Proposed budget may impact academic funding
By Will Drabold | Feb. 5, 2015John Kasich’s proposed budget may affect tuition rates and survivor advocacy funding.
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New student group hopes to facilitate diversity conversations
By Taylor Maple | Feb. 5, 2015A new student coalition, New BLAC, aims to facilitate productive conversation on race in a safe and inclusive environment
Residential Housing increases RA stipends and room coverage costs for next school year
By Bethany N. Bella | Feb. 5, 2015Citing compensation concerns, Residential Housing ups the pay and room coverage costs for all new and returning OU residential assistants
Senate members say students' full social security numbers were not stolen
By Maygan Beeler | Feb. 5, 2015Nine Ohio University students are involved in the Wednesday theft of documents from the Student Senate office, which contained students’ partial social security numbers.
OU national trustee dies
By Kaitlin Coward | Feb. 5, 2015J. Patrick Campbell, a national member of the Ohio University Board of Trustees, died Thursday.
Students’ personal information allegedly stolen from Student Senate office
By Maygan Beeler | Feb. 4, 2015Members of Student Senate allege that personal information, including social security numbers and addresses, were stolen from senate offices Wednesday.
OU’s Center for Entrepreneurship receives national award
By Kaitlin Coward | Feb. 4, 20152015 Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program Award presented to OU Center for Entrepreneurship.
The Multicultural Leadership Ambassadors initiate the discussion on diversity
By Lacy Purdum | Feb. 4, 2015Ohio University opens up the conversation of diversity with its first class of Multicultural Leadership Ambassadors.
Senate to vote on compensating Board of Elections
By Maygan Beeler | Feb. 4, 2015Ohio University Student Senate will discuss compensating the Board of elections Wednesday night
OU will snuff out tobacco on campus next semester
Feb. 3, 2015Reminder: OU's tobacco ban will start next semester.
Student Affairs and Athletics make up biggest portion of OU's general fee
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Feb. 3, 2015Six divisions outside academics operate on a $27.4 million budget, most of which goes to employee salaries and benefits.
Following free speech settlement, Smith talks to students
By Alex Meyer | Feb. 3, 2015After settling a free-speech lawsuit with Ohio University, Isaac Smith spoke to fellow students Tuesday night.
OU receives ODOT contract to study traffic, wildlife safety on Nelsonville Bypass
By Kaitlin Coward | Feb. 3, 2015The studies will gauge whether or not ODOT's efforts have been successful.
Senate heads refute university official’s claim over rescheduled meeting
Feb. 2, 2015Graduate Student Senate President Carl Edward Smith III disagrees that university officials notified him of the Budget Planning Council meeting change in a sufficient amount of time.
Telescope observatory plans on hold pending decision from Ridges committee
By Dina Berliner | Feb. 2, 2015After getting approval for $300,000 toward a new telescope observatory, the Physics and Astronomy Department is waiting for a decision from the university.
OU has rapidly-approaching sustainability goals, and one class hopes to help enact those changes
By Bethany N. Bella | Feb. 2, 2015To educate its students on the Climate Action and Sustainability benchmarks, OU offers a Zero Waste Initiative class, which hopes to empower students to effect campus-wide recycling and composting changes.
University settles in free speech case
By Will Drabold | Feb. 2, 2015Ohio University settled a free-speech lawsuit filed against OU in July 2014 with Isaac Smith, a student who coordinated his suit with the national group, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. OU will pay Smith $6,000 and his attorneys fees of $26,000.
A new student code of conduct, passed by the Board of Trustees, hopes to add clarity and accessibility for OU students
By Bethany N. Bella | Feb. 1, 2015Beginning fall semester 2015, a new student code of conduct streamlines information, redefines alcohol charge for OU students.
Safety vs. Privacy, OIT’s constant battle
By Seth Archer | Feb. 1, 2015The Ohio University network is under constant attacks from internal and external threats. It’s Office of Information Technology that keeps students and faculty safe while respecting their privacy.
RAs rehired after being fired for an alleged drinking incident
By Maygan Beeler | Jan. 29, 2015Several Ohio University resident assistants were given letters of termination Friday as a result of an alleged drinking incident that occurred before residents returned to the halls following winter break.
