In 1984, former Ohio University President John C. Baker and his wife Elizabeth established the John and Elizabeth Baker Peace Studies Endowment and held the first Baker Peace Conference at OU.
I am a little confused and maybe someone can explain to me what is going on. As most everyone knows there are layoffs at Ohio University because of the budget, but what I am having trouble understanding is that if OU is in such a budget crisis, what was the ad in the Sunday paper for a director of retail for the vice president for Finance and Administration? I think that is Bill Decatur's Office. I think he has a number of assistants, and yet he needs more. There is something wrong with this picture. When he lays off all the people who keep the university up and running, is he going to go clean a dorm, fix an overflowing commode, or clean up vomit in the stairwell? I don't think so. Ohio University is overflowing with chiefs, and we are slowly running out of Indians. I have talked to Dr. McDavis and Mr. Decatur before about other things, and neither one of them has ever gotten back to me. But Dr. McDavis and Mr. Decatur have college degrees, and I am sure they know what they are doing.
Amidst the uncertainty that is spring practice, linebacker Noah Keller is a model of stability.
The Punch Brothers take the stage at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium tonight to play a mix of music using classical bluegrass instruments.
Ohio University's Student Senate has forgotten its role: to represent the student body.
On Wednesday, April 1, I attended a Student Senate meeting for the first time so that I could show my support for the proposal to add a vote of confidence in the voting members of the Board of Trustees to the May 16 Senate ballot. As a student at Ohio University, I feel that I should have the right to at least voice my opinion about the people who wield the most power here at OU. Much to my surprise, and dismay, 22 of the 34 Student Senators did not feel the same way; their main argument being that the students of Ohio University do not have the knowledge or understanding of the Board of Trustees to form such an opinion. Well, to those 22 senators, I say to you that I do have the knowledge and that your feeble arguments were insulting to all of those whom you supposedly represent. Wednesday night, 10 students came to the Student Senate to show their support of this proposal. Ten students who asked to have the chance for their voice to be heard; 10 students who you denied a voice. On Wednesday, 22 of you chose not to represent those who elected you into a position of power; but fear not, you will have the chance to redeem yourselves next week. We will be back.
Another person of interest in February's New Marshfield shooting case turned himself in yesterday, after Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly filed a warrant for his arrest.
Local indie sextet Kaslo returns to the laid-back atmosphere of Donkey Coffee and Espresso tomorrow with female-fronted pop group Super Desserts.
Ohio University sophomore Brett Ferguson tans at a salon twice a week and is part of a growing number of male tanners.
After a quarter of engaging each other on local editorial pages and on the walls of classroom buildings, groups of Ohio University faculty on both sides of the unionization issue say they're gearing up for more debate this quarter.
With $787 billion worth of stimulus money up for grabs, citizens and organizations in Athens are hoping to share in the wealth.
Apparently there is a movie set for release sometime soon called Corpus Christi, based off a play. Christians all around the world are protesting its release. Why? Because apparently this play and this film portray Jesus and his disciples as homosexuals. Not in a humorous sense, but in a bona fide historical light.
For Columbus-based painter Curtis Wade Morrison Goldstein, art is not contained within city limits as an exhibit of his work opens in Athens today.
Athens County workers will be repairing less mileage on the county's streets this year because of an increase in the price of asphalt and decreased revenue for gasoline and vehicle licensing.
Every morning at 5:30 Edward Quatkemeyer and his staff park their A-Town Pies and Fries buggy on East Union Street and feed the parking meter for the day ahead.
Fifteen students in a specialized art class were challenged to save the world and the result was the Sustainability Sprout.
The sitar and shroom-influenced music of the '60s may seem outdated, but it's kept alive by today's hippie descendants, including the four members of Athens folk rock band Black Horse Wind.
Ohio University will receive a 4 percent increase in state subsidies next year, totaling almost $5 million more than the school received from the state this year.
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