Yearly Archives: 2015

Planning next year’s roommates can be a lot like a table at CI or Midway. You start out with two or three close friends, then they bring their own friends, and soon you need a stretch limo just to fit the 20 of you. And it’s not like you want to exclude anyone, because nobody …

Athens is a cool town. Just down the highway, known to locals as Nelsontucky, lies Nelsonville, home to Stuart’s Opera House, which throws some of the best concerts in the state and one of the best music festivals in the region, the Nelsonville Music Festival. Huge names like Wilco, Loretta Lynn, the Flaming Lips, …

Student loans can be used not only for tuition, but also for living expenses, including Ohio University off campus housing. It’s important to remember this handy check from the government isn’t like the ones from Mommy and Daddy. You’ll be expected to pay them back, with interest. Don’t use them to finance Spring Break …

Wonder if you qualify for Athens, Ohio off campus housing? Students are required to live on campus for their first two years of study, but the university does offer several exemptions. Part-time students enrolled in 10 hours or less are exempt. Veterans with 18 months of active duty under their belts can also live …

According to Ohio University’s Parking Services website, “The Baker University Center Garage has 100 numbered, reserved spaces in which any active Faculty/Staff or Student in good standing with the University may apply to be included in the lottery.” With over 23,000 students attending the Athens campus alone in 2014, not even counting the faculty, …

Sometimes to study, you need a place with peace and quiet.  At the same time, you need convenient transportation. Fortunately, Ohio University offers Campus Area Transit System (CATS), Campus Area Transit Cutting Across Boundaries (CATCAB), and Courtyard Apartment bus service to make Ohio University off campus housing easier. You can easily find an Athens, …

Ohio University has made national news again, but the college’s President McDavis certainly isn’t celebrating. Playboy Magazine named OU the number 1 party school in the country in its listing of top party schools. OU has made the list four times, but failed to make the top 10 in 2014, and this is the …

There are a lot of cool Athens Ohio rentals. Browse through Krause Rentals listings, and you’ll quickly find plenty of pads that are hip, posh, and some with that special zany craze that has made Athens, Ohio famous. Athens is a cool town, one where you can rent a former lush vacation house just …

The statistics say it all. There were literally 22,000 parking tickets distributed by Athens parking enforcement authorities in 2013 alone. That yielded $900,000 in revenue, nearly a million dollars. Parking tickets are nearly making millionaires out of city officials, literally. If you plan on having your own car at Ohio University, you need your …

Updated with current information for 2023 Halloween is legendary in Athens. The entire state literally shows up on your doorstep and demands beer. It can be the perfect party, or the world’s cruelest joke, depending on your point of view. It’s an epic enough event that it’s worth planning your housing choice around. Trust …