This year's common reading project book, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, was selected to give Ohio University students a perspective of the economic and living conditions that exist in the Appalachian area surrounding the school.
CLEVELAND -Critics of President Bush's economic policies shouldn't be portrayed as pessimists or partisans because concern about job losses should cross party lines, a prominent Ohio Democrat says.
Students who have their Oak e-mail forwarded to outside accounts should expect to encounter some problems receiving Ohio University e-mails this year.
This summer I completed an internship in Washington D.C. As a communication studies major with an emphasis on politics, I knew the nation's capital was where I needed to be.
The incoming freshman class of 2008 will be the first required to complete an online alcohol prevention program before taking classes in Athens. Failure to do so, though, might result in various penalties.
An Ohio University professor was named the Blind Educator of the Year by the world's largest organization of the blind.
Few things are lovelier than Athens in August except for, perhaps, Athens in September. For while summer nights in this college town often result in impromptu cornhole tournaments, a fair number of its autumn nights result in impromptu attendance at some Bobcats athletics event.
Phil Earley knows offense. He also knows how to entertain the fans.
An 18-year-old woman was charged with felonious assault Friday after allegedly stabbing a bartender at an Uptown bar.
UniversiTees, a new shop selling Ohio University apparel, opened Uptown Monday at 30 N. Court St., the former site of Zachary's.
In its first year, the Athens Community Music Festival consisted of one concert on the roof of the city parking garage. This Saturday, over 35 bands will play at the seven different venues around Athens, although the parking garage will not be one of them.
Ohio University is ranked 18th for students who almost never study, but the 46th for top academic programs in the country.
WASHINGTON - The FBI seized computers, software and equipment as part of an investigation into illegal sharing of copyrighted movies, music and games over an Internet peer-to-peer network, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Wednesday.
As a sports journalist you often have to separate your personal feelings from the facts presented to you. Now I'm not just talking about staying non-partisan through the crush I had on the entire women's volleyball team when I covered them last year. No, I'm talking about relationships that you build with people here at Ohio. One of those relationships is the one I've had with football coach Brian Knorr.
With only two weeks remaining before the season opener against Virginia Military Institute, the Ohio football team held its first scrimmage under the lights Saturday. During the 90-minute session, the Bobcats ran about 80 plays and focused on aspects of a normal regulation game.
A group of Athens residents has successfully garnered a place for their anti-construction issue on the November ballots.
Less than two months ago, Roderick McDavis was fulfilling his service as provost at Virginia Commonwealth University. Today, he is situated in his Cutler Hall office, overseeing the university from which he earned his bachelor's degree 34 years ago.
The apartment was hot and overcrowded, someone vomited on the couch and I had to walk a guy from my floor back to the dorm, where without warning he urinated in the sink. That sums up my first college party, which was way back in September of 1996.
Greg Shepherd, director of the Ohio University School of Communication Studies, will serve a one-year term as the interim dean of the College of Communication beginning Fall Quarter.
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