Still Smiling
By Sam Howard | Nov. 14, 2013Chris Wolf admits his bar might seem a tad rough around the edges. The bearded old men babbling in dimly lit corners sometimes scare off potential customers.
NEWS BLOGS
Delays push back opening of Schoonover
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Nov. 14, 2013The Scripps College of Communication is without its new home in the Schoonover Center for Communication, three months beyond its original deadline.
Athens unsure how minimum wage increase will affect workers
By Abby Freeman | Nov. 14, 2013Employers in Athens, including Ohio University, are seemingly unsure how their employees and businesses will be affected by a 10 cent increase in the state’s minimum wage, which will come into effect Jan. 1.
Learning to Teach
By Danielle Keeton-Olson | Nov. 14, 2013Patton College of Education sends students into special needs classroom for firsthand experiences.
OU earns thousands from Fall Semester tabling fees
By Olivia Hitchcock | Nov. 13, 2013Baker University Center tabling serves as a hub for complimentary treats—sunglasses, stress balls and water bottles for a number of students.
Learning to Teach
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Nov. 13, 2013A portion of Desiree Young’s day is spent in a world where wolves blow down structures, brick houses are built in a day and pigs make threats with their chin hairs.
New course intends to teach students helpful spending, saving habits
By Will Drabold | Nov. 13, 2013Some college students go through years of school, spending wildly and taking out thousands of dollars in debt, without planning for life after graduation.
Climate change program to benefit teachers, students
By Will Drabold | Nov. 13, 2013Ohio University faculty members across all departments have the chance to make a little extra cash if they teach about climate change.
Ohio University welcomes Malaysian deputy prime minister
By Hannah Yang | Nov. 12, 2013Security outlined the entrances to Baker University Center so that Ohio University could welcome its international guest, the deputy prime minister of Malaysia and education minister on Tuesday.
County-wide drug bust successful
By XANDER ZELLNER | Nov. 12, 2013The Athens County Sheriff’s Office seized more than 200 grams of cocaine and other drugs this past Thursday in a combined effort with six other law enforcement entities.
Stanford professor compares revolutions at Lecture Series
By Caroline Bartels | Nov. 12, 2013Technological revolutions are often thought of as modern, but this year’s first Kennedy Lecture argued the first major revolution had occurred in the 13th century.
Wiehl: More Court Street live streams would add 'tourism value'
By XANDER ZELLNER | Nov. 12, 2013Several city and county offiails have said they would like to see new cameras on Court Street that record hi-resolution footage for law enforcement purposes. Currently, the four city cameras are low-resolution and only act as live streams.
Manning the meters
By Allan Smith | Nov. 12, 2013Charlene Cravens wakes up to go to work knowing she might be cussed out for doing her job well.
Male shoppers find Uptown options are nil
By Emma Ockerman | Nov. 12, 2013Sometimes a man just needs a little retail therapy.
Student Senate debuts newsletter
By Olivia Hitchcock | Nov. 12, 2013Ohio University Student Senate’s name has made its way to newsstands, posters and legislative desks.
Uptown cameras not useful, officials say
By XANDER ZELLNER | Nov. 12, 2013The Athens Police Department has several surveillance cameras on Court Street that can clearly be seen from sidewalks, but they might not be able to see in detail the happenings along Athens’s main drag.
9 in 10 voters in the city did not vote during election
By Lucas Daprile | Nov. 11, 2013More than 92 percent of registered voters in the city of Athens stayed away from the polls last Tuesday, according to unofficial election results from Athens County Board of Elections.
Burglar no match for Nelsonville woman, cane
By XANDER ZELLNER | Nov. 11, 2013An 83-year-old Nelsonville woman fended off a “school-aged” burglar with her cane Monday, authorities said.
Woman accused of trafficking local teen appointed new attorney
By Kelly Fisher | Nov. 11, 2013A Glouster woman accused of trafficking a minor and using her as a prostitute in exchange for money and drugs received a court-appointed attorney last Wednesday.
Worlds collide for International Education Week
By Maria DeVito | Nov. 11, 2013Ohio University will host Malaysia’s deputy prime minister as part of its first International Education Week.
