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The Athens Effect Guide to Science Stuff
Stuck at home with nothing to do? Online classes bumming you out? Procrastinating on that big assignment? Look no further than The Athens Effect’s Guide to Science Stuff! Continue reading The Athens Effect Guide to Science Stuff
What we know about the vast unknown
Ohio University’s Science Cafe hosts Hee-Jong Seo to explain the science and research behind the ever-expanding universe. The universe is expanding. The most accepted theory is that the universe will accelerate through its continuous expansion until gravity can no longer hold it together, and the entire universe will tear apart in a “big rip.” Don’t panic; there are trillions of years between now and the … Continue reading What we know about the vast unknown
Athens first graders take school trip to the OHIO Student Farm
By Taylor Connelly Ohio University welcomed first grade students from Amesville Elementary, Morrison-Gordon Elementary and East Elementary to the Ohio Student Farm on Oct. 9, 11 and 13. Located on 338 W. State St., the student farm is a hidden gem on OU’s campus. The Environmental & Plant Biology department use the farm for classes and clubs and it is also a place where students … Continue reading Athens first graders take school trip to the OHIO Student Farm
Appalachian Understories hosts first annual Fall Fungi Festival
By Trinity Trimble Mushrooms grow on decomposing material, like tree trunks. Photo Credit: @Victy at Freeimages.com Appalachian Understories will hold the first annual Fall Fungi Festival on Saturday and Sunday. The festival will be at the Tenderfoot Learning Lab in Athens, Ohio. Appalachian Understories is a social enterprise of Rural Action that organizes guided tours of the Appalachian region. The Fall Fungi Festival will be … Continue reading Appalachian Understories hosts first annual Fall Fungi Festival
Watch the partial solar eclipse at John Glenn Astronomy Park
By Trinity Trimble A partial solar eclipse only covers a section of the sun, making it look like there was a bite taken out of it. Photo credits @hisks at Freeimages.com Residents of southeast Ohio will be able to view a partial annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, blocking the sun. … Continue reading Watch the partial solar eclipse at John Glenn Astronomy Park
Alumni Give a Mike to “Disappearing Voices” at The Athena Cinema Sustainability Series
By Alexandra Wells The Yasuní National Park and Biosphere Reserve, located in the Amazon forest of Ecuador, is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. However, the park’s abundant natural resources and rich biodiversity also makes it a target for exploitation, namely in the form of logging and oil drilling. This reserve is not only home to over 1400 species of animals, including 130 … Continue reading Alumni Give a Mike to “Disappearing Voices” at The Athena Cinema Sustainability Series
An Ohio River Valley Epidemic: Ethane Cracker Plants
By Liz Partsch For decades, dwellers have scavenged the Ohio River Valley for its plentiful resources. From the 17th to 18th century when Native Americans used it as a means for fur trading and agriculture purposes to 19th century when it was used as a means for pioneers to travel westward — the Ohio River Valley has always been important for trade, agriculture and transportation. Eventually … Continue reading An Ohio River Valley Epidemic: Ethane Cracker Plants
Sustainability Series: Food for Change and Camp Yoshi
By Chloe Partlow “[Do] you feel sovereign?” said Rashad Frazier in Camp Yoshi, a short film directed by Faith Briggs. Frazier is the co-founder of Camp Yoshi, a collective that designs outdoor experiences to empower black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) and their allies while they reconnect with wilderness. As Frazier helped a small child, Zura, harvest a head of radicchio, Zura shied from … Continue reading Sustainability Series: Food for Change and Camp Yoshi
The Revolution Generation Film Review
By Eren Crebs Millennials are the hero generation. No, seriously. That’s what Neil Howe and William Strauss, demographers and authors of the book “Generations,” claim in the movie “The Revolution Generation,” which kicked off Ohio University’s Sustainability Series for the 2022-2023 school year. Howe and Strauss explained the cyclical nature of generational experiences that fall into four main archetypes: the “hero,” the “artist,” the “prophet” … Continue reading The Revolution Generation Film Review
Confetti that Cares
By Emma Stefanick Confetti. Something so small and trivial that, for many, it goes unnoticed. But year in and year out, confetti makes its appearance on Ohio University’s campus. For Era Bakia, a fourth-year student studying biology, confetti popped into the forefront of her mind after she began working for Ohio University Grounds Services. She noticed that there was a drastic influx of confetti litter … Continue reading Confetti that Cares
Rerouting the Hocking River: Did the River Take a Turn for the Worse
By Ellie Shanklin In 1968, 13-year-old Tebes Caul and his older brother were told by their father, “By no means do you go anywhere close to the floodwaters.” Disobeying this command, the two brothers playfully trudged through four-foot-deep water near their home in Athens, Ohio. They brought along their water-loving German shepard for a swim in the floodwaters of Richland Avenue. “It was a bad … Continue reading Rerouting the Hocking River: Did the River Take a Turn for the Worse
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