EDITORIALS

Post Endorsements: 3rd Ward candidates keep students in mind

Editor’s Note: The 3rd Ward race presents an interesting dilemma for our editorial board. One candidate, R.J. Sumney, serves as our paper’s business manager. The other candidate, Michele Papai, is the mother of Will Drabold, one of our City Staff reporters. Because of those clear conflicts, we’ve chosen not to issue an endorsement in this race; however, we did meet with both candidates and below are excerpts from those meetings.

Post Endorsements: Next City Council must foster communication

Bill Bias and Nancy Bain, two of Athens City Council’s most experienced members, will be retiring at the end of the current term. That means next year’s City Council will be a younger, relatively inexperienced one: however, this is not a bad thing. We think this new Council will be able to foster new ideas, new leadership styles and will strive to work well together.

Post Endorsements: Ohio Issues

The Post editorial board has taken the following positions on state Issues 1, 2 and 3.

Post Editorial: Yield to the Facts: Before taking position on fracking, know both sides of the argument

Ohio is extremely lucky to be graced with some of Mother Nature’s finest attributes for natural resources. We have hills for wind turbines, flat land to farm and cultivate and rivers for hydroelectric power. Now, one more way of extracting Ohio’s resources is creeping closer and closer to Athens — hydraulic fracturing.

Editor's Note: Think twice about the costume you'll flaunt

Saturday is Athens’ notorious Halloween block party, and, as I’ve made my custom during each of the last four years, I have absolutely no idea what my costume will be.  

Post Editorial: A Viral Star is Born: Costume-correctness campaign worthy of its national attention

Ohio University students have gone viral again, and it’s not due to the No. 1 party-school reputation or the Marching 110 performing “Party Rock Anthem.” This time, it’s because a student group created a campaign to tackle racial discrimination during Halloween.

Editor's Note: Resolutions should bring out best of student body

Student Senate President Kyle Triplett put it best: We’ve (seemingly) crossed the bridge.

Post Editorial: Helping Ourselves - Students can learn from senate's newest sexual assault campaign

Two weeks ago, we asked students to be more proactive with sexual assault programs on our campus. Yesterday, Student Senate’s public relations team launched its social media campaign “Lifelines to Safety” to increase sexual assault awareness using YouTube videos and Twitter.

Editor's Note: Homecoming weekend: onset of Athens madness

Dear Class of 2015,

Post Editorial: Senate's Silence: Student Senate still deaf to pleas for resolution concerning SB 5

Senate Bill 5 protesters left in a huff during yesterday’s Student Senate meeting — and they had every reason to do so.

Post Editorial: Good Prognosis: Campus Care improves for the betterment of students' health

Two years ago, students would rather fight off the flu on their own than even think about taking a step into Hudson Health Center. Wait times were atrocious, diagnoses were questionable and some of the medical examination tables looked like they were nearly a hundred years old — because they were. Many students figured it was more likely they’d walk out of Hudson sicker than when they arrived.

PostEditorial: Fostering Diversity: Alumni can restore program for inner-city, Appalachian students

Ohio University offers two strong scholarship programs: the Urban Scholarship and the Appalachian Scholarship. Both reach out to students who might not consider OU as a choice for college or might not have the opportunity to attend college.

Post Editorial: Raising Alarm: OU needs proactive programs to drop number of sexual assaults

Despite campus programs and advocacy, sexual assault continues to plague this campus.

Editor's Note: Senate must take care of campus matters first

For the first time this year, I missed a Student Senate meeting this past Wednesday night.

Post Editorial: Tourists for Life: Athens County offers more than students' daily Uptown scene

Take a look at your calendar. This is the last weekend of September. In two weekends, it’s Homecoming and in another two weekends it’s Halloween. Upcoming weekends with warm weather are few and far between.

Post Editorial: Forgive and Forget: Absolving student loans could temporarily stimulate economy

Yesterday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson rallied Ohio University students and Athens residents alike. But one topic remained a hot issue and a crowd pleaser to most — student-loan forgiveness.

Post Editorial: A Superficial Cure: Repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' will not eliminate gay prejudice

It’s been a long time coming. After 17 years and three presidential administrations, the flawed “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was repealed Tuesday.

A City's Duty

The last time we weighed in on Ohio University’s decision to provide $250,000 in funding for a new fire truck we focused some of our criticism on the uncertainty as to where the money would come from.

Man on the street: Do you think OU should help fund the city's fire truck?

Post Editorial: Clean Slate: Student Senate must maintain positive ties with constituents

It’s a new quarter and a new school year, meaning a new Student Senate has taken office and our expectations are running high. We think this year’s senate is uniquely capable of representing the students in a way that past iterations haven’t.