Bobcats complete comeback, beat nationally-ranked Bowling Green
Feb. 25, 2007The numbers gave every indication that Ohio would be overmatched.
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Editorial: Budget bandage
Feb. 25, 2007Gov. Ted Strickland's new transportation budget came with a surprise for Ohio drivers. His newest proposal calls for reduction in a tax break to gas wholesalers. The tax break was designed to help make up for lost revenues because of evaporation at the pump. But citing new technologies, the governor has decided to cut the break to help fund state troopers. However, this new proposal has many worried about rising prices at the pump as the retailers pass the cost onto the customers.
Your Turn: Colleges increasingly extend 'cruelty-free' vegetarian options
Feb. 25, 2007Thanks for Christopher Gohlke's column, Veganism requires conviction and a taste for the exotic
Your Turn: 'Iraq Lake' unearths a misplaced education system
Feb. 25, 2007I laughed out loud when I saw it, the floor of shiny Baker 2.0 ' Lake Iraq' the Persian Gulf extending from the Indian Ocean to Jordanian and Syrian borders. In 2007, this geographic misidentification of Iraq could not be more significant.
Winning Shoot Out film tackles laundry equality
Feb. 25, 2007Far from the coifed glamour of the Oscars, hundreds of exhausted students gathered in the Baker Center Theatre last night to celebrate a different side of filmmaking.
Marzolff sustains multiple fires
Feb. 25, 2007Three fires have broken out in Martzolff House on South Green during the past week, the most recent of which occurred Saturday and caused $1,000 in damage to an elevator, according to the Ohio University Police Department.
OU to deny Internet to file sharers
Feb. 25, 2007Days after being identified as the nation's leader in music download notifications, Ohio University has revised its enforcement policy for copyright infringement.
Cdigix says see ya to Ctrax
Feb. 25, 2007Students and faculty who download music through Cdigix's free service won't have that option after May 1 and could lose all songs acquired through the program.
Campaigns use Web to target young voters
Feb. 25, 2007The use of the Internet in political campaigns has increased substantially in recent years, and some candidates are introducing site elements that appeal especially to a younger, more technologically-driven generation.
Jail warden charged with felony for allegedly showing pornography
Feb. 25, 2007William Jeff Gillespie, warden of the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail, was charged Friday with unauthorized use of computers for allegedly showing a female jail employee adult pornography on his office computer Jan. 24.
Editorial: File overload
Feb. 25, 2007After repeated complaints from the Recording Industry Association of America and another round of headlines around the state, the university changed its policy regarding illegal downloads.
JUST IN: Custodians, cooks threaten strike
Feb. 22, 2007A union representing more than 630 Ohio University employees has served a strike notice.
JUST IN: OU changes file-sharing policy
Feb. 22, 2007Days after being identified as the nation's leader in music download notifications, Ohio University has revised its enforcement policy for copyright infringement.
JUST IN: Councilman beats incumbent mayor in primary
Feb. 22, 2007First Ward city Councilman Paul Wiehl beat incumbent Ric Abel in his Democratic bid for the mayor's seat in today's primary election, according to preliminary results from the Athens County Board of Elections.
JUST IN: Jail warden charged with felony
Feb. 22, 2007William Jeff Gillespie, warden of the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail, was charged Friday with unauthorized use of computers for allegedly showing a female jail employee adult pornography on his office computer Jan. 24.
Business professor rejects penalty proposal
Feb. 21, 2007A professor in Ohio University's College of Business has refused to accept proposed punishments in response to the ethics complaint filed against him last fall.
Your Turn: Baker Center's 'Iraq Ocean' negates country's populace
Feb. 21, 2007As you walk into the Court Street entrance of the new Baker University Center, look down and to the left. On the far left colorful tiled floor map, you will see an ocean where Iraq should be. It's true! Take your own walking tour of the Baker Center-sponsored World. Maybe this was just a construction error. Maybe there were not enough land-colored tiles in the budget to cover the war torn country of Iraq. On the other hand, maybe this slip-up was more of a slight. I imagine chuckles and sideways glances of amusement as construction crews and administrative overseers toured the building before its opening. Maybe a picture was taken and attached to an e-mail with a funny tagline: And the war is finally over or Iraq '08. Quibbling about floor tiles would seem a little trite except that every time I walk over the new Ohio University-sanctioned Iraq Ocean, I feel like I am taking part in the negation of not only a country, but its populace. The mothers, grandmothers and grandfathers, children, young adults and (yes) even the American troops of Iraq are all rendered nonexistent by a floor tile in the multi-million dollar building that I helped pay for. Bring your green Sharpies and let's fix it. Samantha Flores is a senior English major.
Assistant county prosecutor announces law director bid
Feb. 21, 2007Assistant Athens County Prosecutor Patrick Lang announced yesterday he plans to run for the Athens city law director position now filled by Republican Garry Hunter.
