A temporary halt to construction
Aug. 25, 2004A group of Athens residents has successfully garnered a place for their anti-construction issue on the November ballots.
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McDavis dishes on diversity, development
Aug. 25, 2004Less 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.
College partying an unlikely character builder
Aug. 18, 2004The 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.
Shepherd chosen for Krendl's old position
Aug. 18, 2004Greg 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.
Communication professor given top honor: J.W. Smith named Educator of Year by National Federation of the Blind
Aug. 18, 2004An Ohio University professor was named the Blind Educator of the Year by the world's largest organization of the blind.
New offense dominates discussion
Aug. 18, 2004Nearly eight months have passed since the installation of Phil Earley as offensive coordinator for the Ohio football team, and still the only thing the media can talk about is his one-back offense.
OU makes Princeton Review's 'party schools': University also listed for greek life, beer drinking, no studying, happy students
Aug. 18, 2004Ohio University is ranked as the nation's fifth-best party school in the 2005 edition of The Princeton Review's The Best 357 Colleges.
OU group heads to Africa
Aug. 18, 2004In the face of a declining number of international students on campus, an Ohio University department has launched a strategy to improve relations between OU and the international community.
Under-funded and overpaying
Aug. 18, 2004Ohio University is certainly justified in paying top dollar for qualified faculty and administrators, and if market trends stipulate it, unconventional perks may be necessary. But, instead of reacting to the market, OU's decision to give incoming First Lady Deborah McDavis a $25,000 salary is instead a trend-setter, and is far too generous -in other words, completely unnecessary.
Eastern campus prof booted from Bush rally
Aug. 18, 2004It started as an experiment borne of curiosity: what would happen if one attended a president's speech wearing a T-shirt bearing his opponent's name?
Tasers beneficial to some law agencies
Aug. 18, 2004Although it has been four months since the Athens Police Department acquired 10 taser guns for their officers, other law enforcement agencies are not planning to purchase the equipment right now.
NCAA picks linebacker for athletic committee
Aug. 11, 2004The NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee appointed Ohio linebacker Spencer Tatum, the organization announced recently. Tatum, a sophomore who sat out most of last year with a hip injury, begins a two-year term Sept. 1 to represent all athletes who participate in the MAC.
'Collateral' makes good on promise of action, thrills: Cruise convincingly plays a career killer, Foxx carries film through cabdriving
Aug. 11, 2004Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx going mano e mano would seem, at least from an acting standpoint, the equivalent of English Premier League soccer power Manchester United taking on its cross-town rivals, Manchester City. In other words, a total and tragic mismatch. After all, Cruise is perhaps America's most popular actor and is backed up by widespread critical acclaim. Foxx, on the other hand, has a somewhat undistinguished career, mostly in comedy. However, with Cruise at his typical best and Foxx doing yeoman's work in keeping up, the two drive director Michael Mann's latest film, Collateral
McDavis views Mill Street Apartments, continues halt on complex demolition
Aug. 11, 2004Ohio University President Roderick McDavis put a stop to the demolition of the Mill Street Apartments after touring the complex last week. McDavis said in a press release that he sees in the 10 apartment buildings a potential we cannot afford to ignore.
OU administrator caught with cocaine last year will resign effective October
Aug. 11, 2004An Ohio University administrator who was charged with cocaine possession will leave the university by Halloween.
Renovations complete for pair of Uptown bars: Casa, Lucky's Tavern sport new interiors
Aug. 11, 2004Students returning to campus this fall will see a few changes to the Athens bar and restaurant scene, as two Uptown businesses recently underwent renovations.
Columbus schools superintendent named new OU Board of Trustee member
Aug. 11, 2004Gov. Bob Taft announced Tuesday that Gene T. Harris of Columbus was appointed to the Ohio University Board of Trustees for a term ending May 13, 2013.
Corrigan fills another administrative vacancy
Aug. 11, 2004Incoming Ohio University President Roderick McDavis took another step toward filling some major administrative vacancies when he named Larry Corrigan interim vice president for administration and finance, effective Sept. 1.
Nighswander not likely to teach this fall
Aug. 4, 2004Negotiations are still ongoing between attorneys representing Ohio University and professor Larry Nighswander to decide whether or not the former director of the School of Visual Communication will resign.
