Post Column: Team fandom requires special sort of devotion
Oct. 14, 2012After watching those green and white inflatable men flail around on top of Baker University Center all week, I got to thinking about school spirit and the nature of fandom.
COLUMNS
Post Column: Third-party candidates get supernatural
Oct. 13, 2012Elections have really gotten to our heads this year, judging from the fact that the third sentence of every political analysis mentions Big Bird.
Post Column: Halloween restrictions reasonable, imperfect
Oct. 13, 2012It seems as though ghosts aren’t the only things instilling fear in Simi Valley residents this Halloween.
Post Column: No time to waste in the world of Pokemon
Oct. 11, 2012Hello there! Welcome to the world of Pokémon! My name is Oak! People call me the Pokémon Prof! This world is inhabited by creatures called Pokémon! For some people, Pokémon are pets. Others use them for fights. Myself, I study Pokémon as a profession.
Guest Column: Coming back home once every year
Oct. 11, 2012Editor’s note: This column was originally published in The Post on Oct. 13, 2003.
Tacos an easy meal for an inexperienced cook
Oct. 9, 2012Before living in an apartment, there were obviously some things I had never cooked before.
It's no NASCAR, but soccer is kind of fun
Oct. 9, 2012My original plan for this week’s new activity was to attend a jiu-jitsu class. However, the class I ended up going to was for kids.
Sophia's Chinerica: Interracial dating full of cultural complexities
Oct. 8, 2012A short documentary made by Chen Huang and Joey Li from the University of Southern California asks a question perhaps every college student would be curious about: “Why can a Chinese guy not get an American girl?
From the Bleachers: Stadium music perplexing, unpredictable
Oct. 7, 2012As much as I enjoy expressing my uninformed opinions about sports, I would like to take a moment to address a topic that I’m actually somewhat qualified to discuss: pop music.
Intimacy interrupted: Ways to ease "time of month" woes
By Steph Doan | Oct. 7, 2012I’ve just started dating a guy I’ve had a huge crush on FOREVER. He graduated, so we’re trying this long distance. Obviously, with only getting to see him about once a month, it’s kind of important that we have sex while he visits. Unfortunately, I’m going to be on my period while he is here this weekend. Having sex on my period is not an option, so how do I tell him without freaking him out?
Post Column: Strange parasites invade tongue, brain
Oct. 6, 2012For this week’s pleasant Monday mental image, imagine a blood-sucking, worm-like creature slowly eating your tongue until it’s a dried-up stub.
Post Column: Gaga's 'Body Revolution' refreshingly raw
Oct. 6, 2012Finally, Lady Gaga weighs in. I’ll admit, I’ve always had my reservations about the meat-wearing pop star for a number of reasons. Mostly because I don’t trust people who casually show up to places in eggs, but that’s neither here nor there.
Color Me Cultured: Beginning kendo not for the impatient
Oct. 3, 2012I have a fair interest in Japanese culture. I like their food, their history and their potentially-criminal game shows.
Post Column: 'Looper': The saga of a hungry hitman
Oct. 3, 2012The rifle in my hand was cool to the touch, and I could feel the deadly killing power that existed behind its sleek frame. In no way did this stop me from casually tossing it up in the air and catching it later, clumsily, with one hand as the other held the phone against my ear. “So all I have to do is just wait for the guy to show up, shoot him, and then I get the money, right?”
Between The Lines: Finally, an excuse to look at baby animals
Oct. 3, 2012Once in a while, science does me a solid.
Unearthing history
By Olivia Young | Oct. 3, 2012A century-old atlas tucked away in the archives of Ohio Univer sity’s Alden Library shows Athens spotted with red markings where archeological evidence of Native American inhabitance has been found. A constellation of ciphers indicating burial mounds, en closures and village sites cover the 2.3 square-mile parish that is now The Plains.
Between The Lines: Counting 'lasts' is an unenjoyable way to live
Oct. 3, 2012Seeing the leaves change color during my senior year of college reminded me of what an overused metaphor autumn is. But it’s impossible to deny that everything will be changing pretty soon.
Post Column: Parenting influences ideas of authority
Oct. 1, 2012In Chinese, the word “nation” (guo jia) includes “country” (guo) and “family” (jia). For us, the country is a big family that consists of many small families. The well-being of these small families is affected by the conditions of the big one. Conversely, the small families also affect the big one, especially through their fundamental parenting ideas.
Post Column: Rules in volleyball, football are most complex
Sep. 30, 2012I have a theory that the more complicated the sport, the more popular it is at Ohio University. I developed this theory while watching a volleyball game, which turned out to be a lot more elaborate than I expected. I was struggling to keep track of all the points, which were tallying up quickly, when suddenly the scoreboard reset and instead of 25 points, we had only one. That’s when I learned what a set was.
Post Column: Cooking can be fun when playing games
Sep. 30, 2012It’s been five weeks and cooking has lost its excitement. It has become something I just have to do in order to survive. I decided to bring back the excitement in the kitchen and create my own cooking game show.
