A more stringent Athens noise ordinance that took effect last year has impinged upon the off-campus lives of many Ohio University students. The statistics are startling. While only a dozen noise violation citations were issued in 2003, last year saw 177 of them. The ordinance has multiple problems and the Student Senate is responding with a proposal to revise it. The effort is commendable and should be supported by all students.
Ohio University freshman Dave Krupar had the Internet turned off in his room and received a warning from the university for sending mass e-mails to students from his business, www.collegefoodcoupons.com.
MADRID, Spain -A car bomb blamed on Basque separatists exploded in a Madrid office park yesterday near where King Juan Carlos later appeared, injuring at least 43 people in the worst terrorist attack in the Spanish capital since last year's bombing of commuter trains.
RAMALLAH, West Bank -Israel will lift travel restrictions on Palestinians in parts of the West Bank and abandon several major checkpoints as part of its withdrawal from five towns in the coming weeks, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday.
For decades the graffiti wall has been used to advertise clubs and organizations, announce birthdays, speakers or musical guests, support political figures, protest political actions and even propose marriage. Although it is considerably smaller now than in previous years due to the building of Bentley Annex during the 2002-2003 school year, it continues its tradition as a forum for student expression.
NEW YORK -With just a little bit of hedging, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman all but issued a drop-dead date for saving what's left of the season: this weekend.
Ohio University Student Senate opposed a proposed bill that would prohibit professors from discussing controversial issues with students, expressed support for OU's attempts to fix the Tier III problem and discussed the planning of the new student center at its meeting last night.
With 1:07 remaining in the game and the Ohio women's basketball team down by 11, freshman guards Quintana Ward and Simone Redd weren't about to throw in the towel.
Editor's Note: The following editorial, which first appeared in The Post on Jan. 10, 1996, is part of the fourth day in a five-day series looking back at the colorful Ohio-Miami rivalry. Beginning next week, From the Vault
God bless local media for providing me with enough material to write my column each week. Without them I would be just another crazy neoconservative looking for ways to impose my beliefs upon others, but luckily I am able to respond to their humorous quips and helpful liberal insights.
VATICAN CITY -Pope John Paul II marked Ash Wednesday with a Mass for doctors in his Rome hospital room as he recovered from the flu and breathing troubles, missing public prayers ushering in the sacred Lenten season at the Vatican for the first time in his 26-year papacy.
WASHINGTON -Starting on a sour note, lawmakers holding the first congressional review of the 2004 vote were upset by the absence of top election officials from Ohio and Florida, states with many balloting complaints.
WASHINGTON -The $80 billion war funding request President Bush will send to Congress next week includes $400 million to help nations that have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Poland, a staunch ally in Iraq, is earmarked to receive one-fourth of the money.
Did anybody else catch the opinion piece off the U-Wire on Jan. 31? It was titled Foreign-born not fit for presidency.
Nelsonville-York City School District passed their bond issue last fall, but decisions on how exactly to spend that money began at yesterday's school board meeting. The hard part is the paperwork, said district maintenance director Ron Mash, the school representative for the building project.
SAN FRANCISCO -Carly Fiorina's nearly six-year reign at Hewlett-Packard Co. ended yesterday as the company's board forced her out as chief executive, disappointed by her efforts to transform HP from a printer business into a broad-based technology giant. HP shares surged 7 percent.
The members of Mutalitia are not old enough to legally smoke cigarettes, get into clubs or fight in the military. But that does not stop the four youngsters from creating evil thrashing metal about destruction and war.
Firing more personnel, acquiring grants and remaining in a state of fiscal emergency were some of the options for keeping Trimble Local School District afloat proposed by district Superintendent Jack Loudin at last night's school board meeting.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -Iraqi officials said yesterday they must recount votes from about 300 ballot boxes because of various discrepancies, delaying final results from the landmark national elections. Hundreds -perhaps thousands -of other ballots were declared invalid because of alleged tampering.
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