Recycling thrives at OU during Homecoming Week
By Dina Berliner | Oct. 9, 2013After the weekend’s Homecoming activities are over, the Recycling and Refuse department oversees Ohio University’s efforts to keep its carbon footprint in check.
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Aid to be made available for LGBT students in need
By Dina Berliner | Oct. 9, 2013Editor’s note: Because Delfin Bautista does not identify with one gender, the non-gendered pronoun “they” is used.
Head of campus rec returns to his roots
By Hannah Yang | Oct. 8, 2013A nearly five-month search for the new executive director of campus recreation has now come to a close. An Ohio native will be returning home.
New turf in Walter Fieldhouse not ideal for field hockey play
By JIM RYAN | Oct. 8, 2013Walking out of their team’s Peden Stadium locker room, Ohio field hockey players can look over the east grandstand at the framework of the long-awaited Walter Fieldhouse.
Student Senate works to engage more students
By Olivia Hitchcock | Oct. 8, 2013Ohio University’s Student Senate met Wednesday night to continue their discussions about how to best reach out to students.
Alumni celebrate OU near, far
By Olivia Hitchcock | Oct. 8, 2013Graduation day marks a new beginning for Bobcats, a journey that can take them far beyond the bricks of Athens.
Language plays key role in safe sex campus campaign
By Sophie Mitchem | Oct. 7, 2013Twelve years ago the first poster campaign through the Campus Involvement Center, “Bring Your Own Judgment,” flopped. Since then, the office has learned student input is essential.
Graduate Student Senate to fund speaker
By Megan Eagle | Oct. 7, 2013The Student Personnel Association is bringing Tracy David to Ohio University on Oct. 24 to speak to students about rape culture.
Syrian student, with family and friends living in 'warzone,' feels conflict
By Hannah Yang | Oct. 6, 2013After last visiting her home in Damascus, Syria in 2012, Katty Alhayek, an Ohio University second year graduate student, said she found it difficult to stay in contact with her friends and family.
Ohio begins strategic investment plan
By Will Drabold | Oct. 6, 2013Ohio University will save up for the next seven years, but funds will consistently trickle down until then to bring about change at the Athens campus.
Avoiding Hazard
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Oct. 6, 2013When a chemistry class in Clippinger Laboratories makes potassium dichromate, pouring the corrosive and carcinogenic substance down the sink would be an unfortunate end for the fish — and some humans — of Athens.
Seth Cropsey speaks on problems with U.S. Navy
By Brooke Robinson | Oct. 3, 2013Is America’s position as the top world power in peril?
Students discuss solutions, change at national Israeli-Palestinian conference in Washington, D.C.
By Austin Ambrose | Oct. 2, 2013Ohio University students attended a J Street conference in Washington, D.C. to discuss solutions to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Observatory proposal involves new telescope, building
By Will Drabold | Oct. 2, 2013The stars are finally aligning for Ohio University astronomers.
Study finds bulk soap use to be unsanitary
By Hannah Yang | Oct. 1, 2013A recent study showed that bacteria associated with bulk soap used to wash hands in public restrooms can actually send you right back to the toilet.
Student trustee resigns from senate position
By Olivia Hitchcock | Oct. 1, 2013Less than six months ago, Keith Wilbur was running the campaign to put VOICE in charge of Student Senate.
Dean appointed to OU-HCOM Cleveland Campus
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Oct. 1, 2013Ohio University’s newest dean will not reside in a Cutler Hall office. In fact, he will be more than a hundred miles from Athens.
Government shutdown effect on students uncertain
By Will Drabold | Oct. 1, 2013Though its effects might be little felt in Athens now, the federal government shutdown could threaten more than a million dollars in student income and tens of millions in research funding at Ohio University.
Campus clubs benefit from streamlined start-up
By Claire Schomaker | Sep. 30, 2013A gaggle of wagging tails inspired Jaimie Richards and her sister Kiersten Richards to start a club at Ohio University.
