Post Column: Online play friendlier than gamer expected
Feb. 5, 2013This past weekend, I explored the wonderful online universe of Xbox Live for the first time.
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BedPost: To figure out if he's into you, talk it out
Feb. 4, 2013I met this guy the other day. He and I have been hanging out every day. I have had my fair share of relationships like this, where we hang out, make out and sometimes do more. It all seems good for a few weeks/ months but eventually fizzles out, usually because they “don’t want to be serious.” How can I tell if he wants to be serious? I know it is too soon for either of us to be thinking about a relationship, but I like him a lot. What signs should I look for if I want to know if he is into me for more than just hook-ups?
Post Column: Costs of college extend far beyond tuition
Feb. 4, 2013I’m a cheapskate. I opt to scan the chapters out of my textbooks in the library, and I’m probably on a first-name basis with the employees at Dollar Tree.
Post Column: Sunday was lonely for the football-illiterate
Feb. 4, 2013Silence hung in the air like a thick cloud as I walked down the empty streets of Athens. Snow was falling gently around me, covering the city in a blanket of soft white. I cupped my hands around my mouth and cried out into the white void:
Post Column: Helmet-to-helmet rule needs consistent fine
Feb. 4, 2013The 2013 NFL football season came to a close earlier this week with coach John Harbaugh and the Ravens getting the win in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, La., beating little brother Jim Harbaugh and the 49ers and giving the Ravens their second Super Bowl in team history, the last of which came in 2000.
Post Column: Recent flaws don't outweigh EU's strength
Feb. 4, 2013Though the economic and political alliance of the European Union successfully created a single currency for most of its 27 member nations, that very union has recently proven to be divisive.
In The News: Republican switch on immigration is for just one reason: winning
Feb. 2, 2013The U.S. Senate is now trying to do the impossible: working together to actually accomplish something. A new immigration initiative was presented last week that would require cooperation from both the Democrats and Republicans.
Tough Love: U.S. isn't world's worst overspender
Feb. 2, 2013If there’s one thing history has taught us about the U.S. government, it’s that in times of economic depression, the government can propose and get away with absolutely anything.
Editor's Note: Evacuation puts 'Post' staff in tight quarters
Jan. 30, 2013Today’s paper was made in my kitchen.
Between the Lines: Twitter kept students in loop better than OU
Jan. 30, 2013Walking home from class, I received an Ohio University emergency text alert stating that an armed fugitive was somewhere around Station Street and Stocker Center. I quickly brushed it off — even though I live on West Green — and continued about my day … until I went on Twitter.
Post Column: Fruity brew with bitter kick one of world's best
Jan. 30, 2013Bell’s Hopslam is one of the most perfect things in existence. We love beer more than a lot of other things, but we love Hopslam even more. Hopslam’s seasonal arrival is like the Great Beer God coming to Earth, showering His (or Her) children with gloriously hoppy beer, and then going back to Heaven’s brewery.
Post Column: Exploring different interests can help you find your direction
Jan. 30, 2013We often build our own identity upon the current surroundings of our lives. Growing up, this is achieved through the influences of family, hometown friends, and the overall system of beliefs that comprises our hometown demographic. When we come to college, that system of beliefs is torn apart — quickly.
Post Column: Female video-game designers, characters emerge in male-dominated field
Jan. 30, 2013Even less common than girl gamers are girl game designers, but some women have managed to break through in a field often dominated by men.
Post Column: Pro endorsements are bad for college fishing
Jan. 30, 2013Many people don’t understand the nature of tournament bass fishing, so I will briefly catch everyone up to speed.
Post Column: Make the decision to be a happier person
Jan. 30, 2013I’ve been really lacking in ideas lately.
Post Column: Weekly Rewind: Gandhi, King were examples to live by
Jan. 28, 2013Martin Luther King, Jr. Day might have given us a long weekend last Monday, but from where did the celebrated civil-rights leader draw his influence? King said it himself: “Christ gave us the goals, and Mahatma Gandhi the tactics.”
Post Column: Extra Point: Realignment only hurts NCAA, fans
Jan. 28, 2013The goal of any business or organization is to be profitable, and college sports are no exception.
Post Column: Tellers of drunken tales should keep it down
Jan. 27, 2013Let’s talk about Mondays. Everyone is bound by law to hate Monday because it’s the first day of class and work, and even though we are taught by people wiser than us that we should embrace learning and work passionately, we hate doing both.
Post Column: 'Glee' music thievery reeks of network laziness
Jan. 27, 2013To this day, I’m still not entirely sure how I ended up as the senior music supervisor of the popular television show Glee. I’m a comedy writer whose grasp of music goes as far as singing “Sexy and I Know It” to myself in the shower every morning before breaking down and weeping; nothing in my skill-set made me ideal for the position. Somehow, though, FOX decided to give me the job, probably because the other applicants kept going… let’s call it “missing.”
Post Column: Inaugural lip-sync not event's worst scandal
Jan. 27, 2013Congratulations, America! We have already successfully embroiled the White House in controversy before President Barack Obama has even had enough time to properly start his second term.
