Sakura Festival blossoms despite weather
Apr. 13, 2008Although the Japanese Student Association's 6th annual Sakura Festival had to be moved indoors Saturday because of bad weather, the audience still got the chance to experience Japanese culture.
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Your Turn: People have right to biological children
Apr. 13, 2008In response to Unnamed sperm donors allow for selfish parents by Ashley Herzog:
Professor honors Arbor Day, plants chestnut seeds
Apr. 13, 2008Although Arbor Day is 11 days away, Ohio University professor and forest ecologist Brian McCarthy celebrated it early by planting 800 American chestnut seedlings.
Diversity Awareness Month Speaker Peggy McIntosh
Apr. 13, 2008What: Peggy McIntosh lecture on white privilege
Can't Touch This: Racist Absolut ad underlines demographic tensions
Apr. 13, 2008Remember way back, when Mexico and the United States went to war? Davy Crockett, Remember the Alamo
Take Back the Night week centers on empowerment
Apr. 13, 2008Today kicks off Take Back the Night week, a weeklong event to raise sexual awareness, and this year's event hopes to bring women of all ages together through one common thread: empowerment.
Snapshot of diversity
Apr. 13, 2008After sparking students' interests last year, The Human Race Machine will return to Ohio University today as a part of this year's Diversity Awareness Month.
Green With Envy: Save money, energy while staying connected
Apr. 13, 2008Computers, laptops, e-mail, instant messaging, text messaging, cell phones, regular phones ' there are seemingly endless ways to communicate and stay connected to one another in this technological world. If someone can't be reached in an instant message, there's always a phone call, a text message, an e-mail or, my personal favorite, the Facebook wall post as ways to reach the person you're trying to find.
Athens city and county top earners
Apr. 13, 2008On a list of city employees who earned the most money last year, the mayor and many other elected officials are nowhere to be found. The list is dominated instead by the city's police officers and firefighters.
Track: Bobcats place 4th at Miami
Apr. 13, 2008Coach Clay Calkins knew it was only a matter of time before his supporting cast came through with a big weekend. What he may not have expected was an express delivery.
Baseball: Bobcats bounce back from consecutive losses to Eagles
Apr. 13, 2008After Ohio's bullpen relinquished leads in each of the team's four consecutive losses, Kevin Mementowski redeemed the group with a 5 and 2/3-inning, one-earned run performance yesterday afternoon to give Ohio a 14-8 victory over Eastern Michigan.
Football: Scott stands out after first scrimmage
Apr. 13, 2008The more Theo Scott plays, the more it looks like the quarterback derby is turning into a one-horse race.
Resident claims Gwinn's election violated bylaws
Apr. 13, 2008An Athens resident filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Athens County Democratic Party chairwoman, alleging that her re-election violated party bylaws.
Your Turn: Students challenge gun law by sporting empty holsters
Apr. 13, 2008During the week of April 21-25, thousands of college students throughout the United States, organized under the banner of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), will attend classes wearing empty holsters in protest of state laws and school policies that stack the odds in favor of dangerous criminals and armed killers by disarming law-abiding citizens licensed to carry concealed handguns virtually everywhere else.
Faculty salaries lag behind inflation
Apr. 13, 2008Faculty salaries are not keeping up with inflation, but salaries for administrators and some coaches have continued to rise at a rate more than four times inflation, according to a report released today.
