From Janis Joplin and Josie and the Pussycats to The Donnas and Lillix, girls have been picking up guitars and drumsticks since the creation of rock 'n' roll. For local all-female group General Stacks, forming a band just seemed right in the order of the world.
Walking down a Los Angeles street at night, two black men argue about what just happened: A white woman moved closer to her husband as she passed the two men.
A refined and revised response to alcohol abuse on campus is in the works and was presented to Ohio University's Student Senate at its meeting last night.
A few weeks ago, Athens City Council passed two ordinances that will allow the construction of a retirement center on Stimson Ave (next to the Hocking River) on land belonging to Ohio University. The vote was plagued by controversy, as the Ohio Ethics Commission urged three of council's seven members not to vote on the issue because of their status as OU employees. Another member missed the vote when she traveled out of town.
Last weekend's NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals, on the campus of Northern Iowa, featured an impressive show for one Mid-American Conference wrestling squad but was a disappointment for two others.
I honestly did not care one way or another about the outcome of the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, but there was one glorious moment that made me glad I tuned in.
By the end of Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
The people participating in the Good Works, Inc. Fourth Annual Walk for the Homeless had different reasons for trekking through cold winds and snow flurries Saturday morning.
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.
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