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Campus NEWS  

Roommates don’t need to be random

By Alissa Paolella

Social networking sites like Facebook may make it easier to get an idea of dormitory roommates' personalities, but not all students can expect smooth sailing when they first meet their new roommate.

Regional NEWS  

Educators and poverty advocates fight over the same pool of money

by David DeWitt

Policy advocates across the spectrum usually agree that the only way to alleviate generational poverty is to both promote education and provide direct assistance to struggling families. But often these two necessary components find themselves competing for the same money.

Campus NEWS  

OU students snag top summer internships

By Natalie Knoth

When school wound down in June, some Bobcats' careers were just heating up as they pounced on some prime internship opportunities across the country.

Campus NEWS  

Students: Partying & academics not mutually exclusive

By Chelsea E. Toy

It took four long hard years to do it, but the seniors who left Athens in June left their mark on Ohio University in a way that few others have.

Arts and Entertainment  

Exhibit peeks at history of American mental hospitals

Kennedy Museum of Art at Ohio University is providing a stunning glimpse of America's past history of mental hospitals in the exhibition "Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals," by photographer Christopher Payne.

Arts and Entertainment  

Facing subsidy cut, OU Press seeks more self-reliance

by Jim Phillips

Ohio University's academic press is taking the first steps in reorganizing itself to be more financially self-sufficient. Despite nervousness in some quarters, the faculty member chosen to pilot the three-year venture said Tuesday he's optimistic.

Local NEWS  

High court: Gwinn’s legal win in OEC case will stand

by Jim Phillips

Former Athens County Democratic Party chair Susan Gwinn has won the latest round in her ongoing legal battle with special prosecutor (and Republican state auditor candidate) Dave Yost of Delaware County.

Arts and Entertainment  

What's happening

by Athens NEWS Staff

Music, Arts and Community Events in the Athens County area this week. (9/2 - 9/8)

Arts and Entertainment  

Athens Music Scene

By Eric Leighton

For a guy who writes a music column, I don't know very much about the music that is happening around me. I am more involved in the music that I make than I am actively consuming music anymore. I miss that visceral connection with live music performed by people other than those I'm in the band with.

Local NEWS  

El Salvadoran charged with uptown rape

by Jim Phillips

A man from El Salvador who, according to an Athens County prosecutor, may be in this country illegally, was arraigned Tuesday in Athens County Common Pleas Court on charges of rape and gross sexual imposition.

Local NEWS  

High-speed chase ends in arrest

A man who, after allegedly assaulting a man, then trying to escape from an Athens County Sheriff's deputy in a high-speed chase from The Plains to Belpre, will be extradited from West Virginia, where he was finally arrested, to face criminal charges here, according to Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly.

Arts and Entertainment  

Hot band on a warm night

Stuart's Opera House concludes its free Summer Concert Series Thursday, Sept. 9, with Richmond, Va.'s The Hot Seats.

Local NEWS  

Planning board won’t loosen chicken chokehold

by David DeWitt

The Athens Planning Commission voted Wednesday afternoon to deny recommending a change in setback requirements that would have loosened up rules prohibiting chicken coops in the city.

Campus NEWS  

Trustees agenda to include housing, fundraising, more

by Jim Phillips

When the Ohio University Trustees meet today (Thursday), their agenda will offer a smorgasbord of some of the more timely issues facing OU.

Arts and Entertainment  

Locally connected indie record label gets rebirth

By Alexander Menrisky

Misra Records, an independent record label locally notable for signing Athens, Ohio-based band Southeast Engine, recently announced its re-launch with substantial help from Athens musician Leo DeLuca.

Campus NEWS  

Student health center to undergo major changes

By Alexander Menrisky

Despite widespread unawareness, student response to the change of Hudson Health Center management appears relatively constant, with most students happy that changes are being made.

Wearing Thin  

Watch out or you might make a spectacle of yourself

by Terry Smith

Welcome back, OU students. Here's hoping you have a fun and rewarding year - educationally, culturally and socially - at Ohio University.

Campus NEWS  

Housing to introduce Facebook page for roommate changes

By Natalie Knoth

We've all heard roommate horror stories, where two people who couldn't be more different are forced to live together in a 10-by-14-inch cell for nine months. The hoarder and the compulsive cleaner. "Most Likely to Succeed" and "Class Partier." The pious single lady and the gal who's Velcroed to her boyfriend.

Local NEWS  

Bloodthirsty bugs slipping between county’s sheets

by David DeWitt

Everybody knows of the traditional bedtime instructions to have a good night, to sleep tight and to not let the bedbugs bite. So with bedbug infestations increasing across the country and state, county health officials have provided some tips for residents to ensure an absence of bites in the night.

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