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A professor in the Department of English may face termination or loss of tenure after a university investigation found him to have sexually assaulted six current and former graduate students.
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Iranian Students Society rallies against immigration ban
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Members and supporters of Ohio University’s Iranian Students Society rallied Thursday afternoon in protest of President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
Student Senate denounces executive order, votes in favor of becoming sanctuary campus
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Student Senate passed bills dealing with denouncing an executive order and becoming a sanctuary campus at its meeting Wednesday night.
Following a presentation from Better Bystanders, a group aiming to educate students on how to diffuse potentially dangerous situations, Senate turned to addressing concerns about how international students might be affected by President Trump’s recent executive order, titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” by passing a bill that would denounce it.
New Southeast Ohio LGBTQ+ Community Center hopes to service 19 counties
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About 50 members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community met at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Monday night to discuss future plans for the Southeast Ohio LGBTQ+ Community Center.
Ohio Board of Trustees names interim president, debates concealed carry
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The Ohio University Board of Trustees discussed issues ranging from the president’s interim replacement to the controversial issue of whether to allow concealed carry weapons on OU campuses when they met last Thursday and Friday.
Student Senate holds forum to discuss #ConcealCarry referendum
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Student Senate held its first of two forums on Thursday to address how a concealed carry referendum will work. At the last Senate hearing, Senators voted to put the question of allowing concealed carry weapons on campus to Ohio University students. The result of the campus’ vote will be issued to the Board of Trustees as a recommendation on deciding to allow concealed carry on all OU campuses.
Athens County a great place if you appreciate barns
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Historic barns can be found across rural Ohio, and Athens County is no exception. Throughout southeast Ohio, these functional structures serve as reminders of the early European-American settlers and the architectural and agricultural practices they brought with them.
“Every barn is like a book full of stories that can be interpreted the more one learns about it, from the people who built it and the materials used in construction to the uses and changes the barn went through in its time,” said Thomas O’Grady, board member and newsletter editor of the Friends of Ohio Barns, a group dedicated to raising awareness for barns in Ohio.
Bees
PhotographyWhile going through my old photos from this semester, I stumbled upon these, which I took along the Hocking River. I had originally just been taking photos of the river for a class, but eventually got distracted by these cute little bees (and one moth).
Athens County Humane Society works to end cat overpopulation
Class projects, multimediaFor my final project for an online journalism class I took this fall, I decided to cover the Athens County Humane Society and the work they do to control the cat population in Athens, where there is a huge number of stray and feral cats. See the original video and story here.
Athens passes income tax increase, among others
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This election, 26 local issues appeared on the ballots in Athens County. All but two of them passed.
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