The Appalachian counties of Ohio are some of the poorest in the country. Living in regions with poverty rates at or close to that of a Third World country, women of Appalachia are among the most destitute. Ohio University students Brittany Wolverton and Shea Daniels made it their goal to raise awareness and funds for this cause by founding their organization, Future Women of Appalachia (FWA).
While many Ohio University students spend their weekends dirtying the streets of Athens with beer bottles and burnt couches, a handful can be found proactively working to change the way the university serves and interacts with its community.
In a brightly lit room nestled inside the second floor of the Ping Center, men and women in navy linen armor faced off with wooden weapons drawn. Two men in particular, Garrick Rosario and Daniel Johnson, waited silently, feet planted firmly on the cold, hardwood floor.
Not three miles away from Ohio University, Kevin Martin and his son, Ben Martin, were sparring with rubber knives. Kevin Martin, a local bando black belt and landscaping business owner, has been teaching self-defense to the local populace for years in the form of bando, a Burmese martial art.
It’s hard to imagine that the professors standing at the front of the classroom lecturing and dishing out homework assignments have lives beyond their lessons. However, the reality is that some are harboring stories that are truly inspirational. One of these unexpected stories belongs to Dr. Susan Tice-Alicke, professor in psychology.
This year commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Department of African American studies at Ohio University, one of the longest running programs of its kind in the United States. To celebrate the event, political activist and professor at the University of California, Angela Davis, was brought in to speak.
The bass line of mc chris’ rap song “onstar from my moma” bounces off the vivid expressions of abstract artwork covering the walls. Head-banging lyrics fill the ears of the nervous patients waiting to be pierced or “tatted up” as they nervously flip through binders of sample work to gain inspiration for their next bodily endeavors. The buzzing of the tattoo needle overpowers conversations, yet one voice in particular stood out from the rest.
When Halloween rolls around each year, the costumes, parties and endless amounts of candy are to be expected. Here at Ohio University, however, some students have taken the holiday into their own hands to make it a bit more special.
The university, with all its end-of-the-quarter hassles and ultimatums, has students panicked. It seems there’s nothing that can muzzle the monsters at the end of the quarter — except maybe the Athens Book Center.
Nestled between Artifacts and Fig Leaf, a crazy window display greets customers of Ski’s Teases as they descend a steep set of stairs on the corner of Court and State streets.
For many Ohio University undergraduate students, marriage is the last topic on their mind. Caught up in the whirlwind of the college dating world, students often choose to postpone marriage for several years. A few OU students, however, have chosen to take the plunge before graduation and are glad that they did.
One of the most attention-grabbing events for the Grand Opening of Baker Center this weekend is a performance with the Earth Harp, a 150-foot-long harp currently stretched between the center’s second and fifth floors.
Throughout the past few days, passersby in Baker have stopped to stare and wonder about the long, thick strings that stretch from [...]