Top 5: 2/12
Feb. 10, 20091. A massage session with Michael Phelps - He may be high, but who can say they received a massage from a sexy Olympian in a Speedo?
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Debate continues over OU semester break duration
Feb. 10, 2009Ohio University's quarters-to-semesters transition team is debating the length of winter break under the new semester-based academic calendar.
Hockey: 'Cats strive to extend streak
Feb. 10, 2009The biggest challenge for the Bobcats this weekend will be to keep their emotions high.
Morton gets medieval
Feb. 10, 2009LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON Morton 237 saw a shift from the typical lecturing.
Movie revels in confusion, communication of new romances
Feb. 9, 2009I am a hopeless romantic. I am that girl who rooted on Bridget Jones, Harry and Sally and others in the hopes they would live happily ever after with their conveniently supplied soul mate. The new movie He's Just Not That Into You provides a great (and needed) twist on the genre by examining why men in relationships act the way they do and how women can figure out the subtext behind man's often confusing signals.
Economic climate cools down OU surplus auctions
Feb. 9, 2009Ohio University's surplus auctions have had success reselling used items; however, the economic downturn has taken its toll on the service and the auctioneer.
Your Turn: Student Senate falsely claims to represent graduate students
Feb. 9, 2009I have tried to avoid commenting on situations involving organizations that I am no longer a part of now that I have left Ohio University, but what I read in the Athens News on February 5th was really too much. Now that I no longer have to be as diplomatic as I was as Graduate Student Senate president the past two years, I feel I can truly share my opinion about the actions of Student Senate toward the graduate students of this institution. In short, they sicken me.
Theatre group to showcase life without black inventors
Feb. 9, 2009Imagine a world without vaccines, traffic lights, potato chips and many other products created by black inventors.
Your Turn: Unwashed dorm restrooms require weekend wipe downs
Feb. 9, 2009To those who decided that dormitories need only be cleaned Monday through Friday (or, to those who deemed weekend housekeeping an unnecessary expense):
Frat fueled by community service, faith
Feb. 9, 2009Only four years ago, what used to be considered the Jew frat at Ohio University had only 29 members. Now, with almost 70 members, Alpha Epsilon Pi is making a name for itself for its philanthropic efforts in the OU Greek world.
Internet helps friends, family memorialize deceased
Feb. 9, 2009and it helped me to be able to get in touch with them. (His death) was really difficult and sudden
Your Turn: Lecture series gives students insight into economy, health
Feb. 9, 2009Students just don't get it. That is, students don't get the information they deserve about the economy, health and other important issues. How many students are worried about getting a job after graduation? How many students know about and are worried about the obesity crisis and how it affects and can affect their lives? This quarter the Academic Affairs Commission of Student Senate is hosting a series of lectures related to these topics. As an effort to reach out to the students of Ohio University and address the most compelling issues of the time, the Academic Affairs Commission has scheduled two discussions for the remainder of Winter Quarter.
