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.
As of Sunday, former Ohio University Student Senate President Nick Southall’s likeness has been removed from a collage of placards bearing the names and images of senate’s executive staff outside its third floor Baker Center office space. Anna Morton, though not officially sworn in as president, has already moved up a rung from her vice-presidential post, becoming the de facto president.
About two months ago, during Homecoming Weekend, a male Ohio University student performed oral sex on a female student on Court Street. A crowd of people—those who, on any other weekend night, avoid eye contact while walking hurriedly by street performers and grilled cheese fundraisers—stopped, stared, gawked at the show.
The holidays are a time for giving and receiving, and donating is one way you can help make someone’s holiday a little brighter.
So, Student Senate is saying it isn’t a public body, as defined by the Ohio Revised Code.
While many Ohio University students head home to gorge themselves on a Thanksgiving feast next week, those students on a meal plan who are staying behind for the break will hardly have the chance to indulge in such a meal.
Our centerpiece story today talks about an Athens task force focused on removing graffiti throughout the city. We understand society has myriad opinions on graffiti; though some see it as an act of art, others view it as vandalism.
State Sen. Lou Gentile, D-Steubenville and State Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-Albany will pay a visit to Athens on Friday.
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