Soccer: Ohio looks to continue successful spring season
By Matthew McGreevy | Apr. 17, 2012Fresh off a rainy spring season opener, the Bobcats are ready to plunge back into action against West Virginia Wesleyan.
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Baseball: Bobcats score 5 late for win
By JIM RYAN | Apr. 17, 2012Ohio continued its winning ways Tuesday against Youngstown State as it sent the Penguins sliding for their 10th straight loss.
A STRONGER SAFETY
By Rob Ogden | Apr. 17, 2012During the first quarter of a 10-7 game against Marshall last fall, Ohio safety Xavier Hughes read the quarterback’s eyes the whole way, stepped in front of a 25-yard pass attempt at the last moment, and took the ball 24 yards in the opposite direction.
Around Town: April 19, 2012
Apr. 17, 2012In the news, Lindsay Friedman discusses the upcoming performance of Nick Kroll as part of the OU Performing Arts Series. William Hoffman discusses the bizarre stylings of bands Tofujitsu and Qiet as well as a music community legend Bruce Drazell.
Post Letter: No causal relation between athletics, enrollment
Apr. 17, 2012A story in The Post on April 13 suggested there was a connection between recent athletic success at Ohio University and a rise in applications that occurred this year.
Post Letter: Peepholes on doors will help students feel safer
Apr. 17, 2012The April 16 edition of The Post featured a front-page article in memory of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University massacre that highlighted the poor emergency response systems that plague American universities.
Committee delves deeper into concerns over injection wells
By Laura Scheer | Apr. 17, 2012A group of local residents and area officials met as part of the Athens County Strategic Advisory Committee on Hydraulic Fracturing to discuss issues regarding the potential advent of “fracking” to Athens County.
Symposium to delve into details of what makes philanthropies function
By XANDER ZELLNER | Apr. 17, 2012With tight budgets and seemingly endless need, nonprofit organizations are always seeking additional volunteers—a void an upcoming symposium aims to help fill.
Head-lice cases up as funding cut
By Allan Smith | Apr. 17, 2012Amid tough economic times, there is no doubt that cuts are being made around town. Whether cuts to funding head-lice prevention are resulting in an increase in cases of the parasitic bug, however, is up for debate.
Laughing Mad: An apology to Secret Service involved in scandal
Apr. 17, 2012A Heartfelt Apology to the Secret Service Agents Whose Careers I Ruined:
REACH party set to heavily outspend yOU
By SARA JERDE | Apr. 17, 2012By the time Ohio University’s Student Senate election season wraps up, the REACH party could have outspent the yOU ticket and two independent candidate’s campaigns combined by $3,855.
OU eyes finalists for head of Housing
By Pamela Engel | Apr. 17, 2012With a myriad of open administrator searches on the docket, Ohio University is a step closer to filling at least one position.
Indie genre strives to stray from mainstream
By Will Hoffman | Apr. 17, 2012The most unique aspect of indie rock music might be that local indie artists don’t even know how to define the style.
Softball: Ohio looks for rare win in Columbus
By Brandon Kors | Apr. 17, 2012In the midst of a stretch in which the Bobcats have lost five of six games, Ohio will have to beat a team in which it has lost seven consecutive games against in order to get back on track.
Professor wins Patent accolade
By Brandon Carte | Apr. 17, 2012An Ohio University professor has become one of two Ohio scientists to win this year’s Ohio Patent Impact Award for his contributions to the development of a drug that treats acromegaly, a growth hormone disorder related to gigantism.
Club Sports: Lacrosse team on track for 1st playoff berth
By Nathan Cotton | Apr. 17, 2012Since switching to the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association from the National College Lacrosse League in 2010, the Ohio men’s club lacrosse team has faced stiffer competition and has yet to participate in post-season play.
Nationally-known musician visits OU for master class, piano recital
By Emily Bamforth | Apr. 17, 2012Ripples of laughter, words of wisdom and the music of Beethoven and Brahms filled the Glidden Recital Hall Tuesday as Marina Lomazov, world-acclaimed concert pianist, gave advice to Ohio University piano students.
Large-scale projects slated to save city thousands
By Joshua Jamerson | Apr. 17, 2012With more than $400,000 spent and more than a year’s worth of construction work almost complete, a major infrastructure enhancement project approved by Athens City Council last year is coming to a close.
