Students Defending Students gives Halloween legal advice
Oct. 25, 2007There are many ways to get arrested Halloween weekend, but the mayor, police chief and Athens legal representatives offered just as many ways to avoid it.
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Campaign contribution figures add up in Athens
Oct. 25, 2007Mayoral candidate Paul Wiehl raised about $3,000 more in monetary campaign contributions than Ed Baum during the most recent reporting period, while law director candidate Pat Lang garnered twice the contributions of incumbent Garry Hunter, according to campaign finance reports filed yesterday.
Phillips to announce candidacy for state representative
Oct. 25, 2007Athens City Councilwoman Debbie Phillips, D-4th ward, will announce her candidacy for the Ohio House of Representatives today at the Third Sun Solar and Wind Power.
Football: Ohio freshman has unique perspective on QB
Oct. 25, 2007Just two years ago, cornerback Julian Posey was catching touchdown passes from former LaSalle High School teammate and current Bowling Green quarterback Tyler Sheehan. Needless to say, if he catches another tomorrow, the two will not be celebrating together.
Soccer: Bobcats fall in double overtime
Oct. 25, 2007Ohio traveled into familiar territory today, but it was not enough to help the team come out with a win.
The Voice of Reason: Schools are circumventing parental authority, dictating morality
Oct. 24, 2007A recent decision by a middle school in Portland, Maine, to distribute birth control to its students has reignited the debate over the role of sex education in our public schools.-
Maybe It's Just Me: Athens' Halloween is overrated, has nothing to do with the holiday
Oct. 24, 2007Bubble vests, Bluetooth, Hillary Clinton, bottled water, iPhone and Paris Hilton. Just a few things that are extremely overrated. I almost forgot one: Ohio University's Halloween party, which is famous for being famous. What is the big deal anyway? Tens of thousands of people dress up in crazy costumes and walk back and forth and up and down Court Street in a drunken stupor? Oooo, sounds like fun.
Your Turn: Which mayoral candidate can protect Athens' green spaces?
Oct. 24, 2007I am very interested in the upcoming mayoral election as an OU student who grew up in Athens County and as someone who cares a lot about our beautiful hills and green spaces. I was dismayed to read that Ed Baum thinks E. State St. is a positive (Athens News, Oct. 8, 2007). I think it is atrocious. It is ugly, treeless (due to power lines that could have been buried) and full of chain stores whose owners far away profit from our business. Meanwhile, many local businesses have closed, including Bob's and the Stimson Ave. hardware store, both within walking distance of my house. And the forested ridge along E. State St., where I love to hike and which people I know worked so hard to preserve, is now so noisy that I can't even hear the birds above all the traffic's noise. So I will vote for Paul Wiehl on Nov. 6. Paul will work to protect what I care about and what makes Athens Athens. People can check out his ideas at paulforathens.org to see why I think he'll make a great mayor.
Need for self-censorship concerns professors
Oct. 24, 2007Although the University of Missouri designated ombudsmen to take complaints from students who think professors discriminated against them, Ohio University professors said the current system on campus is effective.
Editorial: Fee factor
Oct. 24, 2007In what seems to be a direct attack on Athens' yearly Halloween celebration, Ohio University recently instated a $25 fee for Halloween guests staying in the dorms over the weekend.
Your Turn: Make changes on campus, don't just ask for changes to be made
Oct. 24, 2007I write this letter in defense of the provost's recent e-mail to the study body about citizenship at the university.-
Video games new form of exercise
Oct. 24, 2007Table tennis champion Nikolaus McClellan wiped his brow as he exultantly described his victory over more than 30 competitors at The Grid Lab on Tuesday and the resulting throbbing in his arm after playing four games.
Arrested? Destination: Nelsonville
Oct. 24, 2007Unruly partygoers who find themselves incarcerated this Saturday will have to rely on the help of a sober friend with a car to bail them out of jail.
Your Turn: Children should stay in school year-round
Oct. 24, 2007According to the 1983 A Nation at Risk report, students in the United States spend 30 percent less time in school than their peers in the industrialized world. A movement to increase the amount of time students spend in school never took hold, but I propose that time is the central problem in our school systems.
Students advise Women's Center to advertise itself more
Oct. 24, 2007A handful of Ohio University students voiced suggestions for the OU Women's Center yesterday, but director Susanne Dietzel said there are still 10,000 women on campus she would like to talk to.
ABSTINENCE IN ATHENS
Oct. 24, 2007When freshman Kerry Emery arrived at Ohio University, she knew she wasn't interested in the party atmosphere.
Your Turn: Protest against campuses' concealed handgun law
Oct. 24, 2007During the week of October 22-26, participating students and faculty at over 110 colleges and universities throughout America will wear empty holsters on campus, in protest of state laws and school policies that stack the odds in favor of armed killers by disarming law-abiding citizens licensed to carry concealed handguns virtually everywhere else (movie theaters, office buildings, shopping malls, etc).
