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Total solar eclipse to soar through Athens

Suzanne Piper | April 5, 2024

Athens is just outside the zone of totality for the total solar eclipse Monday, April 8, which will be one of the biggest celestial events of the year. In Athens, the maximum eclipse will occur around 3:15 p.m. A solar eclipse happens because the moon orbits Earth and Earth orbits the sun. The planes of those two orbits are offset from one another by a 5-degree angle, and about every 18 months, the orbits line up, casting a shadow, Douglas Clowe, professor and director of the Astrophysics Institute, said. Click here to read the full story.

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Students, alumni share Fest Season advice

Gina Napoli | April 5, 2024

The 2024 Fest Season is underway and Ohio University students are eager to party and enjoy the warm, sunny weather. Each Fest Season brings a fun and exciting atmosphere to campus; however, those who choose to participate in the festivities should also remain responsible and safe. Click here to read alumni’s advice.

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Will Congress ban TikTok?

Alicia Szczesniak | April 5, 2024

March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversity Controlled Applications Act to eliminate TikTok on U.S. soil. This bill targets the app's parent company, ByteDance, based in China. In 2017, the company acquired the app Musical.ly and merged it with TikTok. Since then, TikTok has exploded internationally, with over one billion users. Click here to read more.

What Happens on Court Stays on Court: Jamming on Court

Hannah Campbell & Tate Raub | April 5, 2024

Hosts Tate and Hannah sit down with women in the Athens music scene, including Jillian Kay, Cassidy Lakes of the band Snail Satan and Emma Prazer and Izze Kaukonen of the band basketcase. In this episode, they chat about the Ohio University Women in Music Industry Club's recent annual fundraiser, the creation of the womxn super group Girl Jam and what it's like to be a woman or nonbinary person in the music industry. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Rooks Reflects: Studying abroad takes independence to another level

Sophia Rooksberry | April 5, 2024

Aug. 18, 2022, my parents and I sat at Casa Nueva and reminisced on the past 18 years of our lives together. They had just moved me into my freshman dorm and were about to leave me to my own devices for the first time. As I tried to find my way back to East Green, still misty-eyed from our goodbyes, I thought nothing would ever top the level of independence I was feeling. That is, until I shared similarly misty-eyed goodbyes with my parents before beginning my semester abroad. In the few weeks I’ve been studying in Germany, I’ve realized that I had no idea what real independence was until now. Click here to read the full story.

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