Club hopes to make Athens 'Cool City'
Sep. 24, 2006The Sierra Club's Appalachian Ohio Group used a solar panel installation at Athens Middle School to kick off an alternative energy campaign that the group hopes to bring to Athens.
MULTIMEDIA
SOCCER: 'Cats make splash in conference play
Sep. 24, 2006The Bobcats kicked off Mid-American Conference play with a bang this weekend, toppling previously unbeaten Central Michigan on Friday 2-1 and defeating Eastern Michigan by a score of 2-1 on Sunday.
FIELD HOCKEY: Ohio starts conference slate strongly with two shutouts
Sep. 24, 2006Coming off one of its most disappointing losses of the year, the Ohio field hockey squad rebounded with two straight shutouts this weekend to open Mid-American Conference play.
BACKTALK: Soccer coach passes on gravy-soaked french fries
Sep. 24, 2006While Ohio soccer coach Stacy Strauss was preparing to lead her squad into Mid-American Conference play this weekend, she took time to sit down with The Post's Jess Mosser to discuss movie stars, her cable package and our neighbors to the North.
Smoking-related health risks can be easily avoided
Sep. 24, 2006Smoking is the single greatest avoidable cause of disease and death.
Student political groups inform voters about ID law
Sep. 24, 2006A law requiring Ohio voters to provide identification at the polls passed months ago, but student political groups are now dealing with its effects on their voter education and registration efforts.
Editorial: Race to November
Sep. 24, 2006In a new poll released by the Columbus Dispatch, Democrats seem to be cruising toward a dominating November election, led by Ted Strickland, who has a 19-point lead over J. Kenneth Blackwell. Congressional candidate Sherrod Brown leads incumbent Mike DeWine by five points.
Yet another tale of sex and the city
Sep. 24, 2006Almost 30 years after Annie Hall, the New Yorkers with sexual hang-ups movie is beginning to feel as old as the Iliad.
FOOTBALL: Bobcats end 3-game road trip with ugly loss
Sep. 24, 2006Ohio's first offensive possession Saturday at Missouri summed up perfectly what type of day it would be for the Bobcats.
CROSS COUNTRY: Weather wears on Bobcats
Sep. 24, 2006The Ohio cross country teams fought the poor conditions in the Ohio Invitational on Saturday, as the women grabbed second place and the men took third place on the soggy course.
Solich to square off against familar foe in Mizzou coach
Sep. 21, 2006The Bobcats' game against Missouri tomorrow marks only the 10th time in program history that the 'Cats have faced a Big 12 opponent and the first-ever time that Ohio has squared off against the Tigers.
'Ohio' not rockin' in bed or on the silver screen
Sep. 21, 2006Priscilla Chase (Parker Posey) is the kind of tightly wound young professional you see resolutely bounding down the street in her power suit, gleaming white pumps moving at lightning speed, chin to the sky.
Candidate for Ohio governor visits OU
Sep. 21, 2006Politicians who abuse taxpayer dollars are responsible for Ohio's lagging economy, a Libertarian Ohio gubernatorial candidate said last night.
Second-largest freshman class comes to campus
Sep. 21, 2006The numbers for this year's freshman class show that little has changed in enrollment for the past five years.
A winning habit
Sep. 21, 2006Ohio volleyball coach Geoff Carlston will lead his team into conference play for the fourth time in his career tonight. In doing so, Carlston and the Bobcats will defend their title of three-time Mid-American Conference champions and begin working for their fourth straight conference title.
Growing up in the spotlight
Sep. 21, 2006Chelsea Ballint stands on stage with 10 anxious girls, looking out into the audience. She sees her dad and her boyfriend sitting together, smiling eagerly at her. With no time to prepare herself, the announcer calls her name over the loudspeaker. Seventeen-year-old Ballint has just won her first pageant title, Ohio's Homecoming Queen.
Archaic fine print needs to be dropped from rules
Sep. 21, 2006When did the lives of adults become dictated by fine print that is so fine, frankly, it's almost impossible to find?
Editorial: Kick to the curb
Sep. 21, 2006Lame duck: An elected official still in office after losing re-election.
Hat project hooks students with charity
Sep. 21, 2006Theater students at Ohio University are learning that classwork can mean more than earning a grade as they make hats for cancer patients.
Editorial: Poorly planned
Sep. 21, 2006The city of Athens has yet to name a city planner after the initial candidates both dropped out, according to an article in yesterday's Post. The position will be responsible for implementing the comprehensive plan that is supposed to be the guide for development in Athens.
