Jerusalem Mediterranean Grill holds soft opening
By Lucas Daprile | Oct. 22, 2013After growing up in Palestine and spending 15 years working for Middle Eastern restaurants, Ata Abdel Rahman knows his way around a kitchen.
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Tech Depot to offer free Microsoft Office
By Hannah Yang | Oct. 22, 2013Some college students, including Ohio University students, will be offered a complimentary new version of Microsoft Office.
LGBT lecturer to address lesbian activism
By Emily Bamforth | Oct. 22, 2013After launching last year, the LGBT History Month lecture will continue to profile different subsets of the LGBT community.
Provost Profile: New vice provost for diversity and inclusion hired
By Olivia Hitchcock | Oct. 22, 2013Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series profiling new staff in the Ohio University provost’s office.
Athens school halls to be randomly monitored
By XANDER ZELLNER | Oct. 22, 2013With a slew of school shootings in recent memory, Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly announced Monday that his deputies will begin doing random “walkthroughs” at Athens County schools outside the city limits.
Council discusses gun sale, budgets
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 21, 2013Athens City Council approved an ordinance Monday night that gives the police department permission to trade 55 firearms to a Cleveland-based company for the cash to buy the city’s cops new guns.
Land donation sparks debate among county commissioners
By Olivia Bower | Oct. 21, 2013Before her death in 2012, Velma Cubbison, a Coolville woman, wanted to donate her six acres of forest and one acre of land with a creek near Wildman Rd. to the county, so she put it in her will.
Locals feel mixed effects of weeks-long federal shutdown
By Lucas Daprile | Oct. 21, 201316-day federal government shutdown may have grinded federal services, including Wayne National Forest, to a halt, but many of Athens’ local entities felt very little effect, officials said.
Data-driven provost gives OU insight
By Will Drabold | Oct. 21, 2013Editor’s note: This is the first in a series profiling new staff of Ohio University’s provost.
New professor to merge previously unrelated subjects
By William Ashton | Oct. 21, 2013With her arrival, Eve Ng, assistant professor of women’s and gender studies and media arts and sciences, has connected the two studies in engaging ways.
McDavis agrees to pay woman hit by OU bus double what she initially sought
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 21, 2013It was an ordinary day two years ago when a Cincinnati woman was crossing a street when, all of a sudden, a Campus Area Transit Service bus struck her while she was in a crosswalk.
RA's lawyer cites sleepwalking in thefts
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 21, 2013A former Ohio University resident assistant, accused of stealing items from two dorm rooms last Spring Semester while students were sleeping, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary in a pretrial hearing Monday.
APD: sites link wrong student to alleged rape
By Allan Smith | Oct. 21, 2013The Athens Police Department confirmed Monday that Ohio University student Rachel Cassidy is not the woman in the alleged rape that took place Uptown during Homecoming Weekend.
Tobacco cessation classes to be offered
By Hannah Yang | Oct. 21, 2013For Ohio University students looking to nip tobacco in the bud, the Campus Involvement Center will offer courses to help them quit smoking.
After long fight, Medicaid grows
By Sam Howard | Oct. 21, 2013The Ohio Controlling Board approved an expansion of Medicaid in Ohio on Monday, bringing health insurance to thousands of previously uninsured Athens County residents.
Social media could worsen aftermath of rape
By Sam Howard | Oct. 20, 2013Feelings of powerlessness and guilt are often byproducts of rape, mental health experts say.
Alumni harvest donations for annual autumn drive
By Austin Ambrose | Oct. 20, 2013Ohio University’s Student Alumni Board collected more cans than ever before during this year’s Homecoming Weekend. The Student Alumni Board placed collection boxes in residence halls and uptown businesses for the annual canned food drive. All 2,982 cans were donated to the Athens Food Pantry.
Blackburn plans meeting with APD regarding case
By Allan Smith | Oct. 20, 2013Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn will meet with Athens Police officials Monday to decide whether the state of Ohio will press charges following the investigation of the alleged Court Street rape that was filmed and posted to Instagram.
APD: OU student was misidentified as allged rape victim
By Allan Smith | Oct. 20, 2013Athens Police confirmed Monday that Ohio University student Rachel Cassidy is not the victim of the alleged rape that took place uptown Homecoming Weekend.
OU, Athens prepare for Halloween Block Party
By Maria DeVito | Oct. 20, 2013Months of planning will come to a head when the Athens Halloween Block Party kicks off Saturday evening.
