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Higher Ed Act to have OU impact
September 8, 2008
After five years of debate and compromise, the bill to extend the federal Higher Education Act made its way across President Bush’s desk and was signed into law on Aug. 14. The legislation, which took 14 extensions and numerous drafts, sums up the federal government’s higher-education policy for at least the next five years.>>
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Student Senate ready to tackle imposing set of issues fall quarter
September 8, 2008
As Ohio University Student Senate returns from summer break, it has a number of issues to address, including compensation for residence assistants, the environment, student health-care options and the university’s decision to move from quarters to semesters.>>
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Freshman recalls fear and trepidation of first class
September 8, 2008
I had already been awake for a half an hour before my alarm clock went off at 6:30 a.m. The alarm was on my cell phone, and for some reason, instead of just turning it off beforehand, I had been holding it in my hand in a state of nervous anticipation so I could quickly hit the button before waking up my new roommate. It was the first day of my college career, and I wasn’t about to make the stranger I was sharing a bunk bed with despise her over-anxious roommate already.>>
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Light says decision to step down next year was made back in ‘07
September 8, 2008
Hocking College President John Light said Friday that rumors about his being pressured to step down by state officials, or his own Board of Trustees, are false.>>
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Marching 110 psyched to take on OSU’s ‘best damn band’
September 4, 2008
So what if the Ohio State Buckeyes have the students, the funding, the nationally renowned athletic programs and the article (The) they emphatically place before their school name.>>
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Faculty poised to consider union
September 4, 2008
Ohio University faculty members are considering whether to unionize, after dissatisfaction with administrators and the Board of Trustees boiled over earlier this summer.>>
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Uptown bar-crawl tradition just keeps a-shufflin’ along
September 4, 2008
Staring into the falling sun on the cusp of our research expedition’s first stop, we sat at the testing ground with the first variables at our fingertips.>>
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Some students, administration, police differ on… Patrolling the dorms
September 4, 2008
During the year, every student in a residence hall will at one point or another see an Ohio University Police officer patrolling what has become an everyday part of their living space, whether it’s hallway, stairwell or lobby.>>
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OU settles with firms it sued over Grover water leak
September 4, 2008
Ohio University has settled a lawsuit it filed last year, against two companies it held responsible for a 2006 water leak that damaged the university’s Grover Center facility.>>
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OU construction, renovation kept up over the break
September 4, 2008
The Ohio University campus continued to change and grow over the summer, with one building being built and several others being renovated and refurbished.>>
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If between classes and parties, you still feel empty, try this…
September 4, 2008
Almost everyone comes to college not knowing a single person, what to do with his or her free time, or how to enhance the college experience. My situation was similar to this. When I randomly made the decision to go to Ohio University, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.>>
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New outdoor leadership course certifies 12 OU students
September 4, 2008
The idea that outdoor leaders aren’t born but are made provides the impetus behind Ohio University’s new Recreation Studies’ course “Outdoor Leadership” (REC324/524), which recently returned from 25 days in the wilderness.>>
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Some do’s and don’ts for students using Facebook
September 4, 2008
Yes, I realize you all already know everything there is about Facebook, and don’t really need for me to tell you. But you’re never so smart that you know everything, right?>>
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OU’s composting initiative takes important next step
September 2, 2008
Shortly after the new Baker University Center opened in January 2007, students who had been sorting out biodegradable forks, spoons, knives and plates began to wonder where the material was going. The university couldn’t yet process the service-ware, and students began to question why all of that biodegradable waste was getting thrown out with the rest of the trash.>>
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OU mourns loss of engineering student
September 2, 2008
The Russ College of Engineering and Technology and Ohio University community are mourning the loss of a mechanical engineering student who was just a week away from completing his degree.>>
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OU chief resigns
August 28, 2008
In a statement Wednesday morning, Ohio University Police Department’s police chief, Mike Martinsen, announced that he’s resigning from his position, effective Sept. 30, for personal reasons. >>
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OU won’t join movement by colleges to lower drinking age
August 21, 2008
While nearly 100 college and university presidents around the country have signed onto a movement asking federal legislators to consider lowering the drinking age in the United States, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis said he has not been asked to support the proposal and will not support it.>>
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ARC chief inspires latest group of OU medical school students
August 21, 2008
Make the practice of medicine personal, the newest class of 117 Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine students was told Saturday.>>
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Man pleads to firing gun on OU’s South Green
August 21, 2008
A spring 2008 incident that led to an Athens campus crime alert was resolved in Athens County Municipal Court on Aug. 12 when a 23-year-old Pataskala, Ohio, man pleaded no contest to two first-degree misdemeanor charges.>>
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Project will help preserve valuable artifacts at Kennedy Museum
August 21, 2008
Treasured objects and artifacts held by the Kennedy Museum of Art at Ohio University will be preserved for future generations with help from the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of conservation books, DVDs and online resources donated by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the primary source of federal funding of the nation’s museums and libraries.>>
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