Climate science is enormously complex, and irresponsible commentators like Patrick Buchanan (Oct. 17 Times column) hopelessly muddle the facts. Here are three red-flag arguments used by those who grossly misunderstand global warming or aim to mislead.
Iowa's state universities are reacting swiftly and comprehensively to the sadly predictable news of the state's revenue shortfall. When Iowans are making less and shopping less, the revenue derived from income, sales and other tax streams goes down as well.
U.S. Rep. Mike Boland made his lieutenant governor aspirations official this week, and we wish him luck. Boland has been eyeing the spot since at least 2001 and faces a tough challenge.
More powerful than a locomotive. That Superman-esque achievement also works for Quad-City high school students, whose 347 tons of food collected this year exceed the weight of two locomotives.
No Child Left Behind test scores are out in Illinois and the results are tiredly the same.
China has offered Africa concessional loans worth US$10 (€6.5) billion as part of a host of new measures aimed at improving the economy of African nations. The announcement was made at the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Leaders of nearly 50 African countries are attending the two-day conference.
The Ohio wrestlers took home four individual awards from the Hokie Open held Sunday in Salem, Virginia.
Comic books are for babies. Graphic novels are for overweight men with neckbeards who never get laid. Web comics are for 15-year-old pimply kids who argue about video games. What kind of losers actually read this stuff? Honestly.
Ohio traveled north by northwest this weekend for a pair of meets against Mid-American Conference rivals. Unfortunately, it turned into a horror story even Hitchcock would have been proud of.
A Magic 8 Ball has never seen repetition like this, but even Miss Cleo could have predicted the outcome.
In a fast-paced but sloppy game, the Bobcats improved their exhibition record to 2-0 with a 63-53 win over Ashland Saturday.
Incumbent City Councilwoman Christine Fahl fended off Republican challenger Randy Morris, retaining her 4th Ward council seat by 30 votes.
The Ohio University School of Theater is presenting a dark comedy with production techniques that will be unfamiliar to most audience members.
Ohio goalie Courtney Seiders has been named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week after not allowing a goal over the weekend.
They don't have drivers' licenses and they live across the continent from each other, but Tegan and Sara may be the most idiosyncratic band to emerge from a Canadian indie scene that also features Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and Metric.
Tonight, Ohio University students will be presented not only with the opportunity to learn about a holiday, but also a chance to learn about it from the one who knows it best - the creator himself.
For weeks, an episode of Fridays Live has garnered much debate. In this episode, two students (one African-American and one Caucasian) darkened their skin to portray Oprah and Stedman. We feel that some are not offended because they are not educated on the history of blackface. We want to go on record by saying that because none of us know the Fridays Live crew and cast personally, we are not at liberty to call them racist, nor do we want to, but we feel that perhaps they are misinformed and uneducated concerning blackface and racial injustice.
By our estimates, 100 percent of Ohio University's full-time faculty is affected by the decisions of President Roderick McDavis. Why only a third of them could spare 15 minutes to evaluate him is beyond us.
For the first time in a while, I was actually driving through Athens last weekend. For the first time in as long as I can remember, Princess Leia walked in front of my car.
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