Ohio field hockey picked to place third
Aug. 20, 2003The Ohio women's field hockey team has been picked by a preseason MAC coaches' poll to finish out the year in third place.
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NCAA interviews teaching assistant in Clarett matter
Aug. 20, 2003LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A former Ohio State teaching assistant who charged that star tailback Maurice Clarett received preferential academic treatment met yesterday for more than two hours with NCAA officials and a university committee.
Blackout probe continues
Aug. 20, 2003COLUMBUS -- A U.S.-Canadian probe of last week's blackout will be quick but thorough so investigators can determine what might be done to prevent a recurrence, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said yesterday.
New technology may slow file sharing
Aug. 20, 2003New technology could soon prevent students from using university networks to download and share copyrighted material.
No more car rentals for me
Aug. 20, 2003Here's the thing: I am sick of this half-citizenry known as being 20-years old. No, I am not referring to the battle of age known as being old enough to vote and yet too young to drink; I am referring to the fact that I can't rent a car. This is the land of the free, and I can't even rent a Corsica.
West Virginia slayings possibly drug-related
Aug. 20, 2003CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Investigators said yesterday that two of last week's three slayings outside West Virginia convenience stores appear to have been drug-related, not the acts of a sniper choosing victims at random.
University to develop diabetes program
Aug. 20, 2003Southeast Ohio and all Appalachian areas deal with health care problems everyday. But the Appalachian Regional Commission and Ohio University are working together to combat a problem that more severely affects people in Appalachia -- diabetes.
OU should appeal permit to mine old growth forest
Aug. 20, 2003Ohio University needs to join Dysart Defenders and the Buckeye Forest Council in appealing an Ohio Division of Mineral Resource Management decision regarding Dysart Woods.
Permit allows mining Dysart Woods
Aug. 20, 2003The efforts of one Ohio coal company to mine under Dysart Woods is one step closer to fruition.
Tickets for football games available online
Aug. 20, 2003Tickets for Ohio Football games are now only a mouse click away.
Investigation into Baghdad bombing progresses
Aug. 20, 2003BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The truck bomb that devastated the U.N. headquarters was a crude combination of explosives from Saddam Hussein's old military arsenal, including a giant 500-pound bomb, an FBI investigator said yesterday. But U.S. and Iraqi officials said it was too early to say who was behind the attack -- Saddam loyalists or foreign terrorists.
U.S. Route 33 reopens Monday
Aug. 13, 2003Nelsonville residents can prepare to say goodbye to cones and barrels that have been occupying U.S. Route 33.
Mass looting cripples Monrovia
Aug. 13, 2003MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Civilians and gunmen pillaged food warehouses at Monrovia's rebel-held port yesterday, and relief workers said they could not start the flow of aid from ships waiting just off shore until peacekeepers step in and assure order.
PATRIOT Act tour too little too late
Aug. 13, 2003Plans by John Ashcroft for a nation-wide bus tour to promote the USA PATRIOT Act will waste taxpayers' money and time justifying an unconstitutional law.
OU prof weighs in on Liberian chances
Aug. 13, 2003The skills and connections of a former Ohio University doctoral student might prove to be beneficial for the troubled country of Liberia.
No home is like an Athens home.
Aug. 13, 2003Here's the thing about that little divot in middle America that we call Athens, Ohio: when you are away for a while, you begin to realize you miss it. Now don't get me wrong, I have flipped off just as many of the slow drivers as you have (what is it about bumpy and battered brick streets that makes people drive so slow?). However, as this column comes to you from my hometown of Stow, Ohio (see dictionary under +
Worm wiggles its way to Athens
Aug. 13, 2003Ohio University's Communication Network Services help desk was lit up early this week when several hundred computers on campus reported being infected with a computer worm.
Flash mob
Aug. 13, 2003Nearly 100 people take part in a 'flash mob' event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, yesterday. The mob participants took off their shoes and banged it against one of the city's main avenues. The Mob Project is a worldwide movement in which a group of random people perform some kind of action announced via Internet. After the action is done the participants simply take off. The banner reads download MP3.
New apartment complex closer to approval
Aug. 13, 2003The Athens City Planning Commission voted 3-1 last Friday to approve plans for a new apartment complex on Richland Ave.
Bobcats pose for pictures with fans
Aug. 6, 2003Friday, Ohio University students and football fans can step onto the field and be a part of the team during the Bobcats' third annual Picture Day.
