I am writing today about the Ohio House Bill 91, which the Ohio University Student Senate opposes as stated in the May 19th edition (Senate opposes concealed guns). Although I do not agree with the senate's position that allowing weapons on campus will make the school more dangerous, the body does bring up a few interesting points about students who are disliking of firearms having to live with people who have potential weapons.
Some Ohio University students either have completed or currently are completing their housing contracts for the 2005-06 school year.
With a grizzled beard and disheveled hair, Tony Santone paced around the store as he talked.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -A car bomb exploded next to a U.S. Army convoy in Baghdad yesterday, killing three soldiers, and another American died in a drive-by shooting a half-hour later. Their deaths pushed the number of U.S. troops killed in three days to 14, part of a surge in attacks that have also killed about 60 Iraqis.
Competing agencies in the Athens rental world are unified in one respect this year: filling vacancies in next year's housing lineup.
In recent weeks, high schools from Athens' surrounding counties have received notices that local admission standards will change for Ohio University's 2009 academic year, after administrators said the current policy is a disadvantage to students.
Though Larry Reese made his first trip to Ohio as the first of four candidates for vice president of Finance and Administration, he found he had some unexpected links to Ohio University.
The 2004 season was one to forget for not only the Ohio football team, but for Brad Young.
WASHINGTON -Ignoring President Bush's veto threat, the House voted yesterday to lift limits on embryonic stem cell research, a measure supporters said could accelerate cures for diseases but opponents viewed as akin to abortion.
When interleague play in Major League Baseball began as an experiment in 1997, the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds were able to face each other for the first time ever during the regular season. The match up was quickly named The Battle of Ohio
Many of Ohio's female student-athletes have Thomas Boeh to thank for their opportunity to play intercollegiate sports. In his 10 years as Ohio's director of athletics, Boeh made great strides in making Ohio's athletics program gender equitable.
Ever since the day I turned 16, I've relished the independent solitude found behind the wheel of my car. But when I moved into the dorms as a freshman, I was forced to leave my car behind and join the thousands of others who have only their two feet as their primary mode of transportation. Coming from an area swallowed in urban sprawl, I had been used to driving anywhere I wanted to go, and I wasn't sure how I would (or if I could) adjust to having to walk everywhere.
CINCINNATI -Randy Keisler earned a win last night with his arm and his bat.
Traditional students straight out of high school and non-traditional or adult students constitute the diverse student population enrolled at Ohio University.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -A Web site that acts as the clearinghouse for messages from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said yesterday that Iraq's most-wanted militant had been wounded for the sake of God and asked Muslims to pray for his recovery.
LONDON -Thousands of British Broadcasting Corp. journalists and technicians began a 24-hour strike over proposed job cuts yesterday, severely disrupting radio and TV programs.
COLUMBUS -More than one-third of Ohio school districts would have their state funding frozen the next two years under the Senate version of the upcoming $51 billion state budget introduced yesterday.
SEOUL, South Korea -North Korea yesterday refused to rule out a pre-emptive attack, even amid signs it may be willing to return to the nuclear bargaining table.
A public hearing to discuss floodplain regulations and a tentative selection of projects to receive grants from the Ohio Department of Development concluded the Athens County Commissioners meeting yesterday.
WASHINGTON -Breaking years of gridlock, the Senate cleared the way for confirmation of Priscilla Owen to the U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday amid fresh debate over an ambiguous compromise on President Bush's current and future judicial nominees.
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