Pride Week: UCM's Girlfriends Guide to Activism with OU senior Erica Boehnlein
Apr. 29, 2008Where: UCM, 18 N. College St.
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Housing schools of research animals
Apr. 29, 2008While people attempt to rid their homes of rodents and other pests, Ohio University's Lab Animal Resources houses a few thousand mice, along with several thousand fish and various other animals.
Revealing clothing asks for attention
Apr. 29, 2008This letter is a response to a submission made by Felicia Blake Loaiza last Thursday. In her letter, Miss Loaiza expresses her discontent with males who make inappropriate or immature comments toward scantily clad women along the crowded streets of Athens on the weekends.
Softball: Passion for pitching: Devoted freshman demonstrates skill, faith on the field
Apr. 29, 2008When Emily Wethington steps up to the plate, she holds her hand out to the umpire and takes a couple of practice swings, just like any other player. But then she drags the end of her bat through the sand to make a cross and taps the center.
Activist discusses past influences, reasons for speaking against discrimination
Apr. 29, 2008Civil rights activist Richard Lapchick spoke to a crowd of Ohio University athletes, students and faculty Monday night at The Convo about civil rights and discrimination in college athletics programs.
Candidates critical of current senators
Apr. 29, 2008The three Student Senate presidential candidates' opinions differed on nearly every topic in last night's debate, but they did find one subject to agree on ' their disappointment with this year's senate.
Dog shelter kennel keeper returns to her position at dog shelter
Apr. 29, 2008Dog shelter kennel keeper Sherry Armstrong retracted her resignation yesterday after talks with county commissioners and the county dog warden.
Maybe It's Just Me: Barack Obama's former pastor a 'frenemy'
Apr. 29, 2008Many of us who have ventured outside of our own personal island and actually tried to form a friendship with another human being have certainly had this experience: You trust someone, you're loyal to that person, and you may even have defended that person in the face of insults. Then one day (or perhaps over time), despite being a friend to that person, you realize he or she is no friend of yours, be it because she stole your boyfriend, or he lied about you, or she did something sneaky behind your back. Whatever it is, you discover that the very person you trusted to hold your knives has stabbed you in the back G? sometimes repeatedly. Author Jennifer Mitford first called these enemies disguised as friends frenemies.
Band of the Week: Athens 'jam band' offers opportunity to watch recording
Apr. 29, 2008Since the rising popularity of punk rock in the '70s, rock music has lent itself to a harder sound and a rebellious attitude, and Athens jam band Without Papers is no exception.
Stranger in a Strange Land: Vending machines: the height of convenience
Apr. 29, 2008Surveying my options at the vending machine on Court Street ' the one near Copeland Hall that costs only one dollar for a refreshing beverage of my choice ' I feel this deep, inner desire for something warm to drink. The day is unseasonably cold. Yet, every choice displayed before me is of the cold variety. I suppose if I really want a warm beverage, I would be better off going into a coffee shop. This would not be the case in Japan. Alongside the cold cans and bottles of water, energy drinks and the occasional pop would be hot cans of coffee and tea. Actually, I would probably find chilled coffee and tea as well. Vending machines, while seemingly unchanging throughout the world, are just like any other aspect of marketing in that they are highly influenced by culture. The beverages offered in a Japanese vending machine are a good example. It would seem strange in America to have coffee and tea readily available in every vending machine. Furthermore, we would never dream in America of having alcohol in a vending machine, but the Japanese do just that. Glass bottles of beer and the occasional bottle of sake ' traditional Japanese rice wine ' are not uncommonly found in vending machines in the land of the rising sun.
Project offers landlords tips to save energy
Apr. 29, 2008While many Ohio University students may not be ready to move into the Ecohouse to save energy, a new project promises to make many off-campus houses more eco-friendly without the big commitment.
Committee addresses concerns about sexual health seminars
Apr. 29, 2008Student Health Services officials will reconsider offering sexual health seminars after a temporary suspension this year.
Assistant Managing Editor's Note
Apr. 29, 2008Here at The Post, several reporters pride themselves on being able to get the dirt on Ohio University administrators or Athens city officials. They get a rush when they're able to write about budget deficits, presidential evaluations or the failures of Baker University Center. They like to file records requests and sort through documents that back up or even contradict their human sources.
Revised policy redefines campus free speech zones
Apr. 29, 2008After a year and a half in the making, Ohio University released a revised free speech policy that more clearly defines who can and cannot organize events on campus.
Fashion don't-unisex tracksuits
Apr. 29, 2008Monday, I had an interview with a company that turned out to be elitist. But even before I knew this, I was turned off by the required uniform. Remember those horrible monochromatic track suits of the eighties? The ones that swished when you walked? Think that - in red white and blue with sexless polo shirts and all white orthopedic like tennis shoes. Each employee looked like a depressed American flag. I suggest that instead of wearing the flag, we should honor the idea of it, freedom ' in this case ' of fashion.
FundingEdu
Apr. 29, 2008The XFL. Pepsi Blue. Communism. Sometimes things that sound great on paper turn out less successful in practice. Enter AlcoholEdu, the infamous alcohol education program and required reading for thousands of incoming freshman every year at universities nationwide. The online course is on unsteady ground at Ohio University as administrators scramble to find $40,000 to support it another year. But we wonder if the university might have more pressing financial concerns to attend to.
