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Ohio University Students Against Fracking seek GSS support

Housing plans weren’t the only topic of discussion at Monday’s Graduate Student Senate meeting — members tackled hydraulic fracturing as well.

Parents should OK sweetheart's stay

My boyfriend and I have been dating for two years. We have decided to live together. We know that my parents would not approve of this. Should we tell them now, later or not at all?

GSS comes to resolution on Housing Master plan

Despite major concern about where displaced graduate students will crash after a long day’s work once the Wolfe Street Apartments are razed, Graduate Student Senate supported Residential Housing’s Housing Master Plan at Monday’s meeting.

Aiding Athens: Sam's Gym

Sam Jones, a 71-year-old kickboxing champion, has been keeping kids off the streets of Glouster by teaching them how to box. Sam's Gym, a boxing gym started by Sam's father and grandfather, is free and open to anyone.

New way to solve problems available at OU

When it comes to settling a dispute, mediation may not be the first thing that comes to Ohio University students’ minds.

The World Spins Madly On: Current lifestyles take a heavy toll on our planet

Although we are privileged in many ways to live in such an exciting time, we are also held accountable for many horrible things that take away from our world’s beauty. In a state of oblivion, we are wasting resources and ruining our environment. We are destroying not only our own living standards, but also the standards of millions of plants and animals with whom we share this earth.

Campus group hoping to expose chocolate's dark side

Chocolate and extreme poverty are words that aren’t often synonymous, but to some people in Third World countries, chocolate can mean slavery, poverty and exploitation.

The Rundown - Feb. 8, 2012

OU alumna captures Barbie's 'unglamorous' side

A set of black and white photos will cast light upon Barbie’s moments of pain just one month before the doll’s 53rd birthday.

Crowning Life's champs

Editor’s note: This is the second in a five-part philanthropic series profiling nonprofit organizations in Athens County.

That's a difference of anatomy: Have fun with dating while you're still young

Once upon a time, in an era long since forgotten (alright, it was just a few years ago in a generation inhabited by our parents), men and women casually dated multiple partners at once. They were foot-loose and fancy-free, and they lived a life of carefree bliss before finally deciding upon “the one.”

Komen renews funds to joy of SE Ohio's Planned Parenthood

Breast cancer screenings for poor women in Southeast Ohio are no longer in question thanks to a major donor’s reversing a controversial decision.

Letter: Athens County engineer doesn't need to change

Archie Stanley should be elected as our county engineer. Archie has been on the job for the past 32 years and during that time has done more to improve our county roads and bridges than any other engineer in the history of Athens County, or most other counties.

The Rundown - Feb. 7, 2012

Assistant Managing Editor Alex Stuckey runs down today's top headlines, including two stories on fracking and the second part of this week's series Aiding Athens on Sam's Gym in Glouster.

East division dictates MAC play

In a single game of college basketball, there is more at stake than the final result. Rivalries run deep, meaning each contest comes with the enticing incentive of bragging rights.

Athens City Council Agenda 02/06/12

A helping hand

Editor’s note: This is the first in a five-part philanthropic series profiling nonprofit organizations in Athens County.

Occupy organizers plan OU resurgence

The students who camped out at the top of Morton Hill for a week last quarter were at it again Sunday, and they hope to become more visible in the future.

Jedis and Gleeks take center stage during Geek Week

Confectionary concoctions, Star Wars trivia and student talent will take center stage this week — all with a nerdy twist.

Athens tunes in for Giants' win

Although tradition and commercials attracted viewers to Sunday’s Super Bowl, many football fans in Athens preferred to watch the championship game from their homes instead of bars and restaurants.