Letter: Allegations against Cosby won’t change the way we address sexual assaults
Dec. 3, 2014The ground shifted the day Bill Cosby was exposed.
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Black pacing Bobcats to fast start
By Luke O'Roark | Dec. 3, 2014Kiyanna Black has been one of Ohio’s best scorers the past two seasons. The year, however, she has developed a more well-round game.
Demographic disparity among OU's Distinguished Professor Award recipients
By Dina Berliner | Dec. 3, 2014The most prestigious award for faculty members at Ohio University is traditionally bestowed to white men
Red, Blue & You: Gender pay gap still apparent, solutions not working
By Gabby McDaris | Dec. 3, 2014According to a release from the White House, for every dollar a man makes in America, a woman makes 77 cents. Throughout America’s history there have been multiple attempts to close this gender pay gap, and it’s about time people are paid not because of their gender, but because of their quality of work.
APD receives grant to fund victim advocate
By Emma Ockerman | Dec. 3, 2014The Athens Police Department announced Tuesday it had been awarded the federal Violence Against Women Act grant to fund its police social worker, Molly Burchfield.
In The Know With Meg O: FDA might allow blood donations from gay men
By Meg Omecene | Dec. 3, 2014This week, the Food and Drug Administration could lift the ban that prohibits gay men from donating blood.The ban has been in place for 31 years and was spurred by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. When the FDA was trying to figure out how to quash the disease, it grouped gay men with intravenous drug users and completely banned them from donating blood for life, which at the time was a reaction to a lack of a blood test. But because science has progressed since the ’80s, there are now tests that show if someone is HIV-positive within weeks of exposure.However, the lift of the ban is conditional and would not allow all HIV-negative men to donate blood. Rather, the ban will only be lifted if the man has not had sex with another man in the last year, even if he is in a monogamous relationship.A ruling that favors donations from gay men would be a big step in societal growth toward total acceptance of the LGBTQ community. This ban is so antiquated. When it was put in place, people thought only gay men could get AIDS. But as the understanding of the disease became widespread, the ban has been a source of discrimination to a large section of the population.However, the change to the prohibition is not a true source of eliminating discrimination. For men in a monogamous relationship, not being allowed to donate blood is still offensive and seems unnecessary. I hope the FDA will grow with the times to show the rest of the country that gay men should not be discriminated against for something that affects a very small amount of the population.
Letter: Despite poor placing early swim team has improved over ’13-14
Dec. 3, 2014As an alumnus of Ohio University, a former swimmer for the Bobcat team and a parent of a current swimmer on the team, I wanted to write a letter in response to The Post’s Sunday, Nov. 23 article (Swimming-Bobcats stumble, finish sixth at H2Okie Invitational).
Pre-Kwanzaa event to express importance of African American culture
By Marisa Fernandez | Dec. 3, 2014African American students anticipate and prepare for the Multicultural Center’s pre-Kwanzaa event and presentation.
Tobacco products banned in recreational areas
By EMILY BOHATCH | Dec. 3, 2014You can smoke in most parts of Athens free of charge.
Reviewing Rod: McDavis’ schedule busy with meetings when in Athens
By Olivia Hitchcock | Dec. 3, 2014When not traveling, McDavis spends most of his time in meetings and appointments at his Athens office.
LGBT Center, Athens GSA spaces for high school students
By Rebekah Barnes | Dec. 3, 2014LGBT Center and Athens High School Gay Straight Alliance safe spaces for high school students to be themselves.
Students propose major curriculum, faculty and law enforcement changes
By Alex Meyer | Dec. 3, 2014Students clarified their demands at Tuesday's event.
Letter: Several key facts omitted from Op-Ed on McDavis’ leadership skills
Dec. 3, 2014I am writing in response to Richard Vedder's Op-Ed piece in Monday’s (12/01/14) The Post. Mr. Vedder's comments concerning Ohio University's need for a "New Leadership Era" are, as the Op-Ed’s title states, only his opinion.I do wish to address several of the comments in Mr. Vedder's piece. First is the fact that, while Mr. Vedder raises the issue of the expansion of athletic facilities, he fails to mention how much of their cost was paid for by donations.Second, he references OU's building program. As a former economics professor, I'm sure Mr. Vedder has taught "cost/benefit" analysis. As an engineer, I can tell you that, in many cases, it is not cost effective to rehab a structure. As to the Academic Center for Athletes, Mr. Vedder fails to mention that OU currently has one. This project is intended to upgrade those facilities. It will, by the way, be funded through donations.Finally, I would think a former professor would be able to express his opinions absent sarcasm/condescension.Kenneth Job is an Ohio University alumnus.
Commissioners looking to decrease back taxes
By Matt Cudahy | Dec. 3, 2014Athens County Treasurer Bill Bias is considering the possibility of implementing a tax lien sale system locally
McDavis focusing on proposed SSI policy changes
By Olivia Hitchcock | Dec. 3, 2014Early estimates show OU losing the highest funding percentage
Bobcats’ Harris continues consistent scoring, on track to breaking personal record
By Tony Wolfe | Dec. 3, 2014HED- Hockey: Bobcats’ Harris continues consistent scoring thanks to team’s fastest shot
Athens Winter Farmer’s Market vendors move inside
By Sophie Kruse | Dec. 3, 2014Just because it’s winter, that doesn’t mean the Farmer’s Market closes. Instead, some vendors choose to move inside of the Market on East State Street.
International students contemplate connections with students
By Marisa Fernandez | Dec. 3, 2014Chinese students express the desire in unifying the student body
Sports Column: Robert Griffin III experiences his inevitable ending in Washington
By Andrew Gillis | Dec. 3, 2014Robert Griffin III benched for Colt McCoy, likely is done as quarterback for the Washington Redskins
Editorial: Smoking ban to benefit all of Athens
Dec. 3, 2014We agree with the city of Athens’ smoking ban (effective Jan. 1) and Ohio University’s plan to abolish tobacco products on campus (beginning Fall Semester 2015).Athens City Council voted to charge $50 for smoking a cigarette in city parks or parking lots, and for disposing cigarette butts on sidewalks or streets.The decision is a push to keep the city clean and environmentally friendly — two things pretty much everyone can get behind.This opinion is a change of pace for us, as we generally take the stance that personal freedoms (speech, expression, assembly, etc.) should be protected.But we think the benefits of a smoke-free society outweigh the infringements on smokers’ personal freedom to light up in a public area. Few non-smokers are singing the praises of secondhand smoke.Simply put: We are sure that the campus and uptown areas will be better off because of the university and city’s decisions to diminish tobacco use.Editorials represent the majority opinion of The Post’s executive editors.
