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Your Turn: Conservative Week meant to air not-often heard opinions in Athens
May 10, 2007I'm addressing some issues in Cloud's column on Conservative Week. Let me ask this, would he have a problem with a diversity week? For Conservative Coming Out Day
Your Turn: 'Robustly armed citizenry' not answer to VT tragedy
May 10, 2007In response to the Virginia Tech tragedy a number of letters and opinion pieces have appeared in these pages observing that, had the students at Virginia Tech been armed, they would have been able to defend themselves and stop the killer before he had killed so many. One cannot deny that this is so. On the basis of this observation, the writers of these letters and essays recommend that we allow students to carry guns on campus, that as a nation we arm ourselves in ready defense against madmen such as the murderer at Virginia Tech.
Your Turn: Crowd's reaction to evangelicals less than 'thoughtful, intelligent'
May 10, 2007I am writing to express my sincere disappointment with the recent behavior of some members of the Athens community. Along with a small crowd of others, many of them students, I had the opportunity to witness the quixotic preachings of some evangelical Christians near College Gate. While there are a lot of things I choose not believe in, like God or Hell or Sin or Evil, there is one thing that I do believe in: the fundamental freedom to speak one's mind and peaceably assemble. As evident by the crowd's behavior, it would seem that many in this community do not share this belief with me. As members of the Ohio University community, with ostensibly liberal and progressive tolerance, I expected more from them than heckles and occasional, thankfully unheeded calls to violence. I felt a twinge of shame from the banal and hypocritical volley between these preachers and the crowd. If the crowd felt it necessary to respond to the evangelicals, I would venture to guess that thoughtful, calm and intelligent rebuttals exist; yet, apparently no one in the audience possessed the constitution to find one. I hope this behavior is the exception, not the rule.
Illegal file-sharing stunted, says CIO
May 10, 2007Peer-to-peer traffic at Ohio University has been almost completely eliminated, said the university's chief information officer.
Your Turn: Brown's opinion fails to include crucial information
May 10, 2007In a May 2 letter to The Post, Dr. Kenneth Brown wrote that the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 threatens a woman's right to make personal medical decisions and that it leaves women with only the alternative of turning to procedures that are more dangerous than partial birth abortion.
Death penalty lawyers face unique risks, challenges
May 10, 2007In local attorney Herman Carson's office there are pictures of an inmate wearing a blue jumpsuit. His name is Keith LaMar.
Unhooked
May 10, 2007Editor's note: Only first names were used for students interviewed for this article because of the personal nature of the story.
Graffiti workshop provides lesson about hip-hop art
May 10, 2007The Ohio University chapter of the Hip Hop Congress wants you to know hip-hop culture is about more than just rap music.
Your Turn: 'Post' publishes cynical views
May 10, 2007Like many others here at Ohio University, I read The Post nearly every day. It has come to my attention that the Between the Lines and Your Turn sections of the newspaper are filled with student commentary regarding race, ethnicity, tolerance and things of that nature. And all the commentaries seem to be sending the same message about our majority student population; we are regressing toward racist, sexist and barbaric behavior, and it needs to stop.
Renowned 'Killer' to show at Athena
Apr. 26, 2007The year 1977 was a banner year for the movies for more than one reason.
Spring volleyball update
Apr. 26, 2007The Ohio volleyball team will wrap up its spring season tomorrow at the University of Cincinnati, where it will compete against host Cincinnati, Dayton, Illinois and Northwestern.
Golf: Senior co-captains ready for final tourney in MAC Championships
Apr. 26, 2007The Ohio women's golf team heads to Nashport, Ohio for the Mid-American Conference Championships at the Longaberger Golf Club this weekend.
JUST IN: OU president's assistant announces retirement
Apr. 26, 2007The assistant to the president of Ohio University is leaving ' this time, he says, for good.
'Planet Earth' triumphs as a documentary
Apr. 25, 2007Halfway through the latest episode of the Discovery Channel series Planet Earth, the camera tosses light onto a vampire squid, an animal that looks as foreboding and frightening as it sounds. Then it went dark, and an eerie blue glow emanated from the eyes and from the tip of each of its eight tentacles.
Count me in
Apr. 25, 2007Graduate Student Senate passed a resolution last week that requests future student members of the Board of Trustees be granted full voting rights. Ohio state law prohibits student trustees from voting, counting toward a quorum or sitting in on executive session. The two current student trustees are limited to an advisory role, and it would require state legislation to change their status. Senate's resolution is just the first step in that direction ' a sign that this is a matter of concern. And it should be.
YOURTURN: Column perpetuates social barriers
Apr. 25, 2007In response to Alex Jabs' column, I would like to make a few comments.
Weekly Top 5: Anna Sudar's Top 5 Frozen Treats Now That Spring Has Sprung
Apr. 25, 20071. Ben & Jerry's ice cream
Dean gets mostly positive reviews
Apr. 25, 2007Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a five-part series detailing the evaluations of Ohio University deans. Only five deans were evaluated because first-year deans are not evaluated.
OU to pull plug on bandwidth hogs
Apr. 25, 2007Some Ohio University network file-sharers could lose Internet access tomorrow, more than two months after the recording industry began its nationwide crackdown on college music sharers.
