Commentary: Fuhs' Franchise takes 'The Barrel'
Feb. 20, 2008Sports fans love their championship trophies and rings. They have the Lombardi Trophy in the NFL, the Larry O'Brien Trophy in the NBA, and Lord Stanley's Cup.
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Your Turn: 'Post' columnist Griffith inconvenienced masochist
Feb. 20, 2008This year, The Post's newsroom has gained notoriety for opposing the bureaucracy of the current university administration and championing the students' wishes of shared governance and transparency. However, Post columnist Alissa Griffith needs to remove the blinders that she wears and realize that we don't need a column that amounts to cheerleading.
Band of the Week: October Fist to play their instrumental metal at The Union
Feb. 20, 2008Just as the band Sum 41 chose their name because they became a band on the forty-first day of summer, October Fist chose their name because they started in October.
Guest Commentary: Honor code remains effective
Feb. 20, 2008The February 15th editorial, High Honors
Forum addresses voting equipment
Feb. 20, 2008When the server responsible for electronically tabulating all of Cuyahoga County's votes crashed during the 2007 general election, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Nance can't say he didn't see it coming.
Baker dining might not profit until at least '09
Feb. 20, 2008Although a previous report forecasted a recovery for Baker University Center's dining operations' first-year loss by June 2008, officials say that estimate will not hold.
Your Turn: OU needs to toughen up
Feb. 20, 2008As a proud alumna of Ohio University and a past columnist for The Post, I make it essential of my everyday routine to read online the happenings of Ohio University ' alas, having graduated in June, I am still missing the college life. I actively comment on articles online, but with all the incessant complaining going on about the right and wrong of The Post's journalism, I feel compelled to write to more than just the online community.
Shouts and Murmurs: 'Post' columnist chooses his favorites for the Academy Awards
Feb. 20, 2008Post columnist Ethan Goldsmith gives his picks for Sunday's Oscars.
Lunar eclipse brings stargazers out in the cold
Feb. 20, 2008After a full day of snow and cloud cover the sky cleared just in time to reveal a total lunar eclipse.
Your Turn: College students need to vote, get involved
Feb. 20, 2008When I first arrived at OU in 1982 and unloaded my bags in front of Read Hall, I had very little interest in politics. I did all the normal things that college freshmen do but remained apolitical. Since then I have made my home in Washington, D.C., New York, Seattle and now Los Angeles. And along the way, I found that I gradually became involved in my community and the politics that helped to shape it.
Dollars might not mean votes
Feb. 20, 2008If their pocketbooks are any indication, the people of Athens County are pulling for Sen. Hillary Clinton in this year's presidential race.
Baker to host Malcolm X Commemorative tonight
Feb. 20, 2008Tonight Baker University Center will host the Eighth Annual Malcolm X Commemorative at 7 p.m.
Swimming & Diving: Bobcats use depth in record-setting day at MAC Championships, currently in 3rd-
Feb. 20, 2008With two events behind them, the Bobcats sit in third place tied with Miami after the first day of the MAC Championships in Buffalo.
The Other Side: Handguns are 'necessary evil' for self-defense
Feb. 20, 2008How many more people have to die before college administrators stop establishing useless gun-free zones as the solution to campus violence? Last week, a Northern Illinois University student opened fire in a packed classroom, killing six students, including himself, and wounding 16 others in a matter of minutes. Of course, no one should be surprised. It was the 45th shooting to take place on a gun-free campus since 1996.
Center of attention
Feb. 20, 2008Leon Williams winces ever so slightly as he eases his 6-foot-8 frame into a chair that clearly wasn't built with him in mind. He shifts in his seat, trying to find the best way to stretch out comfortably.
Women's Basketball: 'Cats hang on, roll over Akron in big victory
Feb. 20, 2008In the Bobcats' last game against Akron it was the guards that led the team to victory. So, last night, it was the post players turn to step up against the Zips.
Your Turn: 'Discuss real change' about politics
Feb. 20, 2008Why do we vote for lawmakers rather than committee members? This is one of several questions that I hope you will pose to students, faculty and others, including candidates for public office.
What I Do Every Week, Pinky: Disabilities are the key to an Oscar
Feb. 20, 2008Well, True Believers, it's February, and that can only mean three things: Valentine's Day (Singles Awareness Day, if we're being politically correct), temperatures cold enough to make penguins angry at life and Oscar season. The good old Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be making its decisions soon as to which movies we should love and which actors and actresses we should fawn over.
OU president revokes distinguished professorship
Feb. 20, 2008This story has been corrected from its original version.
