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BedPost: Past relations shouldn't end new romances

Dear Bedpost,

That's A Wrap: Big films deserve to score some big roles

Many rumors are going around about who will play whom in the Marvel Universe. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was rumored to play several roles in the universe, including Guardians of the Galaxy’s Star-Lord or Peter Quill, the title character of Marvel’s Ant-Man and even the Marvel character Dr. Strange, but

Green Beat: Instant gratification can cause some complications

What we are attached to says a lot about us and how we live. As Trey Anastasio sings in his song “Shine,” “You are what you lean on.” We are what we identify with, what we put our emotions into.

Keep you wondering: EVP may help people reach the dead

Maybe there is a way for humans to hear what ghosts are trying to tell them.

College Matt-ers: Trustees don't really seek input

This week, the Ohio University Board of Trustees fielded questions from Faculty Senate, but has planned no similar events to engage students. In fact, among the past four years, I can think of no instance where the Board of Trustees made such an effort.

This Day in History: Raid results in execution for abolitionist

On this day in 1859 the famous raid on Harpers Ferry, Va., by abolitionist John Brown to seize the arsenal there and start an armed slave revolt occurred. This raid happened in the beginnings of the push for the abolishment of slavery, and both Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, two of the most famous abolitionists, were asked to participate in the early stages of planning the raid. However, they both ended up declining as Tubman was ill at the time and Douglass believed that Brown’s plan would fail.

Gamer Girl: Five essential games for beginners

As much as I love games now, I was a late bloomer. I never had consoles as a kid, and I never desired to until high school. When I finally did buy my console, I also bought many of the big name games that had recently come out like

BedPost: Contemplating contraception: the pill isn't right for everyone

Dear Bedpost,

Science with Dan: Birth abnormalities and disorders should not be cause for stigmatization, rather acceptance

In the present day, each person is faced with a constant plethora of issues in which one is forced to deem whether something is right or wrong based on a chosen set of rules which we give credence to as morality. Some things are more cut and dry such as murder, stealing and rape. Others, like gender identity crisis in cases of those born with hermaphroditism and other genetic disorders, cannot be labeled so easily by categorized levels of what is moral, much in the same way they cannot be labeled in the biological sense.

Green Beat: Balance is difficult, but possible to find

Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi word meaning “life out of balance." Few terms are likely to sound or look more foreign to most of us, yet it sums up our way of life perfectly.

That's A Wrap: Quicksilver will zoom his way into theaters soon

Even though the new Thor film, Thor: The Dark World, will be released next month, most comic book film news lately has been centered on the new X-Men film, X-Men: Days of Future Past. iO9, an online publication that covers science and science fiction, interviewed Evan Peters, who will play the role of the mutant Pietro Maximoff, better known as Quicksilver. Peters is best known for staring in FX’s American Horror Story.

Editor's Note: Curse word not needed to tell the news

Today’s front page features coverage of a march through Athens and campus Friday that was organized by a student group seeking to change rape culture.

Beauty and the Bobcat: A little makeup for when you wake up

This week has been terrible. I have had either a paper due or a midterm in almost all of my classes and I have barely gotten any sleep – the bags under my eyes will tell you that.

Streaming sites satisfy pop culture cravings

A few days ago, I reblogged a text post on Tumblr that said, “I’m so boring if I had the power to stop time, I’d probably just catch up on TV shows.”

College Matt-ers: Homecoming is fun, but rather silly

I have tolerated Homecoming for the past four years, but being alarmed by a 20-foot tall gyrating green man outside Baker while I was trying to eat my burrito is the last straw in the ridiculous exhibition that is Homecoming week.

Between the Lines: Campus should be rid of racial barriers

Editor's Note: "Royalty" roles have changed with time

Correction: This column has been changed from its original form. The editor does, in fact, know who Ohio is playing on Saturday.

Sports Column: There is no 'Plan B', Broncos need must-win mentality

The Denver Broncos are the best team in the NFL and have the best quarterback in Peyton Manning, but the time to win is now.

Keep you wondering: After the clock strikes 3 a.m., prepare for the paranormal

If you feel you are in the mood for a little paranormal adventure, there may be a perfect time to do so.

'Post' editors share common beliefs despite 38 year gap

Hey, Ohio University. Welcome to day three of Homecoming week and our third “throwback” front. Today’s front page recalls the style of The Post in the 1978.