With Ohio having just split a two-game series with Kent State to keep itself right in the thick of things in the Mid-American Conference, a non-conference game would seem like the perfect trap for the Bobcats.
Although questions of hazing surfaced after a fraternity painted an offensive image on the graffiti wall, members of the Greek community say hazing is not part of their organizations.
Regarding The Post's recent stories and editorial concerning the perceived disenchantment of Russ College of Engineering faculty with Dean Dennis Irwin, let's put your statistics into perspective. Let's see now, you report that one third of the faculty responded to the evaluation, and 44 percent of the respondents spoke loud and clear in support of a study to be conducted to decide Irwin's reappointment.
On Sunday, Major League Baseball celebrated the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson becoming the first black player to reach the big leagues. Players took part in the occasion by wearing the number 42 on the backs of their jerseys, while ESPN did stories looking back on Robinson's legacy and focusing on the diminishing number of blacks in baseball.
Not once in the past month have I opened up a local newspaper and not seen a bad story or editorial about Ohio University.
While it's hard to prepare for a tragedy such as the shootings at Virginia Tech, Ohio University officials said they are as prepared as possible to handle such a catastrophe.
If I told you I earned $250,000 per year (unfortunately I don't), you might be impressed. But if you found that I was spending $300,000 per year in my household budget (fortunately I'm not), you would quickly realize that I had a problem. That problem is called a deficit. Regardless of how impressive my income might be, the real bottom line of my finances is income minus expenses. When expenses exceed income, a deficit occurs.
Local school officials should have more freedom to determine how students are punished, educators and legislators said at the Safe Schools Summit yesterday.
University Estates developers will drop a $1 million lawsuit against the city, the code director and the mayor once the federal district court processes the signed settlement agreement, Law Director Garry Hunter said yesterday.
Ohio University President Roderick McDavis and 27 other upper-level administrators have agreed to a salary freeze for the fiscal year beginning July, the details of which were discussed at last night's Faculty Senate meeting.
The Post won nine Society of Professional Journalists' Region 4 Mark of Excellence awards for content that appeared in 2006. An article that received first place in the in-depth reporting cateory, Reports
As scientific studies suggest a grim outlook for the future of the Earth, religious groups and interfaith organizations are taking notice and organizing efforts to promote environmental awareness.
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Athens.
University officials will examine billing students' health insurance companies for services provided through Hudson Health Center, with a goal of bringing in an additional $1.38 million in revenue.
After eliminating four sports earlier this year to combat a $4 million deficit, Ohio University's Athletic Department appeared before a general fee committee last night to ask for increased funding of more than $425,000.
Virginia Tech students say they didn't realize the extent of the massacre on their campus yesterday morning when a gunman opened fire in a dormitory and a classroom building, killing himself and 32 others.
Joe Carbone realized that he had to make a change in the starting rotation. After a nine-game losing streak where Bobcat pitchers lasted a little over three innings per start, Carbone decided to turn to two of his more reliable relievers.
Graduate Student Senate passed a resolution yesterday beginning a process to obtain voting rights for future student members of the Board of Trustees, a step that Senate President Dominic Barbato said would increase shared governance at Ohio University.
For a university that prides itself on being paperless ' for example, by making bills available only online ' Ohio University's switch from printed course catalogs to an online catalog is long overdue. Nonetheless, OU should be commended for moving into the 21st century and saving money to boot.
The slogan in Verizon Wireless commercials goes, Can you hear me now? Good. In Athens, it goes something like, Can you hear me now? Oh crap! I can't hear you. Many local customers also complain that the hills in this area turn their cell phones into little more than pagers. Now it appears the problem might go away, even though Verizon won't admit there were any problems to fix.
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