Football: Ball State wins big against Navy
Sep. 9, 2008Ball State continued its impressive start to the season this weekend with its defeat of Navy 35-22 behind the arm of quarterback Nate Davis and the defensive play of an ex-Marine.
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Volleyball: New attitude breeds success for Ohio
Sep. 9, 2008Compared with other recent personnel moves in Ohio's athletic department, the hiring of volleyball coach Ryan Theis was a relative whisper G
Soccer: No headaches for Bobcats
Sep. 9, 2008Seen: Elyse Merchant winning an extremely physical sprinting competition.
New law will provide federal financial aid for mentally disabled
Sep. 9, 2008Section 437, buried deep within the 1,158 page Higher Education Act of 2008, contains provisions that provide greater access to federal financial aid for mentally disabled students.
A Hard Left Hook: Summer budget decisions should make students 'mad as hell'
Sep. 9, 2008As a new academic and fiscal year begins, it seems like a good time for members of the Ohio University community to reflect on the last academic year and the McDavis administration's misplaced budget priorities. Many will recall the informational picketing conducted at various locations on campus by maintenance and custodial union AFSCME Local 1699. They were picketing because of a $770,000 budget reallocation that resulted in the cutting of more than 20 within the Facilities Management division. Despite the union's picketing and protests raised by students and faculty, administrators refused to reconsider the budget reallocation even as Local 1699 continued to insist that it was both unnecessary and a violation of the contract made between the university and the union. At the time, both union picketers and student protesters noted that the obscene salaries made by senior administrators and newly hired, needless white-collar employees would perhaps be better targets for budget reallocations.
The Other Side: Sexist attacks on conservatives go unchallenged
Sep. 9, 2008Why are people so shocked by liberals' sexist attacks on vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin? Sure, they've created Photoshopped images of her as a porn star and bikini model, nicknamed her VPILF (a spin on MILF) and, for good measure, suggested she should be at home raising kids instead of running for office. But this is nothing new. Although certain members of the left love to accuse Republicans of ignoring women's interests and being the party of white males
OU reaches resolution in water damage lawsuit
Sep. 9, 2008Ohio University settled its lawsuit with the provider of an allegedly failed water valve that caused more than $1 million in damages to the school in 2006.
Your Turn: Norms about going topless reveal differing standards
Sep. 9, 2008Yesterday afternoon, while a friend and I were walking home from dinner, we saw, to our utter amazement, a young woman jogging down Congress Street. Topless. We were speechless, of course. What a tactless display of indecency! I sternly said to my friend, stomping my feet and averting my eyes.
Making the cut: New barbershop offers black hair care options closer to local patrons
Sep. 9, 2008Several years of pushing for a barber who understands black hair care ' and debating whether the demand was great enough ' never came to fruition.
New program offers help to at-risk students
Sep. 9, 2008Ohio University has officially introduced a program designed to provide additional support to students who seem to be a risk to themselves and others.
Animal owners bite off more than they can chew
Sep. 8, 2008When Athens police officers discovered a 2-foot-long alligator near 145 Mill St. this summer, David Sagan, director of the Hocking Woods Nature Center at Hocking College, was called to pick up the reptile.
Football: Theo Scott talks injury, refs
Sep. 8, 2008Theo Scott pulled no punches when talking about everything from his injury to how Ohio State will fare against the University of Southern California this weekend. Scott broke his collarbone on a hard hit by an Ohio State defender and had surgery to repair the compound fracture on Monday. He was all ready back on the field for Ohio's practice on Tuesday with his arm in a sling. Here's what he said in an interview with reporters after practice.
1st weekend involves very few incidents
Sep. 7, 2008With a few exceptions, the first weekend on campus for most Ohio University students passed quietly, according to local police reports.
States sells digital textbooks for less
Sep. 7, 2008The Ohio Board of Regents is offering students at the state's public schools electronic textbooks at half the price of print versions.
Your Turn: Students should have access to free counseling on campus
Sep. 7, 2008I'm sorry to say that I am not as excited about the Well Being Planas Ohio University's administrative staff seems to be. Although it is asmall step in the right direction, I'm appalled at the university'sdecision to start charging for counseling services.
Your Turn: OU-OSU game gave Bobcats reason for school pride
Sep. 7, 2008When I started OU in the fall of 1988, one of the first things we learned was that during a football game, once you saw the band perform at halftime, it was time to leave.
McDavis eases move in at refurbished Lincoln
Sep. 7, 2008Freshmen moving into the newly renovated Lincoln Hall Thursday were not expecting an encounter with the president of their university, let alone his help hauling boxes full of clothes and books up four flights of stairs.
New assistant director to expand African child project at OU
Sep. 7, 2008The Institute for the African Child at Ohio University advocates for a marginalized population that is in danger of becoming faceless among poverty and the continent's other challenges.
Soccer: 'Cats go scoreless in tourney
Sep. 7, 2008The Ohio soccer team just didn't have enough energy left when it faced Northeastern yesterday in the Regina Moench Memorial Tournament. Ohio was short-handed all weekend because of injuries to key players, and that ' coupled with a lack of execution ' was too much for the Bobcats to overcome as they lost 2-0.
