Temperatures are rising slightly, classes are feeling like more of a drag than usual and sorority girls are sun-burning themselves brighter red than fire engines, all of which can only mean one thing: spring break is just around the corner.
In Tuesday's Post, an editorial (Intractable) on the proposed South Dakota abortion ban read, It is not the government's place to infringe upon a person's freedom unless it comes into conflict with another citizen's life - and until the actual birth
Ohio University President Roderick McDavis spoke Monday to a group of about 40 inmates at Hocking Correctional Facility in Nelsonville. During his speech, the last in a series of lectures in honor of Black History Month, McDavis took a break from his daily routine and instead told the prisoners his life story, detailing his experiences growing up in Dayton, forgoing a track and field scholarship at Ohio State University to come to OU and fulfilling his dream of becoming a university president, according to The Athens Messenger.
Ohio University's Aquatic Center will play host to a fundraiser Sunday that raises money and awareness about a disease that affects 18 million people nationwide.
The Ohio club hockey team will play host to the best of the rest Saturday in Bird Arena.
With a victory in the final event of the evening, the Ohio women's swimming and diving team stands in second place after the first day of competition at the Mid-American Conference Championships Emily Wylam, Sarah Vaughn, Ashley Marion and Ilse Petersen set a pool record in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:47.73. The foursome finished more than two seconds ahead of Ball State in the event.
The Ohio University wrestling team lost one member this season because of his involvement with an October car theft.
Despite statewide concern about an increase in methamphetamine labs in Ohio, people stealing cold medicines containing pseudophedrine, the main ingredient in meth, is a bigger problem in the Athens area, said Athens County Prosecutor C. David Warren.
A Mineral woman was killed at approximately 3 a.m. yesterday, and her husband has been taken into custody, charged with reckless homicide.
The Athens County Auditor officially announced that she will seek re-election as county auditor in the November election.
Three years ago, singer-songwriter Mike Genovese was featured as Band of the Week in The Post. An Ohio University senior on the brink of graduation, he was faced with a decision: Go all out in pursuit of his dream of performing music full time, or hedge his bets and accept a job with NASA, chasing a music career on the side.
If you ask players from the Ohio men's basketball team to describe the squad's next two games, the answers will be short and to the point.
The majority of rapes occurring on Ohio University's campus involve acquaintances, and rape victims usually do not press charges, said Lt. Rich Russell of the Ohio University Police Department.
After much criticism and debate, the Ohio Board of Education voted 11-4 last Tuesday to take the Critical Analysis of Evolution lesson plan out of the state's science curriculum.
The Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium is far from the large tent and dirt floor that usually house a circus, but the New Shanghai Circus isn't the traditional display of rowdy clowns and exceptionally trained wild animals.
Employees have requested more time to review an early retirement offer that is proposed as part of Ohio University's major budget realignment.
With less than two weeks remaining before the start of the Mid-American Conference Tournament, it's that time again - time to take a look at the possibilities and see if any MAC teams will make the Big Dance without having to win the MAC Tournament.
Athens City School District was forced to demolish its old Plains Elementary school building last week due to its deteriorating, irreparable condition.
Critics and Oscar pundits complain every single year about the lack of quality film roles for females. That isn't true, but looking at the Best Actress nominations this year, it sure seems like it.
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