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2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015 THE POST WWW.THEPOSTATHENS.COM LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK @thepostopinion Opinion Check out more columns online: RETHINKING RELIGION Columnist Grace Eberly discusses the role of forgiveness in last week’s shooting at Umpqua Community College. Do you ever find something in The Post thought provoking, questionable or even infuriating? Let us know! We are always interested in hearing about the way our readers respond to our content every day. Send us your letters IN PERSON Baker Center, Room 325 ONLINE thepostathens.com/letters BY EMAIL letters@thepostathens.com THE THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF OHIO UNIVERSITY VOLUME 106 ISSUE 34 WWW.THEPOSTATHENS.COM 1 PARK PLACE, ROOM 325 EDITOR@THEPOSTATHENS.COM PHONE | 740.593.4010 FAX | 740.593.0561 ONLINE POST BLOGS THEPOSTATHENS.COM/BLOGS FACEBOOK THEPOSTATHENS TWITTER @THEPOST EDITORIAL Ohio University Homecoming Weekend should be a time to celebrate what it means to be a Bobcat We’d like to say “Welcome home” to the alumni who are making the trek back to the bricks they know and love. As always, have as much fun as you possibly can, but please be safe. We know that things can get out of hand when a large amount of people converge in Athens, but we have to remind you to think about everything you’re doing. Homecoming is a time for current students to celebrate being a Bobcat and for former ones to share their experiences with the younger crew. We don’t want to leave out the university officials and educators whom we also hope will participate in the festivities. The Post will be marching in Saturday morning’s Homecoming Parade and passing out Friday’s edition, so be sure to look out for us. The parade is one of our highlights for the weekend and something that Posties look forward to Throughout my 19 years of life, I have experimented with every hairstyle imaginable. I’ve worn my natural hair, and I’ve also have had relaxers, cornrows, box braids, straight weaves, curly weaves, afros etc. I have seen it all and done it all. One conclusion I’ve made from trying all these styles is that they’re all beautiful, but they’re not all for me, and that’s OK. In this society, black women have gotten a lot of grief over our hair and the way we wear it. If you’re natural, you get criticized for looking too “afrocentric.” If you wear a weave, you’re told that you’re “self-hating” and that you’re trying to emulate European hair. If you wear braids, you’re called “ghetto.” It’s not only the style, it’s also the color of our hair as well. If we so much as deviate a shade from black or brown, our hair is seen as crazy or wild. We can’t have red, blonde, purple, blue, etc. hair without being seen as “ratchet.” Every style is wrong, every color is wrong and nothing is ever good enough. Why do we, as black women, always have to explain why we wear a certain style? Can we not just wear the style we want to wear, with no explanations or disclaimers? But also, why do we have to judge other people based on the way they choose, or not choose, to wear their hair? Deciding to wear your hair one way or another is a right that black women have been fighting for and continue to fight for to this day. Even within our own community, we are struggling to overcome the stereotypes and myths associated with various styles. participating in leading up to the event, so we hope to see you there. For the freshmen Bobcats out there, connect with the alumni you meet when you’re walking around Court Street this weekend. Homecoming is more than a football game and an excuse to hit the bars; it is a chance to learn about how OU has changed throughout the years, or maybe how it’s stayed the same. Take the opportunity this weekend to not only have fun, but to treat everyone you encounter with respect. Bobcats should take care of other Bobcats, and because there will be more of us than usual, let’s show the alumni that Athens is still the small town in the hills they love. Editorials represent the majority opinion of The Post’s executive editors and are independent of the publication’s news coverage. FRESH, FIT AND FULL OF LIFE Black women should not have to explain their hairstyle choices HAADIZA OGWUDE IS A SOPHOMORE STUDYING JOURNALISM. “For black women, you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” Ingrid Banks, an associate professor of Black Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, said. “If you’ve got straight hair, you’re pegged as selling out. If you don’t straighten your hair, you’re seen as not practicing appropriate grooming practices.” Banks also stated that making the choice to wear your hair a certain way is more important than the resulting hairstyle. “If a black woman makes a choice to relax her hair, or to cut all her hair off, or just do nothing to it, it’s empowering to make that choice.” She said black women on plantations didn’t have that luxury. Do you think there are still stereotypes for black women and their hair? Tweet Haadiza @ AdoreHaadiza or email her at ho299413@ohio.edu. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMMA OCKERMAN MANAGING EDITOR REBEKAH BARNES DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR SAM HOWARD OPINION EDITOR WILL GIBBS COPY CHIEF OLIVIA HITCHCOCK PROJECTS EDITOR DANIELLE KEETON-OLSEN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARIELLE BERGER DIRECTOR OF MULTIMEDIA KAITLIN OWENS DESIGN EDITORS CHANCE BRINKMAN-SULL MATT RYAN DIGITAL MEDIA DIRECTOR SETH ARCHER DIGITAL CONTENT DIRECTOR CLARE PALO DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL INITIATIVES WILL DRABOLD NEWS EDITORS ALEX MEYER MARIA DEVITO EMILY BOHATCH CULTURE EDITORS MARISA FERNANDEZ MERYL GOTTLIEB SPORTS EDITORS CHARLIE HATCH LUKE O’ROARK BUSINESS MANAGER RJ SUMNEY Your opinion is welcome. Letters should be fewer than 500 words. Longer submissions will be considered as guest commentaries, but space is limited. All letters must be signed by at least one individual; anonymous letters will not be accepted. The Post does not accept letters soliciting donations or news releases. Please include your year and major if you are a student. Letters can be submitted online at www.thepostathens. com, by email at editor@thepostathens.com or at The Post’s front desk in the media wing on the third floor of Baker University Center. We reserve the right to edit submissions for clarity, vulgarity and Associated Press Style. BRIDGING OCEANS Major media, U.S. government need to admit truth about Afghanistan bombing A hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was bombed by a U.S. AC-130 gunship for more than 30 minutes on Oct. 3, killing more than 22 people and injuring 37. Al Jazeera reported this was one of the only hospitals in the region equipped to handle serious injuries. Large media corporations such as The New York Times and The Economist have all but skirted around the facts of the bombing, revealing continued bias for the U.S. government over innocent lives and the truth of the terrorism of their own nation. The U.S. military in Afghanistan issued a news update admitting the airstrike was made by their forces in Kunduz, but the important part of the report was that they said it was “against individuals threatening the force. The strike may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility.” The Intercept reported Jason Cone, the MSF’s executive director told them “all parties [to the] conflict, including in Kabul and Washington, were clearly informed of precise GPS Coordinates of MSF facilities in Kunduz. [The] precise location of MSF Kunduz hospital [was] communicated to all parties on multiple occasions over past months, including on 9/29.” For the military to call the deaths of more than 20 people “collateral damage” is a disgusting mistruth and manipulation of the media. Not only have they been using rhetoric like this, but they have also changed their explanation four times since the bombing happened. The New York Times refuses to cite that the strike was undoubtedly committed by a U.S. bomber, saying it “appeared to have been carried out by American aircraft.” On Oct. 7 Dr. Joanne Liu, international president of MSF, demanded a formal and independent investigation into the Kunduz bombing. She was very clear to say that “this was just not an attack on our hospital. It was an attack on the Geneva Conventions. This cannot be tolerated.” As Nick Turse reported for The Intercept, the general director of MSF, Christopher Stokes, said “this amounts to an admission of a war crime.” Even if there were members of the Taliban there, the MSF hospital is a non-partisan facility caring for anyone who needs help. Al Jazeera once more reported the hospital took no sides in the conflict between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban. In an interview with Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Noam Chomsky, he makes it clear the war on terror is a sham. “The fact of the matter is that there is no War on Terror. It’s a minor consideration,” Chomsky said. “So invading Iraq and taking control of the world’s energy resources was way more important than the threat of terror.” In his book Understanding Power, Chomsky also drives the point that when the U.S. has been fighting for peace or democracy it has really been a matter of which political power benefits them or follows their rules. “They’re ‘democracies,’ because the right people are running them; if the right people aren’t running them, then they’re not ‘democracies,’” Chomsky said. In the context of the bombing, the U.S. could be seen to have done it because there was a possibility of there being Taliban members there, BRIAN FOGEL IS A FRESHMAN STUDYING JOURNALISM. but also because the hospital was willing to provide aide for the people the U.S. didn’t like. There has even been a history of U.S. bombings of facilities like the one at the MSF, as The Intercept reports. This rampant hyper-nationalism and “war on terror” must be ended altogether. The public is becoming less naive about why these wars are being fought, and if the military continues to cover up war crimes like those, the opposition forces are going to continue having a reason to fight. Did you already know about this bombing in Afghanistan? Tweet him @FrianBogel or email him at bf111514@ohio.edu. The Post is an independent newspaper run by Ohio University students. We distribute the paper free of charge in Athens, Ohio, when classes are in session. Editorial page material represents the opinions of the editors, columnists and letter writers. Opinions expressed are independent of Ohio University and our printer. STREETVIEW “Do you plan on attending the Homecoming Parade and football game?” Policies Front Desk Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. Closed Saturday and Sunday. 1 Park Place, Baker University Center, Room 325, Athens, OH 45701 (740) 593-4010 Cost: 10 words: $3 students, $3.75 businesses, $.10 each additional word. Free lost and found daily, space permitting The Post will not print advertisements that violate local, state or federal laws. All advertisements must display good taste. The Post reserves the right to refuse any advertisement. If questions arise, the editor will make the final decision. The Post will not run real estate or employment advertisements that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, sexual orientation or national origin. All advertisements are subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act. Phone numbers will not be printed in the Personals section. If errors are found in a classified ad, please notify The Post by 4 p.m. the day the ad runs. Though The Post cannot be responsible for errors, a corrected ad will run free of charge on the next publication date. Cash refunds will not be given. Notify The Post by 4 p.m. of cancellations for the following day. Ads cannot be taken by telephone. Ads are not accepted after 4 p.m. The Post reception office is located on the third floor of Baker Center. “I don’t think I’ll be attending the Homecoming football game, but I might be attending the parade.” AISHA BROWN FRESHMAN STUDYING SCREENWRITING AND PRODUCING “I will not be attending the football game. I honestly haven’t attended a game yet this year. I just feel like our school spirit isn’t through the roof, so I haven’t felt a need to go yet. And I don’t think I’ll be attending the parade because I have way too much homework to do this weekend.” KAYLA BOLDEN FRESHMAN STUDYING HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION “Both, most definitely.” CORY WILBER SOPHOMORE STUDYING ACCOUNTING “No... maybe the parade, definitely not the football game” LANCE JACKSON SENIOR STUDYING CIVIL ENGINEERING TODAY’S PAPER COPY EDITORS | HANNAH DEBENHAM, JULIA FAIR, ALEXANDRA GREENBERG, CARA HANSON, GRACE HILL, MEGAN HENRY, DANIEL MARCO, LAUREN YOUNG DESIGNERS | KELLY BONDRA, SAMANTHA GÜT, EMMA KRAMER PHOTO EDITOR | EMILY MATTHEWS “Well actually, as Asian people or like, as an exchange student here, probably not. It’s conflict based on culture.” FEIHONG ZHU SENIOR STUDYING ECONOMICS — Compiled by Nick Da Rosa
THE POST WWW.THEPOSTATHENS.COM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015 3 Visitors bureau, university work together to make Athens County a desirable destination for visitors MADELEINE PECK FOR THE POST When picking out one’s next vacation spot, some may think of Athens, Greece, before Athens, Ohio. Though lacking in ancient ruins, Athens, Ohio, Bars double, triple alcohol orders to prepare for alumni during Homecoming Weekend EMILY BOHATCH NEWS EDITOR OLIVER HAMLIN| FOR THE POST Students walk through the Alumni Gateway on Wednesday. This year’s Homecoming theme is “Same Bricks, Different Stories.” has many peak weekends — such as Ohio University’s Homecoming — that bring visitors to town. The Athens County Visitors Bureau works with OU and credits the college as a large reason visitors from out of town come to Athens County. Those visitors are a major source of revenue businesses in Athens, Paige Alost, the executive director of the Athens County Visitors Bureau, said in an email. “When it comes to tourism, Ohio University generates a tremendous amount of business for us,” Alost said in an email. “OU Family Weekends plus Bobcat Athletics definitely keeps our hotels, restaurants and shops full.” In 2013, more than one million visitors were responsible for more than $139.1 million in economic benefits to Athens County, according to the Tourism Economic Impact Report from that year. Athens Mayor Paul Wiehl said tourism not only brings in money to the city, but also new life and activity. “Some weekends it’s very hard to find a room here,” Wiehl said. “It’s all for the good.” Gene Armes, the co-owner of The College Bookstore, said the busiest times for the store usually coincide with major weekends for the university. “Homecoming is traditionally our busiest weekend of the Fall Semester,” Armes said. “We’re looking for big crowds this weekend.” Lenny Meyer, the owner of Bagel Street Deli, said Homecoming Weekend is the busiest weekend of the year by far, but the restaurant makes considerable amounts of money “any time the university is doing a moms weekend, a dads weekend.” “The festival weekends during the spring bring in a lot of business and football games are bringing in good business right now,” Meyer said. “So, I mean, move in weekend — the first weekend of the year — that’s huge and then the move out week is really big, too.” Luar Romero, the general manager of Jackie O’s, added that Homecoming brings an increase in customers, so much so that the brewpub is changing its hours on Saturday. “Brew Week, Parents Weekend, Dads and Moms weekend, those are a big influx of (business) and also move in day and move out day also bring a lot of people,” Romero said. The university isn’t the only draw for tourists. “The summertime is really peak leisure traveler time for Athens County,” Alost said in an email. “Events like Boogie on the Bricks and Ohio Brew Week play a huge role in attracting visitors to our community.” Meyer added that Bagel Street Deli benefits from summertime events. “Brew Week’s a very nice week for the summertime,” Meyer said. “Nelsonville music fest brings more people to town than normal. Yeah, I mean there’s actually quite a few (weekends) that can drive business other ways as well.” No matter the reason people decide to come to Athens they start to love the community, Alost said. “It’s a special place, and of all the places I’ve been the world, there’s really no place quite like Athens,” she said in an email. “We often refer to Athens as the intersection of rural Appalachian wisdom and innovative academia. It’s a strange combination, but it produces something really magical.” @M_PECKABLE MP172114@OHIO.EDU As far as running a bar goes during Ohio University’s Homecoming Weekend, Crystal manager John Oberlin summed up the sentiments of a lot of uptown bar staffs: “It’s a whole ordeal.” In preparation for the large influx of former Bobcats and current students, Athens uptown bars stock up on beer and spirits far ahead of time. Jackie O’s prepares for the alumni by doubling up on their unique brews. “The past few Homecomings, we’ve really stocked up,” Liam McDonald, a Jackie O’s Brewery staff member, said. Bruce Reede, manager of Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery, said the bar will stock 10 extra kegs for each of its two locations on West Union Street to satisfy cravings of OU alumni who can’t purchase the stouts and IPAs in their hometowns. “We definitely do get a lot more alumni,” Reede said. “We’re their favorite craft beer.” But for Jackie O’s, stocking up isn’t a huge problem. All it takes is an extra run down to Campbell Street. “We’re a brewery so we don’t really have to buy more beer here,” Reede said. On top of selling barrel-loads of classic Jackie O’s brews such as Razz Wheat, Reede said the bar will stock up with two extra cases of vodka and various other liquors, adding that Jameson is a popular choice. Though Jackie O’s focuses more on stocking up on beer, other popular bars shift their focuses to stronger spirits. Oberlin said though alumni would rather sit down and enjoy a beer, the student population is more partial to stronger mixed cocktails. To keep up with Homecoming festivities, Oberlin said the Crystal stocked up with five extra cases of vodka and 20 extra kegs. The extensive orders help keep up with the early bar-goers out to celebrate festivities, he said. “(Alumni) will show up more towards noon,” Oberlin said, adding that current students are more likely to show up closer to 6 p.m. “It’s a fun time though,” he said. Eric Moss, the owner and operator of the Overhang, said the bar buys nearly four times the amount of alcohol than normal because so many people return to Athens. “It’s standing room only, like all the bars,” Moss said. “It’s really tough to move around.” BRIEN VINCENT | FILE New York Giants fans rejoice at The Crystal after the Giants’ victory in Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5, 2012. Bars are expecting big crowds during Homecoming Weekend. For some bars, Bobcat family shenanigans aren’t the only issue. Cat’s Eye bartender Andy Brinck said the bar sees so many patrons and sales that the cooler has to be kept to capacity. “You sell so much stuff, it’s hard to keep it all cold,” Brinck said. As of last weekend, the bar’s cooler was stocked floor to ceiling with nearly no walking room for employees. As a result, employees often have to venture into other storage locations and bring up warm beer for the cooler as soon as space becomes available, Brinck said. “Come Friday, you sell so much … that’s the real challenge,” he said. Normally though, Brinck maintained, bartenders focus on keeping commonly ordered beverages, such as Bud Light, cold and ready for patrons. Brinck didn’t know the exact numbers of excess alcohol purchased, but he said it’s “a lot.” Regardless, he added that the bar sometimes runs out of choice drinks. “Usually, if we run out of something, it’s something smaller,” Brinck said. @EMILYBOHATCH EB346012@OHIO.EDU Now Leasing 16-17 We offer outstanding 2 bedroom apartments in the historic Moore-Russell Building with views of College Green, and in the quiet neighborhood of 121 East State St. Call or visit our Office: 36 South Court St, Suite 101 to view available apartments. FOLLOW THE POST ON TWITTER @ThePost
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