'Strawberry Day' tempts students with free treats
By Tristan Navera | Apr. 7, 2011Scores of students lined up yesterday as University Program Council’s final themed-food day of the year came to fruition.
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Faculty could face heavier courseload
By Pat Holmes | Apr. 6, 2011With a proposed state budget asking higher education instructors to increase their teaching workload, some OU faculty say Gov. John Kasich is asking them to do “more with less.”
Student Senate: Speaker searches for 'superheroes'
By Joe Fox | Apr. 6, 2011Jim Murray is tired of Ohio University’s “party school” reputation, and he wants OU students to fix it.
Finalist highlights campus-wide communication as key to success
By Tristan Navera | Apr. 5, 2011The second finalist for Ohio University’s director of government relations position stressed her own core values and how they would help advance the university.
OU changes deadline for buyout options
By Caitlin Bowling | Apr. 5, 2011Ohio University Human Resources will postpone the deadline for employees to accept a buyout option, according to a Wednesday letter to faculty and staff.
New York City teach-in resonates with OU audience
By Pamela Engel | Apr. 5, 2011Technical glitches during the live stream of a national teach-in did not deter a small group of Ohio University students and faculty members from joining the discussion.
Biweekly meeting centers on activism
By Alex Felser | Apr. 5, 2011Students, faculty members and Athens residents will meet tonight to discuss the availability of food and different ways to use it at Ohio University’s second Eco Café.
Hocking readies for cuts
By Alex Westerh | Apr. 4, 2011As colleges’ and universities’ budgets continue to shrink, nearby Hocking College will create an advisory committee to plan for a $2 million cut in funding.
University vows to not use coal in future heating plant
By Caitlin Bowling | Apr. 4, 2011Ohio University’s new heating plant will not use coal as an energy source, said university officials in a letter to a Sierra Club representative early last week.
Athens-born surgeon, author chosen to present commencement speech
By Joe Fox | Apr. 4, 2011Ohio University announced yesterday that Athens native Atul Gawande will give the 2011 undergraduate commencement speech.
Graduate Student Senate: Budget cuts dominate discussion
By Olivia Arbogast | Apr. 4, 2011Graduate student senators pondered Ohio University budget cuts last night as the body listened to a presentation by the vice president for Finance and Administration.
A Downward Trend
By Tristan Navera | Apr. 3, 2011Judicial cases involving Ohio University students are down, but administrators disagree on why.
Competition seeks to glean generosity from antagonism
By Rebecca McKinsey | Mar. 31, 2011Officials from Ohio University and Miami University are banding together to capitalize on the competition between their schools.
Local union pushes to 'citizen veto' bill
By Pat Holmes | Mar. 30, 2011After Senate Bill 5 passed in the Ohio House yesterday, Ohio members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are looking to petition for a “citizens’ veto.”
Missing woman found dead in septic drain
By Wesley Lowery | Mar. 30, 2011LOGAN — As he exited his car yesterday afternoon, a lone deputy from the Hocking County Sheriff’s Office announced his intentions to the few media members still gathered at Faith Tabernacle Church, a small house of worship just north of Nelsonville.
Focus of fest safety shifts
By Joe Fox | Mar. 30, 2011A year after photos posted on Facebook led to arrests in the wake of last year’s Palmerfest, Ohio University is incorporating the incriminating potential of social media into this quarter’s fest safety campaign.
Former student pleads guilty in child porn case
By Pamela Engel | Mar. 29, 2011A former Ohio University student was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and 10 years of supervised release yesterday after pleading guilty to felony possession of child pornography.
Funding remains high priority for committee
By Pamela Engel | Mar. 29, 2011Ohio University’s General Fee Advisory Committee recommendations have not changed much since last year, with the Division of Student Affairs again ranking as the number-one funding priority in front of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Recent disasters in Japan lead OU to extract students
By Tristan Navera | Mar. 29, 2011Uncertainty about Japan’s destabilized nuclear reactors has prompted Ohio University to cancel Study Abroad to the beleaguered nation this quarter.|
Reprimand remains despite committee's standpoints
By Tristan Navera | Mar. 28, 2011Ohio University President Roderick McDavis has upheld the reprimand of an embattled professor despite a faculty committee suggesting his name be cleared.
