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Food for thought

December 18, 2017 4 min

Jack Demain stands at a table in the basement of United Campus Ministry and begins chopping a head of green cabbage, which he then massages in front of an attentive audience of about two dozen people, mostly �� students. They’ve come to this presentation on fermented foods to learn how to make sauerkraut, part of a collaboration between the Athens Vegan Cooking Workshop and the student group Food Matters at ��.

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A four-legged friend in need

January 31, 2017 2 min

At Counseling and Psychological Services, Outreach Coordinator Rinda Scoggan incorporates her certified therapy dog, Buddy, in sessions because the 9-year-old standard poodle is so “person-oriented,” Scoggan says.

collage of photographs taken by featured photographers featuring a view of campus, a person walking down a sidewalk, and a person in a painting studio

Exposures and touchstones: Athens from behind a camera

December 22, 2016 6 min

“OHIO Photo Renga” unfolds as a series of interrelated portraits of Athens, Ohio, the campus and/or the city. This six-part photo essay is inspired by the ancient Japanese linked verse, renga, in which two or more poets alternate penning sections of a poem.

Annie Laurie Cadmus, director of sustainabilty at ��, gives volunteers instructions before painting mile markers on the HockHocking Adena Pathway. © �� / Photo by Kaitlin Owens

Sustaining sustainability at OHIO and beyond

December 21, 2016 3 min

The Office of Sustainability at �� creates opportunities for students to contribute to eco-friendly projects on the Athens Campus. Oftentimes, students approach administrators with concerns but no solutions and become frustrated at resulting roadblocks.

A large group of students dressed in costumes forming a circle train and dancing

Bobcats trip the light fantastic for good cause

December 21, 2016 4 min

Sweat work and legwork raised upward of $40,000 in February at BobcaThon, ��’s second annual dance marathon benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio. Green and White faithful put their best foot forward for up to 12 hours.

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