Environmental News Nugget: April 23, 2012
Apr. 22, 2012By Austin Stahl | as506610@ohiou.edu | @AustinStahl24
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Gaming: Fez says goodbye to virtual hand-holding
Apr. 22, 2012By Ian Ording | io312410@ohiou.edu | @IanOrding
Castle in the Plains
By Olivia Young | Apr. 22, 2012Along a line of ordinary houses, a wooded one-acre lot at 147 Shady Lane in The Plains is now host to a two-story castle built of storage containers complete with a spiral staircase and crenellations sweeping the treetops.
Possible health care plan rewrites coverage
By Sarah Grothjan | Apr. 22, 2012For students losing sleep over financing costly medication and care visits, the possibility of a revised student health insurance plan might offer consolation.
Board puts in two cents about 'fracking'
By Alex Felser | Apr. 22, 2012As part of a preemptive plan to avoid unwarranted drilling on Ohio University property, trustees passed a resolution Friday that allows the university to draft its own lease.
Columbus medical campus approved by OU Board of Trustees
By SARA JERDE | Apr. 22, 2012By the time Ohio University’s current freshman are seniors they will have seen the first class of medical students sporting Columbus addresses.
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Apr. 22, 2012Resource extraction in Appalachia has taken several forms over the years. Here, I will focus on the lasting environmental impacts of coal mining and the emerging impacts of shale gas extraction.
Soccer, volleyball stay strong in offseason
By Christian Hoppens | Apr. 22, 2012The Bobcats were successful with both the soccer and the volleyball teams as the offseason spring schedule nears its final stretch.
Music: The Boss tears through new tunes at The Q
Apr. 22, 2012By Nick Harley | nh632010@ohiou.edu | @Mick_Marley
Athens Farmers Market celebrates its 40th year
By Sara Lowenstein | Apr. 22, 2012When the Athens Farmers Market debuted on a summer day in 1972, three farmers arrived to hawk their locally grown produce.
OU faculty, staff to receive salary increases
By Pamela Engel | Apr. 22, 2012As part of an effort to retain and attract faculty and staff members, Ohio University will raise salaries 2.5 percent next year and cover the cost of increasing health care premiums.
Board of Trustees appoints new leadership amid tuition increase
By Brian Vadakin | Apr. 22, 2012In the midst of a controversial decision to raise Ohio University’s annual tuition by 3.5 percent, OU’s governing board announced another change: new leadership for the Board of Trustees.
Comedian captures spotlight in MemAud
By Lindsay Friedman | Apr. 22, 2012Although seats were empty Friday night at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, comedian Nick Kroll was able to fill the room with constant laughs and giggles.
With increase, OU rises in state-school cost list
By Pamela Engel | Apr. 22, 2012After Ohio University’s Board of Trustees approved a 3.5-percent tuition increase Friday, only two public universities in the state will have higher tuition and fees next year.
I'm not a doctor...: Motorcyclists cruise in circles for loud show
Apr. 21, 2012You hear me long before you see me.
