I didn't think society could go any lower. We are living in the days of Youtube, iFilm and Myspace, where anyone can put up a video of the stupidest things known to humanity. Those are almost tolerable because those are released for free, and no company is paying for footage of a random guy shooting himself in the crotch.
Athens City Council's Web page soon will be revamped, Councilwoman Bojinka Bishop, D-2nd Ward, said during last night's Athens City Council committee meetings.
Sexual Assault Awareness Week at Ohio University has been around for 18 years, but its organizers don't think it deserves a week in September.
Last week, Gov. Bob Taft announced his support for Issue Five, the SmokeFreeOhio initiative proposed for the November 7 ballot. Backed by the American Cancer Society, the initiative would create smoke-free public places and workplaces statewide. Though well intentioned, SmokeFreeOhio is far too sweeping. Not only is it wrong to strip private businesses of their right to regulate such things, but any smoking ban should only take the form of a city ordinance in the first place. If Issue Five appears on the fall ballot, Ohioans should give it the response it deserves and vote it down.
A new style of play ushered in a couple of high scoring affairs this weekend as the Bobcats split with West Virginia, losing 6-5 in overtime Friday and winning 9-4 Saturday.
Ohio has been working hard to make college more affordable, said Gov. Bob Taft, in his response to a Sept. 9 editorial published by the Columbus Dispatch.
The Ohio volleyball team began defending its third straight conference championship last weekend with two victories.
The greatest thing about college, aside from the occasional opportunity to see a couch that's been set aflame, is the bonding between students. It doesn't matter if we're black or white, Democrat or Republican, Home Depot or Lowe's, we all have one goal in common. You see, we all came to college in search of one thing; something more beautiful than friendship, rarer than courage and shinier than leprechaun gold. This something is so special, so elusive, that some of us have never, and will never, come to know it. I am, of course, talking about really good sleep.
The 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.
The 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.
Coming 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.
While 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 is the single greatest avoidable cause of disease and death.
A 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.
In 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.
Almost 30 years after Annie Hall, the New Yorkers with sexual hang-ups movie is beginning to feel as old as the Iliad.
Ohio's first offensive possession Saturday at Missouri summed up perfectly what type of day it would be for the Bobcats.
The 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.
The 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.
Priscilla 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.
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