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The Good-isms: Activism is accessible to celebrities and everyday students

Most activists choose one cause to support during their lifetime, but a select few go above and beyond to make the world a better place. After over 20 years in both the music and film industry, Jared Leto has risen to the public eye as one of the most passionate and versatile performers of our generation and as someone who uses his talents to bring justice to people, animals and the planet.

Sustainable living education will be integrated into new residence halls

New residence halls are set to begin offering sustainable living spaces

Ecohouse promotes sustainability

OU’s Ecohouse offers three university students each year a chance to live in a sustainably-designed home.

‘ALTERNATE ENDINGS’ films shown to honor World AIDS Day

Visual AIDS project ALTERNATE ENDINGS series will be shown in the LGBT Center, showcasing seven artists and perspectives around HIV/AIDS issues.

Gamer Girl: Tech-based gifts for the holidays

It’s that time of year again, my friends. While you hang your stockings and drink your hot cocoa, it’s time to prepare your holiday wish list. Last week, I let you all in on the games that I’ve been lusting over. This week, for my final column of the semester, I’m going to share my tech-y wish list for this holiday season (I hope you’re reading, Mom.)The first thing on my Christmas list is a renewed subscription to Sirius XM radio. While this isn’t the most exciting item on my list, it’s sadly become a necessity to me. My trial subscription was up in October and since then, I’ve been struggling. I usually try to seek solace with either some Spotify playlists, a mix CD (I’m a little old school) or an audiobook (I’m also a super nerd). Sometimes I just want to make it easy on myself and be able to surf through the hundreds of commercial-free stations.I’d also like to upgrade my iPad to an iPad mini. I was an early adopter, so my first-generation iPad is pretty much out of commission — I can’t update the software, no more apps are suited for it’s system and it’s pretty darn slow. I’ve grown accustomed to not using my tablet much anymore, but one day I want to update it and use it for everything I could.The largest thing on my long-term wish list is a new console. Even though I’ve mentioned this before, I’d really love to get my hands on a Playstation 4. I still dearly love my Xbox 360, but the things that the PS4 has is much better than that on the Xbox One. However, a new console is something I could definitely wait on until it becomes hard to get any games for the older consoles.While that’s it for my personal list, there are a few other things that have caught my eye that would be perfect for other tech lovers in your life. For those that love to share videos or stream music, Chromecast is perfect and is less than $50. By plugging it into your TV, you can share YouTube videos or Netflix or a variety of other media from your phone right to your TV.There’s also a ton of cool smart watches out that can do lots of different things. While I’m old school and like to keep my watch simple, they are perfect for anyone who’s into tech. There’s a lot of cool fitness-based ones too. While this isn’t a gadget, I always think the perfect gift is a subscription to something online. Netflix and Hulu are perfect for movie and TV lovers. Music fans would definitely appreciate a subscription to Spotify or Google Music. While I haven’t tried it out, I’ve heard Oyster is the “Netflix for books.” It would be perfect for those that love their Kindles.Happy Holidays techies, and I hope you get everything you wish for.Sophie Kruse is a junior studying journalism. What’s on your Christmas list? Email her at sk139011@ohio.edu or tweet her at @kruseco.

Students react to plan to move Division of Film

Just before Thanksgiving break, the students in the College of Fine Arts were informed of a plan to move the Division of Film from CoFA to the Scripps College of Communication for financial reasons.Margaret Kennedy-Dygas, dean of CoFA, said she doesn’t know the details of the change yet, but the desire is to move the program in order to protect it and the other CoFA departments from drastic “Draconian kinds of (budget) cuts.”A decrease in the number of undergraduates enrolled in CoFA has caused a loss in the college’s revenues, Kennedy-Dygas said. The number of undergraduates decreased 8 percent from 2007 to 2013, according to university records.“If we were to continue with our present structure, necessary budget cuts would approach 10 percent of our expenses, and that level of budget cut would cripple all of our programs equally,” she said in an email to CoFA students. “It would equal the elimination of all operating budgets throughout the College, the elimination of all new hires for next year, and job abolishment for several of our professional staff or faculty. Such measures would decimate our programs.”Joe Cox, a sophomore studying integrated media in the Honors Tutorial College, said the plan is logical but he isn’t fully sold on the reasoning behind it. “It sort of seems weird that the motivation for integrating is just a monetary need because that makes it seem a little more forced than something that was voluntarily discussed,” he said.Administrators’ decisions regarding the Monomoy Theater and now Division of Film are understandable, but Ryan Holihan, a third-year graduate director, said he doesn’t think officials understand the long-term ramifications on the school and its prestige.“The administration has done a horrible job at communicating what is about to happen and why, making people feel good about their decisions and being a leader,” he added. “All (Kennedy-Dygas) is doing is sending out emails and taking everybody off guard. … I wish they would come talk to us more.”Steven Ross, artistic director of the Division of Film, and Scott Titsworth, dean of the Scripps College of Communication, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Luke Szabados, a junior studying film in HTC, said that Ross said in an email that many of the program’s aspects would stay the same when it moves colleges.Szabados said he doesn’t believe connections between divisions will be affected but it might be harder to access some of the resources, such as costumes from the Division of Theater, if they aren’t in the same college. If the Division of Film does move to the Scripps College, it would be included in the School of Media Arts and Studies, which Kennedy-Dygas said has a population of 650 undergraduates. Colin Trubee, a sophomore studying integrated media, said many in his track already take film classes. Integrating the film program into the Scripps’ Media Arts and Studies program could help to cut any repetitiveness in the course material, he said.Trubee said the integration might lessen the confusion for undergraduates because there is no film major for undergraduates. The Division of Film is largely a graduate program though there are film classes for undergraduates to take.“People do the media school because it’s an alternative to the lack of a film undergraduate degree,” he said. “It’s the closest thing you get to video production. I’m sure that funnels people into the program.”Holihan said he is largely concerned that moving the program will change the way film is defined, from a fine art to something less esteemed.Cox, on the other hand, said the location of the program is irrelevant. “I don’t think it will take anything away from what film is,” he said. “When it comes down to it, the college is just a name. It doesn’t necessarily have to be indicative of what’s within it … There is definitely art going on in the media school.”@buzzlightmerylmg986611@ohio.edu

Southern campus occupies pollution remediation lands

Methane gas levels need to be monitored, costing OU thousands

Alden Library innovates through technology

OU’s library ready to aid students during finals week through updated software, social media

Op-Ed: OU needs a new leadership era

In a recent story, The Post accurately conveyed my feeling that President Roderick McDavis had an extremely rocky beginning at Ohio University, and, despite some improvements, that the University should be preparing for a new era of leadership. It did not convey the positive things I believe about Dr. McDavis: his (and his wife’s) fundamental decency, fairness, politeness and friendliness; his intense loyalty to the school, his success in picking some able supporting administrators (e.g., Ryan Lombardi, Steve Golding), and his growing rapport with supporters of the University. The fact remains, however, that outsiders like US News rank OU a good deal lower today than when President McDavis took office. In the Ping or Glidden eras, students who couldn’t get into OU often went to Ohio State; today, the reverse is more often true. But let us not dwell on this decline, but on reversing it. President McDavis is at retirement age. If he announced later this academic year he would be retiring in another year (say the summer of 2016), he would be well past his 67th birthday, with a very long 12 year tenure leading his Alma Mater. That is a fine personal achievement and would allow him to retire to his lovely home in Florida with a sense of satisfied dignity.Here is what OU needs in a new leader to move us forward.

Everyday Wellness: All fats aren’t created equal

Fats are one of the most misunderstood nutrients, and understandably so. Fats used to be synonymous with two groups of foods: commercially baked goods — which includes pastries, pies, and cookies — and fast food staples, like hamburgers and french fries. What became apparent over time was that these fats, while tasty, are also deadly. Research showed that excessive consumption led to an increased incidence of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and cancer. So these foods were placed on the highest of pedestals, all the way up on the tip top of the food pyramid, with advisement from health officials to only to be enjoyed on occasion.But things have changed. Now, certain “fats” can be regarded as health foods, and are actually the mainstays of some of the most popular diet crazes out there, including the Paleo and Mediterranean diets. To understand how some fats can be beneficial while others are deleterious, you must delve deeper into the realm of biochemistry. What you see is dietary lipids are actually made up of complex conformations of fatty acids, and it is the arrangement and the amount of double bonds in these fatty acids that largely differentiates a “good” fat from a “bad” fat.“Bad” fats are made up of trans or saturated fatty acids, particularly solid fats. Foods high in trans fatty acids (such as the commercially produced baked goods) are inexpensive to produce and have long shelf lives. Also, anytime you see the term “partially hydrogenated oil” in the ingredient listing, you know that trans fats are included. Saturated fats largely come from animal sources, which includes fatty meats and dairy products. “Good” fats are polyunsaturated fats (meaning that chemically, they have more than one double bond.) These can be further broken down into omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids are plant and seafood-derived while omega-6 fatty acids are commonly found in poultry, vegetable oils, nuts and seeds.One reason foods high in trans and saturated fatty acids are bad and foods rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are good has to do with the effects these fatty acids have on our cholesterol levels. Diets high in trans and saturated fats will lead to elevated LDL cholesterol, which will promote increased plaque and clot formation in one’s blood vessels leading to increased risk of heart disease and strokes. On the other hand, diets high in polyunsaturated fatty acids can also have positive anti-inflammatory effects and can lead to an elevation in one’s HDL cholesterol, which is cardioprotective and decreases one’s risk of heart disease and stroke. I encourage you to be aware of your own dietary fat consumption. My recommendation for fat intake is simple: Consume less than 10 percent of calories from saturated fats. Replace solid fats with oils when possible. Limit foods that contain synthetic sources of trans fatty acids (such as hydrogenated oils) and keep total trans fatty acid consumption as low as possible. And finally, eat fish because it is rich in omega-3 fats. If you’re interested in assessing your cholesterol level, ask your doctor to run a lipid panel and determine if your LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol are within the recommended ranges. And remember, it’s important to consider not just the quantity of fat in your diet but also the quality of fat.Mark Gottschlich is a medical student at the Ohio University Heritage College of Medicine. Contact him at gg617012@ohio.edu.

Letter:Sit-in shows solidarity on campus

In 2012, I took the Politics of Rights course here at Ohio University. On the final day of discussion we were asked to imagine a post-racial society. We spewed all sorts of ambiguous jargon about what this probably impossible future would look like. None of it was worth repeating.Monday night I saw with my own eyes what it looks like when human beings of all races, creeds and socioeconomic statuses come together on equal terms. I was witness to a time of open, democratically-led discussion about pressing and emotional issues. I sat in solidarity with dozens of other students who put the value of community over protocol when they refused to vacate Baker University Center. In my lifetime, I have never had a reason beyond blind faith to believe that the future will be better than the history I have been taught. The Bobcat family gave me a reason this week and for that I am filled with gratitude and optimism.A decade or more from now, I hope we will still look back on that night with pride. We proved that the people united will not be defeated. It will take even more courage to continue this struggle in the days to come, but I believe we are up to the challenge.We have the power, Bobcats. I look forward to seeing it used for good.Renée Hagerty is a student at Ohio University.

Letter: White students need to fill supportive roles in activism

To The Editor,(Monday) evening, the night of the 25th of November, I sat in solidarity with students of color at Baker University Center in the wake of two recent tragedies — first the killing of Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri and the lack of justice for his killer, Darren Wilson, and the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice at the hands of a Cleveland police officer.According to Ohio University’s 2010 Campus Diversity statistics online, Caucasian students comprised around 80 percent of the school’s population. Assuming these statistics are accurate in 2014 — which a look around campus can confirm — OU is not a diverse place. Practically speaking, most friend groups are segregated at OU, and plenty of Caucasian students have never interacted with students of color in a genuine way.Caucasian students at OU need to make a conscious effort to free OU of hatred. If we are not active in making OU more inclusive, we perpetuate the rule of white supremacy. This effort to stifle hate necessitates active listening, cooperation, respect and love from Caucasian students. We need to make OU a space where students of color can be heard and not talked over. This means taking an African American studies course, it means listening to students of color when they speak in class, and it means a lot more than that. It means acknowledging your privilege, declaring yourself an ally, and opening your ears and hearts. As long as OU remains predominantly white, it is the responsibility of white students to end racial injustice.I heard one of the deans mention something about “the Bobcat family” supporting each other as a sign of encouragement, regarding the solidarity in Baker Center on the night of the 24th. I wholeheartedly agree that Bobcats should support each other, and yes, students came together at Baker Center on the 24th, but a look at Yik Yak and Unseen confirms that members of “the Bobcat family” believe more in hatred than in solidarity, and that some Bobcats are not allies, not family. Yaks like, “Ignorant black people in Ferguson hurting police officers, firefighters, and even reporters. And they wonder why cops are so cautious around them,” and Unseen comments like “All y’all in baker are ignorant. Facts>skin color,” demonstrate that the Caucasian space of our university remains ignorant and hateful, not supportive. The former comment had four downvotes and the latter had seven upvotes at 3:30 a.m. on the 25th. Yik Yak and Unseen do not speak for the majority, but they do reveal just how deeply prejudiced some members of our community are.White students must divorce themselves from hate speech and fight back against those who speak it. White students must confront the racism of their white friends and peers, but most importantly, white students must authentically confront their own prejudices.You must believe that black lives matter to be part of my family. White students need to be allies, not oppressors. We need to listen.Michael Mayberry is a sophomore studying English in the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University.

A tropical disease researcher takes students to Ecuador to help stop the spread of Chagas disease

A tropical disease researcher takes students to Ecuador to help stop the spread of Chagas disease

OU student who struck bus faces underage consumption charge

OUPD report shows that student who was hit by bus was intoxicated.

Ohio stomps Manhattan, has best start since 2006

Mariah Byard had 24 points and Lexie Baldwin hit all seven of her shots, as Ohio dominated Manhattan for second-best starting record in program history.

Ohio moves forward with despite last-second loss

Ohio lost on a last-second shot to Belmont Saturday, but it came back from an early deficit.

Although it isn't guaranteed, Ohio could edge into a bowl game

The Bobcats are awaiting their postseason fate after clinching bowl eligibility.

Men's basketball: Bradshaw's career night downs Ohio in final second

Aided by a career-high 42 pints from Craig Bradshaw, Belmont downs Ohio in The Convo in the final second.

Volleyball: Dayton likely ends Ohio's season

A little over a week ago Ohio looked like it would enter the NCAA tournament as one of the hottest teams in the nation.