Yearly Archives: 2021
Increasingly, Apartment Rental Process Can Be Handled Online
Apr 19, 2021
If you’ve just started looking for an apartment and this process seems intimidating, there’s plenty of online resources to guide your way to an apartment in Columbus (or wherever) that you’ll feel good about. On various apartment finder sites (including apartments.com), you’ll find numerous helpful articles about navigating the apartment search process. Meanwhile, many …
+ read moreOhio State Hopes to Maintain a ‘Safe and Healthy’ Campus in 2021
Apr 12, 2021
Ohio State University has been working hard to make its campus as safe and healthy as possible during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, according to the “Safe and Healthy Buckeyes” page on the university website. Students who live off-campus can feel reasonably confident of their own safety while on campus if they follow some simple …
+ read moreBike Path Provides Handy Rec Option for OU Students in Off- (and on-) Campus Housing
Apr 05, 2021
For many Ohio University students, the “bike path” comprises the multi-use paved path that cuts through the campus golf course and extends either direction from there. But it’s a lot more than that, extending from a couple miles east of Athens along U.S. Rt. 50, into and through Athens, and then northwest into Nelsonville, …
+ read more8 Easy DIY Bar Ideas for the Best Home Bar in Athens or Columbus
Mar 22, 2021
Finally, you’ve scored off-campus housing near Ohio University or Ohio State. You’re ready to live life to the max — no RAs holding your hand or telling you what to do. If you’re 21, there’s nothing that makes a place feel like your own more than a DIY home bar. Your apartment or rental …
+ read more9 Affordable Decorating Tips for Your Athens or Columbus Rental
Mar 08, 2021
You’re an Ohio University student moving into your first rental house, or perhaps you’re a Buckeye moving into a new apartment in Columbus. Congratulations! But that doesn’t mean you have to live like a typical college student. Yes, you too can decorate your Athens or Columbus apartment like a real adult — and it …
+ read more5 Ways to Maintain Friendships While Social Distancing on Campus
Feb 22, 2021
We don’t often say this, but attending Ohio University and living in an Athens Ohio apartment frankly kinda sucks right now. The same with your student rental in Columbus. Normally it’s awesome — a great school, lots of parties, the hippest college town in Ohio. But COVID-19 ruins just about everything it touches, and …
+ read more7 Tips to Rock Online Learning Without Going Insane
Feb 08, 2021
COVID-19 has changed college in Ohio and elsewhere substantially since it struck early spring 2020. Many students at both Ohio State and Ohio University continue to take classes online, including many students staying in off-campus rental housing in both Columbus and Athens. And even with many students returning to in-person classes, much of campus …
+ read moreNeed a Stay-at-Home Job? Online Work May Be the Answer
Feb 01, 2021
Of course, you need some extra money while you’re earning your college degree, but it can be tough to work even a part-time job around your classes and the obligations that come with them, such as labs, researching and writing papers, and studying for tests. Overall, online work may offer the best opportunities for …
+ read moreLong-Distance College Romance: Not Easy
Jan 18, 2021
You’ve been together since high school. Or maybe you just met that summer before you went away for college. What are the chances your romance will last while you’re separated by distance, attending different colleges, or perhaps one of you working in your hometown and the other going to school? How this works out …
+ read moreFor the Best View of Athens, Don’t Miss Climbing Bong Hill
Jan 11, 2021
If you’re an Ohio University student, current or past, you likely have heard of, and maybe even visited, Bong Hill. Generations of OU students have trekked east across the Hocking River to ascend to this memorable vantage point from which to view much of the city of Athens and OU campus. If you’re new …
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