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Pride Week reminds us that ‘normal’ isn’t normal

By Bekki Wyss | Mar. 18, 2014

Early this semester, a student wrote in to The Post asking for help in dealing with the confusion that followed a hookup with her best friend. “I’m not gay and I didn’t think she was either, but it happened and we haven’t talked about it. I have no idea what to do. I thought I was straight,” the letter read.

Hockey

Sheridan steps down from head coaching position

By Kelsey Surmacz | Mar. 18, 2014

After spending one season at the helm, Jonathon Sheridan announced Monday that he would not return as Ohio’s coach next year.Instead, he’s leaving the program to fill an assistant role at Lawrence University, an NCAA Division III school that also happens to be his alma mater. Sheridan played under Lawrence’s head coach Mike Szkodzinski just two seasons ago.“It wasn’t an easy decision to leave (Ohio), but I think it’s nice to be going back to a place familiar to me,” Sheridan said.Sheridan was offered the position weeks ago but did not commit until early last week after talking to mentors and others close to him to gather opinions on what would be best for his career.Although it was a tough decision, Sheridan thinks he made the correct choice in large part because of the opportunity to coach at a more competitive level.“I eventually want to go to the NCAA and coach there,” he said. “I’m going to need (this) experience to jump to the head coaching level. … When the opportunity came, it was something I felt I had to take.”Sheridan’s departure also means that the Bobcats must adjust to a new head coach once again next season. Sheridan was an assistant under former coach Dan Morris in 2012-13 before being promoted to head coach when Morris stepped down last summer.Sophomore forward Michael Harris admitted the news of Sheridan’s departure did not surprise him. However, he thinks the team will move forward and adjust, as it has bright young talent and had a taste of adapting to change last year.“(Sheridan) is a great guy, and I couldn’t be happier for him,” Harris said. “He has worked very hard to get where he is; to get a job at his alma mater, I wish him the best of luck.”During Sheridan’s two seasons on the Ohio bench, the Bobcats posted a 59-16-6 overall record. The Bobcats finished second in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League Championship this year and Sheridan was named the CSCHL coach of the year.“I made so many good friends and met so many good people,” Sheridan said. “They are a great group of guys and great people. They’re going to do well next year, and it’s up to them. Whoever replaces me is going to have a better team than what we had this year.”Ohio will soon begin its hunt for a new coach, but because there is expected to be a significant number of potential candidates, a final decision is not expected until later this spring.ks363012@ohiou.edu@kelsey_surmacz4

Baseball

Ohio drops the ball against Xavier

By Alex Busch | Mar. 18, 2014

After a deflating weekend during which Ohio allowed 44 runs in an unsuccessful three-game stretch, the Bobcats traveled to Cincinnati with hopes of turning around their season.

Crooked

Director’s first show explores tragedy with humor

By MERYL GOTTLIEB | Mar. 18, 2014

When it comes to his graduate directors’ first project at Ohio University, Dennis Delaney wants them to keep it simple.“Ideally it would be on black boxes and only have black curtains,” said Delaney, head of the professional director training program.In their first year, the graduate directors are given $50 to $100 to do a realism project, a play rooted in reality with simple production values and a small cast. This year’s realism project is Crooked by Catherine Trieschmann, a play following three women on their journeys toward self-discovery and the acceptance of love and truth.Delaney said the main goal of the realism projects is to focus on the communication between the director and the actors. There is a full production team of stage managers, designers and more, however Delaney said those other components are “gravy.” He said later productions have more layers and include complexities with sets and costumes.“You can do theater without a lot of the other stuff, but you can’t do it without actors,” he said. “I look at the director’s ability to communicate clearly their vision of the play and ensure the actors put that vision on stage. It’s pretty fundamental and basic, but that’s where you start.”Kerry Glamsch isn’t starting from the beginning. The first-year director worked as an Actors’ Equity Association actor from 1984 until 1991 and then shifted his focus to writing and directing while also taking up several teaching positions at many universities.Because of his work as a writer, Glamsch said he is judgmental of the scripts he reads and it has to be a “damn good story” for him to get behind it. Crooked is one of those stories.“I love (the playwright’s) compassion toward her characters,” he said. “I think she’s a really fine writer.”The play follows a mother, Elise, who has moved herself and her daughter, Laney, back to her hometown after she institutionalized her husband, who is mentally ill. Maribel is a religious girl and Laney’s only friend in the new area.In exploring these three women’s journeys, Crooked tackles the difficult issues of faith, adolescence and the mother-daughter dynamic. Though these themes may seem to lead to a more serious-toned play, Glamsch said it is quite funny, which allows the audience to be more comfortable in hearing the play’s message.“It is a tragedy looked through the glass of comedy,” said Rachel Weekley, who plays Elise and is a senior studying theater performance. “It takes some very poignant pain, but we as humans — as real people — we cannot constantly suffer. … We have to find the humor in tragic situations. … (The play) lets you know you can get through it, and I think sometimes we all need to know we can get through it.”mg986611@ohiou.edu@buzzlightmeryl 

The Post

Athens businesses offer birthday specials to customers

By Tiffany Touville | Mar. 17, 2014

From free sandwiches to cake-flavored shots, many Uptown eateries and bars offer discounts on popular items for customers’ birthdays.With the popularity of bars in Athens, there are, of course, many birthday drinks that newly-turned 21-year-olds can enjoy legally.Lucky’s Sports Tavern, 11 N. Court St., is one bar where Bobcats celebrating a birthday can find a special libation.That drink is the chocolate cake shot, comprised of Ketel One Citroen vodka and Francesca’s Hazelnut liqueur. After newly-legal drinkers take the shot, they’re given a lemon covered in sugar for a chaser.“Somehow, it tastes like chocolate cake,” said Dan Stephens, a Lucky’s employee.Bailey O’Brien and Will Pachan, employees at The Pub, 39 N. Court St., mentioned the bar has a shot purely for revelers celebrating their 21st birthday. The shot, dubbed “Liquor Don’t Lie,” contains Sambuca, tequila and hot sauce.The Crystal, 34 N. Court St., offers birthday boys and girls the opportunity to take on the shot in an unconventional way.Nick Wood, a Crystal employee, said the shot-ski is a slightly more popular way patrons celebrate their birthday. Groups of four sit at the bar and simultaneously take the shots from glasses fixed to a single ski.Other local businesses’ birthday specials are of a more informal nature. Some restaurants have deals or special promotions they offer only when customers specifically say it’s their birthday.Although Court Street Coffee, 67 S. Court St., doesn’t have a birthday specials policy that is set in stone, Sam Adams, an employee, mentioned the coffee shop will sometimes provide a free medium drink to students who come in with proof that it’s their birthday.If birthday celebrators are looking to get a bite to eat, they need look no further than Habibi’s Restaurant, 19 S. Court Street. Danny Mercurio of Habibi’s said those coming in to celebrate their birthday can get a special combo with any sandwich and two free sides for a dollar less than the original sandwich price. Plus, they can get free baklava.Souvlaki’s Mediterranean Gardens, 9 W. State St., echoes this by giving regular customers a free baklava or another sweet.Some other local businesses have more established policies on celebrating birthdays of customers.The Pita Pit, 8 N. Court St., allows members to register for a free membership and earn rewards through that program — one of which is, of course, a birthday special.“If you register for the Pita Card online, you will be emailed a card redeemable for a free pita within seven days of your birthday,” said Adava Gerace, an employee at the Athens location.The Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St., also offers a membership perk for birthdays.At the most basic level — the “Scorsese level,” which costs $55 for adults and $50 for senior citizens — and all successive membership levels, moviegoers are given the gift of free admission to any movie of choice on their birthday, according to Jordan Froomkin, assistant manager at The Athena.In order to capitalize on all these birthday deals, of course, Bobcats should be sure to carry their IDs to prove it really is their birthday.@tiffanytouville tt315212@ohiou.eduThis article originally appeared in print under the headline "Businesses celebrate customers’ birthdays"

Farmer selfies gain fame

Farmer selfies gain fame

By Kelly Fisher | Mar. 17, 2014

When a team of journalists from The Irish Farmers Journal came up with a photo contest for their readers in Dublin, Ireland, they had no idea that the competition would be recognized internationally.

No hearing for bakery about liquor license

No hearing for bakery about liquor license

By Emma Ockerman | Mar. 17, 2014

After weeks of both fierce opposition and support from Athens residents, the owners of Fluff Bakery & Catering might soon be able to have their cake and eat it too — perhaps with a glass of Chardonnay on the side.

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