BAGHDAD, Iraq -For Engineering Professor Moayad Yasin al-Samaraie, President Bush's pledge to keep U.S. troops in Iraq until their mission is complete was the promise of order over chaos.
I recently saw a hawk. A hungry hawk, eating savagely. When the hawk noticed me watching, it gorged faster. A circle of red spiraled around the hawk, a kind of bloody dinner table, and it kept peevishly glancing at me -overall, it was cute.
After a 3-game weekend against the Lima Locos resulting in two wins and a loss, the Copperheads were back at it again Tuesday against the Delaware Cows. Prior to the game, rain began to pour upon Bob Wren Field, but as the game began, the Copperheads poured on the runs en route to a 10-2 decision against the Cows.
Ohio University announced the newest addition to its athletics department yesterday -former University of Oklahoma associate athletic director Kirby Hocutt will begin his tenure as the university's athletics director in August.
These days, Ohio University's recycling program operates by more than the crunch of soda cans and the dismantling of corrugated cardboard pizza boxes -it operates on the premise that providing recycling services to the OU community is a means to promote recycling throughout Athens.
Popular country music serves as a certain form of escapism. In a genre where stage presence often trumps lyrical complexity, likeability and familiarity are just as important to country performances as the musical intricacies are.
At Monday's city council meeting, members gave a first reading to an ordinance that would amend the current policy on the discharge of weapons.
Melodies from the stage and screen filled the air of College Green yesterday evening as the Ohio University Summer Band presented its first concert in the annual Under the Elms concert series.
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After a four-game losing streak on the road, the Southern Ohio Copperheads returned to Athens at Bob Wren Stadium to play the Stark County Terriers.
MOSCOW -An attempt to launch the world's first solar sail spacecraft fizzled when a booster rocket failed less than two minutes after liftoff, showering debris over the Arctic Ocean, the Russian space agency said yesterday.
I dealt with the results of last year's presidential and congressional elections the same way that many other Liberals dealt with the results of the elections. Poorly.
At a press conference yesterday in Copeland Hall, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis announced the completion of a first draft of the school's strategic plan.
In what has seemingly become a standard practice, the Ohio Legislature has once again decided to siphon off funds from the Ohio Tobacco Use and Control Foundation -money that had originally promised to fund anti-smoking programs -and divert the funds into other state funded operations that are in need of financial assistance. However, this method of robbing Peter to pay Paul recently has become even more odious than past abuses.
COLUMBUS -The final version of the upcoming state budget freezes funding for nearly one-third of Ohio school districts, including Cleveland city schools, the state's largest district.
Working in Athens will be like coming home, said Kenneth Payne Wednesday, the third of four candidates for Ohio University's vice president of Finance and Administration, at an open forum.
A new company will take over the management of the Athena movie theater,Ohio University President Roderick McDavis announced yesterday at a newsconference.
SEOUL, South Korea -North Korea called Vice President Dick Cheney a bloodthirsty beast and said yesterday his recent remarks labeling ruler Kim Jong Il irresponsible are another reason for it to stay away from six-nation nuclear disarmament talks.
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