Athens City Council discussed an ordinance to allow a new beverage company to enter into a four-year, $70,000 contract with the city to exclusively sell its products at various city locations at the council's meeting last night.
Athens City Council is considering whether to pump an additional $10,000 into its Arts/West Community Facility. Formerly the Nazarene Church, the facility is apparently in need of more renovations than was initially anticipated. Because of the burgeoning costs of the project amid a range of more pressing concerns, the city seriously should consider whether it would make sense to continue to fund the facility if private money is not available.
Don't look for Sara Williams to be huffing and puffing on the sidelines during any Ohio soccer game this season.
Nadia Edwards has won an NCAA Championship, played professional volleyball both in Europe and the United States and now is in the midst of her first season as assistant coach for the Ohio volleyball team. Recently, she sat down with The Post's Katie Carrera to talk about her own volleyball career, places to eat in Athens and what it is like to square up against the Bobcats in practice.
The Athens County Commissioners decided again yesterday to table a resolution of support for State Issue 1, an Ohio initiative that combines road improvement and technological advancement programs in order to pass them both.
Stop the world, I want to get off. During one of my routine e-mail checks yesterday, I received some terrible news.
Recent changes in the Test of English as a Foreign Language, which is administered to international students and non-native speakers of English who aspire to study in the United States, will soon be implemented at Ohio University.
Jessica Karnowski, a 28-year-old dental hygienist from Milwaukee, never thought her life could be affected by breast cancer - until she was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma in July.
Three Bobcats solved the par-72, 6,921-yard Oasis Golf Club Course, setting or tying personal bests at this week's Xavier Invitational.
At the beginning of Fall Quarter, Ohio University Dining Services limited student options at Boyd and Shively Grab 'n' Gos. After intervention by an Ohio University student committee, things are nearly back to normal.
A general orientation session for all graduate students might replace departmental orientations next fall, and the merits of both were debated at last night's Graduate Student Senate meeting. Michael Mumper, senate advisor and associate provost for graduate studies, presented the idea of one orientation to senators.
As I have described in previous columns, multinational corporations have a disproportionate amount of power in the United States. They control almost all the mainstream media outlets and make up the most influential and rewarded lobbies in Washington, D.C.
Two Athens men have placed a bid to purchase University Mall and expect to find out in the next week whether their proposal was chosen.
Those who have been lucky enough to frequent Ohio volleyball matches over the past three years know who Michaele Blackburn is - the Bobcat who wears a green jersey at home.
Ladies, imagine not being able to wear sweat pants to class. Imagine not being able to stay out past 12:30 on a Saturday night. Now imagine not being allowed to play in the marching band if the desire was there. Forty years ago, prior to the work of Beverly Jones and Title IX, this would have been the case.
It is not every day one gets to travel around the world in an hour and experience the cultures of China, the Middle East and Africa without leaving Southeastern Ohio. But Zelma Badu-Younge and her troupe of dancers did just that last night at the Tour de Monde dance benefit.
Individuals across the world must speak out against injustice and stand up for those in need, said Paul Rusesabagina, hero of the Rwanda crisis, last night to a packed house at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
Recent legal action has spurred debate over the legitimacy of intelligent design and its place in high school classrooms.
Solutions by The State News