MULTIMEDIA
Your Turn: Title IX, finances not reasons for cuts
Apr. 9, 2007Administration officials are misleading students regarding the recent sports cuts. The university has cited Title IX and financial reasons for cutting the sports. Hocutt has continually said that due to inequality in the Athletic Department, the NCAA would not recertify the university next year unless the school added another women's sport. He goes on to say that this is not feasible because of the financial crisis facing the Athletic Department. Seem odd? Well it does to me, especially since former Athletic Director Boeh said in a March 2005 interview with The Athens News that Ohio University was one of the top schools in the country for Title IX compliance. So how did we all of a sudden fall out of compliance with Title IX? After consulting with Title IX experts.
Editorial: Umbrella effect
Apr. 9, 2007More than a year after creating the President's Office of Diversity, President Roderick McDavis is changing things again. In an announcement from his home at 29 Park Place, McDavis proposed a new single office to house all departments of diversity. This new office combines the multicultural offices, LGBT program center, Women's Center and Disability Services. Basically, unless you are a white, non-disabled, heterosexual male, there is a home for you under this new umbrella of diversity. The office will be led by a newly created vice provost position, which will be filled after a national search.
Rising cost shifts study abroad location
Apr. 9, 2007BODY: After about 10 years in Pamplona, the location of Ohio University's Spanish study abroad program will change to Toledo, Spain, starting Fall Quarter.
Strickland comes to town
Apr. 9, 2007Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland visited campus yesterday to promote a proposal to cap tuition rates at public universities that would compel Ohio University to make difficult decisions to curb a mounting debt crisis.
University opens new Genomics Facility; work 'already having an effect'
Apr. 8, 2007Ohio University researchers can now examine and analyze gene information on campus, as the ribbon was cut on a new research lab Friday in Porter Hall.
Participation in health program might pay off for employees
Apr. 8, 2007Ohio University officials will decide whether to offer monetary incentives to encourage employee participation in health improvement programs within the next year.
Budget could shift cost of employee health care
Apr. 8, 2007Although Ohio University President Roderick McDavis supported employee and faculty raises, his recommended budget proposes shifting $1.5 million in health care costs to employees.
Editorial: Ain't no sunshine
Apr. 8, 2007As part of his budget plan for fiscal year 2008, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis wants to invest $1 million into a rainy day fund.
Artist uses technology to illustrate his life
Apr. 8, 2007Multimedia artist Philip Mallory Jones hasn't only made art his life's work ' he's made his life his artwork.
Your Turn: Columnist, many college women take Title IX's benefits for granted
Apr. 8, 2007I found Ashley Herzog's piece on the effects of Title IX on university athletes profoundly offensive. Ms. Herzog's statements about feminists were extremely inflammatory and baseless. The author of this piece seems to be unaware of the fact that the same feminist-busybodies who fought for the supposedly unfair quotas and gender-proportionality in publicly funded university sports programs also fought hard for Ms. Herzog's right to equal access to educational opportunities, as well as many other rights that college women now take for granted, including the right to live off-campus with a male partner and the right to live on-campus unmolested by strict dress codes and curfews. Apparently Ms. Herzog did not research the Title IX amendments very carefully. Section 1681 of the educational amendments of 1972 states that No person in the United States shall
Defense dominates in 1st spring scrimmage
Apr. 8, 2007The unseasonable weather gave it the appearance of a late fall scrimmage.
Your Turn: Rowing a sport that 'demands virtually everything' from athletes
Apr. 8, 2007I am writing in regard to Ashley Herzog's column on Title IX and its effects on athletes of both genders. While I believe that she makes some very valid points in her article, there is one statement that I object to and wish to clarify. This statement purports that crew is a sport that is easy to learn.
Your Turn: Football not to blame for sports cuts
Apr. 8, 2007I would like to respond to Greg Mason's Letter to the Editor published in the April 5 edition of The Post. In his letter dealing with Title IX, he mentions that the decision to cut sports stems from a need to direct more money toward the deficits created by the 'revenue sports.' He goes on to insinuate that the cutting of four sports were in response to deficits created by bowl games that were supposed to bring in money.
The Other Side
Apr. 8, 2007I didn't plan on writing another column about feminism, but I keep discovering more examples of pernicious ideas the so-called women's rights activists are pushing on society. Last week, the Democrat-controlled Congress reintroduced the long-dead Equal Rights Amendment, which gained popular support in the 1970s but died when Americans found out what it actually entailed. Thirty years later, feminists in Congress seem to think we've forgotten.
Editorial: High voltage
Apr. 8, 2007Officers at the Ohio University Police Department now have a non-lethal weapon that can produce 50,000 volts of electricity. Police Chief Michael Martinsen announced last week the department had spent $8,000 to purchase five Tasers. Martinsen cited student safety and not wanting to depend on other law enforcement agencies as reasons for the purchase. In other words, according to Martinsen, officers at the OU Police Department don't want to wait for an Athens officer to show up with a Taser when one is needed immediately.
OU celebrates Indian Holi festival
Apr. 8, 2007People gathered Saturday to celebrate a tradition known as Holi, a two-day Indian festival and national Indian holiday that is celebrated in March. The Ohio University Indian Student Association organized a show at Templeton-Blackburn Memorial Alumni Auditorium followed by a dinner at Baker University Center Ballroom to commemorate the event.
Baseball Notebook
Apr. 2, 2007Marc Krauss realizes that his team's mind-set is not the greatest after losing eight consecutive games. Ohio (9-14, 0-6 Mid-American Conference) will get the opportunity to improve its state of mind today at Xavier, and Krauss said his team needs to regain this confidence in order to be successful.
Track and field: Bobcats begin outdoor season with top finishes
Mar. 25, 2007The Ohio track and field team opened its outdoor season Thursday traveling to the Wake Forest Open.
Baseball: Huskies sweep 'Cats in MAC opener
Mar. 25, 2007Joe Carbone does not know how to explain his Bobcats' early road struggles. With a 7-2 loss to Northern Illinois yesterday Ohio dropped to 0-8 in road games this season.
