COLUMNS

Guest Column: Army ROTC builds strong, effective alliance with OU

Oct. 4, 2011

Many people understand that freedom is something that must be protected.  There are many ways to serve your nation. If military service is how you choose to do it, Ohio University Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), Bobcat Battalion, provides an opportunity to join the United States Army in a leadership capacity. It is this program of instruction that allows young Americans to grow academically, while learning valuable military skills and lifelong leadership training.  

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Big Shot Barker: No rhyme or reason for Rimes to gab about affair

Oct. 3, 2011

I try not to throw the word “hate” around, but just because I try not to use the word doesn’t mean I can’t use a similar and less offensive term: dislike — entirely.

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A stranger here myself: Americans' unhealthy lifestyles rely on machines

Oct. 1, 2011

The current data from the United States Department of Energy has a joke underlying it somewhere, I’m just not sure what the climax of the farce is at the moment.

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Straight from Stuckey at the Statehouse: Passionate journalism should provoke change

Oct. 1, 2011

Every good journalist understands the importance of a follow-up story.

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Life Lessons From Melissa: Mind your A's and B's: Class etiquette matters

Sep. 29, 2011

I am not a model student. I skip a little too much class, I am a champion procrastinator, and I put too much unwarranted stock into my multitasking abilities.

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Take It Personally: Tuition hikes could harm investment in our future

Sep. 28, 2011

More and more often now, education comes with a price tag. These days you would accumulate quite the hefty tab if you were to follow the old advice to “never stop learning,” since the real evidence of education is a pricey degree.

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Guest Column: OU on verge of keeping trash out of dumpsters

Sep. 27, 2011

Zero waste — Ohio University. That’s right. You might think, “No way, can’t happen.” I say it is possible and already under way.

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Leaps and Bounds: New marriage law in China unfair to women

Sep. 27, 2011

Does the New Marriage-Law in China promote the equal rights for women or let it down?

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Big Shot Barker: Tumble your way into looking, feeling alternative

Sep. 26, 2011

The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen was last Monday, and the jokes were just as uncomfortable and cringe-worthy as the roast of David Hasselhoff. It was epic. 

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Straight from Stuckey at the Statehouse: Passionate people not always truthful sources

Sep. 24, 2011

When I was 13 years old, I stood in line for five hours in a little bookshop in Aspen, Colo., anxiously waiting to get my grubby little hands on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at midnight.

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A stranger here myself: Origins of your clothes may not be what you think

Sep. 24, 2011

The fine nations of India, China, Bangladesh and shockingly even the United States got me through my day today. Sure, I could have made do without their help — but I would have been naked.

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Life Lessons from Melissa: Roommates use humor to tame racial differences

Sep. 22, 2011

I come from a town where the population is 98 percent Caucasian. I know of one Jewish family and roughly three homosexuals.

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Editor's Note: Davis' death illuminates need for system reform

Sep. 22, 2011

As I walked into my first class yesterday, I was immediately struck by the emotion and anger of two classmates who were talking in the corner.

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Take It Personally: The '90s are calling: 'Beavis and Butt-Head' is back

Sep. 20, 2011

Some things — whether you love to hate them or actually just hate them — will never go away.

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Leaps and Bounds: True adventurers must have heart to take the jump

Sep. 20, 2011

Life is always an adventure, isn’t it? The question is: Are you a risk-taker?

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Guest Column: Bacteria: More than your average illness, infection

Sep. 20, 2011

What comes to mind when you think about bacteria?

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You are what you watch-TV transforms viewers

Sep. 19, 2011

I would call myself an “eclectic” lover of television. I enjoy literally any show that can make me laugh, cry or just question my sanity. Examples include: Hoarding: Buried Alive, Hillbilly Hand Fishin’, My Strange Addiction, Family Guy and Man vs. Wild.

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A Stranger Here Myself: Barbarous meat industry not slowing down

Sep. 17, 2011

 

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Straight from Stuckey at the Statehouse: No feeling can replace being close to president

Sep. 17, 2011

Starstruck. 

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Editor's note: Tornado stories connect 'Post' with Athens area

Sep. 15, 2011

A year ago, storms whipped through Athens and most of Central and Southeast Ohio. Damage was spread far and wide, and Athens was not immune.