesday.
The two issues at hand, according to the Students for Justice in Palestine Instagram account, are “for Ohio University to make public all investments on their website” and “for Ohio University to stop all investments which go directly to the state of Israel.”
The bill was written by Students for Justice in Palestine alongside student senators and endorsed by eight other student and community organizations: OU Amnesty, OU Ohio Student Association, OU Black Panther Legacy Party, OU Sunrise, OU Young Democratic Socialists of America, OU Publius, Southeast Ohio Jewish Voice for Peace and OU Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine.
The announcement for Tuesday’s student-wide vote was posted to the SJP Instagram. Henry Turner, a junior studying history and creative writing, is a board member of SJP and said this is not the first time organizations have tried to get eyes on these issues.
“The Athens Justice Coalition … proposed a divestment referendum that not only included Israel bonds, but also companies directly profiting off of the genocide and acts of apartheid,” Turner said. “It’s been well over a year that OU students called for ethical
investments. In 2014, the president of Student Senate demanded the university divest from Israel as well as Israeli bonds.”
Turner also highlighted OU’s history of not supporting apartheid, a policy that “governed relations between South Africa’s white minority and nonwhite majority for much of the latter half of the 20th century,” according to Britannica.
“In 1978, Ohio University became the second public American institution to divest from companies doing business with South African apartheid,”
Turner said. “So there’s a long legacy of Ohio University students demanding that the institution use the money that we give it for ethical reasons that benefit the students and the world.”
OU Publius is a relatively new organization on campus, and its mission is defined as “united in defense of democracy through anti-authoritarian action” on its Instagram account.
Publius President Clayton Snyder, a sophomore studying political science and pre-law, felt endorsing this bill aligned with the organization’s agenda as it is “... trying to make sure that the values of accountability and the values of Justice are preserved at the university level.”
Publius Vice President Riley Dunfee, a junior studying integrated social studies, also shared her views on the topic.
What the SAVE America Act could mean for Ohioans
FINN SMITH | NEWS STAFF WRITER
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known commonly as the SAVE America Act, is a bill that would enforce stricter restrictions on voting and voter registration across the country. The bill, being pushed by the Trump administration, has caused substantial backlash for its intense changes that many argue would disenfranchise minority groups.
The bill requires voters to present valid photo identification proving citizenship, such as a U.S. passport, U.S. birth certificate or a Real ID-compliant verification. The legislation essentially ends universal mail-in voting, requiring all those who wish to vote via mail to submit an application.
Critics of the bill argue new restrictions will have distinct negative impacts on women, Americans with disabilities, Black Americans, working class Americans, rural Americans, students and older Americans, according to a fact sheet from the League of Women Voters of Ohio.
Jen Miller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, specifically addressed the impact that will be felt on rural Ohioans if the bill passes.
Congo, High Fest parties spark campus buzz
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HUMAN INTREST STAFF WRITER
A plethora of Ohio University Bobcats were busy throughout the weekend and started their Congo Fest celebrations Friday by traveling in droves to the houses on Congress Street.
After making it to their destinations, students passed the time playing alcohol drinking games, hanging on porches with friends and laughing with other party goers as music blasted.
Some of those who decided to party on Congo Fest were seasoned fest participants and transitioned to hosting the parties in recent years, continuing the celebration.
Ellie Nuspl, a senior studying exercise physiology pre-physical therapy, started hosting Congo Fest celebrations at her house two years ago, but participated in Fest Season for four years.
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US deploys troops, two dead after LaGuardia collision
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Two dead after collision at LaGuardia Airport
While landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York, an Air Canada jet with more than 70 passengers aboard collided with a fire truck late Sunday. According to the Associated Press, the collision caused the cockpit to be severed, thrusting a flight attendant far from the site. The flight attendant survived, but the pilot and copilot were killed.
The fire truck was crossing the tarmac with permission to check on a plane that had suspended takeoff. About 40 of the passengers on the plane and two people from the fire truck were transported to hospitals.
Sean Duffy, transportation secretary, argued LaGuardia suffers from a shortage of controllers, having 33 while the desire is to have over 37, the AP reported. The crash site’s runway will likely be closed for days. An investigation into the incident is pending.
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Senate confirms new head of Homeland Security
The Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as the new Secretary of Homeland Security after Kristi Noem’s termination, according to the AP. The Republican senator from Oklahoma was hired as the administration faces backlash for immigration enforcement and deportation initiatives.
Mullin takes over the position as airports nationwide face long lines while Department of Homeland Security funding continues to lapse since Feb. 14. The funding lapse has meant many Transportation Security Administration agents are calling out as opposed to working without pay, the AP reported.
Mullin has not been a key voice in immigration policy and was likely chosen due to his staunch loyalty to President Donald Trump. He will have to first tackle the routine funding that has been halted, due to a push from Democrats demanding tighter restrictions on immigration officials.
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On Saturday, thousands of people across the nation gathered to protest as part of the “No Kings” rallies.
The movement opposes President Donald Trump’s authority, U.S. involvement with Iran, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation policies and more, according to the initiative’s website. In partnership with organizations such as 50501, more than 3,300 No Kings protests took place nationwide Saturday.
In Athens, the Athens Community Center and surrounding sidewalks filled with protesters by 1 p.m.
Jackie Wolf, an Athens resident, said she participated in the protest because of her family.
“I don’t want my daughter and granddaughter to have to fight for things that I already fought for and won in the early 1970s, having to do with women’s rights, reproductive rights, civil rights, gay rights, anti-war,” Wolf said.
Protestors held signs facing the street reading phrases such as “war is not the answer”, “turn the files into trials” and “democracy (check) yes racism (check) no”.
Event organizer Ron Luce opened the protest and led a “no kings” chant echoed by the crowd.
“(Representatives) start to become more aware of the other people they’re supposed to be serving when they see hundreds of thousands, millions of people come together on one day to say ‘we don’t want a king,’” Luce said.
Safety team members affiliated with 50501 and No Kings, wearing yellow vests, moved through the crowd as attendance grew. 50501 urges nonviolent protesting at its events to promote respectful conflict resolution.
Brenda Jean Searcy, a member of the safety team, said she has followed the movement since attending a protest in Columbus on Presidents’ Day 2025. Searcy, and other members of the team, are trained to de-escalate potential conflicts that may arise.
Julie White, a professor of political science at Ohio University and a member of the United Academics of Ohio University faculty union, spoke next. She said she does not want the U.S. to return to conditions prior to the Trump administration, but she wants to “fight for something better than getting back to normal.”
that Congress has long put forth the very policies, economically, that have kept Appalachia poor, that have kept the child poverty rate in this area around 20%,” White said.
White added that food insecurity remains a major issue in the Southeast Ohio region.
“The food insecurity rate in this part of Ohio is astronomically high. 23% of college students around this country live with food insecurity,” White said. “That was true before Donald Trump.”
Jamie Miller, programs and organizing manager at United Campus Ministry, staffed a table promoting UCM’s free meal program and encouraged volunteers to address food insecurity in Athens. She said community members can combat feelings of helplessness by getting involved locally.
Henry Turner, a junior studying history and creative writing, spoke on behalf of Students for Justice in Palestine.
“ICE has detained our neighbors and executed protesters,” Turner said. “This is the same ICE that is training with Israeli occupying forces in Israel and in the U.S. and socalled cop cities.”
Gus Davis, a sophomore studying Spanish and a member of SJP and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel, said U.S. support for Israel has contributed to rising domestic tensions. Davis described the conflict as economically motivated and said many Jewish people oppose the violence.
Roger Gathier, a sophomore studying psychology, also represented SJP at an information table. Gathier said OU and Athens County are connected to support for the Israeli government and pointed to a student referendum that would make university investments public and end the renewal of Israel bonds.
“We want to spread awareness around the interconnectedness of our struggles domestically and the genocide facing Palestinians,” Gathier said.
Turner emphasized solidarity among movements.
“It is important that all of our different movements are interconnected, that environmental movements are working with anti-imperial movements, are working with movements that are for food justice and housing justice because we are all connected in this fight,” Turner said. “It is one fight, and it’s not just 50 states.
It’s the entire world.”
PHOTO 1: A man holds a sign reading “America was bulit by immigrants” during the No Kings protest, March 28, 2026, on East State Street, in Athens. (CAMDEN PAELTZ | FOR THE POST)
PHOTO 2: Two participants in the No Kings protest hold handmade signs, March 28, 2026, on East State Street, in Athens. (CAMDEN PAELTZ | FOR THE POST)
“Rural Ohioans are almost twice as likely as urban Americans to lack access to a birth certificate or passport,” Miller said. “Each Ohio County only has one board of elections, which can mean long travel times for rural residents and if they need public transit, it might be nearly impossible to get across the county.
Requiring in-person registration also impacts older Americans, Americans with disabilities and younger Americans who all might have trouble locating and traveling to an elections office.
Miller also mentioned women will likely face difficulty proving citizenship due to many married women having changed their names. She said at least 75% of the 3.5 million married women in Ohio changed their name, which creates much difficulty in proving citizenship.
Another concern people have is mandating a passport, which typically costs about $165. According to a 2024 study from the Center for American Progress, only 37% of people in Ohio have a valid passport, meaning more than 7,233,000 Ohioans do not.
By requiring voters to buy a passport, critics have compared the SAVE America Act to poll taxes, legislation from the 1890s that aimed to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring payment to vote, which was abolished in the 24th Amendment.
“There’s court precedent that says when you are mandating specific photo ID or documentation proofs, that cannot come with an associated cost, there has to be free or no-cost options for folks,” Collin Marozzi, advocacy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, said. “And I haven’t seen anything in the SAVE Act that creates a free ID mechanism or a free birth certificate renewal or re-issuance mechanism.”
According to the Brennan Center for Justice, 11% of people of color who are of voting age are not able to easily access documents proving citizenship.
Miller discussed the impact college students and younger Americans will see.
“College students move more frequently than other age groups, and that means they have to update their voter registration regularly,” Miller said. “Every single time they did that, they would have to go to the Board of Elections and prove their citizenship.
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US to deploy 1,000 troops to Middle East
According to the AP, the U.S. is expected to deploy about 1,000 troops to the Middle East within the next few days. The troops are from the 82nd Airborne Division, the Army’s emergency response force.
These troops will be the latest deployment in the war with Iran, and follow the thousands of Marines being sent to the region via Navy ships, the AP reported. The soldiers in the 82nd Airborne Division are specifically trained to parachute into contested areas to secure important airfields or territories.
The Trump administration announced there are talks currently with Iran to end the war, while Iran denied those statements, according to the AP.
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Trump promises midterm wins, warning signs disagree
Trump has promised the GOP will see larger majorities in Congress following the upcoming midterm elections, even while political signs are showing otherwise. Trump is arguing big wins in the war with Iran, but Americans are not happy with high gas prices, long
We have 1.5 million residents who are under the age of 29 that could be impacted that way.”
In a TruthSocial post from March 17, President Donald Trump expressed the importance of the legislation and said he will never endorse any congressmember who votes against it, calling them “sick, demented or deranged.”
“The Save America Act is one of the most IMPORTANT & CONSEQUENTIAL pieces of legislation in the history of Congress, and America itself,” Trump said in the post. “NO MORE RIGGED ELECTIONS! Voter I.D., Proof of Citizenship, No Rigged Mail-In Voting.”
Pamela Kaylor, professor of instruction of communication studies at Ohio University, said proponents of the bill, including Trump and his administration, argue the new legislation is necessary to crack down on voter fraud from both citizens and non-citizens.
Kaylor aimed to refute that, pointing to evidence found by The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank commonly known for publishing the conservative “Project 2025” book. The data shows 63 instances of voter fraud in Ohio and 1,620 instances of voter fraud in the entire country between 1982 and 2025.
“Voter fraud is exceedingly rare, and most of the time it’s not done by noncitizens,” Miller said. “When we see allegations of voter fraud, most of the time it’s natural-born citizens who are trying to vote in multiple states. This bill would do nothing about that.”
The SAVE America Act is not the only attempt from the Trump administration to crack down on voting laws. Marozzi mentioned all three legislative efforts.
“There’s the SAVE Act, the SAVE America Act and then Making Elections Great Again, the MEGA Act,” Marozzi said. “All three of those, if they were to pass, would be the single largest voter restrictions ever passed by Congress; it would fundamentally reshape the election system in the United States of America.”
A previous iteration of the bill, the SAVE Act, passed the House in April 2025, but stalled in the Senate and the MEGA Act remains in the House. The SAVE America Act passed through the House on Feb. 11.
airport security wait times and high costs of living.
According to the AP, the most recent sign of trouble for Republicans is Democrat Emily Gregory, a politician who won a special election in Florida’s legislative district that includes Trump’s own Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump, however, maintained his beliefs at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s fundraising dinner on Wednesday night. He argues the current economy is a blip and will be temporary, the AP reported.
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Trump signs executive order relieving TSA, not DHS Trump signed an executive order on Friday relieving the TSA employees following the lapse in funding. The order comes after TSA lines have reached historic lengths, according to the AP.
The action by Trump’s administration eases TSA issues, but it does not fully address the DHS shutdown. On Sunday, the Homeland Security shutdown will reach 44 days, surpassing the most recent government shutdown.
Senators approved a bill to
Blotter: Runaway juveniles, alleged shootings, shopliftings
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Alleged shooting
Athens County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to New Floodwood Road in Nelsonville regarding a shooting report.
Deputies on the scene determined there was no shooting, and a firecracker was set off following a property line dispute. Deputies gave all involved parties a warning for disorderly conduct.
Shoplifting
Deputies of the Athens County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Family Dollar in New Marshfield after a report of shoplifting.
Deputies took a report, and the perpetrator will be banned from the store.
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Single car accident
Athens County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Hooper Ridge Road regarding a single-car accident. On the scene, it was determined the vehicle rolled over an embankment, and no other cars were involved. The State Patrol arrived at the location, and the case was given to them.
Man with a gun
Deputies of the Athens County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Beckler Road in New Marshfield following a report of a man with a gun.
Deputies spoke with all involved parties and took a report.
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Dog complaint
Athens County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to Carpenter Road in Albany following reports of a wondering dog.
Deputies on the scene located the dog and returned it to its owners.
Located wallet
Deputies on patrol located a lost wallet in the middle of state Route 56 by West Wilson Road in New Marshfield.
The wallet was collected, and a return will be attempted before it is placed into evidence to be kept safe.
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Warrants of the week
The Athens County Sheriff’s Office posted warrants of arrest out for Kendra Guess and Jarrod Losey Jr. Guess is wanted for possession of drugs. Losey Jr. is wanted for receiving stolen property, arson and arson offender registration.
If anyone has any information on either individual, they are to contact the Athens County Sheriff’s Office immediately.
Assault
Athens County Sheriff’s Office deputies took a report of an assault
fund much of the Homeland Security budget, but Republicans were disappointed due to the lack of funding for ICE and Border Patrol, the AP reported.
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Pakistan to host US-Iran talks
Pakistan announced it will host diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Iran, but it is unclear whether the talks will be direct and indirect, according to the AP. Pakistan assumes the role as they hold close ties with both Washington and Tehran.
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, dismissed the talks after 2,500 U.S. Marines were deployed in the Middle East. Qalibaf said Iranian forces were waiting for their arrival so they could “set them on fire,” the AP reported.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel will widen the invasion of Lebanon. Iranian officials rejected the U.S.-proposed framework and are against negotiating under pressure. Tehran drafted its own fivepoint proposal last week, according to the AP.
that happened on Happy Hollow Road. At the time of the media report, there was a pending investigation.
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Runaway
Deputies of the Athens County Sheriff’s Office responded to East Fourth Street in The Plains regarding a runaway juvenile.
Deputies located the juvenile, transported them back home and gave a warning for disorderly conduct.
Protection order violation
Athens County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Hilltop Lane in Glouster after receiving a report of a protection order violation.
Deputies on the scene took a report, and at the time of the media release, the incident was still under investigation.
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Arrested
Deputies with the Athens County Sheriff’s office K9 unit conducted a traffic stop regarding a no-bond arrest warrant out for Steve McGrath.
McGrath was arrested during the traffic stop, and K9 Cody was deployed for a free air sniff. He gave a positive indication of narcotics in the vehicle, and evidence of drug activity and suspected narcotics were collected. McGrath was taken to the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.
Goat at large
Athens County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted to corral a stubborn goat off of U.S. Route 50 in Albany.
The goat did not appear to be in any hurry to move. An attempt was made to catch the goat, but he ran into a nearby field.
Horse on the loose
Deputies of the Athens County Sheriff’s Office responded to Sams Road in Albany after receiving a report of a horse on the road.
The horse was led back into the field
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Scream about it
Deputies of the Athens County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from Park Street in Nelsonville regarding a woman screaming outside the caller’s house.
On the scene, deputies spoke with the woman, who said she was mad because she was having issues with her bicycle. Deputies resumed patrol.
Suspicious car
Athens County Sheriff’s Office deputies patrolled near Hooper Ridge Road in Glouster following a suspicious vehicle report.
Deputies on patrol did not locate such a vehicle.
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Campus markets implement policies to reduce theft
Bags are no longer permitted in campus markets following extensive theft from students.
KAITLIN HOGG NEWS STAFF WRITER
Campus markets at Ohio University recently implemented new measures in response to increased theft, including a ban on backpacks and large bags inside stores.
At market entrances, metal racks have been installed for students to leave backpacks, reusable shopping bags and large purses before entering. The change took effect when students returned from spring break.
On March 15, posts on the anonymous student forum YikYak drew attention to the new policy.
One user said, “Welcome back to school! Starting today you cannot have backpacks in the market. There is a shelf at the front you are required to put your bag at. If you don’t, you can’t come in.”
Students responding to the post expressed frustration with the change.
One commenter said, “So can I have my $150 of theft protection back?”
Chito Trinidad, assistant director of retail operations, said theft has had a measurable financial impact on Culinary Services.
“Market theft has had a significant impact on the overall profitability of Culinary Services, especially because the items taken are often high- value products,” Trinidad said in an email.
“Protecting the financial health of our markets is essential to ensure we can maintain proper staffing levels and continue offering high-quality products and services.”
Trinidad said reducing theft is critical to maintaining both the quality and variety of products available in campus markets. Continued losses could lead to fewer options for students.
The bag ban follows what Trinidad described as a significant increase in theft, often involving backpacks or reusable bags used to conceal items. Metal racks have been placed near entrances at locations including Jefferson Market and Boyd Market.
Signs posted on the racks instruct customers to leave bags before shopping.
Trinidad said the increase in thefts was heavily aided by backpacks and other reusable bags concealing items.
“We determined that additional measures were necessary to protect University resources—resources that ultimately support students through services and scholarships,” Trinidad said in an email.
Danie Scamorza, a sophomore studying marketing and management who has worked in Jefferson Market since September 2025, said she has witnessed instances of theft but not daily.
She recalled one instance of a person caught stealing from the market by offduty police officers.
“He did not react too well to it,” Scamorza said. “He completely broke down a little bit, which was interesting, but I haven’t seen anything else other than that.”
Scamorza said she does not anticipate the new mandate of leaving bags stopping the theft issue.
“People are really creative when it comes down to different ways that they can steal,” Scamorza said. “I personally think banning the backpacks is kind of a good thing, but at the same time, it’s tricky for students who are just
passing by on their way to class. I think it definitely causes a problem.”
Both Trinidad and Scamorza noted how busy the campus markets can be, with students quickly passing through. While the racks might reduce theft, they could also slow down the shopping process.
“They just need to honestly find ways that aren’t going to interfere with students’ commute through Jeff (market),” Scamorza said.
Trinidad said similar measures are becoming more common across university markets in an effort to reduce theft.
“This approach is also consistent with common practices at University convenience and grocery stores, which often face similar levels of theft, particularly in locations with heavy foot traffic or a mix of on- and off-campus customers,” Trinidad wrote in an email.
If theft continues, Trinidad said the university may need to reconsider the range and quality of items offered in campus markets.
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OU extends flexible work policy, Hayes incident re-highlighted
On Feb. 26, 2025, Ohio University’s Policy 40.063 went into effect, extending a policy allowing flexible work schedules, hours and work locations for administrators and “classified employees.”
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Ohio University’s Policy 40.063 went into effect, extending a policy allowing flexible work schedules, hours and work locations for administrators and “classified employees,” Feb. 26, 2025, and was extended almost a year later.
“Ohio University acknowledges that there are growing demands on staff recruitment and retention, as well as the growing demands on university space and energy requirements,” as written in Policy 40.063. “Additionally, the university recognizes that, as a public entity, it is charged with using resources in the most efficient and effective manner.”
In a LinkedIn post about the extension made by Nerissa Young, an associate professor of instruction of journalism, she wondered how many offices in Cutler Hall were not being used. She questioned the fairness of OU’s actions toward Tom Hayes, an associate professor in the School of Film, who was removed from one of his in-person courses, the art of editing, according to a previous report from The Post.
“The university said he didn’t request an alternate work situation,” Young wrote in the LinkedIn post. “That’s kind of hard to do when one is being detained by the military. Does this make sense?”
Hayes said his class was listed as an in-person class but was moved to be remote for the few weeks he was in Gaza. During COVID-19, Hayes created a series of video presentations for the class because of the obstacles livevideo calling presented. Since then, his art of editing classes have had access to the videos.
Hayes said class would not have happened during COVID-19 if school had not gone remote, and the university affirmed during this that remote learning was actually education.
“I certainly support flexibility,” Hayes said. “I think academic freedom, what
works in a specific course is what we’re in and the only person who has is legitimate in terms of defining what works is the instructor in that class.”
The policy refers to it applying to “classified employees.” According to an email written by Mary Elizabeth Miles, the vice president for human resources, “classified employees” are nonadministrative staff and those covered by a collective bargaining agreement, where applicable.
“I always thought classified employees was like staff,” Hayes said. “I don’t know how it would not apply to instructors and professors because it’s about teaching … I’ve been here for a long time, and generally, we use the term faculty for faculty. If it’s not for faculty,
then it doesn’t have any bearing whatsoever on instruction.”
Miles said the extension was made last year to allow people to continue to use the policy.
“The purpose is to balance employee flexibility with the needs of the institution, including recruitment, retention, space use and reliable service to the campus community,” Miles wrote in an email. “Those arrangements may be reconsidered when the department needs change, when coverage is no longer sufficient or when the arrangement no longer supports the duties of the role.”
Tia Jameson, the administrative senate chair and assistant athletic director for student-athlete development and
inclusion, said she thinks it is a great opportunity to give people the ability to work in flexible spaces and hours, especially because she previously was in a situation where she needed them.
“I had a family situation, and I had to be a caretaker,” Jameson said. “I was home with my grandmother and taking calls every Friday … the ability to be able to take the time to be with my grandmother, and not knowing that she was going to eventually pass away much sooner than I thought, was a blessing to me.”
Jameson said she thinks this type of policy is directed toward people who do not need to be in the office every day or in front of students. For example, some positions could include someone looking at transcripts or finance.
Since COVID-19, the university has been looking for employee candidates in different states, and some people work from different states, Jameson said.
“I think that that was a huge component of people realizing that there is a need for people to operate from home,” Jameson said. “Also, (it goes) back to energy efficiency. I think that helps with our sustainability, especially with the university trying to look at some ways to remediate some of our budget issues. I think it just also adds to it as a benefit.”
Hayes said he thinks the policy is courageous and it is the university’s way of saying they are going to trust instructors to know the best mode of teaching.
“I think this is a very positive thing,” Hayes said. “(It’s a) very positive policy move on their part, so I applaud it. I just wish that they had implemented it at the beginning of last semester.”
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A rear view of McGuffey Hall, which houses the administrative offices, March 30, 2026 (Drew Hoffmaster | For The Post)
Editorial | OU’s silence after Myron Gaines visit disgraceful
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Ohio University is a public institution bound by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That means speakers like Myron Gaines are legally allowed to appear on campus. As the Student Press Law Center affirms, public universities cannot restrict speech based solely on its offensiveness or viewpoint. But legality is not the same as legitimacy.
A man who promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories, claims Jewish people control the world — as evident by the shirt reading “The Great Noticing” worn by one of Gaines’ lackeys — and performs a Nazi salute on a college campus is not engaging in meaningful dialogue. That is not a thoughtful debate, it is hate made into spectacle.
This reality is more dangerous in the wake of the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act, which led to the closure of diversity, equity and inclusion spaces on campus. Those centers once provided students, particularly those from marginalized communities, with places to process experiences and find support. Without them, students have fewer resources to navigate moments like this.
In a Q&A with The Post, Ohio University President Lori Stewart Gonzalez said
when university leaders take positions, it can create a “chilling effect” that discourages students from speaking freely. She cited The University of Chicago’s 1967 Kalven Report which argues universities should remain neutral on social and political issues. But, there is a crucial stipulation Gonzalez has ignored.
“From time to time instances will arise in which the society, or segments of it, threaten the very mission of the university and its values of free inquiry,” the report reads.
“In such a crisis, it becomes the obligation of the university as an institution to oppose such measures and actively to defend its interests and its values.”
The crisis is happening now and Gonzalez’s argument assumes neutrality protects open dialogue; but even if that premise is accepted, explicit hate creates its own chilling effect.
The Nazi salute is inseparable from a history of genocide, violence and systemic dehumanization. For Jewish students, it evokes the Holocaust. For minority students, it signals an ideology tied to exclusion and harm. When that symbolism appears openly on campus, it does not expand dialogue, it narrows it.
Students who feel targeted are less likely to speak or engage, not because leadership has taken a stance,
but because the environment signals their safety and dignity are up for debate.
If the goal is to prevent a chilling effect, ignoring or downplaying explicit hate does not achieve that goal. It risks creating a campus climate where only some voices feel comfortable being heard. That silence reinforces who gets to be heard and who does not, and shapes who gets to speak and who does not.
It is also worth acknowledging that the U.S. stands largely alone in how it treats this kind of expression.
In countries like Germany and Austria, the Nazi salute is illegal. In other European countries, Nazi messaging and Holocaust denial is criminalized.
“In the United States, the First Amendment protects the freedoms of speech, press and association; such guarantees prohibit suppression of the Nazi message,” The World Holocaust Remembrance Center wrote. “As a result, neo-Nazi parties are completely legal…and their anti-Semitic and racist messages are protected by the Constitution. The only limitation on such speech, according to the Supreme Court, are calls for immediate violence.”
Other countries still maintain democratic systems and protections for free expression. The difference is a clearer legal line when
Break of Dawn
Cesar Chavez’s allegations teach us a lesson
On March 18, The New York Times broke a story detailing rape and sexual assault allegations in relation to a well-known labor and civil rights leader, Cesar Chavez. Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America with Chavez, also shared a statement on Medium detailing her own experience with sexual assault and coercion by Chavez, which resulted in pregnancies.
News like this is disheartening and vile any time of the year, but especially so during Women’s History Month. It has shown me once again why social, civil and revolutionary movements must be fundamentally intersectional.
In an ABC News interview, Huerta is asked if speaking up would have hurt the movement, and she answered, “Absolutely. Can you imagine? … Convincing the farmworkers themselves that they had the power to build their own organization was very, very hard.”
This story reminded me of ex-Black Panther Eldrige Cleaver, who went to prison for several different crimes, including serial rape of several white women in the late 1950s.
In his book, “Soul on Ice,” he claimed the rapes were “insurrectionary,” and justified them because he was “... defying and trampling upon the white man’s law.” He also admitted he’d “practiced” on Black girls in the ghetto before targeting “white prey.”
Though Cleaver later acknowledged that these rapes were wrong, damage had been done to those women. After that, he joined the Black Panther Party but was expelled. His marriage to fellow ex-Panther Kathleen Cleaver also became abusive.
In many ways, these two events are connected; male figures or members in these parties and groups leveraged their power or misconstrued their own politics to subject women to cruelty. It’s particularly interesting when it happens in social, civil and revolutionary movements where you’d expect there
to be a social and moral understanding against these behaviors.
The concept of intersectionality during the peak of many significant movements was unpracticed. An intersectional analysis means recognizing the multitude of ways oppression and privilege create a range of experiences.
Before third-wave feminism, it was hard for women of color to have a place to state their grievances and personal goals, without being made to feel like they were threatening movements. They felt this way with the predominantly white feminist movement as well.
Audre Lorde, a poet, essayist and activist who discussed intersectionality and injustice frequently wrote in “Age, Race, Class, Sex,” “I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.”
Many women like her found it hard to voice grievances against issues such as rape, abuse and misogyny within movements predicated solely on race and class. This dynamic also inadvertently made men the predominant faces of those movements and made the politics of those movements susceptible to misogyny and other forms of bigotry.
When we separate issues of race, gender or class into neat categories, it ends up silencing people whose experiences are at the center, especially women of color.
Had women’s issues been woven more effectively into the values and politics of these movements, many of these abusers would not have been at the helm of these movements or would have been condemned. Women who faced hardship or abuse in these movements could have spoken up sooner if they did not feel like their voices would cause harm to the movement.
The effects of flattening these experiences or divorcing the issues of race and gender are also why so many iconic women leaders associated with race and class
speech becomes inseparable from historical violence and targeted hate.
In the U.S., that line is far looser. The First Amendment protects even deeply offensive expression unless it directly incites imminent violence. That protection is fundamental. It also places responsibility on communities to respond when speech crosses into open bigotry.
OU is not just any public space. It is a community built on stated values: access, community-based learning and preparing students to serve and improve the world. Central to those commitments is respect across differences and empathy for others.
Gaines’ rhetoric stands in direct opposition to those principles.
This was not a case of a controversial speaker encouraging critical thought. Claims about Jewish control,
degrading women and dehumanizing entire groups do not invite discussion. They normalize division. Paired with a Nazi salute, the message is clear.
There is a difference between protecting speech and passively accepting behavior that undermines a university community. The First Amendment guarantees Gaines the right to speak. It does not obligate this campus or administration to remain silent.
OU should be a place where ideas are challenged, not where people are diminished. A campus that claims to value empathy and respect cannot treat moments like this as neutral.
The OU administration’s silence in the face of explicit hate is not neutrality. It is complicity.
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movements aren’t recognized for feminist work.
For example, most people only know Rosa Parks for giving up her seat in 1955, which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, but rarely acknowledge her work on the Recy Taylor case 11 years prior. Parks was the NAACP’s chief rape investigator and launched “Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. Recy Taylor” to advocate for Taylor, who was gang-raped by six white men. Despite not winning the case, this is still a footnote in history that should be told.
When we flatten the complex and multifaceted politics and work of women leaders, we also contribute to onedimensional advocacy and do not fully recognize how movements can serve a range of plights. When we bury names like Recy Taylor in the larger story of advocacy work, it diminishes the range of people who can see themselves as worth being advocated for.
Huerta advocated for so many and was the backbone of a movement that made strides in civil rights, yet she suffered alone, feeling as though her own issues could not also be advocated for.
Organizing for the issue of race should not make you susceptible to sexism, advocating for feminism shouldn’t make you susceptible to racism, and so on. The goal should always be to foster an environment where your activists, organizers and peers are safe and heard.
Some people may have a hard time reconciling how a man who made such great progress could also hurt others. Ultimately, there are a range of takeaways from these allegations, but mine is that we can move forward and build more inclusive, intersectional and safe movements built on a range of experiences, politics and morals.
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Natalie’s Notes | The SAVE America Act violates women’s rights,
NATALIE SADDLER SLOT EDITOR
In January 2025, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act was introduced to Congress and has since passed the House of Representatives. Now, President Donald Trump eagerly awaits the Senate’s approval, signing away over a century of women’s rights and voting rights, all while benefiting his administration. The alarm bells are sounding; this isn’t a democracy funded bill, and it will destroy U.S. foundations.
The SAVE Act, or H.R. 22, would require citizens to provide additional documentation and proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. While the potential intention was to prevent immigrants from voting, women are also in danger. Without a valid identification, women would have to resort to their birth certificates or valid passports.
The Brennan Center for Justice’s research shows more than 21 million Americans lack access to these important documents. The U.S. Department of Justice found 27,348,416 Americans owned valid passports, including 4,544,022 passport cards,
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The Transportation Security Administration has been experiencing staff shortages with over 50,000 TSA officers not receiving pay since the U.S. partial government shutdown, starting February 14. To add on, more than 480 transportation security officers have quit because of the shutdown. This shortage has resulted in historically long TSA wait times and the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
This seems like a way for ICE to get closer to transportation; to control who comes in and out. We’ve seen wrongful detainments, and ICE’s presence at airports has already raised concerns of racial profiling. In a viral video online, a woman is shown being detained.
ICE can cause a disruption that is much greater than
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This past week, the NBA’s rule requiring players to participate in a minimum of 65 out of 82 games in order to be eligible for awards has once again come under fire. I have been in favor of adjusting or abolishing this requirement for a while now, but NBA superstar Cade Cunningham’s recent freak injury urged me to speak on the corruption of this rule.
For background, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association agreed to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement before the 2023-24 season, which extends through the 2029-30 season.
The CBA lays out conditions for how NBA teams, players and executives must operate to avoid punishment. Each CBA update is mainly focused on updating financial restrictions, explaining how teams must operate to stay within the salary cap and outlining penalties for going over that cap.
The NBPA is composed of nine “labor union” members, current NBA players who lead negotiations with NBA commissioner Adam Silver. Player representation is valuable, but nine can’t represent the collective
in 2025. With 342 million citizens in the U.S., that leaves a significant amount without a passport. Women without this form of identification must reach for their birth certificate, and many, around 69 million women, list a different last name, invalidating their citizenship in the eyes of Republicans.
The SAVE Act also aims to eliminate voter fraud with these barriers to identification, but it will not help. That was one of the main campaign topics for Trump during his 2024 presidential run. Many Americans resorted to mail-in voting due to convenience and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Registering for mail-in voting is the same as registration for in-person: a real ID with a valid photo.
Nevertheless, Trump found a way to create a delusion about how mail-in voting is the reason he lost in 2020. In 2024, PBS fact-checked some of the president’s claims. One of Trump’s main issues with mail-in voting is that he believes it allows non-citizens to vote. However, if you simply read any laws or the U.S. Constitution, this is illegal. In fact, PBS found in the same article that 600 noncitizens were registered to vote in Ohio in August 2024, and 138
of them voted without U.S. citizenship.
There are 8 million registered voters in Ohio. 138 is a drop in the bucket. The math is right in front of us, but Republicans need more evidence.
In fact, the Heritage Foundation, a prominent right-wing think tank, studies voter fraud every year. It found 13 people who committed voter fraud in 2025, and they all were criminally convicted. In 2024, during the presidential election, it found 43 people who committed voter fraud and were criminally charged. These numbers mean a lot to the Trump administration, but in reality, they affect little.
DeLysa Burnier, a political science professor at Ohio University, explained her perspective on the issue. She said this isn’t about voter fraud, but rather, is about making voting harder.
“Ultimately, the whole thing is asking for new voters and for people who change their addresses to produce a fairly high bar of identification,” Burnier said.
Burnier also explained her concerns about the SAVE Act.
“My other concern with this act is it federalizes elections and election rules and
the long lines and missed flights. Deploying them into an already crowded and stressful situation will create fear among those traveling.
TikToks show lines wrapping around airports, along with videos of travelers sharing their fears.
“It’s scary, I’m scared,” a citizen said in a video published by BBC News on TikTok.
Last year, the National Immigration Law Center published a guide on immigration arrests at airports on its website for immigrants to know safety tips while traveling through U.S. airports.
In December, ICE used airport data to find those with deportation orders; however, this doesn’t come as a shock to anyone who knows the reputation ICE has.
The government shutdown and subsequent travel frenzy are rooted in a debate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Trump
said March 21 that he would order ICE to go to airports if Democrats did not agree on the bill to fund the DHS.
The TSA chief administrator, Ha Nguyen McNeill, warned that if the shutdown continues, airports will shut down. McNeill stressed the importance of acknowledging the financial strain on TSA workers, and noted during the hearing that around 95% of TSA employees are deemed essential and must continue to work without pay.
“Some are sleeping in their cars, selling their blood and plasma, and taking on second jobs to make ends meet, all while being expected to perform at the highest level when in uniform to protect the traveling public,” McNeill said. Airports are stressful enough; now that lines are longer, it will be harder for people to keep their cool. McNeill said TSA workers have experienced 500% more assaults since the shutdown began.
requirements have typically been handled at the state level,” Burnier said. “The one big exception was the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and this is an attempt to federalize elections and set rules uniformly set by the federal government, not in a bipartisan, cooperative way.”
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer recently published a guest essay in The New York Times regarding the SAVE Act. His perspective from the Senate is vital to this issue. He explains the obstacles Americans would face if this bill were passed.
“Mail-in registration? Gone. Registering at churches and college campuses? Illegal. Registering when you get your driver’s license or sign up for Social Security? No more,” Schumer wrote. “Under the SAVE Act, the only path to register to vote would be in person at a state or local election office.”
Since most Americans reside in rural communities and are low income, Schumer explained how these citizens will be most affected.
“They would fall on Americans who cannot spend hours navigating bureaucratic obstacles, on older people who depend on voting by mail, on those without passports,
This is frightening enough, but ICE in the picture adds another fear for those traveling and TSA workers. Many worry about ICE officers’ qualifications to perform like TSA. While ICE is only there for crowd control, not for the X-ray machines, this could still go bad, quick.
“ICE is not trained to do the same work as TSA. TSA workers are not law enforcement officers, and they do not carry firearms,” wrote Cathy Creighton, director of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-lab. Creighton reveals what everyone is afraid of: violence emerging in airports. According to Creighton, the work the administration wants done causes ICE officers to be “aggressive in public situations.” This isn’t the type of environment travelers want to encounter, as this behavior might not work in “crowded and confined airports.”
on rural communities far from election offices,” Schumer wrote. “In other words: millions of everyday Americans.”
The minority leader ended his article by writing that Democrats are continuing to fight this bill because restricting the right to vote isn’t in the foundation of American democracy.
Freely voting is one of the many rights Americans praise. Without it, our democracy wouldn’t be a democracy. Adding barriers and levels to a basic right is not just or fair; it’s control.
Contacting your senators is the best course of action. Head to the U.S. Senate website for information about Ohio Senators Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted. The SAVE Act is still in the Senate, and taking action means this issue is worth debating. This isn’t a red vs. blue issue either; this is the continuation of dystopian reality.
Natalie Saddler is a sophomore studying journalism at Ohio University. Please note the opinions expressed in this column do not represent those of The Post. Want to talk to Natalie about their column? Email them at ns505423@ohio.edu.
“It would seem that a softer, deescalating of tensions approach would work best, but ICE agents are not acting as though they are trained for deescalation,” Creighton wrote. “Employee training is critical for proper performance of a job, and putting ICE officers to do TSA work could lead to poor results.”
It’s possible ICE may use this deployment as a chance to detain traveling individuals. It’s not long before crowd control turns into tearing people away from their loved ones. If deployed to “ease” line delays, it’s easy to imagine ICE seizing the opportunity to take people out of line.
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beliefs of 450 players. That has become more and more evident each year since the rule’s addition.
Since its installation in the 2023-24 season, this requirement has left deserving candidates out of the voting for prestigious awards and has led to superstars being left off of the All-NBA or All-Defensive teams.
The three All-NBA teams and two All-Defensive teams are meant to recognize each season’s 15 best players and 10 best defenders, respectively.
However, a rule with no exceptions, requiring players to play 65 of 82 possible games to qualify for these teams alongside prolific awards like MVP and Defensive Player of the Year, dilutes the value behind who is selected for these teams.
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On March 17, Cade Cunningham exited the Detroit Pistons’ game against the Washington Wizards following a scary fall. It was later reported Cunningham had suffered a collapsed lung. He has played in 61 of 74 games this season, with six of only 13 missed games coming after he suffered this freak injury. Cunninhgham’s case perfectly demonstrates why the rule needs to be abolished or at least needs stipulations added. Cunningham is a consensus
All-NBA First Team candidate and top five in MVP voting, according to a 2025-26 NBA MVP Award Tracker. But most likely won’t have the opportunity to even be on the ballots for either. His monstrous averages of 24.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 9.9 assists per game have propelled the Pistons to sit at first in the Eastern Conference and third in the entire NBA.
Cunningham is scheduled to be re-evaluated later this week, and by the time of reevaluation, there will be only six games remaining on the Pistons’ schedule. Cunningham needs to play in four more games to meet the requirement, and that seems asinine to ask him to rush back from something like this while his team already has its playoff spot locked up.
The initial idea behind this rule sounds valid on the surface: to keep players from load managing, which means to intentionally sit out games with no serious injury or valid reason to miss time.
However, it has become a restriction that faults players for unavoidable injuries, ones like Cunningham’s that could be life-threatening if recovery is rushed simply in order to meet a threshold that was created to restrict players from sitting out games in
immoral, unnecessary senses.
Despite the passion of players like Cunningham to be on the court 24/7, nobody should be made to feel like they should rush back from potentially career-ending injuries, and this requirement is entering that territory.
Both the NBPA and NBA commissioner Silver deserve scrutiny for how this agreement is panning out, but their current reactions to the fire their agreement is taking have differed greatly.
The NBPA is hilariously going back on their word, using Cunningham’s recent string of bad luck to say that the rule is at minimum, “amended,” according to ESPN. On the other end of the spectrum, Silver has come out and said that he thinks the 65-game requirement “is working,” according to The Athletic.
For Silver to say that, as if there have been no mishaps, is absolutely asinine, and somebody from the NBPA needs to step up to make a change if the commissioner won’t initiate one himself.
I am sure Cade Cunningham, like several other players since this rule was introduced, has some voice in the back of his mind telling him to rush recovering fully from this scare to earn awards that
would etch his tremendous season in the history books. A 24-year-old in the peak of his career, though, should not even have to consider rushing this type of recovery, and the NBA needs to, at the very least, alter the 65-game requirement, if not nix it completely.
The backlash to this requirement is absolutely justified on all fronts and goes even deeper than just excluding players deserving of awards from being on the voting ballot. Health concerns are beginning to rise as players feel the need to conceal injuries or rush recovery. This rule needs to change to prevent players from potential injury.
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Ohio wins tight match against Central Michigan
BRANDON
GROSS SPORTS STAFF WRITER
Ohio Softball (22-12, 5-4 Mid-American Conference) defeated Central Michigan with a score of 12-7. Ohio took the series with this win, as both teams had won a single game previously. What powered the Bobcats’ win was their electric first inning, in which 6 runs were scored.
The top of the first went as well as it could for the Bobcats. After graduate student pitcher Skipp Miller walked the first batter for Central Michigan, not much was allowed to happen after. The next two batters both hit towards right field, where Ohio’s fielders quickly got them out.
The final out was a pop-up that was caught, which was much needed as the previously walked Central Michigan player was sitting on third.
“Anytime you can get into the bottom of the first with a zero on the board for the visiting team, it’s good, it’s good to set the tone defensively,” Ohio head coach Jenna Hall said. “We just made some really good plays up the middle today, too.”
Ohio batters started strong during the bottom of the first, with senior outfielder Belle Hummel hitting a ball perfectly to midfield to grab a spot at first base. Hummel also was able to steal a base right after, as Central Michigan’s catcher couldn’t wrangle in a wild pitch from Brooklyn Compau.
Ohio got another big hit from senior infielder Brenna Farmer, who loaded up the bases. A pop fly from junior outfielder Izzie Wilson also allowed a noble sacrifice. Wilson got out, but a home run and another hit from sophomore catcher Jordan Wycuff sent Farmer and Colleen Bare home, giving the Bobcats a commanding 3-0 lead.
“We were going pitch by pitch,” Bare said. “Definitely going in with the aggressive mindset, we wanted to dominate in the boxes as a whole.”
That big hit was quickly followed up with a bomb from sophomore infielder Sydney Young, sending her and Wycuff home up the lead to 5-0 now. Central Michigan was getting into a hole quickly. That home run was quickly followed up with another, this time from graduate student infielder Rylee McDaniel. Central Michigan finally got a break with an out and started the top of the second at bat.
The top of the second started to look like a disaster for the Chippewas, with Miller instantly striking out two batters, but a home run from Alexa Carter ignited some hope in a team now down by five. The flame was instantly fanned out, though, as a pop fly gave Ohio the third out it needed to go to bat.
Ohio continued to put on a show, as Bare hit a home run to send Hummel home, also upping the score to 8-1.
Ohio’s sloppy fielding started to show in the top of the third with a few bases getting stolen by the Chippewas and some errors happening. This allowed Central Michigan to get the bases loaded with only one out, putting the Bobcats in a perilous position. A hit allowed London Williams to walk right into home plate and keep the bases loaded, and another run shortly came after for the Chippewas.
Both of these runs from the Chippewas caused a pitching change for the Bobcats, as Miller went into the dugout and senior pitcher Keegan Moore stepped into the game. The pitching still didn’t fare better, as another walk happened, leading to a run for Central Michigan as the bases were loaded.
Ohio finally got the two outs it needed and went up to bat. The bottom of the third didn’t last long, as Ohio’s batters all got out quickly. After a dominant batting showcase in the first inning, the Chippewas seemed to have adapted, and the pitching was lights out.
Ohio quickly shut down the Chippewas with some quick outs, and not a single hit by Central Michigan.
After the first batter struck out, Farmer would step up to the plate and launch a home run down the middle of the field, with runs for Bare and Farmer. Senior infielder Shelby Westler would quickly get out after Wilson hit a ball that was caught by Central Michigan’s catcher to end the fourth inning.
“I actually got a hit and run from coach Hall that I missed,” Farmer said. “I saw her upset that I missed the call, so then I stepped out and saw the call and got back and hit it.”
The top of the fifth was another clean inning for Ohio, as two strikeouts from Moore allowed another no-hitter. After a struggle in the top of the third, the Bobcats were back in action, seemingly having another spark of energy. That energy didn’t last long for the batters, though, as Central Michigan stood strong and didn’t allow any points.
Central Michigan once again started to creep back up on the Bobcats with a run from Ashley Bila, but Westler sent shots right back, hitting another home run for Ohio to also bring freshman outfielder Sena Smith home with her. This put Central Michigan in a position to score 7 runs in the top of the seventh inning to continue the game, something that it wasn’t equipped to do. The Chippewas only managed 2 more runs, and the game was over, with Ohio securing the victory.
Preston Bowman looks to continue Pickerington North’s success at Ohio
CHARLIE FADEL SPORTS EDITOR
About 25 minutes southeast of Columbus lies Pickerington, Ohio. It’s a small town that has made its impact on football at all levels.
The town boasts two high schools that are elite at football, with Pickerington North and Pickerington Central driving the town and creating seven NFL draftees apiece.
Players from both schools routinely find themselves on college football rosters all over the country, but the program at Ohio University might just have the most.
There are seven combined players from either North or Central on the current Ohio football roster, and the newly added wide receiver Preston Bowman could be the most impactful player out of the group for Ohio this season. Bowman transferred to Ohio from Kentucky this offseason, but he has his roots in central Ohio and Pickerington.
Bowman, who is originally from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was born to a father who played football for Miami University, joined Pickerington Central to get a better opportunity and that opportunity came with the Panthers.
“Coming from Reynoldsburg, it was a lot different just football-wise, academic-wise,” Bowman said. “I just wanted to get into a better environment, and Coach (Nate) Hillerich and all the staff did a good job bringing people in. I got brought in really well, (and) I got developed a lot.”
Bowman started to see the field as a sophomore, an impressive feat at a school like Pickerington North. From there, he kept growing and developing, eventually breaking out in his senior year as he hauled in 59 receptions for 1248 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns.
Following that electric year, he committed to the University of Kentucky, the same school that gave him his first offer. He chose the Wildcats over schools like Ohio State, Michigan and Louisville.
Ohio was in the mix early, as Bowman received his sixth scholarship offer from the Bobcats, but chose Kentucky because the old staff at Ohio wasn’t too involved with him.
“It wasn’t like what people thought it was,” Bowman said. “I didn’t really talk to (the Ohio coaches) that much, but being able to go through the recruiting process again, and like seeing how Ohio was inside the building and not just outside. That really gave me a true understanding of what Ohio was.”
Bowman ended up redshirting during his first year of college football in Lexington with the Wildcats. The year in general for
Kentucky was a tough one, as the team went 5-7 overall with just a 2-6 record in the Southeastern Conference.
That disappointing year led to long-time Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops’ firing at the end of the season, a move that forced a decision for Bowman.
“We were getting ready to go into the next season,” Bowman said. “Then (Mark) Stoops got fired that next day, and it was like a roam around for a coach, and when they got the coach, I just felt like it was in my best interest to move on and see what other schools were available.”
Ohio was right on the tail of Bowman, and the coaching staff reached out to the young playmaker as soon as he entered the transfer portal.
“They reached out to me the first day the portal opened up, and I knew I wanted to take a visit here just to see how it was,” Bowman said. “Coach (Kyle) Obly, he’s ahead of his time, he knows the game so well. And as I said, I couldn’t pass that up.”
To go along with the coaching staff, Bowman had an opportunity to join four other Pickerington North Panthers at Ohio, with redshirt freshman running back Michael Taylor, redshirt freshman cornerback Tyson Long and the Miller brothers, redshirt sophomore tight end
AJ Miller and freshman safety Ryan Miller.
Bowman has an especially good relationship with Taylor, who served as the ground game playmaker to complement Bowman’s skills through the air.
“Mike was my first friend going to Pickerington,” Bowman said. “I grew up with him. AJ lives a couple of houses down the road, and I grew up going against (Tyson) every day in practice.
The group of Panthers turned Bobcats did some recruiting and sold Bowman on his visit here, leading to his commitment this offseason.
Since arriving in Athens, the coaching staff has gotten a different kind of grit out of Bowman.
“They’re gonna bring out the dog, the grit and perseverance,” Bowman said. “That’s what I tapped into when I got here.”
Ohio fans will be looking for Bowman to show that grit this upcoming year on Saturdays in Peden Stadium, as he and his fellow Pickerington North alumni will be looking to make an impact in the green and white.
“I know those boys; we know each other really well,” Bowman said. “As I said, it’s hard to pass that up, to go compete again with them again and be along their side.”
Preston Bowman, newly added wide receiver for Ohio University football, poses for a photo at Peden Stadium, in Athens. (CHARLIE FADEL | SPORTS EDITOR)
‘Ready
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or Not 2’ sends double-or-nothing, deadlier game to box offices
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The sequel to directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s “Ready or Not” was released to theaters March 20.
The sequel, “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,” starts directly where the first installment leaves us, final girl Grace MacCaullay (Samara Weaving) being rushed to the hospital.
It is there that audiences learn she has a younger sister, Faith MacCaullay (Kathryn Newton), whom she had not seen for seven years. Grace MacCaullay survived and won the game in the first movie. It is in this one we learn she must compete with higher stakes, aka “Double or Nothing.” If she wins, she controls the world. If she loses, she dies, and one of the families trying to kill her gets control.
Building directly on the plot and execution of the first movie, we are introduced to a literal “Double of Nothing” round of hide and seek. Of course, with the addition of revenge plots, gore, bloody explosions, psychopaths, comedic timing and satanic cults, “Ready or Not 2: Here I
Come” offers an entertaining experience for viewers.
Returning as the lead, Samara Weaving executes a masterful performance of capturing what it feels like to be an angry, traumatized captive in a sick game of torture. Taking a character that went from an innocent bride to a revenge-driven fighter takes great skill. There is no doubt in the viewer’s mind that Grace MacCaullay is a force to be reckoned with.
Kathryn Newton perfectly matches this dynamic as the younger, jaded and slightly self-centered but good-natured sister. It may take some time to warm up to her, but she proves to be an ally and a fierce defender with the same ingenuity as her sister.
Kidnapped with her sister from the hospital, Faith MacCaullay must also survive until dawn.
Viewers then meet the “Four Families,” including the Danforths, Rajans, Wans and the El Caídos. Leading the charge, in hopes of keeping their title as heads of the table, are the Danforths twins Ursula (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Titus
(Shawn Hatosy). They take the place of their father, Chester (David Cronenberg), with their cousin Kip (Dan Beirne), staying in the reserves as his cousins lead the charge.
Olivia Cheng plays Chen Xing, head of the billion-dollar tech giants, the Wan family.
Along with son Cheng Fu (Antony Hall), she is called to compete amongst the four families. The Rajan brothers, Madhu (Varun Saranga) and Viraj (Nadeem Umar-Khitab), also answer the call. Less enthused by the idea is Madhu’s wife, Martina (Masa Lizdek), whose minor role adds an interesting dynamic to the family.
All the families compete for the head seat for their own personal stakes, but the El Caído family’s reasoning for wanting to kill Grace MacCaullay is more personal.
The El Caído family includes father Ignacio (Nestor Carbonell), son Felipe (Juan Pablo Romero) and daughter Francesca (Maia Jae).
Jae’s character has a personal vendetta against the MacCaullay sisters after being dumped by Daniel Le
Domas (Adam Brody) when he got with Weaving’s character.
Elijah Wood’s character, known as The Lawyer, oversees the devil’s book. The Lawyer is by far the most welldeveloped of the side characters due to the sheer understanding Wood has of the character.
Wood portrays a character who feels mysteriously evil, yet lawabiding to convey that The Lawyer is more ancient than acknowledged.
The sequel would be more entertaining if it took a larger step into the horror genre. The gothic aesthetic of the final scenes should have been perpetuated throughout the entire film. The stakes felt utterly dire at the end of the movie, and that should have been the case the entire film.
Overall, the film was entertaining. However, if you are looking for a masterpiece, you should adjust your expectations. This is a popcorn movie meant to give viewers a fun, immersive story. While it could have hit a bit harder in certain areas, it does get that mission across.
RATING: 3.5/5
Sold-out shows, returning artists fill 2026’s summer music scene
RUBY JOHNSON FOR THE POST
2026 is already proving to be a year packed with music, especially with this summer’s tour and festival lineups. While some artists are making returns after hiatuses, others are welcoming new up-and-coming artists as openers. Fans of any genre will find a place this summer.
After the release of “eternal sunshine” back in 2024, singer and actor Ariana Grande is going on tour for the album this summer. Starting in Oakland, California, on June 6, the tour concludes in London on Sep. 1. There’s potential for other dates to be announced, but Grande is making other stops, including Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta and Montreal along the way.
Tickets are now mostly up for resale, with some prices venturing into the thousands.
There are no official opening acts announced for Grande’s tour, though fans have speculated Madison Beer and Pinkpanthress will make appearances. Other fans believe that there’s no mistake in the lack of openers on this tour.
“She doesn’t want a big flashy scene,” one Reddit user said. “Just to perform with her fans.”
This is Grande’s first solo tour after being a part of the “Wicked” cast as Galinda, starring alongside Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.
Noah Kahan is touring once again after his anticipated album “The Great Divide” comes out April 24. As of now, two songs from the album are already released: “The Great Divide” and “Porch Light.”
Both songs have official lyric videos, and “The Great Divide” has its own music video.
Kahan teased “The Great Divide” during his Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) tour, and fans quickly latched on. On Jan. 30, he released it as his first single from the album, after much anticipation.
After a general sale on Feb. 12, Kahan’s tour is currently completely sold out, except for tickets available for the Out of the Blue Festival in Mexico, 2027, and the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. However, fans can join the waitlist for any of the shows, although tickets are not guaranteed.
Kahan is touring with Gigi Perez and Annabelle Dinda as openers. The tour begins June 11 in Orlando. After a nearly three-month run, Kahan ends in Seattle.
Although Bruno Mars has released singles over the past few years, including “Die With A Smile” with Lady Gaga, “The Romantic” is his first solo project in a while.
The Romantic Tour begins April 10 in Las Vegas with Leon Thomas and Anderson.Paak as DJ Pee Wee performing as well. The other announced openers are Raye and Victoria Monet.
Mars is touring all over the continent, including shows in Mexico City, Chicago and Toronto. The tour does not end until October, with a last stop in Vancouver. Mars announced more stops since the initial announcement, so changes are up in the air about the tour’s schedule.
Harry Styles’ new album, “Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally,” gained traction, and it’s no surprise he is touring beginning in May.
Styles is performing around the world, and has other performers with him, including Robyn, Shania Twain and Jamie
XX. The tour ends in Sydney, Australia, with guest Skye Newman. For his Oct. 30 and 31 shows in New York, Styles seems to be bringing back “Harryween” shows where fans are expected to show up in costumes to uphold the tradition and holiday spirit.
Album tours aren’t the only thing filling this year. The Governor’s Ball, a New York music festival, announced an exciting lineup. The festival runs from June 5-7 with artists including Lorde, Katseye, Kali Uchis, A$AP Rocky and Pierce The Veil. All ages are permissible for entry to the event.
Bonnaroo is a four-day music event spanning from June 11-14 in Tennessee. This year includes sets from The Strokes, BBNO$, Role Model, Noah Kahan and “Weird Al”’ Yankovic. Bonnaroo’s website also includes information for staying comfortable during the festival from “Experienced Bonnaroovians,” which could apply to any concert or festival you attend this year.
Baseball: Road woes continue as Ball State sweeps Ohio
Ohio continued its seven-game road trip, taking on the Ball State Cardinals in a weekend series, which resulted in a three-game sweep in favor of the Cardinals.
The first game Friday was an allaround rout with the Cardinals winning
10-0 and throwing the team’s second no-hitter since 2019. The Cardinals were led by sophomore Brendan Garza, who finished his outing with seven punchouts, two walks, and two hit by pitches.
The Cardinals put up 10 runs on 17 hits, with their top of the order
dominant, combining for 7 runs and seven hits.
After going back to the drawing board for game two, both teams were going run for run in a competitive 14-7 win for the Cardinals. The Bobcats came out strong as grad student Colton Shirley drew a lead-off walk, before senior Cam Hill drove him home on a double off the center field wall to give the Bobcats an early lead.
Ball State responded in the bottom of the first, drawing back-to-back oneout walks before a single to left tied the game at one apiece. The Bobcats threw a punch back of their own after a twoout walk to freshman Sean Fox, junior Tyler Stack crushed a 2-run home run over the left field wall to give Ohio a 3-1 lead.
That lead wouldn’t last long as the Cardinals knotted the score back to 3-3 with a leadoff walk, passed ball, two singles and a throwing error from Stack as the teams continued to battle for momentum. Ball State continued to pour it on, scoring 5 unanswered runs over the next three innings.
In the third inning, defensive miscues led to a one-out rally for the Cardinals after giving up back-to-back singles to open the inning, a throwing error by fifth-year Will Henson plated a run, followed by an RBI single to grant Ball State a 5-3 lead.
In the fourth inning, the Bobcats went to the pen, calling on sophomore lefty Hunter Winston to limit the damage. After a single and a hit by pitch to start the inning, Winston generated a fielder’s choice to third before a single dribbled through to left center to tack on another run.
Ball State added two more to its lead in the fifth after a one-out bunt single. Brayden Huebner hit a 2-run 400-foot moonshot to left field to give him his fourth home run of the season before ending the fifth with an 8-3 lead.
Ohio did not go down without a fight, as in the sixth, Grant Wilson singled to left before Cameron Boyd brought him home on a double down the left field line. Following a strikeout, Fox scored Boyd with another double to left to end
the sixth down 8-5.
Hill opened the seventh with a 412foot solo shot to center field. Senior
Dylan Shepherd followed with a long triple to right field before Henson added his second RBI of the game on a sac fly, cutting the deficit to 8-7. However, the comeback was not enough as Ball State exploded for 6 runs on six hits and three runs. After an opening strikeout, the Cardinals got a one-out single followed by a steal that drove the first run home on a throwing error from Henson.
They would continue the rally with an RBI double, a two-RBI double, and a shallow hit single. The game ended in a 14-7 victory for the Cardinals.
In the final game of the series, the Cardinals continued where they left off, jumping out to a 4-0 lead early in the second, scoring 2 runs on two wild pitches with one out and bases juiced and two RBI triples.
The Bobcats cut the deficit to one in the third, with runners on first and third, Shepherd drove him one on a double to right. Followed with a sac fly to right center, and finishing with a shallow RBI single from junior Taylor Harris.
The Cardinals kept the lead, scoring nine unanswered runs between the third and fifth innings, extending their lead to 13-3 headed into the top of the seventh. The Bobcats didn’t go down without a fight, scoring 4 runs.
After a leadoff single from senior Reese Harmon, senior Cale Steinbaugh crushed a 2-run shot to left field to generate a rally. Ohio added two more, loading the bases with two outs with a hit by pitch and a walk to cut the deficit to 7-13.
The Cardinals ended the game, tacking on 4 more runs in the seventh with a 3-run home run to end the game. The Cardinals finished the series outscoring Ohio 41-14 and outhitting Ohio 51-20.
The Bobcats look to get back on track on Tuesday when they round out their road trip with a matchup against Marshall in Huntington.
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Sublime revives with ‘tribute’ album
EMMA SNYDER-LOVERA
HUMAN INTEREST ASSISTANT EDITOR
California ska-punk band
Sublime announced its first new album in 30 years on March 25, called “Until The Sun Explodes.” The album is set to release on June 12 via Atlantic Records, and the announcement came with an accompanying single, named after the album, and a music video.
The band’s last full album, the self-titled “Sublime,” was released in 1996 and was the last album recorded by late frontman Bradley Nowell, who died of a heroin overdose two months before it came out. Sublime’s new frontman, Bradley Nowell’s son Jakob Nowell, does not want to erase the legacy his father left behind with the self-titled album.
“The last Sublime record that will ever be made is SelfTitled,” Jakob Nowell said in a statement on Instagram. “There’s no replacing history, period. ‘Until the Sun Explodes’, the album, is an epilogue, and ‘Until the Sun Explodes’, the single, is the epilogue to the epilogue. It is a tribute to the expansive works of Sublime, it is an acknowledgment for all that my father has done for me my entire life, and most importantly, it is a thank you.
I love you dad, and I owe you my life.”
These announcements and drops come two years after Sublime’s return to the stage in 2024, first at a benefit concert and then making its larger return at Coachella that same year. The new lineup includes Jakob Nowell and original members, bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh. The band stayed true to its 90s origins with these new releases.
The single “Until The Sun Explodes” is a groovy, retro Sublime track, and Jakob Nowell’s vocals keep the memory of Bradley Nowell alive.
“It’s crazy how much he sounds like his Pop,” YouTube user moongrime said under the music video.
With lyrics like, “And I only hope that you know I owe you my life” and “Should have been for you, you instead of me,” Sublime is truly paying tribute to Bradley Nowell and the Sublime of the past.
The music video itself, which amassed over 125,000 views as of March 27, has a quintessential ‘90s feel. It strays from the trippier aspects of some of Sublime’s older music videos, like the video for “Doin’ Time,” but keeps a smaller aspect ratio, vintage Southern California
vibes and creative film-like edits.
The video was shot on four formats using a Canon EOS R5, an 8mm Canon 1014 XLS, a 16mm Krasnagorsk-3 and a Canon XL2 MiniDV camcorder to achieve the vintage look. It was shot in the band’s home base in Long Beach, California, and features professional skateboarders Omar Hassan and Christian Hosoi.
The tracklist for the album includes “Until The Sun Explodes” and 2025 track “Ensendada,” which won Alternative Song of the Year at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 26 and was the band’s first Billboard Alternative Airplay number one since 1996’s “What I Got.” Unreleased tracks on the album include “Wizard,” “Can’t Miss you,” “Backwards,” “Maybe Partying Will Help…Pt.1,” “Favorite Song,” “Personal Hell,” “F.T.R.,” “Evil Men,” “Trey’s Song,” “Casino Toarmina,” “The Problem With That Is It Makes Me Stoked…,” “Gangstalker,” “Figueroa,” “Froggy,” “Come Correct,” “What For,” “247-369,” “Maybe Partying Will Help… Pt. 2,” “No Breakfast” and “Thanx Again.”
Sublime has shows coming up through November in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. Fans of Sublime are hyped for its studio return,
Bad Bunny set to star in ‘Porto Rico’ movie
LEANNE ABEL FOR THE POST
Grammy winner and Super Bowl performer Benito Martínez Ocasio, known professionally as Bad Bunny, is set to star in a movie about Puerto Rico. “Porto Rico” is a love letter to his home and will be directed by rapper René “Residente” Pérez Joglar.
This project has been in the works since 2023 and follows José Maldonado Román, a revolutionary from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Maldonado Román was known for fighting against Spanish colonizers on the island and starting uprisings. The revolutionary was known as Águila Blanca, or White Eagle.
Román was born in Juana Díaz in 1874 when Puerto Rico was a colony of Spain. Puerto Ricans faced many social inequalities and Román was arrested for criminal revolutionary acts throughout his life, including robbery and assault. In 1897, he joined a Puerto Rican revolutionary and raised the Puerto Rican flag for the first time on the island and marched into a town called Yauco.
Román was sent into exile and moved to New York City, where he continued to fight for his home. When he moved back to Puerto Rico, he harassed Spanish police and wealthy plantation owners. He was known as a bandit to some and a hero to many others.
While unrest has continued, Puerto Rico became part of the U.S. in 1898, and Puerto Ricans became U.S. citizens in 1917. The White Eagle, while sentenced to 10 years in prison, was able to get out and live his life in peace.
The title of the film is also a historical reference, dating back to the spelling used in the Spanish colonial period and early U.S. administration.
The making of this movie represents an important milestone. Productions about Caribbean culture and history have been overlooked and untouched, despite producing powerful filmmakers and creative artists. This movie, with the inclusion of Bad Bunny, will likely promote others to do the same and embrace creating art about the history.
“This film is a reaffirmation of who we are – told with the intensity and honesty that our
history deserves,” Residente told Deadline.
In addition to Bad Bunny, the cast includes Viggo Mortensen, Edward Norton and Javier Bardem. This film will be executive-produced by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
Mortensen is an American actor known best for his role in the “Lord of the Rings” movie series as Aragorn. Norton is an actor, producer and writer.
He narrated “Fight Club” and played Miles Bron in the Knives Out series’ “Glass Onion.”
Spanish native Bardem has been seen in “Skyfall” as Raoul Silva and “No Country for Old Men” as Anton Chigurh.
“Thank you to Benito, for taking the plunge and signing on for his first starring role with me because, as I told him, ‘I’m not looking for an actor, I’m looking for someone who hurts for Puerto Rico as much as I do and that would be as proud as I am when they sing our true hymn,’” Residente wrote on his Instagram.
Bad Bunny is known for more than his music. He is also recognized for his philanthropy, volunteer work and celebrating Puerto Rican culture. The artist tries to bring his home to the forefront of everything he does in an effort to bring attention to it. The culture and beauty of Puerto Rico are in the media now more than ever, as well as in music.
“Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ICE out,” the artist said in his acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards. “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens and we are Americans.”
With his refusal to tour the continental U.S. due to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, the artist is drawing attention to discussions that are often ignored. Bad Bunny has an expansive American fanbase, so his decision to exclude the continental U.S. from his tour highlights the need for societal change for those fans. This is something he can continue to do through “Porto Rico” and the success that may come with it.
Norton also commented on the movie’s plot.
“This film sits in a tradition of films we deeply love, from ‘The Godfather’ to ‘Gangs of
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime show has shown great promise for the success of this future movie. His performance drew 128.2 million viewers and prominently featured Puerto Rican culture. The media attention to the territory will likely be helpful in promoting and getting people to watch the movie.
With his platform, the artist has made great strides to show cultural importance and representation in the media.
and some are so ready that they are pre-saving the album on streaming platforms, and pre-ordering CDs and disc vinyls for $14.98 and $34.98, respectively, on the Sublime official store.
“Preordered mine today!!” user deep_sea_casey said on the Instagram announcement. “So stoked for this album and will be the album of the summer for sure.”
Future success with “Until The Sun Explodes” may be in the cards for Sublime as people experience a ‘90s revival. As ‘90s fashion took platforms like TikTok by storm in 2025, Sublime’s
“Wrong Way” went viral as well, and “Santeria” reached one billion streams on Spotify. If a throwback to the 90s is what people want, Sublime is ready to give it to them.
“Dude… this just hits me like I was a kid again.. listening to sublime for the first time with my pops.. and now it’s like I’m listening to them for the first time all over again!” user chandlerjhardy92 said under an Instagram post promoting the music video. “I can not wait for the new album!!!”
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TUESDAY, MAR. 31
Following its January theatrical release, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is releasing on Netflix. The film is the sequel to the 2025 “28 Years Later,” and features Cillian Murphy and Erin Kellyman.
“Scream 7” is available on digital platforms for rent and purchase following its Feb. 27 theatrical release. It is expected to hit streaming services in April.
The Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St., is hosting the final installment of its Enter the Kingdom series with a screening of “The Mist” at 7 p.m. The series featured Stephen King adaptations. Admission: $8
WEDNESDAY, APR. 1
New York,’ that both thrill us with visceral drama and iconic characters and eras while also forcing us to face up to the shadow story under the American narrative of idealism,” Norton said, according to BBC. The movie remains in preproduction, and no release date has been announced yet.
The team behind “Porto Rico” has taken several steps to bring in the right people to make the movie historically-accurate. Bringing attention to history that has been in the dark for so long is vital to educating the widespread public and working toward a better future.
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” directed by Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath, releases in theaters. Charlie Day and Chris Pratt return to voice Luigi and Mario in the sequel to the 2023 “Super Mario Bros. Movie.”
The first single from Weezer’s 20th studio album, “Shine Again,” is releasing nationally for streaming.
THURSDAY, APR. 2
“XO, Kitty” returns to Netflix for its third season. Following Kitty Covey’s senior year at the Korean Independent School of Seoul, the key cast returns for the new episodes.
“The Real Housewives of Rhode Island” premieres on Bravo at 9 p.m. Following the initial episode release, future episodes will be released Sundays.
FRIDAY, APR. 3
A24’s “The Drama,” directed by Kristoffer Borgli, releases in theaters. Starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, this is one of the most highly anticipated films of the year. Country artist Charley Crockett’s 20-track album “Age of the Ram” releases and concludes the “Sagebrush Trilogy.” This collection of albums follows Americana themes of storytelling.
SATURDAY, APR. 4
Ohio University School of Theater presents “Wicked Bitter Beast(s),” a play by Kira Rockwell, directed by Ohio MFA candidate Sarah Curtis, at 2 p.m. Performances run from Apr. 2-11 and will be held in the Forum Theater inside the Radio TV Communications building, 35 S. College St. Tickets are available online or in person.
Admission: General admission $10, Seniors $7, Non-OU students $7, OU students $5 online or free inperson upon entry.
SUNDAY, APR. 5
John Woo’s “The Killer” returns to North American theaters for a limited rerelease. The 1989 film will include restored 4K scans of the camera negative and an interview with Woo.
MONDAY, APR. 6
The first episode of the new animated series “Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord” releases on Disney+.
CLARA LEDER ASSISTANT OPINION EDITOR
April is on its way, but the only joke played on April Fool’s Day will be the chaotic energy of the Pink Moon, which will peak at 10:12 p.m. EDT April 1.
Appearing in Libra, the Pink Moon will bring renewed energy as the first full moon of spring. The new phase will highlight balance and clarity, specifically in relationships. Physical and psychological well-being will be affected.
ARIES (MARCH 21–APRIL 19):
Aries, the new energy of the moon pushes you to stop avoiding difficult conversations. You are being asked sincerely what you want. During this time, your passion is on overdrive, so be sure to think deeply before acting. As we continue to move through the Aries season, remember to go after what serves you, even if that means ending what you are in.
TAURUS (APRIL 20–MAY 20):
Love is your method for stabilization, and this week the moon guides you toward spaces and people that bring comfort and emotional security. Pay attention to the people who bring you peace, and cut off the ones who don’t. You can let in the people who deserve to be in, but it’s time to exile those who don’t.
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GEMINI (MAY 21–JUNE 20):
Gemini, your relationship is center stage this week. This week begs you to get deeper or get out; you have been craving emotional bonds. Remember, it’s OK to want more, but you have to have honest conversations with others and yourself about who will give that to you. It may be time to walk away.
CANCER (JUNE 21–JULY 22):
This full moon highlights your attachment patterns. You may have been feeling extra reliant on others and disappointed by your own expectations. Your tension will lift, and space is your gift for renewal. Go off the grid, escape patterns of codependency and remember the best person to rely on is yourself. Pay attention to what relationships support your peace, not threaten it.
LEO (JULY 23–AUG. 22):
This week is going to be an emotional mess for you, Leo. Expect major realizations in love, and unexpected shifts in relationships. Stay open, as a new beau or best friend may come in and change your perspective entirely. Embrace the unknown this week and remind yourself that the goal of life is to change and grow; it’s time to rid yourself of stagnation.
VIRGO (AUG. 23–SEP. 22):
Virgo, this week brings clarity and communication, things you have been deeply craving. The full moon pushes
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you to resolve conflicts and face misunderstandings head-on. In order to cultivate the best relationships, you need to say what you have been hiding. This week, challenge yourself to avoid escaping into your own mind. Instead, don’t think, take the leap and speak the direct truth.
LIBRA (SEP. 23–OCT. 22):
Libra, the new moon is in your sign this week, meaning a powerful time for you. This week, the focus is on your relationship with yourself. This time is all about self-awareness and asking yourself what it is you really need. Expect major emotional breakthroughs and honest conversations you may have been scared to have.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23–NOV. 21):
Scorpio, you’ve been avoiding the connection right in front of you. The ball is in your court, and with the new moon, expect intense emotional bonding and passionate attraction in your connections. It’s time to take the leap of faith; what your heart desires will only be strong and meaningful if you take control.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22–DEC. 21):
For you, Sagittarius, this week brings a renewed sense of purpose. You may have been feeling isolated and down over the last month, but the new moon brings connection back in. The love you crave isn’t dramatic, and doesn’t have to be to be real. Take time this week to focus on
relationships that feel consistent and freeing; ask yourself what is worth truly arguing over.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22–JAN. 19):
Capricorn, this is a very emotional week for you. Vulnerability and emotional honesty will come center stage, and there is no longer time to hold yourself back. Whatever emotions are clouding your judgement this week, remember that they do not hold power over you. Take a deep breath and remember you will figure it all out with time.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20–FEB. 18):
Aquarius, your relationships, specifically those in your daily space, are center stage, whether it be roommates or a partner. Balance is the most important aspect for you right now. Remember, it’s always OK to protect yourself and walk away from people or things that don’t give you reciprocated energy.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20):
Pisces, put your seatbelt on. This new moon marks a major turning point in your love life. Now is the time for you to be sincere with yourself and remind yourself that unless it is everything to you, it is nothing. Expect to have to make deep emotional decisions. This may be a week where you find yourself in commitment discussions or on the receiving end of emotional confessions.
Star of India offers varied palette for Athens
FIONA PETTICREW | HUMAN INTEREST STAFF WRITER
Everyone has their cravings and preferences, whether that be barbecue, Italian or Mexican food. There are many restaurants available for Athens residents, and for those looking for local Indian cuisine, Star of India is a short walk down Union Street.
Star of India opened in 2002 and attracted the attention of many locals and students in its 24 years of business. One of the owners, Balwinder Kaur, said she likes the small town of Athens and enjoys the friendly interactions they have with their customers.
“No one says hello in a big city,” Kaur said.
The restaurant is familyowned, and Lovedeep Singh, the other owner, said he manages the front of the house, while his wife, Kaur, works in the back. Singh said his family helps with the orders, and the children often work with him.
The restaurant offers a variety of dishes, offering $12.99 meals for vegetarians, including alu gobi, potatoes and cauliflower cooked with Indian herbs.
Kaur said vegetarians love the spinach meals, like paneer palak, which is homemade cheese cooked in freshly spiced spinach.
Kaur said guests who eat meat seem to particularly enjoy the chicken dishes, which range from $13.99 to $14.99. The chicken tikka masala, ovenbaked chicken cooked in a creamy light gravy sauce, is especially popular, according to the website.
Star of India also provides lamb, turkey, shrimp and fish on its menu, which customers can pair with their lettuce and tomato salad, naan bread, soups and hot appetizers.
The soups are available for $4.50 to $4.99, and hot appetizers range from $4.50 for vegetable pakora to $8.75 for the non-vegetarian appetizer, which is samosa, chicken and vegetable pakora served with a chutney sauce. Pakora is chickpea batter with a special spice and herb mixture, used to fry vegetables like onions, potatoes and spinach leaves, stuffed with a spicy and sour
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Kaur said the restaurant is busiest at lunch and dinner time, and she sees a mix of locals and students come through. Hans Voutner, an Athens local, visited Star of India on Wednesday night with Jeb Branner, a 2015 Ohio University graduate and Athens resident.
Branner said he started frequenting the business more in 2020, when most restaurants were closed down. During this time, Branner said he was allowed to bring in a pack of beer and would enjoy his time with the restaurant staff and hot meals.
Voutner said he and Branner started coming to Star of India weekly about three years ago, and they got to know Singh and Kaur very well.
“I would say in 2022-2023 we were coming here with a group of friends every week on Wednesdays,” Voutner said.
“And it was a regular thing. Every Wednesday was Indian night, and we would rock the place out.”
Branner said he feels special, as Singh often hugs him, although he said Singh is friendly to everyone. He reminisced about Star of India’s lunch buffet, which is no longer offered.
“They used to have a lunch buffet way back in the day,” Jeb said. “And my parents were like, ‘Oh, Star of India, the lunch buffet is so good,’ but we never really went there for dinner. I wish that they still had that, I think that’d be great for students and stuff.”
The two enjoy eating the vegetable pakora, chicken shahi kurma, makhni chicken and the tandoori mixed grill. Voutner said they both enjoy traveling the world and trying other countries’ Indian dishes, and the two recently visited Thailand and Uganda.
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“It’s really important to democracy in general, as well as any institution, that it represents the people that are giving to it, and as students who pay thousands of dollars in tuition, that money going to something that most of the student body as it has become inherently clear to a process that we don’t support … it is about time that this comes to a student body vote,” Dunfee said.
Turner said there are details he wants people to know about with the proposal of this bill.
“Universities, especially public universities, can shape policy and shape change in the world, and us as students have power in these institutions, and we should use that power for the betterment of the world,” Turner said.
Dunfee also shared the importance of this vote.
“We don’t want to be that generation of students that kind of let it (injustice) fall under or be brushed into the
OU golf course opens, attracts golfers to the greens
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With warmer weather approaching, golfers flock to Ohio University’s golf course located on 106 S. Green Drive. Opening for the spring on March 2, the nine-hole golf course claims roughly 31523300 yards of grass.
With daily hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., students and locals have access to an affordable option for golfing in Athens.
Alex Hileman, the assistant director of the Golf and Tennis Center at OU, discussed memberships and pricing.
“Our indoor tennis courts and our golf are not included in that student fee structure, and so there is a fee anytime anybody wants to use the golf course or our indoor tennis courts,” Hileman said.
Despite the golf course not being built into student fees, Hileman said students can golf at a cheaper rate.
“We have tiered pricing, so students typically get the lowest rate out of anybody for nine holes out here,” Hileman said. “For a student it is $16, if you want to ride on a gas cart … that’s a $9 additional fee. The monthly membership for students is $75 (and) it’s a 30day membership.”
The golf center also offers an annual membership, which runs from the day the course opens in the spring to the Sunday before Thanksgiving. It costs $420 for students and $520 for faculty and staff. Pricing for those outside of the university is set by age range on the OU recreation website.
While the weather has been favorable this spring, it has not always been, and it can pose a challenge to getting the golf course up and running for the spring. Temperatures and extreme weather can pose a threat to the course upkeep.
“A couple of weeks ago, we had a snow event pretty late in the year that threw a wrench into things a little bit,” Hileman said. “But then obviously it can go the other way too, if we get really hot weather that can definitely mess up the grass and stuff like that.”
The opening of the golf course for the spring also brings students who participate in the men’s and women’s club golf teams.
Ryan Mahaffey, a junior studying finance and president
of the men’s club golf team, said how special it was to see the golf club grow over the years.
“It’s been super cool to help run it and help start it up,” Mahaffey said. “We started it up about three years ago. It was my freshman year, winter time, and so to be part of the leadership and see how much we’ve grown, but then also create so many special bonds and friendships with everybody. I can’t speak highly enough about the experience that we’ve been able to do.”
Mahaffey discussed the rarity of having a golf course on campus that is available to both students and the public.
“Other campuses don’t have what we have, right?” Mahaffey said. “We have (a course) literally right on campus here. Again, pretty affordable prices. I would say what also makes it special is the people you often see there.”
Having an affordable golf course on campus makes it accessible, but location and parking do present challenges.
“If you are a student that lives off campus and you want to just play at the golf course, you have to have some sort of permit, whether that’s at Ping or even in front of the golf and tennis center,” Mahaffey said.
“So I think that accessibility piece makes it really hard for students who live off campus or even any visitor off campus to park and have to worry about getting ticketed.”
Mahaffey said he sees most golfers carrying their gear across campus to the golf course. Despite the challenges that may arise when going to the golf course, golfers are still enthusiastic to get back on the greens.
Isaac Donovan, a senior studying sports management
and vice president of the men’s club golf team, discussed the excitement surrounding spring golfing.
“Everyone during the winter is just anxious, because we’re itching to get back out there on the course,” Donovan said. “Being able to have a course right here on campus that anyone can go to is truly amazing.”
Lauren Bunn, a senior studying integrated social studies, is the vice president of the women’s club golf team. Bunn discussed how practicing outside is more enjoyable as golfing inside can be limiting.
“I hate the winter, just as the next person, but being able to just be back on the course and being able to actually hit golf balls that aren’t into a net or being tracked by a simulator … makes it a lot more enjoyable,” Bunn said.
Bunn encourages any students who are interested in joining the team and urges them not to be intimidated.
“Just look past the fact it’s something you don’t know how to do,” Bunn said. “It’s an opportunity to meet new people, first of all, but then you also get the option to try a new sport, and even if you don’t think you’re good at it, that’s what we’re here for.”
Golfers and those looking to pick up a new hobby can find their place on the greens of the golf course. The opening for the spring does not just welcome the old but also the new.
“Check out the golf course,” Mahaffey said. “Check out the club team. I think there are so many benefits that surround it and really just enjoy the scenery that Athens, Ohio, gives us.”
rug,” Dunfee said. “It’s really important that we uphold that because a lot of the very rich history of Athens is in the students that attend OU. And we want to keep that history rich, and we also want to be on the right side of history.”
Turner also said SJP sent an email to OU President Lori Stewart Gonzalez and the Board of Trustees “reaffirming” the 1978 “precedent,” but did not receive a response.
“It is vital that we use our voices as university students to demand that our institution … puts their money where their mouth is, which includes terminating investments in Israel bonds,” Turner said. “It is very important to acknowledge that Israel bonds are not good fiscal investments. Israel bonds have been downgraded by all three internationally recognized credit agencies multiple times since October 7, 2023 and they continue to not be high grade bonds.”
Dunfee said it is important that students partake in this vote.
“It’s definitely a question of representation in our administration,” Dunfee said. “It has become super clear over the past several semesters that students don’t feel represented, and this is our chance to be represented and to have a say in where our money is going.”
Turner said SJP brought these topics to a student vote because of the variety of student organizations ready for an open discussion.
“This issue is not exclusive to Students for Justice in Palestine,” Turner said. “There are many, many community and student organizations that are passionate about this issue and want to end the university’s complicity in acts of genocide and apartheid. We brought a referendum and not a bill to the student senate because we believe it is important that this goes to a student vote and that student voices are heard.”
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Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, who was born in 1914 on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and Dr. Helen Traussig, who was born in 1898 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, prevented thousands of USAmerican babies from being born with severe birth defects. In 1960, Dr. Kelsey began work at the USA Food and Drug Administration, where in her first month of work she declined to approve the use of thalidomide in the United States. The approval had been expected to be routine, as the drug was widely used in Europe as a sleeping pill. However, Dr. Kelsey studied the scientific data and learned of the dangerous side effects of the drug. Soon, reports came from Germany and the United Kingdom that mothers who had used thalidomide during pregnancy had given birth to babies with severe birth defects. Dr. Helen Taussig traveled to Europe and investigated birth defects, and she testified before the Senate that the drug had caused the birth defects. This resulted in the banning of the drug in the United States and prevented thousands of USAmerican babies from being born with severe birth defects. Dr. Taussig also was renowned for her work with “blue babies” — babies who had a heart defect that prevented the babies’ bodies from getting enough oxygen. She and Dr. Alfred Blalock, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, developed an operation to correct the defect.
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Congo Fest & High Fest
“I honestly love the opportunity to just get together with my friends in a place that’s not the bar,” Nuspl said. “To just hang out, and I love hosting, especially for Congo, hosting at this house. I love a party where it’s a more chill vibe, and you can definitely have more space to get away and talk to people.”
Nuspl said she started celebrating Congo Fest at 4 p.m. Friday.
Other students were enjoying the sun, having conversations or tossing a football. Greta Gunderson, a junior studying journalism, was sitting on the sidewalk during the fest having a lively conversation with her friends.
Gunderson said she and her friends participate in Fest Season every year and take care of any academic work before the fun.
“I’m from Athens, so I grew up here, and I feel like it brings such a light in the springtime, when seasons are changing, it’s just super exciting to witness everyone being outside and everyone having fun,” Gunderson said.
Gunderson said the nice weather was not the only thing keeping her and her friends entertained, but being in a different setting made the day worthwhile and interesting.
“I feel like OU is very much a bar school (and) this is the
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perfect opportunity to enjoy house parties. Just hanging out with friends and not being so bar culture,” Gunderson said. With the house parties came live music and performers walking throughout the street lugging their band equipment and instruments to the crowds.
Two bands, Coyote and Ditch Witch, played their show titled, the “Church Congo Congression,” on Friday night.
Cooper Tussey, a junior studying middle childhood education, is a guitarist and vocalist for Coyote.
Tussey said he started the band with his roommate in April, when they threw their own house show during Athens Fest.
During Friday’s show, Tussey said “free baptisms” were offered because the party, at a friend’s apartment, was “church themed.”
“We didn’t really know what we were walking in on, not gonna lie, but we had a good time,” Tussey said. “We thought it was funny watching the people with the spray guns and the other festivities going on.”
Tussey said Friday’s performance was Coyote’s last scheduled show.
In addition to local music, Fest Season can bring new friends and potential romantic partners together. Milo Murray, a junior studying applied nutrition,
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hosted his own party during High Fest on Saturday, claiming it as the “best fest” for a multitude of reasons.
Murray said he met his current girlfriend during freshman year High Fest after having too much to drink and being taken care of by her.
“We weren’t even dating,” Murray said. “That was like a few weeks into knowing her. So she stayed home and took care of me, and that’s when I knew I fell in love with her.”
Murray said he had around 20 people at his house by 6 p.m., but there were nearly 60 attendees just a few hours prior.
As for the rest of Murray’s night, he was focused on spending time with his siblings and hanging out at the bars on Court Street. Murray said this was his first year throwing a party on High Street and he will most likely be throwing a party next year too.
With two Fest Season weekends completed, students now anticipate Athens and Palmer Fest on April 17 and April 18.
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“We were in Thailand together, and we went to an Indian restaurant there, and we got all different dishes, and we compared them, and we were like ‘these all taste the same,’” Branner said.
Star of India’s food is just as good to Branner, and he said he feels as though the meals are specially made for him. Voutner said this restaurant brings a whole new palette to Athens, and he cannot access food like this anywhere else in the area.
“I mean, we are pretty conscientious about coming here, because we like Lovedeep, but it’s also local, and we
also know that if this place goes away, we’re probably never going to get an Indian restaurant like this again,” Voutner said.
Sophia Beshara, a junior studying psychology, said she started eating at Star of India earlier this year, when she kept seeing the restaurant on her walks and hearing positive reviews from those around her.
She said the food is good, and she enjoys their chicken masala.
“I like that it’s a local business, that’s really cool, and the guy is really nice in there, I’m assuming he’s the owner,” Beshara said. “But he’s really
nice, and he’s really attentive with the customers. He’s just always making little jokes and stuff, so it feels really welcoming.”
Star of India is available for online order, and people can visit the restaurant at 128 W. Union St., which is open from Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The restaurant closes for lunch daily from 2-4:30 p.m.
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Beautification month, baseball, Take Back the Night
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TUESDAY, MARCH 31
Career Services is hosting an Education Career Fair in the Baker University Center ballroom from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission: Free The Union Bar, 18 W. Union St., hosts its weekly game night. The downstairs bar opens at 4 p.m. Bingo is from 6-8 p.m. Trivia begins at 9 p.m.
Admission: Free
The Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St., is screening Stephen King’s “The Mist.” The film begins at 7 p.m.
Admission: $8
ACLU of Ohio is screening the documentary “Heightened Scrutiny” at the Athena Cinema at 6:30 p.m.
Admission: Free, but registration is required
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1
Bobcats ArtsCare is hosting a drop-in coaching session from 6-8 p.m. in Room 160 of The Den in Boyd Hall.
Admission: Free
The Alumni Association’s Bobcat Beautification Month begins. Students and alumni are encouraged to do what they can to make a positive influence in their local environments, from planting trees and native plants to picking up litter.
Admission: Free
The Union Bar hosts its April hip-hop shop night. Sign-ups for performances start at 8 p.m.
Anyone who wants to perform should bring a 15-minute set on a flash drive.
Admission: Free
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
Ohio Baseball plays against Kent State at Bob Wren Stadium at 6 p.m.
Admission: $3 - $7
Bobcats ArtsCare is tabling on the third floor of Baker Center from 1-3 p.m.
Admission: Free
The Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts is hosting a concert by the University Symphony Orchestra and Choirs at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium at 8 p.m.
Admission: Free
The Office of Health Promotion is hosting its annual Take Back the Night event from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Baker Center Ballroom. The event brings light to survivors of sexual violence and features speakers and a closing march.
Admission: Free
The College of Fine Arts is hosting a preview performance of “Wicked Bitter Beast(s)” at the Forum Theater in the Radio and Television Building, 35 S. College St., from 8-10:15 p.m.
The play runs through April 11.
Admission: $10 for general admission, $7 for senior citizens and non-OU students and $5 for OU students, though free rush tickets are available for students with a valid Ohio ID if a show is not sold out.
The Southeast Ohio Rainbow Alliance is hosting its monthly social support group from 7-9 p.m. at 184 Longview Heights Rd.
Admission: Free
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
Culinary Services is hosting a Lumpia Workshop with Chef Irene from 6-8 p.m. in the Culinary Studios in Jefferson Market.
Admission: $15
Ohio Baseball plays against Kent State at Bob Wren Stadium at 6 p.m.
Admission: $3 - $7
Ohio Track and Field competes at the Cherry Blossom Invitational at Pruitt Field. Field events begin at 11 a.m. and track events begin at noon.
Admission: Free
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
Ohio Baseball plays against Kent State at Bob Wren Stadium at 1 p.m.
Admission: $3 - $7
Akeylah Walters is performing at The Union. Joey Aich and CAMEØ are opening the show. Doors open at 7 p.m., music begins at 8 p.m.
Admission: $11 for anyone under 21, $8 for 21+
SUNDAY, APRIL 5
Culinary Services is serving a “Spring Fling”-themed menu at Nelson Court from 5-8 p.m.
Admission: Meal swipe or payment
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