7 ways to start off the school year right
By Riley Runnells | Aug. 27, 2020From establishing a routine to introducing yourself to professors.
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Esports: Bobcat Esports continues to rise despite COVID-19
By J.L. Kirven | Aug. 27, 2020Without football, esports will be front and center for competitive entertainment.
Mental illness is public health crisis in the middle of global pandemic
By Erin Gardner | Aug. 27, 2020Students and CPS staff talk about how they are coping with their mental health and what the fall will look like.
Ping temporarily closed over COVID-19 concerns
By Sophia Englehart | Aug. 27, 2020All campus-affiliated gyms, including Ping Recreational facility, will be closed until it is deemed safe to reopen during the phased return.
OU Students nervous about the upcoming semester
By Taylor Burnette | Aug. 27, 2020Student worries range from community health to entering the job market amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students discuss online class quality
By Lily Roby | Aug. 27, 2020OU plans to incorporate a multi-phased return plan for undergraduate and graduate students.
Tips for making friends at OU while staying at home
By Riley Runnells | Aug. 27, 2020Making friends could be just as easy as past years if people try hard enough.
Students continue to adjust relationships to pandemic
By Keri Johnson | Aug. 27, 2020From breaking quarantine for kisses, to unexpected long-distance romances — college students continuously adapt their love lives to the age of the coronavirus.
Athens business offer safe social distance activities
By Erin Gardner | Aug. 27, 2020Local business talk about what it’s store for the upcoming events and how COVID-19 has affected business.
A Look at Fall 2020
By Keri Johnson | Aug. 27, 2020As people continue to adjust to safety protocols, mandates and ordinances, one thing that is certain is Fall Semester 2020 will be one like no other.
Final students appear before court to charges related to Collin Wiant’s death
By Ian McKenzie | Aug. 26, 2020One of the students will serve 70 days in jail while the other charges are held in abeyance.
Colleges are suspending students for violating COVID-19 restrictions; August is Romance Awareness Month
By Madyson Lewellyn | Aug. 26, 2020Your daily Athens newsletter.
Welcome week is jam packed with virtual events
By Erin Gardner | Aug. 25, 2020The events started Aug. 21 and end Aug. 29.
Noah’s Ark: Working from home isn’t a revolution
By Noah Wright | Aug. 25, 2020As someone who lacks an ornate home-office and a sprawling backyard at my ant-infested, 100-year-old college home, the 6-foot walk from my bed to my desk, which used to serve as a ramshackle DJ booth, does not exactly get me fired up to create and produce.
Let Me Be Perfectly Queer: Thom Brennaman is just the tip of the iceberg of homophobia in sports
By Kelsey Boeing | Aug. 25, 2020Sports have always produced a negative stigma around being gay or members of the LGBTQ+ community, yet Thom Brennaman using an anti-gay slur is just the tip of the iceberg that represents homophobic behavior in the MLB.
Romance Awareness Month inspires writers, celebration of life
By Keri Johnson | Aug. 25, 2020The month raises awareness to stay in tune with your lovey-dovey side.
Film Review: ‘Chemical Hearts’ brings beautiful, heartbreaking message
By Riley Runnells | Aug. 25, 2020Lili Reinhart is one of the best actresses of this generation.
Album Review: Vic Mensa ignites a resurrection on ‘V TAPE’
By Joey Perkins | Aug. 25, 2020This project is a coming-of-age story for Mensa.
TikTok sues the Trump administration; here’s what OU’s Welcome Week has planned
By Riley Runnells | Aug. 25, 2020Your daily Athens newsletter.
