Category Archives: Blog Features

Test taking is among the greatest stresses you’re likely to encounter during your college career. So what’s the best strategy for acing a test? Hate to break it to you like this, but there’s no magic bullet other than study, study, study. The better prepared you are, the better you will do. Do not …

OU students may be living the small-town life in their Athens Ohio rental homes, apartments and dorms but there’s no reason you can’t get a taste for the world’s varied cultures as part of your university experience. Opportunities for future leaders, both domestic and foreign, to meet and exchange ideas about culture and heritage …

Traditional students generally begin college in the fall semester. But for a variety of reasons, some students don’t begin college until spring. Sometimes this is the student’s choice, but it may also be the university’s. It’s not uncommon after high school graduation for a student to wait out a semester from attending university, either …

Now that you’re in college you are developing habits that could be with you for a lifetime. One of the best you can cultivate is the practice of meditation. Traditionally, college students have been known to use their newfound freedom to succumb to binge drinking, partying, over-eating, failing to get adequate sleep and arriving …

Jazz and blues merge in a unique form of cultural expression from the global artists Mwenso and the Shakes, all the way from Harlem but headlining in Athens on Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at John Calhoun Baker University Center at 1 Park Place. Troupe members originate from Sierra Leona, Greenwich Village, Jamaica, Madagascar, …

Updated with current information for 2023 Thanksgiving is a family-oriented holiday. So, when your family lives too far away to go home for Turkey Day, you may suffer serious disappointment and even feel depressed. Fortunately, most schools recognize that not all students get to go home for the holidays, so they make an effort …

You and your friends went all out this year carving pumpkins for Halloween at your Athens Ohio rentals. Now you’re faced with a small hill of withering orange globes and wondering what to do with them. Here are some suggestions:

As if freshmen didn’t have enough to worry about their first year at college, but here’s the bad news: you are likely to gain on average 15 pounds during your freshman year. Call it the Freshman 15, or as they do in New Zealand, the First Year Fatties, it’s still much to be dreaded …

Ohio University will observe Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, by closing university offices. No classes will meet on Veterans’ Day. You’re on your own as to whether or not you’ll use the day to rest up from partying the night before, to get some traction on your assignments or perhaps to partake of …

OU students have no end of opportunities to see fine performers of every stripe while in Athens through the 2019-2020 Performing Arts Concert Series. The series had an exciting and diverse range of artists in October, and November will follow suit. Here are some shows to plan to attend: Oct. 31, 7:59 p.m. – …