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Students protest tuition outside Baker

Group seeks student input on collegiate debt

A group advocating greater national urgency in solving the problem of student debt will be taking its case to students Wednesday in Baker University Center.

Tuition increase cap helps keep 'public education public'

If Ohio University were to increase tuition next year at the same rate as past years, students would pay $358 more. However, a proposal made by Ohio Gov. John Kasich Monday means a potential increase won’t exceed $204.

Post Letter: Call Obama today with opposition to genocide

Many members of the Ohio University community are by now familiar with the violence that has claimed more than 5.4 million lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Human-rights abuses perpetrated in the context of the war include sexual and gender-based violence, child soldiering and forced labor. Last semester, Ohio University became the 13th university to acknowledge its indirect role in the violence: We issued a statement about the presence of minerals sourced from armed groups in the electronics we buy. As the university as a whole works toward socially responsible procurement and investment policies for electronics, individual students can also take action for human rights in Congo.

2012 Campus Year in Review

2012 proved to be an exciting year at Ohio University. The top two leaders of the United States stopped by campus, new deans, students and administrators became leaders at the university and OU finished up its first semester in almost 50 years were just a few highlights of the historic year.

Trustees discuss fiscal responsibility, approve 4 renovation projects

Students call for continuance of committee meetings

Ohio University’s ad hoc committee for socially responsible practices has stopped meeting, but some OU students are asking it to reconvene.

To all the letter writers: A thousand times, thank you

About a year ago, Wesley Lowery asked me to be associate editor at The Post. Being a public-relations student, working at a newspaper was something I never envisioned for myself. I had been a copy editor at The Post the previous two years and was planning on ending my time here and moving on to a job that paid better.

Post Letter: 'Post' column shouldn't poke fun at serious issue

I am replying to Cameron Dunbar’s May 17 column, “Student ‘sandbox’ election: Turn on, tune in, don’t vote.” Like Dunbar, I sometimes find Student Senate’s general unwillingness and inability to effect meaningful change frustrating. But I must object to one of his examples as misdirected and ill-informed.

Recent tuition hike will spur a war with Trustees

We are writing in response to Wesley Lowery’s April 20 editor’s note, “With OU athletic raises, tuition hike concerning.” We agree wholeheartedly with Lowery’s insightful argument, and were outraged to see the Board of Trustees vote unanimously in favor of the tuition hike.

With increase, OU rises in state-school cost list

From left: Megan Marzec, Ellie Hamrick, Jess Miller, Raya Ward, Lidsay Citrano and Alisha Riley bear signs in protest of the proposed 3.5-percent tuition increase at the Ohio University Board of Trustees meeting. On Friday, the board passed the hike, pushing the yearly cost to $10,215. (Kara Frisina | For The Post)

Students appear at Board of Trustees meeting to protest tuition hike

OU students sit in so admins listen to price-hike protests

With the vote to approve or disapprove a third consecutive 3.5-percent tuition increase one week away, Ohio University students are making every effort to get their voices heard.

If OU goes conflict-free, change is possible

April is Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month. It’s a time to reflect on the horrors of colonial and neocolonial violence, Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Burundi, Iraq, Rwanda, Yugoslavia and shamefully, countless other instances of genocidal violence in the past. A time to mourn those who lost their lives to genocide. A time to celebrate those who stood up for peace and justice even in the face of extreme adversity.

McDavis creates committee to explore socially responsible practices

STAND Against Genocide asks OU students to speak out

The Ohio University group STAND Against Genocide asked students to consider the moral implications of an everyday object — their cellphones.

Post Letter: OU must strive to use conflict-free Congo products

Post Modern: OU student activitsts are taking it to the bricks

Around the world, 2011 was characterized by young people’s taking charge and making their mark as activists. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement, young people refused to be ignored; Time magazine even named “the protester” person of the year.

Graduate Student Senate: Resolution passed supprting STAND

Graduate Student Senate chose to stand with Ohio University’s STAND Against Genocide at last night’s meeting.

Campus 'Occupy' protests peaceful

After a day of demonstrations and discussions, participants of the Occupy OhioU movement rallied, marched and concluded with a candlelit peace vigil as the sun set at the top of Morton Hill last night.