Setting aside the financial questions about Invisible Children, there is much else to question about the now-viral “Kony 2012” campaign — a social media “awareness” effort aimed at bringing notoriety to Joseph Kony, a Ugandan military leader whose army, known as the Lord’s Resistant Army, has kidnapped and trained tens of thousands of child soldiers.
We endorse Archie Stanley for re-election as Athens County engineer. His 32 years as county engineer and knowledge of the area make him able to serve Athens County to the best of his ability.
We support Mike O’Brien to replace current county commissioner Mark Sullivan on the Democrat side of the ballot.
When my alarm blared last Monday morning, I reached for my phone as reluctantly as always, yet when I slid the bar on the screen to turn the alarm off, I noticed I had 17 text messages.
It seems to me that if you have the time to snack on some Cheetos, you have the two seconds it takes to throw your empty bag of remnant crumbs in the freakin’ garbage can. I realize that we all have moments of laziness, but the littering on this campus is ridiculous. The labor required to perform some of the simple tasks that we avoid is so miniscule that we really have no excuse.
Not often does a professor introduce himself to his new class by saying, “Let me start out by asking: Why the hell are you all here?” But when I took a sociology class as a post-secondary high-school student, that’s exactly what came out of my professor’s mouth.
Don’t get me wrong, it was beautifully written, but I couldn’t help but dislike yesterday’s front-page centerpiece story.
As I consider eating to be a great American pastime, I realized that I have mentioned it here and there already.
It was extremely fitting that Craig Silverman, founder of the “Regret the Error” blog and a mini-journalism celebrity, was a guest, via Skype, with Ohio University’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists this week.
I’ve just started dating someone, and I really like her. Our relationship hasn’t been physical yet, but she told me that she is actually a pre-op transsexual. I really like her and want to keep seeing her, but I’m not sure how to deal with the physical aspect.
I’ll admit it: the topic had escaped my mind for nearly four years.
I hope you don’t plan on using the Internet today because you’re going to have a hard time getting anywhere. Several websites are going dark in protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (or better known as SOPA), and the buzz says there are more to come.
As editor-in-chief, I often receive too much attention when, in reality, it should be directed to our more than 115 staff members.
Yesterday marked the end of another quarter. It was the first for some, the last for others. Whether it was the marches against Issue 2 or the “blackout” Temple football game, the past 10 weeks left a lasting impression on Ohio University.
The election results yesterday brought a lot of change across Ohio. But a lot stayed the same locally — Paul Wiehl was elected to his second term as Athens mayor.
We urge our readers to vote for Randy Morris for Athens mayor. We believe Morris is the candidate most committed to taking students into account during the decision-making process.
Editor’s Note: The 3rd Ward race presents an interesting dilemma for our editorial board. One candidate, R.J. Sumney, serves as our paper’s business manager. The other candidate, Michele Papai, is the mother of Will Drabold, one of our City Staff reporters. Because of those clear conflicts, we’ve chosen not to issue an endorsement in this race; however, we did meet with both candidates and below are excerpts from those meetings.
Bill Bias and Nancy Bain, two of Athens City Council’s most experienced members, will be retiring at the end of the current term. That means next year’s City Council will be a younger, relatively inexperienced one: however, this is not a bad thing. We think this new Council will be able to foster new ideas, new leadership styles and will strive to work well together.
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