Donations Drying Up as OU Given Grant to Expand Food Pantry

Posted on: Monday, April 16, 2018

Flood Damaged Ballpark Restored – But Not For Long

By: Connor Kurek
Posted on: Monday, April 16, 2018

“The Mud Lot League” – that’s what one Nelsonville Little League athlete calls the waterlogged baseball diamonds of Polley Field Park; they’re unplayable. Saturday, almost 100 people responded to a… Read More

Iranian Filmmaker Brings Native Culture to Athena Cinema

By: Elise Hammond
Posted on: Monday, April 16, 2018

ATHENS, Ohio — Award-winning filmmaker Anahita Ghazvinizadeh brought her Iranian culture and vision to the silver screen of the Athena Cinema Friday. Her visit was part of the Athens International Film and Video… Read More

Schuneman Symposium Reflects on “Covering Trump”

By: Taylor Bruck
Posted on: Thursday, April 12, 2018

Political cartoonists, White House correspondents, photojournalists and Pulitzer prize winners were just a few of the careers represented at the 10th Schuneman Symposium. This year’s theme was “Covering Trump” and… Read More

Carbon Fee Before Athens Voters

By: Lukas Moore
Posted on: Thursday, April 12, 2018

Athens voters will have to decide whether to enact a program promoting renewable energy with an optional carbon fee. Households that chooses to pay the fee would see an increase… Read More

OHIO Golfer Brings Home Win for the First Time

By: Tiffany Goldstein
Posted on: Tuesday, April 10, 2018

The Ohio University Women’s Golf team claimed third place this weekend at the 2018 Dolores Black Falcon Invitational. Six other Mid-American Conference teams teed it up, with the University of… Read More

International Street Fair-Goers Share Food and Culture

By: Reagan McCurley
Posted on: Monday, April 9, 2018

Hundreds of people from across the globe gathered Saturday at the annual International Street Fair, the final gathering of International Week at Ohio University. The fair kicked off with a parade… Read More

Ohio University Track and Field Wins First Home Meet

By: Micah Upshaw
Posted on: Monday, April 9, 2018

Ohio University’s track and field team celebrated its first home game by winning the Cherry Blossom Invitational on Saturday. Bobcats pushed through the chilly weather Despite the cold, the Bobcats… Read More

Early Warnings in Athens Reduce Effects from Flooding

By: Michelle Michael
Posted on: Monday, April 9, 2018

Last week’s heavy rainfall submerged parts of East State and West State Streets on Thursday, affecting both local businesses and residents. However, the damage-control process began even before the water… Read More

#NeverAgain in Athens

By: Kay Jurma, Seth Eggenschwiller
Posted on: Friday, April 6, 2018

On February 14th, 2018, 17 lives were lost in a high school in Parkland, Florida to an active shooter with an assault rifle. As ripples of grief passed through the… Read More

A New Sun Rises for Athens’ Solar Community

By: Lily Bradley
Posted on: Friday, April 6, 2018

Renewable energy, specifically solar, is more accessible and affordable than ever. Since 2008, the cost of utility-scale solar projects has decreased by nearly 70 percent, and the cost of distributed… Read More

Aftermath of ECOT’s Closure

By: Alexander Moore, Matt Lackritz, Micaela Marshall
Posted on: Friday, April 6, 2018

The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, better known as ECOT, unexpectedly shut down January 18, 2018, leaving thousands of students and teachers without a school where they could learn and work…. Read More

OU Pioneering New Uses of Virtual Reality

By: Duncan Goldberg, Josh Gregory
Posted on: Thursday, April 5, 2018

In the past decade, virtual reality has taken the gaming world by storm. But in recent years, students and faculty at Ohio University have explored uses for virtual reality that… Read More

OHIO Student Senate Urges Lawmakers to Tighten Gun Laws

By: Brook Endale
Posted on: Thursday, April 5, 2018

The Ohio University Student Senate passed a resolution Wednesday demanding the Ohio General Assembly to pass stricter regulations on accessing and purchasing firearms in the state of Ohio. The action… Read More

Athens Track and Field Comes with a Handshake

By: Nick Mullens
Posted on: Thursday, April 5, 2018

Ohio is one of the few places where, in April, it can be 70 degrees one day and 30 the next. Wednesday was one of those cold 30-degree snow days, but… Read More

Proposed Ordinance to Free Up More Parking Spaces Uptown, Food Truck Vendors Apprehensive

By: Jordan Kelley
Posted on: Wednesday, April 4, 2018

ATHENS, Ohio — The Athens City Council is considering proposed changes to street vendor licensing. City Council Member Pat McGee introduced an ordinance to amend City Code that would decrease… Read More

Alexander Lady Spartans Have Bright Future Despite Losing Haning

By: Rebekah Markovitz
Posted on: Wednesday, April 4, 2018

The Alexander Lady Spartans placed second in the TVC-Ohio this year, but there is a strong chance they could repeat the success of the 2016-2017 school year. Then, Alexander was first… Read More

The Future of Ohio University’s South Green

By: Kaitlin Kulich
Posted on: Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Ohio University is planning to renovate and possibly rebuild parts of South Green in 2019 as a part of its continual updating of the Housing Development Planning Strategy.  The renovation would… Read More

“Building Champions”: Former Athens Coach is a Published Author

By: Lukas Moore
Posted on: Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Chris Stewart is a man of many talents. As a coach of the Athens baseball team, he led the Bulldogs to the greatest two-year stretch in school history; a stretch… Read More

Transgender Faith Leaders Answer the Call to Become Prophets

By: Delaney Murray, Michael Kromer, Salgu Wissmath
Posted on: Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Attending an affirming church is not always an option for members of the LGBTQ community, so queer people often have to seek out nontraditional ways to do faith. For transgender… Read More

Local Farmers Unaffected by China Tariffs

By: Madelyn Young
Posted on: Tuesday, April 3, 2018

U.S. Farmers selling their products to China are likely to feel the effects of tariffs imposed by that country Monday. The action will increase the price the Chinese pay for… Read More

At Ohio University Fests, Jerseys are the Unwritten Uniform

By: Noah Wolf
Posted on: Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Fest season is a big part of spring at Ohio University, and whether or not you partake in it, there’s not much avoiding it. For instance, if you walk around… Read More