The beginning of school is synonymous with the beginning of the fall season in the minds of many. As students return to the classroom to give their brains an academic overhaul, so do moviegoers return to the cinema expecting more intelligent and thought-provoking films. Here is a preview of this season's movies: September: Corpse Bride (Sept. 23)
Only a week ago, it was certain that the composition of the United States Supreme Court would soon change. With Justice Sandra Day O'Connor preparing to retire, President Bush had nominated Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. as her replacement. Though criticized by some liberal groups and leaders as too conservative, the general consensus seemed to dictate that Roberts was a seemingly inoffensive choice for the seat -considering the current president's political leanings. However, with the recent death of Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist the circumstances surrounding Roberts' nomination have been altered dramatically, and Roberts has gone from being a D.C. Circuit Court judge to a nominee for the highest judicial post in the nation.
In one of the opening scenes of Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know
AOL Instant Messenger profiles proudly display it. Seven Facebook groups to date exalt it. Countless cheers from Court Street and house balconies proclaim it. The Princeton Review has ranked Ohio University-Athens as the No. 2 Party School in the nation this year.
Come one, come all -see administrators squirm as Ohio University has improved its ranking from No.5 to No.2 on The Princeton Review's annual party school rankings.
As any college student and his or her parents could attest to, the decision of which university to attend is one of the most significant choices young men or women will make in their lives. Finding an university that fulfills a student's needs -social, financial and educational -can be a daunting task, but a new trend aimed at easing such a transition potentially could undermine the valuable experience that comes with the difficult and sometimes agonizing search.
The 154th Annual Athens County fair began Friday with food, rides and shows, and additional events to attract visitors throughout the end of the week.
During the past two weeks, Ohio University students and faculty members have attended forums of candidates who are vying for the position of assistant to the president for diversity.
Ohio University President Roderick McDavis ended a six-month-long search yesterday and announced Teri Geiger as his first round draft choice as the university's first full-time director of government relations.
COLUMBUS -The state's ethics commission, currently dominated by Democrats as it investigates Gov. Bob Taft, R-Ohio, does not let politics get in the way of its deliberations, its longtime chairman said.
ISFAHAN, Iran -A defiant Iran resumed full operations at its uranium conversion plant yesterday, as Europe and the United States struggled to find a way to stop the Islamic republic from pushing ahead with a nuclear program they fear will lead to weapons of mass destruction.
We in the United States seem to be caught in an ideological conundrum. In reaction to the United Kingdom's recent battles with extremists, the debate about racial profiling has begun anew. Columnists far more educated than myself have claimed that the numerical airline-passenger checking method employed by many security officials is both ineffective and a waste of time.
Ohio lawmakers and community leaders made their final, formal pitch to members of a base-closing commission yesterday in hopes of keeping open and in place a defense finance center in Columbus and an Air Force graduate school near Dayton.
One Ohio University senior is making efforts to promote the underground hip-hop community by forming a new company.
Oil prices zoomed higher yesterday, touching a new high of $65 a barrel, with buyers focused on refinery snags, shrinking U.S. inventories of gasoline and motorists' growing thirst for fuel despite record-high costs.
The summer has brought many changes to the inside and outside of Alden Library. The latest modification to the building targets the second-floor stairs, making them wheelchair accessible.
Ohio University's athletic department received a $300,000 budget increase for the upcoming fiscal year 2005-06. The 2.4 percent budget hike brings the department's total operating budget to $12.8 million. The increase comes in the wake of campus-wide layoffs and departmental budget cuts.
For teens in Athens, summer is a time for playing sports, hanging out with friends and going to the pool. But for Jason Abel, summer is also a time for making movies.
Charles McWeeny, associate dean for Ohio University's college of fine arts for the past four years, has been appointed interim dean effective August 1.
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