Local artists exhibit works to raise disability awareness
By Stan O’Neill | Mar. 26, 2014March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness month, and one organization is celebrating with an art show featuring works of its clients themselves.
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness month, and one organization is celebrating with an art show featuring works of its clients themselves.
It’s been over two weeks since Ohio’s last win on the baseball diamond, and the team’s most recent go-round displayed the same deficiencies the team has been held accountable for all season.
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Outside the Aquatic Center, one can find multiple Hemlock trees peppered around, surviving the wintry mix of Athens on Wednesday. The Hemlock tree, which can withstand very heavy snowfall and ice storms, is a metaphor of the struggles the Bobcats withstood this season.
In this week’s Throwback Thursday, we get a peek into a Student Governing Board meeting that was featured on the front page of The Post on Oct. 5, 1972. The original caption describes the scene: “During lull periods, members took time out to eye the Freshman Register, meet guests and chat informally with members. At one point, Mike McGraw noted, ‘Domino’s pizza is not recognized by the University.’” Although students these days would more likely be talking about Facebook and Avalanche, we’d like to think the great tradition of goofing off hasn’t changed much in the past four decades. This photo was credited to Post photographer Charlie Nye and was titled “Student Governing Bored.” Get it?
For the average Ohio University student rushing to get out of Athens, the Nelsonville bypass, said to shorten the trip north on Route 33 by at least 20 minutes, might be an obvious Godsend.
You have to hand it to the Ohio University student body. We sure can have some interesting and, I think, revelatory discussions about our community here in Athens.
The Midwest Open Geocaching Adventure will be coming to Athens for a weekend of exploration, networking and fun for hundreds of outdoor venturers from around the world.
Swimming & diving
City officials have opened Mulberry Street to “light” vehicle traffic until repairs can be made, following concerns about the structural integrity of the steam tunnel beneath the street.
Lt. Rodney Smith was appointed Thursday to take over the Athens County Sheriff's Office as interim sheriff if and when the Ohio Supreme Court suspends Sheriff Pat Kelly from office.
The first 28 games have provided the kindling for the season that awaits Ohio softball in the Mid-American Conference portion of its schedule.
For many, a trip abroad can shape the way they view the world, but living there can make an even more lasting impact.
For the first time in its history, Ohio University’s Take Back the Night week will be putting inclusion in the forefront.
Three cars were involved in a crash Wednesday afternoon on East State Street by the intersection of May Street near Athens Auto Repair.
The Bobcats, who thought they escaped Black and Gold after the Wake Forest Invitational last weekend, will return south to Nashville, Tenn. this weekend to participate in the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
In a weekend already filled with a four-day music festival and one of the biggest street fests of the year, Casa Nueva is adding to the excitement ny booking two nights of talented indie rock bands.