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Conference blasts mainstream media, looks at options for reform
May 12, 2008
The failures of mainstream news media coverage were addressed at a conference held at Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism over the weekend.>>
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Athens survives another PalmerFest weekend
May 12, 2008
Live music, crowded streets and long keg lines accompanied the hundreds of partygoers who flocked to Palmer Street Saturday to enjoy PalmerFest, one of Athens’ most notorious spring festivals. After several rainy days, the skies cleared and the guests of PalmerFest enjoyed a sunny afternoon of steady partying.>>
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Mourners and media turn to Facebook.com after tragedies
May 12, 2008
People come to pay their respects, leaving condolences and remembrances like flowers in a burial plot or a burning candle in a church.>>
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OU gets new VP for facilities
May 8, 2008
Harry Wyatt, Ohio University’s executive director of facilities management, will succeed John Kotowski as associate vice president for facilities, effective May 12.>>
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Grant to boost reform in Muslim world
May 8, 2008
Ohio University’s African Studies and Southeast Asian Studies National Resource Centers have been awarded a joint two-year Social Science Research Council grant to draw attention to reform and progress in the contemporary Muslim world, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia.>>
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Spring’s in the air, and it’s OU’s bacchanal season
May 8, 2008
Plastic cups and kegs litter the lawns while bands blare live music. Everyone wears shorts, soaking up the sun. The parties start before lunch on Saturday and end early Sunday morning.>>
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Profs get $124 K for research
May 8, 2008
The Ohio University Research Committee and the University Post-Doctoral Fellow Program awarded 12 faculty members more than $124,000 in grants this spring. The programs provide funds for new research, scholarship and creative works in a broad range of disciplines.>>
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International Week touts individual stories
May 8, 2008
Every member of the Ohio University community has a unique life story that has been shaped by the success they have achieved, the hardships they’ve overcome and the people who have touched their lives. Sharing those stories is what brings a community together.>>
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Trauma of Holocaust survivors passed down through generations
May 5, 2008
Ohio University graduate student Andrea Keys had recurring nightmares of violent battles and rumbling tanks when she was a young girl, and she didn’t know why. Then, when she was 16, Keys’ parents revealed that her grandparents were Holocaust survivors. That fact had been kept a family secret through her parents’ generation, but Keys is not allowing it be a secret any longer.>>
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Student Senate candidate takes measured approach to issues
May 5, 2008
This is the third and final in a series of interviews with the three candidates for Student Senate president in the May 15 election at Ohio University.>>
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CEO defends alcohol education program
May 5, 2008
Negative feedback from Ohio University students concerning the overall ineffectiveness of the Alcohol.EDU program encouraged Brandon Busteed, CEO of Outside the Classroom/ Alchohol.EDU, to fly into Athens and gather feedback from OU’s Student Senate last Wednesday night.>>
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OU program teaches Japanese
May 5, 2008
Ohio University’s Go International is a one-week program for area students in grades 9-11 to learn basic Japanese and interact with Japanese students.>>
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OU signs pact to join efforts with five institutions
May 5, 2008
Ohio University hosted the signing of a memorandum of understanding that will create the Higher Education Consortium of Southern Ohio Thursday afternoon in the Baker Center President’s Dining Room.>>
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What does Dining Services have to do with Sara Evans?
May 5, 2008
Country music star Sara Evans will perform in Athens tonight thanks to the sponsorship of the Horizon Concert Series at Ohio University, the University Program Council and OU Dining Services.>>
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Student Senate party roster doesn’t make ballot; application was lost
May 5, 2008
Fifteen Ohio University students who hoped to run for Student Senate this spring will not have their names on the ballot after their applications were apparently lost.>>
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Senate prez candidates debate student-admin relations
May 1, 2008
Student Senate president candidates Michael Adeyanju, Will Klatt and Mashur Rahman squared off over how “shared governance,” accountability and communication should occur between Ohio University students, Student Senate and OU administrators during a debate at Bentley Hall on Tuesday.>>
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City police chief skeptical of serial-killer scenario in OU student’s 1998 death
May 1, 2008
A pair of retired New York Police detectives announced this week that they think a series of drownings, involving 40 young men in various spots around the country over more than a decade, may actually have been murders.>>
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Speaker touts sports as antidote to racism
May 1, 2008
Callers would phone his house to call his dad “nigger lover.” After he grew up, he became the American leader of the campaign to boycott South Africa’s sport teams. For that, two men carved the n-word into his chest.>>
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OU Mom’s Weekend has broken out of its shell over time
May 1, 2008
As Athens and Ohio University prepare for the annual onslaught of mothers for Moms Weekend, we take a look back at the evolution of the celebration through the years.>>
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Bisexual students feel neglected from two directions
May 1, 2008
Ohio University students have rallied together this past week to raise awareness on issues that affect the gay community. From drag shows to transgender discussions, Pride Week has given students an outlet to discuss issues faced by gay, bisexual, lesbian and allied students.>>
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