Expletives are not always 4-letter words in sports
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Advisers can absolve student schedule woes
Mar. 1, 2005I write in response to a letter from Ashley Henry, published Feb. 24 (Scheduling war causes frustration). Henry complains about, in essence, the entire preregistration process at OU. I know there are problems with advising and course offerings. In fact, I have five classes in the spring, all offered only one quarter a year. But I write to inform, not to complain.
Council hopeful runs as independent
Mar. 1, 2005Ohio University junior Jeff Yount was disqualified as a Republican at-large Athens City Council candidate last Wednesday. However, Yount said he intends to run as an independent in the primary election on May 3.
50 Cent loses protégé
Mar. 1, 2005NEW YORK -Another day, another feud for 50 Cent. This time, he's beefing with his own protégé, the best-selling rapper The Game.
OU branch OKs expansion project
Mar. 1, 2005At the Ohio University Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 18, the Board approved OU entering a $965,442 construction contract with Higgins Building Company for an addition to Elson Hall on the Zanesville Campus.
Northeastern region battles more snow, ice in continuing winter storms
Mar. 1, 2005Hundreds of schools were closed and crews worked to clear slush and ice from highways yesterday following the latest in a series of snowstorms to batter the Northeast this winter.
Honesty the best policy for OU Web site
Feb. 28, 2005Image is everything. A person would be hard pressed to deny the universal truth that facts are shaped by the spin put on them. Fakery is a powerful tool of media relations and it should be common knowledge that every institution employs this power to deceive its unwitting audience.
Columnist asks for 1 last win this week
Feb. 28, 2005I don't ask for much in life. Talk with anyone in my family and they will tell you how hard it is to shop for me for Christmas or my birthday. But with a mere two weeks left in my college career, I am asking in my nicest columnist voice for the Ohio men's basketball team to beat Buffalo tomorrow night in The Convo.
Freshman makes the transition to college level
Feb. 28, 2005Two words and one name encapsulate talent, work ethic and congeniality to the inner circle of Ohio women's basketball: Simone Redd.
Bobcats wrap up season with intrastate rival
Feb. 28, 2005Tonight the Ohio women's basketball team returns home to The Convo after a two-game road stretch to try to vindicate the Miami RedHawks, who snatched victory from its grasp earlier this season.
The housing crunch
Feb. 28, 2005Planned Web site is logical step for new Office of Off-Campus Living
Softball ready for new season
Feb. 28, 2005It may be snowing one day and 60 degrees the next in Athens, but that won't stop the 2005 Ohio softball season from starting. Whether the team has to bear sleet, rain or snow, it will begin play for a much-anticipated season for the coaches and players.
Freshman Continues to Excel
Feb. 28, 2005Forward Leon Williams recorded two straight double-doubles this week against Eastern Michigan and Marshall. Williams now has seven double-doubles for the season, placing him fourth among the nation's freshmen.
Nation's future depends on social welfare
Feb. 28, 2005In response to recent letters written by Casey Baker (Democrats need a shift to the center
Efficiency of E-check questioned
Feb. 27, 2005The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is recommending an extension of the E-check auto emissions test in seven counties in Northeast Ohio.
All-American filling void on hill
Feb. 27, 2005Anthony Gressick represents all that the Ohio baseball team is this year.
Mobile home owners to be notified of debts
Feb. 27, 2005The Athens County Treasurer's Office has compiled a list of 1,450 names of mobile home owners who owe more than $866,000 total in delinquent mobile home taxes.
Israeli-Palestinian tensions mount
Feb. 27, 2005JERUSALEM -Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened yesterday to freeze peace efforts if the Palestinian leadership does not crack down on militant groups after a weekend suicide bombing in Tel Aviv killed four Israelis and wounded dozens.
Japanese film re-released
Feb. 27, 2005The brilliant Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind has been re-released in the United States with updated voice acting and special features.
Breakups are not the end of the world
Feb. 27, 2005It's over. You are officially done, and now you are sitting in your room thinking about how you are going to continue breathing without him or her. You go to your refrigerator and grab the pint of Phish Food ice cream, curl up on your bed, put in A Walk to Remember and wallow in your own heartbreak. Sometimes this wallowing can go on for days, weeks even. Well, it's time to pick up the pieces and stop feeling sorry for yourself. It's time to move on and continue living life. Now is the perfect time to look back on your relationship and realize why it didn't work, make some changes and jump back into the game.
