Ohio women struggle with road games
Feb. 24, 2005When the Ohio women's basketball team travels on the road, they remember everything from their jersies to their shoes, but they forget one thing: their game.
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Ohio second after day one
Feb. 24, 2005After a slow start on the evening, the Ohio women's swimming and diving team ended the first day of the Mid-American Conference women's swimming and diving Championships on a high note with a come-from-behind win in the 400-yard medley relay.
School board tests electronic messaging system for meetings
Feb. 24, 2005Laptops were in fashion last night, replacing the usually large packets of paper agendas and documents at the Athens City School District meeting.
Here is real sport
Feb. 24, 2005Three sports --wrestling, track and field, and swimming and diving -epitomize what true competition is.
Awards will entertain regardless of who wins
Feb. 24, 2005For the first time in four years, the Academy Awards ceremony at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC might not be a colossal bore.
Ohio men's basketball seeks victory in tight conference race
Feb. 24, 2005Ohio looks to secure home game in MAC tournament
Grad students subject to stress
Feb. 24, 2005Nationally, suicide is the third leading cause of death among people ages 15-24 and is the second leading cause of death for college students, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Graduate students are considered the most susceptible to stress and depression.
Local favorite back in Athens
Feb. 23, 2005The homegrown Columbus jam band ekoostik hookah is returning to Athens tonight to cultivate its psychedelic improvisational sound for its fans.
A modest proposal on how to fix the O-Zone
Feb. 23, 2005Editor's Note: This analysis is the fifth in a three-day, five-part series that will look at men's basketball attendance at Ohio, in the Mid-American Conference and at the national level.
Gang Green or O-Zone: Which fans are best?
Feb. 23, 2005The O-Zone might cause a stir inside The Convo when the Bobcats decide to shoot a few hoops with visiting Mid-American Conference foes, but nothing can compare with how the Earth itself seems to shake when Gang Green gets going in Bird Arena.
Jewish artist highlights heritage
Feb. 23, 2005Tonight a new art exhibit by a young Jewish artist exploring the difference between the faith-based meaning and the slang meaning of kosher will be opening in Hillel.
Iran's death toll could increase
Feb. 23, 2005ISLAMABAD, Iran -Rescue teams using dogs and heavy machinery pulled more bodies from the ruins of flattened villages in central Iran yesterday, and officials raised the death toll from a powerful earthquake to at least 500. The count was expected to rise even higher.
Defending debates against Senate Bill 24
Feb. 23, 2005Over the past week, I have been at the receiving end of attacks by many people -attacks on my thoughts and beliefs, glaring looks and pointed fingers; I have even had entire tables turn around to see if I was really that ignorant neocon who writes a column for The Post. Needless to say, it has been a fun week witnessing the response when confronted with reason in the confines of a university. Just for clarity, though, I could care less if anyone respects me as a person. What I do care about is that my opinions are given fair consideration when presented.
Fatah party holds up Cabinet selections
Feb. 23, 2005RAMALLAH, West Bank -Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas intervened yesterday to end a political crisis over the formation of a new Cabinet after it became apparent the turmoil could bring down his prime minister.
Student praises Wal-Mart's benefits
Feb. 23, 2005This letter is in response to Caren Baginski's Friday column, Wal-Mart bullies our budgets. I can understand why some people feel that Wal-Mart isn't good for a small-town atmosphere and how its treatment of its employees is sub-par, but Wal-Mart isn't all that bad.
Student Senate focuses on ordinance, dining
Feb. 23, 2005The Ohio University Student Senate discussed the nuisance party and noise ordinances and the dining hall survey, among other things, at its meeting last night.
Teens disconnected from faith, survey says
Feb. 23, 2005The majority of American teens believe in God and worship in conventional congregations, but their religious knowledge is remarkably shallow and they have a tough time expressing the difference that faith makes in their lives, a new survey says.
Poet provides peek into Appalachia's past
Feb. 23, 2005A poet inspired by the history of the Appalachian people will be giving a poetry reading in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium tonight.
Leaders agree: no nukes
Feb. 23, 2005MAINZ, Germany -President Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder insisted yesterday that Iran must not have nuclear weapons but remained divided on how to coax Tehran into giving up its suspected ambitions for such an arsenal.
