Playing of U.S. anthem more than a routine for Ohio sports
Feb. 15, 2005Prior to the start of every major athletic competition, fans, players and coaches rise and listen to a familiar tune with hats removed and hands over hearts.
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Weekly poker tourney raises legal questions
Feb. 15, 2005The weekly Texas Hold 'Em tournaments, which take place in Baker Center every weekend, have been postponed until further notice.
Plates invoke abortion debate
Feb. 15, 2005Gov. Bob Taft yesterday signed a bill that would allow Ohioans to buy Choose Life license plates -plates that have been struck down in federal court as an infringement of free speech.
The problem
Feb. 14, 2005Owing to both the stresses and hedonism of university life, we college students are rightly notorious for being shortsighted. Except perhaps when planning next quarter's classes, our thoughts about the future seldom seem to extend past preemptively buying a few cases of Natural Light for the coming weekend. So this may seem odd, but try to think forward to the year 2053, when most of today's OU freshmen will be around 67. With luck they'll have lived gratifying and profitable lives and, under revised statutes in place by then, will be eligible to retire. How will they finance their leisure after taking leave of work?
Scripps desires top journalism school ranking
Feb. 14, 2005Since Ohio University President Roderick McDavis arrived last summer, college rankings have been prominent in the news several times. The administration viewed some placements as benchmarks for improvement, such as the U.S. News & World Report ranking that placed OU at No. 98. But administrators disregarded other rankings, such as The Princeton Review party-school ranking, where OU was No. 5.
Aggressiveness only aggravates
Feb. 14, 2005(U-WIRE) -North Korea caused a rouse last week when it announced that it had developed and intended to produce nuclear warheads, partly as a deterrent to American invasion. North Korean officials also stated that it had no interest in continuing with the six-nation talks led by the United States and China. Instead, North Korea wants to resume bilateral negotiations with the United States -a request the White House historically has denied.
Freshman bounces back
Feb. 14, 2005Forward Leon Williams stepped up and made his presence felt in the Ohio men's basketball team's most heated game of the year.
People need education, not weapons
Feb. 14, 2005Weapons for Valentines Day (Feb. 14) should be Education for Valentines Day. While Jason Lea does make some good points about women's need to take charge of their personal safety, he misses a key point in the battle against such violent acts: the need to educate men. The education of men is the true solution to the problem, not treating just the symptoms. We as a society need to analyze better the messages that we send men in the media and through mentorship and teach them to respect women. I would also implore women and men to remember that it is against university policy to possess weapons on university property. So let's teach men how to behave properly and teach women how to protect themselves.
MAC officials admit mistake on shot
Feb. 14, 2005Mid-American Conference Commissioner Rick Chryst concluded after much review that Wednesday night's contest between Miami and Ball State should have gone into overtime instead of ending as a 54-52 Miami victory in regulation.
Bobcats strive for .500
Feb. 14, 2005The Ohio women's basketball team hadn't had a losing Mid-American Conference record this season. Until now.
Panel discusses black courage
Feb. 14, 2005When she was a first-grader, Christine Taylor, interim assistant to the president for diversity, was one of the first black students to attend a newly integrated school in her town. On that day, not only did she go to school, she symbolically brought the whole town along, she said to a packed group of many ethnicities and ages in Baker 1804 Lounge yesterday.
Please do not be that guy -or girl
Feb. 14, 2005In the never-ending search for the truth of why mankind behaves as it does, the foundation of people's behavior has to be examined. Before any gifted thinker can hypothesize about the workings of the human mind in regard to complex issues, it is imperative to understand that some individuals suffer from an etiquette deficiency. Although the lack of manners affects all ages of society, it is far worse in the college population. No person can expect to always act in a courteous manner, but after observing Ohio University's student body for three years, I feel safe saying that students often are unable to function productively in society.
Thrower leaves Carolina for Athens, new major
Feb. 14, 2005Getting used to a new school is a difficult task for anyone, especially when it's college. But getting used to two different schools is something that most people do not have to do.
Get familiar with the Bobcats
Feb. 14, 2005After this weekend, it's time for us to play a little game. With the Ohio men's basketball team knocking off the first-place Miami RedHawks in The Convo on Saturday, the Bobcats have begun to sell themselves as a contender in the Mid-American Conference East Division.
Student entrepreneurs sell MP3 players, gain experience
Feb. 13, 2005Students looking to purchase an MP3 player need to look only as far as the Ohio University Venture Creation Course in the Ohio University College of Business.
Return of the roar
Feb. 13, 2005As the clock hit triple-zero in The Convo and the O-Zone stormed the court on Saturday afternoon one thing was certain -Ohio men's basketball was back. Ohio, at least at home, is good enough to challenge all comers in the Mid-American Conference.
Ohio pops in 15 goals, collars Miami offense
Feb. 13, 2005With eight minutes remaining in the Ohio hockey team's second game with rival Miami, Brandon Hanley found himself out of the penalty box and on a breakaway as a long pass met him alone behind the RedHawks' defense.
Christian groups provide free midnight breakfast
Feb. 13, 2005Once a month, Ohio University junior Michelle Shively heads to the checkout at Wal-Mart with a shopping cart overflowing with breakfast food: several dozen eggs, cans of frozen orange juice, syrup, butter and the necessary materials to make a whole lot of pancakes.
Fear of war in Iraq hinders Marine Corps recruitment
Feb. 13, 2005ALGONQUIN, Ill. -On a recruiting visit to a school in a Chicago suburb, Marine Staff Sgt. Jody Van Doorenmaalen asked a sophomore what popped into his parents' heads when they thought about him joining the Marines.
Senior forward steps up in game against Miami
Feb. 13, 2005Terren Harbut wasn't going to let the Bobcats lose to rival Miami.
