Geology Students Cave Research at WVACS

Kelli Baxstrom and Andrew Hall are first year graduate students at Ohio University studying geology.  Baxstrom's research consits of collecting and examining the chemical properties of stalagmites that are over 12,000 years old, to date them back to wildfires in the area, and to see how the formations of the caves were affected by the fires.   Hall's research consists of measuring the length and depth of scallops, formations in the cave walls, to determine how fast the water that formed the cave moved through.  Inside of Rapps Cave at the West Virginia Association for Cave Studies on the March 3, 2018 in Frankford, West Virginia, the students collect data for their research. Many graduate geology students are under the supervision of Geology Department Chair Dr. Greg Springer and come to the WVACS fieldhouse to collect samples for research.  [Photographed by Alexandria Skowronski]

Athens PD: Following Officer Andy Foster December 2017

Officer Andy Foster is 38 years old and Athens Police Department badge 15.  Over the course of a few shifts, I had the opportunity to follow Officer Foster around and see the kinds of things he deals with everyday; and some of the things we saw and had to take care of were not everyday scenarios. Many people have a jaded view of the police in Athens, Ohio.  These men and women have better and more important things to do then bust college kids for underage drinking; opiod addictions run high in this county. 

Officer Foster found Nicholas Sheballey's stolen painting, kicked a domestic disturbant off of Sheltering Arm's property manager Shannon Postel's property, had Joe Sinclair and Jerry from Curtis Towing tow an abandoned truck in Lowes parking lot, kicked Sherry Triplett out of Walmart because she had been banned for shoplifting, and tried to check on a resident of 4 Ellis street when his roommate Collin Black came into the hospital beat up with bloody knuckles.

Refuse Fascism Ohio: Trump&Pence Must Go! Break the Silence, Bring the Noise Protest 11.18.17

Protesters gather in Cleveland Public Square on November 18, 2017 for Refuse Fascism Ohio's "Trump&Pence Must Go! Break the Silence, Bring the Noise" protest.  This was their third protest in Cleveland; the first one beginning November 4th along with many other cities across the Midwest.. 

Chris "C-Token" Patrick 

Jeremy Brustein (left) and Ursula Kormeitchouk (right) 

Cheryl Lessin 

AJ 

Ohio University vs Miami

Ohio University's Bobcats took on a loss to Miami University at OU's Peden Stadium on October 31, 2017.  The Bobcats fell to the Redhawks 45-28.

OHIO's Jamal Hudson, 4, and Chad Moore, 38, help the Ohio Bobcats take down Miami 45-28 on October 31, 2017 at Peden Stadium in Athens, OH.

Chad Moore, 38, tackles Miami University's James Gardner, 81, and the Bobcats take home a win at Peden Stadium in Athens, OH 45-28 on October 31, 2017.

Water Witches 9.7.17

Shot on an assignment for the Post, Ohio University's student run newspaper, the Water Witches sit in their practice studio.  The Water Witches are a local band from Athens, OH who got their name from a Ouija board.

Matt Clouson (left), Ethan Bartman (middle), and Charlie Touvell (right) sit around in their practice studio for their band the Water Witches on September 7, 2017.

The Water Witches, a local Athens, Ohio band: Matt Clouson (back), Ethan Bartman (middle), and Charlie Touvell (front) pose outside of their practice studio on September 7, 2017

Ethan Bartman, Water Witches singer and guitarist, hanging out in their practice studio in Athens, OH on September 7, 2017.

Charlie Touvell, Water Witches drummer, talk to his fellow band members in the Water Witches practice studio in Athens, Ohio on September 7, 2017.

Matt Clouson, Water Witches band member, on their practice studio in Athens, Ohio on September 7, 2017.

Italy&Croatia 7/20/17-7/29/17

On July 20, my cousin and I flew into Venice, Italy to drop off our younger cousin with her mission friends.  After spending the day in Venice and the night with them in Trieste, we started on our own journey down the Croatian coast.  We traveled to 3 completely different cities in Croatia: Dubrovnik, Mljet, and Hvar.  At each one we met empowering people, saw beautiful scenery, and were in awe of everything around us.  We ended the trip back in Venice eating pasta on the Grand Canal. (and then proceeded to have a cancelled flight and stuck in the venice airport for 24 hours).