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We're still trying to figure out why the image on the cover was chosen. With 9 sexual assaults on campus since the beginning of this semester, it's kind of creepy. Surely we could have place a better picture than that on this piece. Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,504 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/5/2015 7:02:33 AM  Alan Swank wrote: Any of you get the Promises Lives mailing this week thanking you for your contributions to that campaign? We're still trying to figure out why the image on the cover was chosen. With 9 sexual assaults on campus since the beginning of this semester, it's kind of creepy. Surely we could have place a better picture than that on this piece. In honesty,when I got the Promise Lives mailing,it never came to mind. I also think the piece in last week's The Post from the O.U. police Chief put the issue of the campus sexual assualts in proper perspective. According to the article: 1.They all involved people who knew each other 2.They all started as consenual 3.The majority invloved alcohol 4.2 involved people who met on Tinder I'm not trying to deminish what is alleged to have happened.Sexual Assualt may be the term used in the Ohio legal system,but the term conjurs up images that don't appear consistent with what the Chief stated happened. Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,552 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/5/2015 1:03:09 PM  I will have to take a look at the image. I don't recall what it was. I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,023 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/5/2015 5:51:53 PM  Here's the letter from the police chief: http://www.athensnews.com/opinion/readers_forum/ou-police... and here is a link to the article where one of the young men has now been arrested for rape: http://www.thepostathens.com/news/second-sex-crime-arrest... I'm still scratching my head on rp's post above. Back to Top Recovering Journalist General User Member Since: 8/17/2010 Location: Cleveland, OH Post Count: 1,839 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/5/2015 8:45:56 PM  Alan Swank wrote: Any of you get the Promises Lives mailing this week thanking you for your contributions to that campaign? We're still trying to figure out why the image on the cover was chosen. With 9 sexual assaults on campus since the beginning of this semester, it's kind of creepy. Surely we could have place a better picture than that on this piece. “A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.” ― H.L. Mencken A picture of students walking through our verdant campus makes you think of rape? I don't even know how to reasonably respond to that. Back to Top mf279801 General User Member Since: 8/6/2010 Location: Newark, DE Post Count: 2,452 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/5/2015 11:02:29 PM  Alan Swank wrote: Any of you get the Promises Lives mailing this week thanking you for your contributions to that campaign? We're still trying to figure out why the image on the cover was chosen. With 9 sexual assaults on campus since the beginning of this semester, it's kind of creepy. Surely we could have place a better picture than that on this piece. I read this post before I opened the OHIO envelop that contained the "Promise Lives" mailer. When I saw the picture I literally laughed out loud (And hard), remembering this post. Full disclosure: Then I saw who the OP was and laughed again. Sorry Alan! Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,023 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/5/2015 11:14:33 PM  mf279801 wrote: Alan Swank wrote: Any of you get the Promises Lives mailing this week thanking you for your contributions to that campaign? We're still trying to figure out why the image on the cover was chosen. With 9 sexual assaults on campus since the beginning of this semester, it's kind of creepy. Surely we could have place a better picture than that on this piece. I read this post before I opened the OHIO envelop that contained the "Promise Lives" mailer. When I saw the picture I literally laughed out loud (And hard), remembering this post. Full disclosure: Then I saw who the OP was and laughed again. Sorry Alan! Sorry guys - just relaying what several women have stated. That said, put the sexual assault association aside, could we not have picked a better picture or at least sent out something that donors would keep and display - like a refrigerator magnet as opposed to a printed picture of who knows what? Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,552 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 6:36:37 AM  The picture I'm looking at appears to be seven people celebrating their graduation. Am I looking at the correct picture? I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,504 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 7:22:27 AM  Alan Swank wrote: Here's the letter from the police chief: http://www.athensnews.com/opinion/readers_forum/ou-police... and here is a link to the article where one of the young men has now been arrested for rape: http://www.thepostathens.com/news/second-sex-crime-arrest... I'm still scratching my head on rp's post above. Alan, You raised the issue of the 9 reported sexual assualts in your orignial post. I was just pointing out the circumstances surrounding these reported assualts,as stated by the O.U. police chief in The Post article. As far as the rape arrest,according to the article,the male is not an O.U. student,was a guest of the victim and staying in her room. I fail to see how this incident is in any way a reflection on the University. Back to Top Recovering Journalist General User Member Since: 8/17/2010 Location: Cleveland, OH Post Count: 1,839 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 7:54:06 AM  Maybe any mailing that includes a photo of a male student needs to come with a trigger warning? Alan, I don't doubt that you're relaying a reaction from someone else, but it doesn't make it any less silly. If you go looking to be offended, you'll always manage to succeed. To be clear, sexual assault is not silly and it's a genuine cause for concern. I'm pleased that reporting of it seems much better than when I was in school, and that the university appears to take it very seriously. Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,023 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 8:08:38 AM  The Optimist wrote: The picture I'm looking at appears to be seven people celebrating their graduation. Am I looking at the correct picture? No - the picture is of a single male in a hoodie walking in front of a building and he's partially obscured by the branches of a tree. You can't see his face. Kind of a creepy looking picture. The picture that you describe would be a perfect picture for the Promise Lives campaign. Back to Top akroncat General User Member Since: 7/23/2010 Location: Akron, OH Post Count: 189 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 8:30:51 AM  Mine has a picture of the happy graduates on it. Very nice picture for celebrating doing such a good job on fund raising. Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,023 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 9:09:30 AM  akroncat wrote: Mine has a picture of the happy graduates on it. Very nice picture for celebrating doing such a good job on fund raising. Here's what we got: https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/r270/... Back to Top DelBobcat General User Member Since: 8/26/2010 Location: Cincinnati, OH Post Count: 1,135 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 2:39:49 PM  Alan Swank wrote: akroncat wrote: Mine has a picture of the happy graduates on it. Very nice picture for celebrating doing such a good job on fund raising. Here's what we got: https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/r270/... It's a student wearing a sweatshirt. I could go out and take that photo a million times over on campus. It definitely doesn't make me think of sexual assault, though I agree that I would have picked a more compelling photo for a publication. BA OHIO 2010, BS OHIO 2010, MA Delaware 2012 Back to Top shabamon General User Member Since: 11/17/2006 Location: Cincinnati Post Count: 6,118 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 2:41:15 PM  That's a real stretch to connect that to sexual assault. I just think it's bad photo. Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,552 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 5:39:55 PM  My picture was very different. I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,504 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 6:11:23 PM  O.U. must have used a bunch of different pictures. Mine showed 3 girls with backpacks walking on campus. Back to Top Ryan Carey Site Programmer Member Since: 11/11/2004 Post Count: 948 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/6/2015 6:35:55 PM  rpbobcat wrote: O.U. must have used a bunch of different pictures. Mine showed 3 girls with backpacks walking on campus. Better look closer to see if the creepy hoodie wearing hoodlum is lurking in the shadows. Ryan M. Carey BBA 2001 Back to Top mcbin General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 949 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/7/2015 11:55:29 AM  'We' are the nit-pickiest bunch sometimes. Back to Top . General User Member Since: 2/3/2005 Post Count: 2,949 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/7/2015 12:51:33 PM  The Optimist wrote: The picture I'm looking at appears to be seven people celebrating their graduation. Am I looking at the correct picture? You have to stare at it and let your eyes unfocus. Then the creepy hoodie-wearing hoodlum appears. Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,023 Status: Offline     RE: Promises Lives mailing    Posted: 10/7/2015 5:05:23 PM  mcbin wrote: 'We' are the nit-pickiest bunch sometimes. Not really Ben - just want to see my tax dollars spent wisely (now I sound like someone in OCF's party). :) Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 21  of 21 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'General Ohio University Discussion/Alumni Events' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 305 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 305 Guests 0 Registered Users There are no other users looking at this page.

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