Non-profit EMS entity under state investigation
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 24, 2013Taking too long to respond to Ariel Castro’s suicide was cause for statewide complaints about MedCare, an emergency medical service.
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OU revamps sexual misconduct procedure
By Olivia Hitchcock | Oct. 24, 2013Amid a discussion by some whether there is a sexual violence culture on campus, Ohio University procedures addressing sexual misconduct cases have recently been reworked.
Seven-year quest for tenure to reach end
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Oct. 24, 2013A committee is one assistant professor’s last shot at a tenure position — and his job at Ohio University.
University to hold conversation about consent, intervention
By Maria DeVito | Oct. 23, 2013After a semester full of conversations addressing the sexism at Ohio University, officials are trying to move conversation in a positive direction to spark change on campus.
Athens Public Transit wraps up free spree, reels in riders
By Sam Howard | Oct. 23, 2013In less than a week, daily ridership on Athens Public Transit’s buses jumped almost twofold thanks to a free-rides-for-all promotional campaign that ended Thursday.
HCOM extension campuses to open in two years
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Oct. 23, 2013Ohio University is getting closer to opening two extensions of its Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine now that it’s hired a dean for the Cleveland campus and began the search for faculty for the Dublin campus.
Howard Dewald named new associate provost
By Will Drabold | Oct. 23, 2013Editor’s note: This is the third in a series profiling new staff in the Ohio University provost office.
Glouster vandal confesses to murder
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 23, 2013A Glouster man imprisoned since Friday confessed Wednesday morning that he killed his father, but law enforcement officials are skeptical to accept his testimony.
Richland Avenue's Oxbow Bridge renovation nears completion
By Cassie Kelly | Oct. 22, 2013With large-scale murals along concrete walls underneath the Oxbow Bridge, one might find the walk from Baker University Center to West Green a little more interesting.
Some West Green buildings without heat, hot water
By SARA JERDE | Oct. 22, 2013Several West Green buildings are without heat and hot water Wednesday night.
Police release name of dead victim
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 22, 2013After responding to a report of vandalism Friday at a Glouster man’s home, authorities later uncovered a dead body Monday and identified it Tuesday as the man’s father.
GSS joins cries to remove Southall; Student Senate committee reviews presidency
By Olivia Hitchcock | Oct. 22, 2013The clock was ticking for Student Senate’s Committee on Conduct and Discipline to formally discuss a student’s request to have President Nick Southall reviewed that was submitted last Tuesday.
City officials plan for block party
By Sam Howard | Oct. 22, 2013City officials assembled at Mayor Paul Wiehl’s weekly news conference Tuesday to address the city’s upcoming Halloween Block Party this weekend.
Hollaback offers self-defense workshop
By Hannah Debenham | Oct. 22, 2013Catcalling and other forms of street harassment might have become a socially accepted norm of nightlife, but Hollaback refuses to accept that type of treatment.
Searching for Sasquatch
By XANDER ZELLNER | Oct. 22, 2013Once a month, during spring, summer and fall, Doug Waller packs his bags and heads to the woods.
Panel discusses social media safety
By Seth Archer | Oct. 22, 2013With increasing prominence in social media usage, many Ohio University students are worried about how they appear online.
tRAC-or-Treat enjoyed by children, parents
By Courtney Speiss | Oct. 22, 2013With about a week left until Halloween and the Block Party fast approaching, pumpkin festivities are in full swing.
Kelly must comply with subpoena
By XANDER ZELLNER | Oct. 22, 2013A judge ruled Tuesday that Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly must comply with a request from the special grand jury convened as part of the state’s longstanding investigation against him.
GSS President airs concerns on Southall
By Olivia Hitchcock | Oct. 22, 2013Student Senate’s meeting started with a solemn tone, as Graduate Student Senate president Joel Newby spoke out as representative of graduate students and the Ohio University community.
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.
