Topics such as abortion, suicide and masturbation are hard for today's media to convey without sounding too offensive, too PC or too oh no they didn't. Frank Wedekind's 117-year-old play Spring Awakening tackles those taboos and more, and Ohio University's School of Theater executes the play wonderfully.
Representatives for Democratic presidential hopefuls made their case and took questions from fewer than 20 students at a forum in E.W. Scripps Hall hosted by Ohio University's Black Student Communication Caucus yesterday.
The Barack Obama campaign often touts its ability to get grassroots volunteers. Sometimes it even finds them in the lines outside its rallies.
As an Ohio University student, Pat Kelly is the only person I want in the sheriff's office. With Kelly, there is no town vs. gown. If you are an Athens County resident, he cares about your safety and wants the opportunity to progressively improve your safety. The neighborhood crime watch programs he will implement across the county will benefit everyone. I will feel much safer year round. I will also be much happier when winter and summer breaks roll around. Many students have no choice but to leave their belongings in their apartment while they are away on school breaks. With Kelly in office, we can all rest easier knowing that someone will literally be watching out. Kelly wants to help Athens County residents, not intimidate them. Let's help Kelly make Athens County safer. Join me on March 4 to vote Kelly into the sheriff's office.
The Bobcats will look to add to their early season success this weekend when they travel to North Carolina for the 2008 Golden Corral Phoenix Classic.
Ohio University will host the seventh annual Ohio Latin Americanist Conference for the first time tomorrow.
After a week of ice and midterms, Be Kind Rewind is the perfect feel-good movie. The charming story of a community coming together to make a movie cannot help but fill you with the warm and fuzzies.
The Post endorses incumbent C. David Warren for Athens County prosecutor.
Both Republican candidates for Athens County Commissioner want to focus on bringing more jobs to the county, but have different ideas on how to accomplish this.
Even if Ohio University officials decide against an optional, quarterly student health fee, Student Health Services will begin billing students' private insurers for routine visits beginning Fall Quarter 2008, the executive director of Student Health Services said.
There's no denying that the front-page apology on Monday's Post points to a colossal mistake made by a paper where I'm proud to have spent three years. There's also no denying that the unfortunate damage potentially made to Mr. Gunasekera's reputation outweighs the sizeable dent lodged in the credibility of The Post, as respectable a front-and-center retraction may be. I also understand the validation and, to quote Woody Allen, feelings of a small personal triumph some people in the university might feel by seeing The Post make such a mistake, and it goes without saying that the paper might have an uphill battle in getting back to where it belongs. I still lost my lunch a bit, however, seeing Mr. Corriher of the athletic department suggest greater (or any) oversight by members of this university. I'm sure that's what many so-called members of the university would love to see, especially a beleaguered athletic department that provided regular news unrelated to wins and losses when I was there, but the paper prides itself on being independent of the university and that's the only way it has been able to remain as consistently high-quality. With occasional lapses in judgment? Yes. All papers have them, and they deserve every bit of criticism rained down as a result. But Mr. Corriher's letter points to a greater problem he seems to have, along with many members of the university: a blatant lack of respect for writers and editors aged 18-22 who, I assure you, are more concerned about creating a high-quality, comprehensive resource five days a week than desperately trying to break that big story ' though if there is one, they're front and center to make sure people know about it as they deserve to.
Kudos to Miss Griffith, who once again has licensed herself as our moral compass concerning our fickle voting habits. For we are college students who care only for nine dollar Natural Light beeramids at Wal-Mart.
I am writing to personally endorse Pat Kelly in his bid for Athens County Sheriff. Pat will receive my vote not only because I know him personally and have always found him to be honest and upfront, but also because I have had the opportunity to observe the current workings of the Sheriff's Department first hand. I have urged Pat to run for this position after many times seeing the complete and total lack of morality within the department under Castle's reign.
I was going to write this week about the election, which candidate has the best plans for the environment ' then I realized that no one really deserved to be on a pedestal for their plans for the environment. Obama and Clinton have the most thorough plans of the candidates, but they are so similar that it's hard to decipher which is which.
Ohio University's School of Physical Therapy is gearing up for a rugby tournament in which the participants will be rolling down a court instead of sprinting down a field.
Baker University Center rejected Grammy-nominated indie-rock band Arcade Fire's request to play a free show in the Grand Ballroom this Sunday, but organizers say the group is still coming to the Athens area.
The Dairy Barn Arts Center is hosting an open reception tonight for its sixth Ohio Border Biennial Exhibition.
Senior captain Jim Roach had trouble remembering when Ohio and Iowa State actually became rivals.
Four Republican candidates will compete against two Democrats in Tuesday's primary to represent the 18th district in Congress, currently held by Democrat Zack Space.
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