MULTIMEDIA

Post Letter: Veteran seeks end to war

Aug. 5, 2009

On this 64th anniversary of the August 6 and 9, 1945 nuclear vaporizations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan, - I ask that we - [1] reflect on these terrible tragedies, and [2] encourage our U.S. government, the only nation to have used these weapons of mass destruction [WMD], to play a significant leadership role in eliminating nuclear and other WMDs from Planet Earth. President Obama in his spring 2009 European visit indicated that he would like to do this. We must encourage him.

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'Funny People' delivers, not always with humor

Aug. 5, 2009

There is one important thing about Judd Apatow's new movie Funny People that moviegoers should keep in mind before buying a ticket: It isn't all that funny.

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Bobcat wins Emmy

Aug. 5, 2009

Standing on the Little League baseball diamond as a kid, Evan Shaw, director of Multimedia Marketing for Ohio athletics, would have loved nothing more than to grow up and play the game professionally. But according to his mother, Shaw showed talent in another area of sports.

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Mixin' It Up: Winter Classic good for NHL

Aug. 5, 2009

It certainly seems as if the National Hockey League hasn't made the most enviable decisions lately.

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Ohio Notebook: 'Cats No. 4 in MAC East preseason

Aug. 5, 2009

The Bobcats were picked by media members to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference East Division.

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Reporter shadows Athens Co. deputy sheriff

Aug. 5, 2009

Editors Note: Post reporter Frank Thomas spent July 20 observing Lt. Aaron Maynard, of the Athens County Sheriffs Office. The following is a record of that experience and a look at the situations a patrolman can encounter while on the job.

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Microsoft's Live@edu to replace Oak Webmail

Aug. 5, 2009

Ohio University's new CatMail e-mail system, which will be run on Microsoft technology, will replace the outdated Oak Webmail system for all students at some undetermined cutoff date during the upcoming fall quarter.

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I Love New York...I Think: 'Whirlwind' day blows away intern

Aug. 5, 2009

You know how some days you wake up, stretch, eat some breakfast and expect your day to be exactly as you planned? Well that was how I began my Wednesday last week. I woke up, got ready, ate an apple and walked to the subway expecting to go to my internship, do some normal journalistic type stuff, buy some much needed supplies at the grocery and head home to enjoy a night off.

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Substance survey shows drug use is on the rise at OU

Aug. 5, 2009

Ohio University students may be drinking less, but drug use in on the rise, according to a survey from the Division of Student Affairs.

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Between the Lines: Hitchhiking a safe, easy experience if done wisely

Aug. 5, 2009

Hitchhiking - possibly one of the only words that will still draw dramatic reactions from our desensitized generation. We grew up playing Mortal Kombat and Doom; however, we also grew up watching terrible B-level horror flicks like The Hitcher and Rest Stop. On the one hand we're depraved; on the other we are still wary of the unknown, which happens to strangers on the open road. Whenever I told my friends about my intent to hitch they all had the exact same reaction: You'll get raped.

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Council endorses raising tuition

Aug. 5, 2009

said Kelly, who voted to recommend a raise in tuition.

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Sophomore pleads not guilty in pending manslaughter charges

Aug. 5, 2009

A sophomore charged with supplying drugs that led to another student's death pleaded not guilty at his arraignment yesterday.

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Student arrested in Pa. drug bust

Aug. 5, 2009

A southwestern Pennsylvania church festival turned into a massive drug bust this weekend, catching an Ohio University junior in a wave of arrests.

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Athens Co. murder trial underway

Aug. 5, 2009

After nearly six months of investigation and preparation, the murder trial of a 17-year-old Somali immigrant got underway with opening statements and testimony yesterday.

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OU survey counteracts 'party school' ranking

July 29, 2009

Although Ohio University continues to gain national attention for its hard-partying reputation, a university survey is telling a different story.

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Road construction in Athens an ongoing project

July 29, 2009

With roadwork going on all around town, those living in, working in or visiting Athens cannot seem to avoid the orange traffic cones and detour signs this summer.

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Mixin' It Up: Indians should hold on to Lee, maybe Martinez

July 22, 2009

The 2009 Major League Baseball trade deadline is much like it was a year ago for the Cleveland Indians, but that doesn't mean they need to take the same direction.

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Rape case from 1998 to go before grand jury

July 22, 2009

The case of a Lancaster man accused of raping two Athens minors in 1998 while baby-sitting them will go before a grand jury Monday.

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Professor shows 'passion' for peace group

July 22, 2009

One may encounter Chuck Overby in his favorite place on the Ohio University campus, Alden Library. He often wears a Veterans for Peace (VFP) cap or his ancestral Norwegian fisherman's hat - each with an origami peace crane attached. He walks with a cane and likes to talk about Japan's war-renouncing Article 9 and related war-

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I Love New York...I Think: Seeing 'Harry Potter' in New York more spellbinding than in Athens

July 22, 2009

Expelliarmus! Lumos! Other spell! As you should know, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hit theaters recently. This new development could mean only one thing in the life of Jane Adams, Bo's Clothing Shack employee and intern not-so-extraordinaire: She too must hit theaters.