Gamer Girl: Winning 'Flappy Bird' is hard, quitting it is harder
Feb. 3, 2014I was planning on writing something really great this week, but then I got addicted to Flappy Bird.
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Between the Lines: Twitter response to Coke's 'America' ad is baffling
Feb. 3, 2014The multilingual song prompted #SpeakAmerican to trend on Twitter.
Noisy sex doesn't always have to be embarrassing
By Ian Ording, Kristin Salaky | Feb. 2, 2014Dear BedPost,
College Matt-ers: Teach for America not best option for future educators
Feb. 1, 2014I keep getting a lot of emails from Teach for America recruiters asking me to apply. I’d like to ask them to stop.
From the Editor's Desk: This week: 'Post' elects to publish despite day off
Jan. 30, 2014Howdy, all.
Hope for Humanity: Rape culture exists whether we notice it or not
Jan. 29, 2014“(P)lease drop the ‘rape culture’ label because it’s an ugly label that our campus doesn’t deserve. At the very least, back up the use of this term with some evidence and convince me that our campus is as dangerous as these letters make it out to be,” Ohio Universty Senior Seth Miller asked in a letter published in Monday’s Post. On Wednesday, OU Senior Molly Risola responded, arguing that the events of Homecoming Weekend illustrated campus’ rape culture to her: “Ohio University is known for our community-based and family-like student body, yet … (s)tudents immediately jumped to slut-shaming, survivor-blaming, refusal to take rape accusations seriously.” Although Risola clarifies many aspects of the term “rape culture” about which Miller seems confused, I think there is still more to be said about this letter, as well as the wider misunderstanding of human rights, I feel, it represents.
Party Lines: Obama should focus on policy over party
Jan. 29, 2014If you watched the State of the Union on Tuesday night, you would have seen a glimmer of 2008’s optimistic and cool Sen. Barack Obama mixed with 2014’s tired, greying and almost out-of-hope President Obama, who wants — or at least should want — to regain his popularity, credibility and ability to lead the nation forward.
Between the Lines: 'Frozen' defies typically flimsy princess flicks
Jan. 27, 2014As if the frosty weather weren’t enough chill for me, I finally saw Frozen, Disney’s latest animated film, over the weekend.
Beauty and the Bobcat: A tutorial for the tricky curling wand
Jan. 26, 2014Curling wands have become increasingly popular during the past year and I’ve heard from a few of my readers that they haven’t quite mastered the new hair tool. Everyone has different methods of styling hair, but for the beauty ’Cats who asked for my advice (and anyone else who may be curious), here is how I personally style my hair using a curling wand.
College Matt-ers: Trustees dismiss student concerns about tuition model
Jan. 26, 2014On Friday, the Board of Trustees approved the OHIO Guarantee Program (previously called guaranteed tuition), despite a student protest blockading its bus the day before in opposition to the plan.
Gamer Girl: Sometimes it's worth it to unplug, relax
Jan. 26, 2014Every week, I look forward to a new Jenna Marbles video. I can always count on them making me laugh, but this week’s did even more.
