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Health official briefs Student Senate on medical amnesty program
September 12, 2008
Char Kopchick, director of Health Promotion at Ohio University, dressed in a full-body cell-phone costume with the message “CALL 4 MEA” on the front Wednesday evening to spike student senators' interest in a presentation about a new medical amnesty program called Medical Emergency Assistance.>>
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Shively closing means other dining halls are wild and crazy
September 11, 2008
The beginning of the quarter at Ohio University usually means long lines and a scarcity of seats in the dining halls. Freshmen have to learn how things work in the dining halls, and the new employees have to quickly adjust to serving thousands of hungry students every day.>>
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OU officials say state cuts could have been much worse
September 11, 2008
Ohio University received an $845,000 cut in state funding on Wednesday as part of Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s budget reductions, but university officials expressed gratitude that the cut was no worse than that.>>
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OU to get $1 million in settlement over Grover Center water-line break
September 11, 2008
A settlement agreement released last week by Ohio University, in response to a records request from The Athens NEWS, indicates that OU will receive $1 million in damages, from two companies that it sued over a water leak in a campus building.>>
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OU student trustees sound off on campus issues
September 11, 2008
To provide students with a voice at the highest levels of decision-making, the Ohio University Board of Trustees features two student Trustee positions.>>
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Higher-education czar visits Faculty Senate
September 11, 2008
The high quality of Ohio’s institutions of higher education is the key to alleviating the state’s economic woes and will determine Ohio’s economic future, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents Eric Fingerhut told Ohio University’s Faculty Senate Monday night in Walter Hall.>>
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Faculty may be ready to move forward with union
September 11, 2008
Ohio University’s Faculty Senate discussed a new resolution to unionize at its meeting Monday night just minutes after Executive Vice President and Provost Kathy Krendl announced that there will be “no strings attached” to how the university spends a contentious $6.1 million health-care benefits surplus.>>
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The Battle of Ohio plays out in Athens sports bars
September 8, 2008
This epic sporting event contained all the necessary elements: drama, pride, the underdog, the powerhouse, revenge, joy, hope and despair. And where better to observe it Saturday afternoon than Athens bars, where fans of both the Ohio Bobcats and Ohio State Buckeyes (some of whom live in the same body) showed up in their team colors.>>
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OU move-in proceeds smoothly except for an occasional bump
September 8, 2008
Ohio University students living on campus moved into their new homes this past weekend, but some had more trouble than others. Graduate student Michael Jaynes, of Houston, Texas, spent his first night in Athens in a hotel.>>
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Sculptors say new Adams Hall sculpture meant to be enjoyed
September 8, 2008
Ohio University students should be accustomed by now to the conspicuous presence of the one-year-old Adams Hall on South Green, but inside the crook of the giant dormitory sits a unique outdoor sculpture that was finished just this summer.>>
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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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