Student Senate to hear from Campus Involvement and OU Post-IT!
By Olivia Hitchcock | Sep. 9, 2013After last Student Senate meeting’s vocal Student speak-OUt, this week’s meeting will be comparatively relatively calm.
NEWS BLOGS
Women's Golf: Bobcats meet goal, place in top eight
By Meghan Noga | Sep. 9, 2013The women’s golf team placed sixth in the Red Bird Invitational in Normal, Ill., on Monday.
Clippinger Labs evacuated after two students pass out in class
By Lucas Daprile | Sep. 9, 2013The building reopened at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and classes resumed normal functioning, according to OU's website.
Local meal plan proves challenging for Athens eateries
By Sam Howard | Sep. 9, 2013Citing high food prices and availability concerns, some Athens restaurant owners say the “locavore” bug is tough to catch.
Prosecutor picks up Athens natives, former 'Cats in his office to help victims
By Kelly Fisher | Sep. 9, 2013After graduation, Ohio University alumni scatter across the country to start their new careers; however, some of them end up returning to Athens.
Most Athens Co. schools see state funds flatline
By Lucas Daprile | Sep. 9, 2013A quick glance at Gov. John Kasich’s education plan under the new state budget looks like a great deal: $1.5 billion dollars in additional resources to local schools, a grant program to fund new ideas in schools, and even scholarships given to new kindergartners whose parents are close to the poverty level.
Council to review city's credit card policy
By Julie Weller | Sep. 8, 2013Athens City Council will meet tonight at City Hall tonight at 7 p.m.
Renovations will not increase bed capacity
By Maria DeVito | Sep. 8, 2013The South Green residence hall construction project will take years to complete and cost Ohio University millions of dollars — but it won’t increase the number of students who can live on campus.
Car chase ends in collision with house
By XANDER ZELLNER | Sep. 8, 2013A Buchtel man was arrested Saturday after crashing a vehicle into a residence on Bessimer Road.
Man pleads guilty to 5th-degree felonies
By Kelly Fisher | Sep. 8, 2013A Coolville man appeared before Judge L. Alan Goldsberry Thursday for a change of plea hearing regarding a breaking and entering charge.
20-year-old rape kits sent in for free testing
By Kelly Fisher | Sep. 8, 2013Free rape kit testing from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation is working to ensure that more perpetrators end up behind bars.
Campus plans events for suicide prevention week
By Hannah Yang | Sep. 8, 2013Several events are recognizing the national suicide and mental health awareness week in remembrance of those who have tried or committed suicide in Athens.
Dying Breeds
By Hannah Yang | Sep. 8, 2013Nestled in the hills outside Athens is a safe haven for a few locals who are trying to avoid extinction.
Ping Center receives equipment updates
By Joshua Rogers | Sep. 8, 2013The new weight room in Ping Center is just the beginning of the facility’s planned upgrades — which might also include adding on a floor.
Frankie Muniz's Kingsfoil returns to OU to play Jackie O's Public House stage
By William Ashton | Sep. 5, 2013Those of you who missed Kingsfoil’s last parade of Athens performances, fear not, for the band will be returning to Athens this Saturday to play at Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery, 24 W. Union St.
OU student approved for public defender in appellate court's ruling
By Branden Labarowski | Sep. 5, 2013Per ruling of the 4th District Court of Appeals, Ohio University student Kelly Kasler has been granted a public defender after previously being denied one by an
Faculty Senate to introduce new staff evaluation survey
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Sep. 5, 2013Ohio University’s president and provost will lose an annual evaluation process, yet some on campus argue the administrators’ views will be widened by a broader survey of the university.
Students lose federal loan dollars to processing fees
By Will Drabold | Sep. 5, 2013Borrowing a loan from the federal government doesn’t always equate to getting every dollar you agree to pay back.
Trustees start new scholarship fund from millions left in university's surplus
By Will Drabold | Sep. 5, 2013The Board of Trustees started a new scholarship fund by allocating millions of dollars in university surplus at its most recent meeting last Thursday Aug. 29.
Inman faces second appeal case in wife's murder
By Kelly Fisher | Sep. 4, 2013A man serving a life sentence without parole for kidnapping and killing his wife in 2011 was appointed a new attorney for his second appeal case.
