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A rape reportedly occurred at an off-campus location on April 3 and was reported to the Columbus Division of Police on Wednesday at 4:22 p.m. (Not pictured on map.) An assault was reported to CPD on North High Street near East 17th Avenue at 2:30 ...

A planned rally to support peace amid U.S. military intervention abroad became something more intimate Thursday afternoon once it was clear few people were attending. Young Progressives Demanding Action — a small, unofficial student group originally organized to support 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ...

U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi talked healthcare reform, capital investment in impoverished areas and the difficulty of legislating in a partisan environment Friday afternoon at the Moritz College of Law. The 45-minute presentation — part of the college’s Congressional Conversations series, seeking to educate students about ...

Over 100 students, staff and community members marched from the Thompson Library to the Ohio Union Wednesday afternoon as part of A Day Without A Woman, a nationwide strike event organized by the Women’s March on Washington. The march was part of a rally to ...

A tweet featuring a contentious T-shirt has generated controversy for one Undergraduate Student Government campaign and for the Ohio State chapter of Turning Point USA, a student organization with ties to the campaign. The photo, posted to Twitter in December, depicts four men standing on ...

A heavy downpour may have limited the crowd, but Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates brought plenty to talk about at a town-hall style Q-and-A session hosted by the College Democrats in Lazenby Hall on Thursday night. Two pairs of presidential and vice-presidential candidates (as well ...

Housing options for transgender students are limited and expensive, kosher and halal dining options are minimal and the Ohio Union’s Interfaith Prayer and Reflection Room is ill-equipped for the kneeling or prostrate positions in which many students pray, according to three resolutions passed by Undergraduate ...

Undergraduate Student Government passed two resolutions unanimously Wednesday night that call for the expansion of dining hall hours and a university-wide policy for excused absences. Both passed with unanimous consent in general assembly Wednesday night. The future of the resolutions, which are not binding, are ...

In March, undergraduates will vote not only for representatives, but also for constitutional changes to student government. If passed, changes will stand for the next five years. The bylaw changes — proposed by Undergraduate Student Government’s Constitution and Bylaw Review Commission and approved for the ...

The Board of Trustees voted to approve all proposals on its agenda Friday morning, including the latest Framework 2.0 plans, the naming of the Covelli Multi-Sport Arena and changes to executive-compensation review.   As previously reported, Framework 2.0 gives a vision of major construction goals ...