It’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.
It’s time that the Ohio University campus had a legitimate discussion about our rights not only as students, but as human beings.
Ohio 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.
Students aren’t the only group flocking to Athens to begin the next chapter of their life.
Although Ohio University students went to town with hashtags like #FugitiveFest and #GundayFunday, Wednesday was not a party for local law enforcement officials.
We 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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A former Ohio University student pleaded guilty to breaking another student’s finger in a fight outside The Convo in September.
Today an armed fugitive was on the Athens campus, and my fellow Bobcats are celebrating canceled classes and tweeting hashtags like #fugitivefest and #gundayfunday.
Bell’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.
As 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.
Walking 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, Ohio was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty on Jan. 18 to stealing village funds.
Today’s paper was made in my kitchen.
As 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.
Ten years ago, Hil Hackworth, emcee for DysFunktional Family, was struggling to find an outlet until he discovered Athens’ own Hip-Hop Shop. Now, he runs the show.
By Meryl Gottlieb| mg986611@ohiou.edu| @buzzlightmeryl
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