The second rape
Apr. 15, 2008What: How rape myth ideology perpetuates campus violence and harms survivors
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Your Turn: Bereavement counseling available to college students
Apr. 15, 2008I just discovered that we are in the midst of National College Student Grief Awareness Week (April 13-20), and being part of an organization that provides grief education and support to the wider community as well as our hospice families, I hope you will direct your readers, especially Ohio University and Hocking College students, to studentsofamf.org, the Web site for National Students of Ailing Mothers and Fathers Support Network, the sponsor of the event. Its mission is to let grieving students know that they are not alone and that they can find support and understanding from peers through its online programming and growing number of campus chapters across the country.
Your Turn: Grad Senate gives its credit
Apr. 15, 2008In response to Tuesday's article, Grad Senate requests better safety measures
Meditation on eating in class
Apr. 15, 2008I sat down in philosophy class fully prepared to devote my attention to Descartes' Meditation I. As I happily copied the professor's words into my notebooks, I heard it. I heard the deafening sound that was a fellow student's eating during class.
The lives of southern belles may depress you
Apr. 15, 2008MTV's program True Life has a tendency to depress me in general, but I was especially disturbed by the I'm a Southern Belle episode that aired recently. Three girls: Leigh Anne, Raini and Kate are all self-described Southern belles who struggle to maintain their old-fashioned values (patriarchy, white supremacy) in modern society. They do this through using incredible amounts of cosmetics, participating in pageants and trying to get married as soon as possible (poor Leigh Anne worries she's an old maid because she's 24 with no marriage prospects.) If you dare, you can watch the episode for yourself at:
Professors irked by missing evaluations
Apr. 14, 2008A faculty member questioned the integrity of deans' evaluations last night after a committee determined some comments were missing from its report.
Broad Stripes and Bright Stars: New drug craze keeps the 'potty' going
Apr. 14, 2008There is no way to stop kids from getting high.
Jewelry sales give Ugandan orphans chance for education
Apr. 14, 2008After three years of living alone in his Ugandan village, 13-year-old Muhebwa Richard no longer has to watch the other children walk past him on their way to school.
Softball's devoted fans
Apr. 14, 2008The Ohio softball team doesn't have the O Zone and students don't flood the stands for a white-out. Sometimes Rufus shows up, but that's only on special occasions and when the weather's nice.
Stranger in a Strange Land: Why don't Americans recycle more?
Apr. 14, 2008I often hear jaded Americans argue that the reason we do not recycle enough is because Americans do not care. America, above all other nations, is just plain lazy. I probably would have been inclined to agree with this sentiment before I had spent any extended amount of time out of this country. Now I wonder if we are being too hard on ourselves.
Contamination to be removed from city service garage
Apr. 14, 2008City officials are hopeful that a chemical treatment will get rid of any poisonous, common chemicals in the soil at the city service garage left over from a 2004 excavation, ending a 20-year-old problem.
Finer Points
Apr. 14, 2008Graham is a sophomore economics major who divides his time among school, working at the Cafe Bibliotech and being a 20-year-old.
Grad Senate requests better safety measures, scoffs at activity fee
Apr. 14, 2008Ohio University's Graduate Student Senate passed a resolution calling for the Athens City Council to add tighter security requirements to the city building code at last night's meeting.
Faculty Senate rethinks raises
Apr. 14, 2008Faculty Senate yesterday responded to a recent Ohio University choice to postpone a decision about whether to give faculty and staff raises next year.
Your Turn: Lives shouldn't be left in hands of 'Good Samaritan gunslingers'
Apr. 14, 2008Although it has offered up some practical solutions, recent discussion involving concealed handguns on college campuses implies a slippery shoot-first mentality that carries with it too many questions.-
