JacqPins relays positivity through niche decorations
By Carly DeLuca | Feb. 8JacqPins is home to a variety of knickknacks, all centering around the ideas of body positivity and self-acceptance.
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Lifting hearts: WET, Student Senate unite for National Women’s Heart Day
By Carly DeLuca | Feb. 4Womxn’s Empowerment Training and OU Student Senate Women’s Affairs teamed up in a friendly competition to raise awareness for National Women’s Heart Day.
5 women of color nominated at 96th Academy Awards
By Trey Barrett | Feb. 4The 96th Academy Awards will commence on March 10 and celebrate the best in filmmaking from 2023. With advancements being made to increase diversity in nominations, let's take a look at five women of color nominated at the upcoming ceremony.
Artist Spotlight: Lisha tries to find her way in new album
By Elizabeth Talaga | Nov. 26Young Danish singer Lisha debuts new album “Devotion.”
Athens’ drag scene continues to serve
By Abby Jenkins | Nov. 15Athens is a town full of the arts and the art of drag continues to grow. Read more about some of Athens’ most fierce queens and their reasoning behind the importance of drag everywhere.
Students reflect on popular majors for female students
By Abreanna Blose | Nov. 15The most popular majors for female students at Ohio University are biological sciences, nursing and psychology. Three students reflect on their experiences as women within their respective fields of study.
Athens Equitas Health Fall Fest will provide gender-affirming services
By Abreanna Blose | Nov. 8The team at Equitas Health Athens will be hosting the first annual Gender-Affirming Fall Fest in an effort to bring inclusive and accessible care and services to Athens.
‘Sex in Medicine’ provides inclusive sex education for all
By Abby Jenkins | Nov. 7Co-hosted by Medical Student Pride Alliance and Medical Students for Choice, an inclusive workshop about sex in medicine provided information on using inclusive language and protection during sex across all genders and sexualities.
Senate debates including lubricant in “safer sacks”
By Emily Stokes | Nov. 2Student Senate debates over what to include in this year’s “safer sacks.”
Girl, Uninterrupted: How the 1990s nurtured feminism in rock music
By Mackenzie Shuman | Oct. 31Feminism in music was mostly an underground concept until Pearl Jam let it all free on MTV and the Riot Grrrl Movement came to life.
Athens offers support to survivors of domestic violence
By Kaylin Pickett | Oct. 18Programs are offered in Athens for survivors of domestic violence during Domestic Violence Awareness month.
Artist Spotlight: SaintAhmad is an outrageous personification of the '90s club scene
By Sophia Rooksberry | Oct. 11The musician is a Black, queer visionary with an exciting future in the club scene.
Gen Z examines the idea of coming out on National Coming Out Day
By Jackson McCoy | Oct. 11Each LGBTQIA+ person has a different opinion on the concept of “coming out,” and it often varies from generation to generation. Gen Z, the generation with the biggest percentage of LGBTQIA+ individuals, weighs in on what they think about “coming out.”
Breast Cancer Awareness Month promotes awareness, prevention
By Grace Koennecke | Oct. 11Ohio University medical students and healthcare professionals share their insights on breast cancer prevention.
TV Review: ‘Sex Education’ season four falls flat halfway through
By Trey Barrett | Oct. 9“Sex Education” Season Four begins to fall flat in episodes four and five.
Artist Spotlight: John Roberts stuns beyond the world of voice acting
By Sophia Rooksberry | Oct. 9The acclaimed voice actor sports an exciting discography, including a new single titled “Nothin 4 Something.”
Womxn’s Empowerment Training puts the 'lift' back in uplifting
By Sophia Rooksberry | Oct. 8The new group of weightlifting womxn is a safe space of empowerment and support.
Haylee’s Hub: Compulsory heterosexuality, heteronormativity need to be discussed more
By Haylee Leasure | Oct. 5The LGBTQIA+ community still faces harmful laws, biases and stereotypes that negatively affect millions of individuals.
Evangelical preachers prompt counter-protest
By Sydney Myers | Oct. 5LGBTQIA+ flags were spotted across Ohio University’s College Green Wednesday when students came to rally against a small group of evangelical preachers expressing homophobic and transphobic beliefs.
Q&A: Christopher Lewis and Micah McCarey discuss being an ‘OU power couple’
By Jackson McCoy | Oct. 5The OU dynamic duo Christopher Lewis and Micah McCarey shared some insight into their lives together and as leaders on campus.
