Volleyball: Traveling Bobcats bring momentum on mid-season trip
Oct. 5, 2006As the Ohio volleyball team reaches the midpoint of its season, coach Geoff Carlston is making sure his team remains focused on its goals.
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Soccer: Home contests will determine whether 'Cats are among conference's top teams
Oct. 5, 2006The Ohio soccer team will be searching for consistency during this weekend as they play host to Bowling Green tonight and Toledo on Sunday.
Prison inmates take classes for credit through OU
Oct. 5, 2006Like a lot of other Ohio University students, Sue Kennon wasn't sure what she wanted to major in when she was starting out, and she suffered through Philosophy 120, her most challenging class. And like many others, she graduated from OU with a bachelor's degree in psychology. The difference? She did it from inside the brick walls of the Virginia Correctional Center for Women.
Ohio looks to get focus back on the field
Oct. 5, 2006Quarterback Austen Everson said he knows how the Bobcats can erase the ugliness that has transpired off the field over the last week.
Ohio's shutouts shut down MAC
Oct. 5, 2006After three games against Mid-American Conference opponents, the Ohio field hockey squad has yet to allow any conference team to win a game or score a single goal against it.
Zero-waste concert raises environmental awareness
Oct. 5, 2006Musicians will perform on a 100 percent solar-powered stage as part of OHIO Unplugged, a zero-waste music festival, from 4 to 8 p.m. today on South Green lawn.
Sugar-induced Danish sprinkle madness
Oct. 5, 2006Living in a foreign country, you think the conversations I had would be enlightening, peppered with new ideas and fascinating anecdotes illustrating the wonders of the world. Here is the perfect chance to learn about new cultures, to discuss politics from a whole new perspective.
Studying as punishment undermines education
Oct. 5, 2006I was appalled at ' and deeply embarrassed for ' Ohio University when I read that the punishment given in the athletic program is studying. Studying leads to knowledge, understanding, improved thinking skills and professional jobs.
Registered voters increase in Athens
Oct. 5, 2006With less than a week remaining before the voter registration deadline, the Athens County Board of Elections reported yesterday having 41,631 residents registered ' a 4.6 percent boost in registration compared to the last gubernatorial election.
McDavis denies allegations, says university's reputation unharmed
Oct. 4, 2006Ohio University will not fire personnel in the Athletic Department following the recent disclosure of illegal activity among 17 football players, OU President Roderick McDavis said yesterday.
Committee contests IT firings
Oct. 4, 2006Two technology administrators were wrongly fired in the wake of Ohio University's network security breach, a grievance committee decided earlier this week.
Conflicts of interest rare for city employees
Oct. 4, 2006In the Jack of too many trades editorial yesterday, the editorial writer made a point about the potential advantages for my employer from the retirement center as planned. The specific request for an opinion/complaint lodged by a citizen, expanded by a competing developer and repeated in the advisory opinion was explicit that we employees of the university would accrue benefits as students in the College of Health and Human Services secured internships at the proposed development. First, I am a member of the faculty from a totally different college. Inasmuch as I regularly send students in our major to internships across the state and here at home, I have some familiarity with the internship questions and potential benefits. I cannot begin to understand what benefit would come to me and how these perks would cause me to sway my vote in the internship example. What actually happened from this process is that two ward representatives likely to be most responsive to the issues in the neighborhoods were denied the right to vote at the 23rd hour. Prior to that, Debbie Phillips and I had worked for many hours with neighborhood people and the developers to add specifics to the ordinance to reduce the conflict between those most impacted in the neighborhoods and the developers. Such an effort is the best way to reduce conflict and smooth the development process. Representatives from wards naturally listen to and act for their smaller constituencies.
State gives city $100,000 to fund bike path extension
Oct. 4, 2006Athens Mayor Ric Abel announced yesterday that the city received a $100,000 state grant to complete a 1.2-mile extension of the bike path that runs along the Hocking River.
Dining with Cops program debuts
Oct. 4, 2006The Dining with Cops program, which brings police officers into Ohio University dining halls to interact with students, got off to a slow start yesterday at lunch in Jefferson Dining Hall.
A non-traditional approach
Oct. 4, 2006With the need for instant gratification, many college students around the country are turning to hook-ups as an alternative to dating.African-American Studies Professor Akil Houston facilitated a discussion workshop about college relationships in 2004. Houston found that many college students, both men and women, were not looking for a commitment at this stage in their lives.
Outdated guest, visitor policies to be updated
Oct. 4, 2006Guest and visitation policies at Ohio University residence halls should be updated to allow OU students to register guests of the opposite sex, according to a Student Senate resolution passed last night.The commission thinks that you should be able to register opposite-sex guests
O-line key to turnaround
Oct. 4, 2006As much as Bobcat fans would like to believe the problems facing this year's football team are strictly of the off-the-field variety, they most certainly are not.
Band rides bird skeletons into The Front Room
Oct. 4, 2006A party with drunken pirates is sure to be a good time. When those pirates deftly finagle instruments, it is even better. And when those instrument-laden pirates are members of the Athens and Columbus-area band Six Gallery, precautions must be taken to make sure the audience doesn't defecate in its puffy pantaloons.
Early retirements have little effect on tuition
Oct. 4, 2006Since April, a total of 78 administrators and classified employees have opted for the Early Retirement Incentive Plan, creating doubts about whether the university will reach its goal of 150 early retirees by next August.
Column: Oscar predictions in October ridiculous
Oct. 4, 2006Many summer movies are still lingering in theaters, and yet the one thing already on the minds of Hollywood movers and shakers is that little golden guy.
