High-school sports are a great way for youths to be active while learning discipline, hard work, teamwork and the joy of competition, which is why Missouri is currently pushing to join Kentucky and Illinois as the only states to include bass fishing as a publicly sanctioned varsity sport.
Airplanes, automobiles and home appliances all became commonplace during the 20th century, but one particular development ranks among the invention of the wheel and the printing press: mankind’s first forays into outer space.
The NFL season currently includes four preseason games, none of which mean anything in terms of a team’s record.
Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook as a way for people to network socially, and we all know how that turned out. Jack Dorsey created Twitter so the world could share the human experience as fast as the chatter of birds and it became just that, as well as an outlet for people to regurgitate what others have written and call themselves journalists as well as to passive-aggressively fight with each other through the use of vague public messages.
Two weeks ago, something monumental happened: White House Chief Beekeeper Charlie Brandts retired. Which means that, for the aspiring beekeepers at OU looking for greener pastures, have at it! REPRESENT!
Former President George W. Bush has recently been caught with a hidden talent: painting.
As journalists, our profession requires us to be unbiased and impartial. Sometimes we have to stifle our personal opinions in the interest of the public and our own integrity. Luckily, for those who cannot restrain their creative, opinionated and sometimes controversial voices, there is something called the opinion section. In The Post, we publish columns, cartoons, editorials and letters on our opinion page, like many newspapers across the country.
This week we tasted a beer that is supposed to taste like a wine. Or it is a wine that is supposed to take like a beer. We’re really not sure. The brewery, Dogfish Head, claims that it’s the perfect meshing of the beer and wine worlds. We wish we agreed. The Dogfish Head Noble Rot, made with grape must in addition to normal beer ingredients, is nonetheless an interesting beer, even if it fails to impress. Dogfish Head is the maker of some of the greatest beers out there, including the 120 Minute IPA, the Midas Touch and The Black & Blue. Some of their beers are too alcoholic to buy in the state of Ohio; some are made from recipes that date back to ancient Mesopotamia. They’re a brewery that pushes the limits and isn’t afraid to try new (or old) things. Unfortunately, we wished they hadn’t tried this.
I’ve been waiting about seven weeks to say this ... we’re halfway through the semester. It’s a great feeling, right? Think of what is coming for us: spring break is right around the corner, only seven more weeks of classes, fest season is coming soon! These things aside, I can’t help but hate what else this time means — lots and lots of midterms.
I think during this entire series I’ve completely ousted myself as the whitest girl you know. So I’m sure you have a vague idea of what topic I’m about to delve into.
If you’ve ever been out to the true Midwest, you’re familiar with the part of Ohio that becomes so eerily silent at night that when you sit outside you truly begin to wonder if life still exists. This past weekend, I visited that town on the shore of Lake Erie that I grew up with and came to accept with love as the place that people live their quiet lives and choose not to leave because it’s better that way. It’s a better alternative than moving to a big city rampant with chaos and people laden with stress. It’s no surprise that it’s the place my family and I ventured to when we wanted an escape from reality. And even today, I find myself yearning for that weekend break in Norwalk during the semester. Learning new things about yourself and life continues to be accomplished here.
What’s in a name if you inspire a renowned story? This week in 1897, Peter Llewelyn Davies was born. Davies and his brothers were eventually taken under the wing of James Matthew Barrie, a Scottish writer best known for authoring Peter Pan, or, The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up.
One year ago, a student walked through the doors of Chardon High School, my alma mater, and fired shots, killing three peers and wounding three others.
LeBron James will be remembered long after his career in the NBA has finished. Statistical achievements aside, he will always be remembered for being the last player who was able to go directly from high school into the NBA.
It’s fairly common that people ponder how discount-based industries can afford to have such low prices. Or maybe no one does this but me, the cynical cheapskate who often intends to sit down once a month to write a letter that starts with something like “Dear Save-A-Lot, where do you get off?”
"WOOO! Friday night! Friday NI-YEET! You guys ready to get crunked!?”
Big Bird is back in the political fire again. He’s teamed up with Michelle Obama as a part of her Let’s Move! campaign, which is dedicated to promoting better eating and physical activity for children, according to the Detroit Free Press.
If I had spent my Saturday in Ohio it would have been illegal.
We should all deliver our thanks to the Great Deity of Powerful Air Resistance. Thanks to him, we were able to save a precious piece of beautiful Mother Russia wilderness from a 10,000-ton meteorite. We’re short on tundra space already, and we can’t afford to lose any more to those dastardly space rocks.
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