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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 …

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 …

Many students at both Ohio State and Ohio University take classes online, including many students staying in off-campus rental housing in both Columbus and Athens. Online classes allow for flexibility in your schedule and convenience. You could even take them from the comfort of your college rental home in your underwear.  However, online learning …

Did the prof drop a group project on your head? Silly you. Think COVID-19 would save you from the terrifying group project where the sanctity of your grade rests on Zed and his beer can smashing cranium? Yeah, good luck with that. We’re kidding. It’s going to take a lot more than luck to …

Ohio University students in town for school will want to party – it’s practically a rite of passage for students who are living it up in off-campus housing to throw insane ragers. If you don’t get loaded at a party and do something kind of embarrassing, did you even go to college?  With many …

Have you Zoomed a happy hour yet? If not, you’re missing out. In the age of Coronavirus, Zoom (or whatever video conferencing app you use) brings the Crystal or J-Bar to your apartment Athens style. Practice social distance and still get your social time in. Here’s the thing — it can admittedly be rough …

Yes, in person classes at Ohio University are expected to resume in the Fall of 2020 — at least tentatively. The OU Board of Trustees made the announcement in early June. That doesn’t mean we’re through this crisis, by a long shot. Life’s not returning to normal, whatever that means. But you can expect …

Ohio University is planning to reopen for Fall Semester 2020. University officials are being vague over whether or not they are committing to in-person classes, no holds barred, but on June 5 the Board of Trustees did release guidelines for reopening. Athens saw a surge of COVID-19 cases in early July but those numbers …

Classes are resuming at Ohio University in the Fall of 2020, at least tentatively. But the virus hasn’t gone away, even if our hopes for a normal existence have. How do you limit the spread of germs in your Athens Ohio apartment? Here are 6 cleaning tips to limit the spread of COVID-19. Stock …