Marietta College

You know, if I was rusted enough.

And you went to college, I believe it was Marietta College.

Marietta College.

But you weren't drafted.

You signed out of a tryout camp, correct? Right.

It's probably Morgan.

Yeah, Morgan County is commissioning a study with Marietta College for the Ohio housing market.

And we're now talking to San Diego State and Texas Tech to get a national, rural, and Ohio study done to bring attention to this and have it peer-reviewed.

Because we've sat down with probably, what, 26 politicians now and none of them? realize that this is a thing.

On today's episode, Emily and I are joined by Lana Whited to discuss Halloween in the Harry Potter series.

I am Katie McDaniel, professor of history at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, co-editor of Harry Potter for Nerds 2, and co-editor with Emily Strand of Potterversity!, Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter.

And I am Emily Strand, director of campus ministry and adjunct faculty in humanities at Ohio Dominican University, and I also write stuff in a nerdy way.

Joining us today is fellow Harry Potter nerd, Dr. Lana Whited, professor of English and Williams distinguished teaching professor in the humanities at Ferrum College.

So a 100-acre lots scheme from 1792.

And the archival record of it, including the Ohio Company's own surviving manuscripts held at Marietta College and the Ohio History Connections account of the scheme, both describe the actual conditions in detail.

You had to be male, you had to be 18 or older, you had to settle on the land, build a residence, and be armed for the community's defense.

Neither source mentions fruit trees at all.

back? I feel like they are.

And it's all credit to Tom Kaufman, who was at Gilmore, did a great job with that program, went to Marietta College last year for just one year, came back to high school football this year, and has them absolutely believing.

And, you know, they've won one game each of the last two years.

So they're already far surpassing that.

That's okay

... four, he hit .441 in college from tiny Marietta College, but then won, there's something called the Major League Baseball Draft League-

What?

... where players play before the draft [laughs] to try and get noticed, and he won the batting title for that league, hitting .391, still went undrafted.