Although incoming students already know where they will be living, preparing for class isn’t always the only challenge that awaits them when they arrive in the fall. Living among their peers can be a whole new task.
Most Ohio University students spend four years living in and around Athens, but not all explore every nook, cranny and opportunity the campus and city provide.
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With more than 7,000 classes to choose from at Ohio University, scheduling college courses can be a dizzying experience.
With closed off and over-populated streets, cellphone reception is nonexistent. Crumpled cups, trash and other debris make any object that falls on the ground impossible to find.
It always helps to have friends in high places.
Each spring, thousands of students descend upon Athens for a series of six spring festivals that land hundreds in handcuffs and helped earn Ohio University its controversial title as the nation’s number one party school last year.
A fire broke out in a popular Athens bar last evening.
Peter Trentacoste started his position as Ohio University’s executive director of Residential Housing last Monday.
Two Ohio University students were robbed at gunpoint Friday night at a Summit at Coates Run apartment.
Jack Brose, previous dean of Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, might find himself in his old position a little longer than he expected.
While Athens’ weather woes may have come and gone, some residents are left without power, while many others are left with the remnants of fallen trees and debris.
A survey conducted by Ohio University’s Faculty Senate in May showed that a large portion of OU’s faculty is unhappy with how administration makes decisions.
About 63 percent of Athens county — 17,386 American Electric Power customers — remained without power Monday night, but the power was on at the Athens City Building, and the outages across the region dominated the night’s City Council meeting.
Road construction and repair in Athens County appear to be on schedule for this summer despite widespread power outages and record-breaking heat.
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