OUSAP looks to hire new program coordinator
By Rebekah Barnes | Sep. 23, 2014OUSAP holding forums for program coordinator position
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After senate arrests, two students await pretrial
By Julia Fair | Sep. 23, 2014Jonah Yulish and Gabriel Sirkin, two of the four students arrested at a Student Senate meeting earlier this month, are scheduled to attend a pretrial hearing Wednesday morning flanked by their attorneys.
Commissioners funding preventative measures for tuberculosis
By Alex MacLeod | Sep. 23, 2014Commissioners took a closer look at preventing tuberculosis at their meeting Tuesday morning, following a case a few months ago
Despite earlier estimate, Richland Avenue Project not to begin construction until early March.
By EMILY BOHATCH | Sep. 23, 2014After not receiving any bids this summer for the Richland Avenue Project, originally estimated to begin this month, the $4.8 million infrastructure upgrade will kick off in March, the city said Tuesday.
Developing Dublin
By MERYL GOTTLIEB | Sep. 23, 2014Ohio University hopes to expand even more to the Columbus area, giving theater students an opportunity to study there after severing its ties to a professional theater company this summer.
Football: With Vick out due to injury, Ohio’s offense is up to a test of depth
By Alex Busch | Sep. 23, 2014Despite entering the year with a new offensive unit, the Bobcats’ offense has flip-flopped more than it should have.
Suspect charged for filing false robbery report
By Olivia Hitchcock | Sep. 23, 2014A 19-year-old falsely reported a robbery to OUPD on Sunday.
Ohio University ups fundraising ‘administrative fee’
By Jeremy Hill | Sep. 23, 2014Ohio University fundraisers have acquired more than $464 million in seven years — but officials say the process is expensive and they need more money to raise money.The “administrative fee” is allocated primarily to University Advancement, OU’s fundraising arm, and increased from one to two percent of spendable endowment dollars between the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years.The fee is “well within national benchmarks,” said Jennifer Bowie, executive director of communication and marketing for University Advancement.Bowie did not say to which universities she was comparing OU.OU’s endowment is budgeted to give $7.4 million to university fundraising expenses in the 2014-15 fiscal year. That’s more than three times the $2.1 million that was allocated in 2012.OU is also projecting $15.2 million will be drawn from the endowment’s interest this year for spending on various projects throughout the university.OU’s endowment totaled $497 million, according to March budget records, the most recent figures available.It wasn’t immediately clear as of press time how exactly the administrative fee would be allocated. The fee “supports essential functions” of University Advancement, and the increase in the amount allocated to fundraisers and their increase in raising money are “directly related to one another,” Bowie said in an email.The increase in administrative expenses comes after several years of unprecedented fundraising at OU. “The Promise Lives” campaign, started in July 2007, recently reached its $450 million goal 14 months ahead of schedule.The money spent from the endowment’s interest has increased by at least $1 million during each of the last four fiscal years.“When universities undertake these types of campaigns they incur extra expenses for fundraising materials, staffing, and travel,” Bowie said.John Day, associate provost for Academic Budget and Planning, said most of the administrative fee money goes to fundraising money for “The Promise Lives” campaign.The decision to raise the fee rate was approved by the Ohio University Foundation Board of Trustees, the board that governs OU’s endowment.Day said the fee probably won’t return to previous levels until the campaign’s initial end date next year despite officials meeting the campaign’s fundraising goal.Even then, he called a decrease of the fee rate, “theoretical.”“There has always been some fee … there is always going to be some fee,” Day said.The fundraising campaign will fund a number of university projects, including goals to increase “access and opportunity,” which include scholarship funding.Less than 50 percent of the campaign’s $450 million goal will be allocated to “access and opportunity,” according to the campaign’s website.@jeremyhtweetsjh082913@ohio.edu
Lieutenant’s suspension upheld as just by Franklin County Judge
By Emma Ockerman | Sep. 22, 2014A suspension appeal from an OUPD lieutenant was rejected earlier this month in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.
After weeks of deliberation, garbage ordinance still at a standstill
By William T. Perkins | Sep. 22, 2014Athens City Council members were in a gridlock over trash Monday night.
PoliceBlotter: Windows shatter during the weekend
By Matt Cudahy | Sep. 22, 2014A window at Brookfield Church was busted overnight this past weekend.
Graduate Student Senate shuts down previously supported changes
By Megan Henry | Sep. 22, 2014A resolution to condemn the removal of B Level sanctions, one of the proposed changes to the Student Code of Conduct, was passed by Graduate Student Senate at Monday night’s meeting.
Post Secret: Marzec is talk of the town
By Erin Fischer | Sep. 22, 2014After three weeks Marzec and her blood bucket challenge are still talk of the town.
Cultural Anime-tions: Psycho-Pass amazes students
By Kirsten Lindsay | Sep. 22, 2014I had a conversation with my friend (let’s call him Bob) the other day about a fascinating anime called Psycho-Pass.
Nurturing OUr nature: March reflects world’s concerns
By Grant Stover | Sep. 22, 2014The highly anticipated People’s Climate March this past Sunday in New York City has come and gone. With a turnout of more than 300,000 people, hopefully a new era will be ushered in.
Letter: OU alumnus describes Ohio University involvement in climate march
Sep. 22, 2014Old OHIO was represented at the united 2014 People’s Climate March. Larger than the 250,000-person March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 for Civil Rights, the People’s Climate March on September 21 saw over 400,000 people descend on New York City for global environmental action. Non-human denizens were represented in record numbers, as well. 2,808 observer events and counting were held simultaneously in 166 nation-states.
Lean In Further: ‘Bobkitten’ labels are demeaning
By Jessica Ensley | Sep. 22, 2014We need to stop calling women on this campus “Bobkittens.” We call the student body as a whole, “Bobcats” but then to turn around and say “Bobkittens” when it’s only female students. This is an example of how we as a society infantilize women. The use of language to demean women is nothing new.
Editorial: OU protects attack victims
Sep. 22, 2014Ohio University is now offering students the chance to report sexual assaults anonymously. This gives the roughly 50 percent of OU’s victims of sexual assault who do not want their cases investigated an outlet for assistance and resources, according a report in Monday’s Post.
Field Hockey: Like grandfather, like granddaughter
By Luke O'Roark | Sep. 22, 2014Ashley Cureton has quite the torch to carry.
