In recent weeks, high schools from Athens' surrounding counties have received notices that local admission standards will change for Ohio University's 2009 academic year, after administrators said the current policy is a disadvantage to students.
Though Larry Reese made his first trip to Ohio as the first of four candidates for vice president of Finance and Administration, he found he had some unexpected links to Ohio University.
The 2004 season was one to forget for not only the Ohio football team, but for Brad Young.
WASHINGTON -Ignoring President Bush's veto threat, the House voted yesterday to lift limits on embryonic stem cell research, a measure supporters said could accelerate cures for diseases but opponents viewed as akin to abortion.
When interleague play in Major League Baseball began as an experiment in 1997, the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds were able to face each other for the first time ever during the regular season. The match up was quickly named The Battle of Ohio
Many of Ohio's female student-athletes have Thomas Boeh to thank for their opportunity to play intercollegiate sports. In his 10 years as Ohio's director of athletics, Boeh made great strides in making Ohio's athletics program gender equitable.
Ever since the day I turned 16, I've relished the independent solitude found behind the wheel of my car. But when I moved into the dorms as a freshman, I was forced to leave my car behind and join the thousands of others who have only their two feet as their primary mode of transportation. Coming from an area swallowed in urban sprawl, I had been used to driving anywhere I wanted to go, and I wasn't sure how I would (or if I could) adjust to having to walk everywhere.
CINCINNATI -Randy Keisler earned a win last night with his arm and his bat.
Traditional students straight out of high school and non-traditional or adult students constitute the diverse student population enrolled at Ohio University.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -A Web site that acts as the clearinghouse for messages from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said yesterday that Iraq's most-wanted militant had been wounded for the sake of God and asked Muslims to pray for his recovery.
LONDON -Thousands of British Broadcasting Corp. journalists and technicians began a 24-hour strike over proposed job cuts yesterday, severely disrupting radio and TV programs.
COLUMBUS -More than one-third of Ohio school districts would have their state funding frozen the next two years under the Senate version of the upcoming $51 billion state budget introduced yesterday.
SEOUL, South Korea -North Korea yesterday refused to rule out a pre-emptive attack, even amid signs it may be willing to return to the nuclear bargaining table.
A public hearing to discuss floodplain regulations and a tentative selection of projects to receive grants from the Ohio Department of Development concluded the Athens County Commissioners meeting yesterday.
WASHINGTON -Breaking years of gridlock, the Senate cleared the way for confirmation of Priscilla Owen to the U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday amid fresh debate over an ambiguous compromise on President Bush's current and future judicial nominees.
Seven students facilitated the breakdown of racial and sexist slurs last night in the culmination of a COMS 405 class project.
Most students from Athens County who attend Ohio University choose the school for different reasons than many of the other students from across the country.
JERUSALEM -The Palestinians yesterday warned of chaos and instability after Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank if the Israelis don't show more flexibility on key security issues ahead of the withdrawal.
CLEVELAND -Justin Morneau dropped in a three-run double just out of center fielder Grady Sizemore's reach with two outs in the 11th inning, sending the Minnesota Twins to a 6-3 win over the Cleveland Indians last night.
SHANNON, Ireland -She's not the shy librarian that some might think she is. Normally reserved, Laura Bush showed a new outspoken side on her trip to the Middle East.
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