BedPost: Campus Care care provides not-so-secret services for 'down there'
Jan. 14, 2013Campus Care …. cares.
COLUMNS
Post Column: Gamer Girl: Video-game marketing pigeonholes women
Jan. 14, 2013It’s hard out here for a girl gamer. You walk into a Game Stop perusing for yourself and are instantly ogled like the rarest Pokémon. Yes, boys, some girls do like to play video games. We want to be badass superheroes and villains, too. We want to wield the weapons you can. We especially want to kick your butt in your favorite game when we can. And sometimes we even like to play Madden.
Post Column: Extra Point: NCAA bowl system has problems playoffs won't solve
Jan. 14, 2013In recent years, the absence of a playoff system in college football has generated controversy from analysts and sports fans throughout the country. People felt that smaller programs such as Boise State or Northern Illinois were not being given the recognition that their almost blemish-free records had indicated. To put it simply, schools like those have no chance in a national championship because they do not fall under the category of a “big-name program.”
Between the Lines: Gun debate affects real people, not just pundits
Jan. 14, 2013Like many American children, I spent a lot of my childhood “playing guns” in my neighborhood, emulating my hero Davy Crockett.
Between the Lines: All the best hockey players are named Kris
Jan. 14, 2013What do you do with a girl whose only sports knowledge is that the Browns play football — and that Ohio University’s hockey team has at least one fine-looking player?
Post Column: America lags behind other nations on gun control
Jan. 13, 2013On Jan. 10, as Vice President Joe Biden was scheduled to address the nation, he was interrupted by news that two students had been killed at Taft High School in California.
Post Column: Nasty surprises find their way into diners' food, legally
Jan. 13, 2013Welcome back from the holiday season! Over break, we’ve eaten candy canes, turkeys, pudding, fruit cake and pies of all varieties.
Post Column: Reluctant columnist returns to unpaid gig
Jan. 13, 2013The door of the cabin creaked open, and from my spot in the shadows I narrowed my eyes at the intruder who stepped through its frame. I knew him immediately: that sinister build, those piercing eyes. “It’s been a long time, Vido,” I growled. “If you’re here for the money, I already spent it. Tell your mother I said thanks.”
Post Column: Shifting Tides: The first year of college provides a new kind of freedom
Jan. 13, 2013It was 15 minutes past midnight on the 11th of January, and I felt all right. Ella and Louis on the turntable, incense burning, pit bull snoring beside me, and I remembered all the things I had missed about home during first semester.
Post Column: Open mic participants show courage, humor
Dec. 5, 2012I like to think I am a pretty funny guy. When people laugh at me, I assume it was because I said something funny and not because I am dressed like a hobo who is wearing clothes that look like they got ran over by a lawn mower (my washing machine is a jerk).
Post Column: When killing stereotypes, aim for the head
Dec. 5, 2012The sound of gunfire still echoed in my ears as our group crept through the woods, leaving the chaos of Woodbury behind us. When the dead had begun to rise and our world crumbled around us, we had thought zombies Walkers™ would be our biggest concern. But it turns out we had much more to fear from the living — for in the end, we’ve realized Man is the real monster (the undead cannibals are still kind of a problem, though).
Between The Lines: Christmas is magical, regardless of religion
Dec. 5, 2012The catchy carols, the breathtaking decorations and the cheerful spirit — how could anyone not love the Christmas season?
Post Column: Sophia's Chinerica: Borders separate us physically, mentally
Dec. 3, 2012I had quite a struggle last week — again, with my visa.
Between The Lines: Racial assumptions can get on your nerves
Dec. 3, 2012When I came to Ohio University, I wasn’t really thinking about demographics or race. In fact, it was probably the last thing on the list of things I looked for in an environmental setting.
Editor's Note: 'Bobcat Family' again shows its compassion
Dec. 3, 2012Sometimes it’s not fun to report the news.
Exploring a new niche requires a world of jargon
Dec. 3, 2012As the longest semester that ever was nears its close, I also near the end of my adventure as an outside observer of the sports world. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my journey, it’s the importance of context.
Post Column: The Roman Empire, sold for 50,000 loaves
Dec. 3, 2012At first, there were normal auctions, which involved a lot of yelling.
