According to a recent report by a major information technology consulting firm, Ohio University spends significantly less on IT and employs fewer people than similar universities. Peer universities spend about $27.4 million a year, while OU spends $12 million a year ' a 60 percent difference.
He had the first rap single to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He was a pioneer of sampling in rap songs and has sold millions and millions of records. His pompadour rivaled Conan O'Brien's in terms of ridiculousness. His name evoked groans and sheepish smiles from former fans. His name is Rob Van Winkle. But most people know him as Vanilla Ice.
The gays are coming! The gays are coming! Let all conservative political activists arm themselves with protest signs and fundamentalist religions hold scripture close to their hearts. It's Pride Week, and the queers are here!
Editor's note: This is the first in a series about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Athens.
Ohio State is flexing its progressive muscles again. First, the university eliminated trans fats in cafeterias and restaurants. Now, in an endeavor to encourage better employee health and cut future health care costs, OSU has decided that its employees need to get into shape. To keep them running on the treadmill, OSU is offering a cash incentive. Employees can earn up to $125 if they meet the goals of programs such as attending exercise classes or quitting smoking, which OSU hopes will benefit them financially in the long term.
Originating in Champaign, Ill., Shipwreck may not be a band that is anywhere near water, but the group's music definitely has a mariner, out-at-sea sound that will be coming to Ohio University's Baker University Center Theatre tonight.
Kicker Michael Braunstein doesn't have the most typical transfer story.
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What a nice juxtaposition: while we learn that Budget could shift costs of employee health care
EDITOR'S NOTE: Sean Gaffney was employed with the Scripps Howard Foundation for an internship in Washington, D.C., this past summer. He is no longer employed with the company.
Dan Weiss had a second inning that he would like to forget.
In all academic disciplines ' from history to the sciences ' transparency is the key to integrity. A recent report by Ohio University's Center for Automatic Identification fell short of this requirement of full and honest disclosure. OU's recent Consumer Reports-style review of several Radio Frequency Identification readers failed to disclose that a Web retailer of the devices loaned them to OU.
In the past several months the RIAA has sent out 405 letters to college students demanding $750 for each song downloaded or a settlement fee of $3,000. This has come following the 2006 attacks against 18,000 people, including a 7-year-old girl, 83-year-old dead grandmother and people who don't even have computers. Each of these new lawsuits were initiated by the RIAA tracking college computer networks of students who have accidentally forgotten to turn off the upload feature on their files. Realistically, these are not the avid users who download a lot of music, since most of the avid users know how to protect themselves by turning off file-sharing. The RIAA is only going after the sharing of music, not the downloading. But the real question is not about upload versus download. The real question is who is responsible for allowing file upload and download on college campuses.
Four candidates for three at-large Athens City Council seats shared their views on topics ranging from parking reform, public safety and rental housing in a discussion forum last night.
It started like any other Wednesday, but by the end of the day I felt like I had bathed in a sea of mediocrity. I decided that I was running dangerously low on the staples of life ' pretzels, hot dogs and juice. So after class, I ventured off on an epic, consumerist journey into the bowels of Wal-Mart. After I bought my groceries, I understood why I hated Wal-Mart, but that I was doomed to shop there.
As Federal Hocking Local School District faces an imminent fiscal emergency, a state audit of its 2006 finances released yesterday confirmed its sizable debt and found several bookkeeping errors.
Ohio University will replace the printed course catalogs with a program that makes the catalogs accessible through the university Web site by next fall.
Americans sure love their TV, but Ohio University students do not watch as much as the typical American household, a recent survey shows.
As it prepares to rework the campus television network this summer, Ohio University has gathered student opinions about changing channels.
Although Ohio teachers have the 13th highest salaries in the nation, average salaries for teachers in Athens County are almost 20 percent lower than the state average, a disparity local school officials attribute to an over-reliance on property taxes.
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