The Ohio State University football game against Iowa on Sept. 24 was a new experience for me. It was the first game I watched at the Horseshoe. It was also the first Buckeye's game I attended that they actually won - I watched them lose an ugly game at Purdue in 2004. Although the actual kickoff was around noon, the festivities began early in the morning.
Ohio University's sponsored music downloading service - Cdigix - has rounded out its first year in use, aiding in the trend towards increased legal downloading. Online generators of illegal downloading have been facing some fierce competition of late on college campuses as an increasing number of universities are provide their students with access to legal file sharing programs. With the threat of lawsuits and that relatively inexpensive alternative, the university has laudibly provided students and faculty with an alternative to illegal downloading.
An Ohio University professor has received a prominent award for her research on welfare reform and its implications in Appalachian Ohio and Indonesia.
On Sept. 28, 2002, I was enjoying a weekend during my junior year as a student at Poland Seminary High School and putting my brand-new driver's license to good use. At Peden Stadium, Ohio defeated Buffalo 34-32 on a last-second field goal for the first home win of the Brian Knorr era. In Ames, Iowa, Frank Solich's Nebraska Cornhuskers lost to the Iowa State Cyclones, 36-14.
College football is great, but when does basketball start?
Students can save between 20 and 40 percent by shopping at retail giants Kroger and Wal-Mart instead of the Ohio University markets, a Post investigation has found.
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Protestors against the presence of military recruiters in schools were a strong presence at the National Antiwar Demonstration this weekend in Washington, D.C., said Athens residents and Ohio University students who attended.
A student newscast at Ohio University that reaches a potential 1.4 million viewers a night is in the running for a nationally competitive award next month. Collegiate Broadcasters Inc., an organization that represents students in electronic media, nominated WOUB's Newswatch for a 2005 Collegiate Broadcasters Inc. National Student Production Award in its Best Newscast category.
After managing just 243 yards rushing through the first three games, Ohio racked up 373 yards on the ground against Kent State.
For the past seven years, Kirby Hocutt has worked with a successful athletics program at the University of Oklahoma. Now he has moved on as director of athletics for Ohio and sees good things in the future.
Last week, Athens City Council passed an ordinance that has alienated some local vendors looking forward to the economically prosperous Halloween weekend. In past years, the city has collected a small base fee along with 10 percent of vendors' nightly earnings to help pay for the annual festivities. This year, the profit-based taxing has been cast aside in favor of a larger base fee. Local vendors have responded negatively, but their criticism is premature. The new fees provide the city with a concrete plan to generate funds necessary for running the street party.
For U.S. citizens, the attacks of Sept. 11 have come to represent the beginning of a new era.
Editor's note: This is the first of a series of stories following the stages of theater production in the Ohio University School of Theater that will appear throughout the quarter.
The Athens County Commissioners approved yesterday the creation of an $11,000 Web site for the Athens County Engineer's Office and discussed creating a $25,000 plan for the Athens County Regional Planning Commission.
Local punk rock trio Love and Squalor finally released its debut album, The Furiad, on Sept. 17, which displays its trite pent-up rage and frustration about stalling on the social ladder of life.
Two years after allegations of questionable physical contact with prospective male students, Ohio University administrators have once again asked Richard Becknell, former associate director of admissions, to sever all involvement with the university.
Verizon Wireless has secured a license to provide cellular service for the Athens County area and is investigating locations for cell towers.
Athens City Council yesterday proposed another ordinance relating to N. Union Street vending that might take effect next year.
Northern Illinois quarterback Phil Horvath picked apart the Akron secondary in Saturday's game against the Zips, but it still was not enough.
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