More and more doctors are asking courts to resolve this question: Who has the final say in childbirth options? The most recent case involves a Philadelphia woman who, after giving birth naturally to six children who each weighed about 12 pounds, was told by Wilkes-Barre General Hospital doctors that she had to deliver her seventh, an 11-pound, 9-ounce girl, by Caesarean section.
At Ohio University, Sigma Gamma Rho does not have massive pledge classes. They do not live in a house filled with other sorority members. Their responsibilities and duties are not spread among multiple hierarchical positions. This is because Sigma Gamma Rho, a historically black sorority, is only composed of two women.
The growing popularity of poker and other card games has led some Ohio University students to satisfy their cravings for Texas Hold 'em online.
The summer before I came to Ohio University, I worked in a packaging factory for ten dollars an hour. Every morning, I got up at 5:30, drove forty-five minutes to the factory, and loaded 30-pound boxes onto a skid for eight hours. This is where I first understood freedom and capitalism.
There's a feeling in the pit of the stomach that begins as a knot. It's exacerbated with the growing realization that the bad news is not a dream -it's reality, and that the beloved friend is not coming back.
Ohio University senior Christa Johnson, 22, died this weekend after suffering unexplained heart complications at her home in Highland Heights, Ohio.
An Athens resident was found guilty yesterday in an Athens County Court of Common Pleas jury trial yesterday on felony charge of failure to appear in court.
Most people are excited about school coming to an end. We all have our activities lined up -jobs, internships, road trips, concerts. We are eager to spend time with our friends and family, and ready to get away from classes and out of Athens.
Next school year, four Ohio University professors will have
(U-WIRE) -When did cheering for the wrong man become right?
This Memorial Day weekend marks the starting point of the summer traveling season, which means motorists will face a tight gas market this year, according to AAA South Central Ohio.
Ohio University union employees reached a tentative agreement in contract negotiations last night.
Gov. Bob Taft announced Wednesday that the city of Nelsonville will receive a $20,000 grant to hire a consultant to help prepare the city's comprehensive plan.
WASHINGTON --America's prison population grew by 2.9 percent last year, to almost 2.1 million inmates, with one of every 75 men living in prison or jail.
Almost 70 student researchers filled Walter Hall rotunda Thursday with displays that represented months of work at the Student Research and Creativity Fair.
Currently, the Ohio Supreme Court is facing a tough decision that concerns possibly the most heinous crime in society save murder. The court has been examining the state's version of Megan's Law to determine if judges have the ability to apply a 'sexually violent predator' label to a first-time offender, based on the likelihood that the person will commit a similar act in the future. The law currently provides for the classification and registration of sexual offenders and permits increased sentences for those deemed 'sexually violent predators'.
For the Ohio men's and women's track and field teams, nearly everything that could go wrong during the 2004 season did.
Swimsuits. Sand volleyball. Unusually warm weather. Summer time? Not quite, but it may seem that way looking around Ohio University's campus these last few weeks of school.
Meghan Crosby's May 19 column, The same roots
Solutions by The State News