1st-place finishes highlight Ohio's weekend
Feb. 11, 2007Led by a second-place finish from distance runner Carime Reinhart, the Bobcat women landed fourth at the All-Ohio Championships in Bowling Green on Saturday.
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Ohio cancels lacrosse season
Feb. 11, 2007With not enough student-athletes to constitute a team, the Ohio athletic department announced the cancellation of the 2007 lacrosse season Friday morning.
Ohio goes 1-3 while trying to find 'another level' at Carolina Classic
Feb. 11, 2007Although the Bobcats came out of the Carolina Classic with a 1-3 record, third baseman Kristen Salvatore was satisfied with her team's performance.
Bobcats' failed execution leads to split with Penn State
Feb. 11, 2007Jim Roach will not soon forget his team's 3-2 loss to Penn State on Saturday. After a loss to their biggest rival at home, Roach said that this defeat hurts a little more.
Your Turn: Frostbite a real danger for students on campus
Feb. 8, 2007As a mother of a university student, I too am appalled there is no plan in place for closing because of extreme cold weather. Let me say that even though college students are regarded as adults, it doesn't mean that common sense should not prevail when the weather is dangerously cold. Ask any physician, and they will tell you that frostbite occurs in just a matter of minutes on exposed skin.
Women's basketball: Fatigue contributes to Bobcats' 53-52 loss
Feb. 8, 2007Toledo's Savage Hall will continue to haunt Ohio for at least another two years.
Ask Jerri
Feb. 8, 2007After five weeks of covering mostly local issues, we've decided to turn our attention to national concerns. The Democrats have had a month and one of us (Matt) thinks it's time to check on their progress.
Men's Basketball: Ohio works to continue streak
Feb. 8, 2007For the first time since conference play began, the Bobcats have more than just the O Zone on their side as they return to The Convo.
A different sound: OU student, traditional Chinese instrument bring music to the air
Feb. 8, 2007Second-year graduate student Tsun-Hui Hung rehearses for her upcoming recital Sunday. Hung has been playing the erhu, a traditional Chinese fiddle with two strings, since she was 10 years old. The instrument is made partially out of snakeskin, making it too fragile to take outside during the cold weather.
Editorial: Next idea, please
Feb. 8, 2007Ohio University is thinking about raising tuition again. It has happened every year during the reign of Roderick McDavis. The proposed 6 percent hike will once more try to make up for another budget shortfall. It is another in a long string of gaffes by the OU administration as they try to actually run a university.
OU to absorb post-season costs
Feb. 8, 2007The Ohio football team's first trip to a bowl game in 38 years wasn't planned, nor was it budgeted for.
'TWEEN takeover
Feb. 8, 2007Call them adolescents, call them middle-schoolers or call them 'tweens ' no matter the title, the crop of 9 to twelve-year-olds is just as self-conscious and awkward as ever. But what sets them apart from other generations is how tech-savy, tuned-in and trendy they are.
Renovation plan links Baker, R-TV
Feb. 8, 2007When Ohio University's Scripps College of Communication connects the former Baker University Center with the Radio-Television Building, it will also join five schools scattered across nine buildings.
'Crash' writer Bobby Moresco discusses inspiration, success
Feb. 8, 2007An actor, writer, producer and director, Bobby Moresco is best known for co-writing and producing 2005 Best Picture winner Crash and winning a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for the film. Moresco will be at the grand opening of Baker University Center tomorrow for a Q&A with students. The Post's Natalie Cammarata spoke with Moresco about his recent fame and his plans for tomorrow.
Repairs to dam drift in 5-year delay
Feb. 8, 2007More than five years ago, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources ordered that a split in the embankment of a dam at Strouds Run State Park be repaired, according to inspection reports from 2001. That same year, ODNR officials recommended that an emergency spillway be installed because the dam was able to handle only 60 percent of the required amount of rainfall.
Cincinnati folk band loves Athens' listeners, brings warmth
Feb. 8, 2007With the cold winds a-blowin' and the snow drifts a-pilin' up, The Walker Project is here to envelop Athenians in a singer-songwriting blanket of warmness.
OU, Athens see increase in parking tickets, revenues collected
Feb. 8, 2007Ohio University Transportation and Parking Services collected nearly $1 million in parking fees and fines in 2005, while the Athens Police Department brought in $564,000 from parking in 2006.
Ads to promote education in Ohio
Feb. 7, 2007Ohio is serving as a test state for a two-year national ad campaign that informs students from low-income families about higher education opportunities, a need still prevalent in Appalachian Ohio.
City law director announces re-election bid
Feb. 7, 2007Athens City Law Director Garry Hunter announced yesterday he will seek re-election to the post he has held since 1977.
Women's Basketball: Bobcats hope to continue road winning streak
Feb. 7, 2007As it draws closer to the conference tournament, Ohio has picked the perfect time to get back to its winning ways.
