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While students are facing difficulties during the transition from quarters to semesters, professors are confronting problems of their own.
Under the quarter system, Ohio University’s spring break coincided with the break of Athens City Schools, which proved convenient for professors with children enrolled in the local public schools.
Although the university worked together with the school system to agree upon the same dates for spring break of 2013, Athens City Schools superintendent Carl Martin said the district was forced to change the dates.
Read more from The Post.
Related topics: Ohio University | Athens City Schools | Q2S
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Ohio University Roundup for March 30, 2012
Lower profits loom in face of Q2S transition
With Ohio University’s classes ending 36 days earlier on the semester system, this May will be the last chance for local businesses to soak up the benefits of the most profitable warm month in Athens.
Festivals and OU events fill every weekend in May, drawing people out to enjoy the warm weather and bringing in substantial revenue for Uptown bars and restaurants.
However, because students will head home for the summer earlier after the quarters-to-semesters switch, businesses will miss out on a time that is typically the year’s biggest moneymaker, said Paige Alost, executive director of the Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Read more from The Post. | Photo credit: Zach Nelson, The Post.
Related topics: Q2S | Uptown Athens
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10Fest to test out new fall time slot as result of OU’s Q2S transition
As the quarters to semesters switch looms in the near future of Ohio University students, organizers of the number fests prepare for the change by moving 10Fest to the fall.
“It’s weird that they are changing the date, but it’s so exciting because I feel like everyone is craving for fest season by the time spring rolls around,” said Melissa Miller, a sophomore studying psychology and sociology.
Dominic Petrozzi, the festival’s founder and Ohio University alumnus, said the change was due to a number of factors.
Read more from The Post. | Photo credit: Alex Goodlett, The Post.
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Athens City Roundup for January 23, 2012
It’s almost time for winter break at Ohio University and most of the students are leaving Athens.
But this is the last time local businesses are going to have to deal with the economic slump the six week winter break brings.
The start of semesters next year will change everything.
Read more from WOUB.
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Ohio University Roundup for November 10, 2011
- Ridpath discusses ethics in college sports following Penn St. incident (NPR)
- Student Senate turns to students for extra cash (The Post)
- Senate backs permanent gender-neutral housing program at OU (The Post)
- Fewer students applying to OU College of Business (The Post)
- Put out: OU students unlikely to extinguish smoking as other schools clear air (The Post)
- OU’s switch to semesters finally about to happen (The Athens NEWS)
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