Athens, OU commemorate Juneteenth with remembrance, celebration
By Finn Smith | June 19The Athens community plans to celebrate Juneteenth for the fifth consecutive time, with festivities and tours of local Black history.
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Alex’s Addendum: Hobbies should be relaxing, not productive
By Alexandra Hopkins | June 17Hobbies originated as activities of leisure, enjoyed as a way to escape the workplace. It should stay this way.
Board of Trustees reviews budget, enrollment, aging research initiatives
By Finn Smith , Drew Hoffmaster and Maggie Amacher | June 15The Ohio University Board of Trustees met for its June meeting, approving the FY 2026 budget, strategic enrollment plan updates and healthy aging research expansion.
BudPost: Destigmatize recreational marijuana
By BudPost Staff Writer | June 14Drinking culture, specifically in the U.S., is more normalized than recreational marijuana use despite similar health risks and legal status.
Sassy Cassie: I turned 21 but the party is over
By Cassie Dye | June 13I am 21 and I want to go to the club, but the club scene amongst Gen Z isn’t as popular. People aren’t going out to party after college as much and are choosing to stay in or go to a brewery.
Blabby Abby: Trump, ICE are violating the Constitution
By Abby Jenkins | June 13Trump’s response to protests against ICE is unjust and unconstitutional. The sudden, forceful removal of people who have established their lives in the U.S. is unlikely to be met with instant obligation.
Police Blotter: Stolen bikes, broken windows
By Drew Hoffmaster and Kaitlin Hogg | June 13Police Blotter: Athens County Sheriff’s Office responds to reports involving dogs, mistaken firework explosions, intoxicated people and more for the week of June 4-10.
Evacuation orders underway in Vinton County due to hazardous nitric acid leak
By Finn Smith | June 11A chemical leak of nitric acid has been spotted at a manufacturing plant in McCarthur, Ohio. The leak is hazardous and has prompted evacuation orders to be issued.
Recent drought poses worries for future climate trends
By Finn Smith | June 10A severe drought occurred in Southeast Ohio during the summer of 2024, which posed significant challenges to the water supply, affecting agriculture and livestock.
BedPost: Porn harms the female sexuality
By BedPost Staff Writer | June 7Porn has negatively impacted the way female pleasure is viewed, often perpetuating harmful and violent stereotypes.
Daphne's Dispatch: Internships should be paid
By Daphne Graeter | June 7Organizations that offer paid internships signal to applicants that the organization cares about and values its interns, while they expect tasks and work to be completed. Interns should be compensated for the tasks they are fulfilling.
Police Blotter: BOLOs, loose animals and burglary
By Kaitlin Hogg | June 6Police Blotter: Athens County Sheriff’s Office investigates mail issues, missing juveniles and reckless drivers.
City Council discusses new apartment plans for Hooper Street
By Avery St. George | June 6Athens City Council held a public hearing on rezoning 111 Hooper St., considering changing the zoning from single-family to multifamily to allow construction of a new apartment complex.
Blabby Abby: Japan does it better
By Abby Jenkins | June 6Japan has a secure grip on aspects of social and everyday life that are more efficient, refined and well-respected compared to the U.S.
Ohio House Bill 96 threatens to remove sales tax exemptions for newspapers, subscriptions
By Kaitlin Hogg | June 5House Bill 96 would eliminate sales tax exemptions for newspapers and newspaper subscriptions.
OU offers summer programs for ranging ages
By Kaitlin Hogg | June 2Ohio University offers a wide variety of enriching summer programs for both high school and college students.
Trump tariffs cause trade war, raise recession concerns
By Finn Smith | June 2The Trump administration has enacted tariffs on goods imported from many foreign countries, causing a trade war and raising worries of an economic recession.
Behind the Lens: The idea of wilderness is a myth
By Ethan Herx | May 31Almost no land in North America, even before colonization, was free from human influence. Indigenous peoples have been on these lands for thousands of years, shaping the environment around them while still respecting it.
Police Blotter: Dog stampede; explosions, not shots
By Drew Hoffmaster | May 31Police Blotter: Athens County Sheriff’s Office responds to reports involving dogs, mistaken firework explosions, intoxicated people and more.
Debriefing: AI erodes critical thinking
By Logan Adams | May 31Although undeniably useful in the short term, large language models like ChatGPT are pointed to diminishing the ability to think critically.
