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Avoid Friction With Your New Housemates by Following These Tips
Sep 30, 2021
It’s not news that living in a house with other people – whether family, friends or strangers – can be difficult. People by their nature have difference priorities, temperaments and preferences. That can provide fuel for friction between housemates. If you’re a first-time renter – for example, an Ohio University or Ohio State student …
+ read moreThe Undersung Pawpaw the Centerpiece of a Great Athens Area Festival
Sep 15, 2021
It’s difficult to come up with a better way to integrate town and gown than with a big festival event that draws from both communities. In Athens, arguably the festival that best accomplishes this feat is the Ohio Pawpaw Festival. Well, technically, the annual celebration of this obscure native fruit takes place six miles …
+ read moreConsider Getting Renters Insurance While Living Off-Campus
Sep 13, 2021
One precaution that many college students historically have neglected to pursue is renters insurance. This is the case whether the student is attending a public college in a relatively low-crime area such as Athens, Ohio, or a big university in a major city such as Columbus, with a relatively high crime rate. A typical …
+ read moreYou Can Liven Up Your Rental’s Interior With Some Simple Ideas
Sep 03, 2021
If you’re staying in your Columbus apartment this summer, or perhaps remaining in your Athens rental house to attend summer classes, consider spending some time fixing up your apartment or house. There’s multiple things you can do to give your living space some new and inviting character. Before taking any steps that will alter …
+ read moreTake the Time to Get to Know Appalachian Ohio and Its People
Aug 30, 2021
Many Ohio University students come to Athens from suburbs of cities such as Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Akron. While all those cities have histories of accepting migration from Appalachia, not much Appalachian character can be found in those places. A suburb of Toledo could be dropped into Dayton and nobody could tell they had …
+ read moreAt OU, It’s Adios to ‘Blue Light Phones’ and Hello to a Safety App
Aug 16, 2021
Even during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, other forms of campus safety have never been too far on the back burner at Ohio University. While the long-used Blue Light Emergency Phones are being phased out in Athens, the university has shifted to a more modern way to keep students, faculty and staff feeling secure. It’s …
+ read moreYou Can Create a ‘Larger’ Bedroom With These Helpful Suggestions
Aug 02, 2021
You’ve got your rental house or apartment to live in while you attend college, whether it’s Ohio University, Ohio State University or some other college in Ohio or wherever. You drew lots for the available bedrooms with your house or apartment mates, and you’re finally sitting in that room trying to figure out what …
+ read moreSeek Alternatives for Summer Fun in Athens Pending Full Reopening
Jul 29, 2021
If you’re staying in Athens this summer, to attend classes at Ohio University or perhaps work a summer job, you’re probably wondering what’s happening? After all, this is the second consecutive pandemic summer, and while it appeared in late spring that the pandemic was significantly easing its local, state and national effects, things were …
+ read moreDon’t Take Shortcuts When Choosing a House or Apartment Mate
Jul 26, 2021
Choosing a housemate or flat-mate is not a small decision. After all, this person (or people) will dwell in relatively tight quarters with you, share the responsibility for locking the doors, keeping the place clean and paying the rent and utility bills, as well as getting along/tolerating your friends. For most people, this definitely …
+ read moreYou Can Take Steps to Clean the Indoor Air in Your Rental Home
Jul 19, 2021
No healthy, well-adjusted person would eat or drink poison on purpose. Most folks are very conscious about what they put into their bodies. However, often they show less concern about possibly harmful substances that they could be breathing in. Of course, over the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, people have …
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