Verizon roams county for land
Sep. 26, 2005Verizon Wireless has secured a license to provide cellular service for the Athens County area and is investigating locations for cell towers.
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Council discusses proposed vending ordinance
Sep. 26, 2005Athens City Council yesterday proposed another ordinance relating to N. Union Street vending that might take effect next year.
Huskies' signal-caller shines in loss
Sep. 26, 2005Northern Illinois quarterback Phil Horvath picked apart the Akron secondary in Saturday's game against the Zips, but it still was not enough.
Foundation's fifth anniversary draws Taft to speak at OU
Sep. 26, 2005Gov. Bob Taft will speak at about 6:30 tonight in the Walter Hall rotunda at Ohio University at a celebration marking the fifth anniversary of the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio.
Benevolent
Sep. 26, 2005During the weekend, finance ministers from around the globe agreed to erase the debts of some of the world's most impoverished nations. Although still awaiting the confirmation of the World Bank, the leaders of the world's pre-eminent industrial powers all have cast their support for the deal. This initiative will offer some of the world's poorest countries genuine opportunities for development. Additionally, the World Bank will incur no costs, as the G-8 group - which constitutes some of the world's most powerful and influential nations - will take them on collectively. The G-8 is composed of Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States. After the culmination of years of negotiating, this deal is a rare and praiseworthy achievement for the international economic world.
Fewer grad students becoming Bobcats
Sep. 26, 2005Graduate student enrollment continues to drop at Ohio University despite a recent boost to undergraduate enrollment, which was a concern expressed at last night's Graduate Student Senate meeting. While OU had an overall increase of 315 students this year, mainly because of its largest freshman class to date, graduate student enrollment is down by 50 full-time equivalence students, said GSS adviser Michael Mumper, Ph.D.
Fantasy sports transform fans into obsessed fiends
Sep. 26, 2005Hello, my name is Mark, and I am addicted to fantasy sports.
Descartes raises question of what is real
Sep. 25, 2005In 1999, a movie called The Matrix forced a generation of Americans to confront a terrifying possibility: Keanu Reeves might make more movies.
Parties will continue as they always have
Sep. 25, 2005I applaud both the Sept. 22 editorial (Idle hands...; More Friday class won't fix problem) and Brian Footer's letter to the editor (Students have power to fix problem) addressing student responsibilities and Idle Hands. Both were well written and accurately reported what is happening in the real world of student-community relations.
Tarnished image
Sep. 25, 2005A report issued by the Human Rights Watch last week concluded that soldiers in an elite Army battalion systematically tortured Iraqi detainees from 2003 through 2004. After long-standing debate concerning the true nature and extent of detainee abuse in Iraq, that report reinforces the conviction that abuse has been more widespread than the Defense Department would have the American public believe. In a war that is already losing public support, more responsibility and accountability are necessary to avoiding further breaches of international law.
Religion in disguise
Sep. 25, 2005Revisiting an intellectual battle that has raged intermittently for the last 80 years, a Pennsylvania trial begins this week to decide the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design in public schools. Although the issue seems rather simple from an objective standpoint, it has been complicated by church officials and religious-minded politicians bent on blurring the line separating church and state. The concept of intelligent design - ultimately religion under the guise of science - still has no place within the halls of public schools.
Volleyball set to defend home win streak
Sep. 22, 2005The Ohio women's volleyball team is set to open Mid-American Conference play this weekend and begin defending its back-to-back MAC championships with two home matches. The Bobcats, who ended non-conference play with a record of 10-2, have earned an even larger target on their backs since last season after their recent accomplishments. Along with only losing one MAC game in two years, the Bobcats took over the nation's longest home-game winning streak, and it could grow to 31 with wins against Akron tonight and Buffalo on Saturday.
Bobcats welcome Canadian foe for season home opener
Sep. 22, 2005According to the Ohio University Office of Institutional Research, 86 percent of students enrolled at Ohio University, Athens campus, are Ohio residents. The Ohio University men's ice hockey team is the exact opposite.
Cross country teams compete at home for Ohio Invitational
Sep. 22, 2005The Ohio cross country team makes its only seasonal appearance at home this weekend, which also marks the return of the Ohio Invitational to the golf course along the Hocking River.
MAC West Division offers plenty of competition
Sep. 21, 2005The Mid-American Conference West Division lost one of its powerhouse football teams in Bowling Green, but still promises to provide a lot of talent and competition.
Senior becomes 6th Bobcat to hit 1,000 kills
Sep. 19, 2005Heading into the Purdue Mortar Board Premier last weekend, middle blocker Julia Winkfield was only 10 kills short of 1,000 career kills.
Athletic director goes from gridiron to administration
Sep. 19, 2005Kirby Hocutt knows what it is like to be a student-athlete. Juggling practice, classes, homework and workouts were all part of Hocutt's life in the early '90s at Kansas State.
Script falls short in 'Heaven'
Sep. 18, 2005Call it stuck in a moment you can't get out of. Call it missing the light at the end of the tunnel. Or even call it not passing on to that beautiful mansion in the sky. That's what life is like for Elizabeth Masterson, played by Reese Witherspoon, in Mike Waters' Just Like Heaven.
Bobcats fail to score in two losses
Sep. 18, 2005Goalkeeper Melissa Parra made the most of her return to her hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, this weekend.
Company points to roofing method as cause of fires
Sep. 18, 2005The fire Thursday night at Ohio University's new student center might have caused up to $10,000 worth of damage, university and construction officials said.
