The pandemic of 2020 (now 2021) has had numerous local repercussions for Athens residents and Ohio University students. One question that’s of high interest to many students is how COVID-19 will affect the outdoor fests that take place in close-in student neighborhoods every spring. One full slate of annual spring fests already went by …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …