Increase in Internet usage could be directly related to depression
By Hannah Yang | Aug. 26, 2012According to recent studies, depression among college students has risen, with a correlation to excessive Internet usage.
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Rowdy Palmerfest leads officials to reintroduce old law
By Kelly Gifford | Aug. 26, 2012Correction: the original version of this article identified Ron Lucas incorrectly. Lucas is the deputy service safety director for the City of Athens. The article also incorrectly portrayed attempts to contact the Athens Police Chief. The chief returned multiple calls for comment. The Post regrets these errors.
Government works to make education more affordable
By Brian Vadakin | Aug. 26, 2012Last year, Ohio University students, as well as students across the nation, expressed frustration over rising tuition and its effect on student debt. Now, the federal government is trying to explain what it’s doing about it.
A Green & White Welcome
By Brian Vadakin | Aug. 26, 2012Freshmen marched, danced and explored their way through their first weekend as Ohio University students.
Final Schoonover construction phase to be completed in 2014
Aug. 26, 2012After lack of funding delayed completion of the Scripps College of Communication’s Schoonover Center for Communication, it is now on track to be completed by fall 2014.
An Athens man pleads guilty to producing child pornography
By Marika Lee | Aug. 26, 2012An Athens man could spend 25 years in prison after pleading guilty in a federal court Friday to producing child pornography.
Storms result in damages, setbacks
By Brian Vadakin | Aug. 26, 2012Two major storms made new construction and annual maintenance in Athens a bit more difficult this summer, as high winds and rainstorms swept through the town.
Social-Networking site promotes offline activity
By Brandon Carte | Aug. 26, 2012A UCLA alumnus who studied materials engineering is making a splash with a new social-networking website dubbed “At The Pool” in Athens.
The House gives home to Under Armour brand
By Sara Lowenstein | Aug. 26, 2012The College Book Store has built a new business called The House in hopes of building off the success the store has seen with Ohio University and the Under Armour brand.
More administrators turn to Twitter to keep students in the loop
By Sarah Grothjan | Aug. 20, 2012Ohio University Twitter savants and their less social-media-savvy cohorts can find common ground on their “following” list.
OU adds two administrators following Lombardi's appointment to VP of Student Affairs
By Brian Vadakin | Aug. 20, 2012Toward the end of Spring Quarter, Ohio University announced Ryan Lombardi as the new interim vice president for Student Affairs — drawing the national search to a close. But Lombardi’s appointment was only one of four OU had hoped to make.
Car program lets students borrow university's wheels
By SARA JERDE | Aug. 20, 2012Ohio University has signed a one-year contract for a car-sharing program with Enterprise Rent-A-Car in which OU students can rent one of two vehicles starting the first day of school.
Freshmen could be best prepared for new Q2S class times, holiday breaks
By Alex Felser | Aug. 20, 2012On Aug. 27, Ohio University freshmen may be the least confused when it comes to waking up for the first day of classes.
Local hubs that boast CHIP-approved menus include Kaiser's; Casa; Louie, Louie; Farmacy
By Andrea Frazier | Aug. 20, 2012In many ways, the opening of a new semester parallels the crazed beginning of Spring Quarter with its epidemic of New-Year’s-resolution health consciousness, resulting in all of Ping Center’s elliptical machines being constantly occupied.
Court Street construction could finish before Sept. 14 deadline
By Colette Whitney | Aug. 20, 2012The construction project that has North Court Street closed to traffic is slated to be finished ahead of schedule and under budget.
Local group pens 'fracking' guidelines
By Laura Scheer | Aug. 20, 2012With the potential advent of horizontal fracturing in Athens County, the Strategic Advisory Committee on Hydraulic Fracturing has been working diligently through the summer on a set of protective guidelines for any prospective oil and gas companies.
NextGen network expands to cover a wider area, some residence halls
By Betty Laudermilt | Aug. 20, 2012Ohio University students who struggled to connect to the Internet on campus last year may find themselves a little happier when surfing the web this fall.
Council's summer agenda busy with power outage, infrastructure
By Joshua Jamerson | Aug. 20, 2012After most of Ohio University’s students have left for summer, Athens City Council members are still meeting regularly — well, at least for most of the summer.
Kasich appoints two new OU trustees
By SARA JERDE | Aug. 20, 2012Before the 2011-12 school year ended, Gene Harris was appointed as the Board of Trustees’ chair and Peter Mather was named the new board secretary, but changes to the board continued over the summer with the appointments of J. Patrick Campbell and Diana Hisey as trustees.
NextGen 'test phase' unscheduled
By Brandon Carte | Aug. 20, 2012Ohio University’s Office of Information Technology hopes to ring in a new campuswide phone system during the 2012–13 school year, but students and faculty won’t be hearing dial tones anytime soon.
