The Lantern, Ohio State, OH
1 day ago by Everdeen Mason
Vince B.*, a senior at Ohio State, spent $100 on alcohol Sunday after bar-hopping Friday and downing bottles of wine on Saturday.
"Honestly, my habits are such that last night I got hammered drunk and I don't remember going to Taco Bell and I threw up," Vince said. "I would say I drink heavily three to four nights a week and drink lightly the rest and by light I mean five or six beers."
The Lantern, Ohio State, OH
1 day ago by Briony Clare
It seems as though Ohio State's interim assistant vice president for Student Affairs and director of housing might have been leading a double life.
Ronald Kochendoerfer, 41, serves as a senior administrator for Housing and Residence Education, whose responsibilities ranged from developing and administering living-learning programs, to training resident advisors on drug and alcohol policy and managing a $9 million fiscal budget.
Last Friday another side of the high-ranking official's life was uncovered when he was arrested and charged with possession of the highly-addictive drug methamphetamine, that was found by deputies during a search of his Short North home.
Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, IN
1 day ago by Amanda Getchel
Five Ball State University students were assaulted and called names based on their sexual orientation Friday morning in what one student called a hate crime.
Senior elementary education major Kyle Flood said he and about 10 friends were in the Village, but that number dwindled to five by the end of the night.
The News Record, University of Cincinnati, OH
2 days ago by Kristen Pearson
Residents protested the closure of the University of Cincinnati's only Graduate and Family Housing - Morgens and Scioto Halls - on McMicken Commons on Tuesday, May 13.
Residents were notified on March 3 the halls would be closed starting Aug. 31, citing the lack of fire sprinklers and safety equipment in the buildings.
Guardian , Wright State University, OH
2 days ago by Adam Feuer
The Department of Student Activities and the Student Organizations Budgeting Committee (SOBC) are reviewing the validity of Nexus, Wright State's literary journal, and are considering cutting off funding for the publication.
Nexus publishes local, national and international submissions of poetry, short stories, flash fiction, novel excerpts (that can stand alone), memoirs, photography, graphic prints, drawings, digital art and paintings.
The Lantern, Ohio State, OH
2 days ago by Sara Clifford
Hard work, dedication and responsibility. In order to be nominated for the Student Employee of the Year Award, work-study students at Ohio State must posse all these qualities.
Guardian , Wright State University, OH
2 days ago by James Tobe
"Debit, credit or Wright1 Card?" This is a question students could be hearing at certain off-campus restaurants as soon as the end of this month.
By late May or early June the initial group of area businesses will implement the Wright1 card as an acceptable method of payment, according to University Bursar and Director of Treasury Services, Steven C.
The News Record, University of Cincinnati, OH
3 days ago by Taylor Dungjen
University of Cincinnati students received a crash course in sexual health education on Friday, May 9 on McMicken Commons.
"We want students to be safe if they're choosing to have sex," said Brian Blair, vice president of external affairs for Delta Tau Delta, the host of Slip-N-Slide for Safe Sex.
The News Record, University of Cincinnati, OH
4 days ago by Kareem Elgazzar
Nearly 47 million Americans, about 16 percent of the total population, are without health insurance, according to the National Coalition on Health Care, a non-partisan coalition of 70 groups representing or employing more than 150 million Americans.
Among that 47 million are more than eight million young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 who are without health insurance.
Shield, University of Southern Indiana, IN
4 days ago by Jon Webb
The USI Board of Trustees decided May 10 to indefinitely postpone voting on a resolution that would provide insurance benefits to same-sex domestic partnerships.
The resolution - originally item K in the meeting's agenda - was addressed at the start of the meeting by board member Ted C.
JagBytes, Indiana University/ Purdue University, IN
5 days ago
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Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, IN
5 days ago by Daniel Human
Employment remained uncertain as of Friday for a Ball State University professor who faces multiple misdemeanor charges after he was arrested in his home, Tony Proudfoot, vice president of marketing and communications, said.
George Mundrake, associate professor of information systems and operations management, remains on a non-disciplinary, paid suspension after he was arrested April 26, Proudfoot said.
Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, IN
5 days ago by Nathan Rush
The struggle between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to become the Democratic candidate for president placed unusual emphasis on the Indiana Democratic primary for the first time in recent years.
The primary, held May 6, saw voter turnout described by Gary mayor Rudy Clay as comparable to that of a general election.
The Activist, University of Cincinnati Raymond Walters College, OH
5 days ago
Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut last week convened major stakeholders to help frame an action plan to reduce the cost of textbooks for college and university students across the state.
Tan and Cardinal, Otterbein College, OH
6 days ago by Jeana Harrington
The Council met twice this week, first in its regularly scheduled meeting Monday night, and again yesterday when the members met with Otterbein President C. Brent DeVore to discuss how students can help lessen the impact of the reconstruction of the West Main Street Bridge.