Editorial: The rise and fall of OU
Jan. 10, 2007With all the attention being paid to the new Baker Center, other buildings are rising and falling around campus. Here is a breakdown of some of the major changes ' for better or worse.
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The Royales rock Athens
Jan. 10, 2007In the early '60s a new fusion of blues, R&B and country western music made teenagers' ears perk up while their parents tried to shut out the confounded racket. Performers dressed in suits for gigs and audiences responded in kind, gussying themselves up for a night of frolicsome delight and dancing.
Poor, impressive showings
Jan. 10, 2007The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 64th annual Golden Globe Awards will air at 8 p.m., Sunday on NBC. The Post's associate editor and television columnist Justin Thompson breaks down the best, worst and undeserving for the TV nominations, while assistant managing editor and movie columnist Matt Burns takes on the movie nominations.
Cellular comfort
Jan. 10, 2007Devin Patchell found himself intoxicated and relieving himself outdoors after a successful weekend night. He noticed someone approaching. Instinctively, Patchell flipped open his cell phone and pretended to text message, as if he had been doing it all along.
Bowled over
Jan. 7, 2007MOBILE, Ala. ' While three of his top seniors sat behind him with disheveled looks on their faces, coach Frank Solich looked at peace with the disappointing result of his team's first bowl appearance in 38 years.
Van Kempen breaks out in second game for Bobcats
Nov. 19, 2006After Ohio forward Kenneth van Kempen surprised his team and coach with a strong outing in his first game with the Bobcats last week, he went and did it again yesterday against Yale.
Women's Basketball: Bobcats lead series match-up against Vikings
Nov. 13, 2006After getting her first career win as a head coach last weekend, Ohio women's basketball coach Sylvia Crawley began a mission.
Baker Center nearly ready to strut its stuff
Nov. 13, 2006On January 2, the new Baker Student Center, which commenced planning phases in fall of 2000, will be fully operational and will open its doors to a curious and excited student body.
Bobcats want to compete in bowl game, make history
Nov. 13, 2006For the Bobcats' 19 seniors, the stakes have never been higher.
Council seeks party profit
Nov. 13, 2006After losing $74,000 on Halloween, Athens City Council might look to Madison, Wisconsin, for ideas to generate revenue next year, said Councilwoman Carol Patterson, D-at large.
OU desires better ranking
Nov. 13, 2006Despite Ohio University's party school image and ratings in The Princeton Review, the university's Department of Institutional Research is making efforts to increase the positive academic rankings for next year, an OU administrator said.
'Trail of Dead' has less chaos
Nov. 13, 2006The members of indie rock band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead are known for their epic, crazed, rock'n'roll musical rampages. Their fifth album, So Divided, delivers on a little more than half of that reputation.
MAC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT: Ohio faces MAC tournament championship for 4th time
Nov. 13, 2006The Ohio volleyball team will begin its run at a fourth straight Mid-American Conference Tournament championship Friday when they play the winner of the Kent State vs. Eastern Michigan match. Here is the tournament break down.
Ohio to face Ivy League school for first time
Nov. 13, 2006The Ohio men's basketball team will face some Ivy League competition as it takes on Yale Sunday in The Convo.
OU surplus funds to require proposals
Nov. 13, 2006Funds freed up by a $14.4 million budget realignment plan will require proposals to be distributed to planning units, an OU administrator said at last night's Faculty Senate meeting.
OU mines theses and dissertations for plagiarism
Nov. 13, 2006Scouring the Ohio University library's archive for plagiarism, former graduate student Tom Matrka used the library's Web site to search for the keyword multiphase flow in theses and dissertations. He requested the search results from the annex and, after comparing the documents side by side, Matrka found 15 allegedly plagiarized theses.
Candidates wait for final tally
Nov. 12, 2006Democrats in the Ohio House of Representatives retained legal counsel from a Columbus law group in an effort to guarantee all votes are counted in the race for the 92nd District seat, according to a news release from the Ohio House Democratic Caucus.
Times have changed for McDavis
Nov. 12, 2006As a freshman living in Lincoln Hall, Roderick McDavis never thought that one day he would live in the president's mansion at 29 Park Place.
EDITORIAL: Lost opportunity
Nov. 12, 2006Once again, like they do every year, Athens City Council is complaining about losing money paying for the Halloween party on Court Street. While complaining is certainly easier than coming up with proactive ways to reduce costs, it is getting old. Halloween is expensive for the city of Athens; we understand that. Now it's time to move on and do something to reduce or eliminate that cost, and try to profit off the massive influx of people.
