Lack of funding delays completion of bypass
Oct. 3, 2007The Nelsonville bypass, one of the highest-priority projects in Ohio, can't be given more funding to finish sooner because of the many other high-priority transportation projects in the state.
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Dance show promises variety of moves
Oct. 3, 2007The Movement Student Dance Organization at Ohio University will present nine student-choreographed dance pieces during performances running tonight through Saturday.
Water rates to increase by 3 percent in 2008
Oct. 3, 2007Athens Mayor Ric Abel announced yesterday that the city will increase water rates by 3 percent starting Jan. 1.
Lost Flamingo presents 'Liberation' tonight
Oct. 3, 2007The Lost Flamingo Company will be performing Liberation in the Humble Play: Appalachian New Play Festival. This is the company's first play in the festival.
Your Turn: Student says the wrong people are being arrested and fined
Oct. 3, 2007It would be nice if government institutions, like the fine city of Athens Police Department, would worry less about making as much money as they can, so the genuine purpose of the institution ' protecting and serving the citizens ' may be sought before economic success. A criminology major told me that a police officer had told him that a very substantial (within the realm of 50%-75%) part of the department's income came from arresting and fining underage drinkers who had most likely done nothing to disturb peace and order. All the while, dangerous drugs are being sold and a myriad of other serious problems in the community are not addressed because police officers can walk two feet outside their building and pick any random person and slap a fine on them with ease. The serious problems are not addressed adequately. Please consider how money has degraded the quality of the police department and various other government institutions/bureaucracies.
Your Turn: The LINKS program does help, but let's remember why
Oct. 3, 2007Since when do letters to the editor expressing one's opinion result in personal attacks of one's character? My name is Blake Loaiza, not to be confused with Blacke Loaiza, who I am observing has caused more controversy than Chris Yonker. As she was referred to in a recent letter to the editor by Gabe Forte, Miss Loaiza
Your Turn: Baker University Center is not the only thing for 'The Post' to bash
Oct. 3, 2007Usually I am not one to vent, but after seeing the comic in Tuesday's paper, a nerve was struck. It is common knowledge that this paper is against Baker University Center, but my question is, is that all you have to write about? It seems to me that whenever I open The Post, in one way or another it is bashing the center that your office currently resides in. Do you feel that when the university started to build Baker a few years ago, they decided, Okay
Is e-mail the new text messaging for phone-shy guys?
Oct. 3, 2007Gentlemen, let me ask you the everlasting question on women's minds everywhere: What are you thinking?
Woodward: 'Stakes are high'
Oct. 3, 2007To a full-capacity crowd, journalist Bob Woodward spoke about a number of topics, including the faults of journalism, the war in Iraq and how his best-selling books came to fruition.
Ohio to face Kent
Oct. 3, 2007Janice Matacic will not forget how she felt after her team's defeat to Miami anytime soon.
Rural Action uses music to raise money
Oct. 3, 2007Rural Action, a local nonprofit organization that promotes environmental, economic and social justice in Appalachian Ohio, will host two back-to-back benefit concerts this weekend.
Maybe It's Just Me: Today's generation is protesting just because they want to protest
Oct. 3, 2007I guess I can't complain. Four weeks of peace on this campus is a lot to ask. I overestimated the maturity of my peers, and I was sadly mistaken. Luckily for me, I went home on Thursday. Like an unnecessary sequel to an already horrible movie, Friday's protests on College Green were reminiscent of last spring's meaningless protests by a group of zealous students (some of whom I am sure had no idea what was going on).
All for one and one for all
Oct. 3, 2007Nina Bruno, Nikki Gnozzio, Rita Murphy, Lindsay Schwartz and Lauren Stahlhuth.
Add flair to tired tailgating favorites
Oct. 3, 2007The beginning of October brings a few things to mind: the changing leaves, Halloween and let's not forget football.
The Voice of Reason: American democracy is slipping toward totalitariniasm, puritanism
Oct. 3, 2007It might not sound very important, but Monday marked the beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term. The high court will serve as an arena where some of America's most heated ideological battles will play out. As the court slides further to the right than it has in decades, dark times may lie ahead. Beneath the fa+
Your Turn: Pick up your pens and fight for Ohio consumer protection
Oct. 3, 2007Ohio consumers have been stripped of their consumer protections and most don't even know it. A law has been passed that will limit the amount of money that businesses that cheat, defraud or deceive Ohio consumers could have to pay if they are sued. Special interest groups, including the car dealers' lobby, persuaded our legislators to make last-minute amendments to this bill. Then our elected officials pushed this bill, SB 117, into law during the lame-duck session, without any public hearing, and at record speed.
The Yellow Line: 'Drama queens' give women a bad name
Oct. 2, 2007There are fundamental differences in the way that men and women conduct themselves, but these differences can be summed up in one word G
Your Turn: An article is satiric; an article is racist; so then satire is racist
Oct. 2, 2007There has been a lot of outrage concerning Chris Yonker over his controversial column. I was thinking I could provide some new insight about this problem, and hopefully about all future media, putting this hate language and stereotyping to rest.
Your Turn: Calling it the 'Walk of Shame' is insulting, degrading to women
Oct. 2, 2007In the midst of several Post writers engaging in what they perceived to be humorous columns that were ignorantly discriminative, negative and biased toward certain individuals and cultures, I salute faculty and student members who have voiced their opinions against recent columns and give them thanks for widely opening up dialogue within the Athens community. Ohio University is a community of educated individuals that accept diversity and look out for one another, brother and sister, hand in hand, heart to heart. Right? Then why does Thursday's Post column Avoiding the Walk of Shame make me more uncomfortable, skeptical and hopeless of progressing human compassion? I'm not writing to make an individual attack on the writer of this article, whom I believe innocently thought she was being cute or funny, but hope this commentary enables the writer of this article and those of the educational community to become aware of our human rights and the societal institutions and values that often blind us. I'm not writing exclusively as an activist, or as a female, but I'm writing to give another voice to our community and shed light on discriminative journalistic articles that community members might read everyday, no matter how slight they sway on the scale of offensiveness. Being that September is Sexual Assault Awareness month at Ohio University, I found Tuesday's column Avoiding the Walk of Shame to be both ironic and distasteful. The column discriminates and stereotypes female members of campus as being Sunday morning skirt and heels girls that have mascara smudged down their cheeks, disgruntled ponytails
