Streetside entrepreneur sells homemade jewelry
Apr. 28, 2005Dana Starvaggi uses a multi-colored assortment of beads to brighten a dreary day.
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Bobcats battle Mac foe, try to take over first place
Apr. 28, 2005The Ohio baseball team resumes Mid-American Conference play at 3 p.m. today when it visits Western Michigan.
Highway shooter tries to convince jurors of insanity
Apr. 28, 2005COLUMBUS -The man on trial in a series of highway shootings heard mocking voices from the television for years, leading him to drop wood and bags of concrete off overpasses and then to buy a gun, his attorney told jurors Thursday.
Golf prepares for last weekend before MAC
Apr. 28, 2005After being rained out last weekend in Columbus, the Ohio men's golf team is headed to University Park, Pa. this weekend for the Rutherford Intercollegiate, hosted by Penn State University.
Vietnamese in America ignore past
Apr. 28, 2005(U-WIRE) -Sitting in a staff meeting for the Vietnamese Student Union in preparations for the upcoming Black April event inspired a weird feeling of sadness and nostalgia inside me. I was not sure what this weird feeling was, but I knew it had to do with the upcoming days of what is known by Vietnamese abroad as Thang Tu Den
Film festival showing feature, world films
Apr. 28, 2005Without leaving the comfort of Court Street, Athens residents can attend and compete in an international film competition.
Dance night adds wall of video
Apr. 28, 2005Dance or Die has offered an alternative for the past two years to people uninterested in spending their weekends sipping beer and fruity concoctions out of plastic cups at a house party, and now it is joining forces with its predecessor, A Danceable Solution, to create Dancefucker: an ultimate dancing atmosphere.
Prosecutor waiting for confirmation from retired special judge
Apr. 28, 2005The special prosecutor in the investigation of Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Ward's possible violation of election law said yesterday he is waiting to be contacted by the special judge before starting work on the case.
Education focus of Senate debate on budget
Apr. 28, 2005Tax reform, education and cuts to local government funding are among the top priorities of Ohio senators debating what changes, if any, should be made to the two-year, $51 billion 2006-07 budget, passed April 13 by the House.
Track teams return to Athens for Invitational
Apr. 28, 2005After three weeks on the road, the Ohio track and field team will be staying in Athens this weekend for the Bobcat Invitational.
Letter: Drug war efforts on marijuana ill-founded
Apr. 28, 2005Regarding Brian J. Mcfillen's Apr. 26th column (Republicans must continue to coalesce), the drug war is in large part a war on marijuana, by far the most popular illicit drug. Marijuana prohibition has done little other than burden millions of otherwise law-abiding citizens with criminal records. The University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future Study reports that lifetime use of marijuana is higher in the United States than any European country, yet America is one of the few Western countries that uses its criminal justice system to punish citizens who prefer marijuana to martinis.
Fed Hock seniors present final projects
Apr. 28, 2005Federal Hocking High School was filled with antique tractors, a kitten, a kayak, purses, cars, punch, cookies and a painting of a tree last night.
Better things for better living through plastic
Apr. 28, 2005Ohio University tuition: $8,235 per year. A standard double dorm room: $3,855 per year. A meal plan offering 20 meals weekly: $3,831 per year. Cost to get into an Ohio baseball game: free.
Talkin' about the road...
Apr. 28, 2005For the Ohio softball team, there may be nothing more challenging than a game away from home.
Going nuclear?
Apr. 28, 2005Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is leading his party's charge to resort to the nuclear option to push judges through potential Senate filibusters. If the option is adopted, Senate rules could be changed to allow a 51-member vote to end filibusters, as opposed to the normal 60. This potential move is totally uncalled for and could, if executed, haunt Senate Republicans down the road.
OU alum shares personal transplant story to promote organ, tissue donation to save lives
Apr. 28, 2005College was not on 13-year-old Bryan Warman's mind, nor was his future career. In fact, all he wanted was a future. He wanted to live.
Belpre goes Hollywood
Apr. 27, 2005Forty miles east of Athens, one murder remains a mystery. And those who have answers are not revealing much -per the request of one movie director.
Darfur reflects 'Hotel Rwanda' genocide
Apr. 27, 2005Last weekend, my friends and I got together to watch a movie. I brought my copies of Legally Blonde and Mean Girls
Holey jeans, Batman!
Apr. 27, 2005Walking around campus, it is hard to miss Ohio University students showing off their trendy destroyed jeans.
Judicious justice
Apr. 27, 2005Well-tailored treatment program assists non-violent drug offenders F or years, Athens has regularly permitted a treatment option in place of a felony conviction for some first-time drug offenders. The program continues to generate controversy because of its perception as a lenient response to drug-related offenses, but a quick perusal of the qualifications an offender must meet to be eligible shows that it weeds out the more dangerous criminals. This, coupled with the growing nationwide problem of prisons being overcrowded with small-time drug offenders, justifies the use of programs like Athens'.
