Air taxi service uses OU's airport without contract, pays for fuel
July 11, 2007Correction: Because of a reporting error, the cost of per-hour SATSair service was reported to be $5959, but it is in fact $595.
MULTIMEDIA
Summer enrollment up, local businesses notice
July 11, 2007The number of students enrolled in summer quarter classes at Ohio University in Athens is slightly higher than the number at the same time last year with nearly 150 more undergraduates and about 50 more graduate students enrolled.
Ohio shortstop brings leadership, versatility to diverse summer squad
July 11, 2007The Southern Ohio Copperheads are composed of players from 17 different colleges. Naturally, with such diverse personnel, team chemistry develops slowly.
Former athletics official resigned amid accusations of misspent funds
July 11, 2007Robert Andrey, former associate athletics director for business and internal operations, reportedly abused his employee purchase card, which upon inquiry, prompted his June 19 resignation.
Council approves changes to noise ordinance
July 11, 2007Athens City Council adopted changes to the city's noise ordinance that will make businesses and home owners responsible for finding ways to reduce their noise after a first conviction.
Council votes against Halloween event planner position
July 4, 2007Athens City Council voted against hiring an event planner for the annual Halloween street party at Monday's meeting.
Squirrel Nut Zippers to headline festival
July 4, 2007The Squirrel Nut Zippers and The Erin McKeown Trio will be among the artists performing at the third annual Nelsonville Art and Music Festival Saturday, July 14 at Stuart's Opera House.
OUR TURN: Identity Crisis
July 4, 2007When President Roderick McDavis took office in 2004, he promised to shape Ohio University into a prominent research university. More than three years later, it's clear that it was an overly optimistic promise. This really isn't news either. The Post has reported before about how outside funding for research will never reach the overly optimistic goal of $100 million in five years, which McDavis outlined in that same speech.
Old IT problems resurface
July 4, 2007Ohio University paid $357,775 to a consulting firm for a report on its information technology services, but many of the report's conclusions were reached nine years ago by another consulting firm hired to do the same thing.
Council unsure on event planner, considers tighter noise regulations
July 4, 2007Though council members did approve an outline of the proposed planner's duties and goals at Monday's meeting, Athens City Council will not vote on the proposed Halloween event planner until the next council meeting at the earliest.
YourTurn: University misrepresents incoming class for better public relations
July 4, 2007The headline and the first paragraph of your article New class has better test scores
City to spend $132K on vehicles
July 4, 2007The city of Athens will spend $132,000 on two vehicles for the streets and water departments if Council approves two ordinances.
Disagreeable slumlords leave tenants short on cash, options
July 4, 2007Along with a $59 remainder check and that defecated-on feeling, I was left with a strange feeling of helplessness when my landlord hoarded about 80 percent of my old apartment's collective $1500 deposit.
Faculty, administration split on dean eval
July 4, 2007Editors note: This is the fourth in a five-part series about the evaluations of regional campus deans. The final part of this series is also in this issue.
Great, even late
July 4, 2007For the past two weeks, Arden McWilliams has caught the attention of Copperhead fans with his efficiency at the plate and his late-inning heroics.
Running the show
July 4, 2007The Southern Ohio Copperheads baseball team fields a squad of college stars and major league hopefuls. These players work tirelessly to improve their skills for the next level. The players, however, are not the only ones training for the future.Off the field, the Copperheads employ members of Ohio University's Sports Administration graduate program to help run the organization.
Copperheads' improved cohesiveness apparent
July 4, 2007The Southern Ohio Copperheads headed into the third week of Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League play with ever-improving team chemistry, which was evident during the team's flashes of brilliance.
Foreign student killed in accident
July 4, 2007Abhishek Singh, an Ohio University student from India working on his doctorate in physics and astronomy, was killed Saturday night after he apparently was hit in a two-vehicle accident and thrown into the Hocking River. He was 22.
YourTurn: Looking past the satire, column's logic faulty, lacked research
July 4, 2007I was deeply concerned when I read Justin Noga's column, Systematic blackmail could help rub out school's deficit
