Bobcat Lane officially open next to OU's Baker Center
By Taylor Maple | Aug. 19, 2015After years of debating and planning, a road that now connects Oxbow Trail to Richland Avenue opened Tuesday
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OU airport receives nearly $2.3 million in federal money
By William T. Perkins | Aug. 19, 2015The Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration awarded the local airport $2,290,897 to repair a runway.
Residential Housing says accommodating students shouldn’t be an issue
By Kaitlin Coward | Aug. 19, 2015After issues with accommodation last year, Residential Housing does not expect any issue with fitting all students
One OU senior spent his summer in Athens campaigning for city council
By William T. Perkins | Aug. 19, 2015Dauterman is the last remaining student-candidate of the three who vied for positions up for grabs this November.
Student Senate committee proposes town-hall style meetings
By Maygan Beeler | Aug. 19, 2015Ohio University Student Senate committee proposes new model for direct democracy
Boyd to open with healthy options, new app for dining halls
By Taylor Maple | Aug. 19, 2015Formerly Boyd Dining Hall, West Green Market District will feature “micro-restaurants” and a smoothie bar
'All is to be complete' in new South Green dorms before OU move-in weekend
By Taylor Maple | Aug. 19, 2015Construction wasn't limited to South Green this summer, though.
Talks over Number Fest, trash enforcement continue in Athens during summer
By William T. Perkins | Aug. 19, 2015Athens happens, even over the summer months.
Ohio University undergoes construction to meet energy initiative goals
By Alisa Warren | Aug. 19, 2015Under the Energy Infrastructure Projects Initiative, OU took steps to conserve energy and repair its infrastructure this summer.
Ryan Lombardi looks back at time at OU and calls serving students ‘a treat and a pleasure’
By Maria DeVito | Aug. 19, 2015As Ryan Lombardi starts the academic year at another university, he looks back at his time at OU
OU extinguishing the flames with new campus-wide smoking ban
Aug. 19, 2015Ohio University is putting in place a campus-wide smoking ban starting this semester
OU medical school linked to Cleveland Clinic has opened
By Kaitlin Coward | Aug. 19, 2015It's the third campus for OU's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.
OU's campus was still abuzz while students were away
Aug. 19, 2015From Board of Trustees meetings to a new student trustee, a great deal took place at Ohio University this summer.
Local stores aren’t threatened by PINK merchandise despite buzz
By Elicia Gibson | Aug. 19, 2015Some local Ohio University apparel stores are not afraid of losing business with the new Victoria’s Secret PINK line because of its limited accessibility, steep prices and students’ preferences for shopping local
Donor asks Ohio University to remove 'Schoonover' name from storytelling institute
Aug. 17, 2015The Board of Trustees will vote to remove the name after Barbara Geralds, the former wife of top OU donor Steven Schoonover, asked for the Schoonover Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact to be renamed.
Methamphetamine lab found in the vicinity of a juvenile, adults held in jail
By Julia Fair | Aug. 17, 2015Two Athens County adults were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine with a juvenile in the home, a first-degree felony.
Marijuana legalization group ResponsibleOhio to visit OU on bus tour
By William T. Perkins | Aug. 17, 2015ResponsibleOhio will be at OU on Oct. 6 for its “Green Rush Bus Tour”.
Ohio University named to list of greenest American universities
By Alisa Warren | Aug. 17, 2015The Sierra Club deemed OU to be among the greenest universities based partly on transportation, waste and water use.
A slip and two broken teeth later, Ohio University to pay student’s dental bill
By Megan Henry | Aug. 14, 2015The Ohio Court of Claims ruled that Ohio University must foot the $2,870 dental bill for a student who slipped on the ice, causing her to break two teeth.
Ohio residents to vote on marijuana legalization in November election
By William T. Perkins | Aug. 12, 2015After failing to acquire enough valid signatures last month, ResponsibleOhio has garnered enough signatures to appear on the November ballot, the Secretary of State said.
