Residential on-site staff may own cats
By Dina Berliner | Feb. 18, 2014For many on campus, leaving home means leaving your pet behind.
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Senates endorse same insurance plan for students
By Maria DeVito | Feb. 18, 2014Both bodies that represent Ohio University students have informally voted for UnitedHealthcare StudentResources to provide the student health insurance for the 2014-15 academic year.
Courtside stabbing victim files suit naming new assailants
By Kelly Fisher | Feb. 18, 2014Almost a year to the day of his assault, the victim of a stabbing outside an Athens bar last February filed suit against his alleged attacker and seven others for medical expenses.
Technology Depot and Bobcat Essentials set to merge into one retail center
By Seth Archer | Feb. 18, 2014The Technology Depot and Bobcat Essentials will become a united retail operation beginning later this calendar year.
County considers consultants for electric aggregation
By Olivia Bower | Feb. 18, 2014The Athens County Commissioners want to hire someone from the area who can help the county set up an electric aggregation program, which officials have said would make energy cheaper for residents by giving the government the authority to buy on their behalf.
Commission appointed to consider suspending Kelly
By Lucas Daprile | Feb. 18, 2014Ohio Supreme Court Justice Maureen O'Connor has appointed three retired justices to serve on a panel that will determine whether Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly should be suspended from office.
McDavis to speak with Student Senate
By Caroline Bartels | Feb. 18, 2014Ohio University’s Student Senate will host top OU administrators for the second time in a row this semester Wednesday.
Governor stresses conservation amid ongoing propane shortage
By Lucas Daprile | Feb. 18, 2014Gov. John Kasich used the executive power of his office last week to speed up propane shipments to areas where shortages are affecting many Ohioans, including some in Southeast Ohio.
Lawmakers blast fracking communication plan revealed in memo
By Lucas Daprile, Sam Howard | Feb. 18, 2014Several state legislators are calling for a legislative hearing over a communications strategy regarding a pro-fracking campaign exposed in a recently released memo that links an extensive marketing ploy to Gov. John Kasich’s office.
House of tires
By Olivia Bower | Feb. 18, 2014Chris Chmiel’s basement is made out of almost 500 tires.
The Career and Internship Fair will be held this Tuesday in Baker University Center Ballroom
By Emily Daffron | Feb. 17, 2014More than 100 companies will be in Baker University Center Ballroom on Tuesday looking to hire some Bobcats.
Students sure to hit their cue at pool tournament
By Stan O’Neill | Feb. 17, 2014A bearded man poises with the cue, the low hanging light illuminating the ornate table as a white ball slides silently, rhythmically clicking and hitting another with momentum, a solid, banking loudly into a pocket before vanishing into the table.
Staying up all night could cause brain damage, study says
By Kelly Fisher | Feb. 17, 2014As classes awake from the snow days and teachers dish out exams and papers, many students migrate to Alden Library and the local coffee shops that provide fuel for all-nighters.
Athens Community Center to receive renovations with $145,000 city loan
By Emma Ockerman | Feb. 17, 2014When it comes to the city of Athens’ debt, Mayor Paul Wiehl said the right kind can be worthwhile.
University unsure of plans to run on solar energy
By Allan Smith | Feb. 17, 2014OU can still make a deal with a conflict of interest as long as the university’s Office of Legal Affairs is given full disclosure and approves the contract.
OUPD will be getting new, gender-neutral badges to replace old badges
By Joshua Lim | Feb. 17, 2014When Brittney Cottrill wakes up, gets dressed and goes to work, she’s sporting a badge that identifies her as a man.
From coup to classroom
By Anjelica Oswald | Feb. 17, 2014Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series about Ohio University professors who come from different countries.
Ohio University projects it will begin its search for a new chief information officer in March
By Dina Berliner | Feb. 17, 2014After the departure of Ohio University’s former chief information officer, Brice Bible, university officials say they have not begun the process to find a permanent replacement for the position.
Injection debate causes Kasich to halt execution
By Emma Ockerman | Feb. 17, 2014Gov. John Kasich, following the reported 26-minute execution of Dennis McGuire last month, elected to suspend the planned execution of murderer Gregory Lott by about eight months.
OU preparing protection for artwork damaged during bad weather
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Feb. 17, 2014Ohio University officials say they try to compensate students for damaged goods when winter weather damages their belongings with floods and other infrastructure problems.
