Reefers rejoice, celebrate 'holiday'
By Allan Smith | Apr. 19, 2012Editor’s note: The last names of Ohio University students and an Import House employee have been omitted from this story to protect their privacies.
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Officials consider $11 million OU-HCOM branch addition
By SARA JERDE | Apr. 19, 2012One vote separates Ohio University from purchasing land in Dublin for the expansion of its Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Treasurer candidate on yOU ticket withdraws in light of February charge
By SARA JERDE | Apr. 18, 2012Despite past indiscretions, the Dean of Students office has approved all Student Senate candidates for this year’s elections, but one candidate dropped off the ballot after his disorderly conduct violation surfaced.
FOX News CEO, OU alumnus returning to deliver May lecture
By Brian Vadakin | Apr. 18, 2012A national news channel will become a bit more local next month when Roger Ailes, CEO of FOX News, visits Ohio University.
String Fling introduces new electric styles to musicians
By Anjelica Oswald | Apr. 18, 2012Rock music has woven its way into the once-classic orchestral style with electrified instruments to create a new symphonic rock sound.
Professor wins Patent accolade
By Brandon Carte | Apr. 17, 2012An Ohio University professor has become one of two Ohio scientists to win this year’s Ohio Patent Impact Award for his contributions to the development of a drug that treats acromegaly, a growth hormone disorder related to gigantism.
OU eyes finalists for head of Housing
By Pamela Engel | Apr. 17, 2012With a myriad of open administrator searches on the docket, Ohio University is a step closer to filling at least one position.
REACH party set to heavily outspend yOU
By SARA JERDE | Apr. 17, 2012By the time Ohio University’s Student Senate election season wraps up, the REACH party could have outspent the yOU ticket and two independent candidate’s campaigns combined by $3,855.
Anti-abortion demonstrators to display graphic photos
By Brian Vadakin | Apr. 16, 2012A picture is worth a thousand words. At least, that’s the presumption being made by an anti-abortion group that will demonstrate on campus Tuesday with graphic photos of prenatal and aborted fetuses.
Five years later
By Betty Laudermilt | Apr. 15, 2012On April 16, 2007, Seung Hui-Cho, a senior at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University perpetrated the largest college shooting in U.S. history, killing 32 and wounding 25 others before committing suicide.
Tickets take shape for pending campaigns
By SARA JERDE | Apr. 12, 2012The race is on for the Ohio University Student Senate presidency, and six students have decided to throw their names into the mix.
OU students sit in so admins listen to price-hike protests
By Brandon Carte | Apr. 11, 2012With the vote to approve or disapprove a third consecutive 3.5-percent tuition increase one week away, Ohio University students are making every effort to get their voices heard.
OU testing natural gas in Lausche plant
By Pamela Engel | Apr. 11, 2012Ohio University is kicking its natural-gas initiative into high gear, announcing Thursday that Lausche Heating Plant will be running solely on natural gas for the next five months.
Report: Average OU faculty salaries 'far' below median
By Alex Felser | Apr. 11, 2012A recent study ranks Ohio University in the bottom fifth of average faculty salaries among 1,251 universities in the United States. Though this comes as a surprise to few faculty members, university officials say the scope of the study from which the statistics came is too narrow.
Trying to hear OU voice, City Council to convene on-campus for meetings
By SARA JERDE | Apr. 10, 2012In an attempt to bolster relations between Athens and Ohio University students, City Council is looking to hold one of its weekly meetings on campus before Spring Quarter is over.
Kony video sparks panel debate
By Betty Laudermilt | Apr. 10, 2012Ohio University students and professors gathered Tuesday night to discuss the controversy surrounding the Kony 2012 video—and whether or not it was an effective measure to combat African injustice.
Turning the Tables on Art
By Brandon Carte | Apr. 10, 2012It only took two turntables, some clothespins and a few pieces of wood for Robert Howsare’s video to draw more than half a million views online.
Symposium connects visual, editorial sides of journalism
By Brian Vadakin | Apr. 9, 2012Ohio University will play host to several national figures this week as part of the fourth annual Schuneman Symposium.
OU-HCOM past latest hurdle in opening Columbus branch
By SARA JERDE | Apr. 9, 2012Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine could be expanding its teaching past the walls of Grosvenor Hall by 2014.
5 announced trustee finalists vie to be student representative
By Brian Vadakin | Apr. 8, 2012Friday afternoon brought more than just an end to the workweek for students gunning for a position as Ohio University’s next student trustee after five finalists were named.
