Faculty Senate fires questions at Board
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Oct. 14, 2013Ohio University’s Board of Trustees visited Faculty Senate on Monday night to acknowledge their concerns.
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OU falls short of goal pertaining to faculty salary, compensation
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Oct. 14, 2013Ohio University has fallen behind its goal of ranking third in both salary and total compensation for almost all its faculty groups compared to other state universities.
Athens seeks to rebudget its funds
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 14, 2013City departments are left scrambling to re-evaluate what areas they require funding for as the Athens annual budget dwindles toward the end of the year.
Staff classifications made clearer through groups
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Oct. 14, 2013Ohio University professors understand their roles, but their Faculty Senate is hoping to make those roles clearer to other institutions and new hires.
University officials condemn social media reaction to alleged rape
By Allan Smith | Oct. 14, 2013Athens Police confirmed Monday that, as part of an ongoing investigation, they have seen screenshots of an Instagram video that led a woman to file a rape complaint Sunday.
Criminals contribute to community with local work projects
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 14, 2013The Athens County Common Pleas Court deals with offenders every day and works to put perpetrators behind bars — and makes them clean up at the Dairy Barn Arts Center.
Search for new dean position narrows
By Maria DeVito | Oct. 14, 2013The last stretch of the race is in sight as four finalists interview on campus for Ohio University’s assistant dean of students’ position.
Athens Public Transit offers free rides
By Sam Howard | Oct. 13, 2013Ohio University students and Athens residents won’t have to worry about finding a cheap lift to East State Street or the Ridges for the next 11 days.
OU students, alums unite for weekend celebrations
By Hannah Yang | Oct. 13, 2013Ohio University’s campus bled green and white when alumni, Athens residents and students came together to celebrate this year’s Homecoming Weekend.
Demand for desktops in Alden remains high
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Oct. 13, 2013Alden Library contains millions of pages of information, but some students go to the facility several times a day to use another one of its resources.
Learning communities on the rise at OU
By Austin Ambrose | Oct. 13, 2013Ohio University’s largest incoming freshman class didn’t just increase the number of students the university admitted; it also upped the demand for learning communities.
Rape culture protest highlights history of activism
By Emily Bamforth, Meryl Gottlieb | Oct. 13, 2013Members and supporters of F--kRapeCulture, a new student social change organization, took to the streets Friday for a rally and march with the invitation to participants to dress as they wanted — including being topless.
Man harmed in Uptown assault
By Lucas Daprile | Oct. 13, 2013Amid an upbeat Homecoming weekend, a man was “harmed” in a felonious assault in Athens’ Uptown area Saturday night, according to the Athens Police Department.
Athens police investigating alleged rape depicted on social media
By Allan Smith | Oct. 12, 2013Editor's note: The Post does not identify victims of sexual assault.
'Golden Class' looks forward to reminiscing
By Olivia Hitchcock | Oct. 10, 2013In the 1960s, a beer was a quarter.
Manslaughter victim's mother granted son's personal belongings
By Kelly Fisher | Oct. 10, 2013Patricia Hoy, a grief-stricken mother, was granted the property belonging to her son, the victim of a convicted assailant, by the Athens County Common Pleas Court Wednesday.
Increased student debt can await renters living in luxury
By Emma Ockerman | Oct. 10, 2013A private theater. A gym with floor-to-ceiling windows. An in-ground pool.
Local UFO sightings spark support, criticism from space enthusiasts
By Sam Howard | Oct. 10, 2013What started as a normal evening for Kathleen Covalt about five years ago turned out to be out of this world — perhaps literally.
OU's chief information officer leaves
By Dina Berliner | Oct. 10, 2013Brice Bible, Ohio University’s chief information officer, is leaving Athens to accept a new position at the University at Buffalo, the largest campus in the State University of New York system.
