Archive for June, 2013

Maybe I didn’t understand the details of how real magic worked, but it was pretty plain that it didn’t happen safe in bed. It was like everything else. If it were easy, everybody would do it. I panicked. I cocked back a fist and punched the bull right in the […]

Three Ohio University student-athletes majoring in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminology—John Prior ’14, Jon Lechner ’14, and Donte Foster ’14—were named to the 2013 Phil Steele Preseason Mid-American Conference All-League football team. The Preseason All-MAC team appeared in the magazine that hit newsstands June 18. Prior, an offensive lineman, […]

By Rachel Thomas Honors Tutorial College student studying Classics in Rome Trastevere, a lively rione lying close to the Janiculum Hill and the Tiber at the same time, is a modern town with medieval bones. The streets—many of which are still paved in uneven, if charming, cobblestone—wind up and around, taking circuitous […]

Dr. Christopher Thompson, Chair of Linguistics in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences and Executive Director of Japan Relations, represented Ohio University at a farewell reception for Consul General Kuninori Matsuda at the Japanese Consulate in Detroit on June 21. “Ohio University wishes to express its sincere gratitude […]

Governor John Kasich has appointed Ohio University alum Scott R. Williams ’92 and ’95MPA, to the Shawnee State University Board of Trustees for a nine-year term. Williams is from Dublin, OH. Community Common reports: Williams is director of governmental affairs with the Ohio Association of Realtors, a position he has […]

“A new plan B: Relocate American cities” in response to climate change, writes Alex Slaymaker, an Ohio University student majoring in Environmental Planning and policy with a minor in Geography, in the June 19 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Voices of Tomorrow series. “The time will come when many Americans, […]

If she didn’t love working with students in the Mathematics Department, Chris Bailey-Brown might want to be a forest ranger or landscaper. “I love working with the students. I find them to be enjoyable to work with, and I have met some of the sweetest and smartest young people. It […]