Unbranded band returns to Athens
Apr. 19, 2007Armed with an endless list of influences and an appetite for genre-melding, Blackcoin is bringing its unclassifiable collage of sound to Athens tonight.
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Study mislabels faculty salary data
Apr. 19, 2007A study concluding that Ohio University administrators make 3.8 percent more than the national median contained data that were mislabeled when it was distributed to faculty earlier this week.
Regents to form safety task force
Apr. 19, 2007In response to shootings at Virginia Tech earlier this week that left 33 dead, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has asked the Ohio Board of Regents to form a task force to review campus safety plans.
Vendor finds sweet new career venture in baking
Apr. 19, 2007Pomeroy resident Bee Vacca started out with a career in information systems for a company that contracted with the NASA shuttle program. But 10 years after leaving her tech job to be with her husband as he retired, she has traded computers for cakes.
Softball: Ohio hopes to beat Akron, remain in tournament race
Apr. 19, 2007It didn't take very long for the Bobcats to shift their focus after Wednesday's two losses against Marshall toward this weekend's games with Mid-American Conference rival Akron.
2nd Beautification Day filled with service projects
Apr. 19, 2007Volunteers will kick off Athens' Beautification Day tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. with speeches from OU President Roderick McDavis, Student Senate President Morgan Allen and a city official. After the speeches, volunteers will disperse to their project sites.
Track & Field: Bobcats head to All-Ohio Championships
Apr. 19, 2007The Ohio track and field teams head to Cincinnati this weekend for the 28-team All-Ohio Championships.
Golf: Bobcats head to Columbus for final regular season tournament
Apr. 19, 2007The women's golf team returns to action this weekend in the Lady Buckeyes Spring Invitational after a fifth place finish in the Falcon Invitational on Tuesday.
Spring Football: Bobcats set for spring fling
Apr. 19, 2007Coach Frank Solich doesn't want his team to accumulate any more black and blue in tomorrow's Green & White game.
Workshops encourage participants to 'Do It Yourself'
Apr. 19, 2007In celebration of Earth Day, the Ohio University Do It Yourself Club and The Wire are sponsoring DIY Fest 5, a weekend-long conference beginning tonight.
Your Turn: Equality amendment would have negative effects on all genders
Apr. 19, 2007On April 16, Erin Rose Pfeifer voiced her disagreement with Ashley Herzog's column on the Women's Equality Amendment. Ms. Pfeifer wrote that the goal of feminists is not to rid the world of gender differences but to provide equal opportunity for women. She expressed her belief that the WEA would do just that, contradicting Ms. Herzog's assertion that the WEA would create policies that both men and women would strongly disagree with.
Diversity scholarships at OU exclude funding for LGBT students
Apr. 19, 2007As Ohio University strives to increase diversity, one of the main proponents has been to offer more scholarships to minorities. But scholarships for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students are not on the list.
Your Turn: VT professor selflessly sacrificed life to save students
Apr. 19, 2007It started out as a normal Monday morning in Blacksburg, Va., at Virginia Tech University. That would soon change. A massacre would soon take place in which 33 human beings' lives were taken away forever. This would be the most horrific and deadly shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. It was truly a dark day. There was however, a bittersweet story that took place during these events.
Choir sings to address feminist concerns
Apr. 19, 2007Women composers know what women listeners enjoy, an idea that the Calliope Feminist Choir is bringing to fruition tomorrow night.
I've Made a Huge Mistake
Apr. 19, 2007On Tuesday, President McDavis and several top administrators appeared at a Town Hall meeting. I was out of town Tuesday, but I had the chance to view the forum live on the Internet. I admire McDavis, Krendl and others for being willing to field hostile questions despite my belief that Town Hall meetings are best confined to actual towns and organizations with hopelessly antiquated ideas about public relations.
YOURTURN: Columnist overlooks Duke lacrosse players' troubling party habits
Apr. 18, 2007Ashley Herzog rehashes a number of the issues in the sexual assault accusation against Duke University lacrosse players, a case in which the charges were recently dropped. She speaks of hateful assumptions that white male athletes are violent racists who take pleasure in gang-raping helpless women.
Column: Not Ready to Make Nice
Apr. 18, 2007It's spring recruitment time for those involved in Greek life at Ohio University. This annual event is distinctly recognizable when you look out your window and see scantily clad women in itty-bitty black dresses walking around in swarms, much resembling parades of ants. At the vision of this procession, I am filled with a nauseous feeling in the pit of my stomach ' like when I see a mass of bugs, and I immediately want to stomp on them.
Donkey's new floor keeps eclectic look
Apr. 18, 2007Until five years ago, Donkey Coffee and Espresso owner Chris Pyle rarely drank coffee.
Weekly Top 5: Kathleen Keish's Top 5 Things to Look Forward To For Summer
Apr. 18, 20071. Amusement parks
