You might have read in Wednesday’s Post about a previously unreleased August 2012 memo describing a dubious marketing campaign from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources that would have targeted public media outlets to promote fracking in state parks and forests.
The centerpiece story on our front page today is the first in a series profiling instructors at Ohio University who hail from beyond America’s borders. If you’ve had one of these instructors in class during your time here, you have undoubtedly realized how an international background can contribute to a better understanding of just how interconnected our world is.
The Post is extremely excited to host Greg Moore during his visit to Ohio University.
Hello, everyone.
Otterbein University student journalists have long struggled to obtain records from their campus police department regarding incidents that occurred on their Westerville campus.
As you might have read on today’s front page, students enrolled in courses taught by Amol Kharabe didn’t find out from the university until Wednesday afternoon their instructor would be taking a period of “paid administrative leave,” after being arrested Monday evening in his Dublin home on child pornography-related charges.
Three major companies made headlines and raised eyebrows this week with attention-grabbing announcements.
For the first time this semester, Student Senate will have its weekly Wednesday meeting with a full executive board now that it has a president, vice president and treasurer. Finally, the body will be able to sit down and delineate its goals without distraction.
We learned a lot about sheriffs today, but not what we really wanted to know.
Some news trickled down this way from I-77 that caught our attention, even though it probably didn’t land on the radars of anyone who’s not studying journalism.
Put yourself on Student Senate’s agenda
Wednesday night, we followed the many twists and turns of the Student Senate meeting, which was supposed to end with a new vice president and a sigh of relief for senate members. Many of you tuned in to the goings on too, if the reaction on social media was any indication of interest.
McDavis & Lombardi host open forums
During several days from December 1959 to January 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. attended a conference at Ohio University, addressing the crowd on several occasions. Three years later, he led the famous March on Washington. Only five years after that, he was assassinated while standing on his hotel’s second-floor balcony in Memphis. Forty-five years after his death, the effects of his legacy are still felt on our campus and throughout the nation.
You can call it a New Year’s resolution, spring (semester) cleaning or, simply, a minor redesign, but we’ve made the decision to spruce up the newspaper’s appearance this semester. The changes are inconspicuous to most readers — changed fonts, a different sports rail and unique spacing on our opinion page — but together they change the way you read our newspaper.
Student Senate shakeups have dominated our front page and website during the past several months, today being no exception. We covered the twists and turns of former president Nick Southall’s tenure and will continue to keep you up-to-date through Anna Morton’s presidency.
On Oct. 23, members of the Ohio University Swimming and Diving team met with Director of Athletics Jim Schaus to discuss their grievances with coach Greg Werner’s leadership.
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