The 2006 Baker Peace Conference ended Friday with three panel discussions that focused on the relationship between religion and violence and unrest in the Middle East. Religion as a Source of Violence
Editor's note: This is the first in a weeklong series of stories forecasting the future and providing tips for soon-to-be college graduates.
Last week, one of my sociology professors gave this example to illustrate how conflict affects our daily lives: When you go to the bar and drink too much alcohol
Basic Instinct 2 is a horrible, horrible movie ' and not even in the Showgirls sense of the word ' but the biggest flaw might be the fact that it's not bad enough.
As a person who is easily angered and likes to complain, I've often been known to direct my anger at any subject that happens to present itself.
I usually skim through the online version of the paper while on my lunch break here at work. I graduated from Ohio University back in 1981 with a political science degree. I am currently a public servant for the past 24 years and served in the combat area of the 1991 Gulf War with the U.S. Navy Reserves.
In what has become an annual event, local law enforcement officials were out in force late Saturday night and early Sunday morning is anticipation of a repeat of the time change riots. Well, the time did change, and so have the times.
A committee in Ohio University's Russ College of Engineering has confirmed more than 20 plagiarized master's theses after an investigation.
More than 30 people, both Muslim and non-Muslim, gathered together Saturday in the Muslim Students Center, 13 Stewart St., for a Day of Dialogue: Sharing the Islamic Tradition organized by Ohio University's Muslim Students Association.
In an election-year effort to bolster its image on national security, the Democratic Party unveiled its new platform on that issue last week. The strategy seems vague in places and consists of the same ideas Democrats have supported for some time. Nevertheless, it is difficult for the party to produce anything worse than what Americans have endured under the Bush administration. With the clarification of some details and a commitment to follow through, some of the Democrats' ideas could prove useful in the coming years.
The latest ruling in a lawsuit about a proposed Athens retirement center has prompted city officials to file an objection to a related referendum scheduled for the November ballot.
After Friday's announcement that he had accepted the offer to become dean of Ohio University's College of Arts and Sciences, effective today, Benjamin Ogles likened his 10-month stint as interim dean to a test drive of a car.
The state legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would make Ohio a stronger competitor for a $1 billion coal power plant and research facility, with a possible site for the project in Meigs County.
The scent of high-octane fuel, the roar of 43 cars moving around a .48 mile track at almost 160 mph and the up-close sight of 160,000 spectators getting dizzy as their eyes follow their favorite drivers around the track.
The City of Athens has adopted a new labor agreement with patrol officers that will include a 4 percent salary increase, among other changes.
The Office of Education Abroad at Ohio University expanded its curriculum with two new opportunities to study abroad.
Hailing from the land of gumbo, swamp rats and the Louisiana State University Tigers, Tab Benoit will bring his Baton Rouge blues to Athens tonight in hopes of painting a one-of-a-kind experience with B-flats and F-sharps.
A former U.S. ambassador spoke about religion, violence and Middle Eastern politics in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium last night as part of the 2006 Baker Peace Conference.
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