E-mail 'phishing' scam targets students
Mar. 31, 2008Ohio University is asking students to ignore an e-mail scam that landed in their inboxes and sparked many phone calls to the Office of Information Technology.-
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Editorial: Not a healthy plan
Mar. 31, 2008Ohio University recently proposed a $40 optional fee to help cover the costs of building a new health center. We've said before that a waivable fee might be a decent way to help fund the improvement Hudson Health Center needs. We continue to stand by that idea ' as long as the fee remains optional.
Bebb's lawyers want charges thrown out, move to bar all evidence found from trial
Mar. 31, 2008Lawyers for the former Ohio University graduate student charged with murdering his father have asked a judge to dismiss charges against him and find prosecutors in contempt of court.
Wife of former OUPD officer withdraws sexual harassment case against OU
Mar. 31, 2008The wife of a former Ohio University police officer dropped a sexual harassment lawsuit against the university during finals week, more than two years after filing the case.
GSS revises election bylaws
Mar. 31, 2008Ohio University's Graduate Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution amending its election bylaws at last night's meeting.
Psychology prof's study examines effects of 1st-time blood donation
Mar. 31, 2008According to the American Red Cross, most people who don't donate blood do so because they never thought about it or because they're afraid of needles.
Goodwill store approved for East State Street
Mar. 31, 2008A Goodwill store will open on East State Street before May 1 and employ about six to seven people, the company's CEO estimated.
Uniting Ohio's schools
Mar. 31, 2008Although Ohio's Board of Regents announced an all-encompassing plan for state higher education yesterday, exactly how it will affect Ohio University remains unknown.
Strip club appeal sent to courts
Mar. 31, 2008Citing first amendment concerns, the Shade resident behind the proposed Stimson Avenue strip club is taking the case to court, his lawyer confirmed yesterday.
Basketball: Bobcats lose to Bradley, end season at invitational
Mar. 30, 2008Seniors Bubba Walther (foreground) and Leon Williams (background) combined for 39 points last Monday against Bradley in the second round of the inaugural College Basketball Invitational, but it wasn't enough to withstand a ferocious second half comeback by the Braves. The Bobcats let a 13-point lead at the half slip away as the Braves nailed seven second-half 3's and scored 50 points to eliminate the Bobcats, 79-73. Ohio finished the season 20-13.
OU defends 'defamatory' report protected by the First Amendment
Mar. 30, 2008COLUMBUS ' Ohio University squared off against a former faculty member March 19, arguing that a report the former engineering professor's lawyer said ruined his client's career is protected by the First Amendment.
'Run, Fatboy, Run' offers audience 'above-average romantic comedy'
Mar. 30, 2008Run, Fatboy, Run is the perfect mix between a romantic comedy and Rocky. It would fit in a date or a night hanging out with friends. Don't expect the action or cinematic allusions from Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz, but the movie still delivers laughs and an amazing Brit-rock soundtrack. Dennis (Simon Pegg) starts the movie as a despicable character. He leaves his pregnant fianc+
Student charged after swiping city dump truck
Mar. 30, 2008Athens City Police officers charged a Hocking College student with several felonies for stealing a city dump truck early yesterday morning and crashing it into an Ohio University fence.
Can't Touch This: 'Democratic race needs to go on as long as possible'
Mar. 30, 2008The race to the Keystone State, Pa., is on ' the Democratic race to the party nomination, that is. We've seen twists and turns that put most roller coasters to shame, such as the revelation that Barack Obama's pastor of 20 years and spiritual advisor, Jeremiah Wright, is so nutty that he asked for God to damn America and claimed that the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS, is a weapon of biological genocide aimed at the black community. Also, in 1995, Obama paid a social call to two of his friends, William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who just happened to be well-known members of what is widely considered to have been America's first leftist domestic terrorist group back in the 1960s and 1970s, the Weather Underground.
OU identifies funding for new health center
Mar. 30, 2008If the Board of Trustees approves plans for a new campus health facility in April, Ohio University students will finance part of the debt through a mandatory fee starting 2011.
Emeriti Park abduction found to be fabrication
Mar. 30, 2008A female Ohio University student who reported her abduction last month admitted the event had not occurred, according to an OU press release.
Your Turn: Stop 'slicing and dicing' OU students
Mar. 30, 2008This letter is written to correct certain misunderstandings about me in Sydney Epps' response (The Post, March 10) to my article about diversity in Ohio's public universities (The Post, March 5). Sydney's letter reflected misunderstandings of diversity policy as well, but I will let them slide for now. To avoid misunderstanding her, I afforded Sydney the opportunity to proof this letter, a courtesy that she did not afford to me and a responsibility to journalistic integrity that she as a journalism student will hopefully soon learn.
Lindsey eliminated from tournament
Mar. 30, 2008Following his 1-2 showing at the NCAA Championships last Friday in St. Louis, Germane Lindsey used one word over and over again to describe what the competition meant to him.Experience.
