Plans to spend the cash portion of the record-breaking $98 million donation from the Russ estate to the Russ College of Engineering and Technology have been put on hold because of the slumping economy.
Tonight, I watched the pre-game show for the Fiesta Bowl and saw the interview with Ohio State President Gordon Gee. While I realize he's a little cheesy, he does far more for Ohio State than Roderick McDavis does for OU. I'm embarrassed to call McDavis my school's president; from day one, when I was a freshman, he rubbed me the wrong way. Gee impresses me, and I agree with his philosophies on running a university (and based on the monetary figures of donations in a down economy, apparently many others agree too).
Lauren Hmiel has nearly doubled her scoring average, but she isn't worried about those numbers in the box score.
Ohio University's Graduate Student Senate announced an additional $20,000 in travel and work grants will be available to graduate students this academic year.
Two retailers in Athens recently reported more than $2,000 in stolen and damaged property.
A College of Osteopathic Medicine alumnus is suing Ohio University after breaking an agreement requiring nonresidents to practice in state for five years.
When it comes to information security, the best offense is a good defense. But Ohio University's strategy seems to be to ignore security weaknesses for as long as possible and then apologize after those weaknesses have been exploited.
State higher education funding, which is currently determined by enrollment, could shift to a model that factors in performance as early as the next academic year.
I begin to feel a tinge of excitement as I turn the key to begin the three-and-a-half-hour journey from Cleveland to Athens that I make at the beginning of every quarter. Although the ride is painfully dull, I can't help looking forward to returning to the place that has become like a second home to me.
When Larry Payne was elected Athens County Commissioner, a search began to fill his position at the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and ended with Wendy Jakmas.
Some seniors are stressing about grad school applications and tests, while some are still unsure if they'll be able to finish all of the classes they need to graduate come June 14. The majority, however, are focused on finding a job that doesn't suck once they graduate.
Coaches are seldom proud of their teams in a losing effort.
Caden Cotard is dying. All his autonomic functions are shutting down, and he wants to accomplish something original with his life before this slow-moving, unnamed disease finally leaves him dead. So Cotard, a theater director, decides to produce an ambitious stage project, where he recreates New York City in a warehouse.
Ohio University announced its new chief of police over Winter Intercession, making him the fifth person to hold the title in about eight years.
A senior studying biochemistry wants Ohio University to pay $1,340 for losing his iPod.
In an effort to reduce costs, Ohio University is considering combining or eliminating administrative and other non-academic jobs as well as combining colleges.
Jerome Tillman had seen the beginnings of a change in practice.
Kathy Krendl, Ohio University's executive vice president and provost, will leave Athens to be president of Otterbein College this fall.
A downturn economy did little to change traffic through Athens businesses this holiday season, though store owners did report more frugal spending patterns.
Hailing from the tight-knit punk scene of Denton, Texas, Teenage Cool Kids might not play the music of the popular crowd.
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