NEWS BLOGS
GSS to support new bus system initiative
By Holly Moody | Jan. 24, 2012Ohio University’s Graduate Student Senate came to a resolution last night to support a new unified bus system that could save students' lives and their gas money.
President Obama appeals to students in yearly address
By Allison Wichie | Jan. 24, 2012After standing ovations for the survival of Rep. Gabriel Gifford and the demise of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama declared the nation is finally recovering from a painful recession and challenged politicians to unite to continue the progress Tuesday night.
Potentially explosive meth lab confiscated
By Stefan Malmsten | Jan. 23, 2012Athens County Sheriff's Narcotics Enforcement Team confiscated an incomplete, inactive methamphetamine lab in Nelsonville tonight.
Campus showing State of the Union address
By Brandon Carte | Jan. 23, 2012A year ago, President Barack Obama said, “The future is ours to win,” in his last State of the Union address.
Several OU online systems incompatible with newest Firefox version
By Pamela Engel | Jan. 23, 2012Ohio University asked students, faculty and staff Tuesday to hold off on upgrading to Firefox 9 because of compatibility problems with some services.
Athens' state legislators divided on abortion bill
By Kelly Gifford | Jan. 23, 2012The nation’s most aggressive abortion legislation has split not only Athens County’s representatives but also Ohio’s once unified anti-abortion movement.
Under the influence, under 21: Cracking down Uptown
By Alex Stuckey | Jan. 23, 2012The heavy wooden doors of The Crystal’s purple-panel and blue-tile facade hid a secret for three years before it was shut down last April — it owed the state almost $40,000 in corporate franchise taxes and was ordered to shut down until the debt was paid.
Faculty Senate: OU testing new buying process, but some wary of switch
By Alex Felser | Jan. 23, 2012Purchasing cards might soon become a last resort for faculty and administration at Ohio University as the school inches closer to a centralized purchasing system.
Under the influence, under 21: Drinking age a result of Reagan era politics
By Alex Stuckey | Jan. 23, 2012The 21st-birthday countdown starts months in advance.
Student Senate: Members to contemplate voting bill
By Taylor LaPuma | Jan. 23, 2012Before Ohio University Student Senate drafts a resolution to inform the state legislature of its stance on a student trustee voting rights bill, its members must decide where they stand on the issue.
Under the influence, under 21: Underage informants aid in nabbing delinquent bars
By Alex Stuckey | Jan. 23, 2012Mackenzie Cologie spent her high-school career as a popular student at Sheridan High in Thornville, Ohio. A softball and volleyball star, she was an average 15-year-old girl.
Nelsonville City Council Agenda 1/23/12
By Laura Scheer | Jan. 22, 2012The Nelsonville City Council will meet tonight for a regular session meeting at 7pm in the City Hall Council Chambers, 211 Lake Hope Drive.
Chauncey closing decision postponed
By XANDER ZELLNER | Jan. 22, 2012Superintendent Carl Martin said today that the decision to determine the fate of Chauncey Elementary — originally scheduled for Thursday evening — has been postponed.
Under the influence, under 21: Underage drinkers face stiffer penalties in Ohio
By Alex Stuckey | Jan. 22, 2012The outline of his hand still visible across her cheek, the distraught Ohio University senior recounted her boyfriend’s attack at a North McKinley Avenue apartment last February.
No arrests for Dad's Weekend
By Stefan Malmsten | Jan. 22, 2012The aftermath of a popular bar weekend in Athens and the Ohio University Campus is slim to none said Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle.
