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Weekender Briefs: Enjoy live music with the Next Level band, relax with power flow yoga

(10/01/20 1:09am)

4th Annual Athens Area Stand Down at 10 a.m. hosted by Athens Area Stand Down at the Athens County FairGrounds, 286 W Union St. Athens Area Stand Down is a volunteer-driven event that provides free items to homeless and near-homeless veterans. Due to COVID-19, the event will be held as a drive-through. Vehicles will be guided through the route and premade bags of clothes and other supplies will be handed out along the way. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the event is for veterans only, but at noon, it opens up to the public as well.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/10/weekender-briefs-veterans-off-road-open-ride-hocking-college

Reading Revisited: Textbooks should be used as sparingly as possible

(09/30/20 12:55am)

Textbooks are included in the curriculum of almost every class but are usually pointless rather than useful. The combination of technical language and dry delivery makes the reading of a textbook virtually pointless for many people.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/09/textbooks-used-sparingly-as-possible-college-education

OU celebrates Women Entrepreneurship Week

(09/25/20 1:35am)

Monday, Sept. 21, marked the start of Women Entrepreneurship Week: an international week that highlights the importance of female founders. Ohio University’s Center of Entrepreneurship and Women’s Center took the lead in promoting this notable week at OU, holding a number of virtual events for hundreds of participants.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/09/women-entrepreneurship-week-center-of-entrepreneurship-womens-center-ou

Every song by American Football, ranked

(09/22/20 12:51am)

Though more well-known for its iconic house-turned-meme than its own music, American Football deserves any and all attention it gets. The father figures of Midwest emo and math rock may have split up for a decade and a half after their critically acclaimed debut, but they came back as fresh as when they started, and it’s time to give credit where credit is due.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/09/american-football-every-song-ranked-math-rock-never-meant

OU journalism faculty member sues university for discrimination following sexual harrassment investigations

(09/16/20 1:29am)

Clarification appended.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/09/ohio-university-lawsuit-kalyango-sexual-harassment-title-ix

Bobcats Power the Polls encourages OU students to combat national poll worker shortage

(09/16/20 1:14am)

An Ohio University student group is working to raise awareness over a national shortage of poll workers for the November election and is recruiting Athens youth to step up and fill the gap.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/09/athens-ohio-polling-locations-student-workers

City Council: Uptown Athens to possibly be locally designated as a historic district

(09/15/20 2:09am)

Athens City Council met in committee Monday to discuss a possible local designation of the Uptown Area as a historic district.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/09/city-council-uptown-athens-local-historic-district

Activists in Athens press on despite challenges of COVID-19 and remote learning

(09/10/20 4:05am)

Activists in Athens have continued to organize and support both national and local causes despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/09/activism-athens-covid19-blm

Graduate Student Senate: New members appointed, rules discussed during first meeting of the year

(09/09/20 3:27am)

Graduate Student Senate held its first meeting of the academic year over Teams on Tuesday to appoint and teach new members.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/09/graduate-student-senate-ohio-first-meeting-appointments

Athens rallies to end racist practices, support Black lives

(09/01/20 1:03am)

Correction appended.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/09/athens-ohio-protest-black-lives-matter

Athens County Copwatch tracks racial bias in Athens policing

(08/28/20 4:26am)

Some Athens residents concerned about racial bias in policing have banded together to create a website that tracks arrest data from police forces in Athens.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/08/athens-county-copwatch-police-data

Q&A: R.A. The Rugged Man isn’t afraid to tell it like it is, in life and in music

(08/28/20 1:27am)

R.A. Thorburn, better known by his stage name, R.A. the Rugged Man, has already cemented his legacy in hip-hop — yet he’s only just begun.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/08/ra-the-rugged-man-q-a-all-my-heroes-are-dead

Colleges are suspending students for violating COVID-19 restrictions; August is Romance Awareness Month

(08/26/20 11:00am)

Today is Aug. 26, 2020. Here’s what you need to know:

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/08/colleges-suspending-students-violating-covid-19

Words I Might Have Ate: Aging Like Steely Dan

(08/25/20 1:36am)

My last, first column of my college career is not being written how I imagined when I started writing Words I Might Have Ate three years ago.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/08/aging-like-steely-dan

Film Review: ‘Banana Split’ is brilliantly realistic with fiery performances

(07/29/20 2:26am)

There’s always great film material about the summer break between high school and college: the coming-of-age style, mixed with intense friendship drama, final declarations of love and inevitable breakups before beginning a new chapter in your late adolescence.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/07/banana-split-review-netflix-los-angeles-film-festival-hannah-marks

LGBT Center hosts monthly summer SpeakOUt panel

(07/20/20 5:14pm)

The LGBT Center at Ohio University will host its next installment of the SpeakOUt panel July 23 at 5 p.m. virtually.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/07/lgbt-center-speakout-panel-queer-people-of-color-virtual

Protests over policing collide across Court Street

(07/06/20 1:06am)

Protesters clashed in Uptown Athens on Sunday afternoon as a rally in support of police was met with a counterprotest in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/07/protests-policing-collide-court-street

Peaceful protests take center stage in Athens over weekend

(06/02/20 2:49am)

In front of the Athens County Courthouse, Keshawn Mellon, Merri Biechler and Shelley Delaney stood with peaceful protestors Sunday against the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed May 25 by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/06/george-floyd-protests-athens

Q&A: Local rock star Lizard McGee faces the golf big leagues on 'Holey Moley'

(05/28/20 4:30pm)

Athens rock star Lizard McGee is taking up a different kind of stage — the golf course.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/05/lizard-mcgee-holey-moley-abc-golf

Q&A: Nikki Blonsky talks starring in ‘Hairspray,’ her new Instagram show

(05/18/20 10:22pm)

Nikki Blonsky is an actress, singer and activist most known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 film Hairspray.

https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2020/05/nikki-blonsky-q-a-hairspray-tracy-instagram-show-lifetime-queen-sized-abc-family

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