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Remembering a King

Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream in 1963, and the MLK Jr. Celebration Committee is commemorating his dream by celebrating King’s legacy in Athens with a week’s worth of events.

Reflecting on LBJ's 'War on Poverty'

Fifty years ago, former President Lyndon B. Johnson made a promise to the American people to end the nation’s poverty.

Rock Camp for Girls holds benefit

For one week in July, the adolescent girls of Athens have the opportunity to learn how to rock n’ roll at the Athens Rock Camp for Girls.

Ups & downs

Ohio University’s streak of receiving a record number of applications for first-year freshmen could be coming to an end, but university officials say they aren’t too concerned.

Two-car accident results in death

A Guysville man was killed and two others were hospitalized Thursday in a fatal two-vehicle collision on Old Route 33 near the Athens Boarding Kennel, authorities said.

Two injured in fatal crash released from hospital

Two Shade residents involved in a fatal crash Thursday have been released from O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, police are saying.

The Muggs show off their bluesy style

Tony DeNardo calls his life a fairy tale.

Women's Basketball: Bobcats look to stay undefeated at home

After extending its Mid-American Conference winning streak to its longest mark in three seasons, Ohio is looking to stay hot and win a fourth-consecutive game against Ball State on Saturday.

Men's Basketball: Despite season, NIU poses potential threat

The Huskies started from the bottom, now they’re getting there.

So far, more visit Ping in new year

Gym junkies found Ping Center packed with almost double its usual attendance when they returned to Ohio University for the new year.

OUPD responds to service call for man who 'wants to kill people tonight'

The Ohio University Police Department received a service call around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning for a man "with a knife stating he wants to kill people tonight," according to police logs.

Wiz to headline #Fest with Carnage, GRiZ

Wiz Khalifa will head back to the Athens area to headline 12Fest this spring.

Students study in Ghana

While most Ohio University students went home over Winter Break, 19 Scripps College of Communication students studied overseas in Ghana.

Athens man pleads guilty to theft, domestic violence

An Athens man, accused of taking money from an Athens woman to clean out a culvert but never performed the service, changed his plea to guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to prison.

TV: Orlando, Sprite and Benadryl: The many ways to “protect the coven” on ‘American Horror Story’

By Meryl Gottlieb| mg986611@ohiou.edu| @buzzlightmeryl

Women's Basketball: Bobcats continue hot streak

The Bobcats played with fire but didn’t get burned on their way to a third consecutive victory.

Headliners announced for 12Fest

Wiz Khalifa returns to the Athens area to headline the 12th edition of Number Fest joined by trap artists Carnage and GRiZ as well as Chicago rapper Vic Mensa.Other artists announced include Stalley, The Runners, Captain Kidd, Jola The Trunk Boi, Yacht Club, Entel and DJ Loco. 12Fest tickets are on sale now for $30 and will be held on April 12.Khalifa last visited Ohio University in the spring of 2012 when he played for the Convocation Show with opener Sean Kingston but this time around Dominic Petrozzi, founder of the Number Fest, said this time around it will be more of a party.“It was a completely different environment coming from a Convo show … where there was heavily scrutinized security scenarios,” Petrozzi said. “The new black hippie movement that he has … just played into the outdoor good vibes — it’s not too ratchet and it’s not too slow. Wiz will have a set that will be very in tune with what the kids will be doing out there.”He added that he was pursuing Kid Cudi to play at 12Festl but Coachella, a big name California music festival, falls on the same weekend and Cudi was “pulled out from under us,” Petrozzi said.One artist they did get from the Coachella lineup is Carnage who is considered one of the top trap artists in the country now. The style which has grown in popularity since 2012 incorporates electronic dance music beats with hip-hop lyrics.“For the DJ kids the dance kids the EDM heads, Carnage and GRiZ will definitely reign loud,” Petrozzi said.Chicago artist Chance The Rapper topped many critics albums of the year list for 2013 and fans of the musician will recognize the name Vic Mensa. Mensa has been coming up in the Chicago rap scene for some time and is poised to really explode on the scene this year making many critic’s “artists to watch in 2014” lists.“Vic being a hip-hop crossover bread a lot like Chance, it’ll be really interesting to see his escalation over the next six months with all these spring and summer festivals coming up,” Petrozzi said.Of course the lineup also includes a lot of Ohio talent from DJ groups such as Captain Kidd out of Cleveland as well as Athens talent from DJ Loco and Entel.Petrozzi said this is the festival's biggest budget yet and brings a lot of established national talent as well as up and coming acts and said he looks forward to student’s reactions.@Wilbur_Hoffmanwh092010@ohiou.edu

An open love letter to Chris Pine

Coroner confirms death in old U.S. Route 33 crash

A two-car collision occurred on Old U.S. Route 33 around 11 a.m. Thursday resulting in one fatality and two injuries, state and local authorities said Thursday afternoon.

From the editor's desk: This week: letters, quotes and at least one typo

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