Preferred pronoun policy to be implemented
By Lacy Purdum | Nov. 19, 2014The new preferred name and pronoun policy allows students to change their name or pronouns based on their gender expression or lack thereof.
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OU's Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter suspends 32 members following review
By Luke Furman | Nov. 19, 2014Following a national chapter review Saturday, the membership with Ohio University’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter dwindled from 65 members to 33, due to issued suspensions.
APD responded Tuesday to attempted armed robbery
By Samuel Howard | Nov. 19, 2014The apparent subject, Thaddeus D. Basham, shares a last name with an Ohio football player — but the university could not immediately confirm any relation.
#UnionStreetStrong shirt to benefit fire-affected businesses
By Dina Berliner | Nov. 19, 2014Uptown Dog’s partner company from Columbus is selling a shirt, with 100 percent of the proceeds going toward the affected businesses from the West Union Street fire.
Ahead of Union Street fire, bars sought to tackle assault
By Heather Hare | Nov. 18, 2014Safer Spaces is trying to reduce harassment situations by training bartenders to intervene.
Audio: Listen to 9-1-1 calls from fire on Union Street
Nov. 18, 2014The Post obtained audio files of several 9-1-1 calls related to the fire on Union Street.
Athens County poll workers receive donuts, coffee and a raise
By Matt Cudahy | Nov. 17, 2014The county commissioners met Tuesday morning to discuss the next years budget for many Athens County offices, resulting in two offices seeing their employees receive increased salaries.
In aftermath, OU organizations help displaced students
By Luke Furman | Nov. 17, 2014Members of OU organizations support member affected by West Union Street fire.
The 911 calls
Nov. 17, 2014The sounds of the coughs are chilling. Audio files of the 911 calls related to the massive Sunday fire across five structures on West Union Street detail what those in the buildings were experiencing. The calls, obtained by The Post, detail panic, worry and desperate pleas for help. Names of the callers were not obtained by Athens County 911 because they were fleeing the area when they called, authorities said in an email. The audio files are on our website. Here’s a partial transcription of those calls:
Ohio University medical college offers web-based health care
By Kaitlin Coward | Nov. 17, 2014A faculty member is able to treat patients from Circleville while still in Athens thanks to technology.
League of Women Voters: You should care about redistricting
By William T. Perkins | Nov. 17, 2014An event sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Athens County Monday night sought to tackle issues of unfair political representation in Ohio — or at least make them easier to understand.As the state prepares to redraw congressional and legislative districts, some say that the process, if not handled correctly, will result in further political bias by allowing the major party — which would be the Republicans — to construct districts in their favor. District maps are redrawn every ten years. The event featured Ann Henkener, a board member at the state chapter of the league. About 35 people attended the meeting at the Athens Community Center, 701 E. State St.“I look at Ohio as a very 50-50 state,” Henkener said, “I look at Ohio as a battleground state … Where did the battle go?”Henkener said that there has been a decrease in competitiveness in Ohio politics due to biased appropriation of congressional districts to favor the majority party in Congress — a technique known as gerrymandering.She explained that gerrymandering happens when members of the state’s appropriation board set up district lines so that there are more districts that will vote for the majority party, rather than the minority party. The board is composed of the governor, secretary of state, state auditor and a democratic and republican appointee.Henkener provided examples of several past attempts to prevent gerrymandering, including a plan proposed in 1981 by former Athens resident and Ohio State professor David Horn, which would have required that each party draw up their own district lines, with the most competitive party winning.The measure drew opposition from the state legislature, but Ellsworth Holden, a co-president of the League of Women Voters of Athens County, said he thinks it could have passed if there had been an interim period between when it was passed and when it was enacted.Mary Costello, a co-president of the League of Women Voters of Athens County, said she thought the event helped to clarify a murky issue to Athens locals.Henkener said that she wants to make the issue clear enough so that a person could have a conversation about it with someone on the way to his or her car in a parking lot, although she admitted that was no easy task.“You either have it done by people who are good and kind and generous … the bipartisan angels … or you have very strict regulation,” she said. “We’re working on the angles, but we haven’t found them yet.”@wtperkinswp198712@ohio.edu
Damaged West Union bars were set to undergo bystander intervention training
By Heather Hare | Nov. 17, 2014Safer Spaces is trying to reduce harassment situations by training bartenders to intervene.
Cause yet to be determined after fire investigation
By Will Drabold | Nov. 17, 2014The city gave an update on the fire aftermath Tuesday afternoon.
Dinosaurs Armed with 3D technology, group reconstructs what ‘time has stripped away’
By Kaitlin Coward | Nov. 17, 2014Researchers use advanced technology to see how dinosaurs breathed
PoliceBlotter-Woman takes a tumble on Baker escalator
Nov. 17, 2014Last Thursday, a 52-year-old woman had too much to drink and paid the price on the escalators at Baker University Center.
Court diversion violation leaves man facing more time
By Chelsea Sick | Nov. 17, 2014Gates had been convicted of felonious assault in August.
Athens City Council extends thanks to first responders
By EMILY BOHATCH | Nov. 17, 2014Athens City Council extended thanks to first responders that arrived on scene Sunday morning to extinguish flames at West Union Street
Thousands spent on pre-game treatment
By Jonathan Oldham | Nov. 17, 2014Pre-game rituals conducted by the football team have cost thousands of dollars, a portion of which come from student fees.
Flooding in Forum Theater causes damage, delays
By MERYL GOTTLIEB | Nov. 17, 2014Possibly due to the fire on West Union Street and heavy rain, the Forum Theater has flooded once again.
Renters’ insurance would refund students and is a prudent investment for the future
By Emma Ockerman | Nov. 17, 2014After many lost their possessions in Sunday night’s fire on West Union Street, insurers and property owners are recommending that students consider renter’s insurance in the future.
