NEWS BLOGS
OU accreditation maintains standards for students
By Dina Berliner | Sep. 2, 2014OU accreditation maintains standards for students.
Board of Trustees discuss student lifestyle changes
By Olivia Hitchcock | Sep. 2, 2014Friday the Board of Trustees discussed sexual assault prevention, innovation strategy and guaranteed tuition.
Still no leads in Gamertsfelder Hall shooting scare
By Matt Cudahy | Sep. 2, 2014OUPD continues to search for information about the shooting scare that left East Green dorms evacuated this July.
Theft of laptops on the rise
By Joshua Lim | Sep. 2, 2014Lock your doors! Police reports show burglaries on- and off-campus.
West Green lights up for Labor Day
By Kat Safreed | Sep. 1, 2014"Light Up the Green Barbecue", planned by Residential Housing and hosted by West Green residents, was held between James and Sargent Halls and drew about 100 students from across campus to celebrate the first long weekend of the semester.
Board of Trustees discusses sexual assault prevention, innovation strategies
By Olivia Hitchcock | Aug. 29, 2014Sexual assault prevention, innovation strategy and guaranteed tuition were the final talking points of the Ohio University Board of Trustees’ August meeting Friday.
Dried up: Selling alcohol illegal in Albany
By Heather Hare | Aug. 29, 2014Fifteen minutes down State Route 32 from Athens, there is a village where selling alcohol is outlawed.
OU’s NAACP to hold rally protesting Ferguson, Mo. shooting
By Dina Berliner | Aug. 29, 2014OU’s chapter of the NAACP is set to hold a “War on Black” rally in support of Ferguson, Mo.
Nuisance ordinance could be lowered to civil offense
By Maria DeVito | Aug. 29, 2014Athens city officials presented possible changes to city nuisance party ordinance at Student Senate on Wednesday.
Beloved professor to be honored in memorial service
By MERYL GOTTLIEB | Aug. 29, 2014Professor Emeritus and champion of the arts Bob Winters’s legacy will live on in Athens. Remember him at the memorial service this Sunday.
Proposed nuisance party amendment might increase fines, reduce criminalization
By William T. Perkins | Aug. 29, 2014Change looks to be on the horizon for Athens’ nuisance party ordinance.
Trustees give McDavis a pay raise
By Will Drabold | Aug. 29, 2014Record enrollment, fundraising and construction are among the reasons Ohio University’s Board of Trustees decided to give OU President Roderick McDavis a 7.8 percent raise and bonus.
OU seeing record enrollment at all campuses, across most demographics
By Maria DeVito | Aug. 29, 2014Across all campuses OU is predicted to have approximately 39,000 students this year.
Specialist offers tips to improve Athens bike paths
By William T. Perkins | Aug. 29, 2014Athens officials are looking for ways to improve their bikeways.
OU President Roderick McDavis receives $85,000 bonus; 7.8 percent pay increase
By Will Drabold | Aug. 28, 2014Ohio University's Board of Trustees has voted to give OU President Roderick McDavis a raise of $33,730 and a bonus of $85,000, bringing his new base salary to $465,000.
Student Senate kicks off year with open discussions, proposed strikes
By Alisa Warren | Aug. 28, 2014Student Senate held their first meeting of the year Wednesday night.
Law enforcement work to regulate city signs law
By Emma Ockerman | Aug. 28, 2014The Athens Police Department received phone calls this weekend from students concerned about vulgar signs hanging on public property, but reminds students that all unpermitted signs are illegal in the city.
Tuition increase to provide funds for financial aid, staff raises
By Olivia Hitchcock | Aug. 28, 2014The additional funds from a 1.5 percent tuition hike will go toward financial aid, debt and faculty and staff compensation.
State of the University: President praises employees, students for decade of transformation at university
By Olivia Hitchcock | Aug. 28, 2014President McDavis said the past 10 years have been a transformative decade for Ohio University.
