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This is my first year at Ohio University, and this will be my first year attending a Take Back the Night rally. I’ve been looking forward to this for the entire school year. When I went to a planning meeting with the Women’s Affairs Commission from Student Senate, I got even more excited, since this year’s event is being made inclusive for the first time in OU’s history.
Ohio University’s Hip-Hop Congress hip-hop awareness week is underway and, though there is no new material out for fans of the genre to enjoy from local groups, many mainstays of the area are hard at work on forthcoming albums, including Emcee Schwartz, MC Freeman and The hip-hop Tribe.
As the temperature rises, so does many students’ desire for a sunkissed summer glow. Although some can spread a blanket across College Green and soak up the sun, many still resort to the tanning bed to achieve their goal.
Devin Aeh’s letter to The Post, the one which stated that she wished men not to join the Take Back the Night rally and march, is a reverently astute observation into men’s, and society’s, inability to just leave things be. I can’t help but agree more that men should stand to the side of the road and cheer on women.
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In an effort to crack down on the underage drinking problem in Athens, city officials announced this week an ordinance that would ban all alcohol and college students from the city limits.
Poised against an office window while writing his memoir, Paws to Paws, there is one Athens city official that is seeking to build the county’s law enforcement from the litter box up.
Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio has added his support for a bill that proponents are saying would help improve students’ knowledge when taking out student loans.
Last Friday, The Post’s Publishing Board selected Jim Ryan, a reporter and editor at the newspaper for three years, as the paper’s next editor-in-chief.
Presidential candidates for Student Senate debated their platforms Tuesday night to a standing-room-only crowd.
Athens’ leading lady might just be former city councilwoman Nancy Bain, who saw female majorities in council come and go in Athens for nearly 30 years.
It’s Monstars vs. Toon Squad, the single-greatest rivalry in all of fictional basketball. Michael Jordan has the ball at midcourt off a dish from Bill Murray. Jordan dribbles, takes two steps and launches off Zilch’s head toward the basket. He can’t dunk from half court, right? Wrong. Jordan’s arm extends magically to the length of the basket and dunks the ball. Shot made, Toon Squad wins.
Music, mud, tents, cars and Grateful Dead apparel flooded The Venue as Hoopla in the Hills rocked the weekend.
Ohio University’s Board of Elections will talk with Student Senate’s presidential candidates in the next step of the organization’s election season.
Last offseason, three wrestling powers officially made their entry into the Mid-American Conference, instantly making it one of the most competitive wrestling conferences in the country and arguably second only to the Big Ten Conference.
Having explored the rich and varied connections between science, technology and film, Science on Screen has been presenting various films to multiple theaters across the country.
West Virginia University President Gordon Gee ended his state tour at Ohio University on Monday to discuss the costs of higher education.
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