Winter weather is beautiful in theory: large, fluffy snowflakes falling gently as the crisp air cues the cravings for cups of hot cocoa. Reality, especially in Athens, is a lot harsher. It usually doesn't snow, but rather, some icy form of precipitation falls and is almost always accompanied by wind that's strong enough to sting your eyes and send scarves flying into the great unknown.
Clint Eastwood is a man of many and varied passions. Big guns, big '70s haircuts, orangutans, growling and squinting.
Who is minding the store? The lead article on Jan. 12th is that McDavis' $85,000 raise has been finalized, along with extra days of vacation, a raise of over $3,000 for his wife and many other perks. The lead article on Jan. 13 is that the Budget Planning Council is considering recommending a universitywide raise freeze. How does any business or institution justify giving its president and first lady this kind of raise, hiring new administrators in at $5,000+ more than their predecessor (who hadn't been here that long and only left last spring) and at the same time telling employees that they not only have to cut their budgets while working harder but they also will not be getting any raises at all next year? We were all appalled by the actions of companies on Wall Street who were giving their CEOs big bonuses while employees were losing their pensions and our savings were disappearing. How is this any different?
Sheriff's deputies collected DNA yesterday from a Nelsonville man accused of kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old female high school student from Jacksonville, Ohio.
Ohio University faculty could see healthcare premiums reduced after President Roderick McDavis acknowledged that current costs violate the Faculty Handbook.
Every person has a few vices in life, but making music is not one of them for the members of Athens folk and roll band The Vice Versas.
On Dec. 1, the 54-year-old housemother for Delta Tau Delta fraternity was diagnosed with brain cancer and told she had a few weeks left to live. Although she beat the doctor's initial estimates, she now aims to contain the terminal illness.
Prost. I proudly exclaim my new word for cheers as we clink glasses over the table. Faced with a lack of cultural events in Athens this week, I decided to create my own by inviting two of the German international students I've met on campus over for a pastime that is truly all-American: game night.
Although Athens County has held an annual festival in honor of the pawpaw for the last 10 years, Ohio's edible indigenous fruit was only recently recognized on a statewide level.
I love Google. I don't really know anyone who doesn't, for that matter. But I sometimes feel that Google is one of the only online companies that cannot disappoint. Search engine, Gmail, Docs, Chrome - each function constantly growing, improving and staying awesomely, wholesomely, fantastically free. Google is my favorite noun and verb. Oh, Google.
An Ohio University sophomore accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in Boyd Hall wants a judge to throw out statements he made to police.
The forecast this week calls for sub-zero wind chills and the possibility for icy and slick conditions at Ohio University, where the power to cancel classes falls to the president himself.
Justin Orr remembers walking off the floor Miami's Millett Hall last season defeated.
The Budget Planning Council is considering a recommendation for a university-wide raise freeze for next year to help ease budget woes.
Last week, Ohio University hired a new executive director of Communications and Marketing - basically, a new spokeswoman for the university.
Good news! Even if you're delivering pizzas now, you may still be able to become a billionaire sports team owner!
Faculty and staff at Glidden Hall who were expecting the large hole on their sidewalk to be repaired over Winter Intercession will have to watch where they step for at least another quarter.
Oh, sure, Roderick McDavis can negotiate a new contract providing an $85,000 raise (29 percent increase) bringing his salary to $380,000; plus annually deferred compensation of $45,600 (12 percent); plus $12,000 annually as a car allowance; plus three more vacation days than ordinary Ohio University employees receive; plus free and ample housing supported by a $78,242 annual residence budget; plus a quarter leave during the four-year term of the contract; plus a $3,144 increase in his spouse's salary; and an annual $2,200 allowance for a cell phone.
Colored etchings, paintings, sculpture and wood-fired stoneware are all among the work being displayed in the exhibit Surface Tension, which opens tonight at the Trisolini Gallery in Baker University Center.
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