It was a meet of firsts for the Ohio men's cross country team. It was the first time they competed at the Central Collegiate Invitational and the first time the team's top runners competed together.
So The Big One turned out to be a Big Flop. Figuratively speaking, no one showed up at the Athens County Fairgrounds on Saturday to watch the 70 musical acts, laugh at nationally touring comedians, enjoy carnival attractions, view student films, eat fair food and enjoy the great outdoors for the last weekend of summer.
Magnet America was started in 2003, with only 1000 Support Our Troops yellow ribbon magnets. Now their product line includes a selection of ribbons including, but not limited to, Katrina Relief
A crowd of enthusiasts from near and far gathered at Lake Snowden in Albany this weekend to celebrate one of Ohio's natural fruits - the pawpaw.
Fire-setting and other dangerous behaviors by Ohio University students like those last weekend will only dissipate when students frown upon drunken deviance and police themselves, OU President Roderick McDavis said at Christ the King University Parish Center, near the scene of last weekend's revelry.
A test bigger than a final exam is looming for communication students after wrapping up a Spring Quarter class.
The Department of Environmental Health & Safety and the Off-Campus Living Office are teaming up to educate students -particularly those who do not live in residence halls -about fire prevention.
As a treasury of adventurous 20-somethings, it is no surprise that a crew of Real World associates would appear at Ohio University. MTV needs to find more recruits to perpetuate what has become -in what will be the 18th reincarnation of the show -a cultural mainstay.
Joey Vega tours the United States regularly with Chris Rock and is a member of the Latin Legends of Comedy. He's played packed houses at Trump Castle in Atlantic City, N.J., and Madison Square Garden. The comic has appeared on Howard Stern and Comedy Central's Shorties Watching Shorties. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous movies, including Scarface
This Saturday, the Athens County Fairgrounds will be transformed into a venue for a daylong festival of music, food, art and comedy.
Editor's note: Friday's normal column, Loud and Obnoxious by Ben Mendelsohn, will not appear in today's newspaper.
The Peden Stadium parking lot will become the foundation for a city with houses made of cardboard Saturday.
The third fire in less than 18 months erupted at the new student center at about 9 p.m. yesterday.
The Ohio field hockey team, coming off two straight tightly contested home losses, is heading to Bloomington, Ind., this weekend. The Bobcats are slated to face an Indiana Hoosier program that is currently ranked 12th in the nation according to the first STX/NFHCA poll of the season, thanks to their impressive 4-1 start. However, Indiana's rank is of little concern to the Bobcats.
With a trio of matches against Purdue, No. 16 Tennessee and Xavier this weekend at the Purdue Mortar Board Premier, saying the odds are stacked against the Ohio volleyball team may be an understatement.
At a time of low morale among Ohio University employees, an executive decision made over the heads of faculty and staff has those workers worried for the future, the chairman of Classified Senate said.
Housing-developer National Church Residences continues to work with the city of Athens on the proposed Stimson Avenue retirement center, but there are conflicting views about the slow-moving nature of the process.
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