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OU safety Javon Hagan has been getting quite a bit of media attention this week after he stealthily swiped a sweat towel from a Kansas player during last Saturday’s otherwise not particularly fun to watch game. Hagan himself even proudly tweeted an ESPN clip of the moment.
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Following the 2016 election, artist Kasey Jones and photographer Emily Webb felt the need to speak out for minority groups in the Athens area. They co-curated “In the Margins,” an exhibition of art with themes of marginalized groups.
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Members and supporters of Ohio University’s Iranian Students Society rallied Thursday afternoon in protest of President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
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Student Senate passed bills dealing with denouncing an executive order and becoming a sanctuary campus at its meeting Wednesday night.
Following a presentation from Better Bystanders, a group aiming to educate students on how to diffuse potentially dangerous situations, Senate turned to addressing concerns about how international students might be affected by President Trump’s recent executive order, titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” by passing a bill that would denounce it.
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Historic barns can be found across rural Ohio, and Athens County is no exception. Throughout southeast Ohio, these functional structures serve as reminders of the early European-American settlers and the architectural and agricultural practices they brought with them.
“Every barn is like a book full of stories that can be interpreted the more one learns about it, from the people who built it and the materials used in construction to the uses and changes the barn went through in its time,” said Thomas O’Grady, board member and newsletter editor of the Friends of Ohio Barns, a group dedicated to raising awareness for barns in Ohio.
While going through my old photos from this semester, I stumbled upon these, which I took along the Hocking River. I had originally just been taking photos of the river for a class, but eventually got distracted by these cute little bees (and one moth).
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This election, 26 local issues appeared on the ballots in Athens County. All but two of them passed.
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