JUST IN: City issues boil order
Apr. 11, 2007The city has issued a boil order for Earich Street and Sunset Drive on the north side, effective until 8 a.m. tomorrow. A boil order indicates that water should be boiled before use.
MULTIMEDIA
Baker Center to add antennas
Apr. 11, 2007Students who receive poor cell phone reception in Baker University Center can expect major improvements by the end of the quarter, a university official said.
Local art-rock band will 'sustain your brain from thought death'
Apr. 11, 2007While A.J. Heckman listened to the radio, a sexless, low-toned voice hijacked the signal. This pirate entity claimed its name was A-Tec. Its nonsensical ramblings and theories on the government and robots did not seem like a big deal to Heckman at the time, but since then, thoughts have been creeping into his brain that he said might or might not be his own.
Voting league's speaker to address election reform
Apr. 11, 2007Athens County League of Women Voters will sponsor a speaker and discussion about Ohio election reform at 7 tonight at the Athens Community Center.
Editorial: Underfunded firewall
Apr. 11, 2007According 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.
Ice Ice Baby
Apr. 11, 2007He 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.
Not Ready to Make Nice
Apr. 11, 2007The 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!
When Life is a Drag
Apr. 11, 2007Editor's note: This is the first in a series about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Athens.
Editorial: Feel the burn
Apr. 11, 2007Ohio 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.
Shipwreck sails on 'congealed' sound
Apr. 11, 2007Originating 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 takes unusual route to Ohio
Apr. 11, 2007Kicker Michael Braunstein doesn't have the most typical transfer story.
Weekly Top 5: Gina Beach's Top 5 Things To Do In Spring ... If It Ever Warms Up
Apr. 11, 20071. Go to Palmerfest
Your Turn: Articles on employee health care nothing but 'feel-good PR'
Apr. 11, 2007What a nice juxtaposition: while we learn that Budget could shift costs of employee health care
Money woes threaten Scripps professorship
Apr. 11, 2007EDITOR'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.
Baseball: 'Cats fail to recover from early deficit, fall to 0-10 in road games
Apr. 10, 2007Dan Weiss had a second inning that he would like to forget.
Editorial: Questionable decision
Apr. 10, 2007In 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.
Your Turn: University can block IP addresses to help prevent trouble with RIAA
Apr. 10, 2007In 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.
4 candidates vie for 3 at-large council seats
Apr. 10, 2007Four 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.
Revenge of the Nerd
Apr. 10, 2007It 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.
Fiscal woes plague school district
Apr. 10, 2007As 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.
