The Ohio Apportionment Board voted 4-1 along party lines yesterday to approve a new set of Ohio House and Senate districts that have been called “highly gerrymandered” by state Democrats but “fair and constitutional” by state Republicans.
Despite dissent from student organizations and members of Student Senate, Ohio University Student Senate President Kyle Triplett declined to add a bill to tonight’s agenda that would raise student concerns about Senate Bill 5.
Students who enjoy cat-walking on South Green will need to reroute during the upcoming months after a report that several catwalks might be structurally unsound.
Despite his ousting last June by the Hocking College Board of Trustees, Ron Erickson has returned to his post as president of the school.
Hip-hop lovers and newbies alike will gather at The Union, 18 W. Union St., tomorrow as 1Side music, sponsored by Hip Hop Congress, holds Hip-Hopalooza III, a celebration of hip-hop culture and a benefit show for Good Works.
Try to picture a college campus without T-shirts.
On Friday, Ohio House Bill 194 is slated to go into effect and would shorten the absentee-voting period as early as this November’s elections. However, if Fair Elections Ohio’s referendum is validated today, the bill would be shelved and eventually decided upon in 2012.
Just like mom’s old chime that rings the youngsters in for dinner, Ohio’s victory in the Battle for the Bell two weeks ago has brought top-flight talent running to Athens.
The Ohio men’s basketball team has added a player to its 2011-2012 roster and another has shown interest in joining the team the following year.
After nearly two years of legal arguments, a lawsuit regarding University Estates was settled this past May leaving a plot of land untouched while the City of Athens and local land developers eye the property.
A Dateline NBC special featuring Athens County won an Emmy Award Monday for an exceptional news and documentary program concerning poverty in Southeast Ohio.
Just as baseball fans smile at the sight of historic Wrigley Field, some Ohio University football lovers view Peden Stadium as a college football landmark. To others, the stadium is a simple concrete structure just off Richland Avenue and abutting the Hocking River.
At tonight’s Ohio University Student Senate meeting, senators will discuss the possibility of joining their book-exchange website with a new, similar service called FourYears.com but will avoid the topic of a resolution addressing Senate Bill 5.
Tonight local bar, Jackie O’s, 24 W. Union St., will be preparing for what celebrities Jamie Fox and Steve Harvey call ‘Spike Style’.
I read Monday’s Post editorial and was flabbergasted to see Keynesian dogma in my own university’s newspaper. This claim that the only thing this economy needs is more spending has been disproved time and time again.
Does the New Marriage-Law in China promote the equal rights for women or let it down?
Zero waste — Ohio University. That’s right. You might think, “No way, can’t happen.” I say it is possible and already under way.
The Ohio legislature made an attempt to eliminate employment and housing discrimination against the LGBT community yesterday, introducing a bi-partisan bill to the Ohio House of Representatives.
For the past year, the Ohio tourism industry quietly established itself as one of the state’s most efficient and profitable. Yesterday, state officials came to Athens to explore opportunities that could potentially strengthen the diverse industry.
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