U-WIRE ' Over 60 million people volunteered in the United States last year, or over a quarter of the American populace. The U.S. is also home to 7,500 hospitals, 18,000 nursing homes, a school system that is heavily understaffed and a military that is dangerously undermanned. But last Thursday, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain said that not enough Americans volunteer, and, they claim, this is because of a lack of opportunities.
For the most part, the Barack Obama presidential campaign has run a more or less positive campaign.-
Beware college students, the Republican party is trying to suppress your right to vote. Last month, supporters of Barack Obama were registering thousands of students at Virginia Tech.-
Reducing health care fees and uniting graduate students are just two goals of Graduate Student Senate this year.
The first thing people ask me when I tell them I lived in France for a year is: How was the wine and cheese? While it's true that France is known for its food, my experience of getting to know and love the culture was so much more than eating. In fact, the second most asked question is: Was it weird coming back to the U.S.? This question echoes the reality of what we call reverse culture shock that most international travelers face when re-entering their host culture after an extended period of time. I know I'm not the only one who is coming off the globe-trotter high just in time to start classes again, so I thought it would be helpful to share my personal list of do's and don'ts for re-entry to Athens. Whether you spent the summer in East Asia or Western Europe, these tips should be helpful for the transition back into America, and more specifically, Ohio University.
Since their creation, college campuses have served as hotbeds of political activism and liberal ideas. It is clear that students are willing to organize, and sometimes radicalize, in order to make change. Even isolated campuses like Ohio University sometimes can show their teeth when the need (or whim) arises. Enter Students for a Democratic Society, or SDS.
The rising price of gasoline has taken its toll on many budgets this year, and local law enforcement is no exception.
I am an alumnus from Camp OU and actually graduated in 1981. Back in these good old days
Qualified Ohio high school students now have the opportunity to round out their senior year in a college classroom at no cost to them.
For many years, Ohio University students have been exploring the caves, creeks and forests of the Hocking Hills Region on foot.
Ohio University is trying to save lives by overcoming student fears, at least when it comes to alcohol- and drug-related medical emergencies.
I have never been what you'd call a risk taker. I don't drive fast, I don't ride roller coasters and I eat the same thing for lunch every day.
Booker T. Washington and his wife Olivia Davidson are stopping traffic in Athens more than 100 years after their wedding.
Ohio University's Army and Air Force ROTC detachments welcomed record numbers of freshmen cadets this Fall Quarter.
Seeing green was unavoidable at this year's tenth annual Pawpaw Festival at Lake Snowden.
Candles and flashlights were the only sources of power for many Athens County residents last night, as a windstorm ripped through Southeast Ohio, leaving about 3,000 American Electric Power customers without electricity.
With the end zone inches away and an improbable comeback within sight, quarterback Boo Jackson had a potential victory slip through his fingertips.
When I was a kid, my father volunteered as a precinct captain for the Democratic Party in our neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.-
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