With less than a week remaining before the voter registration deadline, the Athens County Board of Elections reported yesterday having 41,631 residents registered ' a 4.6 percent boost in registration compared to the last gubernatorial election.
Ohio University will not fire personnel in the Athletic Department following the recent disclosure of illegal activity among 17 football players, OU President Roderick McDavis said yesterday.
Two technology administrators were wrongly fired in the wake of Ohio University's network security breach, a grievance committee decided earlier this week.
In the Jack of too many trades editorial yesterday, the editorial writer made a point about the potential advantages for my employer from the retirement center as planned. The specific request for an opinion/complaint lodged by a citizen, expanded by a competing developer and repeated in the advisory opinion was explicit that we employees of the university would accrue benefits as students in the College of Health and Human Services secured internships at the proposed development. First, I am a member of the faculty from a totally different college. Inasmuch as I regularly send students in our major to internships across the state and here at home, I have some familiarity with the internship questions and potential benefits. I cannot begin to understand what benefit would come to me and how these perks would cause me to sway my vote in the internship example. What actually happened from this process is that two ward representatives likely to be most responsive to the issues in the neighborhoods were denied the right to vote at the 23rd hour. Prior to that, Debbie Phillips and I had worked for many hours with neighborhood people and the developers to add specifics to the ordinance to reduce the conflict between those most impacted in the neighborhoods and the developers. Such an effort is the best way to reduce conflict and smooth the development process. Representatives from wards naturally listen to and act for their smaller constituencies.
Athens Mayor Ric Abel announced yesterday that the city received a $100,000 state grant to complete a 1.2-mile extension of the bike path that runs along the Hocking River.
The Dining with Cops program, which brings police officers into Ohio University dining halls to interact with students, got off to a slow start yesterday at lunch in Jefferson Dining Hall.
With the need for instant gratification, many college students around the country are turning to hook-ups as an alternative to dating.African-American Studies Professor Akil Houston facilitated a discussion workshop about college relationships in 2004. Houston found that many college students, both men and women, were not looking for a commitment at this stage in their lives.
Guest and visitation policies at Ohio University residence halls should be updated to allow OU students to register guests of the opposite sex, according to a Student Senate resolution passed last night.The commission thinks that you should be able to register opposite-sex guests
As much as Bobcat fans would like to believe the problems facing this year's football team are strictly of the off-the-field variety, they most certainly are not.
A party with drunken pirates is sure to be a good time. When those pirates deftly finagle instruments, it is even better. And when those instrument-laden pirates are members of the Athens and Columbus-area band Six Gallery, precautions must be taken to make sure the audience doesn't defecate in its puffy pantaloons.
Since April, a total of 78 administrators and classified employees have opted for the Early Retirement Incentive Plan, creating doubts about whether the university will reach its goal of 150 early retirees by next August.
Many summer movies are still lingering in theaters, and yet the one thing already on the minds of Hollywood movers and shakers is that little golden guy.
Brooklyn boy born and raised
I am writing this letter in response to certain comments made in the article published Sept. 29 entitled New plagiarism cases suspected. To begin, I must state that the majority of the local news coverage of the alleged plagiarism incidents has been incredibly one-sided and, in some instances, a gross exaggeration of the actual facts. Often times, the local newspapers have published outright mischaracterizations of the facts. For instance, in the article, The Post states that the first group
Radio talk show host Diane Rehm will visit Ohio University tonight at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium to talk about current issues, her own experiences and her career in broadcasting.
After arriving in Athens a little more than a month ago, Kenneth van Kempen has been getting acclimated to Athens and college basketball. Van Kempen, a 6-foot-9-inch forward from Weert, Holland, recently sat down with The Post's Nick Miller to discuss life, basketball and what there is to do in Athens.
I'm disgusted by the administration at my alma mater' especially its reactionary policies put in place over the last six months.
City Law Director Garry Hunter is a landlord and works for the city of Nelsonville. City Councilwoman Nancy Bain teaches at Ohio University. City Prosecutor Lisa Eliason, who is responsible for prosecuting landlords, reports to the Law Director. Councilwoman Carol Patterson is a property owner herself.
SmokeFREE Ohio is a threat to the rights of businessmen. It is falling into the same category as the recent controversy regarding pharmacists stocking and selling contraceptives.
Five venues opening in the new Baker University Center will create at least 180 new student jobs Winter Quarter, but the first major recruitment effort attracted few students.
Solutions by The State News