Tobacco cessation classes to be offered
By Hannah Yang | Oct. 21, 2013For Ohio University students looking to nip tobacco in the bud, the Campus Involvement Center will offer courses to help them quit smoking.
MULTIMEDIA
Post Letter: Senate remains active after offensive tweet
Oct. 21, 2013I would like to begin by again apologizing for my actions on Sept. 1. I have no interest in defending those actions, as I understand that my words were harmful to the Ohio University community and ultimately to the culture as a whole.
Annual event aims to bring awareness, end negativity toward Islam
By Anjelica Oswald | Oct. 21, 2013The Muslim Students Association is working to end misconceptions and stereotypes through their annual Open House.
APD: sites link wrong student to alleged rape
By Allan Smith | Oct. 21, 2013The Athens Police Department confirmed Monday that Ohio University student Rachel Cassidy is not the woman in the alleged rape that took place Uptown during Homecoming Weekend.
RA's lawyer cites sleepwalking in thefts
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 21, 2013A former Ohio University resident assistant, accused of stealing items from two dorm rooms last Spring Semester while students were sleeping, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary in a pretrial hearing Monday.
McDavis agrees to pay woman hit by OU bus double what she initially sought
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 21, 2013It was an ordinary day two years ago when a Cincinnati woman was crossing a street when, all of a sudden, a Campus Area Transit Service bus struck her while she was in a crosswalk.
New professor to merge previously unrelated subjects
By William Ashton | Oct. 21, 2013With her arrival, Eve Ng, assistant professor of women’s and gender studies and media arts and sciences, has connected the two studies in engaging ways.
Data-driven provost gives OU insight
By Will Drabold | Oct. 21, 2013Editor’s note: This is the first in a series profiling new staff of Ohio University’s provost.
Locals feel mixed effects of weeks-long federal shutdown
By Lucas Daprile | Oct. 21, 201316-day federal government shutdown may have grinded federal services, including Wayne National Forest, to a halt, but many of Athens’ local entities felt very little effect, officials said.
Post Letter: Society equips women for unplanned pregnancies
Oct. 21, 2013In reference to the article in The Post, “Mothers’ addictions affect unborn Athens County children” I would like to address some of the authors messages, as I feel the author misrepresented some of my views in the article by indicating that I believe women are uneducated about the harms of drug use during pregnancy. I would like to clarify the situation.
A Rise in 3D Printing
By Dylan Sams | Oct. 21, 2013On a small table sits what appears to be a hollowed out microwave, making whirring sounds as an arm extended over its top moves in a rectangular shape. As time goes on, that shape becomes larger and larger, built from the bottom up
Land donation sparks debate among county commissioners
By Olivia Bower | Oct. 21, 2013Before her death in 2012, Velma Cubbison, a Coolville woman, wanted to donate her six acres of forest and one acre of land with a creek near Wildman Rd. to the county, so she put it in her will.
This Day In History: 11 years ago, Chechen rebels hold Moscow theater hostage
Oct. 21, 2013On this day in 2002 a crowded theater in Moscow was seized by rebels from Chechnya in what has come to be known as the Moscow Theater Siege. Some 40 to 50 armed Chechens who claimed to be a part of the Islamist militant separatist movement in Chechnya carried out this siege; however, those in charge of the Islamist group in Chechnya denounced it publicly.
Field Hockey: 'Cats to bring Battle of Bricks to Pruitt Field
By Taylor Jedrzejek | Oct. 21, 2013It doesn’t take much to get a team pumped for a rivalry game.
Midwest metal legend to perform at The Union alongside Dismemberment
Oct. 21, 2013For most students in higher education, college is merely the means to an end; it is only upon leaving school that they realize it has become a second home. Although Midwest metal legend Skeletonwitch has toured around the globe, band members never forgot their Athens roots.
Sports Column: Solich snags high quality recruits
By Sam Kwiatkowski | Oct. 21, 2013Winning football games each fall Saturday is every college football team’s goal week in and week out.
MAC Notebook: Teams prepare to battle for the MAC
Oct. 21, 2013This week will be death or glory for the front-runners in the Mid-American Conference.
Angel statue reflects TV lore
Oct. 21, 2013Editor’s note: This is the second in a five-part series exploring the ghost stories and urban legends of Athens.
