Student dressed as Disney princess braves cold weather, delights students
By Hannah Shaw | Feb. 18, 2015An Ohio University student has taken it upon himself to go around campus dressed up as the character, Anna, from Disney’s Frozen.
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OU’s energy renovation projects will start with a new natural gas pipeline route
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Feb. 18, 2015Ohio University will give $5.5 million to Columbia Gas of Ohio to move away from coal power and toward natural gas heating.
Student Senate to weigh in on possible RA union
By Maygan Beeler | Feb. 17, 2015Senate will vote on whether they will support the creation of a RA union on campus.
Founder’s Day to honor 200th anniversary of OU’s first graduation
By Dina Berliner | Feb. 17, 2015Thomas Ewing and John Hunter, Ohio University’s first graduates in 1815, will be celebrated on this year’s Founder’s Day.
Officials, professors still divided on effects of fracking
By BETHANY BELLA | Feb. 17, 2015Now that fracking is coming to the Ohio River, OU professors debate the pros and cons of the energy operation.
OU’s student trustees balance school, trustee duties
By Maygan Beeler | Feb. 17, 2015The trustee-selection process is undergoing some change this year.
New Facebook policy allows users to control accounts of deceased friends
By Hannah Shaw | Feb. 17, 2015A new Facebook feature allows users to designate who controls their account when they die.
Students supporting Athens' poor as donations rise at campus markets
By Kaitlin Coward | Feb. 17, 2015Students with Flex meal plans can donate any extra meals they have to the markets.
OU RAs mobilizing effort to unionize
Feb. 17, 2015The Residential Assistants are trying to unionize and more than 100 have currently signed the membership cards.
Ohio University third in state, 128th in U.S., according to latest ranking
By Samuel Howard | Feb. 17, 2015The ranking is from The Business Journals
Students call ‘bullsh--’ on rape culture lecture
By Bethany N. Bella | Feb. 16, 2015Students sit in on, protest lecture that takes a different stance on rape culture on college campuses.
Ohio University looks to top Oberlin, Miami and OSU in national recycling challenge
By Bethany N. Bella | Feb. 16, 2015OU has set a recycling goal of 800,000 pounds in eight weeks for national challenge
Ohio University has been named a top producer of Fulbright scholars
By Megan Henry | Feb. 16, 2015The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has named OU a top producer of Fulbright scholars.
Regional campuses see decreased enrollment as the economy thrives
By Dina Berliner | Feb. 15, 2015As Ohio’s economy blossoms, fewer students attend regional campuses
Students paying extra on insurance bills
By Kaitlin Coward | Feb. 15, 2015Some students have received bills saying they owe extra from a lab company working with Campus Care.
College Green vigil commemorates UNC shooting victims
Feb. 13, 2015The mood was somber as white candles flickered at a vigil Friday evening in honor of three Muslim students who were fatally shot in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Wednesday.About 40 people gathered at the vigil that held behind Templeton Blackburn Memorial Auditorium on College Green.Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salh were killed on Wednesday near the University of North Carolina. All three were university students and were Muslim. Deah Shaddy Barakat and Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha had just recently been married.Signs at the vigil read “racist hate is not about parking disputes” and "#ourthreewinners.”Hanging from the top of the auditorium were the words #muslimlivesmatter.The vigil was a, “collaboration of a lot of organizations” on campus, said Katie Conlon, a junior studying history who is a member of Students for Law, Justice and Culture.She was happy to show support the Muslim community in Athens.“All peoples’ lives matter,” Ibrahim Alfurayj, a graduate student studying chemistry, said.During the vigil, Alfurayj recited verses from the Quran.Claire Seid, a sophomore studying sociology, expressed there was a need for “no words, but song” as she went on to lead the vigil in a song she learned at interfaith walk in September. Some of the lyrics to the song include. “There is more hope somewhere / Gonna keep on till I find it,” she sang.Ryant Taylor, a senior studying English and Post columnist, said he feels people need to talk about what happened.“There are things other than myself that I need to be worried about,” Taylor said. @megankhenrymh573113@ohio.edu
OU unsure of employee impact following its health insurance company hack
By Dina Berliner | Feb. 12, 2015Anthem, which administers OU’s employee health care, was hacked last week.
Professor investigates gene that could help treat tumors, diabetes complications
By Kaitlin Coward | Feb. 11, 2015Nowak has researched a gene that she discovered for more than 20 years.
Meet OU's executive chef crafting Boyd dining hall's new menu
By Kaitlin Coward | Feb. 11, 2015The executive chef previously worked at the MGM Grand and the Four Seasons Hotels.
OU fitness club offers new training courses
By Jonathan Oldham | Feb. 10, 2015The OHIO Fit Club offers a new workout group for little cost.
