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Football: Bobcats defeat Zips for seventh straight meeting

By Alex Busch | Oct. 18, 2014

Josh Kristoff said Ohio needed to win Saturday.The Bobcats’ 23-20 victory over Akron not only snapped their two-game losing skid, but it moved them back to 4-4 overall and within a game of the top of the Mid-American Conference East Division.The defense was the driving force to the seventh-straight win against Akron.The unit, led by Kristoff, a redshirt senior safety, intercepted Akron quarterback Tommy Woodson two times and recovered a fumble, which ended up being the turning point of the game.Kristoff’s interception with 59 seconds left in the fourth quarter sealed the win and allowed Ohio to finish in victory formation.“This one’s special,” said Kristoff, who led the team with nine tackles and two pass breakups. “We’ve been struggling the past couple of weeks, we really had to win this game. For us to battle and pull it off is a great feeling.”Ohio (4-4, 2-2 MAC) forced the fumble with 3:38 left in the game, as Devin Bass hit an Akron wideout hard by the sideline, forcing the ball out of his hands. Jovon Johnson eventually scooped up the ball and ran it back from the Akron 45 to the 21-yard line.The play occurred while Akron (4-3, 2-1 MAC) was driving in a tied game, attempting to take the lead.Bass said the play came from execution on a hard tackle and he didn’t even realize he forced the ball loose until he saw his teammate pick up the ball off the ground.“It was an exciting moment because we hadn’t had a many turnovers,” Johnson, a redshirt junior linebacker, said. “It was exciting to get that turnover and try to get our offense in a good situation to put us up.”Before Saturday, Ohio had forced three fumbles all season and recovered just one.Coach Frank Solich alluded to winning the turnover battle as one of the keys that led them to the victory.“Some things that we really needed to get done was to win the turnover ratio,” Solich said. “That’s something that we’ve struggled with all year long.”With the defense staying strong throughout all four quarters, it gave the offense less pressure when they were out on the field.The biggest difference from the two prior games was that they offense didn’t allow scores on the first two drives and didn’t start the game in a 14-0 hole.“We came into the game knowing that the past two weeks we had got down early,” Johnson said. “We wanted to go into the game and make sure that we did what we needed to do so we didn’t go down early and give them a head-start and try to play catch up.”Solich’s decision to receive the ball when the Bobcats won the coin toss stemmed from that previous issue.It worked out for Ohio, as the offense opened up with a four-play 66-yard drive capped off with a 49-yard touchdown pass from JD Sprague to Ian Dixon.Bass saw positive production in stopping what Akron was trying to do, an oppositive to what he’s seen all season.He admits that it’s been a tough season personally, but his interception, forced fumble, pass break-up and three tackles shadowed a different player than we’ve seen this season.Bass not only is estatic about his play, but the fact that Ohio is right back in the race for the MAC East with Bowling Green dropping its game Saturday.“Today I felt pretty good,” Bass said. “There’s still four games left so I’m pretty adamant on trying to finish it pretty strong and do whatever I can to be a positive influence on this team.”

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Ohio University responds to Ebola outbreak

Oct. 17, 2014

Friday afternoon, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis told facutly, staff and students the university is prepared for the "extremely unlikely" possibility ebola will directly affect OU. 

Bailey Breece

Societal Sexism: Revealing Halloween costumes not an excuse for slut-shaming

By Bailey Breece | Oct. 16, 2014

With Halloween coming up, you may have certain expectations about the infamous block party. And, for the most part, they are going to be correct. One of the biggest presumptions is that women will be dressed in less clothes than what the weather might suggest.Why have we come to expect this on Halloween? According to Cristen Conger, host of the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You, the reasoning dates back to the 1970s, when the Baby Boomers grew up and Halloween became widely celebrated by adults and children. Conger said there wasn't a term for it until 2004, when Mean Girls dubbed it “Slutoween.”It's quite the evolution in our history, but it's come with a special culture of slut-shaming. The only difference is that while people are still slut-shaming on Halloween, it’s becoming expected and acceptable. Somehow, it has become acceptable in our society, on one night, for people to wear revealing costumes.It's a confusing night. There are people who continue to judge and blame and shame those who choose to wear sexy Halloween costumes, and there are those who choose to view the night as a “get out of jail free card.” Like much of American culture surrounding sexuality, we have both the acceptance and desire for the revealing costumes, and the stigma against it.Also, as a culture, we tend to set up a false dichotomy that the people who don't wear a revealing costume are pure and respectable, and those people who do wear them are less deserving of our respect, and that they are somehow “dirty” and “used.”It's confusing because you're told that it's perfectly okay to dress as revealing as you want, but there are still other people telling you nasty things about that choice. My philosophy is this: you're allowed to wear what you want. Don't listen to those people telling you off and calling you names. If you want to dress up as Slave Princess Leia, go ahead.I believe that people have the right to wear what they want year-round, without being shamed for it. There should be no shame in nudity, like our culture suggests that there is. And I certainly believe that you should be able to dress how you want on Halloween. It is a night of dressing up and playing pretend, despite if a person is more adventurous or more sexy than you are. It may also come with a night of pretending not to be cold, but if that's what you want, I want the world to accept you for it.Bailey Breece is a junior studying English and German. Email her at bb463711@ohio.edu

Cassie Fait

AfterTASTE: Athens offers several Autumn-inspired flavors

By CASSIE FAIT | Oct. 16, 2014

Despite the bursts of daytime heat, autumn has settled into campus with colorful foliage and pleasantly cool mornings. With fall comes the two flavors I long for year round: pumpkin and apple. Athens restaurants have a long list of scrumptious foods that are old favorites, but with each autumn comes new indulgences to try.Top 5 autumn flavors around campus:

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