It’s winter; cabin fever is real. Especially after what happened over Christmas – that was wild.
Athens Events
OU’s International Week is one of the most vibrant weeks on campus green and uptown Athens – not just because of all the cool things to experience, but visually as well. Colorful clothes, wares, music, flags and foods of the different cultures represented in OU’s student body.
One of the best things about OU is how much culture and diversity the university manages to attract. It’s a pretty worldly little corner of Ohio we’ve created here!
Athens has a settler heritage of over 200 years; it’s one of the oldest towns in Ohio. In fact, it low-key predates the state. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg as far as Athens’ actual history goes.
No matter your area of study, your major, your thesis, we could all use a bit of an anthropology brush-up at times. Remembering to consider everyone else’s point of view as the same value as your own is part of being a well-rounded person.
Anyone who’s visited the Athens area knows it’s crisscrossed with train tracks – both derelict ones, one still in use, and old trestles converted to walking and bike trails.
For nearly 60 years, Hocking Hills State Park has hosted an annual winter hike in late January. It’s a chance for locals and tourists alike to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the area from a different perspective – because who plans a hiking trip during winter, right?
Sibs weekend is always a blast. It’s great for your family to get to check in on you in the dead of Spring Semester, before the weather gets warmer and Fest Season starts. And what’s a better college visit for your younger relatives than a tour of campus and uptown from you firsthand?
Remember the 2002 movie Drumline? Centered on the journey of a talented marching band at an historically Black college called HBCU, Drumline is the journey of a talented drummer from Harlem who is recruited to this nationally-renowned college marching band.
Yeah, it’s a Hallmark holiday, and sure, it’s a little exclusionary (some of us like to be single; sorry not sorry), but Valentine’s Day is nevertheless overwhelmingly present in the month of February.