In the spirit of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 War on Poverty, Rev. Jesse Jackson will speak at Ohio University today to appeal for a White House Commission on poverty, malnutrition and human need.
The state of Ohio asked the Athens County Court of Common Pleas to deny the request of a former deputy to have one of his eight felony charges dismissed.
About 50 people, including local and state officials, gathered Saturday to remember an Alexander High School graduate who was killed while fighting for his country last year.
The West Portico of the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium was packed today as the Rev. Jesse Jackson stood between the American and Ohio flags rallying student support for a modernized War on Poverty campaign.
Students already seeking help about next year’s Quarters-to-Semesters transition now have a place to receive answers.
Ohio University students who have previously avoided being tested for HIV will have an anonymous test option available as soon as next month.
Athens' bars, fests, music scene and Halloween bash were recognized today in MSN's list of top college towns.
A 25-year-old woman charged with killing her 4-year-old stepdaughter was transferred to Athens Behavioral Health Center for court-ordered treatment.
The Ohio Department of Insurance recently released a report detailing the expected effects of “Obamacare” on the state, but Athens County job and health officials are uncertain how the law will affect the county.
A noted academic will speak tonight about the translocality of immigrants and ties between Washington, D.C., and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
With more than a full month left until Athens’ mayoral race, both candidates are already making their platforms known and are reaching out to student voters — an electoral demographic that recycles every four years.
Two Ohio University student senators drew on the title of a popular movie at last night’s Student Senate meeting when they asked their peers to help them “Play it Forward.”
The Alexander Local School Board chose an elementary school principal to fill a veteran’s shoes after the current superintendent retires at the end of the year.
Ohio University lacks essential parental leave policies, which might be a violation of Title IX and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, according to a report prepared for the provost.
At last night’s meeting, Ohio University’s student senators received an update on the plan they conjured up last year that is about to be actualized into a lounge on Baker University Center’s first floor.
George Washington University’s Elizabeth Chacko spoke last night about the idea that connections forged by immigration can take place on different scales.
In a presentation to Ohio University’s Student Senate last night, one student appealed to members to use their status as leaders on campus to help one organization achieve its goal — closing the achievement gap in America.
The Ohio House Democratic leader joined local politicians in saying the state’s newly drawn congressional districts do not best serve people in Ohio.
Ohio University will host the Rev. Jesse Jackson — civil rights leader, two-time candidate for president and founder and president of the National Rainbow Coalition — Monday as the activist kicks off a nationwide anti-poverty campaign.
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