Editor's Note: This is the second in a three-part column by Special Assistant to the President Erek Perry outlining Ohio University's diversity initiatives and explaining the historical context of increasing diversity at OU.
Visitors to Ohio University next spring will be greeted by the round atrium of the new lecture hall and a Bicentennial Park stretching 3.5 acres to celebrate 200 years of higher education in Athens.
Trash removal, skate park funding and amendments for two current staffing levels were topics of discussion of last night’s Athens City Council meeting.
The Ohio legislature is exploring whether or not citizens should be able to legally carry concealed handguns.
Domestic violence in a marriage can haunt both partners long after the courts get involved to protect the man, woman and their children. Court-ordered restraining orders serve as a common tool for women to protect themselves against physically and verbally abusive men. The key, however, is to respect the protection a court saw fit to grant.
As a person of the pen in many forms, I have found semantics is perhaps the most important of all aspects of writing. As a columnist, I have tried to push the dialog on issues that are very important to me, but responses have varied widely. Aside from the couple of "interesting" letters such as the man who said women are the cause of one-third of all wars I think most of the differences come down to semantics.
WASHINGTON Federal regulators voted yesterday to allow companies to buy television stations reaching nearly half the nation's viewers and to own newspaper-broadcasting combinations in the same city, relaxing decades-old rules against media concentration.
A new playing surface is to be installed in The Convo by Aug. 15, marking the first time the floor has been changed in the sporting facility's 35-year history.
The Mid-American Conference was well represented last weekend at the 2003 NCAA Mideast Regional track meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus.
Although the response rate from faculty members has gone up significantly, many people still feel the annual dean evaluation process needs a little "tweaking," said Ohio University Provost Stephen Kopp.
Truck drivers will no longer be allowed to use engine brakes within Athens City limits, council members decided unanimously at last night's meeting.
Swimming generally is thought of as an individual sport, but for Ohio swimmer Jessica Waites, the team comes first.
Athens will play host to a rare performance by a pair of nationally known hip-hop acts, which local rap promoters and artists hope will spark an interest in the medium.
Step into any Athens bar or coffee shop and one likely will hear music drowning out the gulps of java and alcohol. Folk, roots rock, punk, jam-based rock, indie rock, even hip-hop Athens is a town with music for nearly everyone.
MURPHY, N.C. - Suspected Olympic park bomber Eric Rudolph, a 36-year-old former soldier and survivalist, remained under heavy guard in a county jail yesterday as federal agents in camouflage headed into the surrounding woods once again, this time hoping to figure out how he eluded them for five years.
Earning third place in the senior national tournament, first place in the state high school tournament at the 152-pound weight class, and finishing 10th in the nation at the same weight according to www.intermatwrestle.com, Ohio wrestler Vinny DiGiovanni has shown he has potential.
Students from East Elementary School gave Athens County Library Services a boost in its renovation fundraising Friday.
Final recounts for the student senate elections changed the fifth spot for off-campus housing senator by one vote; the rest of winners remained the same.
Artists from across the country ventured to Athens this weekend to display their quilts at The Dairy Barn, but they might have some up-and-coming local competition.
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