Women's Basketball: 'Cats face tough challenge vs. Rockets
By Chad Lindskog | Jan. 30, 2013History and Ohio’s current season won’t be on the Bobcats’ side when they lace up their sneakers for a midweek tilt with Toledo.
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By Olivia Young | Jan. 30, 2013When Ohio University’s current students look back on their college years, they might remember tuition protests, wild fests and a visit from President Barack Obama. But other people who have come and gone — or, in some cases, stayed — in Athens instead think of cruising through campus by boat in the ’60s, or National Guardsmen silencing wartime riots on Court Street back when it boasted only a handful of bars.
Men's Basketball: Traffic, safety concerns compel OU officials to reschedule Ohio, EMU game
By JIM RYAN | Jan. 30, 2013It’s more than a four-hour drive from Ypsilanti, Mich., home of Eastern Michigan University, to Athens — one that the Eagles will take again next month in order to square off against Ohio in the wake of Wednesday’s game cancellation.
Post Letter: Gun-free zones increase danger of mass shootings
Jan. 30, 2013It’s time that the Ohio University campus had a legitimate discussion about our rights not only as students, but as human beings.
Gunman threat closes campus
By Will Drabold | Jan. 30, 2013Ohio University was shut down — for a non-weather-related reason — for the first time since 1970 when an off-campus armed robbery led to an on-campus scare.
Athens' small size, affordability appeal to retirees
By Allan Smith | Jan. 30, 2013Students aren’t the only group flocking to Athens to begin the next chapter of their life.
Uptown businesses benefit from OU closure, class cancellations
By Cassie Kelly, Sam Howard | Jan. 30, 2013Although Ohio University students went to town with hashtags like #FugitiveFest and #GundayFunday, Wednesday was not a party for local law enforcement officials.
Post Column: Exploring different interests can help you find your direction
Jan. 30, 2013We often build our own identity upon the current surroundings of our lives. Growing up, this is achieved through the influences of family, hometown friends, and the overall system of beliefs that comprises our hometown demographic. When we come to college, that system of beliefs is torn apart — quickly.
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20-year-old charged with aggravated assault, enters plea agreement
By Kelly Fisher, Marika Lee | Jan. 30, 2013A former Ohio University student pleaded guilty to breaking another student’s finger in a fight outside The Convo in September.
Post Letter: Ohio handled scary situation badly
Jan. 30, 2013Today an armed fugitive was on the Athens campus, and my fellow Bobcats are celebrating canceled classes and tweeting hashtags like #fugitivefest and #gundayfunday.
Post Column: Fruity brew with bitter kick one of world's best
Jan. 30, 2013Bell’s Hopslam is one of the most perfect things in existence. We love beer more than a lot of other things, but we love Hopslam even more. Hopslam’s seasonal arrival is like the Great Beer God coming to Earth, showering His (or Her) children with gloriously hoppy beer, and then going back to Heaven’s brewery.
Post Letter: Traffic jam was unsafe after campus cleared out
Jan. 30, 2013As campus emptied out yesterday, there was a total gridlock on the streets. Any shooter with a few extra clips could have shot dozens of us in our cars. A really unsafe situation. Next time I am on campus during an evacuation, I am just going to hide out somewhere.
Between the Lines: Twitter kept students in loop better than OU
Jan. 30, 2013Walking home from class, I received an Ohio University emergency text alert stating that an armed fugitive was somewhere around Station Street and Stocker Center. I quickly brushed it off — even though I live on West Green — and continued about my day … until I went on Twitter.
Former mayor of Jacksonville faces prison sentence, pleads guilty to theft in office, grand theft
By Kelly Fisher, Marika Lee | Jan. 30, 2013Former mayor of Jacksonville, Ohio was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty on Jan. 18 to stealing village funds.
Editor's Note: Evacuation puts 'Post' staff in tight quarters
Jan. 30, 2013Today’s paper was made in my kitchen.
Blue Pencil Comedy plans to expand beyond Baker Center
By Jacob DeSmit | Jan. 30, 2013As the appeal of a night walking Athens’ streets drops with the temperature, a troupe of student comedians will welcome audiences to Baker University Center on Saturday evenings.
