NEWS BLOGS
Tickets set as Student Senate election season kicks off
By Will Drabold | Mar. 27, 2013At 12:01 a.m. Thursday, the role of six Ohio University students changed for good — or, at least, for 22 days.
Athens County drops in Ohio public-health study standings
By Kelly Fisher | Mar. 26, 2013Though Athens County has many advocates for environmental safety and a healthy eating culture, the county proved to be one of the worst in these areas and others in a public-health study.
Graduate College announces permanent associate dean
By Will Drabold | Mar. 26, 2013The Graduate College officially has just one associate dean.
Guaranteed-tuition talks target student awareness
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Mar. 26, 2013Ohio University administrators are working to ensure that students will know from the moment they enroll how much tuition they will be paying.
University fundraising campaign receives majority of funds from minority of donors
By Will Drabold | Mar. 26, 2013Ohio University’s Promise Lives Campaign is promoted as a comprehensive fundraising plan, yet less than one thousandth of one percent of donors have contributed 84 percent of the money.
Women in Combat
By Kelly Gifford | Mar. 26, 2013The idealized soldier is strong. He has courage. He will protect citizens of the United States at all costs.
Innovation accelerator program offers money to student startups
By Danielle Meyer | Mar. 26, 2013This summer, selected teams will participate in a 12-week intensive program designed to give students the opportunity to propose and refine their business plans and products.
Marriage equality rally raises awareness in Athens
By Allan Smith | Mar. 25, 2013The organization Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG, put on a rally in front of the Athens County Courthouse on Monday — the day before the United States Supreme Court begins hearing arguments in two landmark cases on marriage equality.
OU could pull from proposed OSU ban on smoking
By Hannah Yang | Mar. 25, 2013The news that another public state university is calling for a campus-wide tobacco ban prompted Ohio University’s tobacco task force to continue talks for an eventual proposal to President Roderick McDavis.
Campus dining halls to serve kosher-style food during Passover
By Josh Rogers | Mar. 25, 2013Ohio University Culinary Services, in conjunction with Hillel at OU, will serve kosher-style food for the first time at all dining halls across campus.
Questions of accuracy posed for breathalyzer
By Kelly Fisher | Mar. 25, 2013The Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is fighting the use of a Breathalyzer that shows inaccurate results that has caused thousands of court cases and wrongly convicted people.
Athens High classes lack coding
By XANDER ZELLNER | Mar. 25, 2013From Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg to former President Bill Clinton, more and more leaders agree that coding is the way to a more technologically advanced future, and schools across the country are hopping on board.
Council session drives edict on city affairs
By Cassie Kelly, Kate Hiller | Mar. 25, 2013Members of the Athens City Council met for a special session of ordinances and committee meetings last night.
Woman allegedly injured during arrest responds to OUPD's denial of lawsuit
By Marika Lee | Mar. 25, 2013A Chillicothe woman filed a response Tuesday to Ohio University’s answer to her excessive-force complaint denying her claims.
Weekend Fest regulations result in low arrest count
By Lucas Daprile, Xander Zellner | Mar. 24, 2013Saturday’s High Fest had the good fortune of warm weather and a packed crowd, but students and law enforcement found the annual celebration to be relatively calm.
Free computer services available to college students for limited time
By Brandon Carte | Mar. 24, 2013Microsoft is offering students in U.S. colleges access to the educational version of Office 365 at no charge.
GreenCab offers transportation home for inebriated patrons
By Sam Howard | Mar. 24, 2013Athens bar patrons will soon be afforded alternative transportation back to their houses that will save a lot of green — both in customer’s wallets and in the environment.
Relay for Life succeeds despite last minute planning
By Danielle Keeton-Olsen | Mar. 24, 2013Hundreds of students pulled an all-nighter Friday night — not to study but to raise money for cancer patients.
