The Spirit: Broney’s Champagne Slushie

Did you know that Broney’s serves wings? Me either.

Big K.R.I.T. Brings Southern Style to Southeastern Ohio

Big K.R.I.T. is on his way to making it big—but on his way up, he rocked OU’s annual Sibs Weekend.

From Professional Hockey to Bartending at the Crystal: Craig Myeroff’s Journey from the Junior League to OU

21-year-old Craig Myeroff played in Canada’s Central Hockey League, signing autographs and being worshipped as a player north of the border. However, he now resides in an OU freshman dorm, playing hockey on a much smaller level, but feeling just as content.

Textbook Finding and Buying Made Easy with Campus Shift

Zac Sebo, one of the founders of KegFLY is back with a new business: Campus Shift. The way OU students live, spend and save is about to change again. Plus, a special 9Fest deal will kick off the brand new business on February 13.

Watch Out!

With the release of their latest album, WatchOut!, Mind Fish hopes to break out of the Athens music scene with the help of multi-tasking, sexy sounds and cats.

Kicking the Winter Blues with Ping’s Group Fitness

 It’s officially winter in Athens and snow is on the ground, burying all motivation to work out beneath it. So here we are—cold and uninspired. However, despite winter’s gloomy forecast and the temptation it presents to sit in bed continually refreshing your Twitter timeline, beat the cold-weather blues by grabbing a friend and joining one of Ping’s free group fitness sessions.

The Spirit: J-Bar’s Junction Punch

Athens has a notorious and well-earned reputation in the college-drinking realm. Why not? Ohio University is the number-one party school and this is in no small part because of its legendary bar scene. The catalysts of these establishments (outside of their unique and individualized atmospheres) are their signature drinks, encompassing any and all liquids to ensure fun times abound. Backdrop Magazine wants to profile Athens bars’ original drinks—each with a reputation all its own.

Alive And Well

Independent bookstores all over the country are closing because of large chains and online retailers. However, Athens’ Book Center and Little Professor are still thriving. How have they managed to buck the trend?

TM:103 Review

On his latest album since 2008, Young Jeezy has decided to devolve from The Recession’s socio-conscious rhyming to make TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition a return to the drug-fueled corner stories that originally made him famous. On “Way Too Gone,” when Jeezy makes his proclamation to throw us into the Delorean and takes us all the way back to 2005, it’s almost enough to make the listener laugh, because this album is so 2005.