Divers brave chilly water to help Special Olympics
Feb. 16, 2008To raise money for Special Olympics participants jumped into Dow Lake on a February afternoon.
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Men's Basketball: Bobcats' defense falls flat at Kent
Feb. 15, 2008KENT - The reason was simple enough, Allen Hester said. It wasn't that Ohio's shots weren't falling, or that Kent State was making tough 3-pointers, but no matter what they did, the Bobcats couldn't get defensive stops when they needed it most.
Legal Affairs could bill for records
Feb. 14, 2008Ohio University could start billing journalists and members of the public for copies of public records that it currently provides free of charge to all but commercial entities.
Track & Field: 'Cats look to rebound at All-Ohio Championships
Feb. 14, 2008If coach Clay Calkins' team could choose to parlay a disappointment into a solid finish, this weekend would not be a bad choice.
University nears workload policy revisions
Feb. 14, 2008Faculty and deans have been working on updating Ohio University's faculty workload policy for more than a year, and after a meeting yesterday, the-
Mr. Right: McCain, the only Republican worthy of the White House
Feb. 14, 2008With Mitt Romney's exit from the Republican presidential race, it has become clear that Arizona Senator John McCain is the frontrunner for his party's nomination. Still, he faces a serious challenge from former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee ' especially in southern states and among evangelical Christian voters. While Huckabee's brand of pseudo-conservative populism may appeal to some, McCain has long demonstrated that he is the only rational conservative in the race and the only Republican candidate capable of being president of the United States. He is also the only candidate who can restore the three C's that the Republican Party is currently lacking: conservatism, compassion and conscience.
Your Turn: 'Post' should stop its wordy justifications, excuses
Feb. 14, 2008They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this is ridiculous; worthy of ridicule was the choice to use a photo with that man's face clearly recognizable. The man's desperate cry for help while in such a state of mind, however, is not ridiculous. My college newspaper ' nay, the editorial staff at The Post ' found it necessary to make sure that anyone who picked up Monday's edition would know that they felt it was the right thing to do by publishing such a photo and they are OK with that
Your Turn: 'Post' photo callous
Feb. 14, 2008On Monday, The Post published, on the front page, a photograph of a young man who was on the verge of taking his own life inside Baker University Center. The editor, no doubt anticipating criticism, wrote a very long letter attempting to justify the editorial decision to display the unfortunate person's face for the world to see. There is nothing I can say at this point to make amends for what The Post staff has so callously done and I'm sure criticism will mean nothing to them. But as a long-time faculty member at Ohio University, I would like to offer a sincere apology to the young man, his family and his loved ones for the insensitive way that The Post handled this issue.
Editorial: High honors
Feb. 14, 2008To our fellow academics: our long plagiarism nightmare is over. Some are worried about plagiarism in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, but we beg you to worry no more. The solution has come: an honor code.
Your Turn: Conservatives should back their candidate
Feb. 14, 2008Of late, I've been getting the impression that the so-called true conservatives would rather see a Democrat in office then their own Arizona senator, John McCain. A logical person may assume that even though these true conservatives may not see eye-to-eye with McCain, they would still support him ' because let's be honest, it is all they have. Why not cut your losses and unanimously back the man that will obviously represent your party in this upcoming election? These tunnel-vision conservatives are ruining any slim chance the party ever had. I hope these people can find some time to rest after their exhausting anti-McCain campaign because they are going to need all their energy to be infuriated about the elimination of their precious offensive military strategy on terrorism. Why, you ask? Because the next president will go by the name of Obama or Clinton. But hey, at least these two are not conservative impostors.
Green with Envy: Students are not entitled to 'infinite energy usage'
Feb. 14, 2008I remember when I was just a tyke at Ohio University: It was hot outside, and I was cranky and didn't like dealing with the humidity and the uncomfortable heat. Luckily, my room came equipped with an air conditioner which my roommate and I blasted at all hours of the day. I remember thinking, I pay a lot of money for this room
Your Turn: Join the fight against cancer with Relay for Life
Feb. 14, 2008Everyone reading this letter has been affected by cancer, whether by personally battling cancer, watching a loved one or friend face a diagnosis or, worst of all, dealing with a cancer-related death. It seems that cancer is everywhere. Unfortunately, I too have lost a loved one to cancer, and this loss has changed my life forever. After battling breast cancer twice, my aunt died in 2002 at the age of 53. My story of loss, sadness and grief is one that I know many people share.
Men's Basketball: Tillman looks to regain scoring touch against Kent
Feb. 14, 2008Jerome Tillman realizes that his team needs him to score if the Bobcats want to defeat Kent State tomorrow.
Annual event celebrates OU history
Feb. 14, 2008Ohio University will honor its history and tradition in its annual Founders Day Convocation today.
Your Turn: Administrators' leaving reflects badly on the university's value
Feb. 14, 2008It's with mixed feelings that I read in last Friday's paper that our athletics director, Kirby Hocutt, is leaving for the University of Miami's athletic program and Kathy Krendl is trying to get the top job at Elmhurst. I guess it is to be expected; these top bureaucrats are only participating in the social climbing and individual opportunism that corporate culture promotes in this society.
Softball: Bobcats ready to start new season this weekend
Feb. 14, 2008Ohio finished third in the Mid-American Conference Tournament last year with a 27-31 (10-12 MAC) record, and enters the 2008 season this weekend as the preseason pick to go fourth.
Sheriff touts qualifications for primary
Feb. 14, 2008The Athens County Sheriff held a news conference yesterday highlighting his qualifications for the position before the March primaries.
Your Turn: Suicide attempt article overshadowed campus sexual assault
Feb. 14, 2008While I believe that Matt Zapotosky rightfully questioned and executed the publication of the Baker University Center suicide threat, I have to wonder if he, among other prominent campus figures, was really asking the right question. As The Post reported in a roughly six-by-two inch column, located adjacent to the suicide article (which continued onto another page), an Ohio University student was briefly abducted by four males in the evening of Feb. 7. Like many other students, I checked my e-mail and The Post's Web site on Feb. 8. I had received two e-mails from the University Communications and Marketing department, describing the day's earlier events at Baker, but nothing about the abduction. Now, three days later, the only publicity I have seen of the brief abduction is brief articles and crime notices, slapped upon dorm walls next to Dance or Die ads. Is our community and its leaders so enthralled with the misfortunes of one man that we are unable to recognize the potential danger to ourselves? In case readers are unaware, which is highly probable, the four men, who sexually assaulted and accosted the victim on West Green, got away. Personally, I'd much rather receive an e-mail or read-up on preventative assault techniques than beguile myself with a micro-Britney Spears-esque phenomena. Yes, it happened on our campus, yes, it is newsworthy
'Monologues' celebrate vaginas
Feb. 14, 2008Comparing post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans to a vagina might not be the most politically correct way to describe the disaster zone, but that is just what Eve Ensler does in the newest addition to her set of monologues, The Vagina Monologues.
