Fans welcome the hockey team back to campus, outside Bird Ice Arena, after their win at the ACHA National Championship game, March 18, 2026, in Athens.
Bobcat Battalion cadets and first responders participate in the 9/11 Stair Challenge in Peden Stadium at Ohio University in Athens, Sept. 11, 2025. The challenge is to remember the FDNY fire fighters who climbed 2,200 steps and 110 stories at the World Trade Center Towers. The cannon is fired during the start, when the second plane hit and for the final lap.
Ohio defeats Bucknell with a score of 3-1 at the Bobcat Invitational, Aug. 29, 2025, in the Convo. Photos by Jackson McCoy
Ohio students enjoy the first week on campus with a petting zoo, drag show, block party, and more during Welcome Week. Photos by Ethan Herx, Talitha Maloy, and Megan VanVlack
Hundreds of people gathered along East State Street in Athens during the nationwide 'Hands-Off' protests against the Trump administration, Elon Musk and Project 2025, April 5, 2025.
Mom’s Weekend opened with a talk from Dance Mom’s star, Abby Lee Miller, during an event hosted by the Ohio University Program Council. In addition, students and their moms took to Court Street for shopping and restaurant visits as well as a ceramics sale next to Jennings House, on OU’s North Green.
Charles Wesley Godwind, a country-folk artist, performed at OU’s Templeton Blackburn Memorial Auditorium Tuesday for the school’s annual music industry summit.
From Wednesday to Friday, students and residents protested across Athens for several different reasons. From small business closures to demanding protections for DEI, there was no shortage of demands and emotion for change across Athens.
Mitchell Tenpenny performed with special guest Jordan Gray in Ohio University’s Templeton Blackburn Memorial Auditorium, Feb. 23, 2025.
Residents of Columbus demonstrated against Elon Musk and the Trump Administration's Department of Government Efficiency at a Tesla dealership Saturday. Along with other grassroots organizations, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations organized the protest to draw attention to the alleged threats DOGE and Musk represent to Americans' data, rights to health and safety, salaries and basic services.
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant a large-carnivore ecologist and a fellow with National Geographic Society, presented and took questions from OU students in Baker Ball Room, Feb. 5, 2025.
Ohio Men and Women's basketball took on Miami in a battle for the bricks in Oxford, Feb. 1, 2025.
Swim and Dive defeated Eastern Michigan at home after a two day meet in the Aquatic Center.
Ohio University football players and head coach, Brian Smith, gathered in Front Room in Baker Center to celebrate the team’s Cure Bowl win from this past December.
Ohio DI and DII hockey both played serval games this past weekend in Athens. Ohio DI played Stony Brook University Friday and Saturday, winning both games in Athens. Ohio DII played Ohio State Friday in Dublin losing a close match and then played its’ Saturday game against Ohio and Sunday game against Dayton in Athens, winning both.
Ohio football celebrates the MAC Championship win on College Green.
A photojournalist’s lens is a powerful tool often overlooked in the grand scheme of reporting the news. Words are impactful, as are the photos that accompany them. Without the people behind the cameras that take those photos, there would be a significant lack of visual elements in journalism. This semester’s photo staff has gone to great lengths to showcase the people, places and events in the Appalachian hills of the Athens community. From the beginning of Welcome Week to the impromptu spot news and all of the wins and losses of sporting events that fill the semester, the staff has rarely backed down from a challenge or moment to capture history, and there were many in these past five months. It takes work to put oneself in the moment to capture news. While the events that take place in this region of Ohio are not always world-wide news, they are still crucial to the community and its members, and as photojournalists, it is the nature of the job to be there with those people. A protest can seem calm and peaceful, but it does not mean that one can cover it without having to constantly have one’s head on a swivel and look out for any potential danger or the next newsworthy image. The same goes for something as simple as a football game, where one minute, you are taking a photo of a player making a one-handed catch, and the next, that player is sliding into you. Newsrooms and the staff that fill them are constantly on-call, and when it comes time for them to be called up, there is only a little time to decide if the news is worth more than oneself and their ability to do their job. In turn, a great deal of praise is needed for those who are able to do so and have done so far this school year. I commend every one of the photographers on the staff and the writers who have also taken it upon themselves to join and take their photos for stories. While the job may seem simple at times and often is, it does not make up for the fact that it is a job at the end of the day and no matter how passionate one is about something, there is still a chance it can take a toll on one’s livelihood and health. To understand what people go through, one must have sympathy, compassion and empathy, and I see those traits in every one of the members of this staff and the thousands like it across the world. It is those traits and abilities that allow these journalists to create headlines, sub-headings, captions, photos and stories daily that document history and share it with the world around them.
The Post photo staff documents the 2024 Presidential Election in Athens during the day and throughout the night as residents and students waited for the results.
Lost Flamingo Theatre Company’s annual Rocky Horror Picture Show took place Wednesday-Saturday at The Union.
Ohio faced Miami in the 100th Battle of the Bricks in Oxford, Oct. 19, 2024.
Solutions by The State News