MULTIMEDIA

Pick of the Week | Week 3

Apr. 12, 2012

The Pick of the Week this week recognizes the strong presentations of sports pages so far this quarter. Notoriously overcrowded with ads and too many stories, the sports page can be a challenge to design. In the past few papers, however, sports has followed clean, organized and inviting page design, playing photos large and offering other visual entry points into the story. Here are a few examples of strong pages from Tuesday papers, designed by Kevin Englehard and Danielle Magary.

---

Band brings mojo back to Jackie O's with new album, music video coming

By Will Hoffman | Apr. 12, 2012

Mojoflo’s old-school style of jazz, funk, hip hop and soul is making a return to Athens on the eve of a new record and music video.

---

---

Frat members face possible eviction, but not charges

By Marika Lee | Apr. 12, 2012

Although the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity avoided criminal charges for the marijuana and drug paraphernalia found at its house, the twelve occupants could be evicted for the illegal materials being found.

---

Nelsonville opera house ready for 'Rage'

By Anjelica Oswald | Apr. 12, 2012

Rhonda Vincent, dubbed the “new queen of bluegrass” by the Wall Street Journal, is continuing her reign with a recent addition of a dobro (resophonic guitar) player to the band, a planned release of her first-ever all-gospel project and a seemingly never-ending tour.

---

Allergic to the World: Chinese students shouldn't abandon cultural ties

Apr. 12, 2012

The Chinese undergraduate students at Ohio University are pretty upset recently at NetEase (Known in Chinese as Wangyi) — a leading Chinese news website.

---

Post Letter: Athens could use a good karaoke, juice bar

Apr. 12, 2012

Here is an idea for a person interested in starting a business, maybe at the former Blue Gator. The investor or investors can open a 7-days-a-week, 365-days-a-year karaoke bar. The downstairs can be the karaoke bar and upstairs can be room for a juice bar and a massage room.

---

---

Football: Back-up signal caller vies for playing time on gridiron

By Rob Ogden | Apr. 12, 2012

Unprepared for a snap during spring practice last week, Derrius Vick fumbled the ball as it hit his hands. But before anyone could react, Vick had scooped the ball off the turf and scampered 20 yards down the field before a coach’s whistle blew the play dead.

---

Editor's Note: Former, present Posties convene for celebration

Apr. 12, 2012

Being hit with tear gas in the bottom of Baker Center; suing and being sued by the university; pissing off local ministers, athletics coaches and politicians; rarely if ever showing up for class (don’t even bring up GPAs), and, of course, being the envy (and favorite mocking target) of all of the Scripps kids studying those “other” kinds of journalism.

---

Double life displayed in OU grad's memoir

By Anjelica Oswald | Apr. 12, 2012

Dr. Jekyll had Mr. Hyde, Clark Kent had Superman and Beyoncé has Sasha Fierce.

---

Softball: Bobcats' first Home Run Derby brings zing to weekend as MAC play continues with Zips

By Chad Lindskog | Apr. 12, 2012

Despite dropping five of their last six games, the Bobcats are hoping a little mid-season fun will help cure their recent woes.

---

Baseball: Coach: Championship success can rest on catchers' mitts

By JIM RYAN | Apr. 12, 2012

Each player on a baseball team has a specific role. Some are recruited as hitters, others as consistent fielders and some to fill a void in the starting pitching rotation.

---

Athena Cinema to screen OU students' films for international video festival

By Holly Moody | Apr. 12, 2012

The Athens International Film and Video Festival will be reeling in quite an audience this weekend with a wide variety of films, many of which were submitted by Ohio University students.

---

Post Letter: Turntable art a matter of mathematical equations

Apr. 12, 2012

This art is beautiful and refreshing, as it highlights the beauty of creation. But it isn’t new.

---

Meeting addresses special needs housing

By Lucas Daprile | Apr. 12, 2012

Housing and aid for those with mental and behavioral needs in Athens took center stage at an Athens town hall meeting Thursday night.

---

The value of victory

By Jillian Fellows | Apr. 12, 2012

It’s impossible to gauge the exact value of the national attention gained when Ohio University’s men’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 last month.

---

Tickets take shape for pending campaigns

By SARA JERDE | Apr. 12, 2012

The race is on for the Ohio University Student Senate presidency, and six students have decided to throw their names into the mix.

---

Sandusky story-breaker to impart investigative journalism wisdom

By Brandon Carte | Apr. 12, 2012

The multi-award winning journalist who is credited with exposing the Pennsylvania State University sex abuse scandal will be in Athens, Ohio Friday to tell her story.

---

Post Modern: The captivation of devastation

By Olivia Young | Apr. 11, 2012

Almost 100 years to the day after the Titanic descended into the dark sea, killing most of its passengers, the event still captivates audiences around the world.

---

Professor Commentary: The case for buying local

Apr. 11, 2012

We live in an era of globalization. As transportation costs have fallen, economies are increasingly integrated, and capitalism searches for new profits, we have an amazing number of products from around the world available to us. We buy lots of cheap products at Wal-Mart produced in China, for example. Food is no exception; our diet has globalized as well.

---

Environmental News Nugget: April 12, 2012

Apr. 11, 2012

By Austin Stahl | as506610@ohiou.edu | @AustinStahl24