Senate debates including lubricant in “safer sacks”
By Emily Stokes | Nov. 2, 2023Student Senate debates over what to include in this year’s “safer sacks.”
GENDER & SEXUALITY
Girl, Uninterrupted: How the 1990s nurtured feminism in rock music
By Mackenzie Shuman | Oct. 31, 2023Feminism 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. 18, 2023Programs 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. 11, 2023The 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. 11, 2023Each 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. 11, 2023Ohio 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, 2023“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. 9, 2023The 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. 8, 2023The 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. 5, 2023The LGBTQIA+ community still faces harmful laws, biases and stereotypes that negatively affect millions of individuals.
Evangelical preachers prompt counter-protest
By Sydney Myers | Oct. 5, 2023LGBTQIA+ 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. 5, 2023The OU dynamic duo Christopher Lewis and Micah McCarey shared some insight into their lives together and as leaders on campus.
BSU holds silent march in honor of Ta’Kiya Young
By Payton Daugherty | Sep. 28, 2023Ohio University’s Black Student Union, or BSU, met in Baker Center on Thursday to host Time for Change, a silent march in solidarity of Ta’Kiya Young.
Ebony Minds fosters an inclusive environment
By Trey Barrett | Sep. 28, 2023A commitment to educating students on issues facing the Black community has fostered the growth of Ebony Minds at Ohio University for almost seven years.
OU offers limited sexual health resources
By Paige Fisher | Sep. 27, 2023Students at Ohio University's main campus have limited access to resources regarding reproductive and sexual health. Currently, OhioHealth Campus Care, located at 2 Health Center Drive, is the only on-campus location for OU students to get STI testing. OU’s ‘Be Informed Bobcats’ website includes information about the local and national sexual health resources available to OU students.
Lucy & La Mer has an extensive history of preaching self-love, vulnerability
By Sophia Rooksberry | Sep. 25, 2023The LGBTQ+ singer/songwriter expresses her deepest and most relatable emotions with new single, “Ice Cream.”
TV Review: ‘Sex Education’ Season Four premiere excites
By Trey Barrett | Sep. 24, 2023The fourth season of “Sex Education” has dropped and the premiere episode is an exciting start to the show’s final hurrah.
Songs that saved my life: ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’
By Venus Rittenberg | Sep. 22, 2023Venus Rittenberg delves deep into one of the most popular and melodramatic songs of the 1980s.
Bobcats talk about International Equal Pay Day
By Abby Jenkins | Sep. 18, 2023International Equal Pay Day is an important day with little recognition from the general public. Ohio University staff and students discuss the day’s importance to them and to the rest of the world.
Film Review: ‘Bottoms’ is a fistful of over the top greatness
By Trey Barrett | Sep. 12, 2023The Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri-led sex comedy “Bottoms” may be the best comedy of 2023.
