An ad hoc committee has recommended a new parade route to avoid the kegs and eggs.  If approved, it will start at the corner of Factory and Union, travel up Union past the Cats Den, the Skull, BW3's and Jacki O's, make a right on Court and then a left n front of Baker. 

I guess the folks in 69's neighborhood will get to sleep in on Homecoming Saturday since that east side neighborhood will no longer be the staging ground for the parade.  

Terrible idea.  The Homecoming parade always belongs on Court St.  This is a childish solution to something that is not even a problem.  If they want to stop underage consumption that weekend, go to the Greek houses that morning, not Court St.   

There have been complaints by people in the parade of being touched by parade viewers the last couple of years.  Brom Broney's to just past the J-Bar has been very crowded and rowdy.  I never saw anything but a few people in my group said they were touched/grabed.  I've heard rumors that high school bands were not coming anymore due to the rowdy behavior but I do not know this for sure.  Anyone with a kid in a local high school band?  It was always nice to see them here before.

The route has been moved before for behavior and it probably will move again.

Might give an early boost to the Union St. bar's receipts on the day. Were members of the ad hoc committee checked for conflicts of interest (or bribes) in case of undue "Union Street bar" influence?  (no one get upset, that's a joke)

What disturbs me more than anything is when I hear that prominent companies will not hire Ohio grads!  I just heard that a week ago that a prominent business (oil company) will not hire Ohio graduates.  They told a potential student not to enroll if they wanted a chance to be hired.  Hence, they are going to Tosu.   If all the publicity from all the fun is getting us to that point then I am for a big crackdown on happenings such as Palmerfest, etc.  All I've heard about that incident is how there was a riot, an arson, 38 arrests, 9 citations, etc.  People can't wait to drill me with anything negative coming out of Athens!  I'm getting tired of trying to back up Ohio University time after time.  Almost makes me want to distance myself!

If a company is going to make a blanket statement like that I'd never even consider taking a job there, what a narrow-minded environment.  Also, wouldn't that be considered profiling and violate equal opportunity employment?  I'm having a hard time putting into words just how ignorant that is.  My degree having "The Ohio University" on it has never been anything but a positive with all prospective employers who recruited me out of college and I emerged with a Masters Degree from the Mechanical Engineering department immediately following the "scandal" there.  I never even fielded a question about that issue and I was offered a job with every interview I took after graduation.

Being successful is entirely about the individual and their abilities, whatever they may be.

My take is the party scene is no bigger now than it was in the 90's (my older brother's years) or the 2000's (my years).  The way that same partying is readily available for public consumption to those outside of the party is much different (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc.).  I completely agree it (partying) should be monitored but I don't see any reason for sweeping changes.  We've seen time and time again the majority of problems occur with people not enrolled at Ohio, so why punish the people who can do it responsibly?

I partied every chance I had in college during both undergrad and graduate school and encourage every college kid I know to do the same as long as they can keep up with their studies, which is always priority #1.  Why not?  Live it up while you have the chance, you probably only get to do this once.  I learned as much to further my career and life out of the classroom as I did in it.  I'll forever cherish the memories of those weekend nights and sadly enough I've already forgotten what I learned in the classroom on most days. 

Come off it. News flash, no one with half a brain thinks that way. I wouldn't want to work for that company anyway.

Drinking and unruly behavior happens everywhere. It happens at Delaware. It happens at Maryland. It happens at Rutgers. It happens at Penn State. It happens at Penn (the freakin' Ivy League for christsake). And yes, it happens at Ohio University.

NO ONE, I have ever met has thought less of me because my degree came from Ohio University and multiple friends that I've taken to visit have said "I wish I went to school here." My friend told me the other day that he was envious of our camaraderie and pride in our school. There is much more good about Ohio University circulating out there than bad.

No one in this area even knows what Palmer Fest is, but I've met people who know about Scripps, people who know about our business school, our engineering school, our famous alumni,  our Sweet Sixteen run, and our football team that has been on a role.

Ok, I'm done ranting.

Why is it idiodic?

This.  

Homecoming is loved by recent alums and is definitely OU's best shot at encouraging recent alumni to donate.  Nothing Ohio University does is going to change people's behavior, a lot of things Ohio University does might anger people who could be opening up their wallets.  The city doesn't have OU's best interest at heart, especially in this case.

Let me guess, Ashland Oil?  Or, maybe, Marathon? 

CONSPIRACY ALERT!!!!

Marathon/Ashland's headquarters is in.........Findlay, Ohio.
Ben Rapistberger's hometown is...........Findlay, Ohio.

I think your conspiracy theory is one egg short of a Dealey Plaza souffle.