I remember when I first stepped onto campus during my own orientation oh so many years ago.
The memory is vivid in my mind because I can recall wondering why no one else was holding their mom’s hand while walking into MemAud.
I eventually weaned myself off that habit (turned out my mom was actually embarrassed), and I hope you can, too.
To make the transition easier, you know should know The Post is here for you. Every day classes are in session, you can always find a copy in newsstands all over campus and in Athens.
Still not ready to leave the dorm without mom quite yet? No worries, all of the content in every day’s newspaper — and plenty more — can always be found online at thepost.ohiou. edu as well. We’ll be transitioning to a new website in the fall, but for now you can find everything there.
Both online and in print, The Post is student-run (my mom still proofread this, though) and all of its content is published independently from the university. We are a staff of roughly 100 students who work out of a windowless room on the third floor of Baker University Center every day to make sure students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff and total strangers alike all get the news on campus, in Athens and beyond.
We cover an array of topics ranging from the inner workings of tuition changes to behind-the-scenes coverage of Bobcat athletics. We’ll let you know the latest about local crime as well as when Nick Offerman is scheduled to take the stage (Nov. 9, at 8 p.m., and I’m so excited that I might slip up and bring my mother with me).
The page you’re reading, Page 2, usually plays host to myriad columns, Between the Lines (columns of sorts), editorials and cartoons produced by Post staff, as well as letters from our esteemed readers. Please always feel free to send us your letters, even if it’s to voice your outrage at a column of ours, as we love hearing from students like you.
You can also interact with us on Facebook or Twitter. Follow our main account, @ThePost, to keep up with breaking news as it happens. We’ve also got a slew of staff accounts, so keep up with them as well.
Inside the pages of this Orientation Guide you can find a wealth of information for students as you begin your college life in Athens. Everything from which dining halls students say have the best grub to where the Uptown coffee shops are for when you land that first date (don’t bring mom on that one — trust me).
Perhaps the most important advice, though, is to get out and explore the university and Athens for yourself.
We can only describe the view from Radar Hill and where in Nelsonville you can get a real buffalo burger. But only you can choose to do it and which Instagram filter to use when showing everyone else what they’re missing out on.
