The Ohio University Police Department has filed 12 reports in the past week from students who said callers posing as telemarketers asked them for personal information, including Social Security numbers.
Athens elementary schools are trying a new program to make students accountable for their actions and create a school community.
Five Head Start childcare programs in Athens, Hocking and Perry counties have received the highest possible rating in a new program that rates childcare centers statewide, said Amy Beardmore, childcare services manager for the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development.
A potential revision to Ohio University's on-campus housing policy might limit the number of upperclassmen permitted to live in residence halls.
Nowadays every news headline seems to say that we're going to run out of fossil fuels any minute.
Several Ohio University colleges received a financial boost last week after Provost Kathy Krendl announced the one-time distribution of $1.5 million to begin work on the goals of Vision OHIO, OU's comprehensive plan for the future.
Two different Bobcat teams showed up this weekend during Ohio's pair of games against Kent State in Bird Arena Friday and Saturday night.
U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, is the latest in a long string of politicians, mostly Republicans, caught up in the mess surrounding felonious GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. As Ney temporarily vacates his post as chairman of the House Administration Committee, plagued by allegations that he was part of Abramoff's web of corruption, Americans' confidence in government seems to be sinking to a new low. The public trusts Congressmen about as much as they do used car salesmen or - gasp - journalists.
Jeff Garlin makes fun of anyone or anything. Nothing is off limits, including the band Loverboy, Myspace.com, fat girls in half shirts and Cincinnati, all of which were comically slaughtered by improvised jokes Saturday in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'
A diverse crowd of Ohio University students and Athens residents had an opportunity last night to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a unique way.
Ryan Knapp walked out of the Ohio locker room yesterday afternoon with more than a few cuts and scrapes on his swollen face - he looked more like a boxer than a wrestler.
The Ohio men's basketball team knew defense would be the key to success this season, and Saturday's game against Central Michigan was an example of why it would.
Alexander school board members voted unanimously Thursday to rescind a controversial drug-testing policy until research can be completed for a possible new drug- prevention policy.
In March 2005, Paul Hackett had just finished his military tour in Iraq. He had been transported to Kuwait and was sitting in a comfortable lounge chair with a hot cup of coffee. Hackett then turned on the television to watch an independent news channel, something to which the troops in Iraq are not treated.
The Ohio men and women kicked off the indoor season with third place finishes in Akron on Friday night.
The Ohio men's and women's swimming and diving teams both split the weekend with home wins over Denison on Friday and losses at Ohio State on Saturday.
They're both horrible actors, and they seem to find stupid ways to get into the news. For Iran, it's admitting they did drugs but then retracting that admission, even though it was recorded by a reporter. For Lohan, it's pursuing a nuclear program despite international criticism. Or maybe that's the other way around.
Americans with food allergies now will have an easier time at the grocery store.
Research funding at Ohio University continues to increase, with a record $29.4 million in external funds in 2005 and a rise in research proposals from faculty, staff and students.
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