Gas prices have begun to decrease nationwide, as have the costs of crude oil, but consumers will continue to feel the effects of high gas prices as Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer driving season.
The title Stand Up implies a semi-political, ultra-cheesy album that an aging dynasty like the Dave Matthews Band would come up with. In actuality, it is a powerful testament to the possibilities of blending many contemporary and classic sounds -something I can stand more than other Dave albums.
LONDON -Amnesty International castigated the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay as a failure yesterday, calling it the gulag of our time in the human rights group's harshest rebuke yet of American detention policies.
Rachel Friedson is a typical college junior; she goes to parties on weekends, occasionally sees a movie and is always surrounded by friends. Though none of these activities should come as a surprise, the context in which she does them might.
HADITHA, Iraq -More than 1,000 U.S. troops yesterday swept into Haditha on the road to Syria to root out insurgents -including those loyal to terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -after rebels damaged the hospital, knocked out the electricity and prevented police from entering.
More than 250 musicians will crowd onto the stage of the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium tonight to play and sing Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.
WASHINGTON -Exhaustive investigations turned up nothing to disqualify John R. Bolton from becoming U.N. ambassador, and he should be given the post quickly, a top Republican said yesterday as the Senate opened debate on the long-delayed nomination.
Although Athens landlords are cited for housing-code violations in more than 60 percent of inspections, Ohio University students are not using lawsuits to get the problems fixed.
Girls with dreadlocks and nose rings and guys with dilated pupils, pay attention: Johnnyfrankcranks, a feel-good, reggae-inspired band, is ending its five-year run and playing its last show Friday at O'Hooley's Pub, 24 W. Union St.
WASHINGTON -Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid called yesterday for a swift vote in the Senate on legislation to expand federal support of embryonic stem cell research, and he criticized President Bush for opposing the measure.
Last Thursday, a woman I greatly admire, Phyllis Schlafly, visited OU. As many of you know, Schlafly is a conservative and anti-feminist activist; the title of her speech was The Failures of Feminism. She is most famous for waging a successful battle against the Equal Rights Amendment -a feminist project defeated in 1982.
SANTA MARIA, Calif. --The defense rested yesterday in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial without putting the pop star on the stand, wrapping up after a three-week effort to portray the accuser and his mother as shakedown artists.
Similar to its ominous namesakes stomping on pianos and breathing fiery guitars, The Beast and Dragon
For Ohio women's lacrosse coach Kate Brew, motherhood and coaching created a tough scale to balance.
On college campuses throughout the country, political affiliation significantly correlates to a person's levels of religious engagement and views on spirituality, according to a recent study.
With recent debates about what to do to sustain Social Security, some have suggested completely doing away with it in the future. They say people can save their own money, it's too expensive and it was never meant to fund workers' full retirements. Before people make any decisions about their views on Social Security reform, they should seriously consider what the country would be like without it.
I am writing today about the Ohio House Bill 91, which the Ohio University Student Senate opposes as stated in the May 19th edition (Senate opposes concealed guns). Although I do not agree with the senate's position that allowing weapons on campus will make the school more dangerous, the body does bring up a few interesting points about students who are disliking of firearms having to live with people who have potential weapons.
Some Ohio University students either have completed or currently are completing their housing contracts for the 2005-06 school year.
With a grizzled beard and disheveled hair, Tony Santone paced around the store as he talked.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -A car bomb exploded next to a U.S. Army convoy in Baghdad yesterday, killing three soldiers, and another American died in a drive-by shooting a half-hour later. Their deaths pushed the number of U.S. troops killed in three days to 14, part of a surge in attacks that have also killed about 60 Iraqis.
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