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Your Turn: Returning to 'Constitutional roots' is a way to get back on track

Oct. 23, 2007

The Constitution was not and is not meant to be the be all to end all. It was meant to be a framework through which the government could be regulated, yet still allow it to change with the times. Article V of the Constitution is there for a reason, to give it the ability to grow with our nation. However, the fact remains that many of the government institutions that exist today do so outside the bounds set forth by the Constitution and its current amendments.

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Your Turn: With Athens' vegetarian options, there's no excuse to eat meat

Oct. 23, 2007

In response to your article Vegetarians find love at first bite (10/18/07), it was wonderful to read about Ohio vegetarians finding romance in Athens. While nobody likes the idea of limiting their dating pool, it's understandable why vegetarians would prefer to date each other over their meat-eating counterparts. Across the board, vegetarians benefit from lower levels of cancer, stroke, heart disease, impotence (that's right, cholesterol stops the flow of blood to all vital organs) and recent studies even show that they smell better! It's true. According to the National Institute of Health, results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed that the odor of donors when on the non-meat diet was judged as significantly more attractive

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The Word From Wales: Lack of foreign-language skills doesn't deter study-abroad student

Oct. 23, 2007

I was cold. I was tired. I was hungry. But I didn't care. I'd just spent the day in Rome, and then I headed two hours north by train to Viterbo, Italy, to stay with a friend from Ohio University who is studying there this semester. The original plan had been for me to call Marshall when I left Rome, but of course my cell phone, which was supposed to work, did not. So it was on to the contingency plan that we'd made over AIM the night just before I left Swansea. I'd chuckled before at the thought of actually following it but couldn't have been gladder that we had it.

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DJs feel the audience, 'take it to another level'

Oct. 23, 2007

Whether remixing on stage at The Union or spinning records in a booth in Baker University Center, disc jockeys, more commonly know as DJs, in Athens bring life to the party.

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Editorial: Milking more money

Oct. 23, 2007

Card key locks, lots of closet space and a sink in every room. These are the fevered dreams of those condemned to live on campus. The remodeled rooms of Adams, Biddle, Johnson, Read and Bromley Halls seem to the outsider the closest thing to the holy grail of rooms. Clean, comfortable and above all, air-conditioned, many a student have fought to gain the right to live in these residence halls. But these dormitory darlings now carry a larger price for the privilege of university hospitality.

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Your Turn: Kathy Krendl should not underestimate 'power of democracy'

Oct. 22, 2007

In response to Kathy Krendl's recent e-mail to the student body, I would like to comment that the tone of her e-mail (particularly the second paragraph) came across as very condescending. I do not know enough about the no confidence votes that have been given in the past year to have been directly involved, but I do know that when both the student body and the faculty of an institution are both saying something is wrong with the administration, then they're probably right.

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Your Turn: Citizens for Community Values are focusing on the wrong things

Oct. 22, 2007

I've heard all the arguments for censoring adult entertainment establishments and forcing them to comply with a new law that requires midnight closings and no touching between exotic dancers and customers.-

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The Great Mantra

Oct. 22, 2007

Pushing the strange yellow and red foods around their plates, the students whined and grumbled ' This food is gross

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County being sued over local homes' sewage block

Oct. 22, 2007

A local couple has filed suit against the county for at least $25,000 after a blocked sewer line filled their home with four inches of sewage in March.

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Textbook prices 10/23/2007

Oct. 22, 2007

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Wikipedia ethics

Oct. 22, 2007

Most professors warn their students to avoid citing Wikipedia as a source. Others, apparently, have their OAK IDs traced to anonymous Wikipedia edits.

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Book bind

Oct. 22, 2007

A plan to help some of the busiest, hardest working, financially burdened citizens who are seeking to better the world through higher education? What a concept.

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Ohio alumnus dedicates book to Athens' ghostly history

Oct. 22, 2007

Ghost stories are always fun to tell around this time of year, and now Ohio University students and Athens residents can get into the spirit of Halloween with a new book dedicated entirely to OU's ghastly ghosts.

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Ohio's sports teams bring fans pain, disappointment: O-H, the agony

Oct. 22, 2007

Face it, Indians fans ' after the Tribe lost Game 5 of the American League Championship Series to Boston, you had to have seen it coming. Playing Games 6 and 7 at Fenway Park against the only team to ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in Major League Baseball's postseason should have been enough to give you a sick feeling in your stomachs.

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Griffin has career weekend to continue Bobcats' impressive season

Oct. 22, 2007

Before this weekend's matches, middle blocker Melissa Griffin was named MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week for her performance the previous weekend against Ball State and Toledo.

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Can't Touch This: Athens mayoral candidate Baum has strong vision for city's future

Oct. 22, 2007

Having received the vengefully indignant and poorly spelled wrath of Ron Paul fans the world over for seven days and counting, this week I turn my attention to a slightly less controversial topic: the Athens city mayoral race.-

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Lost Flamingo upholds 'Rocky' tradition with 5th annual production

Oct. 22, 2007

Break out the stilettos, fishnets and corsets.-

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Your Turn: African Americans have contributed to region for a long time

Oct. 22, 2007

I would like to take the time to respond to a few of the comments made by Roger Anderson. I was very disturbed about many of the comments that Mr. Anderson wrote. He mentioned that in its 200 year history, the presence of African Americans is new to Athens and to Southeast Ohio. This type of comment really upsets me and shows the ignorance that many on the OU campus share, students and faculty alike. African Americans have been in this area for hundreds of years. They go by different names or titles, so to speak, such as WINS, Tri-racial, or Melungeon to name a few. Many offer various shades of Blackness, but we are here. We are a unique culture that continues to live with the poverty, lack of educational opportunities and the racism in this region. Without us, many slaves would not have escaped to freedom. Without us, the coal industry and the steel mills would not have been as successful. Without us, Ohio University would not have a Community and Campus Days, the African American Research Institute and the project that the African American Studies Department is working on, entitled the African American Presence in the Ohio River Valley. As you have seen, we have contributed greatly to this region and to Ohio University. Maybe I should not just blame Roger Anderson. I should also put the blame on the faculty, students and staff at OU. Many programs at OU have failed many African Americans in this region. I have personally given presentations on my people in many classes and I am always shocked to hear that no one knew that we existed in Southeast Ohio or in the rest of Appalachia. OU needs to realize that it has a commitment and a chance to educate many of us in this area that are first generation or potential first generation college students. In closing, I challenge any of you that want information about African Americans in Southeast Ohio or Appalachia to e-mail or call me. If I cannot answer your question, then we have many genealogists and professors in the local community who can.

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Changes in store for Bowling Green game

Oct. 22, 2007

Frank Solich said matter-of-factly to expect changes following Ohio's 43-40 loss to Toledo Saturday. What those changes will be, however, will remain a mystery until the Bobcats take the field against Bowling Green this week.

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Soccer

Oct. 21, 2007

The Ohio soccer team's offense seems to have run dry.