Activism knows no age. Just ask 68- year-old rocker/activist Neil Young. He has been a well-known activist ever since his 1970 song “Ohio” was released following the Kent State shooting in which four innocent students were killed.
Celebrity activists typically focus on a specific cause that benefits a brand of hardship among humans, but some activists take their fight and attention to a global scale.
Based on Browns Quarterback Brian Hoyer’s on-field performance, he’s proving that LeBron isn’t the only important player to return to Cleveland.There aren’t many teams in the professional sports world more deserving of a little hope than the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland gained the ultimate weapon on the basketball court by re-signing LeBron James, and now it seems the city just needs a new quarterback. And it looks like they’ve found one.Going into last Sunday’s Browns game, Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had an 18-1 record against the Browns since being drafted by the Steelers in 2004. The Browns have been on a roller coaster ride trying to find a starting quarterback for their team. Going up against Roethlisberger, Hoyer attempted to do what only one other man could in the past 10 years: beat the Steelers. Hoyer was 18-30 on pass attempts, gaining 222 yards and a touchdown. However, the most important stat for Hoyer was that he finished the game without giving up any interceptions. He played a clean game, managed it well, and came out on top with a convincing 31-10 victory.There was so much speculation when the Browns drafted Texas A&M superstar Johnny Manziel, with hopes that he could quarterback the team to the Promised Land. But it turns out that Hoyer had other plans. After winning four straight games for the Browns last year, Hoyer tore his ACL, sending Browns fans into another quarterback-less oblivion.Hoyer recovered over the offseason, and came into training camp with a fresh mind and a determination to take back the number one quarterback spot on the Browns roster. Starting Hoyer over Manziel was the right choice. Hoyer has more experience in the league, and he’s played behind people like Tom Brady, arguably the greatest quarterback to ever play the game. By being the primary starter, there’s a lot he can teach Manziel by just playing in front of him.Manziel is a gunslinger; he makes things happen with his feet, and he creates plays when there are none. But the NFL is a totally different animal than college football. You can’t just run away from a defender in the NFL the way you can in college, because in the professional league, everyone is the fastest, biggest and best player — they’re the top football players in the world. Manziel needs to acquire the calm demeanor that veterans like Hoyer can bring to the table.What the Browns are doing right now is great. Hoyer is 29 years young, has a lot of good football left in him and can win the game when the Browns need it. It makes all of the sense in the world to allow Manziel to sit back, relax and learn while Hoyer leads the team as far as it can go.Right now, this team has a lot of talent, and could be a serious threat if not taken seriously. Hoyer is going to have to continue to prove that he can lead this team, and that he’s on the right track. As for those -2 rushing yards on Sunday, I wouldn’t worry about that, that’s supposed to be Manziel’s thing, right?Adam Wondrely is a senior studying creative writing and journalism. Do you see Brian Hoyer as the long term solution for the Browns? Email him at aw922910@ohio.edu.
Despite the bursts of daytime heat, autumn has settled into campus with colorful foliage and pleasantly cool mornings. With fall comes the two flavors I long for year round: pumpkin and apple. Athens restaurants have a long list of scrumptious foods that are old favorites, but with each autumn comes new indulgences to try.Top 5 autumn flavors around campus:
With Halloween coming up, you may have certain expectations about the infamous block party. And, for the most part, they are going to be correct. One of the biggest presumptions is that women will be dressed in less clothes than what the weather might suggest.Why have we come to expect this on Halloween? According to Cristen Conger, host of the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You, the reasoning dates back to the 1970s, when the Baby Boomers grew up and Halloween became widely celebrated by adults and children. Conger said there wasn't a term for it until 2004, when Mean Girls dubbed it “Slutoween.”It's quite the evolution in our history, but it's come with a special culture of slut-shaming. The only difference is that while people are still slut-shaming on Halloween, it’s becoming expected and acceptable. Somehow, it has become acceptable in our society, on one night, for people to wear revealing costumes.It's a confusing night. There are people who continue to judge and blame and shame those who choose to wear sexy Halloween costumes, and there are those who choose to view the night as a “get out of jail free card.” Like much of American culture surrounding sexuality, we have both the acceptance and desire for the revealing costumes, and the stigma against it.Also, as a culture, we tend to set up a false dichotomy that the people who don't wear a revealing costume are pure and respectable, and those people who do wear them are less deserving of our respect, and that they are somehow “dirty” and “used.”It's confusing because you're told that it's perfectly okay to dress as revealing as you want, but there are still other people telling you nasty things about that choice. My philosophy is this: you're allowed to wear what you want. Don't listen to those people telling you off and calling you names. If you want to dress up as Slave Princess Leia, go ahead.I believe that people have the right to wear what they want year-round, without being shamed for it. There should be no shame in nudity, like our culture suggests that there is. And I certainly believe that you should be able to dress how you want on Halloween. It is a night of dressing up and playing pretend, despite if a person is more adventurous or more sexy than you are. It may also come with a night of pretending not to be cold, but if that's what you want, I want the world to accept you for it.Bailey Breece is a junior studying English and German. Email her at bb463711@ohio.edu
Technology is more being more widely used in sports.
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Maria Fischer talks about the not-so-quiet Alden Learning Commons.
Olivia Hupp gives ways to stay healthy as flu season approaches.
The Post's senior editor analyses F--kRapeCulture's impact on Ohio University and Athens so far.
As midterms roll around, students are feeling the pressure.
Super Smash Bros. has come a long way since its release in 1999. In celebration of the most recent Super Smash Bros. release for the Nintendo 3DS, I went ahead and wrote about the evolution of the franchise.
A lot of people know me for my work, in one form or another. I’ve done a lot of activism, feminist advocacy, writing and social media work in the past few years and have not only been paid to work in these areas, but have even been consulted as an expert and recruited by head hunters.
There is no word more harmful to an American politician than “Atheist.”
I put out a survey on Facebook recently, asking how people in decades past bonded over anime if there was no technological middle man. Does the internet even make a difference? The point was to see the relationship between anime fans and the Internet, and the connection they felt to others because of the Internet. I got varied answers to the questions I asked, but one answer remained constant: even though fandoms have always existed, it was the Internet that gave rise to huge, world-wide fandoms.
The responses to F--kRapeCulture’s march from people on the street and on social media proves that a group like FRC is necessary.
While the reward of activism is, more often than not, the success of one’s efforts to help others, great honors still exist to bring the accomplishments of activists of all ages and backgrounds to the eyes of the world. The 2014 Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded in Oslo, Norway this past Friday, and one of this year’s winners was my hero, Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan. The second honor went to Kailash Satyarthi, who has been an activist from India for over three decades. Both winners were awarded based on their activism for children’s freedom and educational rights around the world and in their respective nations.
I’d by lying if I said I didn’t love wasting time on Yik Yak and Unseen.
It’s a damn shame that the most interesting League Championship Series in years doesn’t matter. There’s nothing more fun than teams who have struggled for as long as the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals in a position to win it all.
Gastronomy is not a word often found in a college student’s vocabulary. When I tell people I am taking a French Gastronomy course, they often look at me with a confused look and ask, “like the stomach?” Gastronomy actually deals with the culture and art surrounding food.
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