'Post' sports writers pick year-end sports awards
May 31, 2012After another year of Mid-American Conference championships and heightened success for several teams, it’s once again time for The Post’s year-end awards.
After another year of Mid-American Conference championships and heightened success for several teams, it’s once again time for The Post’s year-end awards.
Ohio cornerback Dion Byrum read Pittsburgh quarterback Tyler Palko’s eyes, and then instinct took over. The result was Byrum’s second interception of the game and an 85-yard score to hand the Bobcats their first win of the 2005 season.
For the past 12 years, the media department has put together an event at the end of the school year that features the works of students in MDIA 419, Advanced Video Project Design.
Ohio University Athletics is on the precipice of self-destruction. The chasm between the school’s athletic programs and academia is compromising what should be a symbiotic relationship.
The deadline for putting the final touches on Ohio University’s budget for next year is quickly approaching, and the Board of Trustees will be tasked with approving it at this month’s meeting.
The life of a student is filled with homework assignment after homework assignment, but sometimes those assignments can lead to new opportunities.
In early May, Athens Mayor Paul Wiehl speculated that this year’s street fests would run the city about $40,000, similar to last year’s total. That number turned out to be at least $30,000 under the mark.
So this is my last column for the The Post.
One of the most accomplished individual athletes in Ohio University history returned home Thursday. Dow Finsterwald made a career of golf, after being raised by a father that was both a football and basketball coach here at Ohio.
Within the past year, Bailee Moore has gained recognition on the national stage thanks to the instant success of a YouTube video and the encouragement of fellow rapper Erik Paul.
This is the column I never wanted to write.
College sports have been a part of American culture for more than 100 years. From the first college football game played between Rutgers and Princeton in 1869, fans have flocked to stadiums and arenas to watch student-athletes play games.
Sweeney Todd will be making his way to Athens to deliver three nights of the “worst pies in London” during Lost Flamingo Company’s rendition of the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
This is a response to the May 21, 2012 article titled "Smile, You're in Athens: Athens' rich music scene appeases all listeners.” The Athens music scene may seem to be at a very high level of diversity, but according to many students, the scene is dead.
As the year comes to a close, ACRN is planning one last hurrah — Lobsterfest, an annual event featuring an abundance of music and sun.
Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine has the lowest first-year, in-state tuition, but the overall cost of a degree might climb to one of the highest in Ohio after the statewide switch to semesters.
As Ohio University student athletes begin buckling down for exams, the Green & White Club, an independent booster organization, will prepare for finals of its own.
The biggest Ohio Brew Week celebration yet will hop into the month of June for the first time this year with nearly 40 craft breweries and 200 flavors of beer pouring into Athens pubs and restaurants.
Three Olives Loopy Vodka — mixed or straight — became a Court Street craze in the early months of 2012, but Jameson Irish Whiskey remained Athens’ best-selling liquor.