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Like jobs, marriages, or college majors, despite the best intentions, roommates are not always meant to last. You may be best friends when you sign the lease on your Ohio University housing, but a month after moving in you’re ready to kill each other. If one of you wants to move out but have …

Updated with current info for 2023 Summer and early fall can get pretty hot, so the beer had better be cold. Don’t have a cooler for that picnic or pool party? Chill out. Use an empty beer box filled with a bag of ice for quick cooling. Or just stick the beers in an …

There are some deadlines that deserve to have “dead” in their title. Your life, or at least your ability to survive the school year or perhaps your parents murdering you when you step into the house, depends on it. Here are a few key deadline dates for the school year to keep in mind. …

Escaping Ohio University housing for your first off-campus place can be exhilarating, but it can also be scary. You won’t be eating dorm food anymore, but you’ll have to cook your own meals. Nobody can live off pizza delivery alone. That means you’ll need the kitchen essentials, not to mention a proper bed, a …

Ohio’s humid Hades summers are hell on your energy bill. And the heat ticks up at the worst possible time, when summer work in Athens has dwindled to a trickle and your bank account has dried up like a California reservoir. And any money you’ve got, you prefer to lay on the bar to …

Summertime in Athens may be a ghost town, but when Ohio Brew Week hits this July 10 to 18, it’s a different world altogether. Suddenly your Athens Ohio housing is in the middle of a tourist destination. Hotels fill up. People come from all over the surrounding three states to sample craft beers from …

Most apartments for rent in Athens Ohio have year-round leases. Most Ohio University students won’t be in Athens during the summertime. That means the average OU student is shelling out about a grand for a house that will be pretty much empty all summer. What’s the alternative? Subleasing. You may be able to lease …

All set to fill the skies with a burst of the Red, White and Blue this Fourth of July, preferably in a flaming ball of glory? In Athens Ohio, you have several options, all within an easy drive of your apartment. Athens has its own fireworks celebration, held on July 3 and 4, though …

Updated with current information for 2023 So you’re making the most of your housing rent at Ohio University by staying in Athens during the summertime. It definitely beats that land of suburban boredom known as your parents’ house. Even in the summertime, Athens is anything but boring. It ranked second in a USA Today Readers …

During the summer, early fall and late spring quarters, the heat in Athens can melt your record collection, solder the cat to the couch, and drown you in your own sweat. Beat the heat with these cool tricks that won’t sizzle your electric bill. $8 DIY Air Conditioner Don’t own an air conditioner? The …