Leadership seminars emphasize teamwork, ethics, job preparation
By Brandon Carte | Oct. 23, 2011“Be a leader, not a follower!” is a familiar expression to many Ohio University students.
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Plains man caught trafficking, possessing 177 balloons of heroin
By Pat Holmes | Oct. 23, 2011A 54-year-old man is current incarcerated in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail for trafficking and possessing 177 total balloons of heroin.
Civil-rights activist honored upon death
By Rebecca McKinsey | Oct. 23, 2011With lowered flags and written words, Ohio Gov. John Kasich honored a civil-rights leader who brought his work from Birmingham, Ala., to Ohio.
Former OU basketball player settles lawsuit out of court
By Marika Lee | Oct. 23, 2011The lawsuit between a former Ohio University basketball player and a local bar bouncer was dismissed Thursday after being resolved outside of court.
Administrators 'pied' through student fundraiser
Oct. 23, 2011Students walking past the fourth-floor entrance of Ohio University’s Baker University Center today can pie school administrators in the face.
Ohio University receives props for campus sexual health
By Betty Laudermilt | Oct. 23, 2011Trojan Condoms sized up Ohio University this year and determined it was one of the 20 most sexually healthy colleges in the U.S.
Wheels for Watermelons: Graduate Student Senate to encourage transportation to Farmers Market
By SARA JERDE | Oct. 23, 2011For those in need of wheels to the Athens Farmers Market, Graduate Student Senate President Tracy Kelly may have it covered.
Statewide student government passes anti-Issue 2 resolution
By Taylor LaPuma | Oct. 23, 2011Days after Ohio University Student Senate voted down a resolution condemning the wording of Senate Bill 5, Ohio student government representatives made the opposite decision on a statewide level.
Man charged with sex crime unfit for trial
By Marika Lee | Oct. 23, 2011A 39-year-old man charged with gross sexual imposition will have his trial delayed for one year while his competency to stand trail will be tested at a Columbus behavioral health care center.
Students' 'Thirst' quenched with screening of water documentary
By Alex Felser | Oct. 22, 2011Students will be flooded with ideas regarding the scarcity of water tonight for Better Together at Ohio University’s screening of the documentary Thirst.
Alumna dives into dance, judges how well you can tango
By Tara Golenberke | Oct. 20, 2011Before becoming the originator of the notorious “Hot Tamale Train” from Fox Broadcasting’s So You Think You Can Dance and exciting audiences with her ballroom-dancing finesse, Mary Murphy was just another student at Ohio University.
Kasich cracks down on exotic animals in Ohio
By Wesley Lowery | Oct. 20, 2011In a news conference this afternoon Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced a statewide crackdown on exotic animals just days after more than 50 animals escaped in Zanesville. Of the animals, 49 were killed in the fiasco, which garnered national media attention and renewed scrutiny of Ohio's exotic-animal laws.
Aftermath of exotic escape: Rep. Phillips to push legislation limiting private owners in Ohio
By Ryan Clark | Oct. 20, 2011With officials statewide making a push for exotic-animal regulations following Tuesday’s Zanesville fiasco, Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-92nd, will propose legislation today that would ban new private ownership of exotic animals in Ohio.
Ping Halloween bash to offer free food, hayrides
By Brian Vadakin | Oct. 20, 2011Ohio University's Ping Center will lure students to its Halloween party tomorrow with the promise of free events and food.
OU alumna shares stories of oft-forgotten voices in film
By Sabrina Fawley | Oct. 20, 2011Film is the language of this era, and women are the sometimes-overlooked voice, a professor told Ohio University students yesterday.
Computer contest has students' noggin on
By Katie Spector | Oct. 20, 2011Six Ohio University students will hole up in small rooms this weekend with their brains, one computer and hundreds of inputs and outputs — and they’re looking forward to it.
County Engineer announces 2014 election plans
By Marika Lee | Oct. 20, 2011The Athens County Engineer announced today that he will run for re-election in 2014 for the ninth time.
Attorney warns Student Senate about Halloween no-no's
By Taylor LaPuma | Oct. 19, 2011Ohio University Student Senate discussed 13 surefire ways to get busted on Halloween in Athens last night.
Ohio unit's arrests double for underage-drinking in Athens
By Kelly Gifford | Oct. 19, 2011Though the Athens Police Department’s alcohol-related arrests have stayed consistent since 2009, underage-drinking arrests by the Ohio Investigative Unit nearly doubled in 2010.
