Senate votes for higher printing quota
Feb. 19, 2007Ohio University is striving for recognition as a research institution, but printing quotas for graduate students have some wondering if the university is fulfilling their research needs.
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Women's Basketball: Backup center making progress
Feb. 19, 2007Center Chandra Myers has already scored more points this season than she did all of last season and recorded career highs in points in consecutive games.
Editorial: Listen Up!
Feb. 19, 2007A New York state senator plans to introduce legislation prohibiting the use of electronic devices from crosswalks in major cities. If passed, anyone listening to an MP3 player or talking on a cell phone while crossing the street could be fined up to $100.
Michael Flatley's Irish step dancing to grace Mem Aud
Feb. 19, 2007A splash of Irish culture will come stepping into Athens when Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance performs tonight at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
Snow days affect student teachers, local schools
Feb. 19, 2007Education majors who teach or observe at local schools might be scrambling for hours as the number of snow days mounts in those districts.
Pedal Power
Feb. 19, 2007Keith Cobbin made his first stop in Athens yesterday during a bike ride from New York to Iowa for his seventh long-distance bike trip. He carts 80 pounds of luggage on carts behind him and stays in motels, outdoors and in churches, while writing a memoir about the interesting people he meets.
Council passes 3 percent pay increase
Feb. 19, 2007Elected city officials will receive a 3 percent annual pay raise for each of the next four years after members of Athens City Council unanimously voted in favor of the ordinance last night.
Your Turn: Basketball team of today is repeating lackluster history
Feb. 18, 2007As a three-time Ohio grad and an avid fan of Ohio athletics, I have followed the teams in all sports since 1974 when I first was a student. In my opinion, history is repeating itself when it comes to the current basketball team, its level of play and its coaches.
Prosecutor's former secretary indicted on drug charges
Feb. 18, 2007An Athens County grand jury indicted Constance Connie Zwahlen, a former secretary for Athens County prosecutor, and her husband for felonious drug-related charges resulting from an October drug investigation.
Editorial: Why not stay awhile?
Feb. 18, 2007The retention rate at OU has fallen again to 79.8 percent. This is a continuing trend that, as administrators have confirmed, has begun to affect the budget. Many of the monetary woes facing the university have been blamed on the falling retention rate. There is a problem keeping students at OU, and the university needs to start offering real solutions.
No reversal in sport team cuts
Feb. 18, 2007Although they had the power to reverse the decision to eliminate four varsity sports, Ohio University's Board of Trustees ultimately supported the action at their Friday meeting in Chillicothe.
Locke Work Orange:
Feb. 18, 2007A few weeks ago, I received news so good that I went to the roof of my dorm and shouted it to all who would listen. Well, that story isn't 100 percent accurate in the sense of being true, but I would have shouted it from the rooftops if the door to the roof wasn't closed, I wasn't busy and the temperature wasn't appropriate for cryogenic experimentation. That's how good the news was. You see, the seventh and final Harry Potter book comes out this summer, and I am excited. Very, very exited.
Baseball: Ohio swept by Vanderbilt
Feb. 18, 2007The Ohio baseball team dropped all three games of its season-opening series against Vanderbilt.
Voinovich still center, not school
Feb. 18, 2007After Friday's Board of Trustees meeting, Ohio University's Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs remains a center, not a school.
Porter addition delayed
Feb. 18, 2007Citing budget concerns, Ohio University's Board of Trustees unanimously postponed a $5.7 million dollar expansion to Porter Hall and the demolition of Anderson Laboratory.
Editorial: One thing at a time
Feb. 18, 2007The city of Athens is considering adding lights to its skate park, which would supposedly make it the first lighted outdoor skate park in the state.
Softball: 'Cats suffer heartbreak at Spartan Classic
Feb. 18, 2007A team can get its heart broken a lot of times over a season. For Ohio, three of those times came over the weekend.
Graduate Student Senate: Low printing quota hurts grad research efforts
Feb. 18, 2007Ohio University is striving for recognition as a research institution, but printing quotas for graduate students have some wondering if the university is fulfilling their research needs.
Indoor track & field: Bobcats find unexpected success at Buckeye invite
Feb. 18, 2007Austin Schiele ran faster than he thought he could this weekend.
