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.
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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.
OU professors discuss ways to combat climate change
By Lily Roby | Aug. 24, 2020Recent use of industrial factories and transportation has led to escalating greenhouse gases.
Just Listen to JL: Spring football - The Great Value version of the sport
By J.L. Kirven | Aug. 24, 2020Spring football won’t be as great as fall, but it’s still worth the try.
Words I Might Have Ate: Aging Like Steely Dan
By Shelby Campbell | Aug. 24, 2020Steely Dan transforms the ugly parts of life into majestic, intricate pieces of music.
Adonis Fryer: The DNC Needs More Democrats
By Adonis Fryer | Aug. 24, 2020The Democratic Party could and needs to be different, but these speakers are emboldening the same personality politics that took focus in 2016, placing an emphasis on Biden and Trump, not right and wrong.
TV Review: Things get lore heavy but engaging on 'Lovecraft Country'
By Adonis Fryer | Aug. 24, 2020The second episode picks up where the premiere left off, answering questions and building the story world.
NASA projects an asteroid heading toward Earth just before Election Day; trends are declining in Athens County with only 7 new reported cases of COVID-19
By Madyson Lewellyn | Aug. 24, 2020Your daily Athens newsletter.
7 new COVID-19 cases reported in Athens County last week
By Ian McKenzie | Aug. 23, 2020There are 372 cases of COVID-19 in Athens County as of August 22.
The best 3 tracks from The Killers’ ‘Imploding The Mirage’
By Bre Offenberger | Aug. 23, 2020Though two of the four members are no longer prioritizing the band, The Killers sounds just as lovely as ever.
TV Review: HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' is dominating the racial horror genre
By Adonis Fryer | Aug. 22, 2020The three leads have their own separate conflicts.
Joel Newby holds meet and greet in Athens
By Grant Ritchey | Aug. 22, 2020Newby went on the attack against his Republican opponent, Rep. Steve Stivers.
