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Congo Fest, 6-8 p.m.
Athens residents packed Athens City Council chambers for its meeting Monday night to express their support for Athens-Hocking Recycling Centers, or AHRC, following the Council’s decision to enter a contract with Rumpke Waste and Recycling and leave the long-time local partner AHRC.
Mayor Steve Patterson described his visit to Ukraine to the City Council during its meeting Monday. When asked after the meeting, Patterson had no comments on the Gaza ceasefire resolution that was passed by the council Feb. 19 when Patterson was in Ukraine.
The Athens Armory, located at 2 W. Carpenter St., a historic building that has been part of the City of Athens since 1997, will likely have a new look by this time next year as the city is working toward redeveloping the building into a community and business center for residents.
Ohio University Student Senate is seeking to put indoor produce farms in campus dining halls. The project is in partnership with indoor garden company Just Vertical and replaces a former initiative to put solar umbrellas on campus.
City Council met Feb. 5 and heard from members of the Athens community who implored council members to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The push follows about 50 U.S. cities passing similar resolutions, including Seattle and Chicago.
Protestors gathered outside the Athens County Courthouse, located at 8 E. Washington St., Friday to show support for Palestinians amid Israel’s war on Gaza.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Ohio University has lost almost 200 faculty members through firings and two rounds of buyouts.
Student Senate’s student voter guides serve to explain topics of the upcoming election to the student voter base of Ohio University.
Students with a knack for innovation, an affinity for space or questions about the universe will have the chance to create an experiment to potentially be sent to the International Space Station next spring.
Jack Solon | For The Post
Student Senate passed the previously defeated fire-fee bill, which aims to fund the understaffed Athens Fire Department with a $50 opt-out fee for every student each semester and further advance fire education on campus.
During Student Senate’s final meeting Wednesday, new executives were sworn into their positions and the student fire fee bill that had previously failed was passed.
Athens City Council’s City and Safety Services Committee discussed devising a new waste management services contract, which could implement a 37% increase in Athens residents’ trash service rates this July.
City Council met Monday to discuss the $460,000 grant the Athens Fire Department received in order to fund new positions for two years.
The Ohio University Student Senate’s election winners were announced Friday evening in Baker University Center. Megan Handle won the position of president, Isaac Davis won the position of vice president and Reagan Farmer won the position of treasurer.
Student Senate Treasurer Trinity Robinson spoke about recent media coverage of an incident involving her last semester at Student Senate’s meeting on Wednesday and noted a lack of procedures within Senate’s body for holding members accountable for concerns of conduct.
President Hugh Sherman addressed inflation at the Ohio University Faculty Senate meeting on Monday, saying that he is hopeful that the Ohio state government will allow OU to increase tuition for incoming freshmen to offset the unprecedented inflation rates of the past year.
Student Senate held its town hall Wednesday night, where Ohio University executives addressed concerns about the usage of Baker University Center, mental health and student safety in light of the Michigan State University shooting in February.
A bill to propose a fire fee failed to pass during Student Senate’s meeting on Wednesday. The bill proposed an optional semesterly fee of $50 for students, which would go toward hiring new Athens Fire Department firefighters.