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Messenger: Jail Funding Analyzed by Economics Students

“The Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail has been using an ‘unfair’ payment process, according to an analysis done by Ohio University students,” Susan Tebben of the Athens Messenger wrote on Dec. 22. At a recent meeting of the Corrections Commission for Southeastern Ohio, a new plan was presented to the jail […]

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December 23, 2013 at 7:31 amIn the News Students in the News

Accurso Wins Third Straight Individual MAC Title

Accurso Wins Third Straight Individual MAC Title

Ohio University student-athlete Juli Accurso ’14 became the first runner in Mid-American Conference history to win three straight individual league titles as she claimed the 6-kilometer race in a time of 20:37.46 on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Bowling Green. “It was definitely a goal of mine,” she said. “I thought […]

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November 5, 2013 at 9:17 amNews

Post: Modern Languages Students Collect 10,000 Cans for Food Banks

Post: Modern Languages Students Collect 10,000 Cans for Food Banks

“The fourth annual Battle of the Tongues Food Drive helped Ohio University’s Department of Modern Languages raise a collective total of more than 10,000 cans for local food banks,” writes Post reporter Zane Parsons. The food drive, held between Oct. 14 and Nov. 4, benefits three local organizations — The […]

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November 4, 2013 at 9:00 amIn the News Students in the News

Sociology Major Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week

Sociology Major Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week

Ohio University redshirt sophomore Devin Bass was selected as the Mid-American Conference East Division Defensive Player of the Week on Monday following his performance—including a key fourth-quarter interception—Sept. 14 in the Bobcats’ 34-31 win over Marshall. Bass is studying Sociology in the College of Arts & Sciences. Bass, of Omaha, Neb., was […]

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September 16, 2013 at 11:20 amIn the News Students in the News

Commentary: The New Historical Link between Vietnam and Iraq

Commentary: The New Historical Link between Vietnam and Iraq

Matt Jacobs, a Ph.D. student in History at Ohio University who studies 20th century U.S. foreign policy, wrote a commentary for History News Network on the debate over the U.S. role in Syria. His area of study is 20th century foreign relations and his research interest is U.S. Public Diplomacy […]

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September 16, 2013 at 7:41 amIn the News News Students in the News

Messenger: Foster Achieved in 2012 the Hard Way

Messenger: Foster Achieved in 2012 the Hard Way

“Something strange happened to Donte Foster last season. For the first time in his life, sports didn’t come easy,” writes Jason Arkley in the Athens Messenger. But now Forster, a Sociology-Criminology major in the College of Arts & Sciences, goes into his last semester at Ohio University healthy. And his […]

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July 16, 2013 at 11:27 amIn the News Students in the News

Daily Times: ‘A Leap of Faith from the Blind Side’ for Prior

Daily Times: ‘A Leap of Faith from the Blind Side’ for Prior

“Scioto County residents will want to pay attention to the 2013 edition (of Phil Steele’s preseason report) as former Portsmouth gridiron great John Prior ’14, currently a redshirt senior offensive lineman at Ohio University, is among the numerous football players to grab Steele’s attention enough for recognition in his magazine,” […]

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July 16, 2013 at 9:34 amIn the News Students in the News