Net plays host to hoaxes
Mar. 2, 2005In a fast-paced, cyberspace world, Internet hoaxes have become the new urban legends for college students to pass along.
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ESPN to add college network, expects 3 million subscribers
Mar. 2, 2005WASHINGTON -The market for 24-hour college sports television programming will gain a heavyweight player Friday with the launch of ESPN's new college sports network, ESPNU.
Fast-paced film full of contrast
Mar. 2, 2005Amelie fans, don't worry: Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement has the gravity-defying photography, lush visuals and quirky characters that made his Amelie such a beautiful, charming film.
College teaches job training, life lessons
Mar. 1, 2005Three and half years ago when I walked onto this campus, I expected to learn. I expected to learn about journalism as well as a myriad of other subjects on some level.
Budget cuts hurt agricultural programs, stunting research, cutting job positions
Mar. 1, 2005WASHINGTON -Bush budget cuts would hit important research programs that examine everything from soybeans and dairy production to cattle viruses, agriculture school officials complained to Congress yesterday.
Video released with pleas of kidnapped journalist
Mar. 1, 2005BAGHDAD -A French journalist abducted nearly two months ago pleaded for help in a video that surfaced yesterday, saying she was in failing health. South of Baghdad, more than 2,000 people demonstrated at the site of a car bombing that killed 125 people, chanting No to terrorism!
3 OU students compete for Truman Scholarship
Mar. 1, 2005Three Ohio University juniors are competing with 206 other students nationwide for the Truman Scholarship.
New Palestinian regime faces militant uprisings, connects car bombing to Islamic Jihad
Mar. 1, 2005JERUSALEM -Palestinian militants in the West Bank town of Jenin issued a belligerent challenge yesterday to the new Palestinian leadership's efforts to rein in militant groups, shooting in the air and demanding that the visiting security chief, Interior Minister Nasser Yousef, leave the area immediately.
Grad students showcase art
Mar. 1, 2005For graduate students trying to show off their artistic growth and expose their work to the public, Ohio University provides them their opportunity through the graduate art shows.
Misleading basketball numbers overestimate MAC attendance
Mar. 1, 2005Because of a statistical snafu, the Ohio women's basketball team's attendance figures are temporarily bloated.
Mandatory minimum drug sentence examined
Mar. 1, 2005In February of 1996, Ervin Darnell Worthy of Akron was told by a U.S. District Court Judge that he would be spending the rest of his life in prison.
Judgment week for MAC men
Mar. 1, 2005By Saturday, the mass confusion known as the MAC men's basketball East and West division races will finally be settled.
Web site changes embarrassing for OU
Mar. 1, 2005The primary objective of a university home page is to attract new students. I remember visiting www.ohio.edu while I was in high school, and while it may not have been the best Web site I've ever seen, it was enough to keep me interested.
Finals week leaves students seeking available computers
Mar. 1, 2005With finals week around the corner, many students may have difficulties finding a computer on Alden's second floor Learning Commons. Other labs around campus that are practically unheard of can offer solutions.
Lil' Kim caught telling lie
Mar. 1, 2005NEW YORK -Grammy-winnig hip-hop star Lil' Kim lied to a grand jury about a shootout at a radio station in 2001 to protect her former manager and a friend, a federal prosecutor said yesterday at her perjury trial.
Ohio's oldest woman survives pneumonia with determination
Mar. 1, 2005JEFFERSON, Ohio -One thing Jean Waldron knows for sure about her 111-year-old mother, Mary Margaret Dean-Smith, is that she is determined.
Ohio lacrosse growing together
Mar. 1, 2005Despite a tough start to the 2005 season that included a loss in overtime to Duquesne, the Ohio lacrosse team's players and coaching staff are confident that the team will only get better as the season progresses.
The schmoozer
Mar. 1, 2005Ohio University is moving forward in its search for a candidate to fill the newly-created director of governmental relations position. That future employee will be charged with the task of strengthening relations between OU and the state and federal government. An institution such as OU desperately needs a full-time employee to focus his or her full attention to lobbying for the university's agenda. OU has undertaken this process after much preparation and the university should be praised for identifying a potential weakness and attempting to rectify it.
Supreme Court rules against juvenile execution sentences
Mar. 1, 2005WASHINGTON -A closely divided Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to execute juvenile killers, ending a practice in 19 states that has been roundly condemned by many of America's closest allies.
