Search committee, hired firm to scour for VP replacement
By Brian Vadakin | Feb. 16, 2012Ohio University will spend more than $50,000 seeking Vice President for Student Affairs Kent Smith’s replacement.
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OU might see $18.6M from state for repairs
By Pamela Engel | Feb. 15, 2012Ohio University might get about $18.6 million from the state to help alleviate the costly burden of repairing the university’s aging buildings.
Falling profits force closing of family's junkyard
By Will Drabold | Feb. 15, 2012Dustin Wheatley scrambles to find parts and admit customers to his junkyard to scavenge what they can from the corpses of cars that line the path up the twisting hill.
Buchtel Police Chief's preliminary hearing set for Feb. 24
By Alex Stuckey | Feb. 15, 2012Eyes sunk-in with scraggly blond hair, 29-year-old Jessica Willison stood up for her boyfriend, Buchtel Chief of Police Kelsie Lanning, Jr., in Athens County Municipal Court Thursday.
Sibs Weekend: Big Brothers Big Sisters, College Book Store partner for youth
By XANDER ZELLNER | Feb. 15, 2012College Book Store will be teaming up with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Athens County to positively influence local youth during Sibs Weekend.
University tackles sex discrimination after complaint filed in 2009
By Pamela Engel | Feb. 14, 2012Ohio University’s Human Resources department is reviewing the pay models for classified and administrative employees after receiving a complaint in 2009 about sex discrimination.
Blogging study shows it may decrease stress levels
By Joshua Jamerson | Feb. 14, 2012Stress balls, nail-biting and meditation might be stress relievers of the past after a study showed blogging is a form of therapy for college-age students.
Hocking College students bring traditions of Mardi Gras to Nelsonville
By Laura Scheer | Feb. 14, 2012Local residents and students won’t have to travel about 1,000 miles to New Orleans to find the beads and cuisine of Mardi Gras this weekend.
OU parent stars in the upcoming film "Perks of Being a Wallflower"
By Hannah Yang | Feb. 14, 2012An Ohio University senior’s mother will serve as another’s mother in the upcoming film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Should Ohio campuses allow concealed weapons?
By Jillian Fellows | Feb. 14, 2012Students in Utah can get up in the morning, get dressed and decide which holster looks best with their jeans.
College of Fine Arts to combine schools
By Jillian Bloemer | Feb. 14, 2012Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts will create a new form of art when it merges its dance, theatre and film schools in fall 2013.
Buchtel police chief nabbed in alleged drug sting
By Ryan Clark | Feb. 14, 2012The Buchtel chief of police was arrested Wednesday afternoon after Athens County deputies allegedly sold him prescription pills in a controlled sale.
Malfunction leaves James Hall residents in the cold
By SARA JERDE | Feb. 13, 2012Jimmy Eckhardt went to bed Sunday night wearing his winter coat, pants and snow hat.
Condom cards promote safe V-Day sex
By Kali Borovic | Feb. 13, 2012Looking for a Valentine’s Day gift that gets you some?
22 years later, couple still dines together every morning at OU Inn
By XANDER ZELLNER | Feb. 13, 2012When Jim Bruning retired after 35 years of working, he decided to give his wife a gift — anything she asked for.
Deputies seize half of alleged heroin-dealing duo
By Rebecca McKinsey, Ryan Clark | Feb. 13, 2012A four-month long investigation by Athens County Sheriff’s Office deputies resulted in the arrest of one member of an alleged heroin-distributing duo Friday.
Shortened summer vacation leads to new date for Ohio Brew Week
By Kaitlynn Grady | Feb. 13, 2012A summer sliced eight days shorter thanks to Ohio University’s transition to semesters has Ohio Brew Week organizers starting to feel the heat.
Blue Gator building could have new owner as soon as March
By Stefan Malmsten | Feb. 13, 2012Vancant since 2008, the building that once housed The Blue Gator, 63 N. Court St., may have a new owner as soon as March.
'Get Swabbed' expands efforts
By Alex Felser | Feb. 13, 2012Hillel at Ohio University will host a daylong bone-marrow swabbing drive Wednesday with the help of several entities around campus.
