OU students flood streets decrying tuition hikes
By Hannah Yang, Will Drabold | Apr. 15, 2013A quiet day on the College Green at Ohio University erupted into a chanting sea of students protesting rising tuition as well as guaranteed tuition.
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Student Senate executive candidates to take questions from Post moderators
By Will Drabold | Apr. 15, 2013In the last chance Ohio University’s Student Senate candidates will have to debate one another, each ticket’s presidential candidates have promised to not pull any punches.
Prospective dean excited at chance to return to Athens
By Hannah Yang | Apr. 14, 2013The second dean of students finalist returned to Athens Sunday after six years away, hoping for a new job — and a hot dog from O’Betty’s.
Former UN ambassador to speak on foreign policy to OU students
By Will Drabold | Apr. 14, 2013Talk of North Korea and hellfire missiles will enrage or entertain those in Walter Hall Monday night.
Students memorialize Holocaust by marching, attending survivor's speech
By Hannah Yang | Apr. 11, 2013In remembrance of those who died during the Holocaust, some Ohio University students came together to keep the voices of those who died alive through marches, and a survivor shared her own personal testimony.
Based on initial ticket sales, 11Fest could draw record crowds
By Dylan Sams | Apr. 11, 2013Number Fest fans’ anticipation continues to mount as Saturday creeps closer, when a sea of people will celebrate the coming of nationally touring artists Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki at the 11th edition of the event.
Plastic bags to be removed from campus markets and Grab N Go's
By Will Drabold | Apr. 11, 2013Plastic bags flying across campus, plugging trash cans and caught in the trees, have prompted Student Senate to take action.
Conscripted Tension
By Hannah Yang | Apr. 11, 2013Between a war that conceived a law mandating all South Korean male citizens to enlist, and mounting threats from North Korea, some Korean international students at Ohio University face stressful predicaments.
Damaged uniforms force Marching 110 director to request replacements
By Will Drabold | Apr. 10, 2013Yellowing uniforms and tearing seams made Richard Suk realize his prized marching band does not look as flashy as it once did.
Coalition aims to curb suicides
By Hannah Yang | Apr. 9, 2013With more Ohio University students making their thoughts about suicide public, a new organization will seek to train their friends and professors in how to respond.
Student Senate: Senators seek to review Code of Conduct
By Will Drabold | Apr. 9, 2013Complaints that Ohio University does not give students a fair hearing when they violate university statutes have prompted a written reaction from Student Senate.
Student trustee vote could be mandatory
By Will Drabold | Apr. 2, 2013Student trustee voting rights have been put in front of Ohio’s General Assembly yet again, and Ohio University is one of the “non-believers” in the legislation.
New Student Trustee announced at Leadership Awards Gala
By Will Drabold | Apr. 2, 2013The next Ohio University student trustee is a former tour guide and peer mentor who says bringing student interests to the attention of the Board of Trustees will be his top priority.
Revenue Over Time
By Will Drabold | Apr. 2, 2013Students fund more than half of Ohio University’s budget, but some of them feel they have no concrete role in deciding how their cash is spent.
Students show support for OU professor who was denied tenure
By Hannah Yang | Apr. 2, 2013Brick paths and blackboards bear chalked evidence of Ohio University students’ resentment after a popular professor was denied tenure.
International Space Studies Program to be held in Athens
By Brandon Carte | Apr. 1, 2013In 2006, Ohio University began the application process to host an event that wouldn’t happen until almost a decade later.
Future of president's residence up in air
By Will Drabold | Mar. 31, 2013For the foreseeable future, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis will still see students and Alden Library when he glances out his living room window.
McDavis: OU seriously considering tuition hike, guaranteed tuition model
By Will Drabold | Mar. 27, 2013Entering Walter Hall on Wednesday night, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis taught students “basic economics” to gain their support for raising tuition.
Tickets set as Student Senate election season kicks off
By Will Drabold | Mar. 27, 2013At 12:01 a.m. Thursday, the role of six Ohio University students changed for good — or, at least, for 22 days.
OU could pull from proposed OSU ban on smoking
By Hannah Yang | Mar. 25, 2013The news that another public state university is calling for a campus-wide tobacco ban prompted Ohio University’s tobacco task force to continue talks for an eventual proposal to President Roderick McDavis.
