Flash mob highlights Homecoming spirit
By Hannah Yang | Oct. 13, 2012College Green became the dance floor for Ohio University students, faculty and administrators Saturday when a flash mob formed after the Homecoming parade.
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Students, faculty to patrol on Halloween
By SARA JERDE | Oct. 10, 2012Ohio University’s Division of Student Affairs will be asking students to walk with faculty, staff and administration during Halloween.
OU students create databases to connect energy companies and suppliers
By Brandon Carte | Oct. 10, 2012What began as a single website to link shale gas drillers with companies that provide supplies has branched out into something unplanned for.
University strives to combat climbing student-suicide rates
By Jenna Polen | Oct. 10, 2012More than 95 people die each day because of suicide, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the number continues to rise.
Students give up sleep for new morning classes
By Betty Laudermilt | Oct. 10, 2012Ohio University students might find themselves snoring in class even more than usual thanks to the university’s new semester schedule.
Search to book spring concert begins
By Will Drabold | Oct. 9, 2012Ohio University’s spring concert is still several months off, but OU is already compiling suggestions for a performer.
Tensions between Faculty Senate, Trustees rise
By Brandon Carte | Oct. 8, 2012Two Ohio University Board of Trustees members stopped by Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting to let the faculty know that “they are listening,” but some senate members just didn’t seem to buy it.
Enrollment growth brings greater diversity
By Will Drabold | Oct. 7, 2012The past seven years have shown ups and downs for Ohio University campus’ enrollment data, but this fall OU is setting the bar statewide.
Surveillance cameras installed in Adams Hall
By Brian Vadakin | Oct. 7, 2012An improvement project this summer added surveillance cameras to another Ohio University residence hall, continuing a trend set last year by a similar project in Voigt Hall.
Virginia Tech speaker discusses tragedy aftermath
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 2, 2012Though the shooting that transpired on Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University’s campus happened more than five years ago, its university policies and members are still seeing the effects.
Demand for blood donors leads to incentives
By Brandon Carte | Oct. 1, 2012Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood.
OU alum appointed to trustee position
By SARA JERDE | Sep. 30, 2012Gov. John Kasich appointed David Scholl to Ohio University’s Board of Trustees to fill a position left vacant since March.
Fundraising goal for annual Cardboard City event set at $35,000
By Hayley Ross | Sep. 27, 2012The ninth annual Cardboard City event, hosted by Athens County Habitat for Humanity, will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Morton Hall parking lot.
A Short Commute
By Will Drabold | Sep. 26, 2012When it comes to housing university presidents on campus, Ohio University is the only public university to do so in the state.
Smartphone usage rising among college students
By Brandon Carte | Sep. 24, 2012In the time it took you to read this sentence, 43 Americans made the switch to smartphones.
Health code violations abound at OU dining halls
By Brandon Carte | Sep. 24, 2012Rodent infestations and chicken that wasn’t chilled properly are two of the almost 50 health code violations found in Ohio University’s dining halls in recent years.
Parents indulge in campus entertainment
By Kelly Fisher, Lucas Daprile | Sep. 23, 2012Check out our video coverage of Parents Weekend here.
Memorial celebrates life of student
By Jenna Polen | Sep. 23, 2012Hundreds of people gathered on the front lawn of Washington Hall Sunday night to remember Terrence Ambro, who was found dead in his dorm room Sept. 16.Friends, faculty and Athens residents shared memories and had a moment of silence to remember Ambro, a New York native and freshman studying history at Ohio University.
Columbus City Schools superintendent steps down after 3 decades
By Will Drabold | Sep. 20, 2012Gene Harris, superintendent of Columbus City Schools and chairwoman of the Ohio University Board of Trustees, is retiring from her day job.
