Ohio is extremely lucky to be graced with some of Mother Nature’s finest attributes for natural resources. We have hills for wind turbines, flat land to farm and cultivate and rivers for hydroelectric power. Now, one more way of extracting Ohio’s resources is creeping closer and closer to Athens — hydraulic fracturing.
Saturday is Athens’ notorious Halloween block party, and, as I’ve made my custom during each of the last four years, I have absolutely no idea what my costume will be.
Ohio University students have gone viral again, and it’s not due to the No. 1 party-school reputation or the Marching 110 performing “Party Rock Anthem.” This time, it’s because a student group created a campaign to tackle racial discrimination during Halloween.
Student Senate President Kyle Triplett put it best: We’ve (seemingly) crossed the bridge.
Two weeks ago, we asked students to be more proactive with sexual assault programs on our campus. Yesterday, Student Senate’s public relations team launched its social media campaign “Lifelines to Safety” to increase sexual assault awareness using YouTube videos and Twitter.
Senate Bill 5 protesters left in a huff during yesterday’s Student Senate meeting — and they had every reason to do so.
Two years ago, students would rather fight off the flu on their own than even think about taking a step into Hudson Health Center. Wait times were atrocious, diagnoses were questionable and some of the medical examination tables looked like they were nearly a hundred years old — because they were. Many students figured it was more likely they’d walk out of Hudson sicker than when they arrived.
Ohio University offers two strong scholarship programs: the Urban Scholarship and the Appalachian Scholarship. Both reach out to students who might not consider OU as a choice for college or might not have the opportunity to attend college.
Despite campus programs and advocacy, sexual assault continues to plague this campus.
For the first time this year, I missed a Student Senate meeting this past Wednesday night.
Take a look at your calendar. This is the last weekend of September. In two weekends, it’s Homecoming and in another two weekends it’s Halloween. Upcoming weekends with warm weather are few and far between.
Yesterday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson rallied Ohio University students and Athens residents alike. But one topic remained a hot issue and a crowd pleaser to most — student-loan forgiveness.
It’s been a long time coming. After 17 years and three presidential administrations, the flawed “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was repealed Tuesday.
The last time we weighed in on Ohio University’s decision to provide $250,000 in funding for a new fire truck we focused some of our criticism on the uncertainty as to where the money would come from.
It’s a new quarter and a new school year, meaning a new Student Senate has taken office and our expectations are running high. We think this year’s senate is uniquely capable of representing the students in a way that past iterations haven’t.
Last week, Ohio University announced that it’s forking over $250,000 during the next five years to aid in the payment of a $1.1 million, custom-made fire truck for the city of Athens.
When the Princeton Review crowned Ohio University the nation’s No. 1 party school in August, it triggered the all-too-familiar tidal wave of responses from administrators, students and alumni.
In the summer months, The Athens Messenger and an editor from The Athens News have called for the resignation of Athens County Commissioner Mark Sullivan. Despite charges levied against him by his estranged wife, we are not willing to take that step.
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