Student Senate: Bridges leaves OU after engaging students with diversity programs
By SARA JERDE | Feb. 22, 2012Brian Bridges ended his last day at Ohio University with a farewell to Student Senate.
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Funds allotted, plans in motion for repair of Galbreath Chapel
By Pamela Engel | Feb. 22, 2012Ohio University is allocating $1 million of its $160 million in debt financing for repairs of the crumbling infrastructure in Galbreath Chapel.
Chauncey school's fate to be decided at meeting
By Kelly Gifford, Xander Zellner | Feb. 22, 2012For two months, the fate of the school that has educated generations of Chauncey natives has been on the forefront of the minds of students, faculty and alumni as the possibility of the school’s closure looms.
Bridges' final days spark search for replacement
By SARA JERDE | Feb. 21, 2012After working at Ohio University for more than three years, Brian Bridges’ last day is Wednesday — but the search for his replacement is just getting started.
West 82 cheap drink special comes to an end
By Tim Tripp | Feb. 21, 2012This month, Ohio University students were able to buy a select variety of drinks on campus for next to nothing.
Study: racial diversity low throughout Ohio
By Marika Lee | Feb. 21, 2012Though a recent study gave Ohio’s metro cities unsatisfactory ratings in racial equality, local officials believe Athens is not worse off than other areas.
Concern rises over inhumane dog killings
By Laura Scheer | Feb. 21, 2012Calling the current method of euthanasia in Athens County “cruel and heartless,” about 80 people gathered in Walter Hall Tuesday to discuss the local campaign to stop gassing dogs.
Graduate Student Senate seeks further housing options
By Holly Moody | Feb. 21, 2012Graduate students may be on track to finding a new place to rest after a hard day’s work.
Statehouse to consider shortening school year
By Kelly Gifford | Feb. 21, 2012A proposed bill that could change Ohio class time calculation has some Athens educators double-checking the state’s math and motive.
Themed day to offer Pirates of the Caribbean fun
By Brandon Carte | Feb. 21, 2012Ohio University students will have to drop anchor, grab some booty and shiver their timbers Wednesday.
Short play reflects historic Chilean dictatorship
By Brian Vadakin | Feb. 21, 2012Chile may be more than 5,000 miles away from Athens, Ohio, but the institutionalized violence and murder of civilians the South American country saw in 1970s and 80s seemed much closer to home Tuesday night.
Program boasts low participation despite in-state tuition incentive
By Brian Vadakin | Feb. 21, 2012A program designed to boost enrollment and keep talent in Ohio could save eligible undergraduate students at Ohio University close to $9,000 a year in tuition fees, but few students have jumped at the opportunity.
Race heats up as 7 Dems chase 2 county seats
By Allison Wichie | Feb. 21, 2012Chris Chmiel addressed Athens County residents by asking, “Who do you want to run your business, the business of county government?”
The cost of the switch
By Alex Felser | Feb. 21, 2012Ohio University is the only one of four Ohio public universities switching to semesters that is requiring students to map out their classes in advance.
Student Senate to bid farewell to Brian Bridges at meeting
By SARA JERDE | Feb. 21, 2012Though this week’s Ohio University Student Senate meeting will be held in a different location, no new business is on the agenda.
Faculty Senate: Faculty OK waiving credit requirement for those just short
By Alex Felser | Feb. 20, 2012Monday night’s resolution-filled Faculty Senate meeting passed one edict that could save seniors both time and money, pending Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit’s signature.
OU alumnus training others in practices of permaculture farms
By Sara Lowenstein | Feb. 20, 2012Having never farmed or tended a garden in his life, Weston Lombard decided to turn his life upside down by leaving his job filled with neckties and conference calls for a life of torn denim and digging holes.
OU-HCOM to showcase diversity
By Olivia Young, Sara Jerde | Feb. 20, 2012Wednesday, Ohio University students will highlight the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine’s diversity at “Multicultural Extravaganza.”
