Editorial: Building funding out of nothing
Sep. 5, 2012On today’s front page, you’ll find a story detailing Ohio University’s capital improvement plan, a project worth more than $2.5 billion in spending during the next 20 years.
EDITORIALS
Conflict Resolution: OU's pledge is a step in the right direction for justice
Aug. 27, 2012Almost two years of spirited campaigning by student leaders and activists finally paid off yesterday.
Editor's note: A year in reflection: We learn from our mistakes
May 31, 2012This is the column I never wanted to write.
Post Editorial: Fair representation: Senate's efficient leaders epitomize student needs
May 29, 2012They came. They saw. They accomplished.
Post Endorsement: Vote REACH for 2012-13 Student Senate
May 14, 2012This year, Ohio University students have been offered the chance to choose from several Student Senate presidential candidates and multiple tickets.
Editor's Note: McDavis not to blame for 'degrading' behavior
May 9, 2012As is the case every year during the weeks that follow Palmer Fest, our opinion page has been full of students, professors and administrators weighing in on the oft-riotous street fests that occur at Ohio University each spring.
Post Editorial: Burning Bridges: City will only give so many breaks until fests are ended
Apr. 29, 2012Whether you were home cooking a pizza or on Palmer taking shots to commemorate the flames, most of us have seen the images and video of last weekend’s Palmer Fest fire. Apparently partygoers have upped the ante from lighting couches to setting fires in houses.
Editor's Note: 'Post' won't apologize for coverage of Senate
Apr. 25, 2012In my four years at The Post, no kind of coverage has caused more blowback than the annual spring Student Senate elections.
Editor's Note: With OU athletic raises, tuition hike concerning
Apr. 19, 2012There was a beautiful irony about the stories that led yesterday’s paper.
Editor's Note: Former, present Posties convene for celebration
Apr. 12, 2012Being hit with tear gas in the bottom of Baker Center; suing and being sued by the university; pissing off local ministers, athletics coaches and politicians; rarely if ever showing up for class (don’t even bring up GPAs), and, of course, being the envy (and favorite mocking target) of all of the Scripps kids studying those “other” kinds of journalism.
Post Editorial: A Quick Fix - Increasing tuition will inhibit furthering higher education
Apr. 9, 2012For the third academic year in a row, Ohio University’s Budget Planning Council has recommended increasing the cost of education for students by asking for a tuition increase. Like the increase approved by the Board of Trustees last year, BPC has asked for another 3.5-percent hike in student tuition next year.
Post Editorial: With his departure, Groce leaves behind a legacy
Mar. 31, 2012It didn’t take much more than a blue and orange striped tie, but during Thursday’s Illinois press conference John Groce was no Bobcat.
Managing Editor's Note: Groce coverage takes careful consideration
Mar. 29, 2012Bobcat Nation barely had time to process its Sweet 16 loss before John Groce, the architect behind the season’s record-setting Ohio team, was connected to the vacant Illinois coaching job.
Post Editorial: Injustice: Trayvon's death exposes society's racial ignorance
Mar. 28, 2012The equation is simple. If a person admittingly kills an unarmed person, the immediate result should be that person’s arrest.
Editor's Note: Social-media 'awareness' won't end war in Uganda
Mar. 8, 2012Setting aside the financial questions about Invisible Children, there is much else to question about the now-viral “Kony 2012” campaign — a social media “awareness” effort aimed at bringing notoriety to Joseph Kony, a Ugandan military leader whose army, known as the Lord’s Resistant Army, has kidnapped and trained tens of thousands of child soldiers.
Post Endorsements: Stanley should finish up long-term projects
Mar. 4, 2012We endorse Archie Stanley for re-election as Athens County engineer. His 32 years as county engineer and knowledge of the area make him able to serve Athens County to the best of his ability.
Post Endorsements: O'Brien highlights crowded commissioner field
Mar. 4, 2012We support Mike O’Brien to replace current county commissioner Mark Sullivan on the Democrat side of the ballot.
Between the Lines: Chardon, OU vigil brought love to a terrible tragedy
Feb. 28, 2012When my alarm blared last Monday morning, I reached for my phone as reluctantly as always, yet when I slid the bar on the screen to turn the alarm off, I noticed I had 17 text messages.
