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Ohio 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 …

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8 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 …

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9 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 …

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5 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 …

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7 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 …

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Need 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 …

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Long-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 …

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Renting Furniture: Pros and Cons

Jan 04, 2021

Whether you live in a rental house or apartment in Athens or Columbus, you will need some furniture if your new place isn’t furnished. Perhaps your parents have some extra pieces of furniture to get you going. Or you may be able to find what you need from local resale shops such as the …

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Columbus’ Metro Parks Offer 20-Plus Parks for Your Enjoyment

Dec 28, 2020

If you didn’t know better, you’d think Columbus, Ohio was an ordinary, nondescript Midwestern City. Flat, featureless, basically a slightly bigger Indianapolis with more road construction. That would be wrong. Columbus is actually a vibrant metropolis, with ample diversity, a lively nightlife, plenty of sports, and a variety of other recreation and cultural outlets. …

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Create an Office Space at Home

Dec 21, 2020

Updated with current information for 2023 Now that you’ve been settling into your rental housing, whether in Columbus or Athens, maybe you’ve started thinking about ways to make it work better for you. One of the best ways to make a cozier, more comfortable and better organized living space is to set up an …

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